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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1922
Page
2
Large attendance at the West Bath Grange meeting followed by a varied program. Highlights include solos by Amestableau and Margaret Peterson, a discussion on why women make better lecturers, and a forthcoming Grange fair. Several local residents are mentioned with visits, travel, and community events throughout the Bath area.
The note touts Dr True s Elixir as a cure for chronic constipation and its systemic effects including sour stomach belching foul breath and headaches. It claims quick relief and urges faith in the product with testimonials from users like Joseph Doyle Tracey Station. Prices listed are 40c 60c and 1 20.
West Bath and Bath members of the Red Cross met at Miss Annie Trufant’s home to sew for needy families. A noon pea soup and baker lunch was served, with autumn flowers as decorations. The group planned another all day session in October and named a dinner committee and next meeting organizers.
The department warns residents and non residents to show registration certificates and licenses. Officials urge timely compliance, with clerks and wardens enforcing the rule across districts including main locations and non resident areas. The notice cites upcoming meetings led by Mrs Sarah Tumn and outlines dates for future enforcement actions.
E W Jones, chief of the Federal Bureau of Public Roads design division, outlines the government’s aim to integrate local interests into a national highway system. He stresses maintenance, sound construction, and forward planning, noting the plan spans about 15 years and seeks to align state and federal efforts for a connected network.
United States Senator Frederick Hale will hold a preliminary competitive examination on October 28 in Portland Lewiston Augusta and Bangor to select two vacancies for admission to West Point in 192%. Top ranks become principals or alternates for the regular exam. Eligible are US citizens aged 17 to 19 or 17 to 20 if from the Regular Army or National Guard. Notify Hale by October 20 with preferred city to receive full information.
Hon Cyrus R Tupper a Boothbay Harbor judge and former Maine attorney general was served in Bath with a summons to appear in a U S court in Boston as a witness in a government case against Milton A Stone. Deputy Simeon Harriman also served William T Hall Jr and Edward W Ridgham for the same hearing. Hall cannot attend due to illness.
Game Warden Herbert Spinney returned with a pair of ducks while Bath and Richmond visitors James Nelson and Dir. Stil Phen shot seven birds. Spinney issued three non resident hunter licenses to Edwin M. Jones’s friends, who plan a Somerset trip with Jones, a former hometown hunter.
Albin Brown appeared before Jadze Keegan on a complaint by Hiram Walker for cruelly working and torturing a horse unfit for use. He pleaded not guilty and was fined 25 dollars plus costs in each complaint, with the horse to be restrained at once without expense to the state. Separately, Harriet Bosworth and a party from Redlands, California plan to leave Sumner for Maine within a week or ten days after visiting Freeport and Bath, staying with Mrs. Leworth’s sister Eleanor B.
Sagadahee county poultry owners are invited to join the fifth Winter egg loving contest starting November 1 under Maine College of Agriculture Extension Service. Entrants raise twenty five pullets on their premises and report monthly egg production and feed costs for analysis by extension poultry specialist Or M Wilbur.
A neighborhood gathering at Upper Street hosted Captain and Mrs Frank Higan for a social musical evening featuring Miss Vhveisms Bliede cornet and Mrs Iva Hagan on violin. The event included performances by Mrs Lieb and Mr Wilbur Viagan with notable guests and a short revue by Mrs Wlerrs A Beaty. A Norwegian visitor, Mr Shepard, encountered an incident near the camp, with rescue efforts described as part of the evening’s activities.
Commissioner Parsons of the Fish and Game Department praised Cumberland County wardens Her bert L. Spinney and Fred W. Atkinson for enforcing the law and fostering public support. He cited rising coastal duck populations due to the Migratory Bird Law and wardens’ protection, urged coastwise staffing, and urged legislative funds for restocking lakes and guarding forests against summer visitors.
Edsel Ford has purchased a 20 acre tract at Northeast Harbor and will begin erecting a large house at once. He spent time at Star Harbor nearby and was impressed with the attractiveness of the place.
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