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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1908
Page
7
A brief note discusses limiting party line telephone visits to conventional visiting hours to improve service while still allowing calls for household business before leisure time. It emphasizes not curtailing conversations but guiding timing.
The article compares telephone demand to transit rush hours, noting that calls peak between 9:30 and 11:00 AM. It suggests deferring nonessential social calls to afternoon and urges party line users to recognize that one busy subscriberblocks the line for all on that shared service.
The Fidelity Trust Company of Portland Maine increases its business and offers four percent on savings deposits with a graduated interest scale on several accounts. The bank emphasizes no solicitation of savings or checking accounts while inviting correspondence on terms, noting postal convenience and a regulated hall department that assists depositors even if they do not reside in Portland.
Local residents in Arrowsic and nearby areas report visits and health updates. Names such as Mrs. Herbert Scotten, Mrs. Anna Fogg, Miss Builth Fogs, and Mrs. M A Drummond are listed among visitors and prolonged stays. Reports mention hay cutting, mill work, and small-town movements with several families returning from Bath, Boothbay, and Providence. A note on theft and missing apples appears, along with word of a single remaining mill in operation and various city residents visiting relatives.
Richmond, Miss Myrtle True visited Topsham with friends. Arthur Winslow bought the Al Lancaster for Chester Totman and wife attended camp in New Hampshire. Miss Fern Webner visited Miss Olive Killam at Feehere. Miss Nettie Stuart will teach Wi at Holden this fall, starting Sept 14. Mr and Mrs Estie Reed returned with her diner schoolhouse foundation laid on L caster lot. Miss Lillian Marriner stayed with Arthur Randlett and son lip. Mrs Georgia Jackson spent the week with sister Mrs EL Smith in Waterville. Mr and Mrs J K Hathorne visiting friends in Bingham. Mrs Ann Blanchard of Gardiner visiting Mrs Elinor Mar. Eunien Hathorne in Gardiner Saturday. Charlie Wheeler and Beatrice Proctor ill with typhoid fever. Ruth Lancaster, five, recovering from same illness. Summer visitors returning home quickly. John Sturtevant has Bay duck shoot in Miss Maud Marson visited Friday.
Edge om residents host visits and travels. Mr and Mrs Cochran of Edge om made a business trip to Liteh eld Corner and called on friends. Mrs Cochran formerly Miss Lettle Percy of this place. Mrs Norman Higgins of Augusta stays with Mr and Mrs Gordon Higgins for a week. Mrs Edgar Briery and Mrs Minnie Payne Savage attended church. Miss Taylor of Malden Mass and Mr Thomas Moore of Attleboro Mass guests of Henry Taylor returned home Saturday. Mrs Lillian Smith visiting father Asa Smith plans to return to Chicago for teaching work. Miss Mattie Knight went to Massachusetts for a short stay with relatives.
Marion Jordan of Newark reports visitors from natives after a recent trip. Harrison Stone of Topsham arrived in town with a corn reaper this week. Harvey Jordan led a party to Dre's Island by boat Monday aboard the Bem. Mrs. Andrew Thomas visited her sister Mrs. Harret Storer Friday. Mrs. Storer has been ill for the past week.
WES RowDors Schols in town Monday. Ray Small and Miss Angie Roberts of Litchfield called on Mrs Charles Allen Sunday. Mrs Henry Allen and daughter Mrs Weymouth of Lish were guests of Mrs Joel Allen Sunday. Rev Irving Dennet of New York delivered a discourse at the North church Sunday afternoon. The church was well filled with friends from afar. On Sunday Sept 13 at 2 50 p m Rev G H Bolster of Richmond will speak at the North church.
Edgar Williams and Ab on Oliver family spend a week at Southport where a new house for Wall Aates nears exterior completion showing rapid progress on the unfinished exterior.
A historical ad praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female ills. It cites testimonial from Bertha Mut of Missouri and describes ancient herbal practices on the Western Plains. The letter claims the product restored health and strength after twelve years of severe female diseases.
In West Dresden many residents and relatives from Portland to Somerville gathered for visits. Mrs. Foss and husband returned home to Portland Saturday morning, with Mrs. Foss to arrive Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Pushard hosted guests from Seguinland and Waterville, while Mrs. Edith Blake and Mrs. Lenora Vinal joined various local households for summer farewells.
The Small Point Free Baptist church hosts its quarter meeting this week with many in attendance. Fred Lewis visits his sister Mrs W H Gilman for a few days while George Lowell of Beverly MA visits Ashdale. C K Totman rests at home on vacation with his placester Mase 9. John Thompson has lived in New Han for years and faces threats. Diane Thompson and Mrs Martin Wyman host guests as Thompson of Star Point Mise Mice Johnson returns from Brunswick to home.
Rural Grange members discussed who takes the most interest in the organization. The vote favored the sisters. Next meeting plans reading by Sister Connie and others, with questions on why the Grange is needed in rural communities and reports from officers.
Mrs NSWien Mrs John Purington and Mrs Charles Good of Topsham visited with Mrs Isaac Linscott and Mrs Alfred Clifford of Oren for an afternoon gathering. The notes indicate local social activity and hosted guests from nearby towns.
Continued from Page Three explains the master of the ship acts as a magistrate at sea under English maritime law. He can manage passenger disputes pacify frightened travelers and determine when to bar a disruptive passenger to a cabin rest. The company exists to carry the public over the ferry not to satisfy personal moras.
A jumble of names and visits appears from Monmouth and surrounding areas. A. J. Linscott and Lester Wheeler were guests of A. A. Wheeler, with other locals like Mrs K G Edwards and Mrs John Randall joining Sunday gatherings. References to Hussy Jr. and Kam occupying cottages, Miss Cushing visiting relatives, and Edward Esterbrook calling on friends in New Meadows fill the blotchy recap of social calls and church attendance.
A historical medical review discusses Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and related tonics. It references unicorn root Helena and other ingredients as claimed remedies and notes the tonic’s standing in 19th century medical culture.
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