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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1916
Page
5
A sprawling summary notes critique of German conduct in World War I, calls for stronger policies toward Germany, praise for U.S. unity on reform and YMCA fundraising, and updates on local politics, public works, and a Park Bowling League season finale with postponed games.
The ad promises no frills and a nickel’s worth of smokable tobacco with Perfections. It emphasizes that Perfections contain only natural Virginia tobacco and nothing else.
The German note offers peace on its own terms, but the evidence shows insincerity behind the gesture. Germany would seek peace yet refuses to meet the necessary terms, while the Entente alliance aims to eradicate Prussian militarism to prevent future offenses against civilization and world peace.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is recommended as a blood purifier for scrofulous or impure blood conditions. Peptiron Pills are advised for radical or characteristic anemia and nervousness, with many patients showing combined symptoms. Using both remedies reportedly provides fourfold benefit and they complement each other. Get them from your druggist.
Congressman D. J. McGillicuddy sent a May 4 1916 note to F H Percy enclosing a $10 donation for the local YMCA and wishing success. Ralph Gay returned from Worcester for a brief vacation after an April 25 appendicitis operation and planned to resume duty with Colonial Navigation Co in Boston.
Owen F. Riley a longtime Bath Iron Works boiler shop worker died at his Portland home at age 42. He served in the Spanish American War with Company L Sherman Rifles and belonged to L C C M 819. Funeral Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and burial at Calvary Cemetery. Survived by his wife his mother two sisters and a brother.
An advertisement claims purer blood boosts disease resistance and lowers illness risk. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine to purify blood and restore vitality, noting usefulness at the current season.
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