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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1910
Page
2
The piece urges unity to boost Maine, praising the state’s climate, labor, schools, and roads. Sagadahoc farmers profit from good crops and rising hay, while shoe industry stands strong. It notes Jeffries boxing, drowning prevention, and the need to teach children to swim.
The Bath Iron Works secured a large contract for a steamer for Maine Central, lifting local business gloom. Reported further good news includes rising inquiries for wooden vessels, improving freights, and growing demand for tonnage, signaling a strong fall and winter. The Independent notes Bath’s resilience and hints at more contracts to come, urging prudent farming and prepping for a busier season.
Percy Jackson of Waltham visited his aunt Mrs J R Heal last week. James H Knight and Q C Hodg tson bought Deering mowing machines. B Dunton of Woodfords won a whest at the Pond cottage. Captain A J Knight repairs Crottwell's yacht finishing with paint. Marshall Outhowse of Boston spent Sundays with family. Mrs Amy Whitten returning from Monson with daughter Mrs Merrill Co Jewett of Westport Junction. Ralph Jewett captured a mother raccoon and four young. The cottages on Thomas Bluffs are all occupied. 22 cottages are in the colony currently.
Mrs Annie Coombs wife of James W Coombs died Tuesday after a brief illness aged nine months and seven days. The deceased was a woman of exceptional ability and beloved by a circle of friends, a devoted worker in the Corliss Street Church. She is survived by her husband two daughters Viola and Vivian two sisters Mrs Justin Elbridge Gardiner and Mrs Merrill Larmond Quincy Mass and one brother Fred Cornish. An autopsy by Prof Whittier Bowdoin College and Dr Fox found the death caused by a tumor. Rocklands plans for Taft visit July 26 include special trains and a luncheon schedule with the President in the Lime City from eleven to twelve.
Woolwich residents report a busy week with dances at Tuessie Hall and a pond party at Woodwich Grange Hall. Visitors from Boston and Medford mingle with farmers waiting for rain as hay crops grow and a new grange may form at Sagadahoe Ferry. Community life centers on churches, reunions, and local trades from brick kilns to livery stables.
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