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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1898
Page
7
Independent's Brunswick office located at 127 Maine Street with John H. Dunning as Editor and Manager. Residence listed at 8 Pleasant Street. Subscriptions advertisements and job work solicited.
Brunswick items report nine trout caught by A C Getchell, a coal cargo unloading, town officials and residents noting changes. Mentions include a town vacation, a runaway injury, church and assembly activities, street repairs, edward Willis recovering, Niagara engine exhibition, electric railroad updates, and local preparations for Bath muster and park excursions.
The state committee of the Gold Democrats met at Tontine hotel on Tuesday with Veg Holman present. Harry F. Thompson of this town served as secretary. The Brunswick branch is small and Maine's last presidential vote here totaled 30. The Niagara engine company, nicknamed lucky, has collected a horseshoe at every city they visited, including Bath's recent fire where a horse shoe was attached to the engine.
The Bath division of the Lewiston Brunswick and Bath electric railroad nears completion as Supt Reynolds leads a test run for about a mile below Cook's. Power is Brunswick Electric Power Co and Topsham. a smooth road bed earns praise from contractor Smith and locals cheer as the first car nears Bath by mid next week.
William Hennessey of Topsham was held up on a short bridge about 10 80 o clock Friday night by three unknown men. He escaped by running away after a demand for money. He notified the night police who spotted the three suspects but they escaped.
The town water committee met in the Selectmen's office to discuss the water question. A communication was sent to Mayor Torrey of Bath noting Brunswick will join Bath in the water trouble and await Bath's next steps. Brunswick seeks drinking water quality.
A long list of residents and guests are traveling and staying at cottages around Mere Point, Birch Island, Cundy’s Harbor, and Garnet Bridge. Notable names include Maud Kaler, Dr. Charles Christie, George Ridley, Capt. Sheffield, Miss Mountfort, Miss Annie Ridley, and many others visiting friends, attending clubs, and vacationing through mid July. The community notes yacht charters, house parties, and a two week cruise aboard the Shechinah, with local transport updates and a forthcoming marriage reception for Emery Graves Wilson and Emma Sarah Hamilton Wilson.
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