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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1912

Page

2

Probate court sessions reveal broad slate of administrations

Doings at Tuesday’s probate session before Judge Lowell show numerous administrations granted for estates in Topsham Bath and Bowdoinham including Henrietta Hunter Albanius McKeen and Rebecca Adams. Guardians named for minor Helen Purinton and several wills filed and accounts approved with inventories listed for multiple Bath Topsham Woolwich and Bowdoinham estates.

Lowell Henrietta Hunter Topsum Wiliam Hennessy Admr Albanius McKeen Bath Charles HH. Maeleyv Rebecca C. Adams Marty M Winchell Welin Fannie FE Brown Chase Brown Adair Salome M. Dinsmore Richmond Elizabeth F Dintmore Dmx Abbie MM. Purinton Suardian Helen M. Purinton wWilliam J. Wilson Topsham Annie E. Noyes Eben R. Brackley Norman F. Brackley sSamuel Stront Susan SS. Strout Catherine Emmons Frederick P. Emmons Charles H. Williams Lillian A. Wailliams Charlotte A. Percy Fred Percy Samuel P. Hitchcock Harry A. Hitchcock James C. Cox Anna I. Cox Ella P. Foster Boston Mass Annie B Oliver Emma J White West Bath Joseph White Nancy A Foss Late Bowdoinham James E. Alexander Francis Gallagne Latte Lilian F. Colt Ward Albert Ho. Thompson

Building Country Roads for Penobscot County

Discussion on road maintenance suggests shifting methods to improve sparsely settled towns. Proposes a weighted roller, gravel pits, and a horse and dump-cart system to repair culverts, fill holes, and drain water from roads, prioritizing early spring work and flood prevention. Includes unrelated medical ads inserted in the text.

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Road Improvement Plan Urges Local Action and Gravel Pits

The writer urges towns to fund road bed improvements using portable stone crushers or V drains where needed, owning gravel pits, and yearly planned upgrades. A road machine would shape the bed, ensure proper drainage, six inch gravel depth, and a crowned surface with ongoing maintenance to prevent ruts, aiming to keep rural youth and markets connected.

Telford Rock Maine Central R. A Maine

Mrs Vermilye a Bath resident. long life in church and family

Obituary notes Mariamne Vermilye Bisbee Vermilye born in Phippsburg lived in Bath Arrowsic and Schenectady. Widow of Rufus Bisbee and Andrew Vermilye she taught school six years and raised Stanwood Bisbee and sister Martha Brown among eight Brown siblings. Also promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic for appetite and endurance.

Mrs. Vermilye Phippsburg Counsider Nancy Brown Bath Mariamne Herod the Great Rufus Bisbee Brunswick Schenectady N. Y Andrew P. Vermilye Arrowsic Vermilye Wesley Church Stanwood Bisbee Osage Martha Brown Brown Miss Brown

Mrs. Wenslow’s Soothing Syrup Improves Teething Pain

A long standing remedy claims sixty years of use by mill owners mothers for teething children. It soothes the child and softens gums relieves pain cures wind colic and diarrhea. Sold for twenty five cents a bottle and promoted as harmless. ask for Mrs Wenslow’s Soothing Syrup.

WinSton MILL GNO

Doan's Regu lats Promote Comfort In Constipation

The advertisement touts Doan's Regu lats as a cure for constipation without griping or weakening effects, priced at 25 cents per box. It also promotes Dock Blood Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia, claiming impurity removal and restored digestion, and Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil as a universal pain relief.

Doan America Burdock Thomas

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