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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1914
Page
5
The piece describes a cold pack method for canning corn on or off the cob using glass jars or tin cans. It covers selection, blanching, cutting from the cob, salt addition, tops, and various processing times for different canning devices, with notes on high altitudes, container choices, and potential profitability for home canners.
At midnight last Thursday Frank H. Beals and Roscoe I. Leighton were walking home across Palmer field when a muskrat sprang from the grass and bit Beals on the right leg. They killed the animal with stones, Beals showing the carcass to locals the next morning. Funeral services for Joseph Williamson of Aidevasta were private, with Rev. Woothby officiating. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. The Pejepscot captain Swett arrived Sunday with pulp barges Nos. 1 and 2 from Salmon River.
Local jottings report sparse grasshoppers this summer and a busy civic week with a Bath shipyard repair of the schooner Clarence H Venner and a general refit for the George R Stetson barge. Wreck materials sold. a Bath man learned trawling, catching 1200 to 1400 pounds. municipal court cases noted regarding a Bath woman and a suspended sentence.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces a fall 1914 examination series in Portland Maine and other New England cities for multiple marine, mechanical and non educational posts in Lighthouse Service Engineer Dept and other government branches. Salaries noted include 768 per year for Marine Fireman and Oiler. a Gen A M Randol vacancy at 8750 per year in Portland requires August 10 filing. further openings and forms 1800 1572 available through district secretaries in Boston and Portland with deadlines September 15 1914.
Maine shows higher value per acre for corn oats barley and rye compared with Washington Oregon Montana and California based on Dec 1 price. Potatoes yield highest in the nation with strong per acre value. dairy eggs butter and livestock show Maine ahead or near the top. Develop Maine Movement urged with $1 membership to W. E. Lawry in Augusta.
An ad argues that boys are not benefiting from outdoor life and diet during vacations. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic that steadies nerves aids digestion stimulates appetite and improves sleep, claiming it strengthens the system for students and teachers during breaks.
Governor Locke Craig of North Carolina sought the return of the Seventh North Carolina Infantry battle flag held in Maine. The Maine Governor and Council ordered the adjutant general to return the flag to North Carolina, noting it was captured by Maine troops at Civil War battles near Rappahannock.
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