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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1914
Page
10
Postmaster Brown and wife visited Richmond while many Bowdoinham residents attended the Brunswick circus. Local people travel, visit Portland, and attend games and dances. Highlights include baseball, auto rides, a 25 sheep shear, kiln dried corn, and an upcoming June 25 benefit play for the baseball club.
Dresden townsfolk share visits and illnesses as guests arrive from Wauertown Richmond and Glouces ter. Families note falls illnesses and travel by train and road as residents welcome relatives and plan seasonal trips north to Massachusetts and Maine.
Andrew Daniel Higgins nine month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Higgins of Bowdoin died May 22 after bronchial pneumonia. Survived by parents, grandparents Walter and Ella Higgins, great grandmother Eunice Campbell, seven aunts, three uncles, eleven cousins. Funeral May 24 at 2 p.m. from home. interment West Bowdoin family lot. Flowers from family and friends. Rev M G Powers comforted mourners Gould in charge.
The fifty first annual Maine Unitarian churches conference opened in Augusta Tuesday evening with Rev. Robert P. Doremus of Farmington presiding. Associate Justice Leslie C. Cornish gave the welcome and former Chief Justice William Penn White delivered the annual address to the conference.
Joseph Stevens of Five Islands visited Bath on Wednesday, enjoying the day in the coastal town and visiting local sights and shops.
The Bath Market reports cherries at 90 cents per bay with eight pounds per box, cantaloupes at 15 cents each or two for a quarter, and tomatoes at 10 cents a pound. Wholesale prices include cucumbers 2.25 per box, cabbage at 200 per crate, and new potatoes scarce at 5.25 per barrel.
Local notes report a Kennebec yacht club dance and bluebell blossoms promising crops. Cited items include hay and straw prices, sidewalk projects, a 17 foot hunting float, and a sturgeon catch. Police consider arresting cyclists on sidewalks while other events note circuses, ice cargos, and Knights of Columbus plans.
The column reports on new Dairy Lunch window signs and curfew enforcement, coastal travel, boat activity, a defiance ball game schedule, hospital admissions, workers at a shirt factory, a fast Brunswick to Woolwich boat run, a large 12 pound Kennebec salmon catch, Flag Day plans, St Marys first communion, local halibut dishes, staffing changes among Chinese laundries, Sagadahoc Republican committee outlook, a horse and roadster loss, autos heading to Belfast, ship launches coverage, steam yacht Aldine II sale and voyage details, Bath social notes on visitors, and Chautauqua work in the South with Maine summer plans. The Scribe thanks Ray Palmer for clippings on Shamrock IV and London Daily Mail notes.
The Modern Woodmen of America in Bath mourns Benj F Groves describing him as a respected neighbor with an untarnished character. Resolutions express condolences, request publication in the Bath Independent, and urge records be kept. a note follows about George F Tobey's farm and retail dealings in Riggsville.
The Merrymeeting Birthday Club from West Gardiner visited Bath to see Mrs. Marie Marco keeping house for Rufus Lombard. They returned Sunday night by boat and trolley via Lewiston to Spear's Corner after celebrating Uncle Rufus's birthday with a delightful gathering.
At the Kennebec Yacht Club monthly meeting it was decided to entertain the Orphans Home children on Saturday afternoon June 20 with a sail to Westport. Robert Cochran invited the club to spend the afternoon at his summer home. Transportation will be provided from the Home to the club, then motor boat trips, outdoor games, and a picnic lunch. Edward W. Larrabee chairs a committee of members from last year, now with two new additions, Hubert H. McCarty and Robert Cochran. New members admitted include Arthur E. Bishop George R. Crocker T L Blinn T Henry McLellan and Charles T Jackson.
John Clemens, contractor, moves his workforce to Baker farmhouse Montsweag owned by M J McCormick leasing the site for the Woolwich to Wiscasset road. His bookkeeper and timekeeper arrived Monday. McCormick provides three double teams for Clemens. Clemens has built the Millinocket road and owns 1000 acres of forest land nearby. He plans to begin work on the Wiscasset and Woolwich road promptly.
The funeral of Ominda Galalat was held at St Marys Church Friday morning at 9 o clock.
A column of dated ads promotes Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil and Dean's Regulator and Ointment for varied ailments. Burdock Blood Bitters claims blood and liver benefits with a historical price, while testimonials cite relief from itching piles and general health.
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