Governor King of Bath and his temperance era
This reminiscence recalls Governor King of Bath Maine, his dignified bearing and social foibles. It covers temperance efforts with Rev Ellingwood and Zina Hyde, King’s church founding actions, and his clashes with the Zetetic Club over school funding. It notes Cyrus King’s talents and misadventures, and a tale of his stagecoach encounter with a Frenchman and dog.
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South Nul Dave
Bath
Governor King
Times
Cyrus
Georke
John
Patten
Fire Public Library
Otie
Florida
Washindionne
Tadiex
Congress
England
France
Congregational Church
Old North Church
Gov. King
Jenks
Mr. Jenks
Gov
Ter
Rat Palmer
Old South Papist
Federal Aya Temple Streets
Portland
Atlantic & Montreal
Tate
Kink
Hin
Maine
Zetetic Club
Notable deaths and regional events across states
Obituaries report the deaths of Henry C. Brewer and Horace Arnold, with tributes to Freeport and Rhode Island figures. Regional milestones include Great Barrington’s 150th anniversary, a new Presque Isle high school, and mill closings in Biddeford. A Bristol I Rhode Island robbery, Taft on Mayflower, mushroom poisonings, and a Boston bank funding debate also appear.
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Henry C. Brewer
Freeport
Great Barrington
N. H
Perley E. Graffam
Lewiston
Dinnla
Cal
McWinley
Buffalo
Brunswick
Horace Arnold
Rhode Island
Belgrade Lakes
Presque Isle
Pepperill and Laconia
Biddeford
Deacon Davis Thurston
Litchfield
Bristol
R. I
Taft
Islesboro
Charles Dana Gibson
New York
Iorge B. Finlay
Palermo
Maine
Massachusetts Hospital For the Insane
Michael Jervdon
Somerville
A Healthy Happy Old Age Laxative Reminder
Promote healthy aging with a gentle cleansing using Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. Marketed as a natural, strengthening laxative suitable for all ages, the remedy warms and tones internal organs without weakening them. Genuine packages bear the California Fig Syrup Co. name.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Plas
Knees Stiff Five Years End in Cure by Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Henry J. Goldstein of Boston reports five years of rheumatism with knee stiffness but relief after taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla. He says the medicine restored business activity and calls it a cure, recommending Hood’s in liquid form or Sarsatabs.
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Henry J. Goldstein
Hayton Street
Boston
Mass
Hood
Mr. Goldstein
Week of Cottage Visits and Local Notices
Long list of residents and visitors at Bay Point New Meadows West Bath WiscAsseton and Dedham with social calls and travels. Remarks include railway improvements and a formal denial from Malaga Island schoolhouse builders led by George W Lane addressing claims of orders fore stopping work backed by state authorities.
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Warren MeIntire
Vida MeIntire
Charles Hewett, Jr
Almon Perry
Marie
Ay Point
Sumner Tunt
Datchter
Malden
Zina B. Hunt
Otadjiaw Trask
Nannie E. Trask
Damarixcotta
Ernest Knight
Waldoboro
Knight
Eugene Knight
Winfheld Groves
New Meadows
Ernest Allan
Keene
N. J
Dan F. Cook
Walter Lillis
Somerville
John M. Sheffield
William C. Wreble
Freeport
Jennie Berry
West Bath
George F. Ragan
Edgar Williams
Eugene Spinney
Long Island
Joshua Tibbetts
Edwin Small
Parker Head
Albert Lakin
Wiscasset
Labor Day
Harold McCutcheon
Navy
Joseph B. McCutcheon
Charles H. Williams
Alice Williams
Bay Point
William Wyman
Dedham
Mass
Obadiah Trask
Blanche Madden
Margaret Wyman
Street Railway
George L. Rogers
Bath
Bessie Hunt
Wisset
Malaga Island
Perry
John Frisbie
Messrs
F. Clark
Bowsker
William Butler
State Superintendent of Schools
George W. Lane
Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted for Kidney Trouble Relief
A local testimonial from Mrs G H Colby of Bath Maine praises Doans Kidney Pills for back lameness and kidney secretion issues. The ads claim Doans cure kidney problems caused by uric acid and note the product is sold by all dealers for 50 cents with Foster Milburn Co as U S agents.
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Dean
G.h.colby
Liberty St
Bath
Doan
Webber's Drug Store
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
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Farmington
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Edward Hunt
Norwood
Miss Margaret Bruce
Otis Hunt
W. G. Bates
Bates
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Mrs. Lane
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