Tax deadline notice and bank annual meetings in Maine
Taxpayers in Bowdoinham are warned that all taxes unpaid by December 20 will be collected as required by law. The Bath National Bank stockholders meet January 14 1913 at 2 PM to elect directors and conduct business at 40 Front Street Bath Maine. First National Bank of Bath directors to be chosen January 14 at 2 PM in Bath with cashier Williams Shorey signing notices.
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Bowdoinham
George HH. Hackett
The
Bath National Bank
Tfront St
Bath
County of Saguadahoc
State of Maine
DD. Milt
Maine
Bath Trust Company stockholders meeting notice
The Bath Trust Company calls its regular annual stockholders meeting for election of Trustees and any other business on Tuesday January 14 1913 at 2 o clock at the banking rooms Bath Maine. Also sale notice lists winter pears 50 cents per peck apples 75 cents to 1.00 per bushel turnips 50 cents per bushel and chickens dressed to order from J F Upton Winnegan ce Me Tel 268 5.
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The
Bath Trust Company
J. F. Upton
Winnegance
Tel
Christmas Plans for Churches Clubs and Secret Orders
Many groups in the city prepare Christmas activities. The Colonial club will host its tree for poor children and open house. Bath lodge Elks sends dinners to poor families. Salvation Army seeks funds for basket dinners. Churches plan services and concerts. Dunlap Commandery to toast the Grand Eminent Commander at the asylum. Dreamland Theatre offers a strong bill and a Sunlight Dance at Music Hall.
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Colonial Club
Frea DD. Hill
Bath Lodge of Elks
Bath
Salvation Army
Dunlap Commandery
United States
Asylum
Dreamland Theatre
Music Hall
Bath Man Proposes County Road Construction Company
A Bath resident advocates forming a capitalized firm to own machinery and hire skilled staff to contract road building for several towns. The plan aims to improve highway quality and efficiency by centralizing work under one management.
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Bath
Richmond man elected Sagadahoc Grange master
Daniel Brown of Richmond was installed as master of Sagadahoc County Pomona Grange at its Wednesday meeting. He was also elected president of the Sagadahoc Agricultural and Horticultural Society which runs the Topsham fair. Brown has long served Enter prise Grange and previously led Topsham fair concessions.
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Skowhegan
Belfast
Bangor
Bucksport
Augusta
Waterville
Calais
Washington County
Vancebar
St. John
Bar Harbor
Foxcroft
Greenville
Mattawamkeag
Eastport
St. Stephen
Portland
Boston
Montreal
Quebec
Bridgton
Fabyans
Lancaster
New York
Way
Rockland
Ome
Leo Poumidot
Lewiston
Farmington
Brunswick
Sundass
Fohstom
Oectine
Len Mentye
Woolwich
Rockland H
Waldron
Morris McDonald
Sagadahoc County
Pomona Grange
Daniel Brown
Richmond
Sagadahoc
Dent
Sagadahoc Agricultural and Horticultural Society
Topsham
Brown
Enterprise Grange of
Erange
Historic willow rooted from riding switch in Bath
A prominent Bath willow at Washington and Pearl streets is the city’s oldest tree. Local lore ties its origin to a riding switch planted by Colonel Dummer Sewall, Bath’s first postmaster, which rooted and grew into the landmark. The tree recently received care from the city forester’s department to ensure its continued health.
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Bath
Washington and
Pearl Streets
Independent
Joshua Philbrook
Dummer Sewall
City Forester’s Department
Morse High votes to skip Bowdoin League for independent schedule
At a Thursday noon meeting of the Morse High school athletics association the ball team was voted to not join the Bowdoin Interscholastic League next spring. The management will compile an independent schedule, a plan some members deem more satisfactory.
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Morse High School Athletics Association
Bowdoin
Small Pox Cases Rise in Dresden Prompt Preventive Measures
Two new small pox cases appear in Dresden this week with nearly a dozen total in weeks. Mild symptoms allow patients to move about. initial misidentification as chicken pox led to physician confirmation. Fumigation of several houses and schools. South Dresden and middle road schools to stay closed for weeks. church shuttered and public gatherings halted as authorities aim to prevent an epidemic.
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Dresden
Grange Store Failures Linked to Charlestown Grange
In Charleston Maine a Grange co operative store failed after years of operation. A petition in bankruptcy lists liabilities of 6056 dollars and assets of 4591 dollars, affecting the financially active members of the Charleston Grange amid statewide talks of starting Bath stores and other local grange ventures.
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Sagadahoc County
Bath
Bankkruptcy
Charleston
Gravel Haul By Lincoln County Lumber Truck At Local Pit
Local Teamsters watch the Lincoln County Lumber Company truck haul gravel from a Witch Spring pit to the city. The truck’s load and daily trips surpass what two horse teams could achieve. Meanwhile the upper Kennebec shifted from ice to open water, with shell ice along the shore.
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Lincoln County Lumber Company
Witch Spring
Kennebec
Worries Rise Over New Parcels Post Starting Soon
Rural mail carriers and stage drivers express concern about the January 1 rollout of the parcels post system. They debate how to handle larger packages alongside passengers, the impact on revenue, and the need for bigger wagons as roads improve with spring.
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Publc
Old Bath Fire Engine Sold for Mills Protection in 1872
An 1872 clipping shows the Kennebec hand engine sold at auction to Alden Morse of Winnewande for 210 dollars and later moved to Winneganee for mill protection. It traveled to Richmond for a muster in the 1880s, then to Greenville, with the Phoenix in Bowdoinham cited as Maine’s oldest hand engine. Merchants seek good sleighing before Christmas.
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Bath
Independent
Kennebec
Alden Morse
Winnewande
Winneganee
Iaiaer Elise Weber
Maine
Bowdoinham
Massachusetts
Bowdeinham
Sagadahoc Sees Two Local Candidates In New Administration
Sagadahoc prepares for state leadership changes as two residents enter the field for statewide posts. Frank S. Adams of Bowdoin seeks Commissioner of Agriculture while Nicuner C. Johnson of Phippsburg runs for Commissioner of Sea and Shore Fisheries. The landscape includes Bull Moose and Progressive influences shaping party dynamics ahead of the legislature.
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Saladahoe
Frank S. Adams
Bowdoin
Agericulture
Nicuner C. Johnson
Phippshore
Not Much Change in Aid as Overseers Report
Chairman Albert I. Strout says the board has about the same number of walls for assistance as in prior years. The board aided seven families Tuesday. A blower system is being installed at the south end box factory and the plant is nearing readiness for business, prompting local grocers to expect added sales from its opening.
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Albert I. Strout
Board of Overseers of the Poor
Tie
South End
Important Bath Veritas Waste meeting and board update
An important Bath Bath Veritas Waste meeting is announced for the evening in the assimilation rooms. The Bath city commission appoints Rooters as a Bath board of health member replacing Harry This who moved away, giving the board its required three members.
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Bath
Veritas
Hell Fury
Lor Rooters
Commedh
Bath Board of Health
Harry Thise
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John MM. Clack
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Wm.c Chadbourne
Front St
M. Humphreys
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Maine
C. W. Watson
Office and Veterinary Hospital
Cedar St
Brunswick, Me
Ontario Veterinary College
D.V.S
Chicago Veterinary College
M.I.C
Ontario Veterinary Medical Society
Chicago Veterinary College Association
Maine Veterinary Medical Association
M. H. Loach
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
Cyrus W. Longley
Bath, MA
Maine Central
R. R
First National Bank OF Bath
Williams. Shorey
W. B. Mussisnden
Treaasurer
Washington Street
Grangers
Edwin C. Burleigh
Obadiah Gardner
Mr. Burleigh
Roosevelt
Adams
Republican State Committee
Johnson
West Point
Phippsburg
BNE
CS Johnson
Fur Papers
Johnson Bros Co
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