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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1919
Page
4
Report from Phippsburg notes two men from Cambridge Massachusetts have surveyed Morse river with hints a dam may be built there. Local interest clusters around the potential project while other items recount residents traveling, illness, and errands in nearby towns.
The Tootens rallied to defeat the Rightos in the second leg at Bath camp Modern Woodmen of America Wednesday night. Capt. Toothaker's squad overwhelmed the Rightos in pitch-skir mish while cribbage and sixty three bouts saw mixed results for both sides. The third lap will be run soon as both teams seek victory and cigars from opponents. The cribbage winners were St Boyce and G Babine for the Rightos, with J Boyce and F Gallant for the Tootens. O Nelson and E Avery aided the Tootens over F Witham and W Scott. BR Bowie and H Knight, also a Tootens pair, beat Bowie and F Chellis. In sixty three, W Tedford and F Stover of the Rightos beat C C Toothaker and J H Freeman.
A farmer in this vicinity recounts a peculiar tale about a hen. He built a special nest with a chute so eggs drop out of sight after laying. The farmer swears the first day the hen was placed on the nest she laid 18 eggs and died.
George M. Beane aged 67 died at his home on North Pleasant Street Richmond after a brief illness. He lived in Richmond most of his life and belonged to Richmond Lodge No. 46 I O O F and Kennebec Valley Encampment. He leaves a daughter. In other local notes Fred Sturtevant and Alzier Reneaux hunted a buck Sunday across the river while Holbrook and Wilson retrieved a large buck behind Potter's Mills Saturday. Seventeen physicians are located in Rath.
Grace Church Men’s Club held a social in the parish house with over 50 attendees enjoying supper and singing. Rev Culbert McGay spoke on club benefits while Charles Sanborn recalled experiences from Cathedral presence. Young men led a crowd-pleasing chorus before a lively open debate concluded around midnight.
Eastern Steamship Lines restarts freight service between Portland and Boston using the steamer The Maple. The ship, about 200 feet long and 600 tons capacity, will sail from Portland on Monday Wednesday and Friday evenings and return on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. The Maple, built for freight, is under a year in service and recently arrived from the South.
Chairman Frank J. Ham announced the Republican State convention will be held in Bangor on March 25, 1920 with district conventions on the same date. Representation will allocate one delegate per city town and plantation plus one per 75 votes for governor in 1916 and one more per 50 votes over 1916, totaling about 1400 delegates.
The funeral for Mrs. Augusta C Keble who died Tuesday was held Thursday afternoon at two from her home 22 Cherry Street Rev S A Evans officiated The bearers were Charles W Robinson Roswell Pushard Charles EK Furbish burial was in Fairview cemetery Winnegance Also state law directs tax collectors to advertise unpaid real estate for sale in December and if unpaid sell on the first Monday in February.
Columbus write reports Col William Cooper Procter treasurer of the Republican State Central Committee publicly backs Gen. Leonard Wood for the presidency. The committee previously debated Harding’s position and leadership, with some members wary of Harding as a candidate while others backed him for the senatorship and possible presidency.
Rehearsals are well underway for William H. Smalls latest comedy Ward One District Skale and Mock Graduation to be performed by Southend talent under the auspices of the Parent Teacher Association at Washington street rooms. The one act two part piece features Mr Small as a stern teacher and includes a review of school year courses and a graduation depiction. Cast includes Blanche Sprague Elizabeth Bick Nellie Hunt Sue Mit ar Vivian Plant N Gratz Jackson John Sampson with production date yet to be fixed. Winter decorations feature partridge berries adding cheer.
The Upper Post road school house was moved across the road and expanded on an acre of land to create a fine playground, with new furnishings and an organ funded by parents. Miss Lida Maxwell teaches 18 or 19 students. Local residents face illness, travel, and holiday plans as residents visit Brunswick, Portland, and Waterville.
Article promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a constitutional remedy for rheumatism linking the disease to blood acidity. It claims external applications do not cure and recommends Hood's Sarsaparilla with Hood's Pills if a laxative is needed. It emphasizes a fully vegetable composition.
Mrs Emma Snell plans Thanksgiving with Snell sisters in Riverside Vassalboro. Vincent F Anderson of Bowdoin dies at 58. Survived by widow one son Ray one daughter Mrs Arthur Small of Lisbon Falls father Cornelius Anderson brothers William Brunswick George East Boston sister Mrs W D Luce Concord Mass. Funeral Monday 11. Miss Annie Dion of Brunswick visited. John Jewell of Quincy to spend Thanksgiving with I C Trish family. Millay Bros purchase a new Dodge motor truck. Various local visits and motor parties to Brunswick and to the movies.
A joint meeting of church boards from Wesley church and Beacon Street church laid plans for the State Conference of Methodist churches to convene April 14. Committees on dinners and suppers, conference directory, and music were named, with five members from both churches to handle rooms and breakfasts for delegates. Guests include Rev. D B Holt and Rev. J M Arters, with Bishop Homer C Stuntz presiding.
The destroyer 346 under construction at Bath Iron Works has been named Sicard in honor of the late Rear Admiral Sicard. The ship, part of the old white squadron, is about 65 percent complete and unlikely to launch before mid winter.
Thousands of evergreen trees have been shipped from Maine towns to Boston and New York for the holidays. Trainloads were observed on sidings awaiting distribution. Arthur Colby passed away Tuesday in Portland.
The State Board of Children's Guardians refuses to remove children from homes unless it is impossible to improve conditions with available resources. It emphasizes preserving local community responsibility and directs that cases be investigated by proper municipal guardians or local child welfare officials. The statement follows the board's July 4 start of protective work.
Valmore D Hinckley 70 well known Bath citizen died Thursday morning at City hospital after months as a patient. He long served in the force at the federal building and won friends by aiding the public. He was born in Bath son of Richard and Sarah Hinckley survived by sister Mrs William Jewel of Malden a niece Miss Hdna Jewell of Malden a cousin Mrs Fred Reed of Bath and grandson Valmore Morris of Boston. Funeral Saturday at ten in Fred S Curtis undertaking rooms with Rev Samuel A Evans of Peoples church officiating burial in Oak Grove.
A Bath built steam whaler Belvedere, launched in 1880 and based from San Francisco and Seattle, was lost in the ice near Cape Serge in Siberia last September. No lives were harmed. Also notices advertise two milch cows for sale and a windmill with pump.
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