Independent $1250 Prize Voting Contest Opens
The Bath Independent announces a five week voting contest with eight prizes led by a 1924 Ford touring car priced at $433. Entry forms grant 5 000 starter votes and a free 50 vote coupon appears this issue. Subscriptions must be paid in advance and votes cannot be transferred or bought.
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Bath
Vrizey
Independent
Bath Garage Co
Ford
Hartnett Furniture Co
Reliable
A. G. Page & Co
C. A. Harriman
A. D. Stetson & Son
Bath Independent
Subscription voting credits in advance for campaigns
The notice details subscription based voting requiring prepayment, listing vote counts per subscription tier for new and renewed memberships. It also outlines extra vote allocations during campaigns, awarding votes for each twenty dollars in subscription across specified date ranges in August and September.
State Ferry Travel Surpasses Last Year
Captain Thomas W. Coss reports the state ferry season so far is higher than year ago with two record days this summer July 4 and the following Sunday. State Highway Department bids for coal for the ferry were to be opened Tuesday. The Hockomock uses about three tons daily while the Gov King burns four tons.
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Thomas W. Coss
State Highway Department
Hockomock
Gov. King
Captain Call Visits Maine After Steamship Collision
Captain Alfred W. Call of the steamship Boston visited Maine with Mrs Call after the vessel was rammed in fog off Point Judith by the tanker Swift Arrow. He traveled aboard the City of Bangor to Dresden and returned to Boston. damage to the Boston was estimated at $20,000.
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Alfred W. Call
New Steamship
Boston
Metropolitan Division
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
Point Judith
Swift Arrow
Maine
City of Bangor
Kennebec
Stone
Caitlinetna
Call
Dresden
Bangor
Happy Bath Boys Cap Camp Life at Cobbosseecontee
A Maine YMCA camp on Lake Cobbosseecontee hosts around 200 Bath youths in a lodge bordered lakeside setting. The piece describes the daily routine from six AM swims to evening mail, with emphasis on order, discipline, and camp activities, including reports of lodge inspections and daily cheer for the top lodge.
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Happy Bath
Cobbosseecontee
Lake Cobbosseecontee
Independent
Maine Y. M.C. UA
Augusta
Kennebec
Mel
Phen
Clerks of Courts Hold Annual Maine Meeting
Fred H. Thompson attended the annual meeting of the Clerk of Courts Association of Maine in Wiscasset on July 23, centennial observance of the Lincoln county courthouse noted. Officers elected for the ensuing year included James H. Cilley as president and Linwood F. Crockett and Clarence A. Richards as vice presidents, with John N. Reade secretary and Charles T. Jones treasurer.
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Fred H. Thompson
Clerk of Courts Association of
Maine
Wiscasset
Lincoln County Court House
James IL. Cilley
Waldo County
Belfast
James H. Cilley
Linwood F. Crockett
Governor Calls Special Session Over Primary Nomination
Governor Baxter scheduled a special session of the Executive Council to consider the Republican primary nomination situation. Frank G. Farrington led with 820 more votes than Ralph O. Brewster after ballot inspections across Maine. The council has examined ballots and will likely announce the GOP gubernatorial nominee early next week.
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Baxter
Executive
Ralph O. Brewster
Portland
Cumberland County
Brewster
Augusta
Conneil
Board Revises Voting List Ahead of State Election
The Board of Registration is revising the city voting list due to removals and ward changes. Revisions rely on assistant assessors’ April 1 canvass. Voters without returns must provide proof or risk removal. public sessions begin Aug 27 for name restoration prior to the September election.
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Board of Registration
Registration Board
Bath Hosts Reception for Hon J W Davis
John W Davis Democratic candidate for President visited Bath on the way to New York after two weeks with Charles Dana Gibson at Islesboro. A Bath committee greeted him on the Bath side of the river and escorted him to postoffice square where he spoke of gratitude and a long handshake line followed with citizens thanking him.
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Hlon
John W. Davis
Bath
New York
Charles Dana Gibson
Islesboro
Davis
Woolwich
New York Express
I. Eugene Thebeau
Sagadahoe County
Democratic State Committee
Rufus A. Hall
Charles C. Toothaker
Sagadahoe
Allen M. Trish
Frank J G. Nichols
Bath Daily Times
Charles H. Cahill
Oliver Moses
Fred H. Thompson
Ralph O. Dale
Arthur Sewall Yod
N. Gratz Jackson
Martha Barker
Mrs. Davis
Postoffice Square
Federal Building
Mr. Davis
America
Bath Men Ready for Newburyport Muster
Bath will be well represented at the veteran firemen muster in Newburyport on August 16. Sagadahock boys stay hopeful after a Worcester showup miss as their watercrafts need a cab or light wind to sail. A four to five hour Bath drive should bring the largest Bath turnout yet for the event.
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Bath
Newburyport
Tules
Sagadahock Boys
Worcester
Clock Hospital Where Operations Take Place Daily
Bath towns produce skilled mechanics and clock doctor Charles Snow runs a basement clock hospital for complete restoration and repair of old timepieces. He treats heirloom grandfather clocks and cuckoo clocks, detailing repairs, types, and origins of English American and German clocks, with two valuable pieces in progress.
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Bath Tas
Charles
Whonis
Dareward
Aodadnato
Mr Snow
Snow
Sud
Polo
S. Heurdley
Plymouth
Henry Wright
Elmhurst
Nine Bath Boys Depart for YMCA Camp
The Bath boys prepared for a YMCA camp, with nine youths listed and described as eager and well behaved. The piece notes their orderly departure and reflects on the group’s positive conduct and anticipated activities at the camp.
Lincoln County Court House History Covers One Hundred Years
Historic notes recount the evolution of Lincoln County's court facilities from a two story frame building at Wis casset to brick structures. The piece details early court use at meeting houses, funding delays, and key figures including judges and county officers as Lincoln County expands and new counties form nearby.
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Lincoln County
Lincoln
Countess Court
Willian Diferson
Wisciesset
Pownalloreagh
Dresden
New Milford
Wiscasset Point
Congregational Church
D Packard
Bowdoin College
Supreme Judicial Court
Capain McMlister
Don Ralberons
Supreme Jidicral
Linewoi
Pianevel
Washington
Pownalberough Court House
Pownalberough
Wiscasset
Pattowell
Anneta
Andres Maine
Stine Ad Dawes
Jide Weston
Wien
Sullivan
Grenmeral
Theophilis Parsons
Nathan Dane
Conomonon
Abiel Wood
Tiberis Cotta Tee
Ehaetas Roe
Wrehard Cook
Mark Lenedon VC
Tiew
Wetlee
Tlighwar
Lee Street
Ligeols
Kennebeck
Oor
Maine
Wis
Krerisietes
Wise
Cissey
Wi Ta- 6
Circuit Court of Common Press
Sreens
Warlowe Town
Nethan Weston, Jr
Mies Bistoe
Josiah Stebbins
Ebentiehes
Joel Rogers
Dames W. Head
Divise Thatcher
Jeremith Batey
Gmt
Nathaniel Coffin
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PSTN
Ster Kled
Maine Y.M.C
J. W. Davis
Charles C. Snow
Y Camp
Paterss
Frederic Goviar Leech Biggees
Wilson
Conarte
Mebtenard Gore
Otto Tren
Reubends Herbert
Ralph Milliken
Randall Daley
Frank Harvey
Frederic Gowell
Joseph O'Brien Lemont
Victor Paguet
Emery Wilson
Charles McDonald
Earl Decker
William D. Patterson
Johnson Bros Co
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