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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1913
Page
1
The Bath area celebrates a busy season with a new torpedo boat destroyer Cassin’s successful official trial, harbor projects, and new railroad and auto activity. Bath hosts summer tourism, yacht outings, and the Bowdoinham news notes include local society events, fishing, farming, and town governance while reporting the community’s pride in shipbuilding and regional commerce.
Long genealogical list traces Nathaniel Bowman freeman in 1630 Watertown and his descendants across Cambridge Lexington Bath and Lincoln Me. Notable figures include Rev Joseph Bowman 1761 1762 ordained in Boston and missionary to Indians, and Capt Joseph Bowman who helped march on Boston. numerous lawyers judges and bakers names span Maine Dresden Wiscasset Bowdoinham Wilkesboro and beyond.
An advertisement extols Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with testimonials from Mrs. Sarah R. Whatley of Athens Texas and others. The piece claims widespread success over 30 years and notes letters in the Pinkham Laboratory files from women who say the product saved them from surgery and restored health. It also includes genealogical notes and a dated obituary fragment.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that can cure catarrh at all stages by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. The promoter offers $100 if it fails, urging readers to send for testimonials from J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio, and notes other Hall products.
The ad extols a health medicine by L. Atwood’s Medicine claiming to fix digestion and liver biliousness, improve sleep and nourishment, and restore normal bowels. A Lewiston user praises its life improving effects over years and offers a free sample from the Medicine Co Port Me.
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