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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1912
Page
7
Bath items report many Bathites at a Boston electric show and at the world series chatter while local events include barge launches, school holidays for fair attendance, and a festive Merchants Carnival buildup. Political ground activity remains quiet.
West Bath notes host Mrs. Henry R. Rich entertained friends at her New Meadows cottage with a fine dinner and pleasant day. Several local residents and visitors are listed with brief updates on health, property work, and town events including New Meadows Inn closing for the season and Grange fair postponement.
The Lincoln County Lumber Company builds three 45 foot revenve scows on the old Shaw mill site to haul lumber to Bath for box making. Major Kimball travels to Boston and New York to secure carnival services for merchants as Morse High hosts Biddeford in its football opener at Kelley Athletic Field this afternoon.
Woolwich hosts a gala night on Monday October 21 as Frank Y Gould conducts a dancing party at the grange hall with six Columbia orchestra pieces from Bath. The prior event drew praise and the hall will feature Bath musicians again. Nearby news notes include local berry picking and a wrist fracture treated by Dr Stott.
An informal farewell dinner honored Rev F W OBrien at the Colonial Cafe last Wednesday evening. Several prominent locals spoke, including Collector Crosby Rev A B Hervey Sheriff Ballou and Mr OBrien. Attendees included Dr Hervey William Mussenden Crosby Ballou Jackson Rowland Strout Dingley Deering Knowlton Rogers Gratz Jackson Oliver Coombs Tomns on Purington Ingham Parshley Bonney Reed and others.
Mrs A D Strout entertains as guests while Mrs A D Adams and Dennis Fournier move his mill from Bowdoin to Flying Point Freeport to work for T H Flaherty in Portland. Mrs JamesWagg visits relatives in Danvers and Lynn Massachusetts, meeting ex Bowdoin residents now at Danvers insane asylum. Percy Lane sells his five month old colt to Kerthry Benner of Montmouth, exhibited at several Kennebec fairs. Alfred Wenzel wins first prize on a one year old colt at Litchfield fair driving stock show.
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