City news highlights from Bath and nearby areas
Alameda to host roller parties captain George A Baker resumes management. Bath ferry Hockomock runs hourly for Bath slip repairs. Dances at West Bath grange hall draw crowds. Bowdoin plays Bates in Brunswick. recent Bowdoin Colby game popular. Tide powered electricity potential in region. Daughters of 1812 gift tablet to Polly schooner. Taft eyes parole for Morse with annual reports. Three partridge shots by Al Ridley in one day noted.
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Alameda
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Bath
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Bowdoin
Bates
Brunswick
First Baptist Society
Sebenon Hall
Woolwich
Taft
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Iberty
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Bert McCausland
Clough
Winter Street Congregational Church
O. W. Folsom
Washington Street
Gunner al Ridley
Bath Food Fair to Open at Alameda Next Tuesday Evening
Bath to host annual Food Fair at the Alameda next week with daily afternoons and evenings. Exhibitors will fill the hall with free samples and special excursion rates for visitors from outside towns. Major attraction includes four working airship models powered by electricity.
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Alameda
Boston
Curtis
New Feldspar Quarry Near Georgetown Planned
Georgetown residents welcome a high grade feldspar deposit found on Burnside A. Powers farm at Flying Point. Philadelphia capitalists expected to begin operations soon and create local employment. A sizable east side feldspar deposit has long been quarried and shipped to Delaware and East Liverpool Ohio.
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Burnside A. Powers
Flying Point
Philadelphia
Delaware
Liverpool
Ohio
Good Fishing This Year and Local Social Scenes
Levi W. Powers of Riggsville notes a top herring season with high yields from his weirs sold as bait and strong demand. A Monday supper at Central church chapel drew about fifty parish members plus League guests with a chicken patty menu and social to follow. Richmond hosts the county's lone shoe factory with roughly 45 workers.
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Riggsville
the Independent
Mr. Powers
Central Church
The
League
City Council Meeting Discusses School House and Street Rail
A regular city council meeting Wednesday discussed building a new school house for the south end as overcrowding persists. South end residents also urged improved street railway service, with the issue referred to Aldermen Palmer and Crosman, who handled similar complaints in the north end last spring. Front Street widening near the Bath National Bank was reported unfavorably and is likely to be dropped for now. Routine business proceeded.
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Sampson
South End
Palmer
Crosman
North End
Front Street
Bath National Bank
Death of Bath businessman George Fisher noted
Bath mourns the death of George Fisher at 2:30 p m in the Fisher home at 50 Pearl Street after a two week illness and prior heart trouble. Born in 1839 in Arrowsie he moved to Bath in 1854 and built a long career in hardware, insurance, and shipping with ties to Samuel D. Bailey and the Bailey firm. Surviving are sisters Mrs Augusta Work and Miss Mary Fisher. funeral today.
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Fisher
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Arrowsie
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Ruth A. (Riggs) Fisher
Pearl St
Litchfield Academy
Eastern Express Co
Samuel D. Bailey
Johnson Bros
Europe
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Bailey
Bisher
Bank Block
Dunlap Commandery
Sagadahoe Club
Augusta Work
Mary Fisher
Bath Ward Schools Crowded Spurs Councilman on New Building
Nearly half of Bath's students attend wards one and two creating crowded schools at the south end. Councilman Sampson urges construction of a new building to alleviate the strain and serve the expanding district.
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Miss Elliott Plays Glad With Fresh Frankness On Stage
In a brief theatrical appearance, Miss Elliott embodies Glad with notable freshness and frankness, delivering a performance praised for its bright spontaneity and engaging charm. The review highlights a lively, natural delivery that resonates with the audience.
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Miss Elliott
Glad
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