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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1919
Page
7
Winnegance Creek is reported free of ice after high winds blew river ice into the mouth and filled the shore with up river ice. The past week brought visits from Mass residents, church meetings, dances at Bridgehall, and notes on local residents overseas and recovering from illness.
A street dialogue discusses teachers pay amid salary raises. Justice argues teachers deserve their full requested raise despite costs, while Conservative questions affordability citing weekly pay, room and board, and additional duties. The exchange also notes a proposed 17 percent raise beginning March 1 and the impact on voters.
The daylight saving scheme in this country goes into effect Sunday at 2 noon. People should set their clocks one hour ahead to avoid being caught nap ping and may adjust early in the evening to ensure proper change.
Travelers from upriver points reaching Benuswick on the 11 o'clock train and bound for Bath discover a jitney waiting on Maine Street. It shuttles them quickly to Bath, replacing a now missing train connection and shortening long waits for the electric car.
The Railroad Administration under Director-General Walker Hines issues a plan for clocks to advance to 3 a.m. at 2 p.m. Sunday March 20 and revert at 2 a.m. in October. Instructs offices and rail employees to synchronize watches with dispatchers and urges individual compliance across departments as trains adjust to daylight saving.
Harry Osman of Lowell Massachusetts and Nettie Rowe of Lewiston were married Wednesday afternoon at 3 by City Clerk Abert Fh Grassy in the al dermanic chamber. Osman is son of the late Mr and Mrs Amoronght Osman and Rowe daughter of Mr and Mrs Melvin Rowe.
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