Topsham Fair Draws Over 20000 as City Probes New Skies
Town notes report a busy season with Topsham Fair drawing over 20,000 spectators on Wednesday. Fort Baldwin sees a new gun mounted. Bath debates commission form of government as Board of Trade lent support. Local events include a city banquet, streetcar issues, and football loss for Morse High. Council examines public notices and new coroners rise in Somerset.
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Sagadahoc
Board of Trade
Bath
Big County Show At Topsham Draws Record Crowds And Excitement
The Big County Show at Topsham marked the fair’s best year yet with fine weather and growing treasury. Attendance peaked on Wednesday with more than 20,000 visitors as Niagara No. 3 Brunswick led in a distance event, and Androscogin No. 1 Topsham won second in the second class. Governor Plaisted and officials toured the grounds while Obadiah Gardner and Augustus A. Percy attended Governor’s Day. Coast Artillery instructor Capt. M. G. Spinks will address Bath and Brunswick officers next week on coast defense principles.
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Obadiah Gardner
Maine
Rockland
Bath
Topsham
Augustus A. Percy
Percy
Governor Plaisted
Mr. Percy
Plaisted
Brunswick
Col
L. L. Cooper
Blaine Owen
Augusta
Co. B. Day
Richmond
Col. E. M. Fuller
G. M. Elliott
Hotel Eagle
M. G. Spinks
Coast Artillery Corps of
Bath and Brunswick
Veteran Gunner Charles DeWolf of Bath Dies in Portland
Charles DeWolf, longtime Maine gunning enthusiast from Bath, died at Maine General Hospital in Portland this week. He once dislocated a shoulder at Hovkomock but kept hunting, later guiding his mates by quietly insisting on taking the gun and bagging a goose during a rough voyage home.
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Commodore J. Ross True
Lake Auburn
Charles DeWolf
Bath
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Independent
Hovkomock
Seventeenth Anniversary Service Observed by Pastor O'Brien
Reverend F W O'Brien marks seventeen years as pastor with a full day of services in Lewiston including morning worship with historical sermon Rally Day in Sunday School mass meetings for men and women at Dreamland Theatre with speakers Judge Lowell Ex Mayor George C Crossman and Mrs F W O'Brien special music by Lyric Quartet Columbia Orchestra and augmented choir followed by Holy Communion
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F. W. O'Brien
L. L. Hooker
Dreamland Theatre
Henry Bond
Judge Lowell
George C. Crossman
Saco
Ladies’ Chorus
Dr. H. M. York
F. Wilbur Brown
Lyric Quartette
Columbia Orchestra
Alice in Wonderland production for Bath City Hospital
Next month Bath presents the operetta Alice in Wonderland under Solar Lodge auspices with an instructor from New York. About 250 Bath amateurs join Colonel John F. Bray in staging the show with 600 costumes and superb effects for a citywide fundraiser. Also notes of weddings, society visits, and local civic events in Bath.
Program for next Tuesday evening features readings and songs
The listing outlines a program for next Tuesday evening including singing by the Grange Choir, Hessie Dickinson Story, Martha Rogers interests, Grace Dickinson song, Rebecca Powker question, Campell Reading, Reuben Purington recitation, Fannie Merry conundrums, and a closing song by J. Upton with a piece by HRessie Dickinson.
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Grange Choir
K. O. Weston
Hessie Dickinson
Martha Rogers
Grace Dickinson
Rebecca Powker
S. C. Campell
Reuben Purington
Fannie Merry
Ralph Trask
W. A
Rogers
James Perry
J. F. Upton
A. Merry
Hressie Dickinson
Maine Special Election Returns Await Decision
Last Monday Governor Plaisted and Council reviewed corrected returns from the September 11 special election but issued no final statement. Maine residents await Augusta’s ruling with a prevailing expectation that the vote was No, though doubt remains.
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Plaisted
Maine
Augusta
Topsham Fair 1911 Receipts Surpass Previous Year
The Topsham Fair of 1911 records total receipts of about 8702 over three days with $1502 on day one, $4700 on day two, and $2500 on day three. Additional receipts will raise the total to around $10,000, eliminating the society's debt and leaving several hundred dollars in treasury.
New England Fat Men's Club Meets at Wells River
The annual meeting set for Friday October 29 at Hale's Tavern Wells River Vermont aims to elect Walter G Hay of Portland as president for the coming term. Proposals include a monument at Wells River and an insurance feature. Dr C H McGillicuddy attended the Vermont State Veterinary Association meeting in Waterville where Dr George F Wescott Portland is president and C W Watson Brunswick secretary. Resolutions honored the late Dr F E Freeman Bangor. Next quarter meeting planned for Portland. Mrs Joseph Begin and son George visiting Edgecomb.
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England
Hale's Tavern
Wells River
Bath
Walter G. Hay
Portland
Veterinary Association
Waterville
George F. Wescott
C. W. Watson
Brunswick
Joly
F. E. Freeman
Bangor
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Woolwich
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Topsham Fair
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Thos. Dockrell
Lyric Quartet of
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William I. DeCoste
St. Mary's Church
Father Phelan
DeCoste
Lewiston
Fred DeCoste
Bath Bottling Company
William Tobey
Roxbury
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Sabine
George K. Parker
Brighton
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Samuel Strout
Charles C. Dyer
N. B. Cook
Beacon Street
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Weers
French
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Albert B. Tedford
Galen
Moses
Harry A. Walters
Charles E. Ripley
Daniel MccDonald
Litthe
H. W. Rogers
Harold Ham
Norfolk
Edward E. Barry
D. T. Percy & Sons Store
New Meadows Inn
Hyde Guards
Goodwin
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Nikon
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Tra -Izes
Conley’s Specialty Store
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Saturtay
Walter O. Parker
Paone
Centre
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the State
Joseph Begin
George
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