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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
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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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Grady
Topsham
James Pratt
Will Grady
Tarbox
Sherman Denham
John Avery
Avery
Williams and Holbrook
Bowdoinham
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John J. Desmond
Water Sts
Bath, Me
Hamburg
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Roil
David T. Percy & Sons
Walter O.parker
White Goods Sale
Alero
Whalter O. Parker Co
St Bath
ED. E. Bairy
Sagadahock Block
the General Accident Corporation
West Bath
Georgetown Way
Sagadahoc
Virginia
William Small
Humphrey Owen
Bath Post Office
Charles Bates, Jr
Beachmont
Jenks J. Mitch
Fred Larrabee
Charles A. Coffin
A. L. White
Lisbon Falls
Miss Webber
Massachusetts
John T. Rose
Henry Rose
Dorothy Stilkey
Freeport
Gertrude Payson
Concord
Jesse Winter
Oakledge Company
Charles F. Staples
Staples
E. O. Whitman
Bunagain
Crown Point
Waltham
Fred A. Higgins
William A. Brown
G. H. Butler
Malden, Mass
William H. Brown
Willis M. Lake
King’s Point
Charlies F. Mann
Rosedale
William Hennessey
Long Island
Oakledge
A. O. White
Isaac Trufant
Prisila
Basco
A. G. Fisher
Mr. Fisher
Independent
Fisher
Fred A. Willis
Lincoln County
Rhode Island
Fred Bubler
Charles F. Maxgoun
George W. Dean
Philip Dean
Cess
A. W. Turner
Somerville, Mass
Turner
Ladies’ Aid Society
Howard Trafton
Fred P. Oliver
Lansing
Kennether Point
Mrs. Randall
Roslindale
the Cove
A. EB. Wyman
the Lemons
Ethel B. Toda
Elsie West
Theodora Clifford
Rigesville
Owen Marr
Levi Totman
George West
Wakefeld
Louise Hooker
Artington
Miss Hooker
Vassar College
Eyvery
Kennelbee Point
E. J. Stewart
Evan
Norman Treat
Philadelphia
Thesday
Treat
Georgetown
Gorham Co
Siversmiths
New York
Pittebure
Denver
Col
Treatla
Rebecca Bartlett
Gloucester
E. C. Merry
Joseph Stevens
Mr. Stevens
W. E. Reid
F. W. Story
Rockland
Bangor
Maine Feldspar Co
Auburn
Calvin F. Tarr
B. G. Smith
W. P. Oliver
Henrietta Marr
Mrs
B. L. Rich
Kennebec Point
Eastern Steamship Company
F. J. Hinckley
Wife
West Georgetown
Necticut
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