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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1910
Page
5
Prominent New England settlers describe Winter Resort Garden City Cuba in the Cubitas valley as an upscale retreat with oranges and grapefruits, a protected bay nearby, broad avenues, five parks, and a climate like June in winter. Information available from Cuba Independent Office.
A Sabattus Maine woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for relief before childbirth. A Graniteville Vermont letter praises the remedy for nervousness and health during the Change of Life. The ad touts the thirty year history and widespread use of the female health tonic.
Readers of the Independent are invited to contribute farm and grange news or any matter of interest to country readers. Send contributions to the Independent Office in Bath.
Maine poultry interests push to form local Poultry Producers Associations to educate farmers and raise market standards for dressed poultry eggs. They envision branches across regions, central packing, and cooperative buying with small membership fees, while resisting a middleman role.
The Bath market is quiet due to poor travel with farmers delivering little unless serving regular customers. Eggs 30 cents a dozen, butter 32 cents a pound, potatoes 45 to 50 cents, cabbage beets turnips squash one cent, apples 75 cents a bushel up to 1 dollar, onions native stock nearly gone, beef 7 to 9 cents, hog 10 cents, chickens 20 to 22 cents, fowl 5 to 6 cents, hay 21 dollars a ton. Also an at home seed germination test method is advised to ensure viable corn seed for planting 50 acres in 5 to 7 days.
A lively Saturday evening event featured singing, a quartet, recitations and a discussion by Bessie Sprague. The program included Arnold Morse stories, Etta M. Webber solo, a supper dish talk by Hattie Pye, and a nail driving contest for a prize by the ladies.
A program for Dromore grange Torestay evening lists Map 45 2410 Chorus Grange Reading and Mrs Martha Rogers. It features a crop specialty question answered by D A Merry Howard Varney J F Upton Drummond Cutting Geo Weston C Campbell W A C Rogers and a chorus Stay on the Farm plus a question box on agricultural subjects. Agnes Cutting plays piano with Aretha Cutting. music under the chorister. Columbia orchestra played in Damariscotta Tuesday for Lincoln Academy students entertainment and ball.
Enterprise Grange held its regular weekly meeting Saturday evening with about 25 members present. The absence of the worthy lecturer cancelled the planned program, but members shared stories read and sang. The same program is planned for next week.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a trusted remedy used for over sixty five years to ease teething pain, soothe gums, and cure wind colic in children. It claims success for diarrhea and tooth teething and urges mothers to choose Mrs Winslow’s, priced at twenty five cents per bottle with a Food and Drugs Act guarantee.
An advice column promotes Dr Williams' Pink Pills as a remedy for women during life changes and functional disorders. A Newport Vermont reader testifies to recovery after using the pills, claiming renewed appetite, stronger nerves, and improved health. The piece notes a free booklet Plain Talks to Women and lists ailments the pills might aid, including rheumatism and headaches.
Chas D Woods, Director, notes most Maine seed shipments avoid late blight due to favorable climate in localities. A public circular explains reducing potato diseases spread by seed tubers, with copies available on request to Maine residents and seed users.
Discussions at horticultural meetings show barrel packaging is cheapest and most convenient for growers and cold storage men favor larval packaging. Consumers who can afford quality apples demand neat handsome barrel boxes, with fancy fruit sold in whole barrels and broken packages avoided. The Oregon grower captured a market by supplying desired packaging, while eastern growers faced rejection for unsuitable packaging. Overall, bushel boxes suit fancy trade and barrels suit lower trades.
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