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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1916
Page
6
Long community column lists visits and travel among Ashdale Bath Bath residents including Miss Lillian Smith Miss Irma Gilman and Capt Chester Wallace. Local work on Basin hill and river traffic with destroyers observed. Families welcome guests plant crops attend G A R services and place flags on soldiers graves.
A piano is secured for the church vestry and a concert plan is proposed to raise funds. The Ladies Aid hosts a church vestry supper on May 14. Various residents travel between Boston Bath and nearby towns, tune pianos, and attend services, with weekly church events outlined and a coal cargo delivering to Howard's for Boothbay.
A campaign piece portrays a candidate as a sure winner in upcoming primaries, touting broad support from local voters and endorsements. The ad emphasizes electability, strong leadership, and a promise to push policy priorities through the legislature.
Social items from Winnegance list Annie Williams hosting L A Club and a surprise party for Josephine Pushard. Mentions Rev T N Kewley at Beacon Street Methodist Bath, Memorial Day visits, travels of residents, and local club meetings plus lighthouse notices and D A R secretary elections.
Memorial services in North Woolwich feature Col Edward C Plummer of Bath delivering patriotic education remarks. audience lauded his address with hymns, prayers, and a roll of honor, as local officers were elected and preparations for Day’s Ferry Memorial Day proceeded.
Memorial Day events across towns like Sagadahoc Ferry Woolwich and Bath are noted with school ceremonies church programs and community gatherings. Memorable mentions include visitors to local homes, a Damariscotta Basket meeting, Women’s Missionary Society reports, and a lawn party at Nequasset Congregational Church.
A lengthy court narrative details a strained marriage between Lawson and his wife. The wife denies madness, attributes insults and accusations to provocation, and recounts legal battles over support, debt, and trust funds. She fled to England seeking a resolution while their children suffered without a stable, loving home.
Preaching at the Methodist church moved to 2 39 PM with Sunday School at 3 30 PM. Alpha Hall plans a Boston trip. Mrs J H Snipe visits Wisconsin relatives. Grace Potter leaves Kimball Brothers as bookkeeper. Bath resident to spend part of summer in town. Perley Baker of Gardiner visits family. Edna Blagdon of Portland visits Katherine Hagan. Mr and Mrs Thomas O Steen entertain guests from Revere Massachusetts. Frank Osgood of Bath visits town. Frank Snipe to pasture two yoke of cattle at Phippsburg in Harlan Gregg pasture. North School celebrates new water tank desk chair and bamboo globe table from recent entertainment. Mr and Mrs Charles Cole and Irene Lewiston visit Cole family. W R Lincoln of Lewiston with Bath ties visits Bay Point over holidays.
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