Emblane Torpedo Testing Steamer Launches at Bath Iron Works
The steel steamer Emblane, built for the E. W. Bliss Co. of New York, launched at Bath Iron Works in Sag Harbor listed as a torpedo testing vessel. Mrs. John H. Hyde christened the ship, with a luncheon following and remarks from officers and designers. The craft features a triple expansion main engine, oil fuel, and torpedo launch tubes, and will operate between Sag Harbor and Gardner's Bay with a crew of 36 and expected speed around eleven mph.
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Embliane
Bath Iron Works
E. W. Bliss Co
New York
Emblane
John H Hyde
Lane
J. W. Lane
E. W. Bills Co
Warren L. Hooper
George Owen
Hooper
Ariel
E. W. Bliss
E. W. Bliss Company
Elmhurst
John H. Hyde
Brooklyn
London
Paris
Bath
Bliss
Sag Harbor
Long Island
Gardner's Bay
Almy Water Tube Boiler Co
General Electric
Kingsford
Laidlaw, Dunn, Gordon Co
Engie
Kennebec
FE. W. Bliss Co
Newton
Mass
Winter Tonic Promises Strong Blood For Cold Season
The ad argues that thin blood and debility cause winter illness and that Dr Williams Pink Pills strengthen blood to improve oxygen delivery and nursing of tissues. It claims relief from rheumatism and aftereffects of grip and urges keeping the pills in every home. It promotes a free copy of Building Up the Blood from Schenectady NY.
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Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Under the Stars and Stripes Play for Hyde Guards Benefit
The Bath Opera House will host Under the Stars and Stripes on April 21 a military play about Philippine war hardships. Produced for the National Guard the drama blends heart story with comedy and aims to teach character through precise action while promoting public support for the Hyde Guards.
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Bath Opera House
Philippines
National Guard
Hyde Guards
Reminiscences of Roscoe Palmer Owen by Bath classmates
AS SCHOOL BOY Mrs Ellen Roche and Miss Hannah Hatch recall Roscoe Palmer Owen who died in Boston. He attended Bath High School in 1858 to 1859 with standout classmate Henry Sheldon later a Massachusetts Supreme Court judge. Owen left school for Harvard, tutored for Gen. Butler, practiced law, and became a noted state conveyancer.
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Ellen Roche
Hannah Hatch
Roscoe Palmer Owen
Boston
Owen
Bath
Henry Sheldon
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Mr. Owen
High St
W. R. Shaw
T. F. Currier
Tobie
H. C. Rogers
Reminiscences of Roscoe P. Owen by Bath schoolmate
A Bath resident recalls Roscoe P. Owen, noting he was a bright Bath High School student four years younger than the writer. She mentions an 1856 catalog showing Owen in the same class as Henry A. Sheldon and recollects his dark curly hair.
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Bath
The
Independent
Apr.l
Roscoe P. Owen
Bath High School
Henry A
Judge) Sheldon
E. A. Welch
Morse High's 1914 15 basketball season strong title
Morse High posted a 12 3 basketball season with key players Captain Ralph Gay Manager Harold Ward and stars Coss Weinblatt P Fitzgerald A Attaya plus substitutes White C Attaya Warren Pomeroy. They beat teams including Lewiston Rockland Boothbay Freeport and Lincoln Academy and earned near state championship contention. Meanwhile the Mary W Bowen schooner arrived safely in Porto Rico after a forty day voyage from Boston amid heavy gales.
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Morse High
Ralph Gay
Harold Ward
Coss
Weinblatt
P. Fitzgerald
A. Attaya
White
C. Attaya
Warren
Pomeroy
Brunswick
Morse
Lewiston
Biddeford
Freeport
Rockland
Boothbay
Cony
Lincoln Academy
Westbrook
Colonials
Alumni
Paul Fitzgerald
J. A. Bowen Co
Fall River
Mary W. Bowen
Porto Rico
Boston
Norfolk
Vineyard Haven
Tripp
Local Jottings From a Quiet Street Scene and Coastal Dredging
A roundup of small town notes includes the Murray Club meeting at 22 Deering St, Edwin A. Rogers named assistant dairy instructor in Topsham, and the Cordelia reporting 1500 pounds of cod and haddock off Seguin. Florida gum quartz fruit is described, a Garnet bridge contract and a Topsham saw mill fire, Bowdoin College athletes’ talks, and local health notes on grippe and pneumonia. Cape Cod Canal dredging aims for 25-foot depth by June with new lighting and buoyage underway.
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W. T. Guptill
Edwin A. Rogers
Topsham
Rogers
Progressive Party
Cordelia
Segnin
Seeonin
Seguin
Florida
Carleton
Garnet
Bailey's Island
Hodgdon’s Mill
Boothbay
E. C. Brown
Auburn
Middlesex
Foreside
Winter Street
Bowdoin College
Migia
Austin MacCormick
Arthur B. Chapman
la Grippe
Teddy
Putnam
Bath City
Cape Cod Canal
Woman Recovers After Long Illness With Vegetable Compound
Mrs. Joseph Aselin of Minneapolis credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing two years of monthly pains and weakness after only two months of use. She reports she regained strength and can do housework again and invites others to write for details.
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Aselin
Lydia E. Pinkham
Minneapolis
Minn
Joseph Aselin
Fourth Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn
Lydia FE
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John Holmes Hyde
Under the Stars and Stripes
R. P. Owen
B. H.S
Murray Club
Harry Deering
Deering St
Eugene Mitchell
Castor
Reeve
Samuel Pitcher
Michi
Bears
Castoria
the Centaur Company
York City
Chichester S Pills
Chichester S Diamond
Milla
R. I
Howard
Winthrop
Annah
Or Central Railroad
Maine Central Railroad
THD
Maine Central
Cyrus W. Longley
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
Bath, Maine
C. M. Humphreys
Sagadahock Block
J. L. Quint
Sagadahoc
Harvey Oil Co
Cleveland
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