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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1908
Page
5
Bath news highlights a busy week with community meetings and events. Notable items include the Old Couples Home association annual meeting, Lincoln National bank president Timothy Burgess's illness, and plans for library Sunday openings. Also reported are sports results, aviation and shipyard updates, and local cultural happenings.
The Bath school board plans to press city government for a new primary school, citing 3300 pupils citywide and overcrowded conditions in Wards 1 and 2. Current teacher loads exceed ideal levels with 60 pupils per primary and 50 per grammar class, prompting temporary one session divisions at Weeks Street, Washington Street and South Street primaries.
L. S. Metcalf’s seismometer registered the Wednesday Haiti quake showing a movement of about two hundredths of an inch and a registering area of five hundredths of an inch, indicating a small but detectable earth shift.
The four-masted schooner Bertha L Downs, built for Benedict-Manson Marine Co., slid into the Kennebec after a christening by Miss Bertha L Downs. The 716 gross ton craft, 175.4 length, 37.1 breadth, 14.2 depth, will carry 1200 tons coal or 600000 feet lumber and cost about 55000 dollars. Robert F Wells of Stony Brook commands. readiness for commission expected this morning with trips to Philadelphia to load for New Haven.
Mrs Lydia A Hoxie died Wednesday night at the Old Ladies Home aged 85 years six months eight days. Born in North Fairfield she was daughter of the late Silas Mason and Abigail Litte and widow of Levi Hoxie. She had lived at the home for seventeen years.
City Messenger Gilmore stood in for Proprietor Temple at the Anderson pharmacy during a special meeting of the common council to secure a quorum. Ward three representative Temple left to record his name in the official proceedings at the city building.
Somerville of this city trains hard for a wrestling bout with Frank West the Boston strong boy at the Alameda next Tuesday night. West is famed for clever technique and leg work while Somerville is renowned for his strong legs making the matchup closer than his earlier season bout with Jack Sullivan of Lawrence.
City rumors center on Wilbur C. Oliver, president of the board of aldermen, potentially entering the Republican mayoral race. Oliver denies any formal announcement. Chairman John A. Morse is also tied to the chair but says he is not a candidate.
Central Congregational Wesley Street and First Baptist unite for evangelistic services starting March first led by Rev. H O Hofstead of New York. Corliss Street and North Street Free Baptist churches offer evangelistic and Sunday school programs with topics on faith and sin. A cordial welcome is extended to all.
The Bath market this week shows higher overall prices with eggs dropping. Squash commands 5 cents a pound in Boston, celery rises to as high as 1.85 a dozen bunches, eggs 28 to 30 cents a dozen, potatoes 75 to 85 cents per bushel, good apples 1 a bushel, and cabbage beets turnips at 1 cent per pound. Cranberries scarce at 8 to 9 dollars per barrel. veal 10 cents, lamb 14 cents, pork 8 1/2 cents, chicken 18 cents, fowl 16 cents.
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