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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1919

Page

7

Woolwich Resident Mrs Brown Found Dead in Montsweag Bay

The body of Mrs Thrattie Kimball Brown widow of Elwin G Brown was found in Montsweag Bay Monday afternoon by her cousin Edwin Dunton after family members conducted a search. She had been in poor health with heart trouble and a nervous breakdown.

Thlattie Kimball Brown Elwin G. Brown Montsweag Bay Edwin 8 Dunton Brown Lowell Brown Mrs. Brown Wiscasset Reuben Brookings Thomas Mains Hollis Bailey Lynn Mass Llewelyn Bailey Jennie Howe Alfred Trott Albert Wing Marcia Stinson New Y Albert Ames George Howe Frank Waleh Maxine Roxbury John Reed A. B. Thwidg Boston Y Point Georgetown Sana Metal Trades Union

Unclear fragment notes visitations and funeral in Maine

Fragmentary text mentions Abial Boas funeral in Wisconsin and Chauncey Baker visiting his brother while someone named Stinson and a mother travel to a funeral. mentions Lewiston visits.

David Stinson Wiscabset Abial Ie Boas Eepery Lewiston Chauncey Baker

Mayor laments sewer plan for Tented City and colony sewage

Louis Gagne, self styled mayor of Tented City, condemns a U S Housing plan crossing L A W Ryfield to link with the Emergency Fleet Corp sewer. He says officials promised a field sewer to drain western open pits, prompting fourteen families to build on Sancier street and fearing 20 with new homes. He warns he will erect old fashioned closets unless a cross field pipe is installed to connect waste systems. Also notes Mr and Mrs J H Thomas visiting their seaside home at Thomas Cove Westport.

Louis Gagne United States Housing Corporation L., A. & W. St. Ryfield North Street Maine Central Railroad Gagne Sancier Street

Fifteen Year Old Saves Drowning Man at Mill Pond

Percy Brown, 15, rescued Fred Benner about 20, who strayed into a dangerous swim at Mill Pond. Benner was unconscious on shore. Brown, expert swimmer, pulled him to safety and revived him with aid from others. Benner works for Texas Steamship Co. Brown works Saturdays and after school for C. W. Rogers.

Percy Brown Fred Benner Mill Pond Benner Brown Texas Steamship Co C. W. Rogers

Bath hosts county WCTU convention June 30

The Bath WCTU plans a full day and evening Sagadahoc county convention on June 30 at Corliss Street Church with delegates appointed by Bath members. Basket lunches provided. tea and coffee served. Funds show $102 of a $300 Bath quota pledged. March 20, 1920 deadline for payment extension noted.

Bath Sagadahoe Corliss Street John Blaisdell Anna Gibson Annie Perry Agnes Perry

Phippsburg Sees Busy Season as Town Plans Road Work

In Phippsburg the selectmen sessions gauge rising taxes due to state and county increases and new labor needs for road projects. Freeman H. Merritt improves Sebasco and hosts guests while town hopes to mobilize labor from the town farm for road work. A feldspar find near Albert Storer could become a quarry, and repairs fix a broken bridge near Small Point.

Sebasco Freeman H. Merritt Blison Houdlette Small Point Popham Phippsburg Albert Storer Syvester Bath Daily Times George C. Pease George L. Oliver Bath William I. Mains John A. Morse Reed Farm William Smart Bowker Yard Basin Road Melvin Wallace Maurice Pye Boston Richard Mann Walter Mann Herman Hallett Walter McCourt Arrowsie C. V. Minott Grace McIntire James (. Gillis A. F. Williams McCabe Daniel Harley Candy’s Harbor Maria Harris Virginia Popham Beach Harry D. Mank

Hood's Sarsaparilla Praised for Half Century of Confidence

An aging testimonial touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a medicine with real merit for blood stomach liver and kidneys. It claims public confidence built over fifty years and three generations of users who report relief or cure from ordinary ailments.

Hood

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