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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1912
Page
6
Native strawberries and a variety of greens arrive from Sagadahoc farms with prices for onions beans cabbage and cucumbers noted. Potatoes, apples and dairy items are priced, with hay prospects and poultry costs listed. The Agricultural Bulletin urges hog care, swine cholera prevention, and feeding aids for better profits.
Commissioner John P. Buckley warns copious rains and cold spring hinder crops in Maine with sweet corn unlikely to mature before frost. Potatoes face slow growth, bad seed practices, and market risks as Sagadahoc County Fomona grange discusses home life virtues in a Woolwich meeting.
Local notes report Bert Bowdoin SyeGe hurt his wrist near West Bowdoin with Mrs. Maria Grover during a July 4 incident. A schoolhouse program marks eleven weeks of lessons under Miss Myrtie Baker with a patriotic concert and a box social to fund repairs. Other items include wedding attendance, summer closings, farm leases, and residents moving between Bowdoin, Mechanic Falls, Freeport, and Amesbury.
M. Louisa McLellan J Henry McLellan and George F Duncan executors of Clara A K Patten of Bath Sagadahoc request prove and allow will with Letters Testamentary to McLellan McLellan and Duncan Publishes order for notice to heirs three weeks Bath Independent urging appearance July 9 1912 at Bath Probate Court.
The text notes a likely shutdown of Maine Meats until inspection arrangements are completed before shipment. It states no round hog is offered at any price and there is not much available.
Rest and health to mother and child. The advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a sixty year proven remedy for teething distress, soothing the child, softening gums, curing wind colic, and diarrhea. It emphasizes harmlessness and urges asking for the product by name at twenty five cents per bottle.
The Maine Agricultural Experiment Station issues Bulletin 198 on orchard spraying. It summarizes 1911 tests at Highmoor Farm and Greene growers, comparing lime sulfur and Bordeaux mixture, noting minimal spray injury with lime sulfur and sunburn mainly due to foliage protection, with no CS gas sprayer issues.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for nervous exhaustion and related ailments. It features a testimonial from Mrs J I Cline of Youngstown Ohio detailing relief from overwork stress and paralysis, claiming rapid improvement after a week of use. The copy asserts guarantees no opiates and invites readers to request a free booklet and order pills.
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