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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1913
Page
7
A sales pitch asserts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound offers perfect health and relief from suffering for women. It touts widespread testimonials published nationwide and claims many new letters each year as proof of its claims.
Bluffton Ohio and Pentwater Michigan share letters praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs Rippa Win-Gate of Bluffton reports monthly agony cured after three bottles and vows to use it again. Mrs Anica Darina of Pentwater describes relief from backache and displacement after starting the remedy.
For 30 years Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female ills. It promises relief and urges women to write for confidential advice from LYDIA E PINKHAM MEDICINE CO Lynn Massachusetts.Letters are opened read and answered by a woman and kept strictly confidential.
Kathe Th McNary of Chelsea Massachusetts petitions Sagadahoc Probate Court to prove the will of Henry Brown who died February 6 1912 in Bath Maine and to grant administration with will annexed to Kathe B McNary or another suitable person. The widow Martha J Brown is deemed of unsound mind, notices ordered by publication in Bath Independent for a March 4 1912 court date.
Bath market notes a slow week with weak travel and cold weather. Potatoes sell around 50 cents a bushel while eye onions fetch about 26 cents a dozen. Milk price edges to seven cents a quart, butter at 30 cents a pound, and apples steady at 65 cents to $1 a bushel. Lamb near 12 cents a pound, chickens 20 cents, hay 8 to 9 cents, and lumber and maple syrup arrivals expected as spring nears.
Prominent farmers in Westport assist Arthur Stillwell with a new sawing machine as Maine’s Farmers Week showcases educational aims. Speakers include Dr. L A Meri and W G Stephens with events by the Maine Association of Natural Agricultural students and the Maine Federation of Natural Agriculture at Orono.
The Auburn Board of Trade and Fruit Growers Association plan a two day convention March 11 and 12. John A. Roberts the commissioner of agriculture will attend with a speakers program featuring H. L. Frost Prof Whetzel from Cornell and Wilson H. Conant among others. A round table on orcharding and an apple packing demonstration by Gardiner are announced.
A brief campaign concludes on Monday with subdued activity in Bath. The week lacked the sharp, memorable moments typical of municipal races, and the city seems weary after a year of political activity.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy after five years of severe rheumatism suffered by Henry J. Goldstein of Boston Street, claiming relief when other medicines failed and urging readers to try the product.
Services were held at Pownal town hall led by Rev. Hatch from Bowdoin College. The Un derwood Ice Buildings on Swan Island were destroyed Friday night triggering a large Dresden turnout. Local residents and visitors from Bowdoin and Everett were noted among those in town over the weekend.
New Meadows reports Miss Alma Holbrook back Saturday from a twelve week school term in Bucksfield. An epidemic of chicken pox affects the area. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Murray visited Pine Farm Tuesday evening and found them settled. Mr. Murray hosted piano selections with refreshments as Mrs. Jordan and others attended. The Ladies' Sewing Circle held its season ending supper at Mrs Randall's Wednesday, with many present and about fourteen dollars cleared.
Local report from Bowdoin lists Mrs Martha Roberts as visiting relatives with the Prearemt ferrest. Bowdoinham guests Mrs Charles William and Melvin Williams attend. Deacon William Higgins marked his sixty birthday after calls from Cora Ridlonville and Clara Purinton. Lisbon resident Thomas Polley, recently shocked, is recalled as a former Bowdoin resident.
The Independent notes gratitude from Mr. and Mrs Herbert Bowker for the sympathy and offerings received during their recent bereavement.
A Bath reader testimonial praises Doan's Kidney Pills for back pains and kidney secretions. The ad notes availability at Webber's Drug Store and Ferguson Drug Co in Buffalo as sale agents for the United States and urges readers to "Remember the name Doan's." Additional lines mention city government questions and an optician's annual visit, but the core is patient endorsement and product distribution.
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