California Fig Syrup Co advert promotes laxative benefits
An old style advertisement extols Syrup of Fi and of Senna as a safe gentle laxative for ladies and children. It claims cleansing strengthening and cold relief with a warning against impostors. The text urges buying only the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product with full brand name and price.
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y—California Fig Syrup Co
Elixir of
Senna
Contributors wanted for farm and grange news
Readers are invited to send farm and grange news or any country interest items to Independent Office Bath. Produce has been coming along slowly this week say dealers.
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The
Independent
Bath
Maine State Grange reports and market roundup
Market write up notes eggs at 40 cents a dozen, potatoes at 90 cents to $1 a bushel, apples 50 cents to 2.00 a barrel, cabbage beets turnips and carrots one cent a pound, squash cheaper later, celery poor quality, onions at $1 a bushel. Maine State Grange plans recall proposals for officers not enforcing prohibitory law and tempers debate on session in Lewiston despite smallpox concerns.
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Bath
Maine
Lewiston
Charles S. Stetson
Greene
Augusta
Committee On
Temperance
George W. Brown
Caribou
Mr. Stetson
Stetser
Stetson
Grange
Auburn
Order
Christmas School Exhibitions Draw Wide praise in West Bath
Pupils of Miss Nellie Healley at Berry's Mill District school staged a lively show with songs recitations and a Santa Claus finale. The Trufant's Crossing program featured many talented youths and was followed by a community Christmas gathering.
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Nellie Healley
Berry's Mill
Miss Healley
Jacky Frost
Trufant's Crossing
Florence Neiley
Fred Cary
Miles Purington
West Bath
Fred A. Perry
Lioyrd Bates
New York
Thomas F. Perkin
Bath
Madelyn Hunt
James E. Perry
Campbell's Pond
Samuel Bates
Charles Snow
Robert Smal
Sabine
Dora Austin
Trufant’s Crossing
Florence Nelly
Fred W. Larrabee
Hardings
J C. Larabee
W. H. Larrabee
Merrymeeting Grange Holds Regular Meeting With Music
The Merrymeeting Grange met last evening with strong attendance. Lecturers arranged a music program led by pianist and readings including When Father Has the Grip. Members questioned the seed books program value and whether verbal nominations should be allowed for office. A tableau was staged by Brother and Sister Temple.
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Merrymeeting Grange
Lectur
Robinso
Preble
Meserve, Holbrook
J. F. Patten
Bro
Sis L. P. Temple
Equitable Names Twenty-Four New Directors for Full Board
Maine man F H Hazelton attended the annual Equitable Life Assurance meeting in New York where twenty four new directors joined the existing fifty two. The roster includes bankers, lawyers, railroad executives, merchants and manufacturers from cities like New York Philadelphia Chicago St Louis Boston Newport and Montreal.
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Maine
Portland
F. H. Hazelton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Broadway
New York City
C. B. Alexander
New York
E. W. Bloomingdale
Atlaw
John D. Kernan
Utica
N. Y
James McMahon
Emigrants’ Industrial Savings Bank
Edward Dev. Morrell
Philadelphia
Joy Morton
Chicago
Ludwig Nissen
William E. Paine
Yellow Pine Co
Tom Randolph
National Bank of Commerce
St. Louis
Gage E. Tarrell
William Whitman
Dry Goods Commission
Boston
Charles D. Barney
George C. Boldt
Waldorf-Astoria
John D. Crimmins
Samuel M. Felton
Chcago & Great Western Railroad
W. W. Finley
Southern Railway Co
Washington, D. C
Edgar J. Levey
Title Insurance Co
Charles D. Norton
First National Bank
Alton B. Parker
Court of Appeals
State of New York
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Norman B. Ream
William S. Skinner
Holyoke
Masa
Richard H. Williams
Wiliams & Peters
William A. Day
John N. Beach
Graham Brittin
Board of Liquidation
New Orleans
Henry W. DeForrest
James B. Forgan
Thomas A. Gillespie
T. \. Gillespie Co
Pittsburg
Robert Goelet
Ogden Tioelet
Newport
R. J
Alexander C. Humphreys
Stevens Institute
Bradish Johnson
Charles
Pantasote Leather Co
Walace L. Pierce
Pierce Co
Walworth Manufacturing Co
William C. Redfield
Brooklyn
Ee. W. Robertson
National Loan & Exchange Bank
Columbia
C. G. Schmidlapp
Union Savings Bank & Trust Co
Cincinnati
V. P. Snyder
Nation
Bank of Commerce
Thomas Spratt
Ogdensburg
Eben B. Thomas
Lehigh Valley Railroad Co
Pennsylvania
Daniel A. Tompkins
Charlotte
N. C
William C. van Horne
Canadian Pacific Railway Co
Montreal
George T. Wilson
The
Society
Frank Witherbee
Witherbee, Sherman & Co
Charles H. Zehnder
Austen Coal & Coke Co
Lecturers Fault Prompt for Grange News Submissions
Grange members are urged to send programs and news to the Independent. Early copy is requested. lack of weekly printing means the lecturer has not supplied the material.
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Independent
Holiday Post Office Rush Expands Shipping Volumes
Postal offices report a surge in packages as long distance shipments resume and the next week is expected to bring the busiest rush ever for mail and express services.
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Stella Higgins
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Santa
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