Bath urged to raise four thousand for shoe factory
A Bath appeal calls for $4,000 to $5,000 more to secure a proposed local shoe factory. Backers note the project will boost population and private business. With leadership stretched by illness and busy schedules, supporters are urged to respond quickly over the next week or two to reach the goal of $7,975 already raised.
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Curran Babine Wedding Solemnized At St Marys Church
Eleazer Babine and Emma M Curran united in marriage at St Marys Church Tuesday morning Rev J P OBrien officiated. The couple, both of the city, planned a reception and will reside here. details note a wedding breakfast at the bride’s home and a best man and bridesmaid.
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St. Mary’s Church
J. P. O'Brien
Eleazer Babine
Emma M. Curran
John T. Curran
Middle St
Rumford Falls
Eve Babine
Regina McLellan
Bath Market News Reflects Slow Fresh Produce Year
The Bath market shows limited arrivals as new crops delay. Farmers faced cold spells though grass is turning, eggs run 18–20 cents a dozen, water glass used to store eggs, Boston squash prices at six cents a pound, potatos around 75 cents a bushel, Baldwin apples $1.25 a bushel, Maine fruit scarce, Oregon apples abundant, seed sales high quality noted, and beef veal lamb prices outlined. Miss Maria Wiggin visits Portland.
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Sagadahoc
Boston
Maine
Oregon
Major Kimball
Pine Tree State Seed Company of
Illness and Community Buzz Reach West Bath
Mrs. Henry R. Rich is ill with bronchitis and attended by Dr. James O. Lincoln as her daughter Annie Butler of Malden Mass arrives to help. Local teachers Florence Neiley Rachel Potter Alberta Clark visit Portland and Brunswick for school matters. Bellwether social notes include Grange meetings, road conditions, and town residents returning from travels.
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Henry R. Rich
Annie Butler
Malden
Mass
James O. Lincoln
Bath
J. Henry Mayo
Phillips
John Teague
Florence Neiley
Rachel Potter
Alberta Clark
West Bath
Portland
Bath Local Notes Mixed social news and shipyard progress
Bath items report five candidates taking degrees with Bath Camp and Wodern Woodmen. Wilbur Brown buys property near Mann's Bakery on Washington Street. Rebekahs host card party with Mrs Emma Knowlton. John Perry named Morse High School 1915 captain of next year's track. Rev Gould J Brown to preach at New Church Temple. Wadsworth torpedo boat destroyer keel and bulkheads near completion at Bath Tron Works. Jonzo Parks moved to South Boston to join Lawley's shipyard carpenters. No prayer meeting at Wesley Church for new year. Cemetery workers repair rustic baskets for parks. Bath plans a large open air summer dancing pavilion. Tale contrasts sailors fire at Mexicans in Vera Cruz with U S sailors in snow in Augusta. Percy silver loving cup in Page's window for fastest paying heat on ice. Defiance likely to need time allowances in Bath. Local Bath man recalls city with no saloons but bars in hotels, noting class divide and risk to temperance.
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Wilbur Brown
Tole
Mann's Bakery
Washington St
Emma Knowlton
Upper Middle St
John Perry
Morse High School
Gould J. Brown
Cambridge
Mass
New Church Temple
Ing
Wadsworth
Bath Tron
Jonzo Parks
South Boston
Lawley’s
Bath
Opera House
Grace Morse
Allan Guerrero
Wesley Church
Page
A. A. Percy
Robert W
Bath Driving Club
Portland Express
John Barleycorn
Popham
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Rockledge Hotel Association
Silver Lake
High St
Kelley
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath Iron Works
Windlass
Sidney McPherson
Hyde Windlass
P. Flaherty
Footer
McNeal
Murray
J. Flaherty
Lanerf
Morse
Knights If
Goodwin
W. L. Atwood
McNeal P
Gilson
Bragdon
Chase
Dingley
Oliver
McDonald Rf
Billings
Robinson If
Dukeshire
Mexico City
Thomas RB. Abbott
City of Mexico
Abbott
U. S. Shipping Commissioner
Mexico
Polar Star Lodge
Tom
Calais
St. Stephens
Bath Daily Echoes Busy Spring in 1905 Town
Bath notes a lively start to the season with shipbuilding, new factories, and a busy waterfront. Mackey Timber, Bath Iron Works, and Morse High School activities mix with payrolls, school elections, and planned conventions. Local sailors, lobstermen, and merchants report activity as Bath eyes a second wind.
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