Bath Notes On Sports Politics and Local Affairs
Bath items note strong fall demand for hardwood. Bowling season starts well. yacht Juno departs to winter quarters. Maine roads and state road work progress. Bowdoin and University of Maine football at Whittier field. A Bath man probes commission form of government. Major Harward’s long life and estate details featured with vivid anecdotes.
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Bowdoin
University of Maine
Brunswick
Whittier
Bath
Knox & Lincoln
Maine Central
Newcastle
Wiscasset
Bowdoinham
Maine Votes Prohibition Tilt Declared After Correction
The Maine Governor and council announced the Septembers vote on prohibition after corrected returns show 60 095 in favor of annulling the fifth amendment and 60 161 opposed. Governor Plaisted plans an extra February session to revise election laws and pursue a local option constitutional amendment. Local notices and social updates fill the rest of the report with town visits and gatherings.
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Maine
Standing Committee On
Westfield
Athens
Limestone
Matinicus Isle
Coun
Plaisted
Beautiful Mrs Harvard Portraits and Ship Links in Bath
The Bath mansion now hosts Aged Couples and Old Men, dating to the 18th century builders who founded the local ship trade. A Major Harward portrait and the ship Emily Augusta hang there, mislabelled as Emily Elizabeth due to a painter error. Harward joined Old South Church in 1834 and helped oversee the Winter Street Church's erection. his funeral was held in that church.
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John Patten
Harvard
Major Harward
Bath
Petersons
Emily Augusta
Emily Elizabeth
Old South Church
Winter Street Congregational Church
The
Society
Man faked death to prank neighbor after hunting mishap
A hunter in a town near the city hall stubbed his toe and struck his head, then lay still to pretend death. A passerby summoned a coroner, but the supposed corpse vanished as the man recovered and continued his trip. Locals say the hoax aimed to trick an excitable neighbor and created many days of amusement.
West Bath Replaces Mayo Bridge With Permanent Stone Structure
West Bath has begun replacing the Mayo bridge with a durable stone span costing little to maintain. The old bed logs were preserved by salt water, and the new bridge will be 20 feet wide with a 4 foot span, featuring a 21 by 2 1/2 foot sluiceway and gravel covering. Sidney Coffee Tarah Austin and James Wallace lead the construction aided by a derrick, reflecting a prudent, cost effective rural improvement.
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West Bath
Mayo
Sidney Coffee
Tarah Austin
James Wallace
Bodwell Grange Fair Draws Large Local Crowd
Bodwell Grange held its annual fair on Wednesday with attendees from the city. The event featured a harvest supper games and music plus a candy table fish pond and potato race won by Frank Sprague and Miss Poli. A large exhibit of apples and vegetables showcased the harvest. Music by Mrs. Emma Sylvester rounded out the evening and the grange expects a good sum.
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Bodwell Grange
A. C. Johnson
W. W. Hosmer
Frank Beals
Charles Pye
Carr
Frank Sprague
Poli
Emma Sylvester
Grange
Card of Thanks from Mrs Edwin Brown and family
Mrs Edwin Brown and son Lowell express gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness after their loss and for flowers. Dandelions bloom in sunny spots. Thomas M. Spence, former superintendent at Arthur Sewell & Co shipyard, left New York Oct 20 aboard the Baltic for England with Mrs Spence. He works for Standard Oil and has been at Newport News and Lorain Ohio. they plan to stay in England about six months to inspect shipbuilding there.
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Edwin, Brown
Lowell
Thomas M. Spence
Arthur Sewall & Co
New York
Baltic
England
State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Supreme Judicial Court
Bath
Eva Ro Watson
Charles Ro Watson
Eva R. Bezanson
Charles R Wiattson
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Bully
Hesmer
British Columbia
Charles R. Watson
Hazel Ellen May Watson
Violet Ida Mildred Atson
Eva R. Watson
Arthur H. Stetson
Election results show mixed gains across states
Foss wins in Massachusetts with a reduced majority while Republicans gain legislative seats. New York Assembly swings Republican with increased majority. Rhode Island elects a Republican governor and New Jersey approves a legislature not aligned with Governor Woodrow Wilson. Mississippi and Kentucky choose Democratic governors.
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Foss
Massachusetts
New York
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson
Mississippi
Kentucky
November warmth eases fuel fund strain
Warm November days have reduced demand on the fuel fund, easing pressures on assistance programs and smoothing expected shortfalls for households relying on energy aid.
Farm and Livestock Sale Notices From Brunswick
Hay and Japanese millet stored in the barn offered for sale at reasonable prices. Inquire Peter McManus, Brunswick Road. White Chester pigs 4 to 8 weeks old available as shoats weighing 80 to 125 pounds. Geo M. McManus, Brunswick, Me. Tel 62-15.
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Peter McManus
Brunswick Road
Geo, M. McManus
Brunswick
Tel
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Major Harvard
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N. Y
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Charles Brown
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Nequasset
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Mary Preston
Louise Spinney
Town Hall
Eugene Cromwell
F. H. Snipe
West Woolwich
Herbert Savage
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James Lawrence
Carrie Chaney
Persis Preble
Harold Wheeler
Everson Stinson
Woolwich
Ida Baker
Edward Pierce
Mrs. Harvard
Bodwell Grange Fair
Edwin Brown
Lowell Brown
William Henry
Hannibal
Rockaway
Zenobia
Union
Thalatta
Stephen Brown
Calliope
Thomas Harvard
Annie Richmond
Enterprise Farm
Aotence
Thompson Bros
Walter C. Parker CO
Centre
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Jersey
Jersey Cattle Club
Sebasco, Maine
Swett’s
Chichester
Mae
Asia
Supreme Judicial Cours
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