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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1918
Page
2
Crowds gathered Sunday to watch the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the Department of Housing progress on two city housing projects. A gasoline automatic trench digging machine drew the most attention, capable of 10 feet deep and 40 inches wide trenches and placing up to 250 feet of trench daily.
Irving E Baker writing from Atlanta describes rapid army transfers, a quick trip to Bath to see his ill mother, and his return to West Point. He was ordered to Camp Hancock Augusta for machine gun officer training, working 15 hours daily in hot weather on white sandy soil reminiscent of light snow. He notes cotton fields ready for harvest and chats with a Maine acquaintance about election results.
The former tow boat office of Capt. W. G. Small at Mulligan wharf has been transformed into a one room tenement. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gardner and their three children now occupy the snug dwelling, with a shed added on the south side. Gardner notes the space heats with little fuel.
Mrs. E S J Nealley of High street reports a Frenec boy, Roger Gousset, son of a Paris college professor, adopted by the High street Neighborhood club. The club sent $36.50 for his education and his mother, Mrs Veuve Gousset, has written grateful letters. The photo notes a likeness to Nealley’s grandson Edward and similar adoptions are noted in Bath and by the Central Sunday school.
George Crockett, from Bath and a July Camp Devens enlistee, is chosen for the officers training school at Camp Lee Virginia. Fourteen of 150 men, including two sergeants, will depart mid October. Crockett now attends the non commissioned officers school at Devens and serves as musical director.
Robert Sutherland of 269 Center Street displayed an 11 foot 8 inch hollyhock at the Times office window. He notes it grew from a stray seedling blowing from Lester Pratt’s yard and has produced 100 blossoms, with five in bloom when the plant toppled in a storm.
Georgetown area residents are listed with visits, travels, and small-town events. People like Mrs. Edward L. Patterson and two children return to Dorchester Massachusetts after a Georgetown summer. many others visit Bath, Brunswick, Roslindale, or Boston, with meals and gatherings noted. A Buick engine is installed at Tuzzo's quarry. influenza closures affect Maud B Thayer’s Quincy school. Miss Bora Oliver dies in Bath, with burial at Oak cemetery.
An advertisement recounts a Maiden Woman’s recovery after grip using Dr Williams Pink Pills. It explains grip aftereffects like weakened blood and nerves can invite rheumatism and other illnesses, and cites the Malden Massachusetts woman’s improvement after eight boxes. It urges readers to obtain pills and related Pinklets laxative tablets.
The former Larrabee print shop on North street has been moved to the second lot from Bedford street. Henry W. Howard owns it and plans a double tenement with end ells. The corner unit will house Alton Wright and family, touted as an inviting street dwelling.
Public health guidance urges staying home during illness and avoiding gatherings. It stresses covering coughs and sneezes, keeping warm, and reassurance that the epidemic will pass, reflecting common sense measures for reducing transmission.
Mr and Mrs John W Smith return from a short outing and shopping trip to Boston. The husband resumes clerical duties at The Texas Steam ship Co after the break.
An advertisement touts the True LF Atwood Medicine as a reliable household remedy for indigestion discover clogged intestines constipation colds headache and impure blood. It claims the genuine LL F is made by LF Medicine Portland Maine and offers an extremely low price for the product.
Sunday service at Five Islands led by Miss Cecil Scripter with a large grange audience. News notes include a Bath death, Georgetown bridge repair, residents traveling to Richmond and Bath, local announcements, a herring seiner ashore but refloated, and plans for next grange meeting with many local names and activities.
Patrons dine inside a moving bathhouse style restaurant as Renwood Brewer hauls a story and a half house from Boothbay to Bath by scow. Elbridge Giles ferried the building to Bishop's wharf and set it on track across Washington street toward its new lot while the chef kept service running. The move attracted quick business in a hungry Bath market.
Royal Schaefer of East Orange New Jersey substitutes for F and Cot while the latter takes a short vacation. Schaefer is regularly employed at the New York office of the company.
Bath roller polo fans anticipate a revival if the new hall in the Jackson blockshop is used for skating this winter. If not, polo may not return in Bath. The American polo league, active in southern New England last winter, weighs reopening with franchises from Boston Worcester and Connecticut.
The Bath Y M C A plans expanded activity to serve a larger population and meet boys demands. The building and Columbia theatre may be used fully. Parents regret limited upper grade sessions, and organizers emphasize flexible schedules to adapt to changing conditions. Galen c Ward is ill with pneumonia, with his young daughter also affected.
Miss Frances Southard of Wellesley 1919 is quarantined on the campus. The main campus spans over 506 acres with no current sickness in college buildings.
William W Heamer returns from a fishing vacation at Small Point with 16 black ducks and coot noted as flying well. The Boston Gun Club plans arrival at its Small Point camp Saturday with meals prepared in Bath for members. Howard Call and Ford Miller's dog report partridge. a veteran Bay hunter bags eight ducks on the bay. Gertrude Merrymian of Brunswick returns from Boston and New York after a professional course.
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