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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1915
Page
8
Christmas spirit settles over Phippsburg as residents recall the rush before dawn and share gifts. A stormy morning yields to sunshine as Deacon Bowker navigates icy roads to reach Bath for services, while local scenes include visitors, repairs, and small holiday incidents.
The Lowell School held a festive Christmas program directed by Miss Neiley with readings by Doris Purington and others, a Spanish drill by four girls, and various songs and dialogues. Frank Higgins led music while parents and guests, including Mr. Cary, attended. the event at Trufant's Crossing was praised as a memorable community celebration.
Miss Novella J. Trott of Augusta visits North Woolwich with relatives. William Blackstone of Caribou visits daughter Mrs. Edgar Bailey in Woolwich. Local residents shop in Bath for Christmas. The North Woolwich school closes for the week and teachers return home for vacation. Several residents visit Bath for holidays and Christmas events are held at Montsweag and Sagadahoc Ferry. Master Henry Brown recovers after a fall, with no broken bones.
Thomas Spence of the Texas Co. visited Quincy on business. The five masted steel schooner Kineo, built in 1903 by A Sewall & Co., now chartered to the Texas Co., will be converted into an oil carrier with two 320 hp gasoline engines. Work on the Kineo is expected to be completed in New York.
In the Sagadahoc County case Wellington F. Dunton versus Kimball Bros. Co. a rescript by Chief Justice Savage holds that the unborn progeny of domestic animals inherits the mortgage title from the dam. A cow mortgage with calf at signing has priority over later mortgages born after the calf. A mortgage expressly bound to a prior mortgage remains subordinate to it for all covered rights. Damages awarded $1. Major Miller arrives to assume command at Fort Preble succeeding Capt. Wilbur, after three months on leave, effective Friday.
Henry O Thayer recounts William Phips early ventures in 1680s voyages to the Bahamas and West Indies. Phips gains royal notice, sails as captain of a frigate, faces mutiny and failure, returns to England, with finances and court appeals documented in old papers.
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