This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1913
Page
2
The piece argues voters should favor stable public service by avoiding frequent changes in officials. It urges careful selection of subordinate officers, warns against rewarding party workers, and cites local examples in Bowdoinham and Bath as recalls of election tensions and reform discussions.
A Portland area feature recounts W G Todd who, after a start with little capital, built a squab business near Brockton Massachusetts. He now runs a thousand-pair plant with a well-kept card index and leg-banded birds, proving disciplined, systematic work yields steady income and a living salary. The piece also notes Mrs Em Ty wtton’s funeral, a Beacon Street church service, and a school board meeting scheduled for Monday evening.
H W Collingwood predicts forty years hence the best paying farms will cluster within 100 miles of the Atlantic coast. He argues New England land reinvestment grows capital and profits more than Western mortgages, citing long term fertility gains and a shift from crop exports to soil building.
The article lists admitted assets and liabilities for several fire and casualty companies including American Surety, Casualty Co. of America, The Fidelity and Casualty Co. of New York, and Humphreys agents. It provides figures for cash capital, surplus, mortgage loans, stocks and bonds, cash on hand, and unearned premiums as of dates around 1912 to 1913, with office locations in New York and Portland Me.
A shopkeeper informs the public that the shoe repair business will be open at the shop on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.