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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1916
Page
2
Prices current show steady grains and meats with mixed spot readings and futures. An executor notice files for George Evans Hughes of Bath Sagadahoc County calling creditors to present claims and debtors to settle promptly, dated May 4 1916.
The article reports the first Villa volunteers arriving in Maine, with singer’s voice noted as a sign of many more to come. It details visits by Capt. and Mrs. Jack Haskell, a wedding in Bath, early auto traffic, river steamer Ferdinando Gorges passing under night conditions, and various town happenings at Sebasco Estates and nearby areas.
Social items from Woolwich detail visits by Nellie Reed Waldo Allen Lettie Cornish and others in Bath Nequasset and Day's Ferry. Mentions Wesley Pashard at Bath for Texas Company work, brush fire near Prescott house and Easter services at Nequasset Methodist Church with planned May 7 communion. James Munsey ill. Dr Day attends.
The Georgetown whist club met last Saturday with Misses Bessie and Ethel Todd hosting. Prizes went to Mrs. Benjamin H. Woodside and Leon Williams, with booby prizes to Miss Grace Scott and Earle Pottle. Various residents were noted in Bath, Riggsville, and Georgetown Center, including visits, moves, and local happenings.
The post office delivery ran away but ended safely on a rockery and was captured by the driver. Rev. D. L. Wilson and others attended the Grand Lodge session in Portland. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Alice M. Curran at St. Mary’s Church. A sea lobsterman found a giant seed lobster with license marks and initials, traced to Harvey L. Myrick, license 199, and Captain Turner altered the lobster's marks before release. The lobster was caught April 14.
The Tanlac man tours Portland Augusta Waterville and Lewiston to explain the medicine. He cites numerous Maine endorsements and notes Tanlac helps digestion nerves and general strength. A Lewiston man John N. Felker reports improved sleep appetite calm nerves and less catarrh after using Tanlac. Tanlac is sold at H H Hay Drug Stores Middle St and Congress St Bath Swett & Co Bath and Brunswick agency.
Joseph E Anderson and Rev D L Wilson attended the Grand Lodge and during the Grand Chapter annual session on Wednesday Wilson was named one of the grand chaplains a role he has held for years. In New England yard workers found a rubber diving suit in a shore hole minus belt helmet and shoes. Oscar Kingsbury retrieved the suit from the flats and plans to keep it as a curiosity after the scare subsided.
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