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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1902
Page
1
An advertisement promotes proper truss fitting by experienced providers. It claims many patients pay high fees for little relief and asserts better treatment is available at a fair price. The message urges readers not to waste money on supposedly skilled practitioners.
A Bath native in the West writes home from Colorado Springs about his sister Mrs Fannie D Fisher and her son Theo. Theo has built a four family apartment in Colorado and plans to heat with furnaces and electric lighting. The author praises permanent camps started by Wylie of Gardiner Montana offering dining, dormitory and cooking tents near Yellowstone Park at 36 dollars for a week. The writer urges readers to consider camping in the Park for comfort and economy and plans to visit Yellowstone in September.
The Columbia theatre opens next Tuesday with Old Jed Prouty as the season debut. A large audience is expected as the venue underwent notable changes during the summer, enhancing the production and facilities.
Independent Salem notes Old Home Week celebrations in Maine and Massachusetts with civic parades and a life saving display. About 60,000 spectators witnessed rescues from a Gloucester lifeboat demonstration and a breeches buoy launch. Salem Willows is praised as a premier Atlantic summer resort with fish dinners and fried clams.
Maine’s railroad commissions issued 42 reports by present year, tracing growth from 1826 when the first 12 mile line opened to 1901 with 1918.98 miles of steam railroads. The 1858 report marks printed hearings. the 1901 edition spans 240 pages with abstracts. The complete set resides in the Capitol office.
Dr Oliphant, summer guest at Richardson House on Aspite Island, and based in Trentor, N J, bought the launch M D the club’s flagship under Vice Commodore Bibrer, with details obscure due to damaged text.
A detailed description of a 280 by 294 foot steel barge under construction at the Sewall yard for Standard Oil Co. The vessel, with 28 water tight compartments, four 100 foot steel masts, a 28 ton Scotch boiler, electric systems, and innovative towing gear by Danid Pee Ford, costs about 25009 more than large steel ships from Arthur Bewall & Co.
A Bath humorist played a prank on a country visitor by simulating a dangerous mine and a whiskey bottle, while the visitor refused to drink and left. Meanwhile the Arkansaz shipyard monitor returned after a successful official trial, impressing naval officers with a 12.23 knot speed.
The Brunswick Golf Club sent eleven men to Lewiston Saturday to face Lewiston and Auburn Country Club. Matches were close with Brunswick winning the final, while Lewiston and Auburn took the second. Lunch followed at the Lewiston and Auburn Club House and the abaco club earned praise as entertainers.
Probate court lists estates and appointments in Bath and Woolwich. Names include Emira V Spear lata of Bath and Bath executor Thomas Spear, guardian Albert Strout for Nou Campbell of Bath, and various estate petitions, accounts, and final settlements involving Wyll ifall Jr, Arabella Reed, Adam Brown, and Georgia A Brown.
The piece extols Sherwin Williams Aire Prepared paint as highly reputable, claiming it outperforms rivals and has a thirty year legacy. It emphasizes its composition of linseed oil, lead, and zinc and asserts widespread continental and other markets. The text lauds both professional painters and do it yourself users and argues against machine mixing, claiming the traditional stick method yields superior results.
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