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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1916

Page

9

Local Jottings and Community Notes

Local items report on selling livestock in the Independent. Peace Day observances occur in public schools. Morse High seniors plan to attend Gorham Normal School. Charles T. Jackson resumes business at 72 Front St after illness. Gospel Mission meetings interest the community with Rev. Marshall Powers preaching. Mrs. Harvey Hopkins returns to Malden. Mrs. Mary Segers visiting Malden. Bath schooner James B. Drake arrives at Vineyard Haven from Trapani with salt for Gloucester, departed Trapani Feb. 22. Popham Beach life savers to wear new regulation uniforms June 30. Capt. Harvey J. Berry takes a five day vacation. Mrs. Berry visits Machias for health reasons. I. M. McIntire acts as captain during absence. Post Office Dept. allows veterans of Civil or Spanish Wars to take Memorial Day leave without pay. L.A.&W. poles laid for trolley cable to Texas yard. first car run on new rails. Benjamin Curtis nominated trial justice for Richmond by Gov. Curtis. Foreman Reid recovers from accident at the Texas yard. Hockomock ferries begin season with day and night crews. Letter from R. P. McFadden and sons returning from Boston describes a long, challenging trip in a Ford car.

Morse High Gorham Normal School Charles T. Jackson Front St Gospel Mission Marshall Powers Topsham Harvey Hopkins Malden Mary E. Segers Bath James B. Drake Jason McKeown Vineyard “Haven Trapani Gloucester Popham Beach Harvey J. Berry Popham Life Saving Machias L.a.&w Texas Yard North St Benjamin Curtis Richmond Curtis Isaac Spaulding Foreman Reid Carlton City Hospital Hockomock C. W. Gray William Tibbetts J. Edward Stinson William Shea George Roderick T. W. Coss William Beals Everett Brooks Delmar Smith John Pinkham R. P. McFadden Clinton George Boston Roscoe

River eases. Sunbeam brings coal to Gibbons Co

The river grows clearer yet fresher up above Augusta as the schooner Sunbeam arrived Monday with a cargo of coke for the Gibbons Coal Co. Community notices include PTA and Ladies Sewing Circle meetings, church events, and a Republican caucus in West Bath.

Augusta Sunbeam Gibbons Coal Co South End W. S. Nason Corliss St First Baptist Church John C. Rideout West Bath Horace S. Cragin Georgetown First Baptist Sunday School Central Maine Power Co Chopps Point Syracuse W. C. McNamara American Express Co Thomaston Rufus Lombard J. Henry Galt Harry Rich Fred Winter Mr. Galt

Sailboat visit and town notes from Bath area

The article records a Bath region miscellany including a sailboat sighting on Long Beach, a Samp son destroyer visit to Rockland for trials, local construction at Twitchell cottage, clergy transfers to West End Church, and colorful remarks about Nat Place and local fishing lore. It also covers a baseball opener at Boothbay Harbor, ice supply for the State House, Harriet Hartwell funeral details, Cape Cod Canal tolls and travel time, and a weekend car wreck near the Dyke with injuries and recovery from City Landing to the Kimball residence.

State House Lake Cobbesseecontee Plummer Harriet E William H. Hartwell Belmont Mass Edward H. Hartwell High St Gould J. Brown New Church Oscar F. Williams W. Scott Shorey E. Hartwell William Foss Portland Oak Grove Cemetery

Humane Sunday Observed And Local News Notes

Humane Sunday was observed in local churches on the 21st and a week of kindness to animals closed. Baron Rosentwist arrived from New York for a weekend at his summer home down river. Eben Poole learned his son Daniel was critically ill in Guilford, where he has run a bakery for two years.

Baron Rosentwist New York Eben Poole Guilford Daniel State Dreamland

Bath Citizen Finds Doan's Kidney Cure Permanent

Bath resident Mrs. F Farnham of 18 Shaw St states Doan's Kidney Store cured her backaches headaches and dizziness. She credits relief to the product and notes the cure has been permanent at 50 cents a bottle from dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sells the remedy.

Farnham Hua Foster-Milburp Co Buffalo, N. Y

Peptiron and Pepticon Pills Boost Hood’s Sarsaparilla

Physicians promote a Blood purifying and tonifying regimen using Hood’s Sarsaparilla with Pepticon Pills and Peptiron Pills. The pills add pepsin iron manganese and other tonics to harmonize with the sarsaparilla to cleanse blood build strength and stimulate appetite.

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Independent stock to sell and local events summary

Morse High stunts postponed two weeks. First salmon caught at Small Point feeding Bathites Sunday dinners. Wildflower gatherings and woodland strolls active Saturday night. Epicures beat Elmhursts 1202 to 1179 with Jones high single 106 and high total 269. Train broken window after stone throwing near cemetery bridge. Auto accident injures Stover wrist. Hattie B. lightering from Central Maine Power towers for Chopps Point. power cable to city.

Independent Morse High Bathites Epicures Elmhursts Jones Bad Boys Cemetery Bridge Frank Wilson Rexford Stover Young Stover Crocker Hattie B MCRR Central Maine Power Co Chopps Point

Rockland Yachtsman Party Arrival and Local Notes

Steward Cook and assistants arrive from New York to join the yacht Winchester. The Ladies Aid and League of Central Church hold a Monday box supper at 6 30 p m. The Sagadahoc County convention may feature Mrs Deborah Knox Livingston of Bangor as speaker next month. The City of Rockland returned from Boston with passengers bound for Boothbay summer resorts and heavy freight. Masters Lawrence of Sasanoa Bluff trains two baby eagles feeding on alewives. A Gardiner freshet sends strong current and river debris near Gardiner and Bath.

Cook New York Winchester Ladies’ Aid League of Central Church W.C.T.U Deborah Knox Livingston Bangor Sagadahoc Rockland Boston Boothbay

Famous physician announces Anuric as best uric acid solvent

Dr. Pierce of Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo proclaims Anuric the best uric acid solvent. He cites quick relief for inflamed urination backache and rheumatic pains, explains kidney detox and blood purification, and promotes a 50 cent package or 10 cent trial offer.

Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo N. Y Pierce Dr. Pierce

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Morse D. L. Wilson Central Congregational Church Evans People’s Baptist Church Lincoln Hall Hooker Deermont Clothing Co Roland Crocker Edward C. Plummer House of Representatives Senate Woolwich- Wiscasset New Road Wiscasset Sheepscot Bridge New York City Harry Webber Connellan Amusement Co Long Beach Down River Sampson Fore River Works Twitchell John Beebe Solston Nat Place Lewiston Journal Portland Press Nequasset Howard Rice Officer Rice Charles Bates Young Men’s Christian Association Boothbay Harbor Bath Boys Samoset Club McLean Metropolitan Line Cape Cod Canal Sagamore Buzzards Bay Harry Thebeau Kimball Brothers Kimball Mr. Thebeaux William Robson City Landing Fred H. Kimball Charles P. Wetherbee Bath Iron Works Harry A. Magoun New York Shipbuilding Co Moosehead Lake New Foundland England Revenue Cutter Massachusetts Clifford M'Culloch Phippsburg William Hodgkins Popham F. J. Lisman West Indies Hodgkins Virginia Keegan Everett Plant Manchester Mr. Plant William F. Plant N. H New England Joseph Kingsbury Center St Lawrence Sasanoa Bluff Gardiner Ariel Gardiner Bridge Fletcher Castoria Pere Cof What Is THE Ntaur Compa York Cit Fidelity Trust Company Eee Basking Averte
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