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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1914
Page
4
Mrs Harriet N Jackson of 797 High Street writes light verse recalling a long-ago Easter bonnet scene and flirtations. The item blends nostalgia with a social note on local fashion and charm amid a mix of society notices and club news from Bath and Brunswick.
Mrs George and Percy spent the month at the Doctor's cottage in the grove near Pop ham Beach and came up Friday to return to Salem.
Mr and Mrs George R Copeland and their son returned Sunday to Quincy after visiting Mr and Mrs E Randall Leonard on High Street.
David Kidd of Bridgeport Conn arrived for a week’s vacation and works in the daughting room at Lake Torpedo Boat Co. He will travel home with Mrs Kidd. H A Shorey and wife Bridgton observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary with telegrams flowers and gold coins from their children.
The Cosmopolitan philanthropic committee held a Friday evening dance at Music Hall with patronesses Mrs. Drake Mrs. Moses Mrs. Potter Mrs. Fuller and Miss Annie Torrey. Stevens Orchestra provided music and at intermission crackers and fees were served. Credit for the event went to Mrs. Corliss and her committee.
Mrs James F Murphy hosts guests from Brooklyn and New York last week. Emilio de Gogorza to open Maine tour singing at Bangor and Portland with Mme Eames making two appearances in Portland and Bangor. The Maine festivals mark the first notes in Portland’s new auditorium. Bath and area notes cover visits, a state convention delegation, a New Meadows picnic, and a Bath union anniversary.
At the 79th annual meeting of the Maine Association of the New Jerusalem Church the next session was voted to be held in Bath. A reception at Riverton Casino featured performances by Arthur W. Douglass and readings by Margaret Burbank.
Mrs. F. M. Briggs left for North Hampton Massachusetts to visit relatives. Mrs. Marion Norton visits Bath from Portland for a vacation. C. W. Clifford died in Augusta during a Maine Hospitals Trustees session. State Insurance Commissioner Harry M. Smith visited Bath for business. E. C. Siiness and family plan to remain in Bath until Sept 15. Mrs. Oscar T. Sewall shipped two canoes to New Hampshire. A. Nealley to visit Mrs. E. S. J. Nealley after summer at MacMahan. Hon. and Mrs. John S. Hyde traveled to Boston for a few days. Oscar T. Sewall and children left for Saranac Lake after summer at Small Point. Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Roberts returned from a three week outing in Bath area. Roberts works in the hull drafting department at Newport News Ship and Engine Co. Rev. and Mrs. F. W. O’Brien of Somerville returned to Old Orchard for a weeklong stay. Miss Sadie Coombs accompanied them to Old Orchard. They traveled to Portland by electrics.
Ninety in the shade at noon. Bath Cooperative Store burglars entered by a rear window. little groceries and some change missing. Tug Pejepscot, Captain Swett, sailed for Salmon River with barge 4. picked up barge 2 at Boothbay Harbor for St Andrews bound phosphate. Shetland pony delivered to F A Lacy of 330 Washington St by American Express. E C Plummer campaigned in Franklin County with Wing and Governor Cobb addressing Milton. then motored through Lincoln County. Funeral for Mrs Margaret Sellers held. pallbearers were sons and sons-in-law. interment Oak Grove. Auction sale of William C Duncan estate on Bath St drew large crowd. sale adjourned to Tuesday. Commodore Ledyard of Kennebec Yacht Club plans eight-boat Labor Day trip to Augusta. boats depart Sunday 10 AM. Curator Thomas A James to Merrymeeting Bay for wild rice plants for state lakes and to seek museum specimens. Remains of Miss Mary M Fiske brought from Skowhegan for interment at Maple Grove. services at grave by Rev Arthur Phelps. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Henry Tappan, Mrs Sawtelld, and Mrs Onney.
The report notes Merton Webber returning from a Popham Beach trip with abundant shore birds including plover. Ridley, Horace Mitchell, and Kenney Edgecomb each bagged multiple black ducks at the Bay. Afloat hunters face sun and heat with early September conditions and a stand of ducks abundant in the Bay. Federal game rules set hunting hours before sunrise and after sunset, with state rules differing.
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