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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1909
Page
2
The piece urges further support for manual training in city schools and notes the DBunev estate gifts will aid. It calls for improved street lighting on Summer Street, discusses Maine farm expansion and dairy conventions, and highlights local civic and economic hopes including rail, trade, and housing gains with Thanksgiving approaching Bath.
Bath resident Mrs. F. Farnham reports dull back pain headaches and dizziness resolved by Dean's Kidney Pills. She claims lasting relief and endorses the remedy, priced 50 cents with Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. agents.
Westport reflects on past Thanksgiving poultry abundance with geese ducks and chickens once common. Farmers once shipped turkeys to Bath market for good prices though many ventures failed as young birds died early. Now hens and flocks provide steady income while local tradesmen like Woodbury Hogdon and others visit Bath and nearby towns.
A successful vestry supper in Winnegance raises funds for heating apparatus upgrades. The old New England menu drew many locals, with plans to host more dinners at Perry's hall to fund a drinking fountain in Postotice square if city water is supplied. Local fishing reports noted few launches and early catches. Aubrey N. Trask, now in Farmington, visited and praised the area. Don F. Cook travels for business through New Hampshire and Vermont. Narnie EF Trask remains ill, keeping to the house and missing school duties with a substitute.
Mrs Abbie Jaques has gone to Lisbon Falls to visit friends while Mrs John Lewis shows improvement after illness. Mr and Mrs Frank Thompson of Webster depart for Tucson Arizona to winter with cousin Mrs Millie Roberts Mariner, daughter of town residents. Mercy Woodworth aged 93 on Oct 24 receives 102 cards from friends nationwide and many gifts.
Advertisement offering life positions with free study materials and guaranteed salaries. Numerous posts listed across Custom House, Internal Revenue, Immigration, Bureau of Printing, Railway Mail, Post Office, Penitentiary, Bureau of Animal Industry, Agricultural Service, and Weather Bureau. Respondents instructed to mark desired position and mail details to Portland Maine address.
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