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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1911
Page
8
The article recalls the Kennebec group at Ashley's by Merrymeeting Bay forming a government in 1654. Plymouth Colony Records preserve this event, now printed and accessible in major libraries.
The article recounts a solid oak house moved by river crossing and oxen to a riverfront site on Squam Island. Now home to Captain Clough’s descendants, it preserves cherished traditions as a great great granddaughter named Maurie Antoinette shares its history.
The Ringling Brothers Circus tours Lewiston on Saturday June 14 bringing a 400 performer company. The show features two exhibitions and a grand parade with a 1000 strong menagerie including twelve baby elephants performing acrobatics. Forty clowns from twelve countries provide comedy and thrills beyond the usual show.
Rev H W Hullbert of the High Street Congregational church in Bangor says he will place his resignation with church committee amid discussions to unite with State Street church. Also noted is a House move to require war contract records for ten years and other national updates.
Henry W. Howard restored the Howard Hunt place in Bath after fire damage and set a crew to repair it. Local boating activity grows with about 25 power boats and talks of a boat club and clubhouse. Various residents report health, travel, and neighborhood events including rehearsals for a church play in June.
Robert Rideout Bow Doin is doing carpenter work in Webster for Mr Foss who builds a house on the site of his late home burned last March. Percy Lane plants potatoes with his potato planter for nearby farmers. Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Card of Lisbon with daughter Plora were recent visitors.
Historical advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup as a safe remedy used for sixty years by millions of mothers. It claims to ease teething pain calm worm and colic and cure diarrhea while being harmless though the copy spreads dubious health assurances.
An old advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as a cure for piles and eczema and other skin itchings available at all drug stores. The copy emphasizes that scratching worsens the itch and positions the product as a remedy.
Mrs Helen M Colby dies at 66 leaving one brother C C Colby of Boothbay Harbor. Funeral held at her home with Rev West officiating. Also mentions Mrs Raymond Sadler and child joining husband in Hopedale Mass, and several local trades and fish market activity. J E Robinson of Wiscasset rumored to move to town. Residents Captain Thomas McLaughlin and A J Knight involved in ships and launches.
If Tuesday is pleasant the New Meadows launches will be well patronized. The Oakledge Outing Company will run boats for all river landings, leaving the New Meadows wharf at frequent intervals from seven a.m. until seven p.m.
An editorial recounts how twelve presidents of major corporations started as farmer's boys. It cites Lincoln Jackson Garfield and Edison among others, noting farm origins behind inventions like the cotton gin the sewing machine the dynamo and the typewriter and urges rural youth to seek opportunity in city life.
Farmers report tighter supply of good seed potatoes with notes from the upper county on hogs sold for slaughter at 7 to 7.5 cents per pound. John P Buckley names A G Gardner state horticulturist, succeeding E F Hitchings, and a Maine alumnus. Fort Fairfield Review cites steady Aroostook potato acreage despite rumors. Prices show Mountains at 1.00–1.15 and Cobblers near 1.00 per barrel, with Mountains slipping.
An old advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a national cure for dyspepsia, claiming it strengthens stomach membranes and purifies the blood. It also promotes digestive juice flow and body strengthening, while endorsing Dr Thomas Belectic Os as a strong and cheap remedy. A testimonial from George B Krause of Altoona Pennsylvania cites satisfaction with Dean's Regulats for gentle bowel regulation.
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