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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1912

Page

8

Bath and Rockland Sports Close 1912 with Polo and Snow

The Rockland polo team beat Bath 2 to 1 at Christmas in Alameda and Bath later won 4 to 2 in the evening. Santa and holiday events fill the town as New Year plans unfold with basketball opens January 10 and local clubs preparing for interclub play.

Rockland Alameda Music Hall Mercury Morse High Lincoln Academy Damariscotta Bath Colonial Club Brunswick Club New York Maine

Record Breaker at Bath Postoffice as Christmas Rush Tops All

The Bath postoffice logged its greatest Christmas business on record with efficient handling and good service. Postmaster Hyde organized for the rush while Carrier Harvey K. Erskine led a parcel delivery team. Thousands of Christmas cards waited for postrush completion and staff anticipate the parcels post system next week with confidence.

Bath Hyde West Harvey K. Erskine

Hyde Windlass Builds Largest Propeller Yet

The Hyde Windlass company prepares to pour a ten ton propeller the biggest ever made at the plant. Workers have fashioned the mould and expect pouring by the end of next week. The propeller measures about 15 feet in diameter and will be shipped to New York in a special rail car designed for such articles.

Hyde Windlass Company New York

Christmas Vacation and Local Notices Appear in Town

The town announces two weeks of Christmas vacation for all schools and a winter term start one week after the Monday following the holiday. Mr and Mrs Eugene Brown, and Miss Nannie Brown, a Lewiston Journal stenographer, are mentioned among residents. Other notices report shop by parcels post starting Wednesday and Bath dealers urging readers to shop locally.

Edward W. Hagcett Haggett Henry Rose & Sons Sate Colts Khmer Walliams Yarmouth Massachusetts Fred Bubier Henry Rose Charles Douglas J. M J B. Lemont Bowdoin H. A. Bates the New Meadows Edward Hagegett H. S. Hanson Rockland Camden J. J. Conant Fred P. Shaw Bath Mary Toothaker Rines Brothers Portland Miss Toothaker Robert A. Toothaker Conant I. B. Neiley L. B. Sheldon Fred Sears Joseph White Elmer Craig Harpswell West Bath Grange Bowdoinham Pomona Erange Merry Meeting Grange the Independent Rufus W. Lombard Boston Samuel Blackwood H. E. Bickford Topsham Charles E. Bliss Mitchell Frank Jaques Charles W. Lee George Morrison New Meadows West Bath Henry Brown Eugene Brown Fred Higgins Long Cove Dorman Perkins Dora Austin The Independent Mr. Bliss Charles Stilkey Auburn Ida Pierce Lincoln Williams Foster's Point Florence Turner Reorgze Preble Oakland J. E. Mayo Trufant’s Crossing Anne Trufant Charles H. Bates, Jr Beachmont Mass Charles H. Bates Orono Nannie Brown Lewiston Journal Augusta Pitts Vassalboro

Fashion notes and advice from a local page

The article reviews decorative bracelets with handmade Irish crochet roses, praises velvety textures on apparel, and suggests women should use bank accounts to track cash. It describes the color Power blue with a bright yellow accent to prevent somber looks.

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