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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1916
Page
9
A collection of brief items from Bath area notes including church meetings and holiday plans, a new Sunday school class and officers, ferry movements on the Hudson, and house cleaning chatter. Regional curios cover a Panama snake tale, a long lost hair bow found in old papers, and local reminiscences about eight hour work day debates.
The item lists high tides on the river front and school term projections as Morse High and district students prepare for interscholastic debates. It also covers a steamer move, lumber rafting plans, a funeral, school board actions, teacher appointments, a Young Men's Christian Association dinner, and remarks by local officials.
The article extols the blood as life and links impure blood to bone and muscle decay, citing air quality and nervous system effects. It urges readers to begin Hood's Sarsaparilla immediately, claiming it cleanses and revitalizes the blood and organs and warns to accept no substitute.
D Tabor is ill at 85. The Ferdinando Gorges transfer boat carries many foot passengers while Hockomock is under repair. Various meetings and social gatherings occur, including lodges and clubs in Bath. A lobster price reaches 70 cents a pound for Johns. A few civic updates involve naval stations, the Coast Guard, and local election news. A burglary on Deering Avenue endangers King Tavern connections.
Six lodgers and one drunk occupied the police station over Sunday night. Marshall M. Card has sold his residence at 24 Hinckley St to H. L. Hopkins. Pussywillows are blooming and tree tops thicken with buds. The Farther Lights held their monthly meeting Monday in the vestry. Capt. W. O. Elliot sold his Clark's Cove place to William Sproul. Shooting stars expected mid month in the northeast. The Jolly Thimble Sewing Circle met with Mrs. Fred Summerton. Front and Center streets were swept Saturday. Charles H. Oliver makes improvements on Hodgkins store. Pine Tree Temple No. 5 Ladies of the Golden Eagle held a whist party at Mrs. Bertha Dunbar’s. Secretary Daniels said he will not accept J. A. Spilman’s resignation from the Brooklyn navy yard. No resignations will be accepted. Spilman’s resignation was received by the Navy Department. He may have private employment offers. Spilman previously served at Bath Iron Works and has many local friends.
A brief note mentions a $1.50 fountain pen giveaway in a large newspaper ad. It also records the paper train departing Woolwich yard at 12 25 with Sunday papers, a mix of weather notes, and an episode about the Ferdinando Gorges needing M C R R permission to pass the Kennebecks before delivering papers.
A Durand Wisconsin reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from Change of Life symptoms and improved health after use. Blackstone Massachusetts resident also reports relief from age related troubles with the same product. The notice promotes Lydia B Pinkham's Compound and Dean's Ointment for piles with an advertisement tone.
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