Sagadahoc Teachers Hold Successful County Convention
The Sagadahoc County Teachers Association held a well attended convention in Bath yesterday with a large county turnout. Prof. Wirt, former Territorial Education Superintendent in Alaska, delivered the evening address as part of a program featuring music, readings, and talks by local and state educators.
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Sagadahoc
F. W. Freeman
Bath
Foundations of
Mary McSkimmon
Brookline
Mass
Payson Smith
Mamoreske
Dvorak
Kenneth Weeks
Charles Fitzgerald
Louise Hill
Frances Southard
Arctic
Lincoln Wirt
F. RG. S
Territorial Superintendent of
Alaska
No Decision Yet on Sagadahoc County Sheriff
The Sagadahoc sheriff position remains unsettled with a meeting of Governor Haines and his council anticipated later this month. Reported plans vary between resignations with local enforcement and outright removals with new appointees, and several outsiders from Bath area towns are considered likely candidates.
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Sagadahoc
Haines
Bath
Tearing Down Old Almaeda for Abrams Theatre Site
Contractors Gay & Guauvin began clearing the lot on Wednesday under a 30 day contract. Good progress marks the week as the old gathering place becomes a memory ahead of the Abrams Amusement Company project.
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Alameda
Abrams Amusement Company
Gay & Guauvin
Maine towns tighten liquor sales as dry law enforcements rises
City Marshal Pattee and County Attorney Bridgham visited several clubs warning they must stop liquor sales. They have closed tightly this week and enforcement expands across Maine, signaling a shift to dry conditions in previously wet counties.
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Pattee
Edward W. Bridgham
Maine
Cyclone destroys Bath native's Omaha home
Mrs. A T Rhoades formerly of Bath writes to the Independent asking the paper be sent to Omaha instead of Bath after her home was wrecked by the recent cyclone. She has lived in Omaha forty four years and calls the Independent a treasure for news of Bath and nearby countryside.
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A. T. Rhoades
Bath
Omaha
Independent
Maine
South End Track Repair Plans Reported
Men from the street railway company are in town arranging repair work on the south end of the car track. A new track will be laid from Russell street to Winnegance, a distance measured recently at about 11000 to 12000 feet. The Russell street north road is already in good condition, rebuilt several years ago.
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Street Railway Company
Russell Street
Winnegance
May meet in Bath for regimental event
A regimental meeting of the U R K P is held in Lewiston today to decide Bath as the site for annual field days on August 7 and 8 during Bath s big carnival. If approved, Bath would host several hundred uniformed knights and friends in August.
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Lewiston
Bath
Summers at MacMahan details Redfields Maine retreat
The piece notes Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield and his family spending summers on MacMahan Island near Bath Maine. It highlights his tariff views, career background, and wishes for balanced tariff reforms, along with remarks by Mrs. Redfield on dress and American women’s expenditure and appearance.
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Wilson
Maine
William C. Redfield
New York
Bath
MacMahan Island
Sheepscot
Mr. Redfield
MacMahan
Mr. Redtett
Albany
Brooklyn
ISSS
Equitable Life Assurances Society
American Manufacturers’ Export Association
American Blower Company of
Detroit
Redfield
Montclair
N. J
City Cleaning Week Planned by Civic Improvement Committee
The Fortnightly Club proposes a May city cleaning week inviting local clubs and organizations to participate. The plan mirrors successful programs in other cities and aims to greatly improve Bath through systematic cleanup efforts.
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Civic Improvement Committee
Bath
State Tax Rate for 1914 Reduction in Maine
The appropriation bill totals 4 879 074 16 dollars. The tax rate for the next two years is nine and a half mills, split four and three quarters mills per year. For 1911 and 1912 the rate was ten mills, despite heavy drains on the treasury. The administration reduced the rate by half a mill versus the prior administration, and it is expected the nine and a half mills will yield more revenue due to increased Maine valuations.
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Maine
Adjourned Session of Supreme Judicial Court Monday
Judge Leslie C. Cornish will preside an adjourned one day session to close matters from the April term. Clerk Fred H. Thompson will handle naturalization cases today from 10 to 12. Plaintiffs without first papers need not bring witnesses. those filing later papers should bring two witnesses.
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Leslie C. Cornish
Supreme Judicial Court
Justice Cornish
Fred H. Thompson
Cabinet Experts Highlighted for Commerce Roles
William Cox Redfield of New York named secretary of commerce amid questions about appointee Louis D B Branders. Redfield is portrayed as an expert on trade and manufacturing trends, with extensive experience and travel. The article notes congressional ties and familiarity with several companies.
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William Cox Redfield
New York
Comerce
Louis DP Branders
Massachusetts
Boston
Fottier
Spring Goods Iron and Steel Rakes Catalog Ad
Spring sale advertisement lists iron and steel rakes manure forks wheelbarrows dump barrows spading forks step ladders and basket prices from 35c to $1.00 highlighting low cost garden tools and equipment.
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Office and Veterinary Hospital
Cedar St
Brunswick, Me
Ontario Veterinary Core
D.V.S
Chicago Veteran College
M.D.C
Ontario Eterinary Medical Society
Chicago Veterinary College Association
Ember of Maine Veterinary Medicalssociation
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
Cyrus W. Longley
Room 2
Bath, ME
Navarre
Totel
WA Coloredmap
Ghatis
Edgar T. Smith
Armour’s Commercial
Read Nichols Co
Commercial St
Love Brothers
Ridgely Protective Association
Worcester
Bondi
J. W. Rodick
Auburn
Balfe Morse High School
Culbert McGay
E. W. Larrabee
Margaret C. Bakeman
James McConaughy
Brunswick
John A. Cone
George R. Gardiner
Faning
Lacome High School Glee Club
Sweet and Low
Barnby
South End
Secretary of Commerce
Mrs. Redfeld
United States
Paris
Rue de la Paix
Commerce
Johnson Bros Co
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