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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1908
Page
7
The article describes a healer attracting thousands with promises to cure deafness blindness tumors cancers and paralysis through non surgical treatments. It cites connections to New York and Boston institutions and a private practice across New England, asserting universal success and personalized remedies.
Dr Barbrick advertises a non surgical system for many ailments including catarrh consumption indigestion nervous and rheumatic conditions and skin diseases. The notice lists treatments without knives and notes health institute visits on March 16 17 at Mondey with specific hours from 10 am to 8 pm and 10 am to 3 pm respectively.
Maine’s three state owned bloodhounds, acquired from Kansas Richmond VA and Vermont, aid Warden Norton in pursuing escaped convict Francis. Trained to trail through fields walls and ice they calmly collar and detain suspects without bites. The dogs, aged three to eight in their prime, may become a permanent state kennel resource.
The practitioner extends an open invitation to patients exhausted by failed treatments and incurable conditions. Those told by family doctors they suffer consumption heart trouble nerve weakness or similar illnesses are urged to call and seek care during this visit with the free offer.
Call for copy of The Magnopathic Health Journal detailing Dr Barbrick’s new healing system and list of cures. Free issue sent to any address on receipt of a stamp. Letters addressed to Dr Barbrick's Private Sanatorium.
The article discusses a proposed flag redesign to add a star for new states like Oklahoma and presents a quincunx star arrangement as a symbol of justice. It notes mixed reception and Gov. Charles E. Hughes outlining policies in Boston as a potential Republican nominee.
George E. McCleary of Strong and Jennie Harden Smith of Phillips wed at the home of Mr and Mrs R P Ham in Raymonds Court. Rev D B Holt of Wesley M E church officiated. The bride wore blue silk and lace. She is a Chau Tauqua School for Nurses graduate. The couple will live on the McCleary homestead in Strong, a property held for over 120 years from Robert McCleary who bought 1000 acres from Massachusetts in 1788.
Fidelity The Finentry Trust Company Of Portland Maine expands its business and offers four percent on savings deposits while applying a graduated interest scale on checking accounts. It invites correspondence on terms and highlights mail system convenience and regulated mail service allowing nonresidents to earn interest.
The final Washington elm in the St Pauls church yard on Vessey street was cut this week after signs of decay. It was the last of the famed trees once used by President Washington to tether his horse before attending service, ending a long era of historic growth.
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