Not Unanimous Over Maine Highway Bond Debate
Letters from Grange members oppose the Seates highway bill arguing it imposes new taxes for road building. They support the 2 1 million bond issue but reject further taxation and demand a compromise likely delaying any favorable report. More hearings with Grangers and officials are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Master Stetson
Maine State Grange
Proposed
Highway Commission
Nelson
Stetson
Orchard Expenses for a Maine Farm Orchard
R T Patten of Eaton Mountain Farm in Skowhegan Maine owns an orchard of 1000 trees on 25 acres valued at 39 per acre. He calculates rock removal plowing harrowing lime and protection costs per acre and per tree, with 40 trees per acre and 25 cents per tree planting and pruning costs. He foresees the ten year net profit reaching 1200 in that year with proper care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skowhegan
R. T. Patten
Eaton Mountain Farm
Maine
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed in Bath Testimony
Bath resident John E. Beans reports relief from kidney pain and back ache after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad urges readers to try the remedy, noting price 50 cents and Foster Milburn Co as U.S. agents. Beans cites four years of use and improved kidney function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
John E. Beans
Academy St
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Topsham Grange Hosts Meeting On Maine Resources
At a Feb. 8 Tops ham Grange meeting about Maine resources speakers covered Maine history water power agriculture and manufacturing. Music included Home Sweet Home The Old Oaken Bucket and a vocal duet. Twenty candidates awaited degrees and two applications were received. About 50 members discussed transporting rural pupils to village schools with strong support from local educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham Grange
Maine
Home Sweet Home
the Grange
Martha Tarr
E. C. Patten
Edwin Dunham
Mabel Crowe
Sarah Drew
Ethel Cushman
E. Y. Shaw
W. T. Guptill
Cone
Brunswick
Topsham
Wheeler
Roughan
Sally
Bowdoin Notes on Local Health and Family Moves
Bowdoin items report Mrs Emery Potter’s gradual recovery from a shock while Mrs Horace Gilpatrick battles blood poisoning. Grandson Clark Townsend burned his face and hand badly after a stove incident. O R Townsend visits Lisbon Falls ill patient Hosea Bickford. Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth Polley held at her son George Polley’s home with interment at South Bowdoin cemetery. Andrew Burns improves after a foot injury. Several residents including Mrs Maria Grover and Marl Cross are ill, and Frank Small shows improvement after hospital treatment for deafness. Maria Grady also improves. Nathaniel and Mrs Gilpatrick plan to move to the Avery farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Potter
Nathaniel Gilpatrick
Avery Farm
Horace Gilpatrick
Clark Townsend
C. R. Townsend
O. R. Townsend
Hosea Bickford
Lisbon Falls
Elizabeth Polley
George Polley
Pnetumonia
Bowdoin Cem
Eldora Small
Lisbon
Abel Grover
Sabattus
Thomas McGraw
Maria Grady
Avery
Rural Schools topic at Lincoln Pomona and Seaside Granges
Lincoln Pomona Grange met Seaside Grange in Bristol on Tuesday to discuss Rural Schools. N A Miller Bristol schools superintendent spoke on Better Rural Schools and B Walker McKeen Maine State Grange lecturer spoke on Vocational Training of School Children. Music readings and recitations preceded and followed the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Pomona Grange
Seaside Grange
Bristol
N. A. Miller
Schools of
B. Walker McKeen
Maine State Grange
Leaf Roll Disease Threatens Potato Seed Supply
In a Maine bulletin, plant pathologist CHAS. D. WOODS explains leaf-roll and other potato diseases spreading via imported seed. The report chronicles Delmany Challenge seed from Scotland, lessons on seed quality, and the need for guaranteed disease-free stock to avoid widespread infection and crop losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Scotland
Colorado
Idaho
Maine
Europe
Nebraska
America
Chas. D. Woods
Orono
Woman reports 14 years of illness improves with Pinkham remedy
Mrs. Sadie Williams of Elkhart Indiana says four months of using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash eased long standing organic inflammation female weakness and pain. She praises the treatment and allows publication of her lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sadie Williams
James Street
Ekhart
Indiana
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E.pinkham
NEW MEADOWS WHIST CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES
New Meadows reports Miss Lottie Howard hosted the Whist Club Saturday with prizes won by Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jordan. Ladies Aid to meet at Mrs Bert Wheeler's Thursday bringing favorite recipes. Death of Mars Wincaid February 2 after long illness. funeral held Wednesday at 2 pm conducted by Rev. Roberts of the Methodist Church. Mrs. Wincaid leaves husband, son Ralph, brother John, sister Mary. The Merry Club hosted by Misses Sybil and Calista Holbrook. Abbie Snow of Middle East visited relatives. K Pos anniversary celebrated Friday evening with a fine turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Howard
Whist Club
Harvey Jordan
Bert Wheeler
Mars
Charles Wipe Caid
Mr. Roberts
Methodist Church
Wincaid
Ralph
John
Mary
Sybil
Calista Holbrook
Abbie Snow
Middle Eas
Small Point News Leaves Community Concerned
Reports reveal Mr. S J Small is very ill and Mrs C H Melntire recently visited Mrs E J Tot lath WW. Melntire also ill with a cold. Mr Mayor and Mrs Mayor of Small Point visit Mrs Charles Pye while Mrs R E Small rents her house to Wesley Wallace and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
S. J. Small
Mr. Small
KE. Melntire
Small Point
Charles Pye
Oubeie
Ig AK WbAyise
Aeysxergy Snk
R. EK. Small
Wesley Wallace
Als
Se HesSmiah
Bath
Seigars and Larrabee Wed in Gardiner Home Ceremony
Leland H. Seigars and Emma Frances Larrabee were married at the Burges home in South Gardiner Saturday evening Feb 1 at eight. Rev. Robert Lawton officiated and the couple will reside with the groom's parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Seigars. Mrs John Passmore, 46, died of pneumonia Saturday in Richmond on the Toothaker road. Born in Jefferson she lived in Richmond 20 years and is survived by five Richmond children, a Bath in law son Charles Thayer, and a funeral held Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland H. Seigars
Emma Frances Larrabee
J. F. Burges
South Gardiner
Robert Lawton
Charles Seigars
John Passmore
Richmond
Toothaker Road
Jefferson
John Jr
Lawrence
Bernice
Theodore
Edna
Charles Thayer
Bath
Probate Court Transacts Business at Adjourned Session
Probate Court in Bath handles light administration and multiple estate matters. Judges approve first and final accounts for several estates and guardianships with total estate value of 100,907.93 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Probate Court
Eugene H. Morse
Bath
Morse
Admx
Henry CC
Brown
Martha C. Brown
Hattie M. Orcutt
Richmond
Edwin C. Harlow
Anna C. Trufant
West Bath
Rachel S. Trufant
Edward W. Bridgham
Alerta L. Gerrish
Augustus A. Perey
Patrick Folan
Woolwich
Charles E. Bachelder
James Bachelder
S. R. Perey
Eleanor M. Adams
Fred Peacock
Mary L. Starkey
Ellen M. MacDonald
Annie J. Thomas
David E
Hathorne
Mary Hedge
Mary A. Wiggin
F. H
C. C Low
Community dances and notices fill Dresden Mills agenda
A Dresden public dance at Pownalboro Hall with Lee's orchestra drew locals. Chesin and Leeman families cleared quarantine for scarlet fever. smallpox precautions tighten while revaccinations rise. Michael Packard reports and yacht club meets outline new leadership as winter scenes linger and boats await spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownalboro Hall
Lee
Fred Mayers
Connecticut
Mary L. Mavers
Dresden Mills
Chas
Chesin
Leeman
Dresden
J. Loyd Mayers
Bright health for women with Dr Williams Pink Pills
The ad promises relief for backache dizziness fatigue and faintness by building up blood with Dr Williams Pink Pills. It claims to restore color energy and appetite, targets pale and sickly women girls and mothers, and offers a free booklet Plain Talks to Women. Pills cost 50 cents per box or six for $2.50 with direct mail option from Schenectady NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Card of Thanks for Help During Illness and Death
We thank all who rendered assistance during the sickness and death of my husband and our father and those who contributed flowers. Mrs. Henry C. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. John McNary, Mrs. Mattie Mason. Feb. 11, 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Brown
John McNary
Mattie Mason
Resolutions on Death of Clyde Pye from Bodwell Grange
The Bath Independent records Bodwell Grange mourning Clyde Pye a loyal member and promising local citizen. The group drapes its charter for thirty days sends sympathy to his family and publishes the resolutions in the Bath Independent and on the Grange records. A note on fashion cites sponge cloth spange derived from ratine used for shirts and dresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Pye
Bodwell Grange
Bath
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Grangers
Dean
Johnson
J. S. Johnson & CO
Boston, Mass
Bowdoin
Etery
Sawyer
Andrew Burns
Maria Grover
Marl Cross
Mr. Cross
Frank Small
Portland
New Meadows
Phippsburg
C. H. Melntire
E. J. Tot
Probate
Lawrence Gahan
Bates College
Cora Gahan
Don Cate
Olive Rittal
Massachusetts
Altena Dorr
C. F. Weeks
Margarette White
Thomas Packard
Annie Packard
W. R. Houdlette
Mamie McDonald
Middle Ridge
Parker Blinn
Guy Crosby
Arrowsic
Busi
Almon Marr
Maurice Pinkham
Eugene Rowe
Harry N. Tarr
Thomas Blaisdell
James P. Ledyard
Kennobec Yacht Club
Commodore Ledyard
Clarence E. Martin
Frank P. Lord
Roscoe P. McFadden
Thomas E. Artis
Harry W. Tucker
Robert H. Donnell
D. L. Howard
R. Db. Titcomb
John Ss. Ballou
Fritz F. Klippell
E. E. Pinson
South End
Mr. Pinson
Alice Wyman
Leon Eaton
Solace CO
Battle Creek
U. S
R. Lee Morris
First National Bank of
Chico
Texas
Memphis
Tenn
R. L. Morris
Solace
Solace Remedy CO
Mich
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