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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1902

Page

10

Brunswick items reflect local births dances and trials

Dr Haskellia congratulated on birth of a daughter. Subways and wires at Maine and Pleasant streets improved. First dance since management change held at Casino with Harry Varney and musicians Hubbard and Reed. Police pursued Napoleon Cote awaiting larceny case. Paul Nadeau faced Topsham court for liquor violations. Lisbon Falls Board of Trade visited, banquet at Garnet. fifty in attendance. Brunswick crowds for Freeport fun day. half hour trolley connections praised. A casino dance doors locked by mislanding. planned restart. Me Meadows & Mall Point boats reported busy Sunday. Horse found at Harpswell Neck. balloon ascent at Park marked large crowds. Beals Bank attracted many. Beals Beals crowd and Beals building modified. Gas and electrical works noted in town. Shewed nosidante gasociation scheduled August 27 1903. Armory debate prompted town meeting. committee appointed to report September 27.

Harry Varney Fred Hubbard George Reed Maine Pleasant Streets Paul Nadeau Topsham Brunswick Eugene Thomas Lisbon Falls Biger Freeport Funday Freeport Pleasant Adrnea Fu Ure New Meadows & Mall Wea Anl

Familiar Friends and Town News Highlight August Gatherings

Numerous visitors and locals are noted in this town diary from Waltham to Portland. Families including Fuller, Randall, and Adams reunite. Miss Leavitt and Miss Nason visit friends. travel to Bangor, Bath, and Old Orchard is mentioned, alongside street drainage issues, weather shifts, and a midweek court case over lobster possession. A large crowd attends Garnet Sunday, and a Bath Iron Works vs Brunswick ball game ends 8 to 7.

Nellie Chase Waltham,Maas Hannah Ward Union Street Harold Fuller Paul Randall Edward Fuller South Framingham Mass Louise Fuller Preston Fuller Morton Brooklyn Mary Preston Pleasant Street Dwight Curtis Garnet Henry B.duonning Harpswell Frank Underhill Mies Leavitt Myrtie Booker Aymar Pred Adams Somerville Mere Point William Keyey Josephine Fuller Portland Arthur Butler, Jr Wales M A Nason Winchester HS Bridge Boston Belle Baker Marion Nason Old Orchard Mra Hathaway J'H Moulton Bowdoinham Watson Drew William Fields Abbie Farwell Framingham Henry Toothaker Mason Street Annie Ulmer Ethel Rogers Robert McDonald Canada Ernest Maybury Bangor Ellie Atlen Gertrude Dora Edna Smith Lou Woodward Huldah Humphreys Golder Bath Henry Stetson James Doolitte

Accidental Drowning of John Oliver Identified at Bath

Sunday morning at 9 30 o clock the body of John H Oliver was found floating between the monitor Nevada and the Bath Iron Works wharf. The body showed a blow by foul means is unlikely. A post mortem found no clear cause though the eye injury supports accidental death. Oliver, 50, a moulder at Torrey Roller Bushing Works, leaves a widow and seven children. An inquest returned a verdict of accidental drowning.

John Oliver Nevada Bath Iron Works Philip Murphy Joseph Remick Curtis Reynolds George Oliver F. C. Curtis George F. Way Way Torrey Roller F. W. O’brien Albert Redlon John Desmond Chas, Clifford Oscar Williams Roswell Harris Senaca Qonley

Four Weeks With La Grippe Letter Praises Remedy

Roy Kemp of Angola Indiana recounts a four week bout with grippe and failure of doctors. He credits Foley's Honey and Tar with curing him after two small bottles and urges its use to prevent pneumonia or grippe. Sold by L B Swett & Co druggists.

Roy Kemp Angola Ind Ja Grippe Foley Joley L. B. Swett & Co

Medicinal Endorsement Promotes Dr Kennedy Remedy

In a New York Magazine of Sanitation and Hygiene editorial, James H. Montgomery M D lauds Dr David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy as highly effective for kidney liver and bladder troubles rheumatism dyspepsia and constipation. The endorsement urges readers to try the remedy with sample bottles offered free by mail and notes druggists carry the product in 59 cent and $1.00 sizes.

New York Magazine of Sanitation and Hygiene James H. Montgomery M. D David Kennedy James H. Montcomerey M.D David Kennedy Corporation Rond

Dr David Kennedy Cherry Lalaaim for Colda and Coughs

Dr David Kennedy promotes Cherry lalaaim as the best remedy for cold symptoms and coughs offering doses priced at 25 cents 50 cents and one dollar in a historic advertisement suggesting medicinal tonics and cure claims.

David Kennedy

Regular Meeting of Kennebec Yacht Club Delivers Quiet Business

A Monday session drew good attendance with discussions on private matters. Riverside Boat Club of Cambridge sent thanks for hosting during Bath regatta and Shipping City visit. Old Home Week committees reported near finishes and a $100 shortfall due to sending oarsmen by train amid fog. Mayor Hyde offered to cover the gap. No new members were accepted. former members William Ginn and W F Dunton were reinstated.

Kennebec Yacht Club Riverside Boat Club Cambridge Bath Riverside Boston Hyde William Ginn W. F. Dunton

Socialist Meeting in City Hall据 Lewiston Turner area

A large crowd attended a City Hall meeting of local Socialists with out of town attendees. Speaker W P Goss of Portland and local candidate S B Martin addressed the audience, while HH G Wilkshire was unable to attend due to an electrical accident in Rockland. The crowd hoped for a future session and discussed the Lewiston Turner rail project amid financial doubts.

HH. G. Wilkshire Socialist Party Wilkshire Rockland W. P. Goss Portland B. Martin Prohibition Party Cor

Mall Grass Cut In Improve Appearance

The grass in the Mall was cut Tuesday and its appearance is much improved.

Editor praises Foley Honey and Tar for coughs and colds

An editor from Daily Port Phil ipsburg N J endorses Foley s Honey and Tar as the best remedy his family has used. The ad notes it is sold by L and Swett Co druggists and mentions a Lima Ohio engineer G H Bausang recovering from kidney trouble after Foley s Kidney Care.

Syneb Daily Port Philipsburg N. J Foley L. &. Swett & Co Traliman GH. Bausang L.E W.R.R Lving Lima Swott & Co Druge Gits

Passengers Trains Schedules from Bath and Brunswick 1902

Train times list routes east and west from Bath Brunswick with stops at Bangor Bar Harbor Augusta Waterville Skowhegan Belfast St John and more. Night and through sleeper connections from Portland to New York plus Lewiston Farmington and Bath Rockland branches. Regular daily departures and varying times reflect early 20th century railroad timetable details.

A.m. Asm Bangor Par Harour Augusta Waterville Skownegan Belfast Oldtown Ehaworth Tar Harbor W. Harbor Bar Lewiston Farmingeton Rangeley Bath Rockland Brunswicks Portland and Heaton Lowaton Hrursvick

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