State Highway Board Proposes Abolishing Dangerous Blind Crossing
Lyman H. Nelson of the State Highway Commission writes Mayor Dunton of Bath Maine proposing to abolish the Maine Central Railroad crossing known as Blind Crossing. Plans estimate total cost about 16000 dollars with Bath 10 percent, Maine 25 percent and railroad 65 percent.
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Dunton
New Meadows
Portland
Maine
Arthur J. Dunton
Bath
State Highway Commission
Brunswick
Maine Central Railroad
Public Utilities Commission
State Highway Department
City of
State of Maine
Lyman H. Nelson
Fire at Pine Street Tenement Damages Albee and Allen Homes
A Saturday fire in a double tenement on Pine Street started in an airtight dining room stove. Miss Lizzie Allen, principal of Washington Street Primary, and Miss Martha Allen, both schoolteachers, were aided by Charles Albee and others as the blaze was confined to the Allen apartment with water and smoke damage to the Albee unit. Fire crews recovered a bank book and cash belonging to the Allens, while Mr Albee suffered burns assisting in the move.
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Pine St
Mattie
Elizabeth Allan
Charles Albee
Allen
Elizabeth Allen
Martha Allen
Charles Shephard
A. S. Potter
Lizzie Allen
Allens
Albee
H. W. Crosman
Misses Allen
Martha
Lizzie
Washington Street
William E. Beesaw
Seed Improvement Lecture Highlights Plant Germination
Last Friday at Bai ley School of Industries C W Barber Cumberland County State demonstrator explained seed structure and factors for germination. He urged seed testing and selective planting to improve yields noting oats can reach ninety to one hundred bushels per acre and germination rates vary by crop. The talk closed with questions, and next lecture will cover milk and cream handling by O A Jamison. President Hyde signed a contract for two new torpedo boat destroyers and the first carload of material arrived that morning.
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Bailey School of Industries
C. W. Barber
Cumberland County
Mr. Barber
Barber
O. A. Jamison
John S. Hyde
Bath Iron Works
Midnight Train Delayed by Locomotive Accident
Rockland reports a four hour late evening train on Tuesday due to a derailment at Hardings where a locomotive tender jumped the track. A spur track was laid so other trains could pass, as the Rockland Courier-Gazette notes.
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Rockland
Hardings
Study and Exercise for Thin Children Promote Health
Article warns that overstudy harms children by reducing outdoor activity. Recommends at least two hours daily outdoor exercise, ten hours sleep, and Dr Williams Pink Pills to restore color and appetite. Claims as safe tonic aiding growth, with free booklets offered by Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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Dr. Williams
Bath contractors estimate cost to repair Miller clothing building
Community notes from Bath report contractor estimates for repairs to the Miller clothing building. The item collates local events from Barnstable to Lewiston including dances at Popham Beach Society Hall and various social happenings.
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Bath
Miller Clothing
Popham Beach
Society Hall
Stevens
Richmond
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Recovers Nervous and Kidney Ailments
A long-running stream of testimonial letters touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the cure for nervous spells, kidney issues, and recovery from illness. Mrs Waters of Camden describes two years of suffering ending in two months of relief, while Mrs Kickroper of Hanover reports bearing down pain relief and a successful pregnancy after using the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Trius Aters
Mechanic Street
Camden, N.J
Hanover
C. A. Kickroper
R.F.D
Lydia E.pinkham
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State Highway Board
State
South End
Bailey School
Castoria
Fletcher
Labrie
Lewiston
Morse High
Augusta
Joseph Footer
Franklin St
Gideon Evans
Tibbett's Lot
Sabine Way
Sanford
Coirliss Street
Times
Farmington
Smellville
Lewiston Journal
Eternal Youth
Joseph E. Anderson
Joe Anderson
Auburn
Joe
Anderson
Wiscasset
Dld
Kennebec
Andersons
Cy’s
Wade
Hanover, Penn
Castor
Samuel Pitcher
New York
Bears
the Centaur Company
New York City
Union Street
Cyrus W. Longley
D. M. Humphreys
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Maine
G. C. Fuller
V.S
G. EB. Legard
Vine St
Tel
Chichester
Chickeaters
Andy Pilla
Axx
Cucu Cree
Fidelity C
Tife
THD
Maine Central
Richard Commons
Sheadahoe
Sagadahoe
Fred W. Coombs
David G Standish
Sagadafoc
Sagedahee
Helen HH. Magoun
Charles F. Magoun
Saida
James S. Loweling
Register
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
E—R. I
Howard
Winthrop
SAIL
ESMAN
Harvey Oil Co
Cleveland
Dr. Thomas
Eclectic Oil
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