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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1911
Page
7
Readable items show busy week ahead with school plans heater installs and meetings by the Solar Lodge of Masons. Prohibition efforts continue while summer activity shifts to boating fairs yachts and local sports.
News from Woolwich describes the Day's Ferry Dramatic Club staging Miss Oliver's Doillars at Tuessie Hall on Wednesday Sept 6 with a full cast and additional entertainments. A Japanese lawn party at Baptist hall is planned for Sept 8 and other local notices follow.
Local pages report Prohibition notes from the Dremote Grange as Mrs Minpie Berry led a musical program. In Bath and Lewiston trips, families vacationing in Boston and a wagon purchase are mentioned alongside a rail line opening planned for the Androscoggin railroad with crowds at Bath and Leteston watching the new engine arrive. Labor Day holiday winds down the notice.
A political note urges Democrats to vote no on the constitutional prohibition issue and align with Kelley while Penry is elected and the party platform is discussed. In other news John Haley was knocked from his wagon by a trolley car near Percy Small's, with his team dragged before the vehicle.
Guests, all independent and attentive to their host, are surprised by unexpected drops as they say farewell. The atmosphere remains cordial and the weather man had warned of showers before departure.
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