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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1911
Page
2
The Bath Independent notes the looming 1912 campaign after elections, praises local advertising, and reports Bath business strides. It highlights Bath merchants benefiting from advertising, a busy Kennebec ferry, and Maine agricultural progress. It also profiles N L Jackson as a rising Bath hotel operator and discusses life saver pensions and North Street road improvements.
Bowdoinham community notes cover school theater rehearsals for Our Jim and Country Folks, hall renovations for G A R and Sons of Veterans, gas tank installation at Kendall Brothers, notable visits by Dr Mason Pittman and Mrs Mason Pittman, and various social clubs. Local rail shipments, weather impacts, hunting, road work, and public notices round out a snapshot of town life.
Joseph E Sewall petitions in Sagadahoc County Maine for assessment of the tax on Almira Field's estate. The case sets a December hearing date to determine market value and shares of heirs, with Schedule A detailing interested parties and their shares.
Sagadahoc city Bath records show George Frank Wallace died intestate on August 24, 1910, leaving estate at least twenty dollars in personal property and twenty dollars in real estate with debts, heirs former son Herbert E Wallace Everett Wallace Floyd Wallace Alvin Wallace Ralph Wallace all residents of Phippsburg. Petition seeks William T Hall of Bath or other suitable administrator. notice set for December 5 at noon in Bath Independent.
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