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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1913
Page
2
The issue reports local weather and maritime notes from Phippsburg. Captain Henry Butler sails the 42 hooner on fast trips. Fishermen logged 73 boats out this month amid variable seas and storms affecting Portland and Boston routes.
Local items report residents visiting friends in Boston and Feston, repairs on rails and buildings, and community activities. Mentions of Oliver’s return to work in Quincy Mass, Miss Hint’s illness and recovery, and a pitch tourney among Winnegance youths. Weather and school notes accompany a busy week in town.
A 1913 letter from Georgetown Schools urges strengthening basics at the Riggsville School. The writer criticizes current staffing and argues for thorough instruction in reading and arithmetic, cautioning against overloading with algebra, physics, and languages. The piece commends Florence Jones for past improvements and calls students to take responsibility for duties and school upkeep.
The Augusta and Boothbay Steamboat Company plans another new boat to run opposite the Islander. It will operate a trip down in the afternoon and return in the morning, improving upper Kennebec river service for residents and visitors.
An old trade notice offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes a 15 year endorsement of F J Cheney and Co of Toledo and promotes internal medicine, price in cents, and other products like Hall's Family Pills.
At a Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County on the first Tuesday of October 1913 Hill as administrator on Albert Morse estate Phippsburg presented his first and final account for allowance. He is ordered to publish this notice in the Bath Independent three weeks noting Bath on the first Tuesday of November at nine in the forenoon to show cause why allowance should not be made. James S Lowell Judge. True copy Attest Cys W Longley Register. 11-18-25
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