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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1917
Page
2
The account visits Cairo and the pyramids with notes on the Great Pyramid Cheops Chephren and Mycerinus. It mentions Hassen Said Dragoman, the Sphinx, and a humorous fortune teller while recalling a daharbeyah trip up the Nile and gaze at antiquities.
The account describes the Heliopolis Palace Hotel in the Lyhian Desert built for millions, famed as the finest hotel with 22 marble columns, glass skylights, gardens, and elegant guests. It notes a desert panorama, a camel colonia, a Cairo farewell, and a voyage toward the Mediterranean with sights from Port Said to Stromboli and the Italian prison on Iclian island.
The Five Islands Grange held a large gathering Tuesday with seventy attendees including seven visitors from Southport Grange and State Secretary E. U. H. Libby of Auburn. Thirteen candidates received the third and fourth degrees amid refreshments. a new flag presented by Ida H. Rowe came from Commodore R. G. Davenport of Washington, D. C. The session praised by the secretary included plans for a future flag raising, and the hall preparations and social events in town drew a wide turnout.
Demand for West Bath cottages exceeds supply as spring and summer plans unfold. Many cottages near the electric car line are already taken, with Texas Company workers and local families flocking to seasonal rentals. Grange guests and local visits pepper the week, while hay crops face poor prospects and farmers brace for a lighter harvest.
A historical newspaper ad offers a one hundred dollar reward for an uncured catarrh case by Trall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo and a 15 year trust in the firm. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as internally absorbed with testimonials free and 75 cents a bottle, with distribution by druggists and a constipation remedy.
Fishermen report sighting an object they thought resembled a submarine near Seguin and Cross Island off Machias Bay. Reports describe a surface, barrel-like shape and a muffler explosion, prompting Coast Guard notification and naval reserve contact. observers gave varied certainty about the sighting.
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