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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1930
Page
8
In Bath 1890 report items include a yard worker’s leg injury with adze, a Phoenix steam system update, injuries from a hand strike, and an upcoming YMC A evening class. Local events cover the Boothbay excursion, fair openings with poultry shows, and a new three masted schooner Winnegance at John G Morse’s yard.
Oct 23 1890 notes Miss Minnie McDonald returns from Massachusetts and a high school football talk. Bath hosts launchings and Acatia lodge degrees with an oyster supper. North Street sociable with Mrs E T Mitchell. Rev O W Folsom set as Newcastle People's lecture speaker. Mr Piper paints three large oils, Nellie Bailey visits Rhode Island. Wesley church Ladies Aid meets with Mrs Alphzo Morse. Hyde Light Guards drill nightly. Boath Bay drill next Tuesday. D T Percy & Sons plan a ten day department store opening with reduced rail and steamer rates. fur department featured. New York furrier, white wood shelves, cream walls, Fuller cash system and a ladies waiting room. Oct 24 updates: Mr Mrs H L Chase visit Boston. F B Torrey on boat to Boston. Mr Mrs Earl Preble visit. J H Randall at store after lateness. Brunswick band to play at fair. Mrs Austin D Miller returns from North Bath. Acadia Lodge K P holds midnight three degrees and oyster supper. Prof Edwin L Emmons to appear at Portland YMC A event. library fundraising passes $600 goal. Swift beef house to be rebuilt south of and adjacent to existing building with a shared front and two coolers. The passage ends mid description of construction.
Oct 27 1890 reports Harry Mitchell of Rockland returning home after visiting his parents. High tide flooded Commercial street in several areas while the Kennebec steamer arrived late from Boston due to a storm. Town notes include hydrant flushing, cob work repairs, and miners drilling at Small Point prospecting coal with optimism of a regional boom.
Farmers in West Bath report their fall ploughing nearly finished as cold weather approaches. Katahdin commandery Knights of the Golden Cross marks its second anniversary in the city next Thursday with a musical and literary program. Hyde Light Guards drill plans and a dance accompany the event. A Bath boat departs at six o’clock with a large party expected. two launchings are planned for tomorrow noon.
The three masted schooner Winnegance from Morse's yard and the four mast er George E Walcott from Crosby's Yesterday New England Co sail to Portland to replace losses from a recent storm off Halifax harbor. A schooner Tecumseh sighted Fauna but could not distinguish hooks, then changed course to Portland. The Knights of Commandery Eagle of Portland will visit Bath early next month for parade and Sagadahock sights.
A rare incident in Rockport ends with a hunter’s dog fatally shot by a companion’s loaded double barrel while both hunters were near a woodcock hunt. The victim was Samuel Millay’s prized hound, later exchanged for the guilty dog. Nearby hunting reports from Moosehead Lake region through Washington County note deer bear and partridge conditions, with varying abundance and woods conditions.
In Lubze this fall a seed extracting company completes its first season of commercial evergreen seed gathering. About 300 bushels of cones yielded an average of 1.75 dollars per bushel. Ambrose Archer, a one legged picker, has earned over 50 dollars climbing trees for this new industry.
A reader item lists a dress a light coat a black hat low shoes and rubbers. The fragment describes winter attire likely for travel or daily wear as seen in the period notice.
An elderly petition in Sagada County, dated October 1930, details an inquiry into the next of kin of a deceased named in a probate filing. The document records sworn testimony and a public official’s verification by notary WT Adams and Walter Glidden, noting the request seeks grant of the prayer of the petitioner.
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