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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1926
Page
8
In 1886 June 2 Bath Daily reports Bath High School class of ’86 inviting a June 21 excursion. It covers M G Shaw & Son saw mill work, the steamer Wiwurna replacing Samoset, bees in a West train car, Mount Waldo launch with detailed specs, Bath fire department hose wagon progress, Sappho steam launch trip, and the Hannah Hogan homestead sale for 700 dollars.
P O Vickery of Augusta in town. City Council meeting with Charles W Longley as messenger. Steamer Sappho inspected by Staples and Pallister of Portland. Charles F Taylor wins a Winchester rifle at a raffle. Bath firemen seek raise to 35 a year. West Bath strawberry festival at the grange hall. Mrs H Marble of Skowhegan visiting before Massachusetts trip. Popham lodge Good Templars hold strawberry picnic. attendees supply a box of strawberries. Bath Water Supply Co officials attend council. Nathaniel Longley improving after illness. Dunlap Commandery K T trip to Adirondacks and White Mountains planned for 4 days starting 22 inst. Stops Crawford's, Burlington, Plattsburg, Fort Kent. band to accompany. Shaw mill reduced to ten-hour days at committee request. workers currently at 11 1/4 hours. Majority reportedly content with current hours.
June 4 1886 notice reports James Cromwell has severed his four year ties with Richardson's mill. The item also notes James A Crocker of South End owns a large perfectly preserved pumpkin from last season. Thomas Neagle of Rockland, formerly of this city, is catcher of the leading local baseball club. Fire department members will face a hearing tonight on pay increases. An iron dryer 30 feet by 4 feet is being built at Ulton's boiler works for Damariscotta shell heaps to dry ground shell dust.
Bath records a busy June session with officer retirements and vacancies in the Bath Light Infantry, Canton of Patriarchs Militant forms, fire department wage petitions, and license grants. Officials approve a two week police vacation, elect a coal weigher, and renew licenses for amusements, victualers, fireworks, and gas storage.
The Schooner Artemus Tirrell of Boston, towed from Math to Augusta for loading, struck rocks at the sunken piers of the old Hallowell bridge. Two holes stove in her bow and her fore foot torn off. Beached to stay afloat and towed to Portland for repairs with City of Lynn as tow ship.
At a Kennebec 8 PF E Co No 2 meeting Stephen A Penny’s fireman resignation was accepted. Bath Light Infantry invited to parade in Portland July, with Augusta and Boothbay also planning Independence Day celebrations. A Keanneber Steamship Wharf building is to be raised two feet, Frank Wildes handling the contract. Funeral services for Nathaniel Longley held at Universalist church with city officials in attendance. A runaway express team belonging to George W Luce caused a collision but no injuries. Excursionists to Portland on the Sappho returned home. thanks offered to Maine Central Railroad for courtesies.
Walter S. Wyman of Central Maine Power spoke to Pomona Grange in Visca taquix county on Maine power needs. He urged changing the Fernald Law to allow exporting surplus power to spur industry, create jobs, and boost state tax revenue through a large Bingham dam project.
A nostalgic account traces town store nights before meetings as unofficial caucuses where taxes and local offices sparked debate. The village grows with lumber mills and migrant workers, but progress brings the automobile, mail order, telephone, and parcel post, making the general store fade into history.
Boogar the artist announces a summer plan to travel through the countryside to paint as much as possible. He recalls past statements about Croix de Guerre and says he will use fall and winter to prepare works for another Academy exhibition. The piece notes a crowding emphasis on memory and vision rather than new events.
The New England Council Committee on Recreational Resources calls for coordinated development to boost visitor interest and local economy. It urges courtesy to visitors, improved road signage, sanctioned detours, sanitary camping, and information bureaus, predicting millions of summer visitors and broader benefits. It notes Italy’s 500000 would‑be entrants and a Jam about immigration quotas.
Dr. J. H. Dellinger of the U S Bureau of Standards declares rapid changes in radio are over and standard sets will retain value for years. Refinements may occur but won’t affect current sets’ worth. tubes wear, but sets can be reactivated. Agriculture officials welcome stabilized, standardized receivers to speed farm adoption. England shifts to selling hens eggs by weight rather than count.
Historic notices from Sagadahoc Maine showing wills and administrations. Alice E King petitions probate for Fred S King estate with letters testamentary requested. various administrators for Eliza E Marr Mark L Marr John G Morse estates receive final accounts and inheritance tax actions. notices call creditors and heirs to appear at Bath probate court in July 1926.
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