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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1911
Page
3
The article notes towns aim to commit taxes before June to fund spring school bills. Maine delays in the State tax act may force two assessments, complicating local boards. It discusses road improvements, gypsy moth threats near New Meadows, and upcoming political fights over prohibition and urban commissions.
The Merry Meeting Grange met with a full audience presenting music readings and papers. Byron Newton of Bowdoinham, now to Philadelphia in a trusted post, emerges from a tale of wealth and a boy’s future guardianship awaiting age twenty one.
The article tells of John Curtis and family settling Nequasset about 1754 with ships and sea roles. It follows John 2nd and his children including Jack Curtis born 1792, a privateer crewman, Moorish slave escape, reunion with brother Captain Theodore Curtis, and Jack's 1817 death off the West Indies. Local legend notes a spectral meeting before the drowning.
Several Bath residents filed for divorce due to desertion cruelty and non support. Ellison Green seeks separation from Ellen Green. Esther Kelley from Lloyd Kelley. Josephine Schoff from Marcel Schoff. Bertha McKown from Winfield McKown. Cora Getchell from Henry Getchell. Warren Whitten from Florence Whitten. Alice Patten from Fred Patten. Nellie Savage from Solon Savage. Jessie Berry from Ralph Berry. Work begins on new Bath summer cottages.
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