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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1913
Page
5
State of Maine advertises sale of real estate in Bath Sagadahoc and Arrowsic for unpaid 1912 taxes. The lengthy notice lists parcels and owners, describes the foreclosure process, and cites dates and locations for the public sale managed by the tax assessor.
Committees are organized to back a charity event for the hospital fund. The show features Prof Hampions trained animals including educated monkeys playing pool boxing and other acts to attract families. Rehearsals are underway in Sagadaheac block with YMCA loaned mats and posters prepared for countywide display. Maine Central Railroad offers excursion rates and Bath merchants plan shopping incentives during the circus event.
In Bowdoin Sagadahoc Maine unpaid 1912 land taxes due from nonresident owners will be sold at the Town Office on the first Monday of February 1993 at 9 oclock AM. Properties listed include Chas C Delaware lot bounded north by east by peed and Walter Swift and James G Farrers parcel bounded north by C B Smith east by H B Martin and south by Dan cause west by Lillian Polley with amounts owed 375 and 250 respectively including interest and charges.
The pork market shows a price limit as hog prices rise toward nine fifty per hundredweight. Chicago prices outpace eastern markets, curtailing orders and causing a drop of about seventy five cents before buyers and shippers push for a rebound. The current average market hovers around nine cents above the break even point.
The adjutant general and chief of staff Elliott C. Dill of Hallowell. inspector general Colonel James L. Moriarty of Lewiston. chief surgeon Lieutenant Colonel Bial F. Bradbury of Norway. judge advocate Frank E. Nadeau of Fort Kent. aides-de-camp Edward FE. Philbrook of Portland Theodore Hawley Rumford W J Gilbert Calais Hosea B Buck Bangor. Parcels post is in operation.
Article extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine for loss of appetite, claiming it purifies the blood and strengthens the whole body. It recommends taking Hood's Sarsaparilla in liquid form or as Sarsatabs chocolate tablets.
The Maine Agricultural Experiment Station reports crows as the main long term threat to poultry, with hawks less damaging. A three acre range is protected by a binder twine grid to deter birds, costing 15 to 20 dollars. rats and foxes follow, with foxes mostly kept out by a fence and rats fought by digging, shooting, and Cats on site helping.
Short-Sighted Farm and Fireside lauds Secretary James W. Wilson of the Agriculture Department as a far-sighted public official. The article contrasts his policy with J Sterling Morton, cites early department weaknesses, and notes Iowa corn gains from seed testing later adopted nationally. Also mentions sauce tartare as a kitchen tip.
Bowdoin Miss Myrielle Baker returns home for holidays as Lisbon Falls resident Charles Johnson moves family to a newly purchased West Bowdoin farm. Local visits recount illness deaths, school inspections, and social calls while a coon-hunting tale ends with a fine specimen. Also notes on household tips and elderly health concerns.
Bath residents endorse Doan’s Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder woes praising the remedy’s effectiveness. Mrs Rose Parison of 0ain Svitid dle Street Bath says the pills fixed her trouble with little recurrence after purchase at Webber’s Drug Store. Sold nationwide 50 cents by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. remember the name Doan’s.
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