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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1910
Page
5
Readers of the Independent are invited to contribute farm and grange news or any matter of interest to country readers. Send contributions to Independent Office, Bath.
Farmers offer a wide range of goods as new produce arrives. Peas fetch around 1.25 to 1.59 per bushel with prices likely to drop further. strawberries remain cheap at 10 to 12 cents a box though some crops are smaller due to late spring. Eggs sell at 25 to 26 cents a dozen with expectations of rising toward 30 cents. butter stays plentiful at about 25 cents a pound. Old potatoes at 30 to 40 cents a bushel. Boston imports priced at 1.65 per barrel plus 55 cents freight. Radishes and beets around 24 to 27 cents per unit.
The Bangor News discusses Secretary James Wilson backing muskrat as steady fare, outlining Indian and Mather cooking methods, and praising the animal as a meat source. It notes fur sales reaching over 1.7 million dollars and warns of potential market oversupply if farming expands.
A historical advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only constitutional treatment for catarrh, claiming the disease is systemic and cured by a blood and mucous acting medicine. It invites readers to request testimonials, lists Toledo Ohio as the manufacturer, and notes a 75 cent price plus a recommendation for Hall's Family Pills.
Fred Wright of North Bath notes crops look promising this year predicting a bumper yield for Waxyop fields. Grange meetings paused for two months as grange near vacation. farmers haying report better than expected crops. June weather ideal for wrasse growing. rising auto ownership among Sagadahoc farmers. Paris green losing favor as potato bug fighter. fungus growth hoped to spread from Woolwich to other towns.
The Kennebec sturgeon fishery reports nets totaling 4 000 to 7 000 pounds with prices ranging from 1 25 to 2 68 per pound. A May 14 close time curtails harvests as hatcheries failed to supply new stock, prompting Maine to enforce a June 14 start of the moratorium.
POW DOIN Herbert Denham is much better and able to go out riding. Mr Starbird from Sabatens has moved to the Benjamin Curd farm. Fred J Roberts is at Bowdoinham working for Dr Irish haying. The Soap Club met with Mrs E E Cornish one afternoon recently. Nathaniel Roberts of Lisbon Falls was in this vicinity Wednesday. Norman Curtis of the eastern part of the town was in this vicinity Thursday and called on Mr Lehnerr. There were several from this section of the town attended the meeting of the Masons Wednesday evening at Bowdeoinham. Mr Prescott is having his limber hauled from here to Lisbon Falls for shipment.
Westport and surrounding towns host a busy Fourth with Ernest Knight and a Winne gance guest list and multiple families at Heal’s upper mills and Junction. Visitors include Mrs. C B Dunton Woodfords and Mrs. Dr. Brown Providence R I while local farms report hay harvests and new purchases. summer cottages welcome numerous relatives and friends from Bath Can bridge Woolwich and Andover Massachusetts.
Local itemized notes show visits and small town happenings. Families such as the Lawrences of Lewiston, Snipe and Spinney families, and Miss Mulligan of Bath are mentioned along with attendees at dances, church events, and Sunday gatherings. An advertisement highlights Mother Gray’s Australian-Leaf remedy and Dean's Ointment for eczema with testimonials.
Advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills for women approaching age forty. It claims rapid relief from weakness, anemia, and nervous symptoms, with testimonials from Mrs. M H Cornelis of Philadelphia praising cure after two years of suffering. Pills are sold by druggists or by mail from De Williams Medicine Co. Sehenectaly NY.
Democratic voters of Sagadahoe County are called to a convention on Wednesday August 3 1910 at 10 AM to nominate candidates for Senator Sheriff County Attorney Judge of Probate two County Commissioners for four and six year terms one County Treasurer and one Register of Deeds. Representation grants two delegates per city or town plus delegates for gubernatorial vote tallies with additional slots for higher margins. Credentials will be received in the hall all morning and the county committee will supervise the proceedings Per order Ernest F. Kelley Chairman and George C. Minot Secretary.
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