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 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1913
Page
1
The article muses that November cannot bring more bad days than October, urges leaving leaves on lawns for spring care, notes brown-tail nests and orchard pests, advocates stronger state and national laws for bird protection, and discusses road improvements linking Bath and Portland, hotel needs, and the impact of better roads on farmers and motorists.
Social visits abound as Bowdoinham hosts guests from Randolph Worcester and Lisbon Falls. Local events include Knights of Pythias minstrel plans, rain damage to farms, a big Quo Vadis show in Bath, and preparations for Thanksgiving concerts and municipal road work.
The Wiscasset Branch of the Turner Centre Creamery celebrated its new building with a public reception on October 11. E N Bradford hosted 1000 guests, speeches by Bradford Merrill and Prof. Wood, plus a free feast of 32 bushels of steamed clams and 50 gallons of ice cream. Fred Illsley leads the operation, with eleven workers, and the plant emphasizes sunlit design and efficient unloading from two railroads.
The Augusta and Boothbay Steamboat Company plans to add a second boat to operate opposite the Islander. The company may seek a new build if favorable terms arise, else they will look for an existing vessel.
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.