Ward Hicks recaptured after Waldo jail escape
A news roundup lists Ward Hicks, who escaped Waldo county jail on April 11, has been captured. Also noted are Bowdoin College baseballs westward trip, anticipated German war games, health concerns over unclean milk causing infant deaths, and various regional notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Hicks
Waldo County
Bowdoin College
New Hampshire
Vermont
Germany
Massachusetts State Board of Health
Moses Carr
Sangerville
Bob Burman
King George of England
Portland
Fred Emery Bean
Hallowell
Emery QO. Bean
Lewiston
Col
A. B. Nealley
Maine
Denman Thompson
Old Homestead
West Swanzey
N. H
Joseph Elwell
Auburn
Leonora B. Hayes
Pacific Mail
Asia
Hong Kong
San Francisco
South China
Salem
Mass
Daughters Cure Prompts Health Claim in Baltimore Item
A Baltimore reader touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for curing her fifteen year old daughter Alice after doctors diagnosed Green Sickness. The letter praises the remedy and urges others to seek its help for female ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Alice
Lydia E. Pinkham
L. A. Corkhan
Rutland Street
Baltimore, Md
Bowdoin News Roundup Highlights Local Happenings
Ruth Wadsworth recuperates after surgery in Lewiston. W C Batchelder attends Grand Commandery session in Augusta as a delegate. Elbridge Varney works in Richmond, with Mrs Varney hosting her grandmother from Alma. Selectmen busy assessing taxes. E and Huntington return to Litchfield from visit. Samuel Batchelder visits family in Richmond. Collum's mill turning out a large lumber load. Percy Lane’s flock gains 15 lambs. Mrs Harry Pierce back to work at Louis Keenan's in Sabattus after a short home visit. Mr and Mrs Clair Farnum visiting Farnum parents in Litchfield. George Allen, as selectman, combats brown tail moth in north town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Wadsworth
Lewiston
W. C. Batchelder
Golden Cross
Augusta
Elbridge Varney
Richmond
Mrs. Varney
Alma
Interesting Meeting of Sagadahoc Pomona Grange at West Bath
The regular monthly Sagadahoc Pomona Grange meeting was held in West Bath with patrons from across the county. State Master C S Stetson and wife from Greene attended, 13 officers present, a $25,000 hospital appeal for crippled children discussed, a $6.50 total local contribution noted, 3150 from individuals, 66.50 overall. A class of 21 candidates received the fifth degree, 227 diners served, and West Bath grange staged entertainments including a “A Drink to Yankee Land” song. The next meeting is set with Dromore grange in Phippsburg on May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomonange
West Bath
C. S. Stetson
Greene
G. D. Farnham
Woolwich
Hospital For Crippled Children
C. M. White
W. H. Gould
Daniel Brown
EB. C. Patten
Fred Willis
Frank S. Adams
E. E. Baker
The
Grange
Treasury
Owen FE. Rogéte
J. K. Estabrook
Dirtgo Grwige
Brunswick
Annie Peterson
A. E. Rogers
Carrie Hodgkins
Bernice Blair
Johanna Hodgkins
Hattie Blaisdell
Ethel Lemont
Jessie Ingalls
Lizzie Wright
Sadie Armstrong
Elmer Rich
Bodwell Grange
Dirigo
Dromore
Enterprise
Merrymeeting
Progressive
Sagadahoc
Topsham
Visitors
B. C. Patten
George Graham
First Baptist Church
Topsham Fair Grounds
Maine
West Bath Grange
W. M
Elizabeth Whitney
Addie Purington
Lillian Rogers
G. K
Mrs. Harnden
Sadie Armetrong
Harriet Blaisdell
Beltle Donnell
Joanna Hodgkins
J. A S
Elisabeth Wright
Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Bath area notes and personal visits roundup
Bath residents hosted weekend visits with relatives including Mrs Thorne and Captain George Jewett at the Junction, and Mrs Edgar Emery with Ruth of Boothbay Harbor visiting Bath. George Richardson installed a home telephone last week. A Mead farm update notes peas planted last week and no church services due to the Eastern Maine Conference. A series of local activities include painting at the Webber home, MecCullum homestead visitors, and a shipload of lumber sent to New Bedford. An alcohol fueled gasoline launch burned to the waterline while Erastus Jewett filled its tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorne
Bath
Maine
Ralph Brooks
Webber
H. ‘A. Bwanton
MecCullum
Muddy Cove
Athol J. Knight
Boothbay Harbor
Southport
C.E. Colby
New Bedford
Burt Keight
F. W. McParland
Watertown
Moses
Erastus Jewett
Hilton's Mills
Ten Hour Day Bell Time Reform in Bath Maine
In Bath the bell and clock shifted from old local time to standard time amid 1886 agitation. The change involved dual times and public debate labeling old time as God’s time and standard time as Payson Tucker’s. By 1891 both clock and bell were on standard time and remained so thereafter.
Swan Island tragedy linked to Nobles and Barker families
The tale traces property transfers from Swan Island to Abigail Noble and Josiah Barker, notes 1772 lightning strike on J Nobles barn, and records of Nobles’ migrations to York, the Penobscot, and Fairfield. It mentions the Nobles’ Scottish origins, arrival in Portsmouth in the 1600s, and a 1810 search by Joseph’s French and Indian brothers. Postmaster Hitchcock cites possible penny postage soon due to reduced deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abigail Noble
Josiah Barker
Robert Barker
Jacob Barker
Jacob Bailey
J. Noble
Pownalborough
Swan Island
Benjamin
John Noble
York
Canada
Penobscot
Fairfield
Scotland
Portsmouth
Joseph
Hitchcock
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
Catarrh is described as a blood or constitutional disease treatable only with internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure, taken internally, purports to act on blood and mucous surfaces, and is backed as a non quack prescription by physician endorsement. Testimonials are offered free. price is listed and distribution via druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Price
Coopatios
Proposed treaty debate prompts caution on shipping law changes
At a Boston Chamber of Commerce special meeting E C Plummer urged informing the group before backing any treaty to modify ship damage liability. He warned that combining the treaty with the Harter Act could create undefined burdens on American vessels and cited Supreme Court rulings. The group favors understanding effects before action. Also notes 23 miners entombed in a West Virginia coal mine explosion early in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Chamber of Commerce
E. C. Plummer
Congress
Plummer
U. S. Supreme Court
West Virginia
Doan's Ointment and Dr Thomas' Eclectic Oil Ad
An old advertisement touts Doan's Ointment for itching bleeding or protruding piles and claims pain relief within minutes from Dr Thomas' Eclectic Oil. It promotes Doan's Regulats to prevent constipation, promising mild bowel action for 25 cents at any drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Doan
Birthday party and local notices from Bath area
Master Carl P. Rowe hosted friends for his ninth birthday Saturday from two to five with music and refreshments. William Potter planned a Sunday trip to Bath, Louis Brewer spent Sunday at the Foreside, and Miss Mina Snipe was taken to Bath Hospital. Schools began in town on April 17 with Ferguson, Bath. Miss Preble, Bath. Mrs. Mary Breen, ill with double pneumonia, slowly improves under Dr. A. Stott. Relatives of Seth T. Snipe attended his funeral Saturday at 2:30 at Green Street residence. Frank Cromwell of Nequasset helped E. B. Snipe on his weir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl P. Rowe
William Potter
Bath
Louis Brewer
Mina Snipe
Bath Hospital
Louis Cromwell
J. H. Snipe
North School
Ferguson
Miss Preble
Mary Breen
A. Stott
Sarah
Seth T. Snipe
Green Street
Frank Cromwell
Nequasset
E. B. Snipe
Probate petition for Allen of Richmond Maine
State of Maine petitions the court for probate of John Wesley Allen of Richmond who died April second. Widow Catharine Allen and heirs at law listed, executrix named, court action prayed for estate administration and protection of heirs, dated April eighth in Sagadahoc County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Allen
Richmond
John Wesley Allen
Saia Coan
Catharine Allen
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William C. Story
Washington
Matthew T. Scott
Illinois
the Daughters of the American Revolution
New York
Robert E. Davie
Fom
Brazil
Boston
Charles A. Wordsworth
John J. McNamara
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Los Angeles Times
Ancient and Honorable Artillery of
Europe
George
England
William
Maine Fish and Games Association
Kineo
Pennsylvania House
Oliver G. Hall
Kennebec County
Moran Company
Seattle
United States
New Haven
Hartford
Boston & Albany
Charles F. Johnson
Senate Finance Committee
Hale
Los Angles
Neely
Scott
Bowdoin
Sisters of West Bath Grange
F. S. Adams
Jersey
Guernsey
Port
Meil
Duband
Chichesters
Chas. D.ay II
Taba Sagadahoc
Ata
Ation Etene
County
Nime
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