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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1910
Page
2
A long outlook piece notes trolley improvements and wider Front street as essential for growth. It highlights new boats on the Boothbay division, rising farm equipment purchases, and the need for better street and bank projects alongside political shifts in Maine and Massachusetts.
The week in Woolwich notes the funeral of Mrs. Mains Main, progress on BE Reed’s house, road work by Henry Carlton’s crew, cemetery improvements at Partridge and Day’s Ferry, and local happenings including visits, births, and potato farming updates at Carlton’s farm with large expected yields this season.
Mrs. W. L. Squire of Cleveland Ohio testifies that after facial neuritis and failed operations she restored health by Dr Williams Pink Pills. She credits the pills with curing her pain and avoiding further surgery and urges readers to seek the booklet on nervous disorders. The ad notes pills cost 50 cents per box, six for 2 25, and are sold by Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.
An October weather note leads into praise for Hood's Sarsaparilla as a radical and permanent cure for scrofula. The ad claims vast citywide proof of the medicine eradicating scrofula and compares it to the fear of consumption, noting widespread merit in homes.
The notice lists October 19 train times from Bath to Skowhegan Belfast Bangor Bucksport and more with morning and afternoon departures including 7 25 a m 10 20 p m and 2 1 20 p m routes toward Augusta Waterville and Bangor and additional westbound trains toward Portland Boston Montreal and New York on select days Sundays included. It names agents Boothby and Morris Milliken with authority from Portland Maine.
State of Maine to the Probate Court in Sagadaboc Bath. George M. Stinson petitions to administer the estate of Henry A. Card of Woolwich died Sept 4 1910 as heir at law to the decedent. The court orders publication in Bath Independent three weeks and a probate hearing Nov 1 1910 at Bath to show cause why letters testamentary should not be granted.
The Probate Court of Sagadahoe County Bath issues a notice on petition for a decision to be published for three weeks. The order sets a court date on the first Tuesday of November at 11 a.m. in Bath to show cause why the grant should not be made. Judge James S Lowell presides. Attest Cyrus W Longley Register.
Mary M Fiske of Bedford requests letters of administration for the estate of Mary A Fiske of Bath who died September 4 1810. The petition lists heirs and requests letters testamentary be issued to Mary M Fiske dated October 4.
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