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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1915
Page
2
The piece notes Maine's continued support for prohibition reflected in liquor laws, a new city marshal plan, and council selections. It reports on Fort Baldwin searchlight work, prison labor trials in Cumberland County, and the British blockade's impact on neutral shipping, plus local fires and hotel rebuilding prospects at Rockledge Popham.
A 1915 Portsmouth column mixes a patient’s cure with Hood’s Sarsaparilla, notes on John McManus murdered in Mexico, and critiques of U S policy toward Mexicans. It also mentions Maine troops, National Guard, Torrey plant reconstruction, and Arbor Day prizes in Massachusetts.
Local items report ice on bay and spring Fisher activity in Sheepscot. Maple syrup from Bowdoinham and Farmington at 35 and 5 cents. War notes discuss Przemysl siege and Austrian losses with Maine National Guard implications. Bath police lodgers count and local business updates accompany forest fire near Arrowsie.
Bath readers report backache and kidney distress improved by Dean's Kidney Pills. Mrs G H Colby of 3 Liberty St., Bath, started using them after purchase at Webber's Drug Store and found relief from back pain and kidney secretions, with other family members also benefiting. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
An antique notice praises L. FF. Atwood's Medicine as a prompt remedy for minor childhood ills and a tonic to prevent sickness, urging regular use to maintain health in children.
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