Extravagant Poor Relief Debated by Bath Overseers
Chairman Hall of the Bath Board of Overseers of the Poor described cases of abuse in public aid including a man with made to order clothing and an $8 vest, four gold watches bought with $1 down and 50 cents a week, and a Bath pensioner who shifted costs to the town. He warned of fraud, noted professional beggars, and said some families repeatedly received aid. He advocated limits on store orders, cited work requirements, and reported 1915 16 text book and fuel costs with appropriations and unpaid bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Board of Overseers of the Poor
Augusta
Bath
East
D. C. Heath & Co
Ginn & Co
MacMillan Co
American Book Co
Arthur K. Purington
State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Zina B. Hunt
Margaret A. Wildes
High Street
Fred Stevens
John Small
Isaiah Wildes
Margaret A
Emma P. Smith
Reuben M. Wiggin
Caine
Isabelle May Wiggins
Walter S. Glidden
Independent
Chambers
Portland
Cumberland
Natt
F. Howe
Georgetown
Charles L. Eaton
Said
Carrie P. Howe
William C. Eaton
Topsham
A. D
Bath School Board Text Book Committee Report
Bath Me February 7 1916 to the Members of the Bath School Board Gentlemen. The committee on text books and courses of study reports to the board. Members listed include Leland R Mitchell Arthur K Purinton H Rowland and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Low
W. E. Hogan
C. A. Peaslee
Bath School Board
Committee On Fuel and Janitors
Leland R. Mitchell
Arthur K. Purington
Bath, Me
Winter Street Congregational Church Parish Meeting and Supper
The Winter Street Congregational Church held a large annual parish meeting and supper on Tuesday with 160 attendees. Rev. O W Folsom led prayers, meals were served by the ladies, and the entertainment and service drew wide praise before the annual business meeting elected officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Congregational Church
O. W. Folsom
IL. T. Snipe
F. H. Percy
Alma Palmer
Lina Sewall
S. R. Percy
Charles M. Webber
J. E. Drake
William Donnell
Charles H. Mason
Charles Taylor
John A. Morse
H. F. Morin
E. R. Leonard
C. Low
E. D. Hodgkins
A. K. Purington
Parish Meeting Minutes Highlight Treasurer Report
Moderator C. C. Low presided as clerk Henry R. White treasurer Mary P. Hill and parish agents led committees. Trustees and Prudential Committee members including J. E. Drake and Charles W. Clifford served terms. The treasurer reported all past year bills paid and Rev. M. J. Duncklee gave the closing prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Low
Henry R. White
Mary P. Hill
J. BE. Drake
J. E. Drake
C. W. Clifford
G. C. Moses
L. T. Snipe
A. F. Austin
O. W. Folsom
R. W. Conforth
David L. Black
Prudential Committee
John A. Morse
Charles W. Clifford
M. J. Duncklee
Care of the Baby Weight Growth Guide for Infants
The text explains that a baby’s weight is a key health indicator. It gives typical birth weights for girls and boys, expected loss after birth, and steady gain milestones by month, noting temporary plateaus during heat or reduced feeding and urging medical help if weight stagnates or declines. The range cites month by month targets up to one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Bureau
U. S. Department of Labor
Washington, D. C
Grippe warnings and infant care notes from Sagadahoc page
Public health notices warn of a grippe epidemic and urge immediate self care with quinine and liniment. The text also covers infant weighing practices, proper feeding, and the use of standard scales, plus probate court notices for Bath and Sagadahoc County and administrator appointments for Bowdoinham estates.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Spectfally
J. P. Ledyard
J. L. P. Burke
S. H. Rowland
Committee On
H. Rowland
Winter ST. Church
Grippe
Johnson
Abner Johnson
Mary E. Jewett
Jonh G. Jewett
James S. Lowell
Henry W. Anderson
Climena K. Anderson
Cyrus Ww. Longley
Herbert Turner
Medford
Massachusetts
Edwin C. Patten
George P. Keith
Charlotte S. Turner
Mass
Margaret C. McCurdy
Daniel T. Dougherty
Frances Wi. Humphreys
Ghorge
James
LO LL
Attes Cyrus
W. Longley
Lowell
Yrus W. Longley
Irvin Keizer
Lucy A. Spear
Mary A. Keizer
Effie L. Shuman
Rockland
Lulu A. Boggs
Waldoboro
John S. Spear
Rockport
Sarah E. Caler
Warren
Framena E. Davis
Cyrus W. Longley
State OF Maine
Longley
Men Ete
John D. Rogers
William A. C.rogers
Phippsburg
Martha A. Rogers
Calvin W. Rogers
Elmer W. Rogers
Annie M. Crocker
D. Rogers
William A. C. Rogers
Edward W. Bridgham
Rus W. Longs
Jackson Block
Sagadahoc Pattern Land Model Works
Proton
Bolsa
Saia
Jon
Hwoticoe
Faustina A. Andros
Bowdoinham
R. B. Andros
Adm R
George S. Andros
Bowdeinham
R. B. Andres
R. Ae
Supreme Judicial Court
Natt F. Howe
James Ss. Lowell
Ates
Udep
Louise H. Gahan
Brunswick
Obed B. Merrill
Androscoggin River
Howard B. Willits
Merrill Island
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Nellie N. Patterson
George A. Patterson
Aimue
Maria M. Graves
Bureau of Agriculture
Washington
Boston
New York
Bath, Maine
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