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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1912
Page
8
Bath community news highlights a mix of civic topics and social events including talks of a Merrymeeting Bridge project, a possible Progressive party mayoral candidate Hill, and club tournaments. Other notes cover Sousa’s band stop, Mollison dairy events, Morse’s Europe trip, and upcoming football and Christmas tree shipments.
The Independent tells of Walter Hill's small dog on the Morse farm near the Reach that hunts mink along the riverbank and once jumped into water to catch a mink, bringing it ashore. A local eagle reportedly attacked the dog, but the terrier profited by ducking and driving the eagle off.
The Kelley Spear Company launched the barge Maine on Tuesday morning and sailed for sea the next afternoon. The vessel was built for P Dougherty Company of Baltimore, which contracted for another barge of equal size. Bath builders have three more barges under construction.
The city honors Captain Samuel Cook on his eighty third birthday a noted retired master mariner who commanded yachts including the Gen Charles H H Taylor owned vessel. Portland moves into municipal politics with Col F E Boothby named Republican mayoral candidate after state and presidential elections.
Woolwich residents prepare for winter with family gatherings and home closures. Updates cover a Bath City Hospital patient, farm yields, potato prices, a Day's Ferry dance benefiting James Blinn, Grange activities, local dances, and social events. Also notes weddings, births, illness, a death in Day's Ferry, and church and charitable efforts.
Producers consider raising milk price from seven to eight cents a quart via a milkmen agreement. Consumers question the change as many feeds except hay are cheaper than last year, making the proposed increase harder to justify.
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