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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1915
Page
2
The Times Company publishes weekly Saturday edition from 53 Free Street in Bath Maine.
Local column weighs Bath's push for a Bowdoinham to Tacoma electric line to boost commerce and repair Bay Bridge loss, plus critique of Penrose tariff proposal and federal shipping policy amid world events. Mentions Bowdoin professor George T. Little and Bath booster sentiments. Roger Skillings returns from Boston visit.
Pure blood is claimed to strengthen bones muscles and organs with Hood's Sarsaparilla praised as unequaled for scrofula catarrh rheumatism and loss of appetite. The ad urges readers to buy today from all druggists.
Prof George T Little long time Bowdoin College librarian and historian died last Friday in his 58th year from Brights disease and complications. He was born Auburn May 14 1857 and educated at Bowdoin class of 1877. He led Bowdoin library growth and edited its general catalog plus active in libraries associations and alpine clubs. He leaves a widow and four children Ruth Little Tappan Little Noel C Little and Mrs Ray W Pettingill.
Alphonso W. Smith, Richmond's leading merchant for over four decades, died August 5 at the Libby House where he spent the summer. He was 73, born in Richmond, started in the grocery business at the war's start, and retired five years ago. He leaves daughters Mrs. Henry W. Hawkins of Boston and Miss Alice G. Smith of Boston, brothers D. Oscar L. Smith Everett Mass., Charles T. Smith Richmond, Henry C. Smith Brunswick, and sisters Mrs. Freeman Wood Bath, Mrs. Ida Tibbetts Richmond, Mrs. James M. Curtis Richmond. Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church.
A Boston era notice urges Hood's Sarsaparilla as the remedy for vacation fatigue among pupils and teachers. It claims outdoor activity fails to rebuild nerves, appetite, digestion, and sleep, presenting the tonic as the cure to restore health during vacation.
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