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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1911
Page
1
Assessors may abate five dollars on taxes for towns building public drinking troughs. Bath contemplates a fountain near the Winnegance line. ferries and ship traffic affect Sunday service. Liquor agencies closed to curb open sale. Rockland’s Sunday train aids travel but cuts ferry revenue. Popham def ahead to Bay Point. Bath faces government reform. Bowdoinham and county observe Fourth.
Bowdoinham held a grand Fourth of July celebration with a morning parade featuring floats bands and local teams. Lisbon’s ball club played Bowdoinham twice winning 11 to 4 and 19 to 3. Rev Charles H Young gave a temperance speech and the day closed with a well attended town hall rally.
Judge Lowell presided at the July term probate court listing administrations granted for estates in Bath Bowdoinham and Topsham. wills filed and allowed. guardians appointed for minors in Georgetown. numerous accounts approved for estates in Bath Topsham Richmond and other towns. inventories filed for Webber Rogers and Foye estates. licenses to sell real estate granted for Bath and Small Point properties.
The piece argues Hood’s Sarsa parilla acts as a sustaining diet during heat waves. It claims the tonic improves endurance in sun exposure, aids sleep, and reduces sickness for readers with sensitive systems.
Mrs Charles Hathaway arrives from Cambridge to spend the season at the river cottage. Mrs Charles Saunders from Waltham and Miss Rowe open the Saunders cottage for summer. Miss White of Northampton rents the Fuller cottage. The Tuesday club secures a summer home for their annual party at Miss Myra Arnolds. Misses Hitchcock and Whitney chaperon Bath visitors at Bay View House Atkins Bay. Rev A Frederick Dunnels of Lowell begins July August services with a morning 10 a m service and a second for youth on Christ life. John McIntire supplies milk ice and garden products to cottagers. Library opens three days weekly under Miss Lottie Stevens with notable book sets and magazines donated by locals. Virginia brings Bath residents for first Sunday trip of five hours. Frederick Fischer and three children from Cambridge arrive for a month at Hathaway cottage. Carroll Watson of Brookline spends weekends and visits Donnell family in Bath. Roscoe Stacey of Portland Automobile Co visits parents in Bath. Arthur Stetson of Bath to occupy Webber cottage late this month. Hathaway and son Walter arrive from Cambridge by Boston boat. Walking trips to Wood Island grow in popularity. Spinney’s Bay Point launch ferries trips for locals.
Miss Mary Adelaide Morrell daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Morrell wed James Francis Shields Jr Monday June 26 at St Marys church Waltham Rev Fr Brosnahan officiated A reception followed at the bride’s home with sister Evelyn Morrell as bridesmaid and Henry Shields as best man The bride wore white satin with lace and pearls and carried white sweet peas The bridal party included close family and guests with ushers Otis and another brother among them
A thunder shower struck Thursday afternoon with a barn at the Lemuel Wallace place in Small Point burned. Fred Stilphen's cottage on Webber Island at Hockomock burned. Fort Baldwin engine house at Popham caught fire from lightning but minimal damage occurred. Samuel Butler staying at Popham was struck but not seriously hurt. two holes burned in his hat, neck singed, one foot blistered.
Two days earlier and later in Bath feature Major Holman F Day and Chancellor J Roscoe Day of Syracuse University, the latter on a trip with his wife and daughter in a touring car. The article notes their visit hosted by Horatio A Duncan and mentions other local events including a deadly fire in Walpole, a July sale opening, and local social notes involving Miss Helen Robinson and Miss Leola Robinson at New Meadows Inn and Kent's Hill.
Mrs W C Wheeler presided in the dining room with Elvira Ella and Clara Morrell assisting. The ceremony featured fern and flower arches, yellow and white decor, and a display of cut glass china silver and pictures. The couple plans a Maine trip and will reside at 118 Prospect Street after August 1.
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