Bath Happenings Highlight Week of Local Events
Bath residents saw steamer Nahanada under repair at the New England yard, a city polo finale between South Ends and the Eagles, and Morse High School opening the baseball season at Boothbay Harbor.reports note photographic shots of the Paulding, the Roberts Fountain starting, churchs and club events, a wedding at Sacred Heart, and various local business and social updates.
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Eagles
Morse High School
Boothbay Harbor
Annie M. Burke
Portland
Thomas Maria
Church of the Sacred Heart
O’dowd
Mary J. Raven
John Maria
Lewiston
Lafayette
Malia
William H. Swetten
Bear-like animal sighted near Phippsburg Center
Early riser N W Eaton reported seeing a queer animal in Henry Heald’s field near Phippsburg Center. He estimated at least 25 pounds with a long dark coat and wondered if it might be a young bear, though uncertainty remains. The tale has sparked town talk and alarms among residents.
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Mr. Eaton
Phippsburg
Bath
Phippsburg Center
Eaton
Henry Heald
the Independent
Phippsburg Woods
Johnson Brothers Hardware Fails and Receivers Named
The long established Johnson Brothers hardware firm petitions for a receiver. Judge Whitehouse appoints Charles C. Crosby and Oliver Moses as receivers to operate the business while affairs are settled. The failure stems from losses tied to the Monson Slate investment amid a winter storm landslide. Next Tuesday night the city finance committee invites public input on athletic field improvements.
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Johnson Brothers
Whitehouse
Charles C. Crosby
Oliver Moses
Monson Slate Company
Seed salesman promises best seeds with quick postage
A seed dealer urges buyers to try their new stock seeds and compare with others claiming "The Best Seeds." They offer postage paid if not in town and can source odd or special kinds on short notice. Seed sold by pint, quart or bushel with consistently low prices.
Swett’s Drug Stores Special Sale Advertisement
Swett’s Drug Stores runs a P. S. Special Sale on Silicate of Soda Liquid Glass. The Best Egz preservative 35cc a gallon. A free jug is given with purchase if you bring this advertisement.
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P. S
Good Old Age Cat Dies After Long Life at Home
Mrs. Frank Frisbie of Phippsburg Centre mourns a family cat that lived over 17 years, the longest lived cat ever reported. Captain Fred Dunton of the schooner Robert P. Murphy returns home for a vacation.
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Frank Frisbie
Phippsburg Centre
Fred Dunton
Robert P. Murphy
Maine Probate Notice for Florence Hodgdon as Executrix
Florence A Hodgdon of Bath petitions to prove the will of Edmund Billings who died March 14 1910 at Bath. The petition lists heirs including Phebe A Billings Fred Billings Hattie M Billings and others. The court orders publication in Bath Independent and a hearing May 3 1910 at 9 o clock in the forenoon to show cause why letters testamentary should not be issued.
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Montgomery and
St. Bernard Royal Arch
Supreme Judicial Court
Sagadahoc
New Meadows
Hale
A. C. Torsey
Bay Point
Meloon
Auburn
Albert A. Roderick
William A. Roderick
Phippsburg
Galen C. Moses
E. M. Wing
Bath Automobile and Gas Engine Company
Detroit
Bath
Hoyt’s Express Company
Tarbox Express
Tarbox
Maine Central
Boston & Maine
Arthur Willie
Boston
State OF
Maine
Florence A. Hodgdon
Edmund Billings
Theersons
Vame
Phebe A. Billings
Fred Billings
George Billings
Linden
Mass
Hattie M. Billings
Somerville
Florence Billings
Arthur Billings
Marion Billings
Henry Billings
Duncan Billings
Nellie Germain
Chelsea
Wellington Billings
Arthur J. Dunton
State OF Maine
Saganahoc
James
Lowell
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Independent
Bathites
Nahanada
New England
Paulding
Roberts
Herbert A. Hope
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
The
Iron Works
Beacon Street
Charles H. Williams
International Correspondence Schools
Sweet Girl
Torrey Roller Bushing Company
Massachusetts
U. S
William White
First Baptist Church
Ira Mikelsky
Colby
Maine State University
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Genesta Chapter
K. P. Hall
Albert Atkins
Dexter
MacMillan
Esquimaux
Colonial Club
Fred Humphreys
Louis Easley
City Hospital
Frank Danforth
Center Street
West Bath Grange
City of Rockland
Mrs. Dot
Billie Burke
the Empire
Allan Howard Ramsay
Miss Carrier, Luce
N. W. Eaton
Seed Business
Swett’s Drug Stores
Elvis
California
Fic Syrup Co
Woolwich Center
Baptist Church
Samuel B. Reed
E. L. Reed
D. C. Hathorne
Ohn E.fitzgerald
Park & Pollard Poultry Feeds
Buckeye Hut
No Ex
Kimball
City Wharf
Thompson Bros
Conley’s
Conley
Centre Street
D. & C. E. Scribner
Brunswick, Maine
Scribner’s
Homer , Chase & Co
Nurserymen
Plymouth Rock
JF Upton
Winnegance
Topcam
Scribner's Mill
Howard
Brunswick
Alonp
Park & Pollard
Park & Pollard Poultry Almanac
Kimball Bros. Co
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