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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1914
Page
3
Local notices describe visits, homecomings, and social calls among Winterport area residents including Miss Lailii forestam, Miss Bertha Morse, and Miss Mira Merritt. Travel to Parker Head, Long Island, Gorham Normal School, and Bath Tron Works is noted, along with farm activity, weather, and summer plans.
Frank Perry a clerk at Perry Brothers and Company store in Bath has been on vacation this week leaving the shop short staffed.
Word reached Bath of the death of Arthur Sewall Percy aged 1 years formerly of Bath. Son of the late D. T. Percy he was educated at Bath High School class of 1NS2 and MIT. He worked for Shepard Morse Lumber Co and Guilford Lumber Co Boston before moving to Plymouth five years ago for health reasons. Survived by wife and five brothers Dr Fred Brookline Dr George Baten Dr David T Armiton Tank H Percy of Bath. Funeral held Thursday at 3 o clock at the Percy homestead on High Street.
Mason, formerly of Augusta, died in Vallejo California after health decline. He worked as a machinist at Mare Island Navy Yard before leaving duty months earlier. He had planned a Maine visit for recovery but grew worse and passed away. He married Annie G Dunham, daughter of Capt. Andrew Dunham.
Local notes report Miss Alice Fisher repairing a residence on High Street and Oscar the Genial directing men on the State road near Blind Crossing. The Hockomock ferries up to Tuesday evening in 1953 carry autos. the tug Aerial tows the schooner Lizzie J. Call from Jersey City with 2000 barrels of cement to Augusta. Captain MacMahan brings summer visitors from Five Islands in the FE and L. The Hyde Windless Co shuts down in honor of the late Treasurer Charles F. Magoun, funeral at five. Letters seeking Bath shoe factory work arrive at the Times office for Ramsdell. The Bath Shoe Factory shafting, hangers, and dynamos arrive. Fred Reed coordinates workers. Over 1200 feet of tracks laid in Box Shop yard with turns near completion. electric road plans to follow through with gravel fill on the new rail bed.
Phippsburg residents Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bowker and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bowker motor to Lake Auburn for dinner at Elm House. The group journeys to Bath for visits with relatives and neighbors, with local reports of summer plans, arrivals, and community happenings through the Fourth weekend.
Fixed policy avoids carrying over season’s goods between sales. Various items including suits wool dresses dress skirts shirt waists and dress goods are offered at substantial sale prices. Items show original ranges and current sale prices with multiple lots and color options.
The Fourth of July passed quietly in Dresden with a church square picnic raising funds for the church. Summer residents arrive as dredging in the Kennebec west channel halts large-boat navigation. Families plan Florida trips as others attend James White's funeral and military-related visits.
Manager Boardman schedules Bath Iron Works for a Cedar Grove match this Saturday afternoon. A practice game is planned on Kelley Field tomorrow evening.
The article extols Hood's Sar Saparilla as more than a blood purifier and tonic, calling it a sustaining diet. It claims the remedy helps readers endure heat, aids refreshing sleep, and prevents sickness during hot days.
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