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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1911
Page
14
West Bath Grange Monday program features Reading Otter James Lemont and Belle Donnell along with piano solo Sadie Armstrong and other events. Town updates cover ice harvests at Thompson's brook, new cottages planned on New Meadows, road conditions, and local residents moving, visiting, or expanding farms.
The piece reviews historians disagreement on when the New Meadows canal was built, leaning toward 1792 per Prof. George L. Vose. It traces early settlement, the 1791 charter, route to Merrymeeting Bay, tolls, and later decline due to depth and navigation limits, noting possible future reuse.
In Topsham on Friday evening January 13 Miss Elizabeth Hutchins, wintering with Mrs. John Crowe, was honored with a kitchen shower at Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hildreth’s home. She will wed Robert McAfee in Norway Maine on January 18. The couple plan a brief wedding trip before settling on a farm nearby. Also, Brunswick reported a small fire in the Weeman block early Sunday caused by an overheated stove. Damage totals about 100 dollars to the building and 400 dollars to William E. Gordon’s first floor storeroom, with no insurance.
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