This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1915
Page
2
The piece outlines the Hyde bill creating a five member Bath Board of Education with at large city elections and petition nominations. It weighs prohibition themes, German British naval actions, and U.S. ship policy, urging defense of neutral rights and restraint in foreign entanglements.
The ad claims long illness cures by Hood's Sarsaparilla, proving it purifies and enriches the blood to expel humors and derangements. It asserts no other medicine matches its thoroughness and urges readers to insist on Hood's Sarsaparilla today.
An advertisement promotes Pinklets by Dr. Williams Medicine Co as a sugar coated laxative that avoids stomach upset and purging effects. It promises a sample or 25 cent bottle through druggists and urges readers to abandon salts oils and harsh purgatives. The piece is embedded in a broader wartime column discussing caucus week and prohibition developments across Europe.
Smelts sell for 18 cents a pound as Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge meets and sewing circle serves lunch. Coasting parties draw crowds on Chestnut Hill toward Lincoln Street. Funeral services for Mrs Joseph B. McCutcheon and Thomas A. Cahoon draw many relatives and Eagles and Hyde Windlass workers. Central Church marks Suggestion Day. State Boy's Conference delegates named. Storm of 1914 recalled with wreck of lake steamer Wallula observed at the wharf.
Sunday reports cloudy but warm with epidemics of colds and a modest market note on turkey price. coastal shipping news include Maine vessels seeking South American trips and two freights to Rio Janeiro and Buenos Aires. a public armory plan in Lewiston Auburn gains backing, with Portland leading in dummy armament setup and training facilities for coast artillery.
Beacon Street Sunday School distributed valentines to all scholars from the superintendent. Washington Day will be observed tomorrow. The February social is led by Mrs William Thistles class as they rehearse their program. A Bath man offered a dollar for a setting hen to hatch eggs and another Bath man tricked him by tossing a rooster in a bag to look like a setting hen, then left with the money.
Advertisement by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio asserts deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It promises $100 for any case cured or not by Hall's Catarrh Cure and urges sending for circulars. Sold by druggists for 75 cents with Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Newport Maine resident J. L. Morton reports quick relief from catarrh of the stomach using L. F. Atwood's Medicine. Doctors reportedly confirm the stomach catarrh and Morton keeps the remedy at home, praising its effectiveness. Get a big bottle at the dealer for 35 cents with a free sample by mail from L. F. Atwood's Medicine Co. Portland Maine.
Skincare advice for itchiness rashes and pimples touts Dean's Ointment at 50c. Burdock Blood Bitters priced $1.00 marketed as a general health tonic. Dean's Regulats 25c boxes claim mild liver and bowel effects. All are advertised as available at drug stores.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.