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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1916
Page
4
The piece notes Theodore Roosevelt's ongoing presidential bid and a massive New York preparedness parade with 145,000 marchers. It also covers Army reform, Civil Service critiques, and public interest in education, roads, and local civic initiatives, highlighting bipartisan support for preparedness and concerns over tariff and federal aid.
The public remains doubtful about a proposed cent-a-gallon gasoline substitute. Keeley and Jernigen are recalled as figures linked to earlier debate or promotion.
The piece warns the Hohenzollern threat as civilization's main peril while noting eleven Coast Artillery companies withdrawn from border duties amid European tensions. It argues this weakens coastal defenses and preserves skilled artillery obstructed from infantry tasks. It also mentions a damaged schooner Henry Crosby and a church lecture on peace.
A oddly built car used its fifth wheel as a jack to raise or lower the vehicle in an emergency on the Hockomock. The Popham Beach Steamboat Co renamed its spare boat the George Popham, honoring the colony leader who landed at Popham in 1607, replacing the steamer Virginia temporarily under repair.
An article urges Americans to guard against kidney trouble from over rich foods and uric acid. It promotes "Anuric" as a cure claimed to remove uric acid, stronger than lithia, with Dr. Pierce's backing and offer of trial package or full treatment.
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