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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1913
Page
8
Probate Court next Tuesday and a wave of summer events fill Bath and nearby towns. Circus visits Kimball field and Santelle's tour stop in Rockland, bellied by new transit schedules, openings of inns and clubs, and plans for trees and public improvements as residents await better weather.
Mrs S F Bagley returns from Boston. Charles Henry Butler improves his Montsweag home. Henry Cunningham reportedly buys Morton place in Arrowsic. Two Rufus Savage children ill with pneumonia. Mrs John Sheldon returns from Portland visit. Memorial Day exercises honor veterans with flowers on graves and Kennebec waters. Rev H H Dunnack of Augusta delivers a strong address. Alewife catchdown blamed on poor weather. Portland visitors caught trends. Ferry service may run nights for Bath entertainment access. Pomona meeting drew few Woolwich attendees. Farmers busy. Captain Joseph Thomson owns one of county’s oldest carriages. Shad season fair. drifters outperform weirs. Mrs Edwin Hathorne returns after hospital stay. State road hearing held at Town Hall with Commissioner Hardison present. Mrs Everson Stinson improving. Mr and Mrs Desmond of Somerville arrive as guests of Mr and Mrs Frank De La.
West Bath residents report on holidays for pupils as schools closed for Memorial Day. Charles W. Campbell attended Sagadahoc Pomona Grange in Bowdoinham. tax books are ready for collection by Henry Rose. The town prepares for summer, with boat club plans, theatre bills, and street improvements underway.
Hon Forrest Goodwin representative in Congress from Maine's Third district died Wednesday at St Barnabas Hospital Portland from cirrhosis of the liver. He had been ill for weeks and returned from Washington to Skowhegan three weeks ago. He suffered internal hemorrhages last Saturday and died after further bleeds in hospital.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cure failures and extols Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. Endorsed by F J Cheney Co and the National Bank of Commerce Toledo, testimonials offered free. Internal remedy claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. 75 cents per bottle and available from all druggists.
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