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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1915

Page

5

Big Ship Plant Plans Revealed For Mobile Ala

Edward W. Hyde reports to The World on plans for a major shipbuilding plant to be built in Mobile Alabama to serve South American trade via the Panama Canal. The yard aims to 600 foot vessels with 800 foot drydock and 500 foot railway, employing 4500 to 5000 workers and capital around 4 million dollars.

New York World Edward W. Hyde Bath Mobile Mr. Hyde Panama Canal England Hyde Bath Iron Works Maine Fore River Quincy Mass Boston New York Ship Building Company Camden N. J Cramps Philadelphia Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Atlantic Coast Union Iron Works San Francisco Moran Brothers Seattle Pacific Coast Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bath Tron Works United States Shipbuilding Company Bath First National Bank

Constipation or Comfort at Last with Pinklets

Advertises Pinklets laxative as a gentle, sugar coated remedy for constipation. Claims it avoids nausea and stomach upset, compares favorably to harsh purgatives, and offers free samples or full size 25 cent bottles through Dr Williams Medicine Co. in Schenectady New York.

Dr. Williams Medicine Co Schenectady N. Y

Stars and boys shine in school play production

The piece highlights masculine directors Shocks and Hayes and praises the youngsters for a creditable, entertaining show produced by their dedicated teachers. The finale features the school marching in and singing The Star Spangled Banner, a result the Times reporter would not have believed possible. The article lauds the children as a credit to city and state, charming, well behaved and bright.

Scientific Country School Mabel Redlon Shocks Hayes Times

Memorial Day notes and community events in Bath area

Local items report Memorial Day stores closing at noon and reopening evening. A Baker child born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lee Baker. School fundraiser at Weeks Street netted 509 dollars after 25 cents tickets. Pythian Sisters hosted a collations for Knights of Pythias parade. Parson Turbine official E H B Anderson toured Bath for torpedo boat Wadsworth trials. Chamber of Commerce planners invite merchants to Brunswick celebration with an automobile parade. Insurance inspectors tested steamers engines, fire department hydrant survey conducted. News of the barge Winthrop foundering off Virginia coast. crew saved. Names Wollaston and Atlantic chosen for two Staples barges. delays due to planking from Texas City. Social at Beacon Street Vestry featured music and readings to benefit Sunday School. Local timberland checks and Falmouth fire losses noted. Blake Lumber Co. faced losses of $10,000 with Mr McCormick sharing in wood loss.

Frank Lee Baker North Attleboro Mass Baker Edna Ingraham Popham Peach Weeks Street Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters Knights of Pythias E. H. B. Anderson United States New York Bath Wadsworth Bath Iron Works E. C. Day Tiley, Jr Chamber of Commerce Brunswick P. G. W. Anderson Boston New England Fire Department City Landing Winthrop Fall River Virginian Stephen H. Manken Massachusetts Wollaston Atlantic Texas City Lewis H. Goward Beacon Street Vestry H. K. Erskine Elliott Fuller Bernard Emma Sydleman Arthur Thistle Bernard Sydleman Fred Carey Prof Edson Elliott William Thistle Bibeault C. L. Blake C. E. Blake Blake Lumber Co Lowell M. J. McCormick Mr. McCormick Falmouth Grand Trunk Railway

Bath news notes include circuses and shipyard updates

New Meadows Inn dinners cost 75 cents. Beacon Street Church young chorus grows to twenty five voices. William J. Bryan enlisted in navy. Bangor grants large passenger list from Boston. Memorial Day cottage plans fill Bath. Painter Everard decorates Bath Lodge. Wadsworth destroyer tests to thirty knots. official trial June 22. La Tina’s Wild Animal Shows and Frank Robbins Circus booked for Bath. Miss Susan Jane Stover dies in Brunswick aged 79. Weeks St Grammar School beats St. John’s 11 9 with two homers by Robbins and Knight. Joseph E. Boardman exhibi tion in Times Office. Cumberland Street Church event features surprise party for Browne. Sedgewick Post No. 4 hosts sunrise meeting with gift of silk US flag from T W Hyde Camp.

Beacon Street Portsmouth N. H Times William J. Bryan Sagadahock Bangor Boston Joseph E. Everard Bath Lodge Ellis Home Lomford St Tulsedo Wadsworth Re Daniel Hoffman la Tina Frank Robbins Bath Susan Jane*Stover Brunswick Pleasant St Miss Stover Harpswell Simeon Elizabeth Dunning Stover Herman Stover Gertrude Lundrigan Weeks St. Grammar School St. John’s of Reed's Wharf E. Robbins E. Knight Weeks St L. Smith Ec Henry Peters Marshall J. Andrews E. Frank Joseph E. Boardman North Atlantic Admiral Dewey Cuba General Miles Genral Gomez New York Santiago Gomez Cor Army of Cys Macoe Corliss Street Sedgewick Post No. 4 G.A.R T. W. H.2 Camp, Sons of Veterans Ladies’ Auxiliary Frank H. Beals Sons and Auxiliary U. S Sedgwick Post No. 4 Dept. of Me Beals Charles A. Coombs T. W. Hyde Camp and Ladies’ Auxiliary

Bath Opera House Builds 80 Foot Billboard Corner Vine Washington

The Bath Opera House advertising department led by John E. Whittey prepares an eighty foot billboard at the corner of Vine and Washington Streets. Delays push back a Christian Science lecture by Bicknell Young. Elizabeth Gordon of Auburndale speaks on temperance at Corliss Street under W C T U. The Myrkle Harder Dramatic Co extends its Plainfield engagement to an eighth week. Fire near Bath City Landing destroys lumber and mills owned by Clarence Morse. Maccabees lodge to be instituted in Bath June 10 with 31 charter members. Shipping moves include Tug Seguin bringing Abenaki to South Gardiner Lumber Co and barges being moved to Boston and Baltimore. White Sox defeat Rough and Readies 9–0 at Dead Horse. Memorial Day tilt Hyde Windlass vs Lewiston Nationals ends 5–4 for Lewiston. Bates College commencement honors announced with multiple language, philosophy, and science awardees from Bath and surrounding towns.

John E. Whittey Bath Opera House Vine Washington Sts Bicknell Young C.S.B Elizabeth Gordon Auburndale Corliss Street Gordon Plainfield Westport Bath City Clarence Morse M' Laughlin B. A. Wingate Portland Order of Bath The Maccabees Louis Syde Times Seguin Abenaki South Gardiner Lumber Co New York Parker’s Flats Piedmont Boston Baltimore Ariel McCarthy North Boothbay White Sox L. Hill J. Kelleyec J. Ledyard J. Wright J. Kelley D. McDonald E. Hawley J. Avery J. Clinto J. Olinto J. Mallett E. Belanger Jones P M. Boudreau G. Comeau E. Lemont C. Burgess C. l Leavitt Kelley Field Hyde Cuttings Coss Cass Atwood Man. Boardman Morse High Boys W. Roy Bates College George C. Chase Chaoel Frances W. Bryant Richmond Ida F. Kimball Barbara N. Morrell Merrimac Mass Geneva A. Page Bucksport Leslie R. Cary Ashland N. H Louis Jordan Falmouth Henry P. Mullen Somersworth Marion R. Cole Crystal Etta I. Hale Bridgton Helen M. Hilton Machias Harold C. Abbott Dorchester John T. Greenah Jersey City N. J Ernest L. Saxton Meriden Conn Science Winnifred F. Jewell Viola B Nevens Lewiston Mary E. Wadsworth Gardiner Charles H. Higgins Auburn Harl A. Harding Hemet Cal Paul R. Smith Belfast

Thefts Reported at Cemetery Sunday and Monday

Burglary and theft reports surface as bouquets vanish at the cemetery during a weekend. The Hockomock ferry logged 50 cars on Saturday, 50 on Sunday, and 65 on Monday, with many teams and passengers. Deputy Reynolds stops a suspicious traveler, uncovering ten quarts of whiskey and bonds set for trial Tuesday.

Hockomock

Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad

Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications. internal remedies are needed. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It is described as a prescription by a leading physician, a tonic and blood purifier. Send for testimonials. price 75 cents. Also take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.

Hall Iren F. J. Cheney & CO Props Toledo

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