Great Fishing at Parker Head Brings Big Week for Locals
Fishermen at Parker Head report a rare bonanza as hundreds of striped bass entered the open water near the old ice pond. Boats and dip nets brought in a ton of bass in a single day, with Winneganee buyers paying 16 cents a pound and shipping the catch to New York. The run, driven by a mild stretch and unusual pond conditions, provides cash to pay store bills and boosts area commerce.
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Parker’s Head
Parker Head
John G. Morse
Winneganee
James D. Robinson
Kennebec
Winneganee Creek
New York
Parker Head Pond
Old Ocean
Winneyance
Bath
Coldest Winter Snap In Years Bites Local Coastline
A week of extreme cold began Monday with north winds and near zero readings, dropping to 10 to 20 below across areas by Tuesday. Ice blocked parts of the Gut and Reach, ferries ran winter schedules, and the Ferdinando Gorges suffered a damaged cylinder while the Virginia pressed through. The event marks the harshest stretch since 1888 when the Kennebec froze for ten days.
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Boothbay
Kennebec
Move Should Be Made To Clean Up Bath Grounds
The Bath custom house grounds and post office area have remained unattractive since building repairs over two years ago. Poor appropriation halted improvements though plans existed. The writer urges merchants or board of trade to urging government action for a tidy, welcoming spring cleanup to improve the first impression of Bath.
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Bath Custom House
Merchants’ Association
Board of Trade
Bath
Waiting for Towns On Bridge Plans Across Merrymeeting Bay
County official reports progress on the Merrymeeting Bay bridge project noting the State Highway Commission requires March town appropriations to advance. Bath has secured its share, and the alleged deadline before January 1 was false. funds remain available once towns approve the appropriation.
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Merrymeeting Bay
Independent
State Highway Commission
Bath
Eastern Steamship Challenges Seamen's Bill Burdens
Boston bureau notes the seamen's bill would severely limit Eastern Steamship Co capacity during summer, reducing 15 000 daily passengers to 4 000 and risking business viability. The company says storms halt sailings, profits rely on summer traffic, and it has never lost a life in 80 years of operation.
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Atlantic Coast
Boston News Bureau
Great Lakes
Eastern Steamship Co
Eastern Steamship
Ice company at work plans for Kennebec harvest failover
The American Ice Co. reports planing and scraping at Cedar Grove Berry and Stearns Point ice houses. It may expand operations on the Kennebec if the Hudson harvest fails, keeping readiness ready for a potential alternate supply.
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American Icé Co
Cedar Grove
Berry and Stearns Point
Kennebec
Hudson
Kendall Bagger Promises Big Market For Bagging Machine
Ed ward P Kendall of Bowdeinham devised a bagging machine that gained wide interest after a southern exposition. He sold manufacturing rights to a firm while reserving rights for himself and selling through his own outlets. The Armour Company has installed several in Chicago, and believers say the device can adapt to any bag size and sector needing bagging.
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Independent
Edward P. Kendall
Bowdeinham
Wendall
Kendall
Armours
Chicago
Bath man foresees hotel after Portland trunk line
A Bath resident suggests the successful fundraisers for the Bath Industrial Fund could be applied to securing stock pledges for a new Bath hotel. He notes the Portland to Bath trunk line’s assured completion next year would boost summer business and city growth.
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Bath
Portland
Lumber crews clear slash to prevent fires at Reach
Men conducting lumbering operations at the Reach are clearing limbs and underbrush as they go. They will not leave large piles of slash on the property when finished, eliminating fire danger and leaving the area neater. All mill operators should follow suit.
Tariff Bill Seen As Advantage For Sagadahoc Farmers
A Bowdoin ham farmer told the Independent the new tariff will hurt parts of Maine but help Sagadahoc and central Maine with lower freight costs. He said the region can compete with Canadian and foreign products, boosting demand and prices for Sagadahoc farms.
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Bowdoinham
Independent
Sagadahoc
Maine
Kennebec
Aroostook County
Canada
Aroostook
Border County
Maine Town Reports May Highlight School Building Needs
State Superintendent Payson Smith has asked rural Maine superintendents to include in their annual town reports details on sanitation ventilation heating and lighting of each school building. He argues improvements can often be done with little extra cost and urges towns to understand current conditions and needs before March town meetings. Sagadahoc superintendents likely will propose recommendations for district schoolhouses and some may be acted upon at the meetings.
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Maine
Payson Smith
Smith
Sagadahoc
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Sagadahock Block
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Federal St
Brunswick
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
Cyrus W. Longley
New Columbia Theatre
F. H. Burt
Neuss & Ellied Clown Acrobats
Dorothy Knowles
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New Columbia Theatre Orchestra
Maine Central
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Arrow
Sonora
Eastern Steamship Corporation
ICE Company AT Work
Kendall Bagger
Johnson Bros. Co
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