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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1912
Page
8
City voters prep for Monday primaries while Bath hosts bandstand painting, a circus draw and steamer runs. Frost damage worries farmers as graduation season, tourism, and July Fourth plans unfold with local officials and merchants preparing for results and events.
A Bath resident Charles TH Bates was surprised with a birthday party last Friday night. Friends and family attended at his home, presenting gifts as a cake inscribed Eighty Years marked the milestone. W. G. Bates and others joined in the celebration.
Boxing in Bath featured two six round bouts with Bill Fleming of Old Town against Patsy Deluca of Boston and a twelve round war that thrilled fans. In preliminaries Chase of Bath was stopped by Snooks Crowley of Lewiston in the third round, while Butler stopped Collins of Lewiston in the first.
Mrs. Videlia A. Ridley widow of Charles N. Ridley aged 60 died Sunday at the home of her daughter Mrs. William H. Smith in South Portland after illness since Easter. She survived by children including Mrs. Albert Smith Charles Ridley and Mrs. William McSmith. three brothers and two sisters. She was a prominent member of the People's Methodist Episcopal Church. Also notes probate actions for Bertha Baker estate and other wills and guardianships.
The Boston Elevated strike shows reduced violence as authorities impose tough sentences and public opinion condemns disorder. Early attacks on workers by strikers and followers, along with unthinking youths, prompted firm action to quell outbreaks.
William B. Wendall of Rowdeinham will attend the Republican National Convention in Chicago as the lone Saga dahoe County representative. Kendall was elected a Roosevelt delegate at the Bangor state convention on April 10, with plans to share his convention experiences upon return.
The report lists freight figures for shipments from Jacksonville, Fernandina, Charleston, and Wilmington to New York and Providence. It details tonnages such as 387, 645, 470, and 617 tons with prices like 6, 4.15, and 5 per unit for items including piles, binder, dry boards, and cement.
A letter extols Fl, Pest Atwomphs Medicine as health restoring. It claims improved mind and body at SS years of age and cites a testimonial from A. FE Johnson of Sebce Station, Me, who says Atwood’s Medicine keeps him running and healthier than a decade ago. It invites readers to try a free sample of Ob. Forte Wood’s Medicine.
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled names and phrases. The readable bits imply a list or roster of talents with unclear identifiers. No coherent events, dates, or places emerge to form a meaningful news item.
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