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Skunk Farming and the Bath Polly Sail as Merchants Hold Meeting
A Bath region item details George Crooker of North Bath breeding and trapping skunks for pelts and revenue, including methods and profits. It also covers the sale of the old schooner Polly to J H Weldon, its historic privateering past, and a Bath Merchants Association meeting planning a big Tuesday Wyoming launch with civic events and plans for industry expansion.
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Maine Register
George Crooker
North Bath
Cooker
Crocker
Mr. Crocker
Polly
J. H. Weldon
Dighton
Mass
Peary
Bath
H. C. Webber
Bath Merchants’ Association
Webber
Wyoming
Percy & Small Yard
Maine Central Railroad
Harry C. Webber
Scott RR. Frye
Charles W. Clifford
Charles H. Mason
Harry E. Stetson
Wilbur C. Oliver
John S. Hyde
Bowie
Fred Fuller
Maine
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