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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1915
Page
8
Local notes report California at Bath Opera House this evening and a busy string of town events. Bath officials reopen Christ's Chapel at Trufant's Crossing, ice cream parlors stay open late, and a lawn party airs at North Street Church grounds. Bath youths travel to Bay Point for a dance, while the Third Maine Regiment Association plans an August 11 reunion in Augusta with a welcome at Grand Army Hall.
Community notices include Hospital Field Day ticket sales at local drug and jewelry stores. A Bath man returns $85 found on the M C R R wharf with rings, and a manager receives a thoughtful cigar gift at his Columbia office.
Florence Stevens and Elizabeth Hares have returned from a ten day vacation at Serasey Estates. Margaret Nutter of Newton Mass is in Bath visiting friends. The party of McCole Hartnett Addington Reddington left for Portland in a new Hudson six. Several travelers from Samford North Berwick Milton and Bridgtom visit Bath to view timber and family.
Y M C A Board met Tuesday evening as farmers report a fair crop with large blueberry yields. The Garnet House fills and tenants move into the cottage. Phippsburg road held up after floods, and a lobster license referendum reportedly failed due to insufficient valid signatures. Bath residents visit Los Angeles and recall a clothing store with an unusual stock shortage.
Crowds gathered for the Myrtle Lodge Odd Ladies 70th anniversary event at Lake Auburn featuring a program of sports shore dinners and literary and musical features. A seaside excursion from Rockland to Old Orchard Beach was announced for tomorrow with special train service and varying fares.
Tugs Ariel and Seguin transported barge Eastern to Augusta on Wednesday. Corliss St. hosted a prayer meeting at Winneganee church Wednesday evening. The Moose held a whist party and dance in Music Hall Tuesday and plans weekly events. Pine Tree Circle held a class and officer installation by Nellie Johnson, followed by a banquet at Colonial Cafe. A municipal committee chair faced hunger after a long night and dreamed of paupers seeking aid. Fred Willis delivered the launch L. T. and state property to successor Abram Oliver on Tuesday, noting no known complaints about his tenure. Roses at A. G. Page Co. store drew visitors, with later guests from a nearby summer resort. Bath Opera House to host a Charles Chaplin Night after many inquiries. prizes to be offered. Thirty couples attended the weekly Moose social at Music Hall. Kate Martin and J. W. Leicht won first prizes, Irene Wood and Benjamin Pero won booby prizes. Stevens’s orchestra provided dancing music. Dictator Mann to chair the July 20 social. Motorboat incident on the New Meadows saw a tank explode, boat sinks, two youths rescued. The Kennebec Journal notes Patrick and Mrs. Fitzgerald received a letter from son James, chief gunner's mate aboard United States scout ship Chester, en route to Beirut. ship had visited Barcelo na, Spain, first U.S. warship there in 26 years, officers and men enjoyed the stop.
Robert H. Howland sold a 1916 six cylinder Buick to Frank Rice of East Boothbay. A nurse home fund lawn party is set for Wednesday night July 21 with a ticket drive led by a local young woman. A driftwood Club auxiliary forms after the Pavilion. The George S. Smith schooner will launch soon from Phippsburg for Boston commerce. Summer visitors toasted at Dougherty's drug store before departure to Seattle. The K Y C plans a clambake and an outing for Orphans' Home children in August. A Monson storm destroys the Portland Monson Slate Works, a home struck, and the Gilbert Block damaged. The five masted Bath schooner Helen W. Martin heads to Archangel for cotton cargo with risks near mines noted offshore.
The page promotes Dean's Regulats as a mild laxative and Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil for emergencies. It pitches Burdock Blood Bitters as a cleansing tonic and Dean's Ointment for itching and piles. Ads note prices 25 cents to $1.00 and list drug store availability.
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