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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1913
Page
6
Fragmentary notice mentions Fe Red babs Hicks and Ida Adams Wintroy with unclear orders or deliveries. Names and actions are not fully legible, limiting concrete details or dates.
An 85 year old Pittsfield couple promote L. F. Atwood’s Medicine as a time-tested remedy. The husband claims decades of use and benefit, urging others to start treatment before illness becomes permanent. 35 cents for a large bottle or a free mail sample from STINE COs Portland, Me.
Fragmentary note reports an automobile job in Bruunswick Village near Vopstrom amp on Hackett in Bowdoinhem Me with a reference to 1am.
The Bath Festival Chorus began in 11%7 meeting in the Universalist Church vestry and later became the Mendelssohn Club. Ernest Crawford and Arthur Hyde led early conductors, with Herbert Williams as president and Edith McTeer as secretary. The group, praised for its soprano section, helped raise Bath church music standards and maintained a longtime tradition with steady membership. Farmers harvest as wood dealers meet demand for open fires. Beacon Street Methodist Sunday school marks Rally Day with Rev J E C Sawyer delivering the main address and extra rallies scheduled at the church next week.
Doings Down Georgetown Way reports several weeks of heavy coughing at Center School raising concerns that the illness may be whooping cough. Parents note the coughs but await definite diagnosis as exposure looms for all students, while town news items recount local visits, travels, and daily chores.
Mrs. W A Pratt and daughter Efife visit relatives in Freeport. Household and social updates include visitors from Bath and Stillwater, new moves, repairs, and upcoming events at Woods schoolhouse. Reports mention Darker Anderson funeral details and local church and school activities with several residents traveling or hosting hosts.
Milk retailers raise prices to eight cents a quart this winter, effective October first, prompting several militiamen to exit the business as feed costs soar. With higher feed looming, many plan to quit the dairy trade and the bowling season approaches.
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