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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1912
Page
6
Professor Bernthsen declared a German discovery enables synthetic manufacture of ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen at high temperature and pressure. Ammonia, a key fertilizer component, could be produced cheaply from water and air. World ammonia usage in 1911 valued at $0 million.
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadanoc County include Magoun to Herbert Johnson in Weet Bath, Phinney to Arrowsic, Boyd to Mary Sexton in Georgetown, Folser to Morrison in Phippsburg, Hussey to McLellan in Bath, Humphreys to Ward in Topsam, Oliver to Coombs in Georgetown, Burges to Joseph Lord in Bath, King to Rosentwist in Georgetown, Robbins to Frank Robinson in Bath, Dosle to Greenlow in Bowdoin, Riggs to Olin in Bath, Galusha to Galusha in Topsham, Hutching to Smith in Bowdoin, Brown to Bliss in West Bath, Browne to Wyttizeernlls in West Bath, Wright to Barnes in Woolwich, and Ferguson to Penley in Bowdoin.
Maine coast oyster culture is unlikely to become an industry. Commissioner James Donahue notes experiments have produced only small beds, particularly in the Sheepscot River, and no location large enough for practical propagation. He cites trips with Mr Homans seeking thousands of acres but finding no suitable site due to mud and marine growth.
Miss Marion Hertha Clarke, Georgetown native and elocutionist, resumes work after a Bellows Falls and Boston season with the Redpath Lyceum and Lotus tours. Her fall program includes The Country Boy and a self written piece Jane Adams and the Social Evil.
The constitutional amendment funding automobile tax bonds for good roads passed by about four to one. Lusan H. Nelson of Portland first proposed the idea, earning credit for promoting it to multiple groups and newspapers. John Clark Scates of Westbrook leads next steps, urging road-condition surveys and timely action by the next Legislature to advance statewide improvements. Governor Woodrow De Haithes backs wood-road construction and speeding Maine’s highway program.
Five Islands residents and relatives noted travel and family visits. Ellen F. Hagan left Tuesday for South Portland to visit her daughter Mrs. W. F. Hinckley and later to Lakeville Massachusetts. Cyrgisa Stevens entered Colby College after high school honors. Mrs. Clara Hinckley returned from Augusta for eye treatment.
Evelyn Hope and friends visit Capt Proctor Hazans Stevens cottage while Roy Rowe calls on relatives in Boothbay Harbor. Capt Charles Tarr of Richmond visits town. Bath reports free from small pox again as the pest house patient is discharged.
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