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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1914
Page
2
A collection of quotes and items covers international affairs from Hayti to the Arctic, commerce and defense, and upcoming elections. Mentions the America’s Cup, Mexican frontier mobilization, Alaskan rail funding, Balkan war effects, storm losses of three five masters, and Republican nominating prospects with figures like Swasey Cobb Fernald Skelton Sewall Plummer.
Bowdoinham reports include social events at John C. Coombs High school and a surprise party for Theo Kendall and Albert Henderson. Town meetings loom with candidate talk and a busy Grange schedule. Activities span Board of Trade, Pythian Sisters, Merrymeeting Grange, school teaching changes, church circles, and local business and farm updates.
A retold tale describes the fir tree hiding underground to escape the serpent's curse after a prophesied Child would destroy the serpent. The tree gains freedom and happiness, while people annually honor it with evergreen decorations as they celebrate the Child. The passage links the tree's symbolic strength to enduring faith.
A compact meditation on enduring affection and vitality through time describing love as overcoming sin, aging, and mortality with a timeless, life affirming strength. The tone suggests a sentimental reflection rather than a narrative.
In the Independent window two old engravings of the clipper ships Red Jacket and Dreadnought, valued by Calvin E. Cromwell’s family for 42 years, are displayed. The Red Jacket sails among ice off Cape Horn bound Australia to Liverpool. the Dreadnought shows 1854 voyage to Liverpool from New York with a gold dragon figurehead. A hair lock from Mrs. Cromwell’s mother lies beneath the glass, darkening with time and growing two feet longer.
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