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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1916

Page

2

Prices Current Map Prices and Market Quotes

A dense list of commodity prices and market notes across grains hay flour oats pork beef lard butter eggs and potatoes. It also covers sugar market notes and city market bids from New York Boston Chicago and Houston with specific prices and recent shifts.

Duluth Manitoba New York Middle West Hennery Hennervy Boston Northern Western New York Twins

Probate petition seeks letters testamentary for A Benson Rowe estate

Frederick J. Libbie of Boston petitions Sagadahoc Probate Court to admit a copy of A Benson Rowe’s will proven in Suffolk County Massachusetts and to issue letters testamentary to him without bond. Notice ordered. Bath Independent to publish three weeks. Also brief death notice: Harriet H Stinsgp of Woolwich, age 82, died April 7.

State OF Maine Sagadahoc Frederick J. Libbie Boston Suffolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts A. Benson Rowe Benson Rowe Commonwealth Sagadahor Berg Commonwealth OF Massachisetts Paul ID Turner State OF Maine Sagadahoe Pathin Bath Woolwich Harriet H John A

Phippsburg Notes On Ship Launches And Local Happenings

George Matthews left for Chelsea with Laura and Walter Matthews while Phippsburg passengers on the Virginia discovered a sewing circle vibe in the cabin. Notables include Miss Ina Pease visiting family, Miss Eleanor Harrington receiving a piano, and Mrs. Davis recovering well in Waltham hospital. News covers launches, horse and car contrasts, and daily doings as locals note weather and road conditions.

George Matthews Squirrel Point Chelsea Laura Matthews Walter Matthews Phippsburg Virginia William Bowie Rodney Wyman Frank Allegrin Thomas McNeil Dean John D. Rogers Thomas Oliver Place Co. V. Minott, Jr New York Ada Brown Buenos Ayres

Ladies' Aid holds quilt session in Riggsvill e

Mrs West hosted the Ladies' Aid on Wednesday as a quilt was tacked. The next meeting is planned at Mrs E A Williams home. Crosby Bros. supplied lumber for church vestry tables and Williams Brilmayer install a store refrigerator. George West returned from Canada and then attended the Methodist Conference in Camden. Charles Mains butchered calves for Wen dell Baker and Everett Higgins. Mrs Baker is away. Miss Massey Mrs Brilmayer and Mrs Robert West visited Bath. Henry Reynolds built a hen house for Mr West.

West E. A. Williams Crosby Bros Messrs Williams & Brilmayer George West Camden Charles Mains Wendell Baker Everett Higgins Miss Massey Brilmayer Robert West Bath Henry Reynolds Mr. West Grange Leona Pinkham Holland Bros. Rowe Berry Blaisdell Dell Lewis Georgetown Rowe Berry and L. H. Rowe Clarence Alfred McMahan M. E. Bailey Otter Cliff W. F. Boucher Effie Pashard Parker Oliver Wiscasset Walter Morse Goldie Greenleaf Westport Eleanor Morse Emily Williams Ladies’ Aid T. N. Kewley Beacon St. Parsonage Alfred Trask Alfred Trask Is Packing, Preparing To Move To the Home of Miss Ida Hunt Marcia Carrie Paine Richmond

Five Islands Grange social funds library in progress

The Five Islands Grange at Rowe's Hall raised 13.63 at a social with games music and sales. Proceeds fund books for a local Grange library while members collect and donate volumes. Next events include conferring degrees on members and a new April social committee.

Rowe’s Hall Grange The Dorothy Pinkham Thomas Hanna Wilson Moore J. M. Harford Alfred Rowe

Arrowsic Town Notes Show Local Moves and Visits

Arrowsic schools start Tuesday with North School Miss Pearl Hall Woolwich South School Miss Cole. Ellsworth Robbins stays at home. Aubrey Steen returns from abroad. Willie Potter home for weeks. Harold Snipe resumes store duties in Bath. Edward Snipe hosts a young gathering with music and refreshments. Miss Alice Crowell of Boston visits George Spinney. Roy Phinney bought the Atwood place at Jones Eddy. Lemuel Stinson in town. Dana McFarland returns from Brockton. Elton Phinney closes cottage and boards with M C Drummond.

North School Pearl Hall Woolwich South School Alice Crowell Boston George Spinney Roy Phinney Atwood Place Jones’s Eddy Lemuel Stinson Ira Laurence Dana McFarland Brockton, Mass Elton Phinney M. C.drummond

Mrs Jennie Franks Treated In Lewiston Visit

Friends report Mrs Jennie Franks is under treatment at Lewiston General Hospital and will return soon for a permanent stay. Walter Campbell traveled Sunday to join Miss Bernice Clifford who hosted a birthday party with thirty attendees celebrating her sixteenth anniversary. Others noted social visits and family arrivals in Winnegance including Miss Bertha Morse’s party and a Bruns wick outing by Mrs Sherman Morse and baby Franklin. Mr and Mrs Joyce Butterfield welcomed a daughter, and villagers attended ship launchings at Deering and Percy Small yards.

Jennie Franks Lewiston Lewiston General Hospital Walter Campbell New York Bernice Clifford Emily Williams Sherman Morse Franklin Brunswick Bertha Morse William Purington South Orange N. J Winneganee Jane Purington Joyce Butterfield Deering and Percy & Small Yards Will Dunton Hiram Cornish Place West Bath Grange Annie Wylie C. O. Purington Bowdeinham Wylie Rogers City Hospital Walter Larrabee Baxter Fred Larrabee Frank O’brien Boston A. R. Donnell Salem Mass Marion Purington Edward Laughlin Malden I. B. Neiley’s J. M. Lemont E. W. Haggett Lewis H. Curtis C. M. Bryant Ernest Purington Woolwich William Simpson Topsham B. F. Roberts Arthur Portland Harry Hanson West Bath First Baptist Joseph Larrabee A. H. Donnell Elmer Craig J. E. Mayo J. B. Lemont I. B. Nearey A. G. Fisher

West Bath News Roundup Highlights Local Life

Mrs. Alton Oliver is ill with a severe cold as a steady stream of visitors and community notices fill the West Bath page. Weddings, coaching futures, grange lectures, theater casts, and road conditions mix with residents traveling, working, and selling stock in a busy local chronicle.

Local Items from West Bath and Nearby Districts

West Bath notes report horse illness of Sidney Coffee treated by Dr. Wat son of Brunswick. A tame fox wandered Berry's Mill area near Eugene Brown farm and headed toward Rich's Mountain. New Meadows ice cleared. clam digging busy. Ninety year old Joseph Winter visited Berry's Mills and Winneganee amid talk of town politics and the war. Doris Perkins ill with chicken pox. Alice Rogers visited Mrs. Owen E. Rogers. Lorin Eggleston family moved to Shore Acres at North Percy Wright. Young stock bought from Mrs. Henry D. Bacon of North Bath.

Sidney B. Coffee Watson Brunswick Berry’s Mill Eugene Brown Rich's Mountain Joseph Winter Berry's Mills Winneganee Doris Perkins Dorman Perkins Alice Rogers Owen E. Rogers Lorin Eggleston Washington Street Bath Shore Acres North Bath Percy Wright Henry D. Bacon

Miss Adeline Costain Leaves City Hospital to Return

The chief operator with the New England Telephone Exchange has been hospitalized for three weeks but is now released and plans to resume work the first of May.

Adeline V. Costain New England Telephone.Exchange City Hospital

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