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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1922
Page
8
A reminiscence on the old Maine Central era describes the diesel era is wrong. this is a nonfiction look at the Bath Branch and the legendary locomotive "Richmond" later named Presumpscot. It recounts the engine's build, peculiar design, and the crew's wary respect plus a mid century incident near Topsham Station with a broken rail and a diverted timetable.
The Maine Beekeepers Association will hold a March 29 meeting at the College of Agriculture Orono with sessions in the forenoon and afternoon. Lester W. Longfellow will preside. EF W Wooster Esworth and Allen Latham Norwichtown Conn speak on clover and queen honey production. Business session at 1:50.
A Maine supreme court hearing in Portland area case Charles A. Lewis vs John H. Welch Jr. centered on a $500 labor claim as Welch disputes settlement. The tale includes a shipboard theft of Fred Thomas Beal’s teeth and valuables, a Boston return, and a later probate notice from Sagadahoc County court.
Neatsfoot oil is boiled from ox or cow heels in water then skimmed. The text also records multiple Sagadahoc probate actions from Bath and Arrowsic involving Oliver Moses Rupert Baxter Herbert Morse and Hattie Lermond among others with notices for admin appointments and allowances in 1922.
Maine is the banner state for farm property with abandoneds being taken up by Maine natives and eastern buyers. In 1921 Maine residents bought 219 of 396 farms sold, while 177 came from other states. Maine’s diversified farms like potatoes apples and poultry tap strong markets as Westward movers decline.
Edith Sprague and Emma Wall, both aged 14 and 15 from Rockland, rode to Bath on found tickets with no money to return. They stayed in the Rockland police station’s women’s ward after being helped by officers. Their parents were notified and arrangements made for a Tuesday morning return with the train conductor.
John H. O'Brien one of the three Portland O'Brien brothers and noted oarsman died Saturday night after months of illness at his son's home in Columbia Chambers His body moved to Portland for a requiem high mass at St Dominic's Church He was born in St John New Brunswick and worked as a stevedore before gaining fame as an oarsman His older brother Moses died earlier while Nathaniel O'Brien survives in Portland Death attributed to heart trouble.
Mrs Ellen M Mason 62 wife of Alex Mason died Sunday at 124 Bedford Street after a fatal shock. Born in Cape Breton she lived in Bath 40 years and belonged to People's Baptist Church and several auxiliaries. Survived by husband, son HB Oliver and daughters Mrs George Goodwin and Mrs Thomas Leask, plus siblings and nine grandchildren.
Mrs. Etta Farrar died of pneumonia after a brief illness at Lisbon. Born in Dixfield in 1868 to George and Maria Coolidge, she married James Farrar and left four children including Edna Farrar and Flora Alden. Survived by four brothers and a sister across Lisbon Falls, Lisbon Center, Yarmouth, and Lisbon.
Residents named include Liam Tlawes of Fairehope Alabama and Benjamin Johnson of Boston plus Mrs. Fred TD Till of Bath. Also mentioned are son Ead ward D. Emery of Wiscasset and sister Mrs. Charles M. Webber of Bath.
Obed Curtis, 70, formerly of Bath and Newcastle native, died Sunday in Newcastle after a short illness from a nervous breakdown. He worked as foreman blacksmith at William Rogers yard and at Bath Iron Works under John Stevens, later farming in Newcastle. Survived by wife two sons George of Kittery Edward B. of Portland and daughter Maud Plummer of Damariscotta Mills and brother Solon Curtis.
William B. and James T. Temple plan to T prepare six scows for commission at Muarttown, with two launches on the Bath Box Co dock awaiting ice melt. They will haul over 1.5 million feet of box lumber from Headside to Bath Box Co and begin towing once equipment is ready.
The body of Melvina L Trogers aged 86 was brought by a Farmington undertaker on Monday and interred at the family Maple Grove cemetery. She was a native of Bath.
Mrs. Fannie Emery 74 widow of Charles I Emery died Sunday night at City hospital after a three week illness. Born in Bath she was daughter of the late Dexter Coombs and had long lived in Bath. She loved botany and located rare flowers in surrounding woods. She attended the Universalist church. She leaves three daughters including Mrs Wil-
The Colchester oyster season begins with mayor led ceremonies on the fishery grounds. The mayor and corporation haul the first oysters, share gin and ginger bread, and send a dutiful telegram to the king at lunch on Peewit island. Saxon ties appear in the arms of Essex. The fishery lost continental customers in World War I but served British demand.
Mrs Morrill Hamlin of Portland defended France's stance on maintaining armies to deter future German invasions. She argued France seeks only self protection after two invasions and World War I, noting Germans’ catastrophe and France's ruined towns. Her next talk will address The Tasks Before Congress.
A slight blaze began in the woodwork of the Franklin house basement likely from an overheated chimney and quickly spread into the partition. An alarm from box 34 at 8 31, hose from Combination 3 and a chemical tank from Combination 4 extinguished the fire by 9 24 without water. Miss Phyllis Wyman has returned to Augusta to work in the automobile bureau of the secretary of state after visiting her mother, Mrs Charlotte Wyman.
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