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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1911
Page
5
Mrs Ollie Woodall of Morton's Gap Kentucky attributes two years of back pain to organic weakness and reports full recovery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She urges others to seek root-cause relief and consults Mrs Pinkham for confidential advice.
The notice invites readers to request post cards showing the city with dynastic colors and free mailing to any address. It asks to send an outer wrapper from a bottle of L. F. Atchards Medicine or Pitiers and promises to mail five Portland cards in return.
The Woolwich Grange program for September 9 includes Grange Choir, Sister Marion Soule Wat, Evelin Hodgcon, J. B. McKenney, Sister Mary Plumstead, Faith Hope Charity Fidelity, Julian, Faith Hope Charity, Sister Mildrea Leavitt, Ella Shaw, and a Posing Thought. It also notes a 36 year old account of Captain Matthew Webb’s English Channel swim depicted by William T Burgess, with Burgess starting at South Foreland Dover and finishing near Cape Gris Nez after 22 hours 35 minutes.
Readers are invited to contribute farm and grange news or any matter of interest to country readers. Send items to The Independent Office in Bath.
A weekly Woolwich bulletin notes strong supplies of vegetables and fruit with eggs edging up after a sparse period. Potatoes remain around a dollar per bushel, apples scarce locally with 50 cents to 1 dollar per bushel, pears and plums plentiful at given rates, bees at 36 cents a dozen, and country butter about 50 cents per pound. Local farmers exhibit Holsteins, Guernseys, and English Devon cattle, with Burris and Ward among leading breeders. Weather and spraying woes threaten apples. hay is scarce, and several residents relocate or recover from illnesses.
Woolwich and surrounding towns prepare for a close No vote as the No party campaigns across Sagadahoc County. Local notes report candidates, gatherings, fairs, and community events shaping the late summer political mood.
An old advertisement touts Maks Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a sixty year remedy used by millions of mothers for children. It claims to calm crying, soften gums, relieve pain, cure wind colic, and treat diarrhea, asserting safety and urging customers to ask for Wooshaw’s Syrup.
An article explains gas on the stomach links to poor blood and weak digestion. Walter Geary credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing his gas, indigestion, and fatigue after years of illness. The pills are sold by doctors or mailed postpaid in 40 cent boxes.
Supporters of Brent celebrate strong showing in local election results. Enthusiastic crowds praise party gains and note early leads across several wards.
The Fhterprice Grange held its regular Saturday meeting with 24 members present. Members read poems and stories by Maude Smith and Ernest Stewart, and a round of questions on farming topics sparked discussion. Afterward, refreshments followed by social games as the Young people enjoyed themselves before dispersing.
At the Merrymeeting Grange meeting last night the program included a plea for the boy by Brother Nelson. Discussion on Panama Canal fortifications and best timing for the annual fair followed. Readings, cate sayings, and talks on fruits and berries were given by multiple members with stories and gunner jokes noted.
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, with a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure. It says the remedy works systemically through the blood and mucous surfaces and builds up the patient while testimonials back its efficacy.
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