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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1911

Page

3

West Bath notes bringers of summer life and busy farms

The column reports Isaac W. Coombs selling agricultural implements with 35 years in the trade amid strong demand. It notes strawberry and raspberry crops, hot weather effects, Bach Bath residents visiting, cottages occupied along New Meadows, steamer and boat activity, and many arrivals from Malden and Boston enjoying the season.

Isaac W. Coombs Coombs W. G. Bates Gertrude Bates Portland George Parker Roxbury Mass Sabino Samuel R. Percy New Meadows Kennebec Isaac Coombs Sebasco Charles Morrison Eugene Rideout Henry Galt Hiram Brown George Hunt Walham Duéry Oscar Williams Birch Point George Stanley Harvey Crowd Point Stanley Poster's Point Boston Wiliam Mountfort Topsham Isage Coombs Elmer William Foster's Point Sarah Rowe Will Marr Boothbay Harbor Warner Lewis Bath Robert Hodgdon Natalie Somerville Arthur Walker Malden Harmon's Harbor Five Islands Malden Island

Maine oysters impossible says Yale professor in letter

Prof A G Verrill of Yale contends Maine coast unsuitable for oyster farming. He cites extensive U S Fish Commission studies, nine summers of fieldwork from Casco Bay to Eastport, temperatures and shell data, and compares oyster cultivation to banana growing in Connecticut. He asserts the coast is better for lobsters and warns against commercial oyster ventures. New Haven July 19 1911.

New Haven Register A. G. Verrill Yale College Maine Farnia Casco Bay Eastport Fish Commission Harvard Yale New Haven

Topsham Residents Visit Pratt Family and Local Happenings

Mrs Wilson Grady of Topsham and her family visit her parents Mr and Mrs James Pratt. Will Grady attends haying for Mrs Tarbox. Sherman Denham buys a new horse. John Avery visits his mother Mrs Avery. Williams and Holbrook saw mill closes for haying. Bowdoinham youths spend Sunday along the river with a clam bake.

Wilson Grady Topsham James Pratt Will Grady Tarbox Sherman Denham John Avery Avery Williams and Holbrook Bowdoinham

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