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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1913
Page
8
Choirmasters plan Easter music and social events fill the week. Park Chambers fumigated for smallpox. Orphans Home guests attend Indoor Circus. Percy sale draws crowds. Socialist speakers set for Music Hall. Library adds magazines, Story Hour grows. Local weddings, theatre outings, church happenings, and community projects fill Bath society notices.
The Indoor Circus attracts hundreds in Rathville and Brunswick with high class acts and surprises. King Altitude the Norwegian giant and the East Indian enchantress headline a two hour program featuring clowns, aerialists, trained animals, and the Vernetta Clark Trio. Eight shows at Alameda promise value with a royal reception tempered by rain.
Captain Frank W. Patten of Bath died Sunday in South Byfield Massachusetts after moving there two months ago to farm. He sailed from age 17, commanded ships including Niphon George Stetson Kenilworth Henry Villard and the Kineo. Survived by wife two daughters Mary Patten and Mrs Fred Farrell and sister Mrs William B Mussenden. Funeral held Tuesday from Mussenden home.
Many residents from Bath and Sagadahoc County plan to travel to Augusta later in the session to appear before a legislative committee about Baybridge reconstruction. Bath Marine Construction Co. will display two hydroplanes and a knockdown boat at the New York boat show next month.
Dayton Hill announces staff for event rings with Walter A. Mareen listed as equestrian director for Ring 2 Edward W. Larrabee as musical director and Prof Gandreaus as press representative Harry C Webber also named among organizers.
Charles W. Morse testifies on January eight in Rapallo that creditors forced bankruptcy, acknowledging no financial responsibility and unsatisfied judgments totaling at least one hundred thousand dollars. He denies willful misapplication of bank funds and says records will show his links to a navigation company and past share ownership.
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