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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1915
Page
2
The column surveys Christmas shopping optimism, Ford as propagandist, and battlefield fatigue among veterans. It notes rail delays in Portland, divorce rumors over cars, road congress plans in Worcester, and Holland women’s suffrage moves. Germany ends a Serbian campaign but exposes overextended rail lines and strategic strain.
Purports to cleanse and enrich the blood to restore health. Claims to purify and revitalize the body, noting forty years of use and worldwide distribution. Sold by all druggists.
An advertisement touts Pinklets tiny pink laxative granules as safe for long use without habit formation. It claims relief for torpid liver biliousness constipation and headaches and promotes a free sample and booklet from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
Deputies captured McGinn after a chase from a Bath home where 16 full quarts of whiskey 2 half full quarts and three full bottles of ale were seized. McGinn fled across a barbed wire fence into a swampy pasture and woods before being cornered by deputies arriving back with the loot. The Richmond scene saw residents remarking that they believed McGinn was caught.
Old Bath residents and local historians learn from a Boston Post clipping that sculptor Franklin Simmons left an estate valued at 94748 dollars 43 cents. Appraisers fixed 12548 dollars 40 cents in goods and chattels and 82300 dollars 03 cents in rights and credits. Simmons died in Rome on December 7 1913 and left his art collection to Portland. The collection is now in Portland with securities totaling over eighty thousand dollars found in a Portland vault.
The YMCA notes close group games at gymnasium with grade school boys. Last week Holbrook and Stearns won both basketball and volleyball. Holbrook led athletic meet with 13 points, Stearns 10, Curran 8, and R. McInnes 2. Four teams form now with 36 enrolled. new boys sign up to join a team. Boothbay Harbor A A schedules basketball with the Association seniors for December with two games at Boothbay. Chamber of Commerce to use Association rooms December 7 for merchant welcome event.
Bath county deputies led by Aderton Reynolds and Norris raid a Richmond house on Sampson street at 4:30 am. They find whiskey in a kitchen, hall, and bedroom, with liquor seized from a dress bag and a suitcase. The owner, Frank McGinn, was in the residence during the search.
E A Williams of Riggsville began repairs on the Captain Oliver homestead and discovered a beehive occupying the chimney. He peeled back the chimney wall to reveal ten layers of honey eight feet long and 12 to 13 inches wide, each about 2.5 inches thick, totaling 189 pounds. The bees had swarmed in years earlier and remained unseen.
An advertisement warns that kidney disease raises arterial tension and harms heart function leading to death from uremic poisoning. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Anuric Tablets as a preventive measure and offers free water analysis and medical opinions from the Dr. Pierce Valids Hotel in Buffalo, NY. It also notes relief from backache and urinary issues with Anuric.
Neighbors across miles examined the large exhibition as petitions circulate in Richmond Bowdoinham and South Gardiner calling for re routing of the trunk line from Topsham to Gardiner.
Ongoing improvement efforts in Center street businesses continue as crews upgrade storefronts and access. The project aims to enhance safety and aesthetics for shoppers and tenants along the commercial corridor.
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