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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 14, 1914

Page

10

Appointment Refused in U S Court Receivership Move Denied

Proceedings filed in U S District Court against the Portland Bath and Casco Bay Rapid Transit Co by creditors seeking bankruptcy and a receiver. Judge Haley denied the motion, finding a receiver unnecessary though three vessels were libeled and ordered sold in admiralty.

A. S. Court U. S. District Court Portland, Bath and Casco Bay Rapid Transit Co Hinckley and Hinckley Evening Express Publishing Co Johnston Bailey Co Welch Stencil Co Portland Publishing Co Justice Haley Supreme Court Haley

Real estate transfers recorded at Register of Deeds

Weekly real estate transfers list multiple property deeds across Bowdoin Bath Georgetown Phippsburg Topsham Woolwich and West Bath. Names include Purinton Small Ordway Peters La Chapel Noyes Mains White Hodgdon Wheeler Howard Bailey Cary Ward Gingras Cromwell Dochendorf Reed Hicks Merriman Sparks Howard Lake Burgess and others with properties in Bowdoin Bath Georgetown Toynham and Richmond.

Register of Deeds Office James C. Purinton George T. Small George A. Ordway Bowdoin Charles D. Wain- Wright Effie Peters Phippsburg Napoleon la Chapel Alphonse la Chapel Evelyn Augusta Noyes Julia A. Mains Joseph White Henry G. Hodgdon Linnie J. Lake Maria A. Prew Richmond Fred H. Stilphen William T. Burgess West Bath

William Hodge Triumph in The Road to Happiness at Wilbur

William Hodge follows The Man from Home with a second hit The Road to Happiness now in its eleventh week at the Wilbur Theatre Boston. Hodge plays Jim Whitman in a comedy of cheerfulness amid a village setting and American home life scenes.

Willian Hedge Jim Whitman Wilbur Theatre Boston Freeman Whitmarsh James A. Herne Sag Harbor Stephen Tully Sky Farm Edward Kidder Captain Plimmer George Ade Peggy Paris Mr. Stubbins Mr. Hodge Hodge Denman Thompson Sol Smith Russell James \. Herne Charles Dickens

Four Footed Friends: Fox Partridge Mink in Maine Woods

James Doyle, a Maine lumberman and guide, recalls watching a fox appear at a tree to ambush a partridge, then a mink striking at a trout with a glistening red tongue. He describes foxes hunting partridges in winter and the mink’s quick capture, followed by a failed club strike as the mink evades.

James Doyle Maine Sir Reynard Guide Doyle Mistress Partridge Mr. Fox Doyle Reynard

Copy of will allowed in Searsport probate case

Judge Libby permitted a copy of Mrs. Henr ietta Thompson Nickels’s will leading to a Maine Supreme Court affirmation by Justice Bird. The dispute centered on a copy vs original will and a separate unsigned document with three witnesses. The estate was valued near a quarter million dollars and several nephews and nieces were heirs. North End residents again protest odors from an open sewer near Winship Street, urging periodic cleaning despite budget limits.

James Libby Waldo County Henrietta Thompson Nickels Searsport Justice Bird Maine Supreme Court Libby Fred P. Thompson Chicago Testatrix Chambers Portland Nickels Henry W. Swasey North Thistle al Ridley Kennebec Merrymeeting Bay Bath Roy Jamaica J. G Cuneo Charles 3. Dorrithy Morrill Androscozzin Probate Court Dorrithy Supreme Court Stella May Damien Main St Lewiston

Local Jottings Sailor Schooner T W H White Leaves Augusta

The schooner T W H White commanded by Capt Clarke was towed from Augusta Wednesday bound for Westerly Warren R I and New York with a lumber cargo. Seven million salmon eggs of pink and humpbacked varieties were shipped Monday from Seattle to Maine hatcheries for distribution in New England waters. Wesley M E Church announces a harvest supper and roll call for Thursday evening November 19 with a banquet free to all church members and adults.

T. W. H. White Clarke Augusta Westerley and Warren R. I New York Bureau of Fisheries Seattle Wash Maine New England Wesley M. E Bungalow Riverside Thomaston Gardiner William G. Small Kennebec Towboat Co Charles A. Adams Times Ellsworth Smith Ellsworth School Board Kelley Wesley Cis Kathers Po Sien Watt Thessocietre Seguin Alice Wentworth Maud Dudley Georgetown Antoinett Jennie O. Robinson Methodist Church Woman's Home Missionary Society Wesley Chapel Lincoln Lodge 1.C.C.F

Bath hosts Sousa band fans and river cargoes on a busy Friday

Five Islands and Popham people attended a Sousa band concert in Bath. At the M C R R wharf, several scows loaded shingles for river shipments. Captain MacMahon arrived with cod and hake, including a 33 pounder, and some fishers docked. Maine Lodge sent a large Brunswick delegation for a social at Bowdoin Lodge, while the Ladies Auxiliary assisted in establishing a new auxiliary in Lisbon Falls.

Bath MacMahan Maine Lodge N.E.O.P Brunswick Bowdoin Lodge

Annual meeting and social events page prompt local notes

Local items list a People’s Church meeting, whist party at Knights of Pythias Hall, Spaulding Club football win over Erye Grammar School 14 to 7 at Bates College field, and social visits at Raymond’s Court. Also mentions fishery activity, a U S District Court ancillary receiver appointment for Eastern Steamship Co, Kennebec Yacht Club meeting, fox hunting by Harold Freeman, Sons of Veterans camp, torpedo boat Paulding wreck efforts, and notes on Curtis Vooute tein area tourism and Potter's Mountain naming.

Spaulding Club Erye Grammar School Lewiston Bates College John P. Hogman Raymond's Court Ab Johnson Portland New Meadows Horatio Duncan Gilbert Gallant Herbert Alexander Arthur Norwood Calvin Austin Dunstable Mass Hand United States District Court Eastern Steamship Co Birwind-White Coal Mining Co Maine Kennebec Yacht Club Commodore Ledyard Thomas E.artis Fred M. Cook Clarence J. Martin Bay Shore East Brunswick Harold Freeman Freeman Reynard T. W. Hyde Sons of Veterans BiGsGo Serrmesteake Meald Sedewick Post G.A.R Glalra Paulding Fanning Beale McCall Vmmen Lainhaven Bay Pauldine Curtis Vooute Tein Sityrutindings Vath Tigh Noay Getoheast Kore Camden Hills White Mts Seguin Curtis Mountain Potter's Mountain

Bath Elks Session and Weekend Happenings Feature

Local notes report Bath Elks regular session and trustees of Bath City Hospital set for Friday. Westport and Bath locals recount fishing hunts sales and social events including dances and Parent-Teacher meetings.

Bath Lodge of Elks Westport Amos Knight

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