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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1910
Page
2
The Independent urges merchants to prepare holiday ads and book space next week to reach Sagadahoc County readers. It notes Gardiner G. Deering will launch another schooner, praises his yard, and predicts strong coasting trade profits. Also previews sheriff election hearings, turkey prices, and Woolwich town happenings with social events, deer season, and local commerce insights.
Ninety-seven members attended the Sagadahoe Pomona Grange annual meeting at Topsham Grange hall. Officers were elected and installed, with Horace J. Whitney named Master and M. A. Jack serving as chaplain. A new year programs committee was formed, and plans discussed for an Augusta farm produce exhibit tied to the Maine State Grange session.
Postmaster W C Todd improves his sheep ranch with a 45 by 10 foot lamb house and heater to protect newborns. He began with a dozen sheep and now winters eighty, aiming for several hundred through better breeding. Capt M L Marr raises W P Rocks poultry, wintering about 150 hens. Mrs H G Heald has a flock of B P Rocks, housed well, while Mr and Mrs Eugene G Oliver travel to Andover for winter. News of Mrs C W Oliver's illness in Newport News and local readings, school term starts December 5 with Miss Dunn out ill at Five Island. new teacher sought. Harringtons plan move to Phippsburg. Mr Ward of Topsham buys their property to start grocery. Center rainfall scant, Lydia F Oliver well struggling to fill, selectmen meeting held.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for lumbago arising after grip. Woman from Madison Indiana narrates three years of pain and relief after using the remedy. The notice invites readers to request the book on blood diseases and buy pills from the Dr Williams Medicine Company.
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