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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1912
Page
1
The piece notes strong trolley operation during last week’s blizzard along with a hoped for strong winter for Maine. It highlights gubernatorial nomination news, upcoming primaries, and urges merchant meeting turnout. It also mentions inn expansions aiming at summer trade and upcoming factory support, plus a long Sagadahoc court term and the brown tail moth campaign with warnings that current methods may fail to curb pests.
Last week reports of a bear sighting in Phippsburg led hunters to a dog owned by Waltswell Wallace. Later tracks reappeared, revealing the black animal as a hog from Freeman H. Merritt’s Sebasco Estates that wandered from a yard.
Percy E Quincy returns home after a pleasant visit with W H Daley at Parker Head. Town officials discuss laying out a State road from Bath line to Winneganee bridge, aiming to use state funds for bridge work and create a permanent fill at Winneyance. Captain George A Lewis dies in Portland at 66 after 14 years as Seguin light keeper.
Rev Clarence V T Richeson arrested for the murder of Avis Linnell of Hyannisport Mass has confessed to guilt. The grand jury of Cumberland Superior Court was charged to probe potential violation of election laws within six years by Judge Joseph E F Connolly and jurors told to be impartial and fearless.
An 1912 column discusses dyspepsia blamed on unhealthy blood, praising Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People to improve digestion and health with testimonials. The piece then presents a mortgage foreclosure notice for Irving Garrington of Georgetown ME tied to a land parcel in Phippsburg Sagadahoc and a probate order in Bath for Elizabeth Norton with final account and publication directions.
In Sagadahoe County the widow Ruth Preble applies for allowance from Noble M. Preble’s estate. The court orders three weekly notices in the Bath Independent inviting all interested parties to show cause why the petition should not be granted at Bath Probate Court on the first Tuesday of February. Judge James S. 8, ee. Attest Cyrus W. Longley, Register.
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