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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1912
Page
8
July in the city brings gateau of events with gardens thriving and crowds arriving. July Fourth preparations, circuses, and yachting cruise plans fill the calendar as Bath readies for holidays and summer trade.
The Sagadahoc County Pomona Grange held its monthly meeting at Woolwich Grange hall with 135 members present plus 455 in a morning train arrival. The fifth degree was conferred on 14 candidates. officers spoke on public welfare and a collection for Good Will Farm Cottage raised 2.66, boosting total since earlier collections to 19.79. A thinned rail service marred the day as attendees were displaced past Westport station and walked two miles in heat.
Captain Fletch Larrabee of the New Meadows Boat Club will christen his new cabin launch Maximilia today. The 40 foot craft, built in quartered oak, features a 12 horsepower Eagle engine, cabin galley toilet and engine rooms, oil stove, dishes, two water tanks, plate glass windows and green leather upholstery. It follows a Palinurus design lineage and will be christened by Mrs. E J Allen of Freeport.
Bath confirms a smallpox case in Elmer Sidelinger of Mechanic Street as health officials take precautions to prevent spread.
The tele phone company explains letters after subscriber circuit numbers reduce spoken rings. A central office girl can make 220 connections per hour. saying ring 220 times per hour and an operator repeating it 220 times equals 440 rings saved hourly. Over ten hours this accumulates to 4400 fewer spoken rings.
George Coffill was arraigned before Recorder Hunt in municipal court on arson charges and held for the August grand jury session in $200. Capt Charles T Wallace testified he saw fire issuing from Coffill’s room at the Central House after Coffill left. Coffill said a cigarette may have ignited his coat, but he put it out before leaving.
Fred S. Coombs, a grocer, has purchased a horse from William R. Bowker for use in his delivery wagon. The transaction highlights the era's reliance on horse-drawn commerce and local trades.
Miss Eleanor Leydon recovers from illness while Ellen Newell visits Miss Jennie Morse. Sewall family, Miss Alice M. Thompson, and Miss Margaret Sewall appear in Bath social rounds. The Saunders cottage at Popham opens for summer. Miss Anna Dillon to serve as substitute in Patten Free Library Children's Room. A Ladies Society event at John J. Phrington’s featured Corliss Street Orchestra with refreshments.
Preaching services Sunday at the North church Woolwich 10 50 and Nequasset 2 30. A 7 90 prayer meeting at Nequasset. Children’s Day concert 7 o'clock by Sagadahoc Ferry Sunday school. North church ladies plan Fourth observance. 10 30 horribles and noon dinner. Afternoon races and sports on church grounds. Lemonade and ice cream for sale.
The Independent reports the New Meadows Boat Club house will not be ready for dedication on July 4 as planned and now targets approximately July 10 for completion before use.
The Bath baseball team plays at Liston Falls today. Wesley Brotherhood travels to Wiscas. Next Thursday at Society Hall Popham Beach Milton Brown faces Young McLean in a wrestling match followed by a dance with music by Stacy and Stevens.
On Friday June 7 a strike by Boston Elevated Railway employees left positions without notice. The group was mainly younger, less experienced workers while older staff remained. The company seeks experienced motormen and conductors and invites qualified applicants for permanent employment, with details at 153 Milk Street, Boston.
Frederic H. Low of Bath petitions the Sagadahoc Probate Court to prove the will of Susan E. C. Nichols who died May 11, 1912 in Bath leaving an estate to be administered. He asks for Letters Testamentary as executor and publication of notice in Bath Independent to heirs Frank D. Colby of Galveston and Sarah A. Denning of Lowell.
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