Sand and steam changes note in Bath area items
The article lists varied seaside items including Arthur Sewall taking about 300 tons of sand for bait, Shaw Mill conversion to steam, the N E B Co building a five masted schooner for Capt. Chase, Bath Gas Co plan blocked by a legislative committee, and talks of Florida timberland exploration by M G Shaw and P Wiles. It also reports alewife first of season catch, Rockweed Club sleighing, and local social notes about trolley routes, a smoking warning about lead pencils, and a cautionary tale about a Lewiston man Pierce tied to a kitchen blast episode.
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Lewiston
Pierce
Thomaston
Convict Rod Battle on Van Dieman's Land Rescue
An eyewitness account of a sea rescue and pursuit around a convict island action involving the Resolute and Iron Duke lifeboats. The squad encloses convicts with two lines, fires on escapees, captures eighty-seven prisoners with sixty-eight remaining, and transfers them to the Resolute for voyage to Sydney.
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Rogers
Morton
Proctor
Res
Resolute
Gosshawk
Marlin
Kruger
Sydney
van Dieman’s
Canaries Linked to Tuberculosis Spread Says Dr Wise
A London hospital report notes Dr Tucker Wise believes diseased canaries may transmit tuberculosis to humans. He cites his observations and notes about 400,000 canaries sold yearly in the United Kingdom and TB being common in birds, suggesting canaries could influence infection distribution.
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Tucker Wise
United Kingdom
London Hospital
Duke of Devonshire Helps Boy After Hare Incident
In Chatsworth near Baslow the Duke of Devonshire, strolling with a gun, started a hare. A small boy warned him off and claimed the hare as his due to being a keeper’s son. The boy led the hare to Chatsworth, where the duke rewarded him with a shilling and praised his honesty.
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Devonshire
Chatsworth
Baslow
Meester
Chataworth
He Wanted Pension a Confederate Tale of Sam and a Skillet
The Chicago Times Herald recounts Opie Read’s humor about a colored man named Sam pursuing a government pension. Sam claims Civil War service with his former master and a skillet wound, prompting the agent to question eligibility for a pension from the Union government.
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Opie Read
Sam
Confederete
Chicago Times Herald
Dr Greene’s vegetable remedies praised by Oliver Wendell Holmes
An advertisement extols Dr Greene of Boston for treating nervous and chronic ailments without poisonous drugs. It touts Dr Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy and other vegetable cures, claiming widespread success and free personal or postal consultations.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Greene
Temple Place
Boston
Mass
Nature
Dr. Greene
Child outsmarts class in arithmetic boast
A girl reports to her father that she topped her arithmetic class by guessing the answer 18 after peers gave wrong totals. The father praises her quick math, while the girl explains she said 18 because no one else did. The tale from Pearson's Weekly highlights clever misdirection in learning.
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Pearson's Weekly
Gossip and the danger of anonymous claims
A quotation from Josephine Hill in Woman's Home Companion laments that the phrase they say fuels most lies as gossip spreads. It notes speakers shield themselves by claiming personal doubt, labeling the speaker a coward for such evasion.
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Josephine Hill
Salt For Small Change
The Abyssinians use a large bar of hard crystallized salt as small change besides Maria Theresa dollars. About 10 inches long and 24 inches broad and thick, five bars equal a dollar at the capital. Friends exchange a lick of their bars as a token of affection, reducing the material value in the process.
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Abyssinia
Didn't Stammer All the Time
An electrical engineer who stutters sought to cure the habit at a Boston area institution. The manager asked if he stammered all the time and the reply came that he only stammers when he talks. A quote notes colored diamonds and a saying about breeding and wealth.
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Boston
Sullivan era drug guarantees for cold cure bottle claim
We the undersigned agree to refund money on a fifty cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure your cold. A twenty five cent bottle is guaranteed to prove satisfactory or none. Includes A Hallett & Co Leonard & Mitchell W G Webber John D Footer & Co L B Swett Co Bijou Pharmacy Samuel Anderson & Co and others.
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Greene
A. Hallett & Co
Leonard & Mitchell
W. G. Webber
John D. Footer & Co
L. B. Swett & Co
Bijou Pharmacy
Samuel Anderson & Oo
Find Out Yourself Kidney Disease Test Ad
An old time remedy ad promotes Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy for kidneys liver bladder and urinary issues. It claims a simple urine test at home and promises relief from frequent urination back pain and scalding sensations with a one dollar bottle and a free trial offer by mail from Rondout New York. It targets readers through the Bath Independent.
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David Kennedy
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Kennebec Nurseries
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North Street
Bath, Maine
Read Nichols & CO
Nichols
F. M. Harnden
Akron
Bath
Maine
John M. Clark
Undertaxer
John Fr. Clark
Hennessy’s
Miss Loach
View Works
Hake
Haddock
Finnan Haddie
Savace’s
James W. Hughes
Front Street
Foote & Sparks
Xooe Oos
Arthur Sewall
Warren Carr
Shaw
Capt. Chase
Fall River
Bath Gas and Electric Co
M.G. Shaw
P. Wiles
Skowhegan
Florida
Daniel Hart
Popham
Kennebec
Savage
Rockweed Club
Foster’s Point
Bath and
Brungwick
O. A. Warren
Portland
B. Co
Hyde
Front
Dobbin's ‘Electric Soap
van Dieman’s Land
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Poet Oliver Wendell Holmes
Liam
Travel
Maine Central Railroad
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A.M
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Montreal
Quebec
Points
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Phillips Augusta
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Bangor
Vanceboro
St.Joh
Rockland
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Waterville
Cornish
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Old Town
Greenville
Booklaw
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Hangor
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Kemp
Sears
Fiava
Alia
Hale
Pike
Maines
Main Strzer
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Moses
Jonas Edwards
Auburn MB
Eastern Steamboat Co
Boothbay
Iscusset
Mathcentral R
Wiscasset
Westport
Sawyer’s Island
Southport
Steamboat Landing
Jas. B. Drakh
Mgr
W. W. Mason
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Skent
Popham Beach
Winter Harbor
Halle
Phipsbury Center
Parkers Head
Hinckley’s
Bay Point
Rays
Jas. B. Drakd
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