Maine Spring Prospects and Local Happenings
Sagadahoc's jury bill will likely be smaller this April as Maine anticipates a warm season. Bath ships another barge this week and shipping lists grow. Baseball season nears, children play in streets, and bicycles reappear. Sheriff Purington retires, good roads meeting boosts road work plans, and coal strike talks worry the nation. Local politics drum up activity ahead of state conventions and town turnout. Town committees must hustle for primaries while Bath weighs Roosevelt policy and party unity. The Kennebec river region seeks summer home buyers through better promotion.
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Mary Purington
Haverhill
Boston
Viola Coombs
Brunswick
I. H. Purington
Purington
Carrie ‘Sparks
State Insurance Department
Augusta
Margaret Sparks
Brockton
Mass
Charles F. Staples
Bath
Star Whist Club
William E. Rideout
George T. Getchell
Upper Main Street
X. B. E. Club
Charles H. McEwen
Phillip Neally
Lewiston
Wallingford
Empire
Farmington Normal School
Eva Rideout
Emily Rideout
Edith Fulton
Ethel }Raves
Jean Foote
Marion Beedy
Ruby Wood
E. B. Duran
Louise Hall
Bowdoinham High School
Belfast
Miss Allen
Richmond Corner
Marshall H. White
Lynn
Emma Jack
Harold Jack
The
Sons of Veterans
French
Bethel
George French
R. H. Jack
Maine Central Station
Cromwell
Lucinda Siegers
Gardiner
Thomas
Nancy Foss
J. C. Lang
Ivan
Baptist Church
Bowdeinham
Bowdoinham Sees Community News and Leadership Moves
Bowdoinham community notes cover church assignments, club meetings, and social visits. Rev J E Clancy moves to Ogunquit, local auxiliaries form, and residents travel for events and education while town offices and deputy sheriff position remain unsettled. Funeral services for Mrs Lucinda Bodwell and local Easter plans are noted alongside seasonal spring topics.
Bath Bank Notice March 15 1912
Public notice from People's Safe Deposit and Savings Bank in Bath Maine dated March 15 1912. The item alerts customers of financial matters and potential actions affecting deposits and banking services as recorded in a local newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People's Safe Deposit & Savings Bank
Bath Trust Company
People’s Safe Deposit and Savings Bank
Bath
Maine
Beedy Names Pastor for Another Year in Town
Rev. Walter C. Beedy is named as pastor of the local Methodist church for another year. Citizens and Methodists rejoice at his continued leadership after a period of illness and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Beedy
Beedy
Republicans Convene in Bangor Delegates Named for Taft
The Republican State and District conventions will meet in Bangor next Wednesday with full county delegations. Bath and area towns plan to travel on the five o clock train. no candidates will be nominated, speeches and platforms will be prepared, and Maine delegates may be instructed to support Taft amid Roosevelt’s campaign. Bath Republicans elected Taft instructed delegates John S. Hyde Harold M. Sewall John W. Ballou Frank L. Staples John W. Gilmore Frank B. Nichols Clarence R. McIntire Edward W. Hyde Edward W. Bridgham Elwell S. Crosby Fred H. Kimball.
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Bangor
Bath
Roosevelt
Maine
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Taft
John S. Hyde
Harold M. Sewall
John W. Ballou
Frank L. Staples
John W. Gilmore
Frank B. Nichols
Clarence R. McIntire
Edward W. Hyde
Edward W. Bridgham
Elwell S. Crosby
Fred H. Kimball
Gardner Elected U S Senator In Maine Legislature Vote
Obadiah Gardner of Rockland was elected to complete the unexpired term of the late Senator Frye in a joint session of the Legislature. Gardner received 98 votes to 56 for Frederick A. Powers, the Republican nominee, with Gardner to serve until next March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Obadiah Gardner
Rockland
Frye
Gardner
Frederick A. Powers
Legislature Passes $71,514 Appropriation Bill After Frye Death
Governor Plaisted points to the death of Senator Frye as the impetus for a $71,514 appropriation bill passed under suspension in both branches. The measure includes $12,000 for special session expenses, and allocates funds for ballot boxes, direct primary elections in June, and public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plaisted
Frye
U. S
George Legard Injured in Stable Keeper Accident
George E Legard well known stable keeper was injured Monday afternoon while returning from Small Point. Driving a pair of horses he was knocked from the wagon when an iron pole broke near the electric power station. He suffered a cut on the head and two broken ribs as the horses bolted but stopped before further harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. lLegard
Small Point
William Hart
T. A. Huston Company
Auburn
Parker Head
Bath
Mr. Legard
Berry Bros Fail in Bankruptcy Filing
Walter H. Berry and Leon W. Berry formerly of Phippsburg and Quincy do business as Berry Bros grocers and provisions facing $22 822 liabilities including $348 taxes and $21 987 unsecured with $19 850 assets. About 150 unsecured creditors. Meager Smart and the finance committee study department wants before drafting the annual appropriation bill and reviews last year’s expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Berry
Leon W. Berry
Phippsburg
Berry Bros., Grocers and Provisions
Quincy
Mass
Finance Committee
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Times Company
Front St
Bath, Me
Harry C. Webber
Sagadahoc
Pearance
Acme
America
Kennebec
Up County
J. E. Clancy
Methodist Church
Ogunquit
Bert S. Temple
A. S. Bickford
C. S. Crocker
Ida Purington
Roy Wakefield
J. H. Millay
J. Loyalist Browne
William Aderton
Pittston
Dromer Strange
Jennie Reed
Colby
Miles M
Reed
Carrie Woodworth
Universalist
H. H. Hoyt
Brunswick Chorus
Curtis House
Millay Road
Lucinda Bodwell
John Bodwell
Alphonso Berry
Berry
Lillian Elliot
Lisbon Falls
Royal G. Bodwell
Ashland
N. H
Beverly
Emeline Gray
Cathance
Roxceny Blundell
Minneapolis
Minn
Antoinette Beal
Robert Graves
Samuel Graves
Lawrence Small
Frank Small
H. D. Grant
Bowdeinham High School
Matthews
Hazel Cornish
Geneleve Dunlap
Harry Kidder
Richmond
Walter Mathews
Myra Fowle
H. Price Webber
A. F. Reeve
Charles B. Randall
T. W. Fogg
William S. Given
Earle Brown
Charles Sylvester
James H. Millay
F. J. Nichols
T. W. Skelton
Lewis M. Fulton
L. D. Small
Baptist Society
Frank P. Gard
Ridge Road
Jersey City
George W. Carver
Edward
W. C. Beedy
J. N. Hall
W. C. Davis
Maine Trap Rock Company
Yarmouth
Massachusetts
Portland
Will Williams
A. Grant Hulse
Independent
George W. Small
R. H. Baxter
Bath, Maine
G. G. Deering
W. B. Mussenden
Treas
Senator Frye
George Legard
Berry Bros Fail
Phippsburg Men
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