One of Bath's oldest Sagadahoc resident 94th birthday celebrated
Rufus Adams aged 94 marked his birthday with a day of visitors at his Western Avenue home in Bath. Surrounded by family including daughter Mrs Isaac Goddard and son Oscar Adams, he recalled frontier life in Litchfield born in 1818. He trained as a joiner, married Mary Jane Clifford in 1843, and later built many Bath homes and the Winneganee district church. He served Sagadahoc County Commissioners and supervised the county building project.
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Sagadahoc County
Rufus Adams
Western Avenue
Adams
Isaac Goddard
Auburn
Oscar F. Adams
Scott S. Andrews
William M. Adams
Florence Andrews
Harold
Oscar Adams
Bath
Mr. Adams
Winneganee
Patten Car Works
North Street
Knox & Lincoln Railroad
Waterville
Maine Central
Bath Alameda boxing exhibition thrills crowd
The Bath Alameda hosted a lively boxing exhibition managed by Charles Chestra with several hundred in attendance. Balieu of Berlin and Laroche of Lewiston opened the card, followed by Larrabee of Lewiston vs Savage of Bath, and Sulivan of Bath vs Kennedy of Lawrence in the main bout. A future exhibition is hinted.
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Bath
the Alameda
Charles Chestra
Young Balieu
Berlin
N. H
Joe Laroche
Lewiston
Tom Larrabee
Jesse Savage, Jr
Larrabee
Jesse
Boris Sullivan
Steve Kennedy
Lawrence
Sullivan
Bath City Hospital Sees Year of Growth and Community Support
At the annual Bath City Hospital association meeting reports show 181 patients admitted this year with seven remaining on December 31. Of those admitted 139 came from Bath and the rest from surrounding towns. The hospital reports improved facilities and gifts enhancing efficiency. Elected officers are President John S. Hyde, Vice President J R Andrews, Secretary J Edward Drake, Treasurer Rupert H Baxter. Trustees for three years are Albert H Shaw, Charles W Clifford, George P Davenport, Mrs Albert H Shaw, and Mrs John S Hyde.
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Bath City Hospital Association
Bath
John S. Hyde
J. R. Andrews
J. Edward Drake
Rupert H. Baxter
Albert H. Shaw
Charles W. Clifford
George P. Davenport
Farmers Will Organize Potato Exchange Movement Discussed
A Brunswick Farmers Institute proposed forming a potato exchange to better market the region’s crop. A committee including Crosby Bath Carlton Woolwich Estabrook Brunswick Rogers Cathance Griffin Freeport Skelton Bowdoinham Stewart Richmond Call and Guptill Topsham will study feasibility after C. E. Embree of the Long Island Potato Exchange spoke on Maine’s situation and future production.
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Farmers’ Institute
Brunswick
Sagadahoc County
W. T. Guptill
Topsham
E. S. Crosby
Bath
F. W. Carlton
Woolwich
James K. Estabrook
William S. Rogers
Cathance
John T. Griffin
Freeport
T. W. Skelton
Bowdoinham
Daniel Stewart
Richmond
F. H. Call
Dresden
Lobster Prices Rise as Nova Scotia Trade Shuts Down
Lobsters climb as bad weather hinders Nova Scotia trade. Fishermen in the lower bay and around Small Point receive 20 cents a pound, with few buyers at that price. Market activity rebounds toward pre-season levels as Maine dealers sense relief from abundant stock awaiting transport.
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Nova Scotia
Small Point
Maine
Still Rising Prices Hit Local Clam Market
Clams remain scarce in the local market with tight supplies. Dealers have paid up to three dollars per barrel, a dollar above normal. In shells retail prices run about 35 cents a peck, roughly 50 percent higher than during plentiful times. Steamed and fried clams are not as commonly served due to the market rise.
Felice Lyne Emerges as London Opera Star
Felice Lyne, an Allentown and Kansas City born American soprano, made her London debut as Gilda in Rigoletto to instant acclaim. Critics compare her to Patti, predicting a future rival for the famed soprano, with triumphs in Lucia Marguerite and Juliet during the season.
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Oscar Hammerstein
London
Covent Garden
Tetrazsini
Felice Lyne
Gilda
Patti's
Miss Lyne
Allentown
Kansas City
Hans
Hammersic
Mme. Marchesi
Jean de Reszke
Lucia
Marguerite
Juliet
Farmers Movement Seeks Central Bodies to Aid Market
A draft outlines forming locals in Maine and New York with central bodies in Bangor or Portland and Boston and New York. The plan aims to coordinate farmers and shippers to balance markets, boost prosperity, and avoid price disruption while preserving honest business. Mr Embree notes Presque Isle as a pioneer with the Aroostook Potato Growers' Association led by L. E. Tuttle of Caribou, begun June 8, 1910.
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Aroostook County
Embree
Bangor & Aroos
Canadian Pacific
Aroostook
Bangor & Aroostook
Maine
New York
Bangor
Portland
Boston
Washington
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Webber
John M. Clark
Conducted BY
Wm. C Chadbourne
Front St
Tel
C. M. Humphreys
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Maine
Cyrus W. Longley
Room 2
Bath, ME
M. H. Loach
Curtis
Centre Street
C. W. Watson
Office and Veterinary Hospital
Cedar St
Brunswick, Me
Ontario Veterinary College
D.V
Pease
Chicago Veterinary College
M.D
Ember
Ontario
Pepsciant Medical Society
Chi Veterinary College Associa
Maine Veterinary Medical Associ
Irving G. Harrington
Georgetown
Sagadahoc
Phippsburg
John Morrison, Jr
James C. Whitmore
Phippsbursh's Point
Sarah Gardner
Lizzie A. Getchell-Toothaker
WM. T. Hall, JR
Attorney
Bath’s
Massachusetts
Old Whig Party
Alameda
C. E. Embree
Long Island Potato Exchange
State Department of Agriculture
Patti
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