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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1910
Page
2
A Bath editorial laments Morse’s 15 year federal sentence and urges constructive civic spirit for 1910. It notes town pride, possible political contests around Mayor Hyde, and Maine’s mild New England winter while predicting a prosperous year and strong orchard expansion. The piece urges speaking well of Bath to foster goodwill.
The Independent will discontinue the illustrated section after this week due to insufficient financial returns. Staff focus shifts to improving the paper itself by fully covering Sagadahoc County news weekly, with regular pages enhanced by fine cuts, aiming to maintain the paper’s esteem with county readers.
Mrs. W T Oliver returns from Newport News with her husband the first officer on the transport McClellan. Mr and Mrs Eugene Oliver of Marrtown visit their daughter Mrs Alberts of Boston. The First Free Baptist church Sunday school elects officers with D H Todd re elected superintendent and attendance noted as improving. Snow anticipated as cold spell peaks with fifteen degrees below zero reported. Local movers Morse’s mill relocate near Marrtown road and lumber prospects in spring loom large.
G W Hawkes is in Massachusetts on business. Mrs Walton Adams returns from a week with friends. Miss Vena Dobbin visits her parents in Bath. Free Baptist church ladies host a 5 30 to 7 supper. New Year services and gospel music at the Methodist church. George Fish of Richmond Mills Co. receives a Knights Templar charm from church friends. Ward and Wedge begin Palm Beach jobs at Hotel Poinciana. Mrs Sadie Lambert and sons visit Clinton Gardiner. Nellie Donovan visits from Lewiston. Read of local ice fields at Haynes and DeWitt Berry Cedar Grove. Nellie Edith Lancaster home from Boston for holidays. Mrs W G Crocker and Harriette Crocker in Portland. Lara Parks Ridley visits from New York. William Rankins of Livermore Falls visiting. Herbert Stewart from Orleans holidaying at home. William M Harris of Rumford Falls in town. William Stone returns from a few days away. Newcomb Brown visits uncle C W Sylvester. Agnes Dunslow of Everett visits aunt Mrs U M Lancaster.
A Bath contributor questions if Bath’s own poor were fully supplied after Brunswick and vicinity received Christmas dinners from the Salvation Army. The letter expresses concern Bath funded the aid yet wonders about local coverage and urges care for Bath’s needy.
Lincoln Bailey, Tax Collector of Woolwich, lists unpaid real estate taxes for non residents for 1909. Taxes and costs will be sold at public auction at the Town House on the first Monday in February 1910 at nine o'clock a.m. Properties include Blair A QO, Crocker Hector heirs, McMullen Hector heirs, McManus H P heirs, Mathes Valentine, Sama land, Blackman Stephen, Bowers Henry T, Barker Perry heirs, and others with bounds such as Kennebec River and Sasanoa River.
Tax collector for the Town of Arrowsic warns that lands in Arrowsic Sagadahoc for 1909 remain unpaid. If not paid by February 1 1910 at 9 a m, the portion sufficient to cover the due taxes and charges will be sold at public auction at Town Hall. Details list several parcels with boundaries, acres and values, including Valse Tar Dameron Lumber Preston farm and Jordan Flavel R. Jr cottage, among others, with arrears and costs.
Statewide notice announces collection of unpaid taxes on lands owned by non residents. The collector seeks to auction parcels to recover delinquent balances. Properties likely include rural tracts and commercial holdings, with public sale details to follow in official notices.
Notice of unpaid 1908 Bath city taxes filed June 30 1909 with sale planned for February 1 1910 at 9 am at the collector's office. Listings include Andersen Christian P Freemer Rosa Hale Hugh Jordan Flavel R Jr and others with described parcels in Bath Maine valued amounts shown. Sealed bids will settle taxes interest and charges with properties foreclosed to satisfy the debt.
Tax collector H. G. Heald at Georgetown Maine announces unpaid 1909 real estate taxes for numerous properties in Town of Georgetown and Long Island. Notices warn sale of sufficient real estate at Union Hall on the first Monday of June 1909 to cover taxes interest and charges if unpaid.
Tax records for the Town of Tops in Saga County list properties with unsettled 1909 charges. Delinquent parcels including Foster Annie and Knight William B. and others are to be auctioned at Town Hall on the first Monday in February 1910 at nine in the morning to cover due amounts, interest and costs.
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