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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
7
Five Islands reports a bustling season with cottages reserved, including L. I. Line of Chicago renting the FE. G. Horton house for the full term. Community notices mention church fundraisers, grange events, and social visits among Bath and Georgetown residents.
Moisture on glasses when moving from cold to warm air is reduced by moistening fingertip tips, rubbing over a soap cake, then cleaning the lenses as usual. One daily application suffices.
The Twilight league enters its second week with featured matchups led by the Knights of Columbus, considered the strongest squad, as other teams aim to challenge. The league reports good early attendance, small expenses, and hopes for better weather driving interest.
The Chan Chan ruins in Peru tell of the Chimas an elder race who worshiped the moon and sea. After the Incas rose Pizarro plundered the city leaving a wrecked mound with palaces and tombs. A Spanish adventurer reportedly retrieved 3 million dollars in gold and silver from one burial mound.
John Forster, Dickens biographer, discovered a carefully drawn list of character names and their sources. The list shows many names drawn from life including Jolly Stick Bill Marigold George Muzzle and Robbin Scrabban, among others.
About 35 gathered at the vestry for cemetery work as Working league members served a midday meal. Rev. W. T. Boyd showed Hill's Better America pictures at the Thursday meeting. Numerous residents from Bath, Brunswick, Portland and surrounding towns visited, shopped, or joined gatherings, and plans for a community nurse were discussed.
The singer argues against delivering only what authorities deem fit. He advocates sharing what the public truly desires, including simple songs critics may condemn for sentiment, if the result moves and touches the audience.
Rhode Island hens lay 96 eggs in April and a Newcastle bird hatched two years ago produced a 7 by 6 inch specimen. Herbert Caryl becomes manager and editor of The Aroostook Daily News in Houston after 1 year in the field. Bates College debate fund receives 180 from President Gray with 200 promised by Boston Bates alumni. Androscoggin Mills buys 36000 dollars in Lewiston land for seven dwellings at West Rose Hill. Sampson couple of Ripley marked 64 years of married life with four children, three living. South Thomaston gears up for a statewide referendum on town division and Owl's Tread under the 50th Legislature. Rumford tax rate rises to 35 mills, poll total 2751, valuation up to 6.6 million. taxes due. Sluicing event near Ripogenns Dam draws visitors. Knox jail inmate pivots to law library portraits including Judge Miller and Associate Justice Morrill. Discata rcuis Di Co contemplates drilling for oil on Maine property. Seaboonook railroad progress nears Carry Pond. Aroostook farmers donate over 1000 barrels of potatoes for Near East relief as Bangor & Aroostook Railroad offers free transport and temp 60 percent freight cut to starch factories until Aug 15. Aroostook fish tale proves true with Fort Fairfield accountant Williamson returning from a 600-mile trip with a four-inch trout. May 22 storm causes Glidden at Palmouth Hotel to endure tornado damage, car top ripped off, hay filling the vehicle but no injuries.
The judges awarded first prize a ten dollar gold piece to Miss Mary Janet Patten Minter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur L. Thanter of Topsham, and second prize five dollars in gold to Miss Helen Randolf Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur I. Johnson of Topsham. Prizes offered by the local Sons of Veterans. Presentation by WLS Neves tind at the high school.
A third-year class test yields a student sentence about character that amuses teachers on another floor. A teacher is seen in a modern gown tied with a silk cord, while a pupil in a writing exercise mocks a teacher’s bathrobe in a remark about the school.
The piece claims mountain climbing and volcano exploration as perilous. It notes Vesuvius current activity drawing attention. Descents require fireproof clothing and gas masks due to toxic fumes and unstable terrain with solid and liquid sections.
The elephant ear plant, a Tlawalian or Fijian taro, has enormous bright green leaves used for subtropical bedding. Root-stock is planted in moist soil or started in a hotbed or greenhouse and transplanted, kept away from frost. In Pacific Islands the rootstock is a staple food. taro pots are made from it.
At war’s end American infantry wore blue with white facings and artillery blue with red. Cavalry later adopted green coats with white facings, then changed to black. Since then uniforms are grouped by periods tied to the close of major wars.
A note on Ireland's early money describes the eagle, a base metal piece circulating around 1272, and an earlier silver farthing from King John’s era that was very rare and valuable.
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