06 May 1899
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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1899
Page
1
A humorous tale set in a Bath Independent serial paper. The narrator visits a junk shop filled with a chaotic collection and interacts with talking objects, including an anchor and a demijohn, who discuss their lives and entertain the crowd. The scene ends with a plan to tell their stories and hints at a continuation next week.
Removal SNOW has moved to Parlors above his former store, up one flight, first door to left, Church Block. He invites wearers of fine custom work to inspect his new place and stock.
A 10 pm incident on Front street ends with two officers subduing a drunken boiler maker attacked in a ramshop. The crowd tours the scene as the man is wrestled to the pavement and escorted to city hall basement. The next day the charge of simple drink is settled by fine and costs.
Steam yacht Sagamore owned by John H Hanan has returned from the West Indies and is in Erie Basin New York undergoing refit. Steam yacht Hleanor remains at her East River berth not sold as Mrs J W M Carders stated. Charles R Flint is having a high speed steam launch built. Isaac Stern names the Bath Iron Works ship Virginia after the first North American ship built by the Popham colony in 1607-08.
A group in the room of John Thompson, taxidermist of Brunswick, features eight birds photographed by Thompson Bros. of Ilion New York. The specimens were mostly shot in Merrymeeting Bay by Thompson Bros. They are representative wild fowl that appear in spring and fall around the Bay.
A collection of light verses and wry observations reflecting spring fashion, politics, and daily life. Quotations touch on Aguinaldo, Dewey, prohibition, weddings, marriage, lovers, and social manners with playful wordplay and topical humor. Strong lines reference national figures and seasonal rituals, offering a satirical snapshot of early 20th century leisure press.
Lord’s new house on Academy street was roofed this week. His son will build another on the wage lot. E L Huse works on Vickery’s Academy street house while A G Page Jr renovates and paints on High Street. Gordon Preble starts next month a second two story tenement on Oak street. H V Pero adds a piazza to the Robbins house and plans another on Herbert Norton’s home.
In Caribou Maine Mack Bishop aged 85 is hailed as a proud papa after his wife gave birth to a fine boy last week. He is three times married and father to 28 children with 21 living. Nearby John Viancour aged 86 also has 28 children, 17 living, youngest twelve years old.
The first salmon, a 15 pounder, got tangled in the weir of D Hart of Dix Island at the mouth of the Kennebec last Sunday night. It was found and brought to Ben Savage Monday morning and sold for 26 cents a pound.
May showers bring lawn mowing talk and pondering NeKragen House ownership. Dewey days bring hunting photos, funeral in Phoenix for John Patten, and gray ducks eggs sold in Russell. A bank clerk notes 6 percent loans vs 4 percent elsewhere while a horse causes a carriage wheel loss. Straw hats appear, Uncle Bob sparring with politicians, and Wyman nets lobsters with haddock and cod.
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