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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1913
Page
1
The article urges government to chart and buoy the river near New Meadows for safer boating and increased traffic. It supports rebuilding Bay Bridge to ease travel, with Garnet bridge debate and broader talks on local improvements, lobster trade, and Bowdoinham civic plans.
A fragment notes Bath resists living without a bespoke hose while other threatened places share the concern. The text hints the proposed plan to address the issue may not be feasible to implement as written.
The island town of Perkins now has telephonic connection with the outside world via a metallic circuit to the Richmond Exchange. Seven subscribers are on the line with expectations of more in summer. Previously a private island line and a cable link to a Richmond store existed.
A vintage advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It claims the product cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces, pledging $100 for any case it fails to cure and noting testimonials and Toledo, Ohio as the origin.
Letters praise Atwood’s Medicine as a trusted family remedy used for generations. Advertised as a staple in Maine households, it urges readers to try large bottles and sample offers by mail.
The document records petitions to probate in Sagadahoc County Maine for wills and guardianship. It includes sworn statements by petitioners, court orders for publication in the Bath Independent, and notices to interested parties with dates and magistrate signatures. The text references multiple dates in 1911 and 1894, with names such as Ann M Jelly, William H Gomes, Cyrus W Longley, and Judge James S Lowell.
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