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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1917
Page
1
Local newspaper notice repeats the Bath Maine publication details for The Times Company with pricing and address. The short line confirms a weekly Saturday edition and an annual price listed as one dollar.
Discussion notes a proposed government bid to curb coal exports by licensing and setting limits on shipments. It argues such action could conserve food supplies and keep prices down, while urging prompt congressional approval for broader authority.
The article argues German policy ignored U S entry to the war and misjudged American opinion. It credits Liberty Bond success, praises bankers, notes naval schooling for merchant crews, urges road safety lighting, recalls the Moroni escort fight, promotes Red Cross support, and mentions local Bath Maine events and a draft exemptions board.
The Bath High School Class of 1892 held a festive reunion at New Meadows Inn with a dinner and private room decorations in yellow and white. Attendees included Capt. Percy Barbour and Mrs. Barbour, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Owen Jr., and Leland Mitchell, among others. Letters from former students and Principal Cold were read. salutatory, prophecy, and valedictory were shared, and songs and the graduation ode were performed. The class recalled close bonds with teachers and noted advanced coursework in Latin, mathematics, French, and Greek. The invincible Dyer and Shorey battery powered a victorious baseball team.
A town report warns draft age mechanics employed on government and marine work will be recorded for government inspection. Unproductive workers risk drafting into military service to ensure essential labor continues. The plan targets men taking holidays that hinder important branches of work and slow others.
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange will join Five Islands Grange for a joint meeting next Wednesday. Two special sessions precede Pomona with a fifth degree at Topsham Grange tonight and another at Five Islands Grange Tuesday evening for visiting officers. Last year Five Islands drew about 400 attendees and similar counts are hoped.
Flood water engulfed Oak Street to Bedford Street and nearby gardens while sewers failed to drain. Railroad tracks in Middle Street valley nearly submerged before crews cleared the way at 8 30. By ten o clock high tide pushed riverfront areas toward Broad and Commercial streets and the ferry slip. A boat floated at the slip as the park corner overflowed and a bridge began to shift from its moorings.
Copious showers drove pedestrians to cover while homes and gardens faced widespread flooding. A small lake near Bedford and Oak Streets rose six inches. Center Street reservoir was uncovered by a flood. Electric roads ran routes to six, then became irregular. Lisbon Falls and Bath lines stayed open, while Lewiston service was disrupted by a washout at Dill Hill. Monday the Sabattus dam breach flooded tracks at Lisbon Falls. Local service resumed this morning with several washouts on the Winneganee end not hindering service.
The narrative weighs military logic against local tradition as it reconsiders Harnden’s garrison placement near the Day house and Pay house site. It weighs elevation, sightlines, water access, and old testimony from Dr Buck and Mrs Buck’s family, arguing the Day house area offers superior defense while the ancient cellar shapes lingering doubts.
In a Poplar Bluff Missouri letter, Mrs Allia B Immons credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and enabling her to bear a baby girl. The ad claims the remedy helps many childless women become normal, healthy, and strong and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
The account outlines Sergeant Samuel Harnden’s early settlement along the Kennebec river, noting a garrison and pioneer camp near his home. It argues the chosen site offered defense and access to rich farming lands, placing his dwelling where later fortifications stood and reflecting on local events and historical plans.
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