04 Sep 1924
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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1924
Page
1
The piece celebrates local citizen efforts in Sabine and West Point Whippsburg to create a communal hall and support schools. It credits united, self driven action for prosperity, noting debt low and social benefits rising as villagers work together to improve their settlements.
The city proposes a $25,000,000 tax rebate of 10 percent on paid and unpaid taxes and cuts the levy from 244 to 219 including interest. It claims to be a landmark move for city government. Also notes Maine pride and federal wages debate with Senator Underwood campaigning for Candidate Davis.
A Sagadahoc County political event at the Cosmopolitan Club in Bath featured Mrs. Guy D P Gannett and Miss Betsy J Edwards advocating for a straight party ticket and praising candidate Horace McClure for Sagadahoc Sheriff. The tour emphasized party organization and interest in state issues among local women.
A Bath Democratic club held a women’s voting instruction night in a ward room to demonstrate the full process from requesting a ballot to casting it. Participants included Mrs. J. A. Leonard, Mrs. Scott M. Golder, T. Eugene Thebean, Miss Martha Barker, and Ernest F. Kelley spoke on voting.
Friends of two Bath men and one Phippsburg man feared for the Marina during a coastal storm. The vessel hove to and was delayed returning to Boston, with 5 passengers aboard and no reported damage. Chief engineer Sherman Morse and assistant Irwin Daley were aboard. Talbot from Bath served as an overship, while Duley was home on vacation.
Secretary Rufus Hall of the Bath Board of Trade writes a New York apple exporter praising Maine apple quality and opportunities. The reply notes Maine growing conditions are strong but that planting orchards requires the younger generation to undertake the work. Also mentions two Bath area residents traveling to New York and Belmont to visit friends.
A Republican rally at Union hall Georgetown Center drew a filled crowd with Congressman Wallace TI White Jr of the second district and Miss Ethel Lyford as speakers. Lyford, Nebraska graduate and editor in New York, spoke on tariff and national issues while White urged voters to support the national ticket in Maine’s upcoming elections. The program opened with “America” and featured a vocal solo “Way of Peace” before final remarks on national importance.
Rev. A Frederick Duniels, former Central Congregational pastor in Bath, received a $100 cash gift and a note of appreciation from Thompson Inn friends at his South Bristol home. He leads Union Congregational Church in South Bristol serving Christmas Cove year round, taking winter vacations, and is beloved by locals and summer visitors.
A Boston firm of apple shippers reports a favorable outlook for Maine apples with a large crop and better prices than last year. They urge early shippers to pick before ripening and to use bushel baskets for Maine and New Hampshire fruit, barrels for Maine fall shipments, noting less Western competition boosting stability and prices.
Harold McLean of Southport James Battras and George Feinberg of Boothbay Harbor were brought to Portland by federal officers. They waived reading and pleaded not guilty to single sale of intoxicating liquors and are held on $300 bail each for the September term of the U S District Court opening Sept 16. Bail was furnished for Battras. Alyce Taber Ethlyn Hurd of Augusta returned home after visiting Miss Lillian Leeman in Somerset Place.
The famous old whaling bark Wanderer, leaving New Bedford on a final cruise, struck Middle Ground Shoal near Cuttyhunk during a northerly gale. The crew abandoned in two boats. seven men in one landed on Cuttyhunk, others missing. Coast Guard and tug efforts were hampered by strong undertow and blocked bridge openings. The storm was described as the worst in years.
The Cosmopolitan club announces a fall lecture series starting with Ida Tarbell in Bath on October 29 at Morse High School Assembly hall. Subsequent speakers include Morris Hindus, Florence Ainsworth, and Mrs. Morrill Wimlin with a concert to follow at the Columbia theatre.
The Fenwick Newell company introduces a new six stage input volume control for broadcast receivers. It promises broader loudness variation without distortion or tube filament changes enabling better dance music and vocal clarity when in tune.
The Michigan Windergarten Primary Association directs efforts to establish consolidated schools in Michigan and to provide a kindergarten for each consolidated school.
Mrs. Mary Farrin of Somerville Massachusetts visits at the home of her brother in law George Farrin at 490 Middle Street marking a family gathering.
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