Fire and social notes in Rhode Island and beyond
Fire damages in Narragansett Rockland and Biddeford threaten lives and cause tens of thousands in losses. Cholera fears sweep Italian quarter as Mrs. Miastro denivo is buried. Proctor descendants found in Georgia. Cape Cod cranberry crop outlook worsens with drought. Reciprocal trade pact passes Senate. President signs. Canada to act. A child dies from a scythe accident in Waterville. Yacht Coronet linked to Sandford raises suspicions in Venezuelan waters. Avaluation of Aquitania length and speed details. Texas adopts local option after fierce liquor fight. Rev. Drake to lead Saco church amid Sunday baseball controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Tommassini Miastrodenivo
Boston
Gallups Island
Mary Trawick Proctor
Barlow County
Georgia
Mary Proctor
Cape Cod
Cape
Texas
Paul H. Drake
Second Parish Unitarian
Saco
First Universalist Church
Beverly
Mass
Taft
Mc. Drake
Mr. Drake
Rest and Health Claim for Mother Ayo Child Aid
A garbled health ad touts a remedy claimed to aid wind colic in babies. It references a product name Sverre and mentions success and cures. The text is unclear about origin, dosage, or verifiable claims and resembles an advertisement rather than medical guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayo
Mes Wissterns Spormisxen
Sverre
Solotele Parti
True L. F. Atwood’s Medicine Promoted for Health
An advertisement urges that health comes from diet rest exercise and regular bowels and promotes True L. F. Atwood’s Medicine as a household remedy. It claims quick relief for headaches liver issues dyspepsia and constipation with a large bottle priced thirty five cents and a free sample offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Atwood
L. P
Medicine Co
Portland
Explosion damages Saxon injures two girls at City Landing
Miss Witham and Miss Buchanan were injured when the Saxon exploded while on the river. A large bone bone fragment was removed from Miss Buchanan’s leg and it will be months before she can walk. The other girl, Miss Brehanan, is the daughter of the Boston Globe insurance editor and was shaken but not seriously harmed. A crowd examined the wrecked boat as pressure in the tank dropped from ninety to seventy before reaching the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Witham
City Landing
Arthur Gallant
Mr. Witham
Sales
Cape Horn
Liverpool
Northern Hospital
Bath Goes Dry as Prohibition Enforcements Tighten
The Bath city government faced a possible resolution urging stricter enforcement of the prohibitory law. With sheriff and police under mayoral control, officials expect Bath to become a dry spot ahead of September elections. Maine towns are moving toward dry status as governor visits Rockland influence grows.
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Bath
Sherif’s
Marshal McFadden
Rockland
Maine
Deering Shipyard To Await Spring For New Schooner
The Deering company will not begin work on another schooner this fall due to lack of frame and timber and a six month build time. It is likely the yard will resume construction in the spring. A large automobile entourage attended the launch, with many notable guests from New York, Boston, Lewiston, Bath, Portsmouth, and other locales observing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deering Company
E. A. Hussey
New York
Bath
Oscar T. Sewall
Harold M. Sewall
Richard Sprague
Sprague
William
New Orleans
Small Point
Samuel R. Percy
Sabine
George Parker
Brighton
Maass
Fred Tree
Isabelle
Stratford
Mass
H. D. Bacon
Arthur Crenshaw
William R Wilson
Boston
Crosby
Arthur T. Hatch
F. S. Bowker
Phippsburg
E. S. Ham
F. Gardner
William Barron
Lewiston
G. G. Deering
Frank Deering
Carrol Deering
H. G. Deering
Montrose W. Houck
E. H. Whittredge
Sam C. Austin
Charles Badeau
D. R. Pennell
Brookline
Morey
George Pottle
P. Walsh
William T. Entwistle
Portsmouth
N. H
R. H. Baxter
William B. Mussenden
W. T McGann
James F. Murphy
Frank A. Small
C. W. Rogers
Joseph Small
G. G. Deering Co
P. F. Dunton
Trevett
MacMahan Island
William Craig
Short Hill
N.Y
L. B. Walker
Walker
N. M. Wheeler
Stone
Edwards
Elizabeth
N. J
F. M. Wheeler
C. H. Butler
Henry
Washington, D. C
Paul
Philadelphia
Woolwich
Real Estate Transfers Recorded Week of July 17
Transfers filed at the Registry of Deeds list multiple Georgetown Bath Phippsburg and Woolwich properties. Names include Herman Spinney George Mains Mary Norris Wm Rouse Thomas Cosas Mary E Oliver guardian Edith Trott Cora Walston and Albert Hutchins among others.
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Registry of
Herman A. Spinney
George Mains
Georgetown
Elwell
Crosby
Mary J. Norris
George W. Oliver Et al
Thomas W. Cosas
Bath
Mary E. Oliver
Thomas W. Coss
Edwin W. Trott
Edith M. Trott
Woolwich
Cora E. Walston
William J. Rouse
Ebien A. Wallace
Herbert Pomeroy Brown
Phippsburg
Bridget Folan
Martin Flaherty
Edward Side Et Als
Ruth Po Wy. Tarbox
Albert A. Hutchins
Wilton
Campbell
W. P. Baker
George Town
Fire suspicions linger after staged horse theft and blaze
A man hired a team to take a horse to Parker Head but vanished. The driver and team reappeared at dawn after a fire with suspicions of arson in West Point area. Phippsburg selectmen investigated, contacted the State Insurance Department, and await further action. evidence remains circumstantial and no convicting proof of deliberate setting has emerged.
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Page One
George Legard
Parker Head
Willard H. Daley
Agairy
Mr. Dales
Legard
West Point
Phippsburg
State Insurance Department
Insurance Department
Sailor Captain Turns Banker After Cape Horn Expeditions
An old sea captain recounts losing only three men in six decades at sea and quitting the voyage life in 1884 to become a Kansas banker with partner Captain Stackpole. He remembers fires, near collisions, mutineers at Pitcairn, and guiding ships through fog as his crew survived many dangers.
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Cape Horn
Liverpool
New York
Evanston Golf Links
Philadelphia
Joe Fish
Stackpole
Newfoundland
Fred Stackpole
el Reno
London
Santa Clara
Miss Minerva Reminger Recovers with Hood's Sarsaparilla
Miss Minerva Reminger of Upper Bern Pa writes she suffered years of nervous prostration and extreme weakness. After trying many remedies she improved immediately with Hood's Sarsaparilla and claims cure through purer blood supporting stronger nerves.
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Minerva Reminger
Upper
Bern
Hood
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Main
Alfred Streets
Biddeford
Elm Streets
United States
Canada
Congress
Senate
Joseph Dostin
John Dostin
Waterville
Frank W Sandford
Holy Ghost and Us Society
Sandford
Venezuela
Castro
Bristol
Venezuelan
Cunard
Fulldine
Clyde Bank
Tutt
Law
Bears
Pactolus
John McDonald
San Francisco
Clyde
Kas
W. P. Rice
American National Bank
Kansas City
Thomaston
Prairies
Italy
Pitcairn Isaacs
Pacific Ocean
Equator
Pitairn Islands
Bounty
Tahiti
Pitcairn Island
Moody and Sankey
Queen Victoria
Captain Scribner
Joly
Fletcher
Castoria
Centaur Company
Murray Street
If Fidelity Crust Company
Portland, Maine
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