Fresh Produce and Grain Prices Across Markets
The report lists current retail prices for eggs, poultry, dairy, vegetables, and fruits, with bids for corn, oats, wheat, and seeds. It also notes market-wide trends in New York sugar, Boston beef and flour, and Chicago grains and provisions, highlighting wheat and corn moves amid crop forecasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creamery
Boston
Ems
Duluth
Manitoba
New York
Hennery
Long Island
Jersey
New York Twins
Chicago
Kansas
Local notes from Bath and West Bath area
Compiled items include visits and travels of residents such as Miss Florence Neiley in Bath, Mrs. J Everett Mayo visiting Berry’s Mill, and Walter T. Brown returning from vacations in Boston Providence and West Bath. Local business trips involve EF R Brown, Hartley C Baxter selling Kanawha to New York buyers, and Kanawha’s move to New Meadows landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Neiley
Bath
James French
Harvey Erskine
W. H. Brown
Allan Brown
Grace
Evelyn
Malden
Ellison Houdlette
West Bath
Mr. Brown
J. Everett Mayo
Berry'’s Mill
Rachel Trufant
Sylvanus Pennell
Freeport
Dorothy Perkins
Harry S. Hanson
Arthur Brown
New Meadows Landing
Hartley C. Baxter
New York
Pomona
Topsham
E. H. Haggett
West Bath Social Notes and Local Arrivals
West Bath updates record visitors and events as Mrs. Lillian Brown spends winter at the Barry home in Bath. Miss Jessie M. Tarr visits from Topsham. Percy Richardson returns after a serious accident and hospital stay. Eugene and George Rideout visit their father J C Rideout in Bath as locals note river conditions and early boating prep. The West Bath Orange program features readings music and farming talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Brown
Barry
Grove Street
Bath
Annie Wylie
Jessie M. Tarr
Topsham
Fred Larrabees
Percy Richardson
Richardson
City Hospital
Eugene
George Rideout
West Bath
J. C. Rideout
New Meadows
A. H. Donnell
Auburn
Mona Wyse
Augusta
Fred Larrabee
West Bath Orange
Annie Peterson
Wylie and Armstrong
Addie Purington
Miss Plant
M. J. Duncklee
Fred ‘Larrabee
Freeport
Obituary for Mrs. Mary Jane Purington of Winnegance
Mrs. Mary Jane Purington aged 85 years nine months seven days died after a brief illness at 7 10 p m Wednesday at her daughter Mrs Walter C Perry home in Winnegance She was a native of Phippsburg widow of Capt George Purington and survived by three sons Alpheus Frank William and a daughter Mrs Perry Funeral will be held Saturday at 11 a m from W C Perrys residence in Winnegance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Purington
Walter C. Perry
Winneganee
Purington
Phippsburg
Moses Paul
Lydia Paul
George Purington
Cleveland Holbrook
Alpheus Purington
Boston
Frank
Sedro Woolley
Washington
William E
South Orange
N. J
Perry
Ella Waterman Mayberry
Saco
Y M C A Notes on First Annual High School Supper
The Y M C A reports the first annual membership supper for high school and working boys held Friday at 6 15 in the gym. Grade school division leaders supervised the event while many boys attended. Emblems for the grade school gym class were awarded, featuring the Association triangle to be worn on jerseys or sweaters. Basketball standings list Harvard 5 1 Princeton 8 3 Cornell 2 4 Yale 2 4. In athletics Harvard led with 2754 points, followed by Princeton 2078 Yale 1551 and Cornell 1147. Winning team members: Capt George Thistle William Perkins Marshall Haraden Joseph Small Theodore Ham Archie Wishart Walter Leydon James Ham Cuthbert Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Princeton
Cornell
Yale
George Thistle
William Perkins
Marshall Haraden
Joseph Small
Theodore Ham
Archie Wishart
Walter Leydon
James Ham
Cuthbert Wilson
New York Man Traces Heir to Miss Elizabeth Shaw
Postmaster Hartnett received a letter from E. S. Lighte of New York seeking to locate Miss Elizabeth Shaw Pie who moved to this city fifty years ago. She is heiress to an estate that cannot be settled until she is traced or a family member found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elizabeth Shaw
Hartnett
E. S. Lighte
Phippsburg News Highlights Local Affairs and Death
Local notes cover visits and calls in Phippsburg Center Basin and surrounding towns. Highlights include the launch of schooner Jerome Jones, Dr. Berry's hay trips, school faculty listings, and the death of Mrs Ella Waterman Mayberry in Saco after a paralytic shock.
Barge Preston Discharging 1305 Tons Coal at Howard’s Wharf
The barge Preston is unloading a cargo of 1305 tons of coal at Howard’s coal wharf, with meters and cranes in operation as shore power and cargo handling proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Howard’s
Miss Belle Heald Resumes Studies at Cornish High
Georgetown news notes a local return to studies by Miss Belle Heald at Cornish High after a short vacation. Other items include teaching plans for Five Islands center school, thanks to church helpers, and updates on residents at Five Islands and nearby towns.
Ladies' Aid Plans Next Meeting At Mrs West’s Home
Riggsvill e notes show the Ladies' Aid met at Mrs FE A Williams. The next gathering will be at Mrs George West's home with much work ahead. Ferdinand Brilmayer visited Bath recently. Mrs West and her daughter traveled to Bath on Wednesday with Prince Bayard. Mrs Wentworth Cushing spent the weekend at Clarey Farm. Robert C West hauled lumber from Crosby Bros Saturday for vestry tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
FE. A. Williams
George West
Ferdinand Brilmayer
Bath
George‘ West
Crosby Bros
Powers Buys Fox Hound From Bowdoinham
Cal Powers bought a fox hound from Bowdoinham and expects future pleasure from it. Mrs. Eugene Reynolds is ill with a severe cold. Miss Naomi Powers returns home after winter with Mr. and Mrs. William Couch. Parents and pupils welcome their popular teacher Miss Agnes Jones back to school this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal Powers
Bowdoinham
Eugene Reynolds
Naomi Powers
William Couch
Agnes Jones
West Bath Grange Monday April 3 Program
West Bath Grange posts a Monday program for April 3 with topics on Spring Music and quotes, readings by Margaret Peterson and Mrs. Armstrong, a vocal solo Just For Today, a story by John Rideout, a piano duet, and talks on grafting fruit trees by Frank Miller of Topsham Grange. Practical potato care including preventing scab and decay is presented by Brother Miller and others. Annie Campbell conducts the contest with Miss Purington participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Mrs. Haggett
Margaret Peterson
Mrs. Armstrong
Miss Ramsey
Miss Potter
John Rideout
Lincoln
Williams
Miss Wylie
Miss Armstrong
Frank Miller
Topsham Grange
Popham Beach Social Scenes And Fleet Updates
The Society Hall dance at Popham Beach led by A. C. Varney showcased prize waltz and spot dancing with positive reports. Local boatmen prepared for the season, painting and overhauling vessels including Moses Chandler’s new Grace Ella and Lyman Oliver’s twenty foot craft for Howard Spinney. Samuel Alexander moved to Hunnewell’s Beach Coast Guard Station, while Mrs. L. L. Myers and Helen visited Machias. Private John Edwards of Fort Popham escaped injury after a sleigh mishap with the post horse Baldie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society Hall
Popham Beach
A. C. Varney
Long Island
Popham
Moses Chandler
Grace Ella
Lyman Oliver
Howard Spinney
Spinney
Mr. Oliver
Samuel Alexander
Hunnewell’s Beach Coast
L. L. Myers
Helen
Machias
Guy Crowley
Coast Guard
Adderson
Maine
John Edwards
Fort Popham
Baldie
Stage Driver Aids Rider After Sudden Jump
An action by a Stage Driver shows quick thinking as he leaped from his team to assist Mr. Edwards in regaining control of his horse. Meanwhile Mrs. George W. Tobey of Bath visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Stevens at Popham Beach for a stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liver
Edwards
George W. Tobey
Bath
H. C. Stevens
Popham Beach
Through Thin Ice: Bowdoinham Farmer Narrowly Escapes
James Fulton, a Bowdoinham farmer, nearly falls through thin ice on Merrymeeting Bay while returning home. His horse drowns as the float sinks, but Fulton reaches solid ice unharmed. Bath friends express relief over his safety and note his years of ferrying farm produce to Bath. The Park League reports B I W bowlers beat Red Men in a tense night with Billings high in a single 106 and Farrar top scorer 287.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fulton
Bowdoinham
Merrymeeting Bay
Fulton
Bath
B.I.W
Red Men
Billings
Farrar
Six Carloads of Frame Arrive for New Schooner
Six carloads of frame material arrived from Northern Maine for Percy and Small to build a new four masted schooner after the Charles D Loveland is launched next Thursday. Deputy Aderton jailed Clyson Coffin in $800 bail awaiting May term action. Woolwich reports Sasanoa Bluffs wood lot to be cut into lumber. The Law Court denied a motion in the case Mitchell v Cotteau, upholding the $200.30 verdict for the plaintiff. Executor notices issued for W A Rogers of Phippsburg and Sits of Sagadahoc, calling creditors to present claims and debtors to settle promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy & Small
Maine
Charles D. Loveland
Aderton
Clyson Coffin
Augusta
High Court
Woolwich
Rockland Opinion
Sasanoa Bluffs
Law Court
William H. Mitchell
John H. Cotteau
William A. C. Rogers
Phippsburg
Sagadahoc
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Massachusetts
J. Edward Drake
Dorothy Jewett
William Palmer
Fred Humphreys
Drake Cottage
Birch Point
Doyle
Her
Ernest Williams
Sagadahoc County
Campbell's Pond
Scott C. Campbell
E. G. Morrison
Herbert Doughty
Dr. Berry
Albert Storer
Fred H. Brigham
James Perry
Eliza Morrison
Ernest Doughty
Meadowbrook
John Walker
Thomaston
Richmond
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Johns Hopkins University
Walker
Brooklyn
N. Y
Europe
Jerome Jones
Deering Yard
Virginia
Deering Wharf
Walter J. Small
Ashdale
W. R. Bowker
Stephen Small
Fred Morrison
Clarance Martin
Boothbay
Charles Morrison
S. Richardson
J. F. Leach
Son Golder
Parker Head
E. V. Lewis
Center
Eleanor Fullerton
West Point
Mae Rane
Small Point
Edna L. Farrar
Lillian Smith
Stone Schoolhouse
Edith Oliver
Sebasco
Alice M. Campbell
Marguerite Irving
Fullerton
Town
Walter Small
Edith Bowker
Dickinson
McCormick
Harpswell
Thomas McCormick
Georgetown
Belle Heald
Cornish High
League
Augusta Todd
Caroline Stevens
Five Islands
Jennie Dearborn
Louise Perkins
Boothbay Harbor
Church
Malouf
John L. Berry
Everett Higgins
S. P. Oliver
Howard Heald
Chester Horne
Bryant's Pond
John
Alfred Rowe
Byron Rowe
Mary Moore
Cove
Horace Cragin
Herman Spinney
Carrol Varney
Bay Point
Emily Todd
Marrtown
Elmira Trafton
Ethel Spinney
Hartford
Fred Spinney
Martha Hinckley
Lewiston
Roscoe P. Todd
Naomi H. Powers
Riggsville
W. H. Couch
Arlington Heights
Mass
Locke School
Ajax
Blatchford
Miss Purington
John D. Rogers
George Se
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