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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1911

Page

12

Malaga Island History and Malaga Island Settlement Talk

History of Malaga Island and Swan Island homes tied to Gardiner and Perkins families is recounted alongside a Malaga Island Settlement Association meeting in Portland. Major John M. Gould speaks on island conditions. Miss Cora Lane describes improvements in housing and schooling for island residents and the push for state support of Malaga Island school.

Perkins Thomas G. Plant Winnipesaukee Charles E. Allen Cora Lane Plymouth Company Swan Island James Whidden Plymouth Doctor Hebbard Gardiner Kennebec John Coestillon Dresden Doctor Gardiner Malaga Island Major Gould Capt. Lane Miss Lane Scott Wilson Society Payson Smith Augusta Malaga

Ossipee Park Owner Buys Scenic New England Peak

Thomas G. Plant, a notable businessman, acquires a large Ossipee Park tract on Lake Winnipesaukee, with plans rumored to include seven hundred workers and possible electric road development. The Ossipee range, including Whittier Peak, draws local speculation about motives and impact on the region.

Moultonboro Alton Bay Center Harbor Whittier Ossipee Range Whittier Peak

Bath native Parker Hooper earns Architectural Record feature

The Architectural Record highlights Parker Morse Hooper of Bath for The Small Inexpensive House a Country Cottage with engravings and plans. Hooper, son of William F Hooper now in Fall River, studied architecture and was once a pupil of the late Stanford White.

Architectural Record Bath Parker Morse Hooper William F. Hooper Fall River Mass Hooper Stanford White America Harry Thaw The

King of the Bay predicts strong shooting at Merrymeeting Bay

Al Ridley known as King of the Bay tells the Independent that a second flight is on and sport should be great for a few days as birds remain wary. Teal are scarce this year with few mallards seen. Ridley and E O Cutler bagged a dozen birds in one morning, as Cutler often does.

Amany Ennebee BE. C. Hebbard Boston Kennebec Wesley Church Brotherhood Beacon Street Elm Street Wesley Corliss Street al Ridley Ridley E. O. Cutler Mr. Cutler

Bath youth’s pump gun discharges at Winnegance

A Bath young man named Charles Averys was examining a pump gun at Winnegance when it discharged. The shot struck the ground and sprayed dirt into the air briefly. No one was hit and the gun was not pointed at anyone, averting a possible serious accident.

Bath Charles Averys Winnegance Avers

French Empire Coin Found and Chester Sails to Tripoli

Miss Adelaide Munsey of South Dresden found a 20 centime coin in her yard bearing Empire Francais 1867 Napoleon Ist Empereur. The Bath built scout cruiser Chester is at Tripoli to protect American interests.

Adelaide Munsey South Dresden Chester Tripoli

Sate ur class Independent at once

J PD Small at Bowdeinham drug store reports the Independent is always on sale and orders have risen in recent months. His weekly sales range from 35 to 60 copies and he notes wide county coverage. An excursion from Brunswick and Bath to Lewiston attracted hundreds for the railroad opening celebration. A timber struck a train platform as the return trip began, causing damage to the station building.

Bowdeinham Mr. Small The Independent Sauzadahoc County Brunswick Bath Lewiston Fairgrounds

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Just Webber John M. Clark Conducted BY Wm. C Chadbourne Front St M. Humphrey Sagadahock Block Bath, Maine C. W. Watson Office and Veterinary Hospital Cedar St Brunswick, Me Ontario Veterinary College Chicago Veterinary College LDC Ontario Veterinary Medi Cal Society Chicago Veterinary Nary Medical Association M. H. Loach Hae New York Winter Millinfry S. Curtis Centre Street Maine Chas. L. Oliver Archie E. Doyle Peerless Casualty CO G. T. Stevens Mgr Cyrus W. Longley Bath, ME Little Swan Island Rebecca Dumaresq James Philip Gardiner) Dumaresq Sarah Farwell Vassalborough Jane Frances Rebecca Thomas Handasyeh Perkins Asylum For South Boston Perkins Institute Old Trinity Church John Silvester John Gardiner Thomas H Fanny” (Dumaresq) Perkins Augustus Thorndike Louisa Dumaresq William Morris Hunt Isles of Shoals Mabel Cartaret Hunt A Slater Webster Cartaret Doctor Baird New England Historical and Genealogical Register Jer Esting State Superintendent of Schools Mr. Smith City Hospital Association Batties Slant New England Ossipee Park Lake Winnipesaukee Shoe Machinery Trust Pettengill Hall and Lodge Moultonboro Hay Lake New Hampshire Benjamin F. Shaw Lowell Shaw Crow's Nest A. RB Cameron Harry R. Chapman Fifield Joe Brierley J. Knight G. Goodwin Elm Streets Boothbay Harbors Wesley S. Boothbay Harbor Morse High Cedar Groves Norwas Pines Sebas Norway Pines Sebasco Foresters Wesley Brotherhood King of the Bay Lot Merrymeeting Bay Lecky Bec Irk Johnson Bros. Co
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