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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1910

Page

7

Georgetown Center school Parents Day entertains district

The Center school staged a well attended Parents Day program on Tuesday afternoon with recitations dialogues and songs. Students included Doris Phillips Vera Dexter Richard White Rudolph Trafton and Ellery Hartford among others led by teacher Maud P. Oliver a Farming ton graduate.

Center Frances Phillips Thoughtful Little Bear Doris Phillips Vera Dexter Richard White Grace Scott Gertrude Kneeland

No School on Malaga Island Brings Teacher a Winter Home

Miss Woodman keeps Malaga Island children engaged though winter travel is rough. A cottage attached to the beach school will house her during winter months, with lumber hauled by James C. Perry and builders William Butler and Clark Bowker of Phippsburg.

Constitution Maud P. Oliver Farmington L. F. Oliver Valere Morang Laura Pottle Normal Byron M. Bowes Morse Bros Nutter Robin Hood Cove Lou Clark New York Malaga Littl Miss Woodman James C. Perry William Butler Clark Bowker Phippsburg Malden

Bath column recalls hunting antics and local prices

A Bath note recounts two men driving to Phippsburg for partridge hunting, forgetting a gun, and borrowing one from James E. Perry before returning with game. It mentions meat prices and a cholera related Messina shortage, along with local anecdotes about wood prices and farmers’ street stands. Fred E. Pond of Bath to run Hotel Phoenix. Thanksgiving chicken 5 cents a pound.

Phippsburg Meadowbrook James E. Perry Independent Dummer Sewall Charles H. Greenleaf Fred E. Pond Wiscasset Bath Hotel Phoenix

Smelt Catch Brings Big Payday at New Meadows

In rough fall weather smelting has been strong at lower New Meadows near Phippsburg Basin. Fishermen George Harris and Charles Morrison netted a large haul in a single sweep, reportedly earning about 70 dollars in cash from the catch.

New Meadows Phippsburg Basin George Harris Charles Morrison

Haddock Tops Allied Prices as Coastal Fishing Tightens

Fishermen report scarce catch and higher prices with cod at 2 dollars per 100 pounds hake 2.50 to 3 and haddock 3 to 3.50. A Bath volume notes Boy Scout uniforms via John J Desmond company and a Thanksgiving Pound Party at the Home for Aged Couples and Old Men requesting donations at the bank and Leonard and Mitchell's drug store.

The Independent Bath First National Bank Leonard and Mitchell

Claims for Elixirs and Patent Medicines in Ad Text

An old newspaper fragment markets various patent remedies. Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil promises pain relief and wound healing sold by druggists. Burdock Blood Bitters claims liver cleansing and digestion aid. Dean's ointment and Dean's Regulators tout skin healing and bowel health respectively.

Thomas Eclectic Dean

Sagadahee Agricultural and Horticultural Society Meeting

Notice of the annual meeting at the municipal court room Brunswick to elect officers for the ensuing year. Members will vote on whether to decrease the board size and consider raising membership costs and other lawful business. John F. Baker, Secretary, Nov. 15. Also choice fruit and vegetables offered by J Upton Winnexgage Me, phone 2684.

Sagadahee Agricultural and Horticultural Secmty Municipal Court Room Brunswick Dec Ore Thsae S Ee John F Baker

Probate petitions and notices from Sagadahoc Maine 1910

A collection of probate court notices from Sagadahoc County Maine dated 1910 involves Harry H. Donnell and William R. Donnell of Bath seeking letters testamentary for the estate of William T. Donnell who died in Bath on October 25 1910. Mabel E Strout of Biddeford requests appointment as administrator for George W Johnson of Sagadahoc who died October 23 1910 intestate with heirs Henry K Johnson Wendell S Johnson and others named. Frank L Call of Perkins Richmond seeks license to sell real estate to pay debts in the estate of George W Call. Nettie E Brown of Bowdoinham petitions for a larger share of her deceased husband Charles E F Browns estate to support her two children. Notices instruct interested parties to appear at Bath Probate Court on December 6 1910 to show cause why petitions should not be granted.

Amd Sawada Harry H. Donnell Willam BR. Donnell Bath William TT Donnell Annie Dane Harry HH. Dennell Carn A. Palmer William R. Dennell Denell Harrys H. Donnell Willem R. Dennell William RR Donnele Sneidahoe Edward C Plummer State OF Maine Siaadahoe Sagadahoe Cyrus W. Longley State OF Maine Sagadahoc Mabel E. Strout Biddeford York County George W. Johnson Etsons Mabel EF. Strout Henry K. Johnson Topsham Wendell SS. Johnson Buxton Clarence E. Sawyer Said James & Lowelt Register Frank L. Call Perkins George W. Call Kite Heal BF Curtis Kennebec Richmond Sagadahow Sagadahwe James Lowell Jude Regieter Sogadahoe Heela and Hattels Bowdoinham Nettie BROWN Saxsadahec Bath Independent Addie Bey Oevay Arrowsic

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