Remarkable Early American Figures and Nantucket Heritage
Charles E. Allen recounts 18th and 19th century figures linked to Tammany Hall, Andrew Jackson era politics, and Quaker settlements in the Kennebec Valley. He notes Jacob Barker’s son Wharton Barker, family ties to Nantucket settlers, and a Nantucket wharf and farm now linked to Hawthorne lineage, with portrait of Betsy-era political shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany Hall
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
David Rovers
Clinton
New Orleans
Texas
General Taylor
St. Charles
Abraham Barker
Philadelphia
Wharton Barker
Abraham
Jacob Barker
Swan Island
Perkins
Kennebec River
Maine
Kennebec Valley
Benjamin Tupper
Obed Hussey
Timothy Folger
Robert Barker
Nantucket
Boston
Nantucket Wharf
Nantucket Farm
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hussey
Folger
Barker
James Tupper
Charles E. Allen
Good Roads Meeting Attendees List Local Officials
Among those present were county and town officials from Woolwich Richmond Bath Bowdoinham Topsham and Harpswell plus street and sewer commissioners and several local leaders. The gathering included notable figures such as Alton B. Thwing Merrill McKenney Charles H. Mason and Charles L. Farnham along with O. F. Williams O. C. Nutting Noble Maxwell Lewis M. Fulton and Asa Hathorne among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton B. Thwing
Woolwich
Merrill McKenney
Richmond
Charles H. Mason
Bath
Frank A. Small
Charles L. Farnham
The
Street and Sewer Commission
Oscar F. Williams
O. C. Nutting
Noble Maxwell
S. W. Nelson
Bowdoin
Lewis M. Fulton
Bowdoinham
Isaac W. Coombs
Fred A. Higgins
Henry Holden
West Bath
Henry Smith
Arnold C. Morse
J. W. Davis
Charles 4. Minott, Jr
Harry C. Webber
Phippsburg
Frank K. Jack
James J. Spinner
A. O. Ripley
Topsham
Charles A. Corliss
J. E. Fullerton
P. A. Hackett
Harpswell
Asa Hathorne
Nova Scotia legislature seeks reciprocity vote
The Nova Scotia legislature votes 31 to 4 on reciprocity. Amid other regional notes a Boston Wild West show opens and a Maine red granite plant burns, with $200000 loss and plan to rebuild.
Delicately Formed and Gentle Laxative For Women
A promotional description extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle safe laxative suitable for maidens wives and mothers. It praises its delicate flavor stomach toning and beneficial cleansing action. The genuine California Fig Syrup Co product is sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Free Seed Corn Offered By Maine College of Agriculture
The University of Maine College of Agriculture offers to cooperate with at least 200 Maine men and boys to grow corn. Two ears of selected seed corn will be provided for experimental plots, with sample lots to be exhibited at Farmers' Week in Orono. Participants must report methods and results and submit a ten car sample. Prizes will reward top exhibits and youth judging contests at Farmers' Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Agriculture
University of Maine
Maine
Orono
England
New England
Seed Improvement Association
Portland
Probate Court Transacts Several Administrations and Accounts
April term proceedings show administrations granted for Ruel Seigars and others, wills proved and allowed for Betsy Whitmore and Marshall White, accounts presented for James Cutting and Henry Smith, accounts allowed for Marie Malo and Lillie Clifford, inventories filed for Lydia Clifford and Hannah Hinckley, with affidavits of notice filed in multiple estates in Bath Richmond Topsham Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsey B. Whitmore
Bowdeinham
Marshall H. White
James H. Cutting
Sarah D. Small
Phippsburg
Henry F. Smith
Moses Marco
Richmond
Elmer F. Hayes
Joseph M. Hayes
Bath
Marie L. Malo
Joseph O. Malo
Lillie W. Clifford
Frank F. Clifford
Malden
Mass
Victoria A. Snowman
Walter E. Snowman
Georgetown
Annie J. Staples
Franklin P. Shepard
Lydia J. Clifford
L. Lizzie Sparks
Hannah Ll. Hinckley
Georgie E. Pratt
Emily A. Barnes
Wm. L. Champney
Richard Gibbs
Wilbur C. Oliver
Miriam C. Knight
Topsham
Samuel Knight, Jr
Wm. A. Provins
Roswell C. Harris
Hannah L. Hinkley
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised by Bath Resident
A Bath resident, George W. Farrin of 490 Middle St, Bath, praises Doan's Kidney Pills after years of kidney pain and backache. He says after three boxes his trouble disappeared and urges others with similar issues to try the remedy. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents with FosterMilburn Co. as U S sale agents. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Doan
George W. Farrin
Middle St
Dean
Webber
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Local Notes From Bowdoin and Nearby Areas
A string of small updates records illness and travel in Bowdoin. A. M. Brown is ill with a cold and Herbert Derham is quite ill with the grip. Miss Curtis Gray visited Lewis ton. Miss Doris Gray will begin a visit in Schools on April 10. Miss Ollie Small and Zebbie Small have health and work updates. Mrs. Chandler sold her farm to B. D. Coombs and moved to Brunswick. Granville Purinton left Monday for Kansas to remain indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Brown
Curtis Gray
Lewiston
Doris Gray
Ollie Small
Zebbie Small
Brunswick
Clara Williams
Massachusetts
Melvin Williams
Granville Purinton
Kansas
James H. Knight
William Bryant
Knight
Sabattus
E. P. Webber
Portland
Boston
G. W. Colby
Westport notes include visitors and town happenings
Westport residents host and visit guests while town affairs proceed. Teachers and families arrive from Phillips-Andover and Collinswood with plans to settle at the Center. Selectmen convened at the Town Hall as rains hinder road travel and local lumbering and building plans unfold.
Call for corn cooperative premiums and Maine Seed Week prizes
Farmers urged to apply now for corn premiums tied to cooperative growing. Leon S. Merrill directs the extension effort at Orono while seed supplies last. The notice invites Maine youth to compete at Farmers Week and related exhibitions, with final premium details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Leon S. Merrill
Orono
Senator Frye in Poor Health in Washington
Senator William P. Frye of Maine is reported to be in very poor health while in Washington, with uncertainty about his condition and possible need for medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Frye
Maine
Washington
Probate notice on Joseph Russell estate administration
Joseph M. Trott as Administrator presents his second account of administration for the estate of Joseph Russell late of Topsham. The Bath Independent will publish this order for three weeks so interested parties may appear at the Probate Court on the second Tuesday of April at nine o clock to show cause why the account should not be allowed. James S. Lowell, Judge. Cyrus Longley, Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Ruel Seigars
Richmond
Mary J. Seigars
Admx
Emily J. Savage
Bath
Benjamin F. Savage
Mellville B. Spinney
Joseph M. Trott
D.b.n
Harry H. Savage
James Savage
State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Joseph Russell
Topsham
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State OF Maine
Charles A. Corliss
James S. Lowell
Cyrus W. Longley
Samuel Knight
John S. Knight
Topeham
Bath/ Independent
Register
Joseph Russell Late
George Temple
Thomas Russell
Alexander Russell
Mary Shanks
James Russell
Jane Parker
William Hildreth
Thomas Hildreth
Eleanor Bacon
Philip Hildreth
George Hildreth
John Russell
Sarah
Oscar C. Rogers
Francis M. Hawthorne
Woolwich
Jane
Casseut
Bath Independent
James
Cyrus
Longley, Register
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nova Scotia
Thomas D. Barry
Brockton
Henry C. Peabody
Supreme Court of Maine
West Braintree
Norfolk
Maine Red Granite Company
Red Beach
Congress
Daniel Belcher
Co. K
2D Regiment
New York City
Laura Kane
Waterville
Augusta
Secretary of the Navy
San Matco
Scott
Probate Court
Frank Varney
Herbert Derham
Westport
Fred Boyce
Phillips- Andover Academy
Upper Landing
Dorothy Tarbox
Collinswood
N. J
Jesse Ames
A. J. Knights
Squam Creek
L. A. Ae
Eerd. T. Hopkins
Great Jones Street
York
R. T. Felix Gouraud
Johnson
Anodyne
I. Ss. Johnson & CO
Boston, Mass
Allen
Addressy Allen S. Olmsted
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Chichester
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Oilchester
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