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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1916

Page

10

Morse High School entertainment by Weeks Washington and Marshall pupils

Pupils from Weeks Street, Washington Street, and Marshall Street Primary schools performed at Morse High Assembly Hall last Friday. The long program featured plays, dances, and songs with notable solo numbers by Beatrice Nichols, Grace Tyler, and Ernest Wexler. Proceeds fund interior decorations and playground apparatus for Mitchell School.

Morse High Assembly Hall Washington Marshall Street Mitchell Carrie H. Arott Effie Wright Lillian F. Fisher Weeks St Sarah Coombs Marshall St Louise Holbrook Vera Rines Lillian Glidden Weeks Street Colonia Doris Soule Marjorie Specht Mildred Hunt Dorothy MacDonald Isabelle Paisley Dorothy Wexler Philip Eaton Frederick Lacy Osmer Jewett John Sheldon Merritt Mitchell Franklin Pierce George Tarker Dorothy Morey Harland Shepherd Raymond Vachon Grace Tyler Olmvier Jewett Louise Swett Little Maid Japan Martha Washington Omah Trott Rosina Bates Althyne Munsey Christine Lockery Susan Quick Estelle Reed Mildred Chaplin Elsie Trott Martha Batts Beatrice Nichols Ernest Wexler

Proposes District Almshouse Act To Replace City Maintained Homes

State Board of Charities plans a bill for the next Legislature creating county or district infirmaries to care for the aged and indigent under a uniform system. The act would establish district boards of trustees, require annual reports, set employment aims, and mandate per capita maintenance funding from municipalities within each district.

State Board of Charities and Corrections Androscoggin Aroostook Bangor Cumberland Cumberland County City of Portland Franklin Franklin County Hancock Hancock County Kennebec Kennebec County Knox-Lincoln-Sagadahoc Knox Lincoln Sagadahoc Oxford Penobscot Penobscot County Piscataquis Piscataquis County Somerset Somerset County Waldo Waldo County Washington Washington County York York County State Board Boards of Trustees Board of Trustees

Memorial Day Exercises in Bath Maine Precede Services

Sedgwick Post No. 4 G A R Bath Maine directs a Memorial Day program on May 30 with a 2 PM parade from Front Street through Linden and Oak Grove Cemetery, including Bath Military Band and Scouts, followed by services at Central Congregational Church and floral tributes at City Landing.

Sedgwick Post No. 4 G.A.R Bath Maine Front Street Linden Street Sharp E. B Corliss Leland Mitchell Central Maj. W. R. Kimball Grace Church E. B. Pinkham Post Sedgwick Kennebec Naval Veterans Oak Oak Grove Cemetery Sedgwick Post Lincoln Street Green Soldiers’ Monument Center City Landing Kennebec Central Congregational Church Coombs C. W. Longley Small

Lincoln Address Read Aloud at Gettysburg Service

A program features Rev C W Harrison reading Lincoln s Gettysburg Address with Comrade Curtis leading prayer and Miss Margaret Bakeman directing Ninth Grade pupils. Rev D L Wilson conducts songs by the High School Glee Club, and the benediction is by Rev C W Harrison with music including America.

Siding C. W. Harrison Lincoln Gettysburg Comrade Curtis Margaret Bakeman D. L. Wilson America

Memorial Exercises at Morse High School Friday

Morse High School held memorial exercises Friday afternoon with a program including Columbia Gem of the Ocean Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech and The Star Spangled Banner. Principal J. P. King introduced the event and Cello solo and glee club performances followed by an address by Timothy B. Curtis. Sedgwick Post G.A.R. assisted in the observance.

Morse High School Columbia Gem of the Ocean Lincoln J. P. King Josephine Crosman C. B. Timberlake Dorothy Mason the Old Guard Myrle Strong Margaret Hanson John Miller Leo Burke Timothy B. Curtis Sedgwick Post G.A.R Star Spangled Banner

Brunswick given year to widen Gurnet bridge passage

The War Department orders Brunswick to widen the Garnet bridge opening from 40 to 160 feet within one year, by May 17, 1917. Auburn’s E W Goss, active with the New Meadows Boat Club, says hearings supported by army engineers. The town must remove the causeway and widen the clear space to ease river currents for boats.

Brunswick Gurnet Bridge War Department of the United States E. W. Goss Auburn New Meadows Boat Club War Department Garnet Bridge Army Goss

Mechanical farming grows in France as traction ploughs prove effective

Paris reports a surge in mechanical farming with successful traction plough trials and new farmer cooperatives. The General Agricultural Society surveys regions for land to plough and harvesters to deploy, planning to leave machines with farmers. A trainee driver school is proposed while most equipment currently comes from the United States.

Paris France General Agricultural Society United States

Road Patrol Instructions Prompt Early Road Check After Rain

State aid road patrolmen are instructed to begin checks as soon as rain ceases. The directive emphasizes prompt inspection by patrolmen to assess road conditions and determine necessary maintenance actions. The emphasis is on rapid mobilization and adherence to guidance during improving weather.

Household remedy ad for Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil

An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil as a household remedy for common ailments including a baby's croup, Willie’s daily cuts and bruises, a mother’s sore throat, and Grandma’s lameness. Available in 25c and 50c bottles.

Willie Mama Grandma Thomas

Road drag operation guidelines for patrolmen detailed

The excerpt outlines road maintenance using a drag to fill ruts, with patrolmen riding the drag to move material and keep the tool at the correct angle. It mandates filling wheel ruts, drying sections first, and leaving damp areas last, plus ensuring drainage ditches, clear culverts, and properly sized intakes to rapidly remove surface water. It notes advertising results are sometimes slow but eventually reliable.

Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy

Claiming catarrh is a constitutional disease, the promotion asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo treats the blood and mucous surfaces. Internal doses from 10 drops to a teaspoon, with a $100 reward for any failing case, circulars and testimonials offered. also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.

Hall F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio

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