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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1912
Page
4
A sweeping local update notes probate court next week amid winter weather. Bath’s smallpox scare remains light while maple sap runs and early strawberries appear. Morse Highs teams prep for baseball and basketball as elections, appointments, and civic events unfold across Bath and nearby towns.
Mrs Lucy Knight oldest resident of Westport died March 2 after over two years of illness at age ninety one years nine months and eighteen days. She leaves three children Thomas Knight Ann Hodgdon and M C Brooks and was widowed thirty five years ago. Funeral services were held at her home with Rev B F Wood officiating. Burial was in the home lot. The town notes include various local movements and small items about residents and town affairs.
The Independent seeks photographs and sketches of former Sagadahoc residents now in other states or countries. Submit a photo and sketch with details about yourself and family, current location, and activities for a feature series. The paper will return the photograph within days.
The Dromore Grange program for next Tuesday includes readings by George D. Weston and Agnes Cutting, songs by the Grange Choir, and a Q A on March Fourth and presidential inaugurations. David and Mark Hayes of Canada visit. David, once a Cobalt mine foreman, plans entry to a Quebec sanitarium after severe weight loss following heavy underground work and Bath physician advice.
Fortnightly Club invites Saturday Club members to attend Mrs Emily Montague Bishops impersonations of scenes in the U S Senate at 8 pm in the Universalist church Bath on Wednesday March 13. The act, based on experiences and records, has drawn praise for both insight and humor. Cars from Brunswick run to the church with a stop at Washington and Oak Streets.
Merrymeeting Grange plans a three day fair March 20 21 22 with booths selling candy cake ice cream fancy goods aprons and more. Red Acre Farm will be presented by Dirigo Grange Brunswick on night one Brookfield Farm by Richmond Corner Dramatic Club on night two Bowdoinham high school presents Tommy's Wife on night three. Special excursion rates will be arranged and big crowds are anticipated.
In a campaign posture, Wilbur C. Oliver argues the city charter requires annual joint conventions to elect all subordinate officers except fire engineers. He says defeat would bar calling both boards together to elect a new board of overseers of the poor, a point tied to last spring’s elections and the $400 claimed savings.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the People's Baptist church elected officers: Mrs. Chester Aderton president, Mrs. Ruby Preble vice president, Mrs. Eugene Foster vice president, Mrs. Scott Ward vice president, Mrs. Charles E. Ripley secretary, and Mrs. L. B. Sheridan treasurer. The group reports $442.92 raised in the past year and a $21.44 treasury balance.
Frank J. Cheney and co declare they will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6 1886 by A W Gleason in Toledo Ohio. Cure claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists 75 cents. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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