Change of Issue for Bath Independent to Thursdays
The Bath Independent will shift from Saturdays to Thursdays starting the week of May 26 to provide a more newsy issue. Readers are urged to contribute local news to expand coverage of surrounding towns and neighborhoods. The piece also notes President Wilson's call for Congress on May 19 and discusses upcoming Memorial Day parade plans for young students to honor veterans.
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Bath Independent
Sagadahoc
Independent
The
Wilson
Congress
Washington
Kennebec and Portland Railroad heritage and early finance
The article details the Kennebec and Portland Railroad history from early route planning to financial troubles. It covers the 1850s and 1860s shifts, equipment shorts, and the 1864 reorganization into Portland and Kennebec, with passenger and freight figures and connections to Somerset and Androscoggin lines.
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The
Sanaten and Kennebec Railroad Company
Somerset County
Carrdtunk Falls
Kennebec
North Anson
Noridgewock
Bloomfield
Skowhegan
Kendall's Mills
Fairfield
Waterville
Androscoggin
Kennebec and
Portland
Augusta
Kennebec River
Ticonic Falls
S. and K
Kennebec and Portland Company
Farmington
Brunswick
Lewiston
K. and P
Boston
Somerset and Kennebec
Andreacogin Railroad
City Council approves broad appropriations bill
City councils pass an extensive appropriation bill allocating funds to home care for an aged couple hydrant rental highways and sewers city stables repairs walks snow streets sewers salaries bridges and culverts new equipment street cleaning sprinkling road oil Rogers farm insurance debt legal aid health center Memorial Day veterans groups police protection public library and debt reduction with registration and election costs noted.
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Andrew 3
Merrill
Daniel A. McDonald
Ward 6
Kingsley
Bath
City Water Service
High
Bridge Strets
Noyes Hill
Kate
Long Beach
Pine
Washington
Ida H. Dow
Board of Highways and Sewers
Committee On Fire Department
Oak Street
Preble’s Lane
Court Streeet
Winslow Court
High Street
Winship Street
Oliver
Thistle
J. M. Roche
Roche & Fleming Inc
Clough, Maxim & Roche
Park Street
John W. Gilmore
Stephen Litchfield
Murdock M. McDonald
Herbert Ly .Grimnell
Tho. L. Morrison
Guy Crosby
Horace FE. Ward
Rogers Farm
Insurance City
Bath Health Center
Sons of Veterans
Look Young Again With Dr Pierce Favorite Prescrip
An advertisement claims women can look young by taking Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It targets fatigue worry and female ailments, promoting liquid or tablet forms and free medical information from the Buffalo institute. It urges sending stamps for a trial box and notes castor oil and laxatives as accompanying aids.
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Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Endorses Plans to Pave Streets with Shared Cost
The discussion supports paving streets with residents paying half the cost and the city covering the remainder. N Gratz, R Ham, and Peter A Olinto push for adoption while noting a need for action and city guidance in street matters.
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N. Gratz
R. P. Ham Geld
Othet
Peter A. Olinto
City cheers as purple Sitrye lands at gathering
The crowd greeted the speaker with applause during the generation of remarks at the city event, signaling strong public support for the land project.
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Sitrye
Two Whippet Tanks Rummy and Midge in War Tales
In Bath a tank party led by Sergt. Walker C Brown and Corp. L F Hill recounts their World War I exploits. They detail cleaning out pill boxes and machine gun nests, capturing German guns, and the grim casualty of two allied soldiers killed by a German officer after a humane gesture. The group includes Sergt. Brown, Hill, Sgt. Edward B. Caine, and Private Jasper P. Dangler, with spouses Mrs Brown and Mrs Caine present.
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Comey
Walker C. Brown
328Th
Argonne
Corp
L. F. Hill
Hindenburg Line
Jasper P Dangler
St. Mihiel
Brown
Honeymoon Ride in Tank Sparks City Tale
Mrs Dangler did not accompany her husband to Bath while Corp Hill and the other boy in the party toured the city, a curious anecdote from a local outing.
Judge of probate removes guardian in custody case
The article reports a probate judge removing a guardian after a dispute over a child's custody. Testimony from James EL Lee and others defended the house as respectable, denying poker games or immoral activity. Mrs Goulet sold out in January and now lives in Boston. The supreme court will determine guardianship for the child.
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James EL Lee
Dupont
Op Goulet
Secanm
Smallpox Cases Reported in City
Four smallpox cases noted in the city with three at the emergency hospital on Drummond street previously used by the United States Guards and one at home. All patients are men and described as mild. Resident Sanitarian Kingsley urges vaccination for those who can.
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Scott Re Frye
Watson, Frye Co
L’t
Bath
Chamber of Commerce
Barra
Drummond Street
United States Guards
Sanitarian Kingsley
Ruth Harriet Southard Child of Southard Family
The infant Ruth Harriet Southard daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Southard was brought to Bath Vermont on Monday for burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Coventry.
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Ruth Harriet Southard
Clarence Southard
Bath Monday i
Coventry, Vt
Oakrove
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