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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1900
Page
2
The Bath Independent notes that a Bryan election could trigger a financial panic and calls attention to money's power over laws. It comments on Maine politics, prohibition, and railroads, then urges local weeklies to focus on their own communities. It mentions Bryan’s wealth stance and criticizes Tammany Hall figures. It suggests streetcar safety may require fencing to protect lives.
Massachusetts authorities and newspapers pursued details of George E. Bailey found fatally hidden in a grain bag in Glenmere Pond Saugus near Lynn. Susie Young, Bailey's companion at Heartbreak Farm, and Leroy Young of Wisccasset are linked to a jealous suspect John O Best. The informant describes Bailey as a tall, strong man with a violent past and a history of jail time including cruelty to his children. Susie Young says they parted as friends and she planned to return after caring for her mother.
Coots are coming in thick at the bay and Small Point hunters have been having good luck. Lon Fisher has shot several dozen at Bald Head the past week.
In a Maine style tavern scene the Our Corner Grocery Senators discuss Bryan and the political fallout if elected. A "Man In the Plug Hat" and the Sage of Our Corner Grocery riff on money, silver, and a coming crisis as they juggle prohibition talk and pensioned resolve. The meeting ends with a resolution of thanks and a note of caution about enforcement.
The four masted schooner being built at the New England yard for Captain Thompson will be launched the last of next week. Workisen are ceiling the four masted schooner in G. G. Deering's yard. The big Bath ship Erskine M. Philpa sailed Tuesday from San Francisco for New York.
Monday evening a South End trolley operated by Gallant and Austin struck William J. Oressey near Hyde Windlass Works, injuring his shoulder blade as he carried a lantern. Gallant believed he was boarding the car, causing the collision.
East Harpswell reports Zobeth Rich visiting his sister Mrs George Hersey from Long Island near Portland. Clarence Hersey injured his knee at school. Dr Mitchell stitched the wound. Sidney Holbrook returns home for a few days. Frank Wallace and Andrew Wise man shot forty coots in a few hours last week as birds grow shy. Freeman J Rubins saw a deer with a small run by its side near his house. Flames burned the old Deacon Smith house at New Meadows last Wednesday around 11 am. no details yet. Charles Coffin moved from the Inn at Garnet Bridge to Frank Jordan's. The B H 8 eleven will play Freeport a week from today. The order of Maccabees organized in the city last evening at Dr Snipe's office to promote healthful, fraternal white fellowship. In Municipal Court Tuesday morning Fred O Worrey, Edward Gibbons and Frank Loud pleaded guilty to larceny. Susie M Worrey pleaded guilty to receiving and concealing stolen property. all ordered to recognize $300 for December term, 8 J Court.
An OCR fragment lists various figures such as 500 911 75 1,000 23 60 and 1,500 900 400. It reads like a ledger of unpaid taxes or a financial table with Bal and numbers 19 30 113 87 118 21 10 15 27. No clear event or entities emerge.
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