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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1916
Page
6
In Phippsburg residents endured a windy wet Fourth of July with bells and noise to mark the holiday. Haying dominated life as farmers chased squalls and toppled hay stacks while plans moved to cut various meadows by named family hands. Visitors and locals moved through town. flowers, ice cream, and school diplomas punctuated a summer full of routine activity and neighborly visits.
Mrs. Reuben Fletcher and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Small visit from Bath appear in town notes as Elmont and Charles stay with grandparents. Wild red and white clover blossoms and wild roses fill the scented air while local grading crews repair gravel spots. Pastor Slade is ill and away to Medford for recovery.
A large crowd enjoyed a Sunday school program at the Riggsville church with recitations, songs, and a flag talk. Agnes Powers and Naomi Powers led performances as Mrs. Ferdinand Brilmayer and Miss Eysie West organized the program.
A lengthy review lauds Holman Day for Blow the Man Down a Maine author’s sea novel blending love scenes with yachting danger shipwrecks and high finance intrigue. It highlights Polly and Alma Marston two central women and Boyd Mayo the yacht captain amid Maine coast settings and maritime incident lore including the Polly and Enigma wrecks and a footnote linking real coastwise events.
Reminiscent of Major Day’s yacht wanderings the work features Julius Marston and his tools Burkett Fogg Boyne and Bradish with Capt Wass and Capt Candage. The book Blow the Man Down is described as a dandy summer read and Holman’s best.
A period of social notes lists visitors and residents in Boston Boothbay Lewiston Lisbon Falls Portland Wiscasset and Bath. Highlights include John S Hyde purchasing a Locomobile car and Edward Homer Redman born at City Hospital to Mr and Mrs E S Redman.
Mrs Joseph McLellan visits relatives in Boston as M C Fitzgerald returns from Augusta. Edward Burnham enjoys ten days vacation in Portsmouth and Boston. Wednesday a baby son arrives to Mr and Mrs W A MacCormick. Verna Belle Hall visits Rockland friend Mrs J L Beaton. W S Newell and Rollings cottage guests at Popham. Guy Burnham returns to Portsmouth after brief home stay. William S DeCoste guests in Lewiston for Fourth with brother Fred. Brown and daughter enjoy Popham outing at Arnold cottage. Harrison E Bowie and daughter Phyllis holiday with relatives in Damarsicotta. Frances E Mann visits Portland aunt Mrs James R Pratt. Harold M Sewall hosts Fourth party at Small Point with Emilio de Gogorza and others. fireworks postponed due to weather. Dr F W OBrien and wife visit Somerville and Burlington area. group returns home after Fourth. Luther S Thompson and son Paul accompany them back to Somerville.
The advertisement argues that impure blood harms digestion and causes symptoms like faintness and loss of appetite. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood and aids liver and stomach function, noting it works best with warm water and offers a “magic touch” for dyspepsia.
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