Bath Market Sees Steady Prices and Egg Shortage Cited
Bath market reports show verve quotations steady from last week with wholesale eggs at 2.75 per bushel and retail eggs scarce amid higher prices. Cabbage, onions, parsnips, and beans noted with varied costs. dairy butter and meats described as scarce or fluctuating. A 1916 poultry success story from Mill Village highlights earnings from 160 hens totaling 219.82 for the year.
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Bath
Texas
Portland
Jordan Wright
Ned Trott
Woolwich
Joseph Footer
West Bath
West Bath Grange Flag Night Delights Members
West Bath Grange hosted a patriotic flag night led by Mrs. Joanna Hodgkins. The program featured a large stage flag, national colors at officer stations, a surprise tableau Peace by eight white-clad women with trumpets, and Moses Owen’s Battle Flags performed by Lester Pratt. Attendance reached 75 despite stormy weather. Next week degree work will proceed with Owen Rogers assisting for Elmer Rich’s illness.
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West Bath Grange
Joanna Hodgkins
Moses Owen
Lester Pratt
Topsham Grange
Owen
Rogers
Elmer Rich
Poultry Management Tips From A Farm Column
Do not frighten hens fence the garden to keep them out. Ducks and a drake feed and roam together. Advertise ducks eggs for hatching this season. A hen laying 50 eggs a year is profitable beyond that. Corn fed for flavor, fish in ration may degrade egg taste, open sinks harm quality.
Spring Garden Tips For Maine Yard and Field
Simple garden guidance covers soil readiness by clump test, use of barn manure with humus, and selective fertilization. Emphasizes regular cultivation, soil care, and early indoor starts for vegetables. Recommends air stacked lime for heavy soils, potting crops like spinach radishes and lettuce, and growing potatoes in vacant lots or city yards.
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Maine
Agricultural Bureau
Very Young Sows Limit Piglet Litter Sizes
Prof G W Barnes of the University of Arizona says breeding sows too young leads to small litters of two to four pigs. Recommended breeding starts at twelve to fourteen months, not before nine months, with strong feed and clean water to support growth and life-long production.
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G. W. Barnes
University of Arizona
Ducks and gunner activity at Winnegance Creek
Dabbling ducks fill Winnegance Creek as gunners, near the close season, shoot from shore near the game wardens house. Reports describe large numbers and bold behavior despite law.
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Winnegance Creek
Demonstration of a Dry Feed Hopper for Hogs
County Agent Harold Shaw will demonstrate a dry feed hopper for hogs in Lisbon next Tuesday, April 10 at G. A. Earle's. The system is said to yield greater economical gains on grain than other feeding methods.
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Harold Shaw
Lisbon
G. A. Earle’s
Grange bill defeated in Maine Legislature over school fund shares
The Grange bill proposing distribution of the common school fund by pupil counts was defeated with opposition from cities and large towns. Future legislatures may again confront the issue. Biddeford and Saco teamsters agree on $6 per day for nine hours for double team and leader paraphrase.
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Maine
Biddeford
Saco
Shave
Double Team
Letaer
Patriotic Service Inspires Woolwich Community
The Woolwich Congregational Church held Palm Sunday observances with flags and a patriotic address by Rev. Calder. Easter services are planned for April 8, with flag salutes and a Day’s Ferry quartet to perform.
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First Baptist
Center Baptist Church
Ferry
West Bath Week in Review Highlights Local Visits and Incidents
Mrs J M Lemont hosted guests in Bath and families hosted visitors from Bath and New Meadows. The Inn plans to reopen May 30 as locals prepare the New Meadows garage for summer boating. Children and teens figure in local news with a lip injury, a domestic missing youth incident, and a pair from the Reform School recently residing with Rev Allen Brown.
Five Islands News Notes and Social Updates
Mrs C C Davis and daughter Julia return home after winter visit with Mrs L H Rowe. Rev and Mrs William Boyd guests at Stevens home with Mrs Boyd ill part of the time. Miss Louise Allen, patient at Bath City Hospital for pneumonia, to visit next week. Mrs Reed, Woolwich Arrowsic Georgetown schools superintendent, visited local schools. J G Stevens and crew blasting in discovered area report excellent quality. Mrs Addie Muse remains on sick list. Mrs H L Tarr of Richmond visits, returns with sister Mrs T W Blaisdell. April comes in teary this week, Capt Byron Campbell and son.
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John Reed
Bay Point
Five Islands
Riggsville
Morse High School
Day's Ferry
Gertrude Parker
Malden
Mass
North Woolwich
Dexter Baker
Kathleen Bailey
Bath
Carrie F. Luce
J. Bailey
Auburn
New England Milk Producers’ Association
Grange Hall
Lowell Brown
Murphy’s Corner
Warren Bailey
Percy Bailey
Dresden
Charles Sheldon
Chelsea
Joseph Groves
Wiscasset
David Munsey
Blieke Reed
Maynard Lawrence
Cambridge
Carrie Wing
Albert
Getchell
Sagadahoc Ferry
David Carter
Horace
Livermore Falls
John H. Carter
Frank Warren
Texas Company
Portland
Diamond Island
Russia
Europe
C. C. Davis
Julia
L. H. Rowe
William Boyd
Stevens
Boyd
Louise Allen
Bath City Hospital
Reed
Woolwich
Arrowsic
Georgetown
J. G. Stevens
Addie Muse
H. L. Tarr
Richmond
T. W. Blaisdell
Byron Campbell
Local News Briefs From Town and Nearby Visitors
Mrs Ellen Cromwell attends the Ladies Aid meeting for the first time since returning from Bath. Edward Hodgdon of Thompson Hall Co Portland visited local merchants on Wednesday. Henry Tarbox, recently home to recover from throat surgery, returned to Boston in frail health after a close call and prior similar illnesses.
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Ellen Cromwell
Ladies' Aid
Bath
Edward Hodgdon
Thompson Hall Co
Portland
Henry Tarbox
Boston
Man Shot Near Bath Court House in Midnight Encounter
A midnight shooting near Bath Court House spurred a manhunt. Special Deputy McDonough fired at a short thick man hiding behind a bush. Capt. Conley and Officer Sonia pursued across Lincoln and Center Streets. A later shot led to the apprehension of a well known local man, released after explanation.
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Bath
Court House
Conley
Watch
Sonia
Center St. Kill
McDonough
Lincoln
McFadden
Lincoln and
Center Sts
Lincoln St
Capt. Conley
High St
Morse High Grounds
North St
Hayes Homestead
Center
Oak
Radio Operators Propose Amateur Stations in New England
Lieutenant H C Gawler U S Naval Reserve in Bath advocates amateur radio stations from Eastport Maine to Chatham Mass for coast defense. He urges enrollment of amateur operators as electricians radio and telegraphers in the naval reserve to support first naval district operations.
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H. C. Gawler
U. S. Naval Reserve Force
Bath
First Naval District
Lieut. Gawler
U.S
New England
Eastport
Maine
Chatham
Mass
Naval District
Naval Reserve
Enrolling Offices and Radio Equipment Order
The local enrolling office is at the Times Building Bath Maine under Chief Carpenter J F McCole. Other enrolling offices are in Machias Bar Harbor Rockland and Portland Maine. Lieutenant Gawler notes Bath lacks a suitable amateur radio station and requests purchase of equipment with the bill to him. the set is now on the way.
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Times
Front St
Bath
Maine
J. F. McCole
Machias
Bar Harbor
Rockland
Portland
Lieut
Gawler
J. Edward Drake
Farewell Sermon for Robinhood Pastor John E Churchill
The Rev John E Churchill will preach a farewell sermon on The Last Words next Sunday at 1030 am with floral decorations Easter music and a reception for members. A Ladies Aid meeting March 28 accepted the president’s resignation with no new officers. Sagadahoc County Public Safety fundraisers receive strong support from Bath and four banks. A dance featured Perkins Orchestra at Lebanon Hall Woolwich Friday night.
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John E. Churchill
Robinhood
Godspeed
Ladies’ Aid
F. Brilmaier
Ferry rate hearing set for Merrymeeting Bay crossing
Sagadahoc County Commissioners announce a public hearing in Bath on Tuesday in April at noon to hear those interested in establishing rates and hours of service for a ferry over Merrymeeting Bay. CHARLES B. RANDALL.
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Merrymeeting Bay
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