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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1916

Page

7

All the Way by Water Cape Cod Canal Trip Looms Large

The Eastern Steamship Co offers an Atlantic coast excursion between New York and Boston via the Cape Cod Canal. The Massachusetts and Bunker Hill sail daily at six, with eight miles of illuminated canal sailing at night. Passengers view shoreside towns, racing crowds, and a searchlight spectacle as the canal shortens Boston to New York travel by 77 miles. The canal passage costs 11 000 000 and pilots board just outside the entrance for a measured transit.

Eastern Steamship Co Times Atlantic Coast New York Boston Cape Cod Canal Metropolitan Line Express Massachusetts Bunker Hill Massachusetts Bay Long Island Sound Cape Cod

Maine School Census Shows Growth Across Counties

The Maine school census publicized by the state board of education shows 226237 children ages 5 to 21, up from 225013 last year. Cumberland leads in pupil numbers, followed by Aroostook, Penobscot, and York. a county breakdown for 1915 and 1916 is provided. Mr and Mrs W A Pidgin of Lewiston with Miss Bessie Little of Oberlin visited town Sunday, en route to Southport.

J. J. McDonald Winslow John Meader Sabasticook Hollingsworth & Whitney Mills Mrs. Meader Pauline Carroll and Vaughn Maine State Board of Education Cumberland County Aroostook Penobscot York W. A. Pidgin Lewin Bessiettle Oberlin Ohio State OF Maine Sagadahoc Homer Whitney Topsham Charles Jacobs Somerville Emily A. Whitney Horace J. Whitney Ella Charles E. Jacobs A. D Fred H. Thompson State OF Bath Said A. Dpd James 8. Lowell Yrus W. Longley Register Lizzie R. Moses James Lowell Sagadahoe

Lumber operators burn brush to protect timber at Morse farm

Harlan Gregg Co of Nashua NH burned brush and waste material at the Morse farm near Phippsburg to prevent fire spreading from mill operations. Workers from Arrowsie assisted as wind favored safe burning and nearby groves will also be treated. the area will be tilled afterward. Officials notified locals to avoid alarm.

Phippsburg Morse Farm Harlan Gregg & Co Nashua N. H Arrowsie Gregg & Co Gregg

Democratic meetings schedule heats up across Maine counties

The Democratic State committee released revised county meeting dates with Augusta City Hall on July 12 and lists for Aroostook Piscataquis Penobscot Waldo Hancock Washington Oxford York Cumberland Sagadahoc Androscoggin through August 5. Blueberry season opens as well. Kennebec Fruit Co displays fresh figs and large honeydew melons in Bath, noting new fruit introductions.

Democratic State Committee Augusta City Hall Kennebec Fruit Co Bath Frank Fier State OF Maine Sagadahoc Leonee B Moody Watertown Commonwealth of Massachusetts Margaret B. Moody Leonee B. Moody Margaret © Moody County of Middlesex Sagadahoc County, State of Maine Sugadahoe Day's Ferry N. EE Hodgkins Lucy Charles EK. Moody Sagadahoe County Kelley, Spear & Co Bowery Street Kennebec River Land of New England Ship Building Company New England Ship Building Company

Health Board warns Maine boards on infantile paralysis risk

Dr. A G Young in New York cites Brooklyn outbreak with 50 new daily cases and high deaths. Maine boards urged to observe New York arrivals from the city for 10 days, watching for symptoms and isolating if needed, not to quarantine New York.

A. G. Young State Board of Health New York City Augusta Boards of Health Brooklyn N. Y Greater New York Maine

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