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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1914
Page
3
The Bath editorial urges continued resistance to surrender of U S right to toll exemptions in the Panama Canal. It supports equal open access under the Say Pauncefote treaty and criticizes the British claim endorsed by the administration. The piece calls Bath Industries Corporation stock support and notes local civic events and weather as context.
The advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a reliable blood purifier that corrects acidosis, builds the system, and drives out rheumatism by cleansing the blood. It claims forty years of uses worldwide, treating loss of appetite, stomach and kidney troubles, debility, and skin and blood diseases. Get a bottle from a local druggist and begin treatment.
An Independent piece reports a Bath man with 14 Barred Plymouth Rocks and a rooster. His hens laid 2760 eggs in a year, raising three broods. A Woolwich kitten named Jimmy Valentine, musical yet nonpurring, lives with a Boston bulldog guardian. Deer were sighted near NequasSet, and local officials announce harbor commissioner reappointments and a municipal court recorder. Donald S. Thompson underwent appendectomy at Bath City Hospital and was reported comfortable.
Edmund I Leeds announces appointment as executor of the last will of Henry I Fo Marshall of Newton Massachusetts. Bond filed as required. All claims against the estate must be presented for settlement and debts paid promptly. Abner Johnson of Phippsburg Maine named agent and attorney in Maine. March 3 1914.
A pen and ink map dated 1797 was found by Dr. William E. Rouse and framed in the Bath office. The plan marks the Point, rivers, creeks, shipyards, a windmill, schools, and the first post office, detailing early streets, land plots, and notable residents, offering historical and topographic insight into Bath’s early settlement.
The Maine Highway Commission outlined bond issue road plans at the Camden Board of Trade banquet. Within four weeks contracts will be let for a large portion of the 1300 miles to be built this season. The longest trunk line will run Portland to Brunswick with federal aid of 65 thousand dollars.
The Abenaki Camp Fire Girls met Saturday with Miss Foote. Congressman McGillicuddy provided a large bundle of garden seeds and home gardening books, which were distributed among members. this is the second donation from him.
The 1913 Maine corn contest offered $100 to the top shelled corn per acre with a $25 second prize tied to Sagadahoc fertilizer use. Six finalists reported, led by Miss N. C. Burleigh of Vassalboro with 119.1 bushels and George Crocker of Manchester with 107.6. The article notes strong cultivation and seed quality as key factors and cites cost estimates around $50 to $60 per acre with potential 100 to 150 bushels per acre. It includes reminiscences of Lincoln Street well and a Bath appearance by I L Keating promoting a Lewiston-Auburn auto show.
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