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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1912
Page
7
Public notices from Sagadahoc Maine Probate Court dated December 1912 announce hearings on estates of Iva J. Bowie Abbie Fannie M Stewart Herbert S Midgett and James H elder. Executor Charles B Bachielder and administrator Abbie Spinney seek approvals, with notices in Bath Independent for three weeks and hearings in Bath.
Farmers and marketmen report strong Christmas trade with large loads of produce arriving for sale. Prices vary for apples, potatoes, squash, beans, cabbage, celery, carrots, and poultry as demand shifts toward holiday cooking, with expectations of price movements after year’s start.
Westport residents share news of illness for M. C. Brooks and long service as first selectman since 1879. Homecomings from Brunswick Boothbay and Small Point. pruning harvests, schooling and Militia activity. Grange officers elected. planned Christmas tree and church suppers. local farming reports and visitors, including Tarbox and Knight families.
Eva Cooper of Oxford visits sister Mrs Percy Lane in Bowdoin. John Decovin, recovering from a stroke, honored by neighbors who gathered to help with wood. AnnSa WN oats Hervey visiting New Hampshire towns. Grace Small absent from school due to tonsillitis. A J Holbrook planning move back to Edwin farm. Libby of Hartford in town scouting a farm. Frank Everett improving in health. Charles Bickford moving belongings into Lee Bell house leased for season. Verney to Milan for work. Harvey Jordan hosts whist club with prizes to Miss Mabel Jordan and Everett J Coombs. Christmas tree and church entertainment planned for Christmas night. Alexander Shannon’s mother died. funeral at Baptist Church Brunswick, interment Catholic Cemetery. Christopher Shannon, first child born to family here, called Tome from New York after grandmother’s death.
Notice states William E. Miller is released from responsibility for any debts he may contract and is free of obligations. The announcement preserves his discharge from future claims.
A Probate Court in Bath County orders notice to interested parties. The petition and order must be shown at a Probate Court session at Bath at nine o clock in the forenoon to explain why the petition should not be granted. James S. Lowell, Judge of Probate. Cyrus W. Longley, Register.
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