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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
3
Residents are invited to Town Hall at 2 p.m. Thursday March 12 as the Phippsburg Selectmen listen to suggestions for town or department improvements.
Beginning promptly at 10 o clock a m at my residence 2 miles south of Richmond on river road the auctioneer offers for sale to the highest bidder without reserve my personal property including two young chestnut horses weight 2800 pounds four cows fresh this spring a yearling heifer a full blood jersey a broad sow Plymouth Rock hens hay straw and oats and a large assortment of farming tools many new such as a McCormick grain binder an Empire grain and fertilizer drill a 3 horse farm wagon harness and more no postponement for bad weather. C K Coleman M M Haraven Auctioneer
Notice states the Maine Central Railroad timetable or service changes become effective on October 7 1907. Details specify routing and schedule adjustments for trains in the region.
The column lists church affiliations and meetings including City Church joining the Maine Free Baptist association. Esquire ranks and Masonic lodge officer elections, Beacom Street Methodist Sunday school carpet gift and a penny social. Sports figures Bob Somerville vs Tom Bailey and Morse High vs Portland High prep for Saturday. Local incidents include a sidewalk hazard on Front street and a chimney fire on Cummings street. Swastika club dance at Music hall and funeral services for Mrs. Jessie Jane Patten with burial at Maple Grove cemetery.
The new Phippsburg board of selectmen George D. Weston Harry C. Webber and Elisha L. Totman call on residents to attend a meeting tomorrow at two o clock to share suggestions on town affairs valuations roads schools and other departments with their views to be considered at the year’s start.
Society notes list guests and visits in Bath and Boston. Brenda Emery and Mrs Johnson host and visit, church groups meet at homes, leaders like John S Hyde and D. D. G. Exalted Ruler Atkins in Bath, and local workers attend Portland auto show and Emerson hospital training. Ex mayor Edward W Hyde regains his Odd Fellows charm found after snowfall.
On March 4 Earl Pikes birthday was celebrated with a surprise party by a group of young friends from Dromore and Phippsburg. The evening featured games and music with light refreshments. Guests included Bertha Morse Gardiner Rogers Walter Rogers Arthur Gay of Bath Christeen Cutting Geneva Wilson Evelyn Parsley Lizzie Mains Ethel Cushman Hattie Bowker Beatrice Bowker Minnie Sparks Arthur Wilson Walter McCourt Wallace McDonald Ralph Willis Henry West Willie Mains and Harry Jones.
Dr. George C. Nichols owner of a historic county sign board once used when Silas Lee ran a ferry at Oakwood Farm in Phippsburg before Bath to Woolwich steam ferries. The board proclaims To Arrowsie and Georgetown over Lee's Ferry near Pitch Pine hill crossroads.
Bath market offers broad produce availability and fair prices. Apples fetch 40 to 50 cents told by a local grocer though few buyers. Eggs 22 to 25 cents a dozen, butter 24 to 28 cents a pound, potatoes 75 cents a bushel. Scarcity in squash. cabbage beets turnips about 1 cent per pound. parsnips and carrots 2 cents. Veal 9 cents, lamb 12 to 14 cents, chicken 18 cents, fowl 14 to 16 cents.
Members of the Kennebec Yacht Club will represent the club in the second and final round of the annual tournament against the Calumet club in Lewiston next Friday evening. The listed players compete in bridge whist, cribbage, pool and billiards, with Morse noted on a Bangor business trip.
Services at People's church drew large crowds with the communion service in the evening marking the largest attendance in the church's history. Seven received the right hand of fellowship and several more are expected to join later.
Somerville, the Lewiston crowd favorite, faces Tom Raisley of Buffalo in Lewiston next Friday night at 135 pounds. Raisley claims he was tired after a late-night ride from Buffalo but vows to be in peak form. Locals expect Somerville to win, though Raisley trains under Allie Brown and Dr. Voyer while Somerville adds new holds and surprises.
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