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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1915
Page
3
The official Park Bowlins League standings were released after Saturdays games, listing team positions and points. No further details are provided in the fragment.
The Seamen's law requires fingerprinting of about 36 000 American merchant sailors for able seaman and certified life boatman qualification cards. The Coast Guard will cooperate with the Department of Commerce to issue fingerprinted identification cards stamped with class designation and the seaman's signature. The fingerprint system aims to prevent card fraud by preventing sale of credentials to non seamen.
Last week the Registry of Deeds recorded transfers including Minnie J Lemont to John D Gowell in Bath. Albert H Shaw to Cosmopolitan Club in Bath. Emma F Rittal to Media E Nocton in Georgetown. Ina B Good et al to Annetta Higgins in Topsham. Augustus V Todd to DP Henrys Todd in Georgetown. Francis T D Morse to William B Kendall in Bowdoinham. William G Small to H Elizabeth Harrington in Phippsborough. Mary E Palmer et al to Theophile P Rabin hand in Bath. Roxanna R Gilliam to Orlando P Wallace in Phippsburg. Elsinore Real Estate Co to Effie G Heal in Bath. Minerva P Marshall to Edmand Leeds trustees in Phippsburg. H Irving Gustin to Ralph J Gustin in Arrowbic.
Michael Zauke sought $10 000 from Eastern Steamship Corporation for injuries while employed unloading heavy reels aboard the Northland at Franklin Wharf. The jury found for the steamship, noting Zauke, as an experienced worker, knew the risks and assumed them by continuing the work.Attorney Richard Harvey prosecuted for Zauke.
Two couples wed Saturday evening at the parsonage of People Baptist Church. Ernest S. Lancaster and Mabelle E. Temple of Bowdeingham wed, and Joseph Beaulieu, an engineer from Brunswick, married Lillian Nichols of Leeds Junction. Both ceremonies were unattended.
The M H S Athletic Association presented A String of Pearls Thursday with coaching by Miss Magoun and Miss Corey. Cast included Ethel Madison Bernice Oliver Antony Ned Andrews Leo Burke Bessie Brown Hannah Pepov Mazie Pleau and others in a village stage performance.
Dr. Irish of Bowdoinham visits Bath as Everett Gurney of the Ariel returns home ill from Portland. A baby named Marion arrives at Orrin Gethner’s home on Blasland Lane. Several Bath residents travel to Boston and Portland for work and visits, while ships and crews shift in and out of Bath harbor.
The week ending March 26 shows the two man teams led by Wins Oates and Williame Dalla tied for top with four wins. Other crews include Goin Chase Bouget and Leete Martin while Krates Daley and Anble Miller trail with seven losses.
Fire from the hilltop damaged a cottage room but was contained when a resident beat it out with a coat wrapped around the burning ball. Anson Oliver’s home was briefly threatened. the family hurried furniture to safety. Townspeople responded with notable courage during the blaze.
The article lists 1715 eight original proprietors including Thomas Hutchinson and Oliver Noyes with deaths noted of John Buck in 1717 and David Jeffries. It names Boston and Portsmouth participants and Small Point residents such as Dr Oliver Noyes and John Penhallow. The Columbia bill tonight features the detective serial The Exploits of Elaine and the Keystone comedy The Scratch of a Pen along with other single reel subjects.
The Penobscot River froze late in the month and heavy rains delayed river traffic. The ice left Saturday and Bangor port reopened to navigation, marking the earliest departure since 1903 due to prior cold snap gaps and lack of zero weather.
Sand dabs speared near shore are entering the Bath market and touted as excellent panfish for home cooks and markets alike.
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