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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1912
Page
8
Bath notes include weather impacts on roads ice and snowfall, local football results Morse High loss to Rockland 24 6, Deer counts Sagadahoc county, factory work Lincoln County Lumber Company installation, and local politics including Bath Democrats celebrating Wilson’s election.
The Maine legislature may revive efforts to rebuild Merry Meeting Bay bridge swept away in 1896. Upper Sagadahoc residents and Bath supporters back Edward W. Bridgeham to lead the drive, hoping to reconnect the county and shorten travel to Bath and Bath to the county seat.
Members met at the Bath Progressive Club to decide on the party’s future after the field closed. They plan to fund debt at the upcoming municipal election and named N. Gratz Jackson of the Bath Board of Trade and Sylvester Ho Rowland of the State Progressive committee as potential mayoral candidates.
Under current contracts Bath Iron Works will not perform government vessel work during the eight hours of the shift. The firm will operate under existing labor rules, while a set of new orders is prepared for a later period.
The Maine Automobile Association faction threatens to remove Bath from the best advertised river route to Rockland citing poor ferr service. Officials may consult Bath Merchants Association and city government before any drastic change, seeking improved ferry connections. The note also thanks friends for support during illness and death in the home. The piece mentions local appearances by Mr. Southard and Victorine Zolar at the Merchants Carnival and Portland Theatre.
Woolwich Grange held its regular meeting on November 2 with a lively program and discussion on farm life satisfaction. Notable items include first and second degrees to be conferred November 9, local births, illness, and several residents visiting Boston. community events at North and South Methodist churches. and ongoing winter preparations with mills resuming and ferry activity adjusted for the season.
The November Probate Court met on Wednesday for administration grants and wills matters. Estates include Elmer F. Hagan Rosa Carey George L. Gowell Martha Gatchell John H. Bryant Walter Rowe and others. Accounts, inventories, and licenses to sell real estate were handled, with numerous guardianship and executor actions recorded. Local notes mention potato prices, church services, road conditions, and a price change for vasoline.
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