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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1914
Page
3
A long regional column discusses Taft's seven-year term proposal, Bath naval contracts, German raids, Egypt protectorate, and British-Egyptian history. It notes Bath Iron Works securing destroyer contracts via Maine lawmakers, evaluates European war momentum, and touches Maine education trends with 3 percent of pupils repeating grades.
The Boston Herald cartoonist Fox depicts Uncle Sam with head buried in sand to mock an "adequate defense." A Cleary case judge harshly reproves the jury for an acquittal verdict, signaling concern that unwritten law has gone too far north.
In Bath on Thursday Judge Keegan fined Ida Merrill of Parker Head 21.25 dollars for disturbing a school during a Christmas rehearsal. Witnesses and the defendant appeared. the defense argued it was not time for school to begin. The case drew local interest as residents offered to help pay the fine.
State of Maine Bowdoin Sagadahoc unpaid taxes for real estate held by non residents for 1914. Notice that taxes interest and charges will be collected and properties sold at Bowdoin Town House on the first Monday of February 1915 at 2 AM if not paid. Includes owner names and property descriptions in Bath Bowdoin and surrounding parcels.
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