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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1902
Page
3
Bath residents hear dogs days woes and plan events as Bath merchants seek better freight rates and excursion deals. The Alameda hosts temperance talks, the Prohibition rally, and a big muster prep with Khaki uniforms arriving. Shipments of coal and pipe work, along with street improvements and a water carnival, highlight a busy period in Bath society.
The Kennebec Yacht club will host a major Bath Maine water carnival next Saturday featuring a sailing regatta, canoe and sculling races on the Kennebec river, a grand boat parade with illuminations and fireworks, and a full day of event judges and officials. About 60 top oarsmen and canoists from clubs including Wawbe wawa Auburndale Medford and Riverside are slated to compete across a full program from 9:15 a.m. to evening finishes, with colors by riverbank officials and a safety and starter crew led by Herbert Holton and Harold Wardwell.
F Drake and the Wawbewawa Canoe Club joined Jeffries Point Rowing Association and Riverside Boat Club in a regatta overseen by judge Turn-B A Coughlin and committee members Scuyler Green and J Owen Ledyard. Officials listed include Wiliam F Stevena F B Nichole and EF Kelley.
At City Hall on Wednesday forenoon 38 prominent Sagadahoc Republicans gathered for the county convention. Temporary chair Frank L. Staples and secretary Harry Sterner oversaw credentials. Officials nominated by acclamation included Bath figures Hyde and Ballou, with contested county commissioner and county attorney posts decided by votes for Adama and Newell respectively.
A group of Massachusetts capitalists bought land at Arrowsic facing Phippaburg Center and named it Rowsic Park after surveying. They have sold about 20 cottage lots and recorded eight deeds this week at the Register of Deeds office of John A. Fisher. The resort sits in an excellent location for a summer colony.
A Bath river note covers the yacht Belicia coaling at Drummond’s and returning from a coast voyage to Blue Hill. The tug Bismark resumes work after repairs and a trial run. Frank E. Southard sues two Bath creditors to libel the yacht Annie 8., owned by Fred E. Betts of Boston. Capt Morse’s twin screw yacht Gladys shows speed gains under Jim Farnham. Robert Lilly, 72, stays active at his Commercial street anchor shop as Percy & Small’s yard completes the last mast on a trim four-master and advances the six-masted building project.
In Sagadahoc County four deer have been seen in Winnegance and damaged crops. They chewed cabbage heads at John G Morse's garden and ruined pea vines at Timothy Burgess's. Levi Spinney, once struck by lightning at Percy and Small's yard, is now able to be out again. Robinson Street improvement completed with dirt hauled and grading along the south end.
Sanford Farrar died Wednesday morning at his home at the corner of High and Getchell streets after two years of heart failure and two months with Bright s disease. Born in Searsmont Maine he was 53 and a resident of Bath for more than thirty years working in the tinsmith trade and previously with his father in carriage making. He leaves a widow, one daughter Mrs James S McFarland and seven sisters including Mrs Sherman Tabor Mrs Gordon S Preble Mrs G S Record Mrs Charles Humphreys Mrs M S Boothbay Mrs Alice Sylvia and Mrs William Bradford. He was a first class mechanic with inventive talent and belonged to Polar Star lodge No 114 F and A M.
A local bank issue directs depositors to respond by a specified date to avoid penalties. It outlines steps to verify account details, update contact information, and submit required documents. Officials emphasize urgency and advise contacting customer service for assistance.
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