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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1916
Page
13
Beaver Board and builders' supplies listed at 21 23 Elm Street Bath. Local catalog note shows a wholesale or retail outlet located in Bath.
Center Street trench work advances as the steam lighter Noble Maxwell is due to launch from Rockland yard at 11 am. A Morse High straw vote favored Wilson by 134 over Hughes. Minor injury as N B Bubar breaks and Dr Peaslee sets his finger. A Beacon Street social class event draws large crowds with music and games. Park League Red Men beat Swastikas 1387 to 1209. Ke. F. Kelley aids shipbuilding data collection for the library.
In Lewiston and Bath news a pair of drunks paid costs totaling 5.00 and 4.95 after release from the lower court. Read Nichols cast a vote for Hughes, noting his 70 year voting record. John Pero pleaded guilty to stealing 12 hens and received 30 days. Smelt fishermen sold 18 and 40 pounds to town and New York. The Winter Street Church contest ended with the Men’s Class ahead by nine points. A river rumor about a fractured leg proved false. only a toe fracture was found on a woman in a lighter party moving a family and furniture downstream.
Fire destroys the Bennett homestead on lower Main Street Freeport. Tug Pejepscot and Barque Camden arrive with coal for Pejepscot Paper Co. A barge discharge, river bridge concerns, stray dog in Winnegance, and a log raft incident near Woolwich ferry slip are noted. Augusta House manager Wilbur Emerson mails notices for the Maine Hotel Association annual meeting at the Lafayette Portland with John E. Nelson and George T. Files listed as speakers.
Morse High and Lewiston High fought to a scoreless tie at Kelley Field as both defenses stifled every drive. Key plays included Holbrook and McDonald recovering Morse fumbles and strong defensive work by Deering and Morse ends shutting down Lewiston’s ground game. The game ended with Morse in possession on their 36-yard line after a tense second half.
A call to residents to join a Tuesday evening meeting at 7 30 to discuss upcoming matters that will come before them and require a voice from the community.
Christmas gifts arrive in local stores as Jolly Dozen arranges a Thanksgiving night dancing party at the K Y C ballroom with Bath orchestra providing music. The report also notes ship sales, Y M C A fitness classes, and a farewell party for Miss Harriet Morrison at the Colonial Cafe.
A resident of East Brunswick who works in Bath rides to work on a bicycle carrying his dinner in a box strapped to the frame. Saturday evening he returned home as usual and found his wife hearing scratching from a mouse. A mouse leapt from a shelf where the lunch box rested and the family cat captured the intruder after a four mile ride from Bath. William Robson of the electric plant enjoys vacation with his parents in Everett Massachusetts. Full of the moon Thursday evening.
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