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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1915
Page
10
A Bedford lad suffers four collarbone breaks in two years as town youth report. A Sunday intoxication arrest yields 90 days at the workhouse. Local ships bring coal and timber for Gibbons and Percy & Small, while barges and a steamer move goods for winter. Church groups meet and a mill town stockyard plan for France grows.
Local report covers Bath city society events including Sedgwick Circle meeting and Thanksgiving Sunlight Dance at Sagadahoc Ferry. Maritime actions list Tug Seguin procedures and barges in Bath harbor while South End PT A totals funds and prize plans for Ward One schools. Leather Farnham leads Colonial Club lineup for opening game with Westbrook Independents.
E L Whitten of Five Islands visits Bath on business. A Bath area woman reports two robins in her yard. Heavy surf hits Popham and Small Point beaches. Dorcas Guild meets at Beacon Street Church. Ramona Council hosts a whist party. Carl F Cressey schooner arrives from Jacksonville with pine cargo. Morris family improving after appendicitis operation. Farmers bring 58 capons to Bath market for Thanksgiving. Raydle Cafe opens in Sanford Block with chef Boucher. Public schools close for Thanksgiving week. King of the Bay notes wild duck season. only one bird secured. Local workers and crews move between Bath and Portsmouth Navy Yard. George Jewett buys mare Emma Hines for trotting season. Barge Larimar prep for December launch. Pritchard to command. Funeral for Mrs Isabelle Slavin held. Henry H Swain home from Oysterville for Thanksgiving. Daughters of Maine Club Boston meets in Boylston St. Severe rain leads to a fatality on Oak and North streets. West End hotel to reopen under Harrigan of Brunswick as signee. Bath Elks member Harrigan slated to manage local property transition.
A collage of social visits church meetings and theater plans including Rev J J Hull in town Tuesday Mrs J O Glass and Mrs William H Shea guests of the Baileys in Woolwich Salvation Army meeting at Thompson's Corner Center St and a flower carnival by the Universalist ladies on December 9 and 19.
The article notes the Stevens trio played for a sunlit dance. It reports on several local events and remarks from Portland Bath and Brunswick, including fire escape plans, tree planting by City Forester H. M. Sewall, hunting and fishing reports, home repairs on Elm Street, a boat adrift and recovered, painters traveling to Quincy, shipyard work, and scheduled winter service between Bath and Boothbay. It also lists holiday dates for 1916 1917, a bowling score summary with the Bath Moose and Knights of Columbus, and Brunswick's proposal to the War Department regarding the Garnet bridge between Brunswick and the surrounding area.
Long Beach and Bath groups held Thanksgiving Eve oysters and socials with lodge performances and music. Bath residents discussed Laymen Follow Up meetings at Wesley Methodist, while city crews repaired ships including the City of Rockland and Maine Central ferry Heles. Local mariners and Holy Week speakers were listed, with river and harbor activities noted.
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