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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1908

Page

8

Woolwich Notes and Local Visitors Brighten Town

Mrs. George Stinson of New York visits Capt. John Stinson. Residents spending vacations at home include John Carter Livermore Falls Marie J Dodge Gorham Normal school and Alice Lilly Massachusetts. H W Fullerton on business trip to Yarmouth Florence A Bailey visits Frank in Lewiston. Nellie E Reed returns to Boothbay after visiting Eleanor A Fullerton. Sick list includes Mrs Helen Wright Miss Mary Hedge Frank Wright and others with bad colds. George W Rogers visiting H W Fullerton L Nash returns to Kennebunk after a few days in town. William Stinson family move to Bath. Nequasset Methodist church holds meeting Sunday at 2. Austin Wright visiting his parents.

George Stinson New York John Stinson John Carter Livermore Falls Marie J., Dodge Gorham Normal School Alice Lilly Massachusetts H. W. Fullerton Yarmouth Florence A. Bailey Frank Lewiston Nellie E. Reed Boothbay Eleanor A. Fullerton Helen Wright Mary Hedge Frank Wright George W. Rogers H. W. Fullertons L. W. Nash Kennebunk William Stinson Bath Nequasset Methodist Church Austin Wright Mrs Herman Wright

Maine Legislator decries Hay Bond treaty harming fishermen

In the 1903 Maine Legislature Sewall of Bath moved a resolve protesting the ratification of the Hay-Bond treaty. He warned coastal counties Knox Lincoln Waldo and Hancock face population decline and industry loss as fishing and seaport towns suffer. He urged immediate passage to defend Maritime livelihoods against subsidies aiding rivals.

Sewall Bath Washington Davis Waterville Knox Lincoln Waldo Hancock West Indies Canada New Foundland Halifax Newfoundland New England

Richmond Men Host Wood Chopping Bee for Mrs Marson

District No 6 men held a Tuesday wood chopping bee to aid Mrs Elinor Marson. Fourteen attended as they ate hauled and prepared several cords of wood for the stove. The town reports teams have not crossed the ice since Saturday though pedestrians did Wednesday morning.

Topsham Spring Changes and School Program

Miss Freda Ward returns from Hebron Academy for spring vacation while Frank Noyes reports a first grasshopper sighting. Grades resume March 30 as Topsham schools announce teaching changes with Cecil Butler and Florence Stevens taking grammar and Pejepscot assignments.

Freda Ward Hebron Academy Topsham Winifred M. Young Cecil L. Butler Franklin Grace M. Clifford Pejepscot Florence L. Stevens Portland Maine

Obituary of Mrs Jane M Allen of Harpswell Center

Mrs Jane M Allen died after a long illness of stomach cancer at age six, leaving three sons William of Brunswick Thomas A of Harpswell and Shubael of Freeport. Survived by two sisters and noted for charity and service. Funeral held at her residence with West Harpswell Cemetery interment.

Jane M. Allen Elisha Allen William Allen Brunswick Thomas A. Allen Harpswell Shubael Allen Freeport Bailey Island

Run-Down Condition Overwork Warns of Remedy

A Battle Creek woman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with reversing a run down condition caused by overwork. She suffered anemia headaches dizziness and heart palpitations before using the pills. She describes quick improvement and urges others with thin weak blood to seek the remedy.

Battle Creek James Strawin West Main Street Mich Dr. Williams

Foxes See and Scented by Harpswell Residents

Illness has sent him gifts that cheered his years. Rev Cyrus Purington saw a fox near the Methodist church and parsonage heading toward A Palmer’s mill. Albert Merriman spotted the animal crossing toward the mill and into the woods. Robert L Evans also saw a fox on the Ash Point road. Sportsmen hunted Saturday but did not kill any. foxes remain abundant in Harpswell this spring.

Cyrus Purington A. Palmer Albert Merriman Robert L. Evans Ash Point Harpswell

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Sold Worldwide for Teething

An old and well tried remedy touted for teething infants. Claims soothing pain softening gums and curing colic and diarrhea with success for sixty five years. Sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents a bottle. Guaranteed under the Food and Orange Act June 9 1906. Aerial Number 1098.

George W Holden Dies at 85 in West Harpswell

George W Holden, once a team driver for passengers in South Harpswell and a Deer Isle native, died Tuesday at Elm House after two years of paralysis. He had many friends among summer tourists drawn to the coast.

George W. Holden Elm House Deer Isle South Harpswell

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Sagadahoc Pomona Grangers Topsham Grange Treasury Martha L. Tarr Stetson Horace J. Whitney Home Grange Thomas B. Skoffield Dirigo America Topsham Choir Belle Rackley Irving Alexander Fred Rackley Edward Sprague E. C. Patten M. G. Keay Fred Wright C. M. White Bernice Mallett The Grange Genieve Trufant Sam” Cobb Grace Clifford Woolwich Richmond Deering Hattie Quinnan Georgia Jackson Harvard Frank Kennedy A. L. Preble Richmond High School E. Call Eastern Dredging Co Kennebec A. G. Thomas Plac E. A. Call Hood Oliver Boston Lincoln National Bank Savings Department George P. Davenport Frederic H. Low Fred F. Blaisdell Ass’t Arthur Young Madison William Hall E. C. Hall Charles Good W. A. Oxnard A. B. Pride Frank Noyes Clifford Lothrop May Humphrey Rosa Arquette Branch Rivers Nannie White Ruth Poindexter Birdie Alice Rivers Lizzie Roehrig Arthur Reed Dorothy White Dollie Earler McMackin Lincoln's Ellen Lothrop Florence McDowall Minnie Roehrig Howard Carr Flora Douglas Esther Town Freeman Cotton Elien Lothrop Rosa Mathurin Russell Taylor Walter Hinds Middlesex School Erna FE. Bickford Mae Ripley Haley Evelyn—W—Banning Jeannette Purington Harpswell Center Mrs. Winslow Fulton’s Real Estate Agency Lewis M Fulton West Harpswell People’s Column Seeere Phippsture Fred A Rennie Litchfield Auto Congress Street N & WC Covel’s Montana R A Hodgdon Five Islands Jobber China 5 & We Centre Street Artridge Daylight and Electric Light Studio F. Holmes Sentre Maine Central RR Skowhgan Bangor Bucksport Augusta B & AR Calais Washington County Vanceboro St John Winterzile Skowhegan Hefast Bar Harbor Lucksport Foxcroft Keenville Mattawamkeag Wash Co RR St Stephens St John Ponnt Seaton Montreal Quebec Wese Bridgton Fabyans Beecher Falls Bartlett Rockland Farmington Augusta Waterville Skewegan All Points East Heston Oy Jewinton Morris McDonal Dvp&om Tribone Farmer the Bath Independent New York Tribune Farmer
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