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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1916
Page
4
A wide-ranging column reflects on American overseas trade policy, Maine’s Prohibition stance, Bath and Topsham growth, and wartime industry. It notes shipbuilding plans, returning state troops, and shifting social attitudes, with emphasis on economic and political turning points for the nation.
Morse High School approves a complete four year English curriculum revised by the superintendent, principal, and Timberlake. Viola Hogan leads freshmen, Vera Bradford sophomores and part of juniors, Timberlake the rest and seniors. The plan emphasizes composition and rhetoric with literature as a separate focus and provides yearly time allocations and topic outlines.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pepticon Pills as a powerful combination. It claims they purify the blood, restore vitality, boost appetite, aid digestion, improve sleep, and revive exhausted systems. The message promotes a two dollar package as cost effective and widely sold by druggists.
The program outlines yearly aims for composition rhetoric and grammar. It covers oral reports essays and after dinner speaking. It includes intensive paragraph development and exposition studies. Literature focus includes English history and works by Durward Milton Macbeth and Burke with collateral reading.
The Texacos edged the Athletics by one pin in a close Park League match at Park Alleys. Smith set a season record with 124 in singles and led overall with 316 as the Texacos posted 1333 to 1332.
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