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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1911
Page
5
The advertisement urges improving bowel regularity with Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a natural laxative. It touts personal effort, warns against exaggerated cures, and promotes genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product sold by leading druggists.
Financial snapshot shows Stocks and Bonds 1 444 701 71 dollars, Cash in Office and Bank 621 308 77, Agents Balances 627 812 61, Bills Receivable 11 001 53, Interest and Rents 17 019 15, other amounts 250 181 75. Readers invited to contribute farm and grange news to Independent Office Bath for country readers.
The Bath market and all New England face a fall in root crop supplies earlier than usual. Turnips are locally plentiful while squash is scarce and prices for beets onions parsnips and carrots are low. Potatoes remain abundant with Maine seed potatoes and cabbage selling at modest rates. Dairy butter brings 28 to 30 cents a pound to farmers as maple sap season nears. strawberries appear in southern markets. eggs prices dip due to west storage losses. Beef and pork demand steady with small local hog, lamb, and veal offerings. hay prices rise to 15–16 dollars per ton. A Turkey earthquake prompted property damage news and local agricultural updates, with tuberculosis tests showing progress in cattle herds. The issue also notes a forthcoming wedding and local farm notes.
The annual West Bath town report shows a sound overall condition despite higher unpaid taxes tied to national trends and a slack economy. Growth centers on summer resorts with alfalfa plans by Maine sheep breeders, new road petitions, and local wedding rumors while unnecessary tax delays and a cat disease outbreak in Foster’s Point draw attention.
A 19th century patent medicine advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only proven remedy for catarrh. It promises internal treatment that attacks the disease’s foundation, claims to cure constitutional ailments, and offers a $100 reward for any failure to cure. Includes testimonials and drugstore availability.
Cyrus W Longley aged 97 formerly of Bath Maine is listed with a local senior housing address at Front Street and Room 2. No additional details provided.
A testimonial ad promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for rheumatism and lumbago claiming blood benefits. Mrs Andrew Gregory of ROFLD Michigan recounts yearlong pain, back and hip distress, fatigue, and yellowish complexion improving after starting the pills. The firm claims cures for anemia and related conditions and offers mail order in six box lots.
Court orders publish notices of final accounts and hearings. Administratrices for Mary Fisher of Bath must publish bid notices three weeks in Bath Independent to explain why final accounts should be approved. Executors for Jeremiah M. Pringe of Bowdoin must similarly publish three weeks in Bath Independent for heirs to appear and show cause why the accounts should be allowed. Both proceedings set probate hearings on the first Tuesday of March at nine in the morning.
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