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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1936
Page
7
City hall crews work under janitor Thistle as aldermen hold a special session to hear abutters remonstrances. Front street banners flap when wind frees a Sagadahock block exit, and Holman Dunning’s arrival hints at a polo season return. August era notes cover local visits, repairs, and preparations for Bryan Sewall events with multiple town figures and small-town commerce details.
Sept 25 1896 notices a plan to haul the steamer Percy W for the winter at the New England yard. Nearby items report Bath band rehearsals, preparations for Bryan’s reception, and dispatch coverage plans. Also noted are Steamer Gardiner’s final trip, Stetson’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin tickets, a legal case about Captain Graham, and local election mood with McKinley Hobart marching club activities.
The article details naval leadership speculation as Admiral William Leahy, deputy fleet commander, is considered likely to succeed Admiral William Standley as chief of naval operations around December. It notes Standley’s age, his achievements, and the potential political timing tied to Washington and London treaties, with background on Leahy’s prior commands and service. It also contains local notices and probate items interwoven with broader military context.
The Bath Independent and Sagadahoc Probate Court publish notices of wills and estates. Executors, administrators, and executrixes are named for Margaret Guthrie Lydia Littlefield Galt Hiram T Stevens Fred J Hinckley and others with dates of August September 1936 and October hearings in Bath for final accounts and bond waivers.
In Sagadahoc County Bath Mattie K Bachelder executrix of Edward J Bachelder seeks allowance of final administration account. Court orders October date at nine in the forenoon to show cause why the account should not be allowed.
The Court of Probate of Sagadahoc orders John H. Green widower of Lucy I. Green to publish three weeks in Bath Independent that a probate hearing will be held in Bath on the first Tuesday of October 1936. He must show cause why his petition for allowance from the deceased’s personal estate should not be granted.
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