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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1922
Page
8
A Bath column recounts a goose mystery found in a well after foxes were blamed, a ninth birthday party for Miss Fanny May Moulton with a flowered cake, and notes on local events. Also mentions Bath firemen rehearsals, a dressmaker’s banana-eating stunt, William White’s rugged work, a Saratoga trip, Sagadahoe-house meals, Irish voyage, and church lawn party.
The city council approved a five member drainage and sewerage commission with the mayor to name four others. A traverse jury was drawn for August term with GWrton A Th Waggett Seth Hobart J Jackson Henry Lermond A N Morse and N C Rice. A boy shot in the foot by a companion’s revolver. Drackley is treated and recovering. The Maggie Smith steam schooner had a final river trip. workers travel to Maranacook for religious exercises.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr. True's Elixir as a natural bowel remedy. It credits Dr. J. F. True of Maine and claims seventy-one years of use, offering 40c 60c and 1 20 prices. It emphasizes herbal extracts for pleasant relief without harmful metallic components.
Aug 8 1882 two riders William Donnell and Frederick Foote on Sunday night near the Bull Creek bridge encountered a large fast moving animal believed to be a doubleverrier that startled their horses causing a rapid gallop to New Meadows road. The beast was seen by two berry pickers and caused a wild scare.
A community report details efforts to transport children from the Hycroor Home to outdoor activities and picnics. It notes calls for additional vehicle support, improved heating, and a new boiler to aid health, with thanks to groups and individuals aiding the home.
Community activists challenge proposed plans affecting Po teet area schools and the senior high program. Officials assert changes would alter class sizes and staffing, with debates over transport and curriculum impacts on students.
A Bath Sagadahoc probate filing outlines estate administration for James Lowell and Arthur Dunton with notices to heirs, executors, and public posting. It references a Maine state road route list including Skowhegan Wilton and Bath area towns, and a court order to publish petition notices for September hearings.
Public notices detail probate actions in Bath Sagadahoc including wills guardianships administrators executors and final accounts from 1922 1927 and onward with dates August first and September first entries and trustees and executors named in several estates across Bath and Woolwich with required publication in the Bath Independent newspaper.
The article details extensive road improvements from Portland to Farmington via multiple towns and the Lowfellow Highway to Bethel, noting excellent to good conditions with a few rough stretches. It covers the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway, Ossipee and Pequawket Trails, and a coastal route to Kittery, plus major New Brunswick arteries from Woodstock to Fredericton and Bathurst to Grand Anse with new bridges and levee work underway.
The report notes highways from Dalhousie to Matapedia and from Newcastle to Moncton are in good shape. Major routes to Maine, St John and Quebec remain passable. a new Temiscouta Lake corridor will link Maine to the St Lawrence in about two months. The Quebec Montreal stretch and the King Edward highway to the New York line are described as in good condition.
George B. Drake, formerly general manager of The Texas Steamship Co. plant in Bath, has been appointed general manager of The Texas Co Marine Department. The post was vacated by the death of D. W. A. Thompson Jr, a shock to Bath friends.
Otis M. Bryant of 49 Axprison St. Porriaxp Marne reports lifelong constipation. He says Fruit-a tives tablets eased headaches and bowel regularity after four months. Product available at dealers and from Fruit-a-tives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
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