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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1912

Page

5

Winter season hints and local notices sweep Maine towns

Many short items update readers on shopping and events as November ends. Milk costs rise to eight cents a quart while holiday goods appear in stores. Colonial Club hosts meetings and pool tourney as December Probate Court, Bath Elks services, and a Thanksgiving union service unfold. Football results Maine road work and train delays are noted along with local society plans and weather observations.

Rachel Potter Bath Blea Curtiss Wal Tevny Heaney Milton Wrovi Meteo Sethishto Arenas Eeterry Cook Far Rise Cemetery Association Peete Conerega Joseph Go Brooks Dresden Woolwich Grange Sebenon Hall Columbia Orchestra of Woolwich

Political buzz and local plans stir Bath scene

A vivid, sprawling look at Bath politics hints at three-ticket races and possible Dem Bull Moose coalitions. It notes a commission form plan under a judge, Sewall as a potential street and sewer commissioner, and Bath Automobile and Gas Engine Co upgrades as a sign of bustling local industry.

Bath

West Bath News Neighbors and Local Notes From Bath

Mrs Ellis Coombs of West Bath died yesterday morning at age 59 after long illness and a recent shock. She leaves her husband and a son James Tibbetts. Various Bath residents, students, and local workers are reported visiting, studying, or spending Thanksgiving, with routine negotations on a portable mill and milk prices adjusting to eight cents a quart. Local farming and fishing notes include geese migrations and dairy pricing.

Ellis Coombs Coombs Bath James Tibbetts Nan Brown Lewiston Journal Walter Brown University of Maine Eugene Brown Flowall Orono A. G. Fisher Massachusetts Fred A. Willis Carly Wanter West Bath Grange Gertrude Williams Central Telephone Lewiston F. W. Winter Howard Varney Mr. Winter Wiscasset Albion Langdon White Bowdoin College Walter T. Brown

Woolwich community holds benefit for cemetery association

About seventy five Woolwich residents attended a Saturday evening benefit hosted by Ree Mains for the Marblehead Cemetery Association. Attendees from Nequasset Day's Ferry Woolwich Center and Sagadahoc gathered for stew coffee doughnuts a variety program and an auction led by Mr Mains. The event also featured musical entertainment and a cake guessing contest won by John Gilmore.

Ree Mr. Mains John Gilmore

Lumber haul and river navigation nearSheepscot Lincol n County mill

16 000 000 feet of lumber moves by James Temple using three lighters along a crooked river route from Sheepscot Falls to Lincoln County Lumber Co mill. The firm holds 16 000 000 feet nearby, with the mill expected to start in about three weeks. Frances O Donnell of Waterville visited town Thursday.

James Temple Sheepscot Lincoln County Lumber Co’s Sheepscot Falls Lincoln County Lumber Co Frances O'Donnell Waterville

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