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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1918
Page
3
Linen West crash report lists Friday and Saturday events at 164c yard with departmental notices. Details describe timings and location for the incident, focusing on the involved departments and the schedule.
Report of William Darton and his party as the open season begins at Merrymeeting Bay. Hunters claim they filled multiple hogsheads with birds after a day of decoying and flight. George K. Boutelle of Waterville named zone chairman for the Marverd Endowment land campaign in Maine by Thomas W. Lamont, with Eliot Wadsworth and the former Red Cross vice chairman assisting. Boutelle, a Faravar graduate and law school alum, has a long career highlighted by a peace conference role.
Members of the Sasanoa tribe and hundreds of Red Men from across Maine prepare to attend the Great Council of Maine meeting in Lewiston next month. The event includes a banquet in Auburn Hall, a Major parade from Court House Square, remarks by Great Chiefs, and the largest turnout anticipated in the order's history.
The town of Phippaburg launches this year’s state road program focusing on the route near the Dromore Grange Hall and past the Thomas Spence home. Work includes blasting ledges, leveling, graveling, and surfacing 900 feet toward Small Point, improving travel to the area.
Excellent staff of teachers in Bowdoinham schools opened Monday with principal Mr. Atkins Windham and assistants Miss Mary Hall and Miss Hazel Cornish, plus Miss Alma Cheney and Miss Christine Scott. Week features include social gatherings, visits, travels, and local club meetings as residents resume post summer routines.
A vintage ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as an all year remedy to improve health. It claims to purify and enrich the blood, boost appetite, aid digestion, and strengthen the whole system, asserting success where other medicines fail. It also promotes a mild effective cathartic Pills.
Lewiston fair details and various social notes fill the column. Obituaries include Mrs Atrue Stover formerly Li lian Leavitt of this town who died in Brunswick and her burial in Bay View cemetery. June Mealey, three months, died at home. funeral held Tuesday. Several residents travel to Portland, Old Orchard, New York, and Newtonville. Dr. Charles Brown may move to New Denmark. A talk by Hon H T Laughtanum on democracy and prohibition draws crowds. Bath WCTU elects officers. box supper follows. next meeting planned for Oct 1 at Mrs Frances McFadden's home.
The Texas Steamship Co. life insurance program paid benefits to two Bath, Maine families after deaths in August. Laura Rich received $54.72 for August and $729.60 across five monthly payments. Cyrena Wilson has $140.80 for August and $1,075.25 across seven monthly payments. Wilson and Rich were widows of Texas Steamship employees John L. Wilson and Fred P. Rich. The payments arrived at an opportune time during bereavement.
Samson Co of Livermore Falls will visit Bath Saturday afternoon for a baseball exhibition against Bath Co at Five Islands field day venue. A silver cup prize, shown in The Times window,will be awarded. The game draws many Pythians and local spectators. Samson Co is reputed strong while Gath may field a competitive team. The cup was donated by Warren E. Riker of Lewiston, Maine brigadier general.
The four masted schooner Miriam Landis, built by Percy and Small for David Cohen and Co of New York, will launch Thursday at 1 30 p m. from New York with all masts stopped but not rigged. Length 187 4 feet, beam 38 4, depth 15 3, gross tonnage 904, net 825. Owned by Landis Navigation Corporation, she will be rushed for early delivery to carry coal from Norfolk to Porto Rico at a favorable rate. Also a wanted notice seeking a middle aged woman for second work at Old Couple's Home Harwood Street. 5-31f
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