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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1912
Page
8
Bath hosts Lewiston polo as river ice runs 22 inches thick while town reports note Politicians busy week and looming elections. Barons Sidnut set marks in Lewiston driving and trotting races as smallpox and scarlet fever appear in Bath.
A masquerade ball and conundrum supper at Woolwich grange last Wednesday drew a packed hall and cleared over 30 dollars. Mayers’ orchestra from Dresden provided music as dozens of locals in elaborate costumes attended. 40 couples led the grand march.
Mrs Arthur Crenshaw hosted a pleasant Wednesday afternoon with bridge as the main feature. Bathite attendees at Brunswick’s Saturday Club included Mrs Henry W Cobb and others. concert at Town Hall featured Commonwealth Avenue Church Quartette with pieces from Omar Khayyam and Alice in Wonderland.
J F Upton of Winnegance Maine advertises goats and four week old pigs for sale. The notice references a March timeframe and a phone-like contact code 265-5 w27u.
At a city government meeting the decision to install the electric light was approved. On Wednesday afternoon a twenty five foot pole was set in place, delighting local residents library patrons and nearby business people along the route.
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