Bath Notes and Local Market Gleanings From May Island Journal
A Bath period column reports on local events and opinions. Highlights include plans by Owen Ledyard to build a shooting bat near Small Point, steamer Lincoln's return voyage from Miami, spring ploughing and shad fishing, and Oscar's men improving sidewalks. It notes Togus veteran canteen profits funding a library and theater, urges temperance, and covers social chatter about politics, clams at Jake's, and King William at a caucus. Also referenced are real estate talks, stockbrokerage notes, obituaries reflections, and praise for Hon. Charles E. Hyde in Bath governance.
Prevention and social duty against preventable disease
Ainslee's Magazine cites Miles Menander Dawson on reducing deaths through sanitary living and social action. The piece notes preventable deaths from zymotic, digestive, and respiratory diseases, then shifts to stories about Judge Isaac Parker and Mildmay’s child discipline with witty exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sense
Miles-Menander Dawson
Ainslee
Grain-O advertised as a coffee substitute for children
An advertisement promotes Grain-O as a delicious nourishing drink to replace coffee. It claims Grain-O aids digestion and strengthens the nerves, is not a stimulant, and appeals to both children and adults. Pricing is noted at 15 and 25 cents, costing about one quarter of coffee.
The Phenomenon of Walking
At a small party people named the most common and complex human action walking. Dr Holmes calls walking a perpetual falling with self recovery, a violent perilous operation learned by early practice, its danger shown by collisions, slips, or missteps, yet not explained by the Autocrat. Source New York Times.
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Dr. Holmes
New York Times
Opera critic sparks car talk over Mme Schroeder
In a downtown cable car several riders, mostly strangers, debate Mme Schroeder’s age and singing after an opera attendance. A loud guest faults her voice, then shifts blame to critic Schmieder who allegedly influenced her view, prompting Mme Schroeder to suggest addressing Schmieder directly.
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Mme. Schroeder
Schmieder
Does Coffee Agree With You Grain-O Ad Claim
A reader praises Grain-O as a coffee substitute saying the first try was unappealing but after a week no desire for coffee remains. The grain beverage is described as nourishing and safe for children and adults, marketed as a strengthening pure grain drink sold by grocers for 15 cents per package plus company details.
Jim Wardner's Transportation to Montreal and a Portrait Debt
A humorous tale recounts Jim Wardner arriving in Vancouver and obtaining transport to Montreal after claiming to be an old friend of Tom Shaughnessy. A Telegram mix up leads to puzzled calls and a triumphant, witty ending where the artist profits from a debt. The anecdote echoes in a New York Times reprint with a portrait bust used as debt collateral.
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Jim
Vancouver
The
Canadian Pacific
Jim Wardner
Tom Shaughnessy
Montreal
Tom
Shaughnessy
Wardner
Montreal Star
New York Times
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Swett’s
Swett & CO
Read Nichols & CO
Nichols
F. M- Harnden
Commercial
Bath
Kennebec Nursery
John H. Ramsay & Co
North Street
Bath, Maine
John M. Clark
Undertaker
John 1. Clark
Hennessy’s
Hake
Haddock
Finnan Haddie
Avace’'S
Centre St
James W. Hughes
D. M. Humphreys
Fire and Marine Insurance
Room
Ilill
Eliable
James B. Drake
Owen Ledyard
Small Point
Lincoln
Miami
Fis
Bay
Oscar
Mercury
Harold M. Sewall
Honolulu
2 Hill
Togus Veterana
Ome
Togus
Jake
City Hall
William
Gen. Hyde
Pasadena
Popham Real Estate Association
M. H. French
Harry Lewis
Kennebec Journal
Kilkenny
Joe Day
Henry Carlton
Charles E. Hyde
Charles Schofield
Philadelphia Bulletin
America
England
HOP Plaster CO
Boston
Mass
William Lightfoot Visscher
Isaac Parker
Fort Smith, Ark
Mildmay
Flora
CAB Orria
Cyc
Thieheak
Anderson & Son
John Furbish
Bath, Brunswick and Vicinity
Brandreth
Arisin
Peabody
Medical Institute
Bulfinch Street
Revere House
Harvard Medical College
Diagnostician
Vado Mecum
L& Daye
SCA
Bath Gas & Electric Co
Front Street
RL Holden Lansing
M.D
Mina
WinsLow
Travel
Maine Central Railroad
Hisfec
Passengee
Brunewick
A.M
P.M
Portland
Québec
Points
Lewiston
Farmington
Phillipe
Augusta
Skowhegan
Belfast
Bangor
Vancebero
Joboe Serennis Baundays
Lewiatonm
Waterville
Way
Cornish
Bridgton
Bar Harbor
Old Town
Greenville
Patton
Houston
Hartland
Foxe
Masawamkeag
Farmington and Rangeley
Rocklaw
Conway
Bartlett
Rockland
Branswick
Larmington
Dailly
Gho. F. Hvans
Kennebec
Jason Collins
Gardiner
Richmond
Popham Beach
Lincoln Wharf
Kennebec River
Sleo
Boothbay
Wiscasset
Jas. B. Drake
G. C. Greenleaf
Eastern Steamboat Co
Boothbay Harbor
Westport
Westport Junction
Riggsville
Southport
Biggsville
Sawyer's Island
Lee Capitol
Squirrel Islands
Ocean Point
Bath Bay
Five Islands
Jas, B. Drake
Pres
Gen
Winter Harbor
Phipsburg Center
Parkers Head
Ainckley
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