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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1919
Page
2
Description of new Palmer Field houses notes design aims and differences from the old Palmer house. Precast concrete blocks form the foundation with smooth finished outer surfaces. Piazzas rely on wooden posts, risking frost heave, and woodwork and hardware quality are lowered by wartime material shortages.
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game clarifies open seasons for various game. Partridge and woodcock in eight northern counties run Oct 1 to Nov 30, and in eight southern counties through Oct. 31. Ducks and other waterfowl may be hunted Sept 16 to Dec 31. Blackbird and plover seasons extend from Aug 16 and Sept 1 respectively. Deer in the northern eight counties are slated for Oct to Nov with moose and resident hunters license provisions noted. Special inspectors will be placed along travel routes to check shipments of game.
The law requires motor vehicle shipments to be identified by game inspectors. Regular inspectors will be stationed at Bangor Newport Oakland and Portland for identification of game moved by common carriers.
Work near completion for Section G West in Oak Grove Sewall extension ready spring sales. About 75 lawn plots with seven-bodily capacity, granite cornerstones, westward expansion toward Stony Cache, to be followed by south of railroad land development. Park crew notes litter issue and efforts to keep the park tidy under Supt Ward.
Seneca HH and Conley, back from Boston, describe a chaotic city scene with gambling on Washington Street and the Common, crowds clashing leading to broken windows and bloodied confrontations. Conley recalls Scollay Square as a solid mass of humanity, and mentions being steered away by crowds. The piece also notes rivermen encountering few sturgeon and claims about fish cuts resembling beef, salmon, and chicken meat.
U R E P enjoyed a clambake prepared by L H Rowe and George Hanna at Five Island Sedgemere on a Wednesday last week. Weather reduced turnout to about 30 Bath visitors, while Evelyn Rowe returned to Bath to resume schooling. The note lists many residents and summer visitors with cottage stays and travel between Bath Woolwich Malden Island and Portland.
William G Moody the first man to drive a locomotive from Woolwich into Rockland after the Knox and Lincoln railroad opening has died. Funeral held in Augusta on Monday. He was the last veteran Kennebec valley stage driver from Farmington to Augusta Belfast and Rockland, later a locomotive engineer and finally a livery stable operator in Rockland and Augusta. He was well known in Bath and had many friends along the old Knox and Lincoln division.
Drummond Stevens and his son from Five Islands dug six bushels of clams in Robinhood Cove flats on Monday and brought the haul to Bath where they secured a ready sale in the market.
Maine Public Utilities Commission reopens its Oct 9 1917 order to reassess grade crossing protections in Richmond. A protest by the town selectmen and 23 residents prompts a public hearing at the Maine Central passenger station on Sept 29 at 10 a m to decide further safety measures.
Bath Iron Works announced the closing of a contract to build a 410 foot steel cargo carrier for Crowell and Thurlow of Boston. The sister ship to the Felix Taussig will employ about 250 more workers for many months, with work starting after materials arrive in Boston.
Bath Ship Yards will enlarge their shop next year to twice its present size. Barge New Meadows remained at the Kelley Spear Co. wharf today instead of leaving as expected and is ready to depart at a moment's notice, likely on Thursday.
Mrs. Eliza J. Boyd age 81 died Tuesday night after a long illness at the home of Mrs. Emma Dilings in Robinhood where she had lived about a year. She leaves a son Arthur S. Boyd of New York. The body was taken to North Berwick for funeral and burial. A. G. Fisher sporting goods store on Water Street was raised and will be reposted due to Water Street paving making the old location too low.
Miss Bertha A Russell hosted a supper party with guests including Ethel Todd Marion Buzzo Milton Buzzo Joseph Higgins Arthur Rowe and Myron Buzzo. Louise Berry hosted visits from Five Islands guests and Bay Point dance attendees. Various residents made trips to Bath Boston Lynn and New York as civic and church events continue.
Superintendent Haraden announces Wiwarna’s final season trip to Boothbay Harbor Saturday. Eastern Steamship officials in Boston failed to replace the Wiwarna with Islander, but a 50 passenger launch will operate Boothbay trips after Wiwarna leaves. Schedule will mimic the larger boat to handle traffic, despite limited travel funds.
Mrs. F Farnham of 18 Shaw St reports back pain kidney trouble and sleepless nights ended by Dean's Kidney Pills. She confirms lasting relief over eleven years and endorses the remedy. Sold 60c at dealers Foster Milburn Buffalo N Y.
Campbell landowners post signs banning trespass and fishing along the pond shore. The area once hosted fishing parties that disturbed the landowners, and now the fish are largely unmolested. A painter at the Texas yard suffered a crushed hand when a 2½ inch plank fell, he was treated in hospital.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Beacon Street Methodist Episcopal met with Mrs J E B C Sawyer for the largest auxiliary attendance yet. Over $30 from mite boxes and more expected. Members from Golden Harvest aided growth, patterns issued for a quilt for Manila girls school, and twelve golden jubilee bells fund famine relief in India. Bells to decorate Boston church for next month’s jubilee, Standard Bearers and Kings Heralds contributed hospital kits and China school bags. Next meeting will elect officers and appoint a nominating committee.
Bath will have steamboat connections with Boston next year as M A Haraden of Eastern Steamship Lines confirms after a Boston conference. Several trips between the Kennebec and Boston are planned all summer, with no daily service guaranteed. Bath’s growth is expected to boost freight and passenger business for this division, prompting renewed vessel deployment. The note adds a weather forecast about four westward moon changes signaling good weather.
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