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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1915
Page
2
The piece surveys Labor Day leisure mingled with the Hesperian sinking and German war stance. It flags tariff effects on American industry, school board politics, water supply, and public safety rules, while noting D A R efforts and local civic issues. It mentions Mexico turmoil, Grand Duke Nicholas, cotton concerns, and prohibition era debates.
The report notes officers and higher authorities knew of boat defects yet officers operated the craft. It urges prompt action to fix deficiencies shared by all F-class boats to prevent loss of life and safeguard future naval operations.
Althea G. Quimby writes from North Turner Maine thanking E C Plummer for raising the issue of Mormon “Mass sisters” and pledges the W C T U to speak out against a liberty she calls the cruelest form of slavery. The exchange also notes Edith Plummer and Bath Maine contacts.
Captain Andrew J. Savage resigns after forty two years with the United States Steamboat Inspection service in Boston. William M. Gilman of Arlington succeeds as inspector of boilers. he previously served as assistant inspector. Savage, 81, long served with Merchants and Miners Line and on a government transport during the Civil War. He lives at 73 Harvard Avenue Allston.
The 1915 Portland summer ranked not the coldest in 44 years but near average, with a mean three month temperature of 62.5 and total rainfall of 18.15 inches, almost twice the long term average. June was cool with 1.72 inches, July 10.84 inches, August 5.87 inches. Popham Beach boats halted due to storm swell and undertow affecting landings from Bath.
An 19th century style ad claims rheumatism stems from blood acidity. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as purifying the blood and aiding digestion to ease inflammation stiffness and pain. It urges readers to obtain Hood's today.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills to relieve stomach pain and heartburn from acid diet. It claims the pills enrich blood and aid digestion, offering a free diet book What to Eat and How to Eat. The company sells individually or in six pack by mail from Schenectady New York.
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