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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1928
Page
2
The Fish and Game Department faces lengthy debate over policy and open season. Wardwell notes confusion over engine provisions and the warden service while advocates push for stronger enforcement and clearer rules to attract visitors, farmers, and hunters.
The American Federation of Labor acting for the Brewery Workers union proposes making 2.75 percent beer an election issue. Both major parties likely reject this plank to avoid political risk and potential push for further changes to the Eighteenth Amendment, which many had doubted but which has proven beneficial to the country.
The West Bath Grange will observe its first Masters night next Monday arranged by Past Master Everett Lemont. Members attended an aid presentation featuring the short play My Country Aunt staged by the Sons of United Veterans. Participants included Hope Ward Doris Johnson Thelas Sylvester and Eleanor Blake with Hayden Conant on saxophone and Frank Danforth Lela Vlimmer performing readings and sketches.
Gardiner discusses Maine politics outlining a one man state with party government. He stresses executive, legislative and judicial divisions and says a chief executive should heed the party platform or not run. He cites agriculture education welfare and publicity as major issues.
Walker Dodge aged 75 of Edgecomb died suddenly at his winter home in Englewood Florida. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Methodist Episcopal church in South Newcastle with Rev. Henry W. Webb and Rev. F E W Hoovey officiating. He is survived by his son Elmer P Dodge of Canton Massachusetts and two daughters Mrs Earl Sherman of Wiscasset and Mrs Simon Moore of Bath, plus a brother Lincoln Dodge of Edgecomb. Burial followed in Haggett cemetery.
An 1837 Bath notice calls for proposals to erect a Town House on the site of the William King lot. Plans detail six brick walls, flanked by granite pedestals and sash windows, with a 66 by 16 foot footprint and a tall brick coped wall. Subcontracts cover digging, masonry, carpentry, roofing, plastering, and finishing. bids due by a late 1837 date with completion targets and payment terms outlined.
Editor Seth National Soldier’s Maine Line writes from Milwaukee Wisconsin about the city’s parks and public spaces. He praises Mitchell Park and Lake Park, notes the National Soldiers Home grounds on National Avenue, and describes street traffic, signs, and local beer culture with observations on urban life and growth.
Benjamin Woodside and W. 3. Todd of Georgetown were local visitors Wednesday, meeting community members and touring landmarks during their brief layover in the city.
The Bath Eagles held their annual past presidents night with Edward Whitehouse Amos Perry Tinrold Chibis and others among the honored chairs. Dr Raymond J Malone of Portland gave a talk on lodge aims and pensions highlighting keeping families together and increasing membership as the group recalled long service and local charity.
A Bath estate document outlines a Gallery of Paintings and Statuary loaned for the Orphans' Fair in Bath. The catalog lists works including Madonna and Holy Family scenes, landscapes, and portraits lent by Mrs Z Hyde, J Patten, and G R Patten among others, with pieces by Goss and Vespucci.
This excerpt chronicles early Bath residents and landmarks from 1798 to the 1780s. It notes the Petersen steam mill near the shipyard, various builders and settlers such as the Magoun and Enis families, Tarp’s Hill with John Tarp, General William King’s stone house, the old Peterson Canal, and the 1808 schoolhouse. It also mentions Fryer's Point and Clapp Point, and the Petersons’ wharf at Whisgig rebuilt in 1798.
A dense list of across and down crossword clues with numbers and partial answers in a scrambled layout. Includes references to pronouns, rivers, actions, and various parts of speech, plus a long block of mixed-letter hints and archaic abbreviations.
Thomas Pearson of New York City visits Bath for a few weeks. Rev. Robert Carey of Corliss street church met with Port land business. Miss Mary Lord from Pearl street teaches in Wells visits Portland. Hotel Phoenix orchestra played in Rockland and plans a Monday return. Harold E. Thompson of Bangor travels to Bath after his father Charles S. Thompson dies. Hagel Footer to return to New York with sister Mrs Stephen Nolan after weeks in Bath. Norman G Smith and daughter Esther sail from New York on the S S Pransylvania for a three month Med itinerary.
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