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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1913
Page
8
Bath plans a new gun club as Topsham Fair approaches. Colonial Club meets Monday, deer season opens, and Halloween parties are planned. Music Festival draws crowds to Portland. Damariscotta fair brings Bath visitors. Bath to Bangor teachers convention delegation and a November 1 theatre opening are announced.
Woolwich residents packed Day's Ferry for a postponed fair held in Tuessie Hall and an adjacent field. The hall displayed jellies, jams, preserves, vegetables, quilts, relics, and a notable needlework center piece by Mrs Frank Jones. Poultry outside drew attention to bantams, ducks, and roosters while crafts and a 100 year old linen table cloth impressed. The event also highlighted cooking, fruit like Maiden Brush apples, and a Century-old foot stove. A 13 year old baked bread that could rival a culinary school graduate. The fair featured horse, cattle, and poultry judging with prize winners including Rhode Island Reds and White Wyandottes. The Woolwich fair concluded with community updates on the City Bowling League and a note on tariff-driven price expectations.
A chaotic but successful fair drew Woolwich residents and visitors to a well attended dining hall. Excitement grew over an annual event with discussions of adjacent property and future years. The Independent notes many exhibits were impressive and a fair ball is planned at Tuessie Hall if weather permits. Warrants were issued for several youths in West Bath for causing a disturbance at a recent lecture.
A Woolwich item describes a cow choking on an apple and a simple rescue using a loop of telephone wire passed down the throat to dislodge the fruit. The patient was saved when the wire was withdrawn, effectively removing the obstruction.
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