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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1914
Page
1
The town recalls a highly respected Bowdoinham resident and veteran, with funeral rites conducted by the Baptist church pastor, and bearers from the community. Williams was a figure of local service, leaving a widow and two sons, and a procession of the town to honor his memory.
Fire last Wednesday damaged multiple structures at the Topsham Agricultural and Horticultural Society fairgrounds. The dining room, large restaurant, new poultry house, and small restaurant owned by H D Snow were destroyed, with fence damage along the Maine Central track. Damages about 5800 with 1100 insured. several houses will need re-sheathing and rebuilding may be unlikely this summer. Fire suspected to be set by trespassers with aid from the combination wagon from Brunswick.
Bowdoin College’s 1889 graduates gather for a three day celebration in Brunswick. Prof. George T. Files invites classmates to the Maine Street home for the reunion banquet on June 24. The class boasts 47 members, 43 living, with no deaths in the last 15 years. William M. Emery serves as class secretary and a large mounted photo from 25 years ago is shared by B Carroll of San Francisco.
Extremely low tide Thursday left doves on mud flats at City Landing this afternoon. Birds were observed scavenging for food as the tide receded.
George Owen, designer of the cup defender Defiance, arrived in town for a brief Bath Iron Works visit. He notes the boat is at City Island with rigging near dawn and weather delays due to calms and squalls. Trials start June 1 with thirty events, and Owen says Defiance handles beautifully and crew, including Captain Howl, is pleased.
Mrs. Frank M. Jones dies as Gardiner mourns. Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist Church postponed program last evening at Mrs. Will Hansen’s home due to ice cream and music. Recitals and social hour followed. Local residents and visitors include Mrs. James Hathorne and Richmond Hathorne, Addison Rice returning from Boston, and Mrs. Arthur Larrabee visiting Bath.
Hyde Windlass Works cast a 19 500 pound manganese propeller wheel 1714 feet across flanges. It was shipped in a pit car to Robbins Drydock Brooklyn for the steamship Craster Hall. Also notes river swimming feats and a Maine Equal Suffrage League meeting electing Robett Treat Whitehouse president in Portland.
The Maine Sons of Veterans and the Ladies Auxiliary gathered in Waterville for their annual conventions listening to an address of welcome by Cyrus W. Davis for Mayor Louis K. Hilliard and a response by Edward K. Gould of Rockland, secretary and treasurer of the Sons of Veterans. Division Commander Lloyd L. Hoeker of Bath presided.
Seven boys aged 10 to 15 faced Judge Keegan in a municipal court hearing on petty burglary claims. Ringleaders were placed on probation while Arsenault was sent to reform school. others await decisions. Judge urged stricter curfew and parental accountability amid disrupted proceedings. The case noted absence of parents and potential further actions if misbehavior continued. One boy claimed intent to go to Canada in two weeks.
A young Black man arrives in Bath from Lewiston seeking work with 25 cents. He rests at the station due to lack of funds for a bed and spends his money on medicine for indigestion. A Bath employer later hires him to dig a ditch and discovers he is skilled, handy, and capable as a landscape gardener. The man laments roaming for work as political shifts fuel unemployment.
Contractor McNeal undertakes extensive improvements at the Totman residence on York Street following its purchase by Mrs. E. W. Lane of Hyde Park. The home will be occupied by her sister, Mrs. Horace Curtis, with a new stable, raised roof, and a new piazza among the enhancements.
A Sunday trip to view alewives in the lake was interrupted when a car bound for the outing broke down on the Woolwich road. A rescue party from the nearby ferry repaired the break and aided the travelers.
A profile of Bath businessman John E Fitzgerald a Democratic candidate for Sagadahoc County sheriff in the June 15 primary. Born Winchester MA he moved to Bath at 18 and built a fruit furniture and antiques business He emphasizes a square deal for all and pledges fair treatment if nominated and elected.
Allie Meader of South Gardiner was brought to Richmond by Deputy Edward Bullock charged with stealing a motor boat in Bath earlier in the week. The $100 boat owned by Bath residents was found in South Gardiner after Meader stopped in Richmond for repairs.
Former City Marshal McFadden advances as a gardener at his home on Lincoln Street. On Tuesday his beans stood two inches high with one row up half an inch while he watched. asparagus, cucumbers and carrots were also sprouting.
The wayfarer was discharged as innocent of setting the Topsham fire by the Judge this morning and cried, saying he had been jailed for drinking but never for crime. Capt. Pinkham in the Veneta brought up 600 pounds of cod haddock and hake from Five Islands and sold them at five cents per pound.
The West Bath Church invites a cordial welcome as Rev. Howard A. Corey will preach next Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. Sunday school begins at two o'clock with a warm invitation to all attendees.
In Topsham on May 30 a marriage was performed by Rev. Maurice Dunbar. Ernest Emery Eaton of Topsham married Clara Irene Leighton of Bath in a ceremony witnessed by family and friends.
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