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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1912
Page
6
Readers of the Independent are urged to send farm and grange news or any matter of interest for country readers to the Independent Office in Bath. The notice requests contributor submissions to enrich the department.
In West Bath the weekly budget report notes a sparse farmer presence with few markets open and limited shipments this period. Local vendors report subdued activity and lower inventory levels than typical weeks.
A long market and price survey from Bath Maine describes egg, potato, and fruit prices amid good sledding and ice cutting. It notes local harvests, hay, wood, and butter values, farm trade, telegraph concerns, and social items like weddings and anniversaries reflecting a busy rural economy.
Burnham Knight takes violin lessons taught by Miss Cora Fowle of Southport. The week records frigid weather with many cellars flooded. Fred Hodgdon and wife visit Stock ton Springs connections as a new birth is announced for Horace and wife.
An advertisement extols Dr Williams pink pills as quick relief for grip after-effects and blood purification, claiming stamina restoration and disease resistance. It features a testimonial from M D Rowland of East Lansing Michigan detailing post grip stomach pains and eventual full recovery after using the pills. The ad promotes a booklet on blood diseases and lists prices for single and multiple boxes.
The local ferry between here and Wis has been out for days due to ice. Mrs. N. M. Heal notes her daughter’s recovery while Mrs. L. S. Heal improves. Q. C. Hodgdon stores his ice for next season. Lower town residents miss the Bath boat run. Jacob Westlake and wife plan to leave for Wansaw, New York. Montsweag bay freezes to five inches. eel fishers spear through the ice taking advantage of the break.
Members gathered at the hall for an evening program featuring music by Hattie G and recitations by Pratt and Richardson. The group discussed by laws on membership eligibility, sampled sponge cake recipes, and heard pieces including The Human and the Absolute and A Modern Lochinvar.
Dirigo Grange of Brunswick held an evening meeting with vocal solos by Amy Hunt and Mildred Hunt, a story by Batchelder, a duet by Lena and Inez Spinney, a potato culture lecture by E A Rogers, a character sketch by Minot, readings by Crockett, grange melodies, and a closing thought by Edith Prince. The three act rural drama Red Acre Farm will be staged at the grange hall later this month with rehearsals underway. The storm caused a no school signal Monday morning.
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