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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1917
Page
13
The store fills every department with Spring and Summer merchandise and presents a standout display of new suits and coats marking a stylish center. New fabrics in leading shades for spring and summer wear are featured, with sport stripes checks in wool goods, cotton wash fabrics, hosiery and underwear in desirable weights and combinations.
Wesley notes describe upcoming Bowdoin College Mandolin and Glee Clubs concert at Wesley Church. Sunday school attendance was strong, Armes class boys led opening exercises. Various society meetings and programs are scheduled with speakers including Rev Culbert McGay and Mrs Annie Grover. An Epworth League event features Napoleon B Cortell on Echoes of the Lewiston Boys Conference. Orchestra and song service continue.
Local dealers display St Patrick Day novelties The Wishing Ring to be produced after Lent by a local organization After midnight a big Monday storm ended business and moon appeared Weather suggests good spring farming unless snow proves poor fertilizer A north easter and bitter cold made Monday travel hard A Bathman criticizes a comment about a Montana lady becoming a congresswoman Jeanette Rankin member of the next House Special Bath Cooperative Association meeting votes liquidation Dutch shipbuilding stalls due to iron and steel shortages Horace Channell of Boston leases Grand View Hotel Channell brings friends to New Meadows in summer Locals report oats scarce during grain blockade leading to a carload shipment for horses Dust and dirt shower from a third story window on Front Street violates ordinance Mrs J S McFarland of Wocwch returns home after week in Bath City Hospital Husband tends 25 hand turkeys They buy a prize winning Maine Tom Turkey from Mr Guptill Turkeys now in two modern houses average 20 pounds each
Fish Warden Abner C. Johnson toured West Point and Small Point Harbor reporting record winter lobster catches for Sagadahoc County in twenty years. He credited wardens with enforcement and urged meetings to prove the law is a friend, not foe, to fishermen.
The column lists meetings at G A R Hall and various groups on Thursday and Tuesday including Sedgwick Circle, the Odd Ladies Sewing Circle, the Quinninniohoke Camp Fire Group, and the High Street Neighborhood Club. It reports on Birch Point incorporation hearing in Augusta and engagements between Edith V Oliver and R B Holloway. Also notes hospital recovery of Carl Dearborn, marriage to Lissa Hopkins, and Mildred Fall’s visit, plus history of Bath mayors and John Small’s tenure.
Bath police seek two young foreign men about 18 years old who robbed the Dewey restaurant in broad daylight. They damaged the gas meter, smashed the cash register, and fled on the four o clock train after spending time at the depot buying two Portland tickets. The proprietor, George Shattuck, found smoke from a pan of burned pork chops, initially believed to signal a fire. The value of cash stolen totals $19.89. Portland police alerted after the Jacksonville depot sighting.
The 1916-17 City Council held a brief session with most members present. Finance and Overseers of the Poor delivered annual reports. The council approved Roll No. 1 for 1700.86 and noted 1917 appropriations totaling over 9,000 for city services and the poor.
In a February Municipal Court report Judge Keegan shows 15 examinations and trials with fines and costs: city 20 dollars, individuals 31, county 17.72, city costs 34.06, outside officers 15.49. The Mayor appointed constables Murphy Hennessey Studley Snow and Lewin, appointments confirmed. Tarbox received a victualler license for Texas Building 7. Clerk Grassy honored with cigars but declined to share.
The Maine town of Maker Town reports James Davis aged 105 as the oldest resident. He remains able to work and perform chores while his wife Mrs. Davis is in poorer health this winter.
Senator Baxter returned to Augusta Monday morning. Charles Field of Monhegan came back to the sea town after visiting friends in Bath. Mrs. George Hunt of Waltham and Mrs. Walter A Murtaugh spent a few days in Augusta with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Liberty.
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