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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1913
Page
1
Bath residents anticipate three theatres open this winter and a busy season as the town funds road work and bridge approaches. Local figures discuss a potential Republican congress candidate Hon Harold Sewall of Bath, and Bath plans permanent bridge work at Sewall mill pond. Personnel praise Councillor Wheeler for bridge efforts as Christmas shopping begins early.
Bowdoinham crowded weekly page with visits births and deaths. Remains of Capt. Frank White buried in Ridge cemetery with floral tributes. John Coombs of Yarmouth dies of heart failure. Community events include rehearsals concerts and church programs while road work and railway crossings prompt civic projects.
Thomas F Bartlett a 2s year old yard brakeman for the Maine Central Railroad was killed in a freight yard accident. He was pinned between two passenger cars after signaling a car to be pulled and disappeared from the engine crew’s view. A coroner’s jury ruled death an accidental case and absolved the railroad and staff of blame. Bartlett was a Island Falls native who had recently moved to the city for work and was survived by his widow, Mrs Georgie Hall Bartlett.
Manager IF H Burt marks six months of business with a three day close including six reels of latest photo plays and four vaudeville acts headlined by the Daley Brothers and Gertrude Douglas. Afternoon and evening shows priced at ten cents with five cents for children. orchestra accompaniment promised. Percy's clerks held a dance at the Armoury Monday with Gaudreau's orchestra.
Artist Joseph Knowles, who spent two months in the Maine woods living as a primitive man, will visit the city for an afternoon and evening at the New Columbia Theatre. He will present reels of pictures made after leaving the wilderness and give a talk about his forest life. Booking agent Warren D. Church arranged a Bath appearance for late next week, likely Thursday or Friday, with an announcement to follow. Hundreds are expected to attend this feature. He will show the woodland costume he made and wore.
Local shipper managers ask if income tax must be deducted from dividends paid to owners. Monthly checks vary from ten to thirty dollars and depend on voyage success. They sought a Treasury ruling as dividends are not fixed. Bath Box Company to connect with Maine Central via L A W electric tracks and an electric locomotive.
G W Heath of South Windham Maine, age ninety, touts L F Atwood's Medicine after six decades of use. He recalls buying from Atwood in 1850 and endorses the family remedy, noting a large bottle costs 35 cents and trial bottles are free through Tr F Medicine Co Portland Me.
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