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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1915
Page
10
Niece of Mrs. Benj F Savage recounts tropical storm in New Orleans. She details wind gusts, torn roofs, shattered windows, and aid from neighbors while husband Harry Carpenter travels home five miles through debris.
President Robert B. Hatch presided as resignations from M. M. Lemont E. F. Troop and L. A. Kerschner were accepted. New members James H. Nicholson Marius H. Page and Marin T. Clark were elected. A ladies night was approved with 75 dollars allocated. Committees named for show Thanksgiving night and resolutions on Woodbury Potter’s death. Tournaments discussed with early November start planned.
Capt. Charles W. Frisbee, aged 83, died suddenly from apoplexy aboard the tug M. Mitchell Davis at East Boston docks. A Maine sea captain and pilot, he began commanding the Morning Star at 17 and later led several ships. He retired eight years ago and leaves his son Edgar M. Frisbee of Kittery Point.
James F. Pennell, formerly of Bath, died in Cambridge Massachusetts at age sixty two. He was born in Bath and later moved to Cambridge where he built a banking career serving as president of the Charles River Trust Co. and as an officer at Lechmere National Bank and Cambridge Savings Bank. He leaves a widow and one daughter. Parents and Bath siblings Susan and Fred are noted in his obituary. He resided at 29 Blake Street Cambridge.
A young woman arrested for intoxication after a Monday incident appeared in court Tuesday. She claimed she had not drunk before last week and showed disrespect to the court. The judge sentenced 30 days in the House of Correction with a suspended sentence and released her with good advice.
At Park Bowlodrome on Monday night six teams announced their entry for the upcoming season. Four additional clubs were reported to be near completing organization. Named entrants include Hyde Windlass Moose Redmen Teamsters Knights of Columbus and five as yet unnamed clubs.
The Odd Ladies Sewing Circle will meet with Mrs Fannie Thurlow at 20 Highland Street on Thursday afternoon. Reports say duckhunters in camp Tuesday received townwide sympathy as rain fell, hindering travel. The Bayou St John neared flood levels yesterday at one o clock with fears of overflow if rain continued, recalling a storm from six years ago.
Local items report Frye selling a 1916 Stude baker six to Charles Crosby Arrowsie. Bath residents discuss Hallowe'en plans, car restrictions, and PTA meetings. High school football in Rockland, water district elects Newall president Brown clerk. Y M C A and Sunday school convention planning. Obituary for Milan Spinney with services and burial at Oak Grove. odd hunting tale of a Lewiston man and a fox. Mme Eames Loses trunks after Drome disaster. Gogorza mansion in Bath referenced.
The column notes Harold Adams shot four ducks in the Bath Bay Monday while reports on local travel, boat work, and a Bath chauffeur’s traffic ideas appear. It mentions a Bath elm linked to Lincoln and a proposed Baptist union constitution ratified in Waterville amid ministerial appointments.
Lewis J. Sawyer the Bangor based registered optometrist and former Bath resident will visit Hotel Phoenix for consultations on October 18 19 and 20 as advertised.
Local items cover hospital caseloads, theatre bookings, and daily life. Dental, church, and club events appear with details on meetings, rehearsals, and community happenings. Weather, travel, and minor incidents are noted along with a police matter involving a vagrant and a drunken arrest.
A busy local scene features a well attended Woolwich Fair with motor parties and strong vegetable displays. Lincoln Castle Knights hosted a pie social, while Friday night dances and a straw ride circulated among residents despite a storm.
An old advertorial notes that well expanded lungs require pure blood and touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the reliable family remedy for blood diseases and weakness. It urges readers to start taking it now and not accept substitutes, especially during the cough and cold season.
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