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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1916

Page

8

Aerial ferry plan proposed for Kennebec River

Calvin E. Cromwell presents a draft for an electric powered cable car ferry across the Kennebec at Bath and Woolwich. Two 200 foot towers would ground a main cable with a 25 by 30 foot car suspended high above the river to avoid spray and ice. He argues it would be faster and cheaper than existing ferries, though no cost estimates are provided and the scheme remains theoretical.

Calvin E. Cromwell Independent Woolwich Bath Mr. Cromwell Kennebec Woolwich Hills Cromwell Hockomock Brooklyn Bridge Maine West

Grippe Epidemic Urges Immediate Action Against Cold

A historical public notice style warns of a widespread grippe epidemic with advice to seek quinine or rhinitis pills at once, take Johnsons Anodyne Liniment, keep fresh air, and avoid drafts as a preventive measure. The document also includes probate notices, assets, and estate actions from Sagadahoc and Bath, Maine, dated 1916.

State OF Maine Sagadahoc Margaret M. Brown Winthrop Commonwealth of Massachusetts Mary F. Webber Bath Samuel E. Webber A. D William FE. Hutchins State OF Maine Said Laurinda Wescott Bowdoin Johnson Abner Johnson Joseph M. Trott Betsey J. Délano William L. Delano Portland Charles A. Corliss Bsagadahoc Mary FE. Jewett Jonh G. Jewett James Lowell Hunt Aeaine Saewar Sta Ate 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 EK. Davis Cyrus W. Longley MA Sagadahoc John D. Rogers William A. C. Rogers Phippsburg Martha A. Rogers Edward W. Bridgham Rath Henry W. Anderson Climena K. Anderson George S. Andros Bowdeinham Christopher O. Carter Raganehoe F. Howe Georgetown Sagadahoe Charles L. Eaton Carrie P. Howe William C. Eaton Topsham Natt F. Howe James 8. Lowell Register Louise “H. Gahan Brunswick Obed B. Merrill Androscoggin River Free Bridge Howard B. Willis Merrill Island New England Telephone and Telegraph Company LOUISE_H. GAHAN Bath Independent James 8 Yrus W. Longley

John Murphy and Miss Mildred Chandler Wed in City Ceremony

John Murphy and Miss Mildred W. Chandler married by City Clerk Albert J. Grassy at 14 Walker Street Monday evening. A. G. Page, recovering from illness, attends to business at the Page diamond store following his convalescence.

John Murphy Mildred W. Chandler Albert J. Grassy Walker St A. G. Page Page Diamond

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