Dr Bailey Appeared Before Maine Legislature Hearing
Dr Bernard A Bailey formerly of Woolwich and now in Wiscasset testified before agriculture committee against a bill to create a veterinary commission. He warned tuberculosis in cattle is rising, urging tuberculin testing and state action to stamp out the disease, asserting babies’ rights to protection. He stressed costs and long-term debt to the state.
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Bernard A. Bailey
Woolwich
B. A. Bailey
Wiscasset
Bath High School
Phi Rho Society
Committee On Agriculture
Maine
Dr. Bailey
Bailey
State Stipend Debate Over Topsham Fair Funds
The State stipend of 1208 for the 1908 Topsham fair remains contentious as agriculture committee splits on payment. Majority favors, minority opposes. if approved, funds go to the fair’s treasurer. Proposals seek strict class limits for agricultural societies with horse racing to curb hopples through 1915.
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Committee On Agriculture
Bath department store reshapes leadership as Burns takes helm
Frank H. Percy retires after decades guiding D. T. Percy & Sons Bath. Frank F. Burns of Portland purchases Percy interests and becomes treasurer as Augustus A. Percy is elected president. W. Scott Percy remains clerk. Burns travels to New York with William P. Hill to acquire spring stock. The community welcomes Burns and anticipates continued Beehive store success. Horsepower of Bath business shifts with health driven relocation plans for Percy family.
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Frank H. Percy
D. T. Percy & Sons
Bath
Frank F. Burns
Portland
Chenery Manufacturing Company of
D. T. Percy
Bath High School
Boston
Percy
Orange Grove
California
Mr. Burns
Burns
William P. Hill
Garment Department
New York
Bath launches Moosehead steamboat on Mount Desert route
The Bath Iron Works launched the Moosehead on Saturday at 3 30 pm for the Mount Desert and Bar Harbor route. Vice President Maurice McDonald of Maine Central attended with officials. Miss Margaret Sewall christened the steamer, attended by Miss Jane Murphy, amid a gathering of Bath society and business leaders. The vessel features mahogany cabin fittings and a trial run planned for mid May, with 700 tons displacement and 2200 horsepower, expected to reach 19 mph.
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Bath
Bath Iron Works
Moosehead
Mount Desert
Bar Harbor
Ladies' Aid social and supper planned at church
Woolwich reports the Baptist church Ladies' Aid Society will hold a social and supper on Tuesday evening March 14 with all invited. It is also noted the Manne legislature is expected to not adjourn until late April.
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Sagadahoc County
Morse High School
Neal Dowday
Maine
Acton
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Manne
Portland salesman visits as town sees midweek visitors
Wesley Dyer of Portland a Hannaford Bros. traveling salesman visited Wednesday with local merchants. Fred Robinson of Cambridge inspected the launch project for Fred Rittal, while Fred Rittal and Jack Gideon were in Bath on business. Mrs Alfred Rowe and daughter Evelyn visited Bath, and local property owners report double the amount of brown tiils removed from trees and shrubs this year. Frank McMahan stayed with relatives in Southport.
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Wesley Dyer
Portland
Hannaford Bros
Fred Robinson
Cambridge
Mass
Fred Rittal
Jack Gideon
Bath
Alfred Rowe
Evelyn
Frank McMahan
Southport
Inauguration of new city government next week
The L. A. & W. street railway company has bought a majority of the Portland and Brunswick railway bonds and will operate the line starting next month. The route runs from Brunswick to Yarmouth, a 16 mile stretch.
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Music Hall
Clara L. Pierce
Bath
Miss Pierce
Sue Winchell
Brunswick
Clara Tippett
Boston
Tippett
Portland
L. A. & W. Street Railway Company
Portland and Brunswick Railway Company
Yarmouth
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The
New Meadows Garage Company
Richmond
Maxwell Power
Garth
Bath National Bank
Rockland and
Thomaston
Bowdoin Minstrels
Down
West Bath Grange Hall
Frank Dunphy
Johnson House
Gardiner
Wilm Crocker
West Bath
Hyde Guards
Cloke
Minott
Philadelphia
Sango
Wellington Spracue
Union Station
Porand
Gen. Knox
Kennetie
New York Rites
Ortland
Popham
Wallace T. Pratt
High Street
Rodney Henderson
Miss Rounds
Auta
Manny
Topsham Pair
New Steamer
May Towers
Daughters of the Revolution
State Council
Phippsburg
Telephone Company
Frank Percy
Wardong
Island Belle
Boothbay
Miss Sewall
Maine Central
John Delano
Colonel Dummer Sewall
Washington
Bath Society
Nathan F. Woodbury
Grace Eva
Charles Henry Cahill
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B. G. Potter & CO
Bagadahoo Perry
Joc
Thompson Bros
Sebasco Estates
Sebaseco
Sebascia Estates
Frank H. Beal
New
ED. E. Bairy
Swett’s Drug Stores
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