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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1917
Page
9
Washington issued an executive order designating defensive sea areas along the U S coast. The Kennebec River mouth is listed, with entry rules, patrol signals, speed limits, and penalties for violations and unauthorised entry.
Abagadasset Point Range Lights in Kennebec River Me were lighted for the season on April 11 1917 by order of the Commissioner of Lighthouses. Co E SHERMAN Inspector First Lighthouse District.
The barge Draper discharged 1450 tons of coal at Howard’s Monday. Bath residents test new cars on state roads amid spring purchases. Boy Scouts Morse Clements Mitchell Armes earned first class after a 14 mile hike. Naval radio district to swap men for women operators with ships’ needs cited. Dr. Lewis J. Sawyer to be succeeded by Arthur Allen who will run Bangor office from Phoenix Hotel May 7 and 8. Bath Boothbay water link restored as Wiwurna makes first trip. crew listed and schedules noted.
The passage describes a safe, reliable medicine widely used by thousands in the state for sick headache biliousness nausea constipation sluggish liver and related ailments across families from parents to grandparents and beyond.
Bath plans to move the big patriotic event from Sunday April 15 to the following day pending Gov. Milliken’s ability to attend. The committee awaits his arrival in New York for naval coast defense duties while promising the program will proceed once he can be present.
An advertisement for L. F. Atwood’s Medicine from Portland Maine claims the product is safe for children with stomach or bowel worms and offers a 35 cent bottle price with free sample on request. It notes druggists and general storekeepers stock it.
The American Defense Society launched a campaign urging Governors to designate April 15 to May 15 as Planting Month to encourage citizen gardens. Other items include local notices on Easter offering totaling 358.26 dollars, arrests and court actions, and local civic chatter about public safety and housing moves.
The National League for Women's Service at 105 West 40th Street New York urges women to help the war effort by practicing home economy. It plans garden classes and home canning to boost food production and conserve supplies as shortages loom. It advises using all space for growing or stock raising and warns against uninformed service.
A Bathman was taken to Augusta jail Saturday to serve a thirty days sentence for intoxication. Happy Jack Hanary signed on with the crew of the four masted schooner Sam C. Mengel. The George T. Cutting residence on Robbins Street was sold to Clarence E. Reed who will occupy it. Morse High School seniors held a candy sale and cleared 4.40 to aid graduation costs. Freeman A. Trott displays a Cleveland Lightweight motorcycle at Redlon's. he has the agency. The Texas Steamship Co. office extension was dedicated last week with the crafting and blueprint rooms slated for occupancy later this month. Willis B. Hall was injured at the Hyde Windlass Co. machine shop, suffering four scalp wounds and back sprain. Dr. C. A. Peaslee treated him. Kateon Camp Span War Veterans members attended the state encampment in Biddeford. Clerk of Courts F. H. Thompson assisted foreigners applying for citizenship. Alien enemies may file first papers now but final papers await peace. Mae Conley directed Weeks Street Grammar pupils raising funds for a piano, a Kimball model installed this week with Mikelsky’s contributing the instrument.
Louis Labrie reports relief from stomach trouble and rheumatism after using Pruitatives from Pruitatives Limited Ogdensburg New York. The testimonial notes improved health after the first box and claims it is the only medicine that helped. The ad lists a box price of 25 cents, a 6 for $2.50 trial size and availability at dealers or by post.
A Winter Street Church program featured Lent season songs and readings with Beatrice McFadden, Dorothy Welch, George McFadden, Millicent Clifford, Randall Cook, Lydia Tracy, Harriet Henderson, Ada Russ and others. The cast included duets and choruses with titles like Nearer My God to Thee, The Rosary, The Spinning Song, The Little Dutch Garden, and Star Spangled Banner.
A list of city residents and visitors includes Capt. S. R. Percy, Edward Rowe, Ulysses Trask, E. W. Bridgham, Mrs. Charles E. Lockery, F. Stanley Reed, J. H. Blair, Mrs. John Wyman, Ernest T. Clason, Sewall P. Strout, Albert F. Dingley, W. J. Collins, Earl Collins, Miss Carrie Sullivan, Thomas Tyson, William A. MacCormick, Mrs. H. W. Hanson, Miss Ruth Jordan, and Paul E. Palmer. Mentions travels to Portland Bath Boothbay Harbor Boston Brooklyn Medford Porto Rico and the Texas Steamship Co. Also a local testimonial for Burdock Blood Bitters.
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