Local Jottings From Maine Coast and River Life
The column notes the Howard Cigar Co. selling over 300,000 cigars, sturgeon catches yielding 20 to 28 cents per pound for fishermen, and a range of town events. It mentions the Pemaquid and Edith A. ship exchanges, a Sasanoa Tribe dance, church roof work at Monhegan, and local residents Hayden Conant and Hubert Small. An accident injures Meyers Gordon, and several fishermen report large sturgeon and smaller shad hauls on the Kennebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Cigar Co
Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
Lincoln St. State Road
Speedway
M.C.R.R
Ellen Little
Pierce H. Lewis
Portland
Pemaquid
Salem
Edith A
Monhegan Island
Hayden Conant
Edward Conant
Winnegance
Musical Department of
Kent's Hill Seminary
Idella Altekamp
Louise Robinson
Miss Altekamp
Prof. Morrison
Harold Nevans
Peter Landary
Hubert Small
Maine
Mr. Small
Beane
Camden
Charles Robinson
John Small
Bath
Charles Curtis
Haverill
Mass
Arrowsic
Haverill Y. M. C. A
Mr. Curtis
R. F. Curtis
Springfield College
Meyers Gordon
Webber Pharmacy
Percy
Meyers
Frank L Edgecomb
Frank Larrabee
Carney’s Point
Mr. Edgecomb
Edgecomb
Kennebec
al Ridley
Burdock Blood Bitters Ad Promises Pure Blood
Heavy impure blood is said to cause a muddy complexion headaches nausea and indigestion while thin blood makes one weak pale and sickly. The ad touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a purifying remedy priced at $1.00 at all stores.
May Evening Screens for Flounders and Youth Dates
May sees warmer seas softening flounders as fishermen note rising catches. Centennial Ave. draws teens for May evenings while the American Society of Marine Craftsmen plans a June 9 banquet at New Meadows Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centennial Ave
American Society of Marine Craftsmen
New Meadows Inn
The Village Blacksmith and a Remedy for Stomach Ailments
A rural ad style feature praises a sturdy blacksmith who credits his health to L. F. Atwood's Medicine for stomach complaints and digestive issues. The piece argues prompt digestive relief helps workers stay strong and productive and ends with a promotional note offering free needle samples from ML. F. Medicine Co., Portland, Me.
Bath News Highlights Local Events and Developments
Mayor Small buys the McGlinchy residence at Middle and Center Streets once home to John Blais dell, a machinist. Bath sees L A W offers a half hour Bath division service 11 30 a m to 7 30 p m, Saturday and Sunday. A barn dance at Harriman barn features graphophone music and refreshments. Madame Emma Eames de Gogorza receives a six cylinder Buick from Emilio de Gogorza. Bath ball club loses to Lisbon Falls 3 1 as Morse High falls 7 2 to Edward Little. State highway work begins from Damariscotta to Glenn don, expanding road from Camden to Damariscotta. A Bath student travels from Brunswick to Bowdoinham, then Bath after an incident. Methodist pension fund campaign authorized for 10 million dollars with permanent endowment plans for local preachers. Scribe urges Bath Opera House attendees with Center Street parking on one side only. Edna Pearl Cotteral to open Merrymeeting Camp for girls on the Kennebec above Bath July 1 to August 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance
T. M. Kewley
A. L. Simpson
Chehaven
Stevens
Music Hall
Commodore Gannet
Augusta Yacht Club
Jesse Savage
Pleasant Ave
Manter
Maine Central
Lewis J. Marshall
Lisbon
United States District Court
Hale
Portland
Marshall
United States
Shaw
Front St
Cassin
Winslow
Ericson
Bath Tron Works
Bath Iron Works
New York
Philadelphia
New England
Ericson, Ramona Council and Friends
Red Men’s Hall
Ella Hoyle
Rebekah Bowker
Bessie Reed
Harry Wolf
Y.M.C.A
Curran
Thistle
Perkins
Holbrook
Smith
Cummings
Robbins
Knights
R. McInnes
Brunswick Grammar
Coffin
Wilson
Richardson
Priest
Blanchard
Soule
Bamforth
Lemieux
Carlen
Coss
Davis
Brunswick
Small
McGlinchy
Middle
Center Sts
John Blaisdell
L.a.&w
Bath
Lewiston
Alonzo Harriman
Ned Andrews
Rutherford White
Ralph Warren
Roger Skillings
Harriman
North St
Bath Garage Co
Emma Eames de Gogorza
Emilio de Gogorza
Bath Ball Club
Lisbon Falls
Morse High
Edward Little
Kelley Field
Kelley Field, Partly Through Their Inability To Hit Boldue
Jackson
Morse
Damariscotta
Glendon
Nobleboro
Bowdoinham
Front Street
North End
Oak
Front Streets
General Conference
Center St
Building Up The Blood Through Safe Tonic For Girls
A guide cautions against forcing meals and warns that a pale or languid growing child may have thin blood. It recommends Dr Williams Pink Pills as a non alcoholic tonic to enrich blood and restore health, urging mothers to obtain the product and the free booklet Building Up the Blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady, N. Y
Dandelions Bloom as Walter Small Receives Draft Horses
Walter G. Small received two 3100 pound black draft horses from Auburn to work on his farm and roads. Edward J. Stewart Jr of Brookline Mass and Miss Sarah B. Hodgkins of Holliston Mass record their intention to marry at City Clerk Grassy's office. Gypsies camped near Woolwich and Bath. a farmer’s flock of 24 hens vanished. authorities ordered squatters out of Center Street and Sewall Ice House lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter G. Small
Auburn
Grassy
Edward J. Stewart, Jr
Brookline
Mass
Sarah B. Hodgkins
Holliston
Virginia
Daniels
Kennbec Point
C. F. Daniels
Boston
E. J. Stewart Place
Robert Sutherland
James
Pullman
iKineo
Kinco
Waumbeck
Jefferson
Hodgdon
The
Samoset
Woolwich
Bath
Center St
Sewall Ice House
Mill Pond
Marshal Wallace
The Driftwood Club Satirical Poem Session
The Driftwood Club’s afternoon gathering featured a humorously critical poem about Dan Mack the congressman and a stretch of verse on the Androscoggin canal. The sketch shifts to a joke about a Richmond mystery illness and local sheriff candidates facing danger while campaigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Driftwood Club
Dan Mack
Lewiston
Short Skirt Report Sparks Controversy and Canal Poem
A club debates charity and attire as a reform committee notes a short skirt trend while a member with small pox marks is chosen for immunity. The club ends its session with a poem about a midnight bridge and a canal project toward Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Reforms
Dan
Annie Laurie
Rhine
Tipperary
Lewiston
Mack and Morey Dig Uphill Canal Governance
Mack and Morey pursued a long project to dig a canal up the hill. Mack fell and was not reelected as the scheme collapsed, sending members wandering home. Admiring glances fell on his watery eyes flowing hair and red necktie despite two patches on the back of his pants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack
Morey
Halifax
Our Own People and Local Moves in New England
Mary Murray visits South Boston. Mrs. Vernon D. Mitchell of Pine Street is critically ill. John Frates, Woolworth Plymouth assistant manager, was down over the holidays. Daniel Brierly went to Lowell to pass Memorial Day with Mrs. Brierly returning later. Mrs. Ernest Eaton and Miss Cora Savage plan a week in Belmont with Mrs. Alden S. Specht. Harold A. Sanford covers for Harry Thebeau until he recovers from injuries in an automobile accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Murray
South Boston
Vernon D. Mitchell
Pine St
John Frates
Woolworth
Plymouth
Mass
Daniel Brierly
Lowell
Brierly
Ernest Eaton
Cora Savage
Belmont
Alden S. Specht
Harold A. Sanford
Harry Thebeau
Kimball Bros. Co
Anuric Promoted For Kidney and Back Aches At Hotel
Dr. Pierce promotes Anuric as a potent uric acid solvent from his Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute. The ad touts relief for rheumatism dropsical swellings and sleep loss due to night trips to the bathroom. It also praises Favorite Prescription Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets as remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Pierce
Invalids
Dr. Pierce
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Middle St
W. W. Miller
Star of Bethlehem
L. F.” Atwood
Mechiss
ML. F.” Medicine Co
Portland, Me
Edna Pearl Cotteral
Cincinnati
Merrymeeting
Brushwood Cottage
Androscoggin
Washington, D. C
Committee On Public Health
Richmond
Ses
Eee
Joe
Castor
Tap Centac Rtcompany
Castoria
Fidelity Trust Company
Mopnet Uare Fort AD
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