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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1912
Page
5
Advice warns against imitation fig syrups sold by unscrupulous dealers and urges buyers to select the genuine product from California Fig Syrup Co. Emphasizes the printed label and notes standard price and availability through leading druggists.
Readers of the Independent urged to send farm and grange news or any matter of interest to the Independent Office Bath.
In Bath the market shows potato prices climbing with no anticipated decline. Traders report steady demand and tight supply, keeping values elevated as buyers seek limited stock and farmers explore selling options.
Bath market reports tight butter and potato supplies with high prices and potential rise. Woolwich farmer Jesse Bailey, born 1843, built a modern 10 room home and large barn, expanding from 18 acres to 50 tillage and 100 pasture. His dairy herd of 20 Holsteins is tuberculin tested. milk fat measured at 49 percent. Bailey markets in Bath with his son Jay handling dairy sales.
In West Bath the Bates and Larrabee families visit and travel by ice on Campbell pond. A wedding unites Everett Lemont and Pearl Kittridge at a groom’s grandparent home. Town activity includes ice cutting, early spring timber plans, Grange meetings, real estate tours, and a grain winnowing machine demonstration drawing farmer interest.
Enterprise Grange held its regular meeting on Saturday evening January 20 with no program due to officer installation. A few remarks were offered by G. G. Page of Enterprise E. O. Tarr of Progressive and Charles White of Bowdoinham Grange. Officers were installed.
Mr and Mrs Charles White hosted a gathering at Bowdoinham with about 78 visitors and members attending. After an oyster supper a general good time followed. Roads were icy and many used sleds to coast around the city and suburbs.
A Albion man credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing paralysis and restoring health after a long illness. He describes numb legs, loss of use, emaciation, and recovery after six months of treatment. pills are sold by druggists or mailed by the Dr Williams Medicine Co.
Fred Hodgdon and wife returned to Stockton Spring after visiting his parents in Westport. Mrs. Adams and her son left for Boston after visiting Mrs. E. T. Brooks. Lewis H. Curtis of Bath visited with J. H. Tarbox. S. Everett Cromwell is ill. Dr. Leathers attends him. Maud Webber from Portland visits J. H. Knight. Browns tail moth nests are found along highways. Ice harvesting begins for next season. Westport Grange hosted a baked bean supper to fund furniture for the grange. Mail carrier C. L. Cromwell now uses a closed carriage. Winter Harbor carried seven passengers to Wiscasset. R. T. and F. I. Greenleaf haul logs from the George Ingalls lot.
Advice on headache care warns against acetanilid and coal tar medicines without a physician. It notes sick headache from stomach disturbance and suggests dietary care, slower meals, thorough chewing, and bowel health with L. F. Atwood's Medicine. Claims the old remedy has aided thousands for sixty years and offers a 35 cent bottle or free sample on request.
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