Local notes and park updates from Bath area
Strawberries rest at 45 cents a box as Mayflowers arrive. Miss Sarah Hodgkins hosts the Sapo Mollis Club. The Roberts Fountain in City Park gains a fresh coat of paint. A bell buoy replaces the old Cloughs Ledge buoy. Marble work at Bath National Bank and Bath Savings Institution finished. Park concerts planned for summer. band organizers urged to plan. Peary lecture by D B MacMillan draws repeat attendance. Constable Earnest Hammons tracks boys harming song sparrows and faces fines. residents condemn frog abuse near Park Pond.
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Roberts
Clough
D. B. MacMillan
MacMillan
Peary
Brunswick
Independent
Eammons
Dunton
Park Pond
Supreme Court Hears Indictments and Damages Case
The Supreme Judicial Court convened with Judge Whitehouse presiding. Four indictments emerged: Edward Thoreault of Bowdoin for larceny, Llyod B Kelley of Bowdoin for non support of family, Fred Ward and Mary Hall for keeping a disorderly house. The notable case is Sophronia Higgins of West Bath versus L A W St Ry for 5000 damages, sent to a jury yesterday afternoon.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Sophronia Higgins
West Bath Vs. L
Arter Street Railway Roadbed Order Passed
At a city government meeting on Wednesday evening Alderman Henry F. Palmer introduced an order directing the Lewiston Augusta and Waterville Street Railway Company to immediately repair its roadbed in the city. The order requires permanent safe conditions, new sleepers and heavy rails where needed, and work approved by the Street and Sewer Commission and a two Aldermen committee appointed by the Mayor. Alderman Palmer and Crossman were named to the committee.
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Henry F. Palmer
Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Railway Company
Palmer
Crossman
Flusser Sets Speed Record On Gulf Trial
The torpedo boat destroyer Flusser built by Bath Iron Works logged four hours of speed testing in the Gulf of Mexico with naval officials on board. It surpassed 35 miles per hour, the fastest official trial ever by a U S naval vessel. The Reid, built by the same yard, was faster in its official run, and the Flusser was planned to be re tried. Muskrat hunting reports improved as skin prices rose, doubling from last year.
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Flusser
Bath Iron Works
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Reid
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Advertised
Mothers who value their own comfort and their children's welfare should have a box of Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children. They break up colds cure feverishness constipation teething disorders headaches and stomach troubles. Sold by all drug stores. Free sample offer to mothers who write Allen & Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
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Atria
Allen & Olmsted
le Roy
Burglars Strike Bowdoinham Store Again
The J. E. Cornish grocery suffered a second cellar entry burglary with knives tobacco and cigars stolen. A thief left gloves behind, a possible clue. Local events include Knights of Pythias ranks, jurors in Bath, teachers meeting Sagadahoc county, and memorial window ceremonies at the Methodist church.
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J. E. Cornish
Kennebec Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Knights Templar Install Officers in Dunlap Banquet
Dunlap commandery Knights Templar held its officer installation followed by a banquet. New officers include Eminent Commander Sylvester H. Rowland and others such as J Clifford Spinney, Frederick Payne, Langdon Snipe, George Ward, Arthur Stilphen, Frank Brown, Albert Strout, Oscar Williams, Arthur Smith, Frederick Senos, William Duncan, George Thistle, John Small, Lucius Lemont, and Charles Curtis. Members of Biddeford commandery will visit for St John's Day in Dunlap.
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Dunlap Commandery
Knights Templar
Sylvester H. Rowland
J. Clifford Spinney
Frederick G. Payne
Langdon A Snipe
George A. Ward
Arthur B. Stilphen
Frank Brown
Albert L. Strout
Oscar F. Williams
Arthur J. Smith
Frederick H. Senos
William C. Duncan
George W. Thistle
John A. Small
Lucius M. Lemont
Charles E. Curtis
Biddeford Commandery
Bath Knights
St. John's Day
Bath station to get spring improvements and platform
Bath Merchants association and Maine Central railroad officials held a winter conference on improvements for the Bath station. Work is planned to begin soon and be completed before peak summer travel, including a platform from Water to Washington streets.
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Bath Merchants Association
Maine Central Railroad
Bath Station
Washington Streets
Proene Lines Endorsed at Maine Good Roads Meeting
State Highway Commissioner Paul D. Sargent spoke at Bath to officials and county road commissioners. A vote approved endorsing trunk line plans through Maine and urged immediate state action by issuing bonds to fund the work.
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Paul D. Sargent
Bath
Court House
Maine
Graduation Parts for Class 1 of 1910 Morse High
Morse High announces graduation parts for the class of 1910 with valedictorian Ida F Kimball and salutatorian Margaret Torrey. Other honors include English essay awards for Paul L Wing Emma H Sydleman Louise M Child Lillian F Perkins and excellence in writing for Leon ard H Gibson Jessie Ferguson. Speaking honors go to Ruth M Cahill and Allan R Cole. Commercial Course rank lists Helen M Robinson and Robert H Haskell for English essay awards.
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Morse High School
Ida F. Kimball
Margaret Torrey
Paul L. Wing
Emma H. Sydleman
Louise M. Child
Lillian F. Perkins
Leonard H. Gibson
Jessie Ferguson
Ruth M. Cahill
Allan R. Cole
Helen M. Robinson
Robert H. Haskell
Banks Delay Move to New Quarters This Spring
Both Bath National Bank and Bath Savings Institution will not move into their new quarters this spring because their shared vault supplier is backlogged. The banks expect to be settled and ready for business no earlier than June first due to the vault delays.
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Bath National Bank
Bath Savings Institution
Cure and cure for sci atica with pink pills
The article states proper treatment for sciatic and nervous disorders is building up and purifying the blood. It cites Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood builder that supposedly cures sciatica by nourishing nerves. It includes a testimonial from Mrs. Eirza A Snow of No 574 Hyde Park Avenue Noslindsle Massachusetts saying she recovered after taking the pills and describes her eight month pain and cane use. The pills are sold by druggists or mailed by the Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady NY at 40 cents a box, six for $2.50.
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Williamns
Eirza A. Snow
Hyde Park Avenue
Tnoslindsle
Mass
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
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Sarah Hodgkins
Sapo Mollis Club
Supreme Court
Arter Street Railway
Naval Board
Bowdoinham News
A. F. Reeve
Alonzo Cutler
Charles Jordan
I. C. Trish
Lewis M. Fulton
Warren J. Carter
Farmingdale
Sagadahoee County
Methodist Church
William B. Kendall
James H. Ames
J. E. Clancy
George Powers
Cation
Horace French
Bowdoin
Bowdoin Center
Town Hall
W. B. Kendall
Gardiner
Emily Rideout
Jefferson
Mary Hall
Cornish
Bertha Irish
Lewiston
E. J. Millay
S. J. Court
EF. B. Duran
Charles A. Newton
Wm. T. Lake
Dunham
Tyler House
Ron Andros
Boston
George Andros
E. W. Warren
R. A. Dickinson
F. J. Nichols
C. L. Mosher
Proene Lines
Good Roads
Massachusetts
Swett’s
Wm. McKie
Border Street
East
Hullaby Brooder
Kimball Bros.co
City Wharf
Thompson Bros
New Specialty Store
Seneca H. Conley
Center Street
Dougherty’s
D. & C. E. Scribner
Brunswick, Maine
Scribner’s
Colby
Westport
Fishell
Hawkins
JR Sanford
Kim St
EM Drake
Popham Beach
Winte Wrane
Plymouth Rock
I. J F Upton
Winnegance
Fes
WE Chase Co
Ubrinton
Puriton
Merthuer's
Plymouth Rocks
Bradley Bros
Rhode Island Reds
King’s Poultry Yards
LE King
Rark
Ee Kimball ‘Bros. Co
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