Clergy praise Bath deputy for enforcing Maine law
A Bath Maine clergy group and the Christian Civic League of Maine express support for Deputy Sheriff John S Ballou for enforcing state law during the Tops ham incident. Letters dated Jan 24 1911 praise his courage and duty and wish him a speedy recovery. The note from Rev H N Pringle in Waterville also commends his actions and calls him a brave officer. Jarence Powers six was run over by a Portland trolley car and killed. his body was cut in two.
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Bath
John S. Ballou
Maine
Ballou
George C, Demott
H. N. Pringle
Waterville
Mr. Pringle
Topsham
Christian Civic League of Maine
Civic League
Omar W. Folsom
Bath, Me
Jarence Powers
Yarmouth
Portland
Palmer Bungalow Inside View Shows Vintage Furnishings
The article details the Palmer bungalow with four drop lights, a stained fruit window, and a historical mirror once in the Stockbridge family. It describes a mahogany Davenport, two notable chairs, a den with a global stone fireplace, and gifts from friends, plus plans for Turkish or Japanese guest spaces and a spacious attic.
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Portland
Stockbridge
Lafayette
Herr Tie Bank
Bath Savings Institution
Palmer
Benjamin Franklin
Martha Washington
Scotland
Palmers
Kennebec
Mrs Palmer
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Mothers urged to use Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children to ease colds feverishness teething disorders stomach troubles and headaches. Sold by drug stores 25c with free sample offer by Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Collecting Sea Weeds Letter From Rev Hervey
A letter from Rev. A. B. Hervey, former Universalist pastor in town, dated January 13 from The Flats Bermudian, describes life at sea and island surroundings. He notes pure rainwater, brackish wells, abundant seaweed at low tide, and gulf weed blown from the central Atlantic. He enjoys a pleasant Bermudian home and studies local flora and fauna while staying during winter.
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A. BR. Hervey
Universalist
Ocean
Aly
Maine
California
Hamilton
Central Atlantic
Saragossa Sea
Columbus
Westport Notes Include Visits and Local Business News
Westport residents report calls from L S Gove of Bath and nephew Raymond Gove of Trevett to the Gove home. Archie Higgins buys groceries from Boston parties and opens at the island’s north end. The ladies aid met at C L Cromwell’s. several members left the society. A E B Gove travels to Wiscasset on business. Colby and two sons Charles and Ernest log on the Woodbury Hodgdon place. Ernest Huff of Edgecomb attends North Chapel church. Ernest and Bert Beater visit their mother for a week. Michigan sophomores injured in a sled accident. four seriously, on a high speed run into a culvert. four victims are young women.
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L. SS. Gove
Bath
Raymond Gove
Trevett
A. E. Gove
Archie Higgins
Boston
C. L. Cromwell
A. E B. Gove
Wiscasset
Charles Colby
Charles
Ernest
Woodbury Hodgdon Place
Ernest Huff
Edgecomb
North Chapel
Bert Beater
Wm. Beater
University of Michigan
Drowning of Lewiston Boy Skylates Ice Incident
State and nation items report Smile Sickman of Lewiston aged 14 drowned Sunday while skating on thin ice. Other notes include Hayford named deputy warden at Maine State prison, a Pittsburg jewelry theft of over 35000, and a Rockland book firm loss of 10000 by fire.
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Smile Sickman
Lewiston
True C. Hayford
Belfast
Maine State
Thaw
Pittsburg
Houston-Tuttle Book Company
Rockland
England
Fac
Death of Charles B Fisher in Navy service
The body of Charles B Fisher, 33, arrived from the Brooklyn Naval Hospital where he died last Sunday of typhoid fever after illness since the sixth. A son of John P Fisher, born in the city, he was a first class machinist and Navy veteran who sailed the world on the Pennsylvania and served on the New York and the submarine Snapper. Survived by sisters Mrs Clara Coombs, Miss Lillian and Miss Bessie Fisher.
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Charles B. Fisher
Naval Hospital
Brooklyn
John P. Fisher
Commercial St
Navy
Pennsvania
New York
Clara Coombs
Lillian
Bessie Fisher
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Cure for Catarrh
An 8100 reward note touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a guaranteed cure for catarrh with internal use to attack the disease at its source. The ad promises $100 for any failing case and provides the Toledo Ohio address for F J Cheney & Co and a 75 cent price for the product plus a recommendation to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druggista
Maine Probate Appoints Administrator After Bath Woman’s Petition
Ida L. Morse of Bath petitions to administer the estate of Margaret Lester who died intestate on October 18 1910 in Bath Sagadahoc County. Lester left at least twenty dollars and named heirs James W Lester and Harry R Lester in New York City plus Ida L Morse as daughter. A probate court order requires three weeks of publication in Bath Independent notifying interested persons to appear February 7 1911 and show cause why the prayer should not be granted.
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State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Ida L. Morse
Bath
Margaret Lester
James W. Lester
New York City
Harry R. Lester
Ida l L. Morse
A. D. Isil
Edward C. Plummer
State OF Maine
James S. Lowell
Mary D. Gilbert
T. Ralph Passmore
Lillie G Passmore
Mystic
Connecticut
Emma J. Maxwell
Testate
Octavia Brooks
Westport
Susan A. Passmore
Myst
Conn
Lillie G. Passmore
A. PD
Ames
Lowell
Cyan E . Longley
Register
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Ballou and
Pringle
Raymond Chappell
Rev. H. N. Pringle
Cate
Alb. Hervey
Bermuda
Tories
Walter A. Dipley
Goldie Smith
Stanley Ketchell
Violet D'Arcy
Samuel Goodwin
Dresden
Cedar Grove
David Graham Philips
Fitz Hugh Coile Gouldsborough
Phillips
Pekin
London
Cornell
Massachusetts Naval Brigade
Chicago
Sehley
Charlestown Bridge
Charlie Barr
Southampton
Pittsfield
James McKeever
Francis Donovan
Canada
Hayti
Santo Domingo
East River
Mott Haven Yards
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Bush Terminal
Hell Gate
Fred R. Young
Wilton
Paul D. Sargent
Mr. Young
George Washington Memorial Association
Fletcher
M.H. Loach
Hotel Empire Kkroadway
Oakd Street
6Th Avenue
K. KR
G.I
Columbus Circle
W. Johnson Quinn
Caron
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Worton’s Dispensany Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Pierce
I. S. Johnson & Co
Mass
Parsons
Maine Central Railroad
Skowhewan
Bangor
Bucksport
Augusta
Rangor
Calais
Washington County
Vanceboro
St. John
Skowhegan
Bar Harbor
Foxcroft
Greenville
Mattawamkeag
Eastport
Wash. Co. R. R
St. Stephen
Montreal
Quebec
Bridgton
Fabyan
Lancaster
Brunswick
Woolwich
F.eb Boothby
Morris McDonald
Portland Ma
Chichester S
Chichester
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