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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1916
Page
12
Local business listing notes the C L Farnham Company at Beaver Road and 21 23 Elm Street Bath. The entry provides street locations for the Bath operation and a company name common to local commerce.
State Board of Charities and Corrections reports to the overseers of the poor on Richmond town farm conditions. Inspectors note two connected houses showing age with inmates’ quarters needing repairs and no furniture besides an old bed and stove. Sanitation is poor with a dirt-earth closet in disrepair. Recommendations urge regular upkeep, cleanliness, and proper bedding if used as an almshouse. Last week Henry McCabe caught two baskets of smelts from the river.
Residents attended the Portland Teachers’ Convention and local events. families returned from Bath and on farms at Bowdoin and Malden Island. The Priscillas plan a Halloween social at Rowe’s Hall to raise funds, while the Grange held a class and a meeting. Dainty refreshments followed the Ladies’ Aid gathering at Miss Bell Stevens’s home.
The notice lists unclaimed letters for women and men. Women include Elizabeth Furbish Mattie Reiss Winifred Timlin and men include John Dunn two entries Harrington D. Macaulay Arthur McBride PD J. Sabean Norman Watson George B. Wilson Henry J.
Mr and Mrs Ralph W E Hunt of Portland welcome a nine pound son named William Alfred Hunt born Monday. Mr Hunt is Portland manager of Miller Plano Co and often visits here on business.
Miss Joan Elma Woodbury aged eight months rode in her pink rose decorated chariot drawn by two young Roman charioteers. She was escorted by young gallants to her throne at the winter season opening in Los Angeles. Joan, popular at Stratford Hotel, is the daughter of Elmer Woodbury, son of the late George Woodbury former conductor on the Knox & Lincoln railroad.
Wesley notes report finances improved versus last year and urge avoiding a conference time appeal. Banquet and roll call plans approved. The 1919 centenary of the first church build will be commemorated. Epworth League schedules a mission study class In Red Man's Land and a Halloween party. Stephen Conley of Fremont Street rises to general manager for New England after 15 years in canned meats and grape juice firms. Leaves are falling.
The Brunswick town project to widen a bridge opening to forty feet seeks to reduce dangerous currents for motor boats. If insufficient, War Department may demand a 120 foot opening and ledge removal, costing Brunswick 25 000 dollars plus blasting and dredging by the government. The bridge links routes to Cundy's Harbor Orr's and Bailey's Islands, with Casco Bay beyond.
Dr Harry E Ragon and Annie C Hagerty wed October 6 in St Johnsbury Vermont. The couple plan a southern and western tour for the winter aboard a roomy Packard. Mrs Hagerty, descended from Isaac Newton, is an artist trained in England.
Manager Pepper of the Park Bowl ing Alley plans a pleasant surprise for bowlers next Wednesday evening as he opens three new alleys on the second floor of his building to accommodate rising interest in the game.
L L Lowell the cattle trader arrived in Bath with 17 steers and cows. He quartered 10 animals in Woolwich and gathered seven from his pasture, guiding them along with singing to the herd. The cattle were loaded onto a box car for shipment to the Boston milk market amid tense breaks and repairs.
Beacon St items note the Dorcas Guild meeting with Mrs. Walter Smith and Friday Ladies Aid with Mrs. Kavanugh. Tuesday cottage prayer meetings were at George Davenport and Eugene McGrath homes. The Men's Club met in the vestry and enjoyed a steamed clam supper plus a Halloween penny social led by Mrs. William Thistle's class. W. J. Ryan of Portland begins his 37th annual Maine tour selling the Old Farmer's Almanac for 1917 as general agent for the Maine Institution for the Blind.
Roberts fountain and the children's fountain in the city park receive winter coverings. Children grow restless, hoping skating season arrives by Thanksgiving recess.
A Bath mechanic and party on Burnt mountain chase a deer with a double barrel shotgun but miss. Tracks and shells expose a misfire claim as the deer vanishes, leaving observers puzzled about the elusive buck and the loaded old shells. The piece also notes Emilio de Gogorza's Brunswick Town Hall recital on November 9 with ticket sales opening this week.
An engaged couple plans to marry this fall but has delayed the wedding until food prices drop, reflecting a common worry among many couples facing inflation.
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