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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1912
Page
8
City eyes inauguration of new government next Monday with City Clerk Kelley as candidate. Spring begins next Wednesday. Bath sees upbeat economy with shipbuilding contracts and high polo score. Local politics include Clyde Lake’s bid for clerk, and Colonial club anniversaries unfold as officers celebrate birthdays and club pictures go on display.
Tomorrow on St Patrick s Day a Bath couple Mr Albert Tibbetts and Mrs Sarah Tibbetts celebrate fifty years of marriage He was born 1835 in Woolwich and is a well known Bath citizen She born 1832 in Vassalboro taught school here before their 1862 wedding The couple reside on Washington Street and have one daughter Mrs Henry Adams of Damariscotta with many friends expected to offer wishes.
People’s Safe Deposit & Savings Bank of Bath Maine announces a notable event dated March 15 1912.
Kennebec Yacht club members anticipate spring sailing with the Portland and Freeport clubs. Nearly 60 new boats are under construction for a potential fleet of 150 on the cruise to Tenant's Harbor Rockland and Camden. Bath committee officers include Commodore Charles W. Clifford Jr and Vice Commodore Titcomb. The item blends club news with unrelated advertisements and a 1886 Catarrh Cure note.
An advertisement explains annuity insurance as a safe long term investment with annual payments based on age, citing example yields for 1000 dollar purchases at ages 55 65 75 and 85. It notes no medical exam, bank cashing of coupons, and claims New York Life as issuer with assets over six hundred million dollars while warning principal is at risk.
An advertisement touts Swett's Red Iron Blood Pills as a safe tonic for blood and nerves. It claims benefits for sallow complexions and pale people, improving appetite and imparting strength, noting physicians use them as a general tonic and that they are prepared under U.S. law.
In Bath Sagadahoc Maine a Court of Probate orders the trustee to publish three weeks in the Bath Independent that heirs may appear on April first to show cause why administration should be allowed. A second order from the County Commissioners sets a hearing March 26 1912 at 9 30 A M at the Richmond Town Hall on petitions regarding the Park Ferry Richmond and Dresden Ferry and directs notices in Bath Independent Enterprise and Richmond Bee seven days prior.
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