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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1912

Page

6

Toy Symphony Delights Congregational Choir at Music Hall

The Congregational Church choir staged a rich program with a toy symphony, a new musical novelty. Miss Carrie F Luce led the music with Allan H Ramsay starring in the dramatic piece A Regular Fix and Mrs Edward Hawley directing committees. The packed house enjoyed solos by Miss Louise Hill and Mrs Winters and a lively first half ending with the Gypsy Trail. An intermission offered cake and ices for fifteen cents.

Carrie F. Luce Allan H. Ramsay Edward Hawley the Crusaders Pinsuti Fred D. Hill Milton Douglas John Shaw Bonnie Sweet Bessie Gilbert Louise Hill Sue Winchell Miss Hill Bath Lebell Ramsay The Independent Toy Symphony Miss Luce Catherine Torrey Gertrude Dillon Kenneth Weeks Charles Fitzgerald Otis Card Langdon Hill Almira Sturtevant Irene Stearns Dor McLellan Percy Low Stuart DeMott

Bath post office opens new modern second class facilities

The Bath post office completed a major interior upgrade with new drawers replacing drop end boxes and clear windows for stamps general delivery and other services. Clerk William Perry aided the key exchange process last Sunday drawing praise from patrons and officials who call the updated facility one of the finest in New England.

Bath William Perry Postal Savings Bank Edward W. Hyde William F. Pond New England

Smallpox Outbreak Closes Augusta Public Places

Augusta faces a smallpox scare with about twenty cases. Public amusements and the library are closed. Quarantines cover many families on a single street as drastic measures aim to halt the spread. A Bowdoinham case in Mont Woodsum’s family prompted quarantine of exposed households.

Augusta Mont. Woodsum Bowdoinham

New Meadows Boat Club House Nears Completion

Work on the New Meadows Boat Club clubhouse progresses with the roof raised a story and a broad piazza in place. It should be ready for occupancy by the first of the month. Dr. H A Bates of Bath plans a nearby house on the main road to Brunswick with materials on the lot.

New Meadows Boat Club H. A. Bates Bath Brunswick

Salmon Catches Highlight Kennebec River Fishing

Carl Trott of Woolwich landed a 16 pound salmon on Tuesday night at his weir. Several salmon have been caught at Small Point this season but few in the Kennebec. Shad fishing remains poor with the close time starting above Bluff Head. Up river crews begin dismantling weirs.

Carl Trott Woolwich Kennebec Bluff Head

Hyde Guards Prepare for Fort Baldwin and Portland Patrol

Last night the Hyde Guards received a state inspection at the Armory with many men present. Interest has grown in Nenestown as the company plans a Fort Baldwin trip before a ten day tour of duty at Portland harbor. A banquet may honor Charles W. Morse later this month.

Hyde Guards Nenestown Fort Baldwin Portland Harbor

Maine Direct Primary Voting Opens Monday Under Australian System

Maine voters face their first direct primary under the corrupt practices act. Campaign spending is public and limited, reducing influence of money and transport of voters. Polls open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with Australian ballots and same polling venues as before.

Maine

Noble Maxwell for Sagadahoc Senate in Republican bid

Richmond businessman Hon Noble Maxwell tops Sagadahoc County as the Republican candidate for state senator. Born on a Bowdoinham farm, he rose to chair Richmond selectmen, served in the Legislature, and now leads Rowe Brothers Company a major wrecking and dredging firm. Backers call him a clean cut public servant who favors fair treatment and liberal assistance to the poor and expect a decisive election victory.

Noble Maxwell Richmond Sagadahoc Maxwell Bowdoinham Board of Selectmen Rowe Brothers Company Atlantic

Exaggerated reports over battle with Arkansas rock

Captain Blair returns home and disputes sensational accounts of Arkansas striking an uncharted rock in Rockland harbor. He says only a few crewmen knew of the incident and officials thoroughly exonerated the shipbuilders.

Captain Blair Arkansas Rock Charles A. Blair Rockland Harbor Blair United States Shipbuilding Company

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Webber John M. Clark Conducted BY Wm. C Chadbourne Front St Tel M. Humphreys Sagadahock Block Bath, Maine C. W. Watson Office and Veterinary Hospital Cedar St Brunswick, Me Ontario Veterinary College D.V.S Chicago Veterinary College Ontario Veterinary Medical Society Chicago Veterinary College Association Maine Veterinary Medical Association Cyrus W. Longley Room 2 Bath, ME AISS M. H. Loach F.S. Curtis Centre Street Ath, Maine Deborah Morton Westbrook Seminary Portland New York Glasgow Scotland London Paris Switzerland Italy Germany Holland Congregational Church Choir Kimball Charles C. Low George C. DeMott E. Motley Fuller, Jr Arthur K. Purington Martha A. Foote Lydia R. Folsom Charles W. Morse United States Congress Sagadahoc County North Dakota First and Bath Banks First National Bath National Banks Bank Block Woolworth Company Woolworth Companys Columbia Block New England Telephone and Telegraph Company Western Union Telegraph Company John Meloney Front Street Sherwin-William Sherwin-Williams Co S. W Johnson Bros. Co
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