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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1919
Page
9
A Bath Independent feature mixes film gossip with a Patricia Palmer misadventure in which she sat with a lion and then faced a frightened crew. Reports cover upcoming bookings at Bath and Los Angeles, studio moves, star pairings, and production notes on Aida Johnson Young, Elsie Ferguson, and Mabel Normand projects.
The Independent will be issued on Thursdays starting next week to speed copy submission. A fire at West Bath home of Mr and Mrs George W Jewett damaged a brooder with 40 chicks and two incubators 250 eggs ruined by heat and smoke. The loss was insured and repairs begun. Foresters work against white Spine blister rust in West Bath with 14 men cooperating with state and federal agencies. Deputy Forester N L Violet visited to assess the scene and noted it is a periodic plant disease. Community notes report a horse death at a Corliss street church social followed by an on-the-spot collection gift.
Mrs H A Gallagher of Biddeford Maine describes overcoming long term headaches and nervousness after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She notes improved strength calmer nerves and disappearance of severe headaches after starting treatment. Pills sold by druggists or Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY at 50 cents per box six for 2 50 includes offer for a free booklet on nervous disorders.
West Bath reports strong farm activity with plowing underway and expectations of a large harvest next fall. Community events include a Sunday afternoon series at 2 30 led by Rev. Hall and social gatherings at the Grange hall. Engaged: Alice Bates and Loring Small, Bath links to Charlestown Navy Yard. no wedding date set.
Lucien Fuller of Cambridge Massachusetts has been named managing secretary of the Bath Chamber of Commerce and starts Monday morning. He comes highly recommended by the Cambridge Board of Trade and impressed Bath during a Music Hall speech. Upon arrival he will establish headquarters in the chamber's Music Hall building and all chamber business will be conducted there.
A general cut in automotive and truck tires tubes and tire accessories announced by the B F Goodman Robber Company marks the first reduction since the nation entered World War I. Officials cite strong demand stable supply and wartime efficiencies enabling rapid shift to peacetime production with imports unrestricted and factory improvements maintained to lower costs while boosting resiliency and mileage. The industry pledges to meet national and world rubber needs and support universal transportation to communities nationwide.
Bath citizens are urged by Mayor J Edward Drake to reinvest annual second Liberty loan interest in Thrift or War Savings Stamps. The post office will exchange coupons for stamps, which are cashable with ten days notice. The mayor asks Bath to outpace nearby cities in War Savings Stamps sales through interest coupons.
Lincoln Castle Knights of the Golden Eagle held a morning 10:30 observance and cemetery services for deceased members with flower rituals. A 2:30 memorial service featured Rev Samuel A Evans and a named quartet. The event marked the sixth such service with wide attendance. They planned a Brunswick trip for cemetery services and an evening memorial at People's Baptist church. Farmington reports chicken thieves on the rampage.
Frank J. Dutton of Augusta led hearings in Portland on multiple Maine Industrial Accident Commission cases. Berry v Pendleton Brothers and others concerns medical bills. Ephraim F. French v G. G. Deering Co. and insurers. Mrs. Saul Shuhman v Texas Steamship Co. and insurers. Annie Jewett v Lewiston Augusta and Waterville Ry. details include attending physicians, insurers, and attorneys.
State highway department announced a detour for the Richmond section. The route runs from Post Road Avenue northwest of Bowdoinham to Millay Road, Douglass Corner, then Pond Road to the Causeway Road crossing Pleasant Pond, rejoining Post Road near Richmond Corner. After work completes from Lowdoinham line to Richmond Corner, the detour will shift to begin there and may use the Pond Road to Gardiner for a period.
In Bath, Mass a reader from Spencer praises moving the Independent to Thursday beginning May 26 to reach distant subscribers earlier. Ensign Arthur Torrey, torpedo officer aboard the destroyer Allen built at Bath Iron Works, serves in Brooklyn Navy Yard. Two porpoises from Sheepscot were landed in Bath and cut up, with porpoise steaks gaining popularity locally.
Probate Court in Bath convenes to hear licenses to sell real estate in Norwich and Sagadore towns. Guardian Alfred Amer presents for William Reed of Woolworth. Gilman S. Briggs estate of Bath seeks inheritance tax determination on distributive shares. Caroline Campbell files petition. Witness James Lowell testifies as court date set for May 10, 1909.
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