Bath Market Prices Move On Farm Goods And Staples
The Bath market works through a broad update of prices for produce and goods. Potatoes sit at 2.75 a bushel with 75 to 85 cents a peck retail, onions drop to 10 cents a pound retail, cabbage 11 to 12 cents, turnips 1% to 2 cents, squash 41%4c, beets 2.25 a bushel, carrots 2, beans 7.50, lettuce 10 to 12 cents a head, celery 30 cents a bunch, eggs 30 cents wholesale and 35 to 38 cents retail, chicken 28 to 30 cents, fowl 22 to 25 cents, butter around 38 to 45 cents, apples 80 cents to a dollar a bushel. Prices for beef, pork, and other staples noted, with various grains and feeds listed. Wood, hay, and hides noted as marketable and fluctuating, with dry wood priced higher and hay potentially rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
South
Boston
Brighton
Bath Grain Co
Bath Tallow Co
New York Department of Foods and Markets
Dromore Grange Plans Pomona Meeting for February 28
Dromore Grange Phippsburg held its regular meeting Tuesday night to discuss plans for the upcoming Pomona meet with this grange on February 28. The lecturer noted progress by farmers over the past five years including better roads marketing co operatives education and University of Maine extension work with wider use of gasoline machinery and farm practices. A program for March 21 was announced featuring songs conundrums readings items of interest and group participation by members and Sisters Perry Cutting Weston Bessie Dickinson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
University of Maine
Grange Choir
Bros. Upton
Weston
Campbell
Lester Bowker
Perry
Cutting
Bro. Weston
America
Bessie Dickinson
The
Grange
Litchfield Grange Hosts All Day Meeting Attended by Officials
State Dairy Inspector Frank S. Adams Bowdoinham lecturer C. O. Purinton and John F. Baker join an all day Litchfield Grange meeting today. Dinner at noon followed by an afternoon session open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Purinton
Bowdoinham
Frank S. Adams
John F. Baker
Litchfield Grange
West Bath Grange Social and Meeting Report
The West Bath Grange held a Monday meeting led by Mrs. E W Haggett and Miss Margaret Peterson. A Thursday social featured dancing and refreshments with music by Hiram Stevens and Mrs. Leon Mc Causland. Next Monday the regular meeting will be chaired by Mrs. William Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
E. W. Haggett
Margaret Peterson
Hiram Stevens
Leon McCausland
Grange
William Armstrong
Early Crops and Home Market Encouragement for Maine Farmers
The essay argues farmers can grow lettuce cucumbers cauliflower and tomatoes locally but lack a simple channel to sell surplus. It suggests a commission dealer or a Bath city market to connect producers with consumers, reducing dependence on Boston and easing disposal of excess crops.
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Boston
Bath
Bangor
Massachusetts
Maine
Freeport Hens Produce Strong Winter Egg Yields
Mrs. C. C. Mosely of Freeport reports her White Wyandotte hens produced 8 324 eggs from Dec to Feb with about 185 hens at start and under 170 by February end. Eggs sold in Boston at 50 to 63 cents a dozen, totaling near 350 dollars, suggesting high returns despite incomplete feed cost data.
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C. C. Mosely
Freeport
Boston
Glad He's Well William H. Douglas Recovers From Illness
William H. Douglas of Lisbon Falls who serves as past master of Sagadahoc County Pomona Grange has recovered after a two week illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Douglas
Lisbon Falls
Sagadahoc County
Pomona Grange
Topsham Grange Convenes With Members and Visitors
About 75 members attended the Topsham Grange meeting with visitors from West Bath and Riverview Granges. Two membership applications were received and the first and second degrees conferred on eleven. a candy pull was held during recess. A debate on whether women in Maine should vote occurred with undecided judges. Third and fourth degrees are scheduled for tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham Grange
West Bath
Riverview l Granses
Ladies’ Aid
Eila Turner
Maine
Five Islanders worry over rumor of Wiwurna sale
Local note reports chatter that the steamer Wiwurna, a key Island landing, is sold and may end service unless another boat is placed on the route. Residents hope a replacement sails by May 15 as ice clears.
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Wiwurna
M. S. Newdick
W. Dyer
Hannaford Bros
Portland
Wm. Boyd
Grange
W. E. Rowe
Bath
E. S
Blaisdell and
Rowe
Harry Daugherty
Mr. Dexter
Sagadahoc Ferry
J. G. Stevens
A. Hunt
Miss Marion
Freeman Rowe
Herman McFadden
L. H. Rowe
C. C. Davis
Patriotic Night at West Bath Grange on March 19
West Bath Grange will host A Patriotic Night directed by Mrs. Lucy Armstrong featuring readings humorous stories vocal solos bugle calls a patriotic tableau and a musical contest with prizes. Attendance urged with candy and salted nuts for guests as local news notes frequent visitors and school events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Lucy Armstrong
Ella Douglas
Harry Passmore
Lincoln Williams
Sam Ethel Lemont
Columbia
Althea Strout
Frank Young
Long Battle Hymn of the Republic
the Grange
Fred Wright
Owen Rogers
James Lemont
Margaret Peterson
Florence Neiley
Portland
E. W. Haggett
Harry Lemont
Bath
J. B. Lemont
Fred Coombs
Winneganee
Fred Larrabee
E. J. Allen
Pleasant Hill
Freeport
J. C. Larrabee
Cloverdale Farm
Ernest Williams
Campbell’s Pond
Eugene Brown
Brunswick
J. H. Higgins
Alonzo Fisher
Foster’s Point
Larrabee’s Pond
Pearl Hall
Mill Cove
Miss Hall
Woolwich
Arrowsic
Elmer Craig
Brunswick Plains
Local Notes and Visits From Malden Island Community
Mrs Ellsworth Pinkham returns home after staying with her sister in law Mrs Lister Davis. Mrs L Ayer and her young daughter from Southport visit her parents. Maurice Pinkham leaves Texas Co to fish lobster locally. Mrs C W Boucher is ill. C A McMahan prepares buildings for business. Dr Boynton and party plan a Brooklyn visit next month to spend a week at Parson's Paradise on Malden Island to recover from winter duties.
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L.A.S
Della Lewis
Lindsay
Florence Rowe
A. E. Holland
Addie Muse
W.S
L. H. Rowe
A. Ef, Holland
Thelma Stevens
Hall
Ida H. Rowe
Nebraska
Anna Horton
H. €. Barrows
Boothbay Harbor
W. L. Berry
C. A. Norris
Boston
Malden
Mass
Malden Island
Walker and Pratt
St. Petersburgh
Florida
D. H. Hall
Nona West
Riggsville
Grange
Ladies’ Aid Society
Willa Stevens
William Boyd
Elbridge Mains
Mains
Belle Stevens
Lulu Mae Rowe
Miss Marion Stevens
America
Delia Davis
Ida Lewis
Delia
Leila Davis
Lila McMahan
Bery Reid
Miss Lulu
Miss Lu
Mrs. Rowe
Lulu
Kathleen Gray
Lulu Rowe
Florabel Moore
Southport
Little Lu
Marion Stevens
Horace S. Cragin
New York
Sec. Redfield
Washington
MacMahan
A. E. Rowe
Isabelle Rowe
C. A. McMahan
Dr. Boynton
Brooklyn
Parson's Paradise
St Patrick’s Day Sentiment and Local News Notes
Local jottings cover St Patrick’s Day reflections and town moves. Workers W E Purington and T C Morrison head to South Portland for shipyard work, while barge activity resumes at Gibbons Coal Co. wharf. Bath street upgrades, church purchases, and sidewalk mileage shifts are noted along with a state road resurfacing estimate and civic meetings.
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St. Patrick’s
W. E. Purington
T. C. Morrison
South Portland
M.C.R.R
Fred Gowell
Allenton
Gibbons Coal Co
Frank Munroe
Maple St
St. Mary’s Church
Bath Co
Portland
Robert Richard
Leburton Sheldon
Spring St
Joseph Charles Footer
Sheldon
H. E. Pinkham
Gloucester
Mass
Henry E. Pinkham
Bath
City Hall
Small
Why We Have Tired Nerves and Thin Blood in Spring
Dr S W Bower explains spring fatigue as caused by winter overindulgence and poor diet. He advises a weekly vegetable purge with May apple and aloe and recommends Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery to purify blood and ease neuralgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. Bower
Pierce
Dr Pierce
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Freeport Hens
Grange Fund
Nocton Hall
C. W. Boucher
Clyde Pinkham
Fremont
Lermond Rowe
Malden Grange
Edwin Pinson
Miss Mary Barry
U. S. Army
Harry Starbird
Mr. Wood
Sasanoa River
Five Islands
Kennebec
Back River
W. 8. Mason
Charles F. Andrews
Oak St
Everybody's Column
Steamboat Landing
F. Perry
Bessemer Bldg
Pittsburgh
Nelson
Judkins
RPT
Wiscasset
J. S. McFarland
B. F. Sedgley
Richmond
Willows
State Road
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