Portable mills power large payrolls across Bath region
The timber industry in the Bath area drives weekly payrolls, with portable mills in Woolwich, Phippsburg, West Bath, Georgetown and nearby towns. Operators buy timber lots, pay taxes, and move mills between sites, employing many workers and boosting local commerce while roads suffer wear from mill teams.
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Woolwich
Phippsburg
West Bath
Georgetown
Morse Brothers
Parker Head
M. J McCormick
Winneganee Village
McDougall Brothers
Montsweae
Bath
Smith
George Rogers
The
Independent
Fifteenth Annual Food Fair Draws Record Crowds
The event reports record crowds as exhibits attract strong interest. Stage entertainment delights patrons with varied performances and broad appeal throughout the fair setting.
Beautiful Mrs Harvard and her husband a famed shipbuilder
A lengthy Bath Chronicle item reviews a bustling annual Food Fair at the Alameda hosted by the Hyde Guards and Bath merchants. It praises Captain George A. Baker and his company for drawing crowds, describes elaborate lighting, acts, and a Boy Scout drill, and notes Mrs. Thomas Harward’s recent death in Brooklyn and her storied family ties to Bath shipbuilding.
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Hyde Guards
The
Alameda
George A. Baker
Bath Merchants’ Association
Boston
Bath Marine Band
Amory McLeHan
Oliver Brothers
Coast Artillery
Wilson
Boothbay
Bath
Brunswick Light and Power Company
Thomas Harward
Brooklyn
N. Y
Evergreen Cemetery
Portland
Major
Hayward
Winter Street
Lila
Harvard
Mrs. Harward
Mortland
George
Abby Brazier
Charlotte Gordon
John Merrill
Brooklyn Vone
Carlton Avenue
Zarhariah Jehison
Harwarde
Merrill
Mera
Mera.Harwacd
Bowdoinham
New York
United States
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Harvard
Dowdoinham
George FL
John Patten
Major Harward
Neet
Custom House
Industry
Georgetown
Pelly
Pownelboro
Sally
William Harwood
Harward
William Denry
Iin
Hannibal
Richmond
Peterson Yard
Harvard St
Bath Marine Convetruction Co
Deer Taken In Woolwich Marks Start Of Season
In Saga dahoe some areas have open time for weeks yearly and Woolwich reports the first deer of the season felled by a hunter named Fred Crocker in the county’s upper region. Three fawns were seen in Fred Hathorne’s field but escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe
Woolwich
Fred Crocker
Fred Hathorne
Shelf Collapse Destroys Preserves and Jelly in Cellar
A south end woman reports her cellar shelf collapsed, breaking 14 quart jars of preserves and destroying over 20 jelly tumblers as mice damaged remaining jelly. Local comment laments the unlucky mishap.
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South End
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Just
Webber
John M. Clark
Conducted BY
Chadbourne
Front St
M. Humphrey
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Maine
C. W. Watson
Office and Veterinary Hospital
Cedar St
Brunswick, Me
Ontario Veterinary College
Micago Veterinary College
MDC
Ontario Veterinary Medi
Cal Society
Chicago Veterinary
Nary Medical Association
AISS
M. H.loach
Winter Millinfry
F.S. Curtis
Centre Street
Maine
Chas, L. Oliver Archie Bk. Doyle
David R. McDougall
Ernest F. Kelley
Ray M. Triggs
Peerless Casualty CO
H. T. Stevens
Mgr
Cyrus W. Longley
Notary Public
Room 2
Bath, ME
Stage
Meador Thomas Haryyard
Woolwich Gunner
Toxes
Army
Winchester
Weaendt
Johnson Bros. Co
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