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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1917

Page

2

Phippsburg Dance Promises Red Cross Benefit

Town Hall event in Phippsburg Center Friday Aug 17 opens at 7 50 PM with fifty cent admission. Local talents Masten Van Dyke provide songs and a one act skit while an orchestra handles dances. Proceeds support the Red Cross and a quick Boston to Parker Head arrival notes Amherst College postponement.

Eaton Topsham Bowdoin Bowdoinham N. W. Eaton Sidney Eaton Leon Eaton Phyllis Eleanor Ruth Eaton Eaton Home Ina Pease Georgie Lord Lufkin Hodgkins Rawdon van Dyke Phippsburg Center Red Cross A. Quincy Frances Dorothy Parkers Head Boston PS. Amherst College Boys

West Bath Visitors and Local Deployments

Elmer Tibbetts and son from Revere Mass are three weeks guests of Jesse Tibbetts and plan to travel to Port Clyde then return to Revere. Mrs Annie Huse Bath visits her brother Alfred Coombs at Campbells Pond. Mrs Gertrude Williams of Salem visits her sister at Sabine and her father at Campbells Pond. Crops need rain and Frank Williams is improving after an illness. Dr Hannizen attends. City truck crews mobilize across departments in a rapid distribution in the area around Washington and Center streets.

Elmer Tibbetts Elmer, Jr Revere Mass Jesse Tibbetts Tibbetts Port Clyde Annie Huse Bath Alfred Coombs Campbells Pond Gertrude Williams Salem Herbert Williams Sabine Frank Williams Campbell’s Pond Dr. Hannizen Williams Jean F Washington Center Street

Woolwich Week in Review Highlights Local Visitors

Miss Blanche Davis of New York visits her mother Mrs Grace Davis. Miss Emily Otis of Medford guests Miss Annie Dodge. Beatrice Reed returns from Romford Falls. Various locals host guests from New York Boston and Massachusetts. Blueberry crop fails and community events include dances at Tuessie Hall Day's Ferry and a suffrage talk at the Post Office steps.

Blanche Davis New York Grace Davis Emily Otis Medford Annie Dodge Beatrice Reed Romford Falls Mary Stinson N. Y Niquasset Harold Wheeler Waterville Everson Stinson

Albany and Springfield builders visit Brunswick road project

A C Bridge of Albany and David Bridge of Springfield have been in town during the week, staying with Mrs. N V Harvard while working on the new State road from Brunswick to Augusta. Other visitors include Mrs. Florence Clark and daughter with Mr. Clark in Jay, Will Purington at Epworth League Camp, and Mrs. W F Senter and daughters plus Mrs. Frank Shorey of Brooklyn at Restabit. A Portland party en route to Augusta dined there, Italians working on the road lodged in the Rideout house and others near W H Gould's land. Pauline Gordon visits her father on the Ridge. Spear family at the Spear farm. Mrs Ight, James Purington also present. Mrs. Cora Spear improves from illness. Sherman Graves family visiting Mary Graves.

A. C. Bridge Albany N. Y David Bridge Springfield Mass New State Road Brunswick Augusta N. V. Harvard Florence Clark Clark Jay Will Purington Epworth League Poland Springs W. F. Senter Frank Shorey Brooklyn Portland Philip Chapman Mr. Wilson Rideout House W. H. Gould Pauline Gordon Red Spear Ight James Purington Spear Farm Cora Spear Sherman Graves Mary Graves

Winnegance Socials Record Pleasant Thursday Gatherings

Winnegance society notes a Ladies' Aid event at Mrs Alfred Olivers home and Brown Bible Class duties at Corliss Street. Many residents are listed returning from visits to Portland Boston Norwood Freeport and Bangor with family friends and relatives.

Gogorza To Head Red Cross Benefit at Bath Opera House

Renowned baritone Emilio de Gogorza will perform at the Bath Opera House on Wednesday August 22 to raise funds for the Red Cross. He donates a $100 box purchase and the event starts at 4:30 pm with box office opening Saturday at 9 am. Proceeds support the Red Cross fund.

Bath Red Cross Bath Opera House Emilio de Gogorza Red Cross Fund de Gogorza Gerstle Harold M. Sewall George S. Dearborn New York John

Exposure to Serious Diseases Promoted by Patent Medicines

An advertisement warns of serious diseases from impure blood and iron deficiency and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla before meals and Pepticon Pills after meals as the best treatment. It claims these medicines are economical and widely sold by druggists with a price of one dollar each.

Secretaries Daniels Letter Urges Quick Destroyer Production

Secretary Daniels writes Chairman Fitzgerald urging rapid completion of all torpedo boat destroyers under contract. He notes naval emergency funds are exhausted and a deficiency appropriation is needed to avoid delaying vital vessel construction. He warns failure would hinder war plans and calls for contracts and private building facilities to expand destroyer output.

Daniels Fitzgerald House Naval Emergency Fund

Local Visitors and Returns Lined Up in Bath

Henry R. Drew of Richmond and Mrs. Jessie Wilson of Gardiner visited Bath on Tuesday and Monday respectively. Mrs. M. E. Stackpole came from Boston to visit her sister Mrs. A. F. Smith in Bath. John Davidson returned to Rockland after a weekend in town. Walter Cook of Needham, former Bath resident, was summoned for examination. Edna Tilson and Fred McKenzie visited Sabine weekends. Leon W. Berry and family of Jamaica Plain visited Bath and Phippsburg. Mrs. Elbridge Main of Waverly enjoyed Five Islands and visited Bowdoinham. Charles Plaisted resumed Post Office duties after vacation in Massachusetts. William Perry goes out.

Ladies’ Aid Alfred Oliver Brown Corliss St Ray Oliver Quincy Walter Perry Portland Tyleston Oliver Massachusetts Massachusetts General Hospital Oliver Abbie ‘Burgess Boston Madelyn Pennison Freeport Leon Pennell Winfield Groves Mae Parker Head Charles Perkins North Star Elbridge ‘Morse Charles T. Small Clyde Morse Somerville Sherman J. Morse Ella Murphy Edgar ‘Williams Almon Perry Marie Enugene Winslow Norwood Edwin Hunt Providence Howard Hunt Robert Oliver A. S.oliver Hettie Morse Ralph Whitehouse Stanley Sabine A. J. Adams Bangor Arthur Jackson Walter Cromwell Calvin Cromwell Sherman ‘L. Morse Herbert Cutting Dromore Olney Perry Brunswick William Willis Seroe Elmer Lutkin Guss Small Long Island Fred Parks Lillian Lincoln Frances Plummer Dorothy Gibson Woolwich Alice Ochs Cambridge Lottie Clough John Clough Miss Clough M. W. Adams Albert Morse Alison Perry Mass Owen Wallace Small Point Raymond Mc ‘Quiise A. D. Adams Groves George Dennison Madelyn George Merritt Pemaquid T. Oliver Mass. General Hospital Abbie Ellen Burgess Delia Hutchings Bath Ada Oliver Sherman Morse Franklyn Herbert Cutling Henry R. Drew Richmond Jessie Wilson Gardiner John Milton North St M. E. Stackpole A. IF. Smith Washington St John Davidson Rockland Snow Walter Cook Needham

Brain needs pure blood for mental vigor says medical note

It claims the brain receives up to one tenth of heart blood and suffers if the blood is impure. Pure blood is free from humors and rich in quality and quantity. Hood's Sarsaparilla is promoted as making pure, rich red blood.

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