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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1916

Page

8

Garden Church of Nature Inspires City Folk

A Bath area column blends nature prose with society notes. Residents share travels to New York and New England with weather favorable for a 856 mile car trip. Local clubs plan sessions, parties bid farewell to students and teachers, and weddings and church events fill the social page with names and places in Bath and surrounding towns.

Bath native mourns missing grandsons amid outbreak at Popham

Mrs. John Scott and her grandsons John and Joseph Fitch of New York are at Hatch camp in Popham. The youths have not yet returned home due to the infantile paralysis epidemic, while Mrs. Scott is identified as a former Bath resident.

Joseph Hart Charles St Lawrence Hart Bowdoin Caribou, Me Son Bath Katrina Brewster Maine Wayneflete School R. H. Baxter Essex Junction H. C. Baxter & Bros Packer Baxter Augusta State Republican Committee Sagadahoc Curtis Herbert Mallard Elizabeth N. H Karl von Baman Bridgeport John Scott John Joseph Fitch New York Hatch Camp Popham Scott

Boston Visit Mentioned in Whitehouse Passing Notice

Mr and Mrs Ralph C Whitehouse are noted to have passed a few days in Boston.

Ralph C. Whitehouse Boston

Local notes reveal visits and church funding plans

Freeman Merritt and others visit Portland area as travelers share social notes. National church spending is projected at 35 million for new churches and parish houses, with Catholic and Protestant missions seeking several million dollars. Funds aim to support Lutherans, German Reformed, Congregationalists, and foreign missions as English churches request Americans to aid war-strained efforts.

David L. Wilson Fort Fairfield Bath Major Willis Brunswick Portland Bay State German Reformed Church W. E. McIntyre C. S. Brown McIntyre Small Point Mr. McIntyre Massachusetts Mr. Brown Malden United States

Substituting Leather in Shoes Becomes Urgent in Industry

Shoe manufacturers seek substitutes as hides grow scarce and prices rise. Rubber soles and imitation leather replace leather in many products while new materials claim better wear, flexibility, waterproofing, and noiseless performance. Fibre board heels also emerge as a burnishable, waterproof option as experiments continue.

Girl Found Drunk on Front Steps Night Encounter

Two Bath women returning home at night found a dark figure on a Washington Street steps. One woman petted the object thinking it a cat, then an indignant voice shouted from the darkness. They fled indoors, fearing an intoxicated man.

Bath Washington Street

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