Independent Bath Maine subscription pitch page
An advertisement invites readers in Sagadahoc County to subscribe to the Independent for a year. It promises a weekly farm page drawn from the Washington Bureau of Agriculture and market reports from Boston and New York, Bath grain and retail produce markets. It includes a mail-in coupon for name and address.
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Independent
Sagadahoc
Bureau of Agriculture
Washington
Boston
New Yorkes
Bath
Phippsburg News Briefs Highlight Snowbound Town Details
Local notes report ice hauling, shipyard shutdowns, and harsh weather in Phippsburg. Death of M J McCormick in Boston shocks town. Thomas McCormick travels after news. Residents adapt with sleighs and ice work while church services halt due to snowstorm.
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Charles Cutting
Walter Small
George C. Pease
Thomas McCormick
Boston
New
Crawford House
Roland Eaton
Medford
Tufts College
N. W. Eaton
Bath
Fred Curtis
Parker Head
Mary Munsey
Addison R. Pike
H. S. Bowker
Etta Bowker
Bowker
M. J. McCormick
Pike
Edith Eaton
Harry Watson
Ruth Eaton
Ashdale
Whch
Center
J. O. Wyman
East Boston
Tilton
Harry Smith
Jamaica Plains
Mass
Leon Berry
Hart Hospital
Roxbury
Walter Bowker
Willis Doughty
Alfred Beals
F. S. Bowker
Everett Harrington
Cranberry Point
John D. Rogers
James Chandler
James Cutting
Survivors Reach Portland After Night At Sea In Winter
Three men battled a cold voyage after their oar failed them and their boat drifted past Seguin. They were rescued by the sloop Bernie and Bessie of Portland. Moses Wallace suffered severe burns and frostbite, Almon Wallace was bruised by splinters, and Cecil Harris required frostbite treatment in Portland. The missing captain Loton Wallace is survived by a wife, daughter Edith, and sons Everett Carl ton Victor Lafayette, plus siblings. The group endured hunger and exposure before rescue.
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Grace Dickinson
Brunswick
Walter McCourt
Russel Hosmer
Ashdale
W. H. Eaton
Rodney Wyman
William Bowie
Elbridge Morse
Ed Thomas
Minnie Wallace
Sebasco
John D. Rogers
H. W
Nellie Warden
Portland
Wallace Bros
Loton Wallace
Alton Wallace
Cecil Harris
Moses Wallace
Young Harris
Dory
Mr. Harris
Seguin
Bernie
Bessie
Almon Wallace
M. G
Lo‘ton Wallace
Edith
Everett
Carlton
Victor
Lafayette
Minnie B. Wallace
Howard Gillam
Moses
Levi, Jr
Melven Wallace
Wallace
James McKenney
James F
Charles F
Harold
Addie
Stella McKenney
Jerry Murphy
McKenney
Hiram Stevens
John Stacy
Small Point
A. F. Williams
Mary Ann Percy-Frisbee
Sarah
Edward Percy
Dora Frisbee
Ares
Percy Place
Parker Head
George R. Percy
Waterville
Thomas Percy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Fred Cobb
Esther Thomas
This Town
Frank
Fred Frisbee
Sagadahoc County Tax Figures By Polls and Property
Board of State Assessors reports Sagadahoc County totted 5079 polls in the past year with resident real estate valued at 7 101 655 and non resident real estate at 1 471 435 Bath leads polls and resident real estate. Topsham tops non resident real estate Georgetown and Phippsburg follow in non resident values Bowdoinham Richmond and Bath lead in residents and non residents respectively per county table.
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Board of State Assessors
Sagadahoc County
Bath
Richmond
Topsham
Bowdoinham
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Bowdoin
Arrowsic
Perkins
West Bath
Woolwich
Missing Captain Snowman of Schooner James Young
Telegram from Gardiner Lumber Co signals Calais authorities to aid in locating Capt. Oscar M. Snowman of the schooner James Young owned by Gardiner Lumber. Snowman disappeared after February 4 after arriving January 25 with coal for Eastern Steamship Co. He was last seen in St. Stephen February 4 and may have left toward Five Islands. Police suspect he left the area, a Bath ticket and Brunswick stopover described. The James Young remains at Eaton wharf awaiting word on the skipper or a successor. Snowman was a well known Calais resident.
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Crossman
Calais
Gardiner Lumber Co
Oscar M. Snowman
James Young
Eastern Steamship Co
St. Stephen
Snowman
Five Islands
Maine Central
Bath
Brunswick
Mariner
Eaton Wharf
Capt. Snowman
Lighters Launched for New England Steamship Co
Two derrick lighters Nos. 127 and 129 were launched at Kelley Spear Co. yard for the New England Steamship Co of New York. Each measures 90 by 31 by 9 feet and is built for harbor service in New York. counterparts to follow by month end as the first of this type in the city.
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New England Steamship Co
New York
Kelley Spear Co
Nemesket
Hudson Navigation stock suit seeks accounting and return of shares
Dr Gustave Seibert of Brooklyn sues Charles W Morse president and Peter McCarthy director of Hudson Navigation Co to force return of stock and an accounting on 1906 1907 stock and bonds. Lebett of a steamship company accuses them of waste and mismanagement claiming the firm owes 1 000 000 in bonds and 4 in 1907 figures.
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Charles W. Morse
The
Hudson Navigation Co
Peter McCarthy
Gustave Seibert
Brooklyn
Lebett
Baefes
Btoce
WE Steamship Company
Cent Sale Brings Cash Only Discounts at Brunswick
A store announces a special cent sale for women featuring a few items on display with the rest available for cash purchase. The event emphasizes cash transactions only at the Brunswick location.
Shareholder Alleges Company Loss From Insider Stock Deals
The suit before Justice Kaper in Brooklyn Supreme Court claims Morse received 4030 shares and McCarthy 7500 shares with no consideration, causing a loss of 1,153,000 to the company. A demurrer motion from the defendants was under reserve for decision.
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Morse
McCarthy
Kapper
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Fourth Bath War Relief Box Ships to New York
The Bath War Relief Committee sent its fourth box of home made articles for wounded Allies to the Vacation War Relief Committee in New York. It includes 320 bandages 20 body bandages 190 gauze metres 90 compresses 80 slings 1 scarf and covers three days of work. District Deputy Ethel A. Briggs and staff from Lewiston installed Ramona Council No 27 officers.
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Bath War Relief Committee
War Relief Committee
New York
Mme
Emma Hames de Gogorza
Ames
Ethel A. Briggs
Lewiston
Ramona Council No
Bond Purchase Ordered By Aldermen On Trust Funds
Bond salesman Pettengill urged bond purchases to the Aldermen who deferred a decision. After lengthy discussion an order authorized the Mayor and City Treasurer to buy bonds in Portland Railroad first mortgage 5s Central Maine Power first mortgage 5s City of Omaha municipal 4s and Salt Lake City municipal 4s for about 8000 of the city trust funds.
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Pettengill
Portland Railroad
Central Maine Power Co
Omaha
Neb
Salt Lake City
Utah
Municipal
Bath Fisherman Sees Strong Smelt Run Through Winter
A Bath fisherman reports steady smelt catches on winter ice at Whiskeay using hand lines. He has fished enough to haul over 800 pounds this season with most shipped to Boston and New York. Best price reached 18 cents per pound, a result he credits to perseverance.
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Boston
New York
Maine Investors Notice on Unlicensed Stock Sales
State Banking Department warns Maine investors about agents selling stocks or bonds without a license. Bank Commissioner office, Augusta, Maine, requests information from interested parties.
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State Banking Department
Augusta
Maine
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Town Reports
QOUR
Times Printshop
Yours Truly
Mercury
Portland Athletic Club
Colonial Club
Bath Y.M.C.A. Jrs
Butler School of Portland
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Sues Morse
Gingham
Flannelette
Ripplette
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