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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1914
Page
4
At a town meeting in Phippsburg the focus was roads with sizable appropriations for a segment from Joseph Young's woods to Popham pier and for Pitch Pine Hill. Residents support hiring a road commissioner, favoring Fred Oliver for the post, and discuss funding a possible Popham Beach pavilion and casino.
In Malden on March 4 1914 the Times Co received a subscription payment for Independent ending March 15 1914. The four masted schooner Jacob S Winslow broke up on Black Rocks after a Sunday gale her hull and cargo scattered along Block Island shore. Captain Wilson and eight crew stayed at West Side life saving station awaiting Newport boat. The drowned engineer William Hannibal of New Haven was recovered by the island undertaker.
Sunday rain loosens ice near Reach and the dam as fishermen relocate camps. A gale tops last week with overturned skiffs, blown glass, leaky houses, and damaged roofs. Local residents, job changes, and church and club activities fill the week.
At the Dunlap Commandery No. 5 K. T. annual meeting on Tuesday Eminent Commander Arthur B. Stilphen Generalissimo Fred H. Thompson Captain General Clarence A. Peaslee Senior Warden J. Harry Fiske Junior Warden John A. Small Prelate P. C. L. T. Snipe Treasurer Frank Brown Secretary Albert L. Strout were elected. The first three officers were appointed a committee to arrange the installation.
Among Bath visitors on Tuesday was Capt. Rowe from Winter Harbor. He runs a Boothbay creamery and owns the Lizzie Snow used for summer work in Boothbay waters. This winter he tows scows for M. J. McCormick of Bath. Capt. Rowe is described as a hustler.
Wiscasset notes arrive with Miss Vilna Mahar home from Mt. Vernon for four weeks and Miss Evelyn Hodgdon home from Westport Island. Capt. N C Brown dies of pneumonia. funeral held March 1. George Bailey ill. Mrs. Scott Turner gravely ill. Local social visits noted including Frank Little and wife guests of E E Seekins. Several ill at home and traveling residents. A near shipwreck near Merrill's ledges is recalled. Sasanoa Tribe I O R M officers raised. March 13 visit planned to Brunswick for degree work.
Sunday night’s fierce storm battered Arrowsic causing blown out windows and damaged homes. Clergy guest Rev. Garland could not preach due to weather, while locals report health issues and a death in the Robbins family. County action centers on Merrymeeting Bridge records and highway plans. The Rockland Gazette notes ship repairs at Camden with nearby steamers in winter quarters.
An advertisement touts L. F. Atwood's Medicine as a preventive tonic for childhood ills and relief for stomach and bowel troubles. A resident of Eastbrook, Me. endorses it for family use, noting its benefits for children and the convenience of a 35 cent bottle and free sample by mail from the L. F. Medicine Co. of Portland, Me.
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