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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1914
Page
12
Saturday night political talk hay trades and passenger chatter fill local notes. A Bath boat crowd disembarked, a schooner towed for repairs, and a river rescue saved two capsized boaters. Local obituaries, plantings, ballot slips, and patent ideas reflect a busy Maine port community.
Local society reports include Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge meeting at 7 30 p m on Tuesday. A stranger in North End shipyards sparks rumors while Bath residents enjoy autumn outings and duck hunting reports. The Albert H Willis will launch Sept 22 at Phippsburg with a Boston excursion boat to attend.
The special Bangor session tabulated election returns while various local topics circulated. The barge George R. Stetson fin ished repairs at Kelley Spear Co yard and sails to a coal port.
Regular meeting of Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters follows a vacation. Bath City Hospital and Dr E Motley Fuller residence receive paint. The Quaker Girl shows at Bath Opera House with Bernice McCabe praised for Prudence role and an excellent company.
Multiple local residents and visitors are noted on various vacations and visits. Samuel Welch enjoys a two week Boston vacation while families from Gardiner to Portland, Waterville to Roxbury traverse weekends and weeklong stays at cottages and farms along the coast and in nearby towns.
William PP Leydon rests in town from Pawtucket while Arthur Ham the Maine Central clerk enjoys a two week vacation. William Ellsworth and his brother, Cohasset boat builders, visit town. Mrs William Morris and son Valmore return to Dorchester after summer with W D Hinckleys. Miss Mary E Fawcett leaves for Augusta to teach at Webster School for her second year. Mr and Mrs A R Pratt weekend in Portland with a trout trip noted as his first vacation in 31 years. Engagement announced between Miss Sue Winchell and Dr Charles T Burnett at Bowdoin. Leah Winslow, leading lady at Keiths Theatre, heads to New York, Bath residents watch. Rev Sidney J Willis and family relocate from East Acton and begin Universalist Church pastorate with service at 10 30.
The B I W team beat Hyde Windlass 9 to 5 in a Saturday matchup noted for Oliver's pitching and heavy B I W hitting. In the second game Defiance won 12 to 5, moving B I W to one game ahead in the best of three series. Next Saturday features another doubleheader with Defiance vs Hyde Windlass at 1 30 and the B I W vs the winner at 3 p.m.
The ad offers one hundred dollars for an incurable catarrh case and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. It includes testimonials from the National Bank of Commerce in Toledo and states the cure acts internally, with price 76 cents per bottle and distribution through druggists.
Paul Ames of Bowdoinham Maine declares he will provide no support or wage collection for his adopted son Dwight L Ames for the remainder of his minority. Dated September 12, 1914.
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