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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1911
Page
5
Advice stresses not rushing meals and resting before eating to aid digestion. It warns against ignoring early illness, urges avoiding constipation, and promotes L. F. Atwood's Medicine or Bitters as a nightly remedy. Sold by dealers in large bottles for thirty five cents. samples mailed free by L. F. Medicine Co. Portland Me.
Readers of the Independent are invited to send farm and grange news and other interest to the Independent Office in Bath. A good lot of produce was brought in and sold for fair prices at the fair.
The Thanksgiving market remains well supplied with farm produce as dealers pay farmers 42 to 45 cents a dozen for eggs and up to $1.10 per bushel for potatoes. Cabbage, beets, carrots, and squash stay plentiful while apples and cranberries sell well. Poultry prices show hens at 16 cents per pound and fowl at 14 cents. hay brings 18 to 19 dollars a ton. Winter eggs and feeding practices are discussed, including the hopper method and home poultry care tips.
In Woolwich this week Mrs. Charlotte Ann Leonard stands out as a famed needleworker who shuns sewing machines and keeps early hours. The column details church services, school activity, residents visiting Boston, local farming, grain and poultry prices, social events, and ongoing town projects including silos and electric lighting trials.
From December Farm Journal: guidance on feeding sows with wheat bran and grain, buying cows, hoof care for horses, teeth checks, wintering horses, and barn cleanliness. Notes on avoiding crowding ewes, dangers of road travel for horses, and the season opening in Bath and other cities.
Elisha BK Locke of Harrington New Hampshire describes severe scrofula with painful underarm swelling. After six bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla, symptoms vanished and health improved. He promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a purifying medicine with multiple active ingredients.
A testimonial from Kathleen Lee of Jefferson Massachusetts describes years of weakness and pale lips before taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. After regular use she reports improved color strength sleep and ability to work. The ad claims the pills restore blood health and offer a free booklet. Pills sold by druggists or by mail at 50 cents per box six for two dollars and fifty cents for eight boxes.
Farm shingling on Joseph F Webb estate at Day's Perry by Hathorne and Stinson. Day's Ferry pupils present a Congregational church benefit program at Tuessie hall with music and readings. Woolwich poultry showed modest Thanksgiving output. Baptist ladies host a supper for church funds. State road near Woolwich completed with gravel and concrete gutters. River traffic: 2281 autos last year, 2823 by December. Local shingling at the Ferry store. New rowboat bought by Henry Carlton. Thanksgiving daylight dance at Sebenon Hall. Successful concert at the Methodist church led by Rev Brooks and Mrs Brooks with multiple vocal and instrumental performances. Hog slaughterers this week include James T Soule, Winfield Wright and Fred Carleton.
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