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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1919
Page
2
The piece warns Knox and Lincoln debt burdens taxpayers, citing overrun city budgets, misused funds, and costly misjudgments in contracts. It laments liberal municipal spending, urges prudent finance, and cautions against steering youth toward unsuitable professional paths, stressing parental influence and true value of practical skills.
The pamphlet excerpts reveal calls for peace without annexations and self determination, while German workers desert a strike amid autocratic leadership. With municipal elections near, voter engagement appears weak as war news and bitter weather suppress public interest and finances.
A barge named Hauto will transport 1100 tons of coal to fuel fur furnaces. The shipment underscores industrial activity and supply lines amid regional trade.
Beginning March 18 a nation wide enrollment of boys 16 to 21 into the United States Boys Working Reserve starts. The program aims for farm work first and industrial or shop tasks second to aid the war effort. Last summer thousands of boys benefited health and finances while enjoying work breaks. Details available by writing the Boys Working Reserve, Department of Labor, Washington.
A citizen to the Times notes paying $20 monthly for a current room and recalls paying the same for a good central house 15 years ago. He argues rising taxation affects renters and owners alike and that all should elect businesslike, thriftful city government.
The passage notes Russia under Trotzky and Le nine declares war at an end and demobilization on all fronts. It claims Germans traded with Bolsheviki worthies who delivered the goods for payment through a Berne bank.
Hamilton Roberts, a Bath Iron Works worker since last summer, has joined the Aviation Corps. He left Tuesday for Atlantic City to visit his parents and will depart soon for somewhere in France.
Local workers purchased fifteen dollars worth of yarn and made stockings wristers and socks for soldiers. A dance at the Armory in Bath featured a moonlight waltz and was followed by another lively event. Oliver joins Boston navy yard as machinist. Hebrew Workmen's Circle branch No 546 installed in Bath with a banquet and speeches.
Editor Mann of The Lisbon Eater hails the appointment of William F. Dunham editor and publisher of The Richmond Bee as Register of Probate for Sagadahoc County succeeding the late Cyrus W. Longley. He calls the choice wise and extends cordial congratulations to Dunham.
Mrs Mary Curtis of Woolwich read a letter from a French soldier thanking her for a comfort kit sent to France in October last year. The War Relief Rooms, supervised by Mme James de Gogorza, packed about 100 kits in one box. only one reply arrived, proving the others likely reached their destinations. The exact date of the letter is unknown due to no postmark, and readers hope for more replies from this box or newer shipments.
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza J Morrison widow of Jacob Morrison were held Saturday at her Meadowbrook road home in Phippsburg. Rev Gashuel Evans of People's Baptist Church officiated. The body was brought to this city and entombed.
A 19th or early 20th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an internal remedy affecting the bloodstream to clear catarrh. It claims combined blood purifiers, testimonials, and mentions Toledo Ohio as a source with agents selling Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Rev Maurice J Duncklee recently resigned from Bath Winter Street Church to work with the Red Triangle YMCA. He reports camps at Travis and Beauregard in Texas and Louisiana, remarks on weather and conditions, and praises YMCA morale work for soldiers. He invites correspondence from Bath friends and notes George Harrington's Portland trip.
Augista Mé., Web. 12. Anyone desiring to engage in any branch of the shipbuilding industry is requested to give his name to the enrollment agent in his city, town or plantation this week during Registration Week designated by the United States Shipping Board. Enrollments may wait to be called to work. Trades needed include welders, asbestos workers, blacksmiths, riveters, ship carpenters, dock builders, machinists, painters, plumbers, ship fitters, and many other shipyard roles.
Miss Lulu Manderson head nurse at City Hospital was surprised by a midnight call from her brother Sergeant Frank L Manderson C B H F who was en route in Maine to help train troops in modern warfare. The Logueville NY native has served three years in France, endured trenches, wounds, and pneumonia while leading a snipping section and awaiting train connections.
The Texaco Club rooms reopened Friday week after a January fire with a tasteful refurnishing and a delightful social event. Charles W. Laing led a committee of officers in charge and the crowd enjoyed dancing and refreshments. A new auxiliary group may aid women employees of the Texas Steamship Co. and wives of members.
American sharpshooters on the sector held by U S forces northwest of Toul on the western front have matched their marksmanship against German riflemen and held the advantage. Enemy snipers are routed from bushes, hills, and shell holes by expert American fire. where rifles failed, machine guns or light artillery destroyed German shelters and inflicted casualties.
An advertisement features Mr. D. L. Lucas of 2183 East 109th Street Cleveland Ohio praising Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for severe nervous disorders. The piece touts a non alcoholic tonic building general health and blood, urging readers to buy by mail or from local druggists at 50 cents a box or six for $2.50.
A historic old city building on Center Street lost its northeast chimney and was demolished during a snow slide Tuesday that filled City Hall Court. The chimney broke cleanly near the roof as if cut with a knife, but no one was in the alley and no damage resulted from flying bricks. Local excitement followed the loud noises heard far away. The First Baptist Church Sewing Society met Friday at Red Cross Rooms planning weekly sessions to heat the vestry and conserve heat. Mrs Mae Walbert returned to Pawtucket R I after two weeks with her grandmother Mrs L P Barnes Drummond Bt.
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