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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1911

Page

7

Bath News Roundup Shows Civic Activity And Winter Notes

Bath items report probate court schedule next Tuesday, local caucus month, club events, minstrel rehearsals, and plans for a Washington trip. notes on new motor cars, boat traffic, ice and sleighing, sled dog concerns, city politics, and upcoming performances at the Times building and Morse High.

Bath Colonial Club Boys Washington Gardiner High School Bowdeinham Bay Goddard Pond Colby College Glee Club First Baptist Church

Legislative Happenings Continues With Tax and Prohibition Debates

The Taxation Committee holds a hearing on a constitutional income tax proposal at the State House. The temperance panel splits along party lines over Article 26 repeal as lawmakers report to the Senate. Other bills target nursery stock fraud, scientific orchard funding, milk and cream measurement penalties, milk bottle sealing fees, and oleomargarine labeling for eateries. A Sagadahoc observer critiques rural town representation plans for the coming decade.

Committee On Taxation United States State House Committee On Temperance Maine Senate Boynton Lincoln Dodge Kennebec Lambert Orono Alvah Snow Brunswick Allen Jonesboro Miller Hartland Ross Banger Irving Benn Smyrna Quimby Turner Moulton Cumberland J. H. Gregory

Veteran Bowdoin man loses his old horse

Andrew Pratt of Bowdoin reports the loss of his 29 to 30 year old horse. The veteran farmer notes the animal may have been the county or state’s oldest horse.

Andrew Pratt Bowdoin

Doings Down Georgetown Way Reflect Town Affairs

Georgetown notes show town officers and election talk as bills due by Feb 15 and March 1 approaches. Community events include piano debt relief, thank yous, social gatherings, school terms, a large ice harvest, and local visits amid winter weather and steamboat speed debates.

Hite Wyman H. P. Wyman W. C. Todd Mr. Wyman Georgetown Way

Bath Clinicial Club Hosts Session and Social Night

Dr. William E. Rice hosted a Bath Clinicial Club session on Wednesday evening. A Women’s Auxiliary social under Miss Ina Percy’s direction followed, inviting all association and auxiliary members and friends. Masonic hall showcased a new four-branch electric chandelier lit last Tuesday, replacing gas. The 48 hour dynamo test on the torpedo boat destroyer Trippe concluded successfully yesterday. Card of thanks from Whippsburg residents expresses gratitude to Solar lodge Masons and neighbors for support during a recent affliction.

Trippe Boothbay Bath Samuel Foote Ferry Front Streets Charles A. Harriman Genesta Chapter K. of P. Hall Bath Company Lowell Temple of Pythian Sisters Bowdoin College Glee Club Morse High School Athletic Association Dunlap Commandery K. T Burroughs Westbrook William E. Rice Missina Percy Assocration and Masonic Hall R. W. Conforth

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