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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1914
Page
8
Bath notes show a quiet winter with police calm and church events planned. Mentions Han son justice, a pox shop, lobster market shortages, skating forecasts, and local fairs plus lectures at Central Church and Bates College.
The Bath ship Edward Sewall, after a 103 day voyage from Philadelphia to Seattle, arrived December 19 at Bahia Blanca with spars and rigging gone. It was seized January 6 and returned to Bahia Blanca in distress with further damage. Lewiston plans a city museum and has begun collecting ancient items, urging Bath to place its historical and literary curios on public display.
Miss Sue Winchell performed as cellist for a Thursday recital by the Rossini Club of Portland. Incidental solos were sung by Miss Mildred Shaw, the new State House Church soprano, and Mrs Charlotte Gunn Roche. The chorus consisted solely of Rossini members.
Dr Powers sold his four year old horse Texarkana to Isaiah Morrell of Brunswick after an exhibition race last Saturday. Texarkana had been purchased a year earlier by Powers from Morrell and the trade today follows Morrell’s expression to have the horse back. Texarkana sire and dam are Searchlight T. and Texas. Price described as a long one. Both riders foresee a bright future.
Bath reports celebrate yacht building progress for America’s Cup defense with Kineo cargo update from Captain Farrell in Nassau. Community notes include a yacht club election, officers installation at Bath Company, and a toddler birthday party with playful gatherings.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Bertrand formerly Miss Eleanor DeWolfe held a wedding reception at their Liberty Street home in the city Wednesday evening. About a dozen couples attended enjoying vocal and instrumental music and dancing with fruit punch ices and cakes. The Bachelors Club presented a handsome parlor clock to the couple, with remarks by Arthur C Hodgdon.
Judge James S. Lowell and Register of Probate Cyrus W. Longley attended a statewide conference of probate registers in Augusta. They discussed administration of the inheritance tax and differences in county practices, aiming for uniform fees and tax assessment standards.
Wildlife notes report several deer wintering near Harpswell while Fred Willis the game warden operated on duty in Topsham. The Sagadahoc House had burned twenty years earlier on a Wednesday, and William D. Patterson of Wiscasset Savings Bank visited the city on Tuesday. The Bath fog kept the Seguin whistle audible all Monday night while wind blew. Mrs. Arthur Flint Brown plans a next play in her three program series in this city. Towboat Pejepscot undergoes minor repairs and will be commissioned after February end.
The many friends of Mrs Alfred King of 46 South Street are pleased to learn she is recovering well after an appendicitis operation at Maine General Hospital.
Plans advance for the next D A R session Tuesday afternoon with Miss Alice T Randall as hostess. A special committee will furnish the program.
The Nequasset mill in Stinson woods starts operations Thursday with a full crew. John Gonya runs the mill and Horace Cheesely serves as superintendent. A crew member praises the pine as some of the best he has cut.
A Bathman damaged his typewriter key caps when a match ignited celluloid and cost about ten dollars for a replacement. In Auburn, the Colonial Club lost seven points to Waseca in a reverse Inter-Club round, securing only three of ten points. Brunswick edged Calumets by five and a half to four and a half, keeping Colonial in second.
A resident who initially opposed Wilbur C. Oliver now approves his sheriff regime after noting men with wives and children visiting shops and theaters on Saturdays, contrasting with past solo outings and drinking. A club man says he previously joined several clubs nightly for entertainment and now commends Oliver for targeting those clubs.
The Colonial Club schedules a busy February session with action on amending the Constitution to cap membership at one hundred seventy five. Officers for the year will be nominated and plans to entertain ladies and show renovated quarters are discussed. All members urged to attend.
On Wednesday at 3 PM at the Crosby home Miss Martha Fisher Crosby married Ernest Lesley Davis in a ceremony by Rev. Culbert McGay of Grace Church. The couple, seen by close relatives, planned a reception and depart later for a wedding trip to Boston.
In New York a bride wore a tailor made blue chiffon broadcloth traveling costume with matching hat plumes. On return the couple will occupy apartments at the Phoenix Hotel. Mr. Davis is the pianist at the Columbia Theatre. They have many friends here and best wishes for their future happiness.
In Bath the Sagadahoc County Supreme Judicial Court session opens with Justice George M. Hanson presiding. The Grand Jury reports no business, praising local crime safety. Traverse juries are named for two panels, including Pepper of Bath as foreman and Jack of Richmond as second foreman. A settlement ends the John M. Trainer estate dispute with Rogers & Webb for 900 dollars, followed by Bartlett vs Sprague over a horse sale dispute dealing with alleged automobile fear.
Lothair L Lowell of this city will depart for Brighton next Monday with a carload of livestock gathered locally. Lowell has made trips to Brighton for many years. Frank Whitten arrived Thursday with seven lumbermen from Hartland Maine and assigned them to camps at Woolwich and Westport.
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