Aroostook Potatoes Show Strong Quality and Rising Prices
Quality of Aroostook potatoes is unusually high this year with predictions of better prices as digging accelerates. Wages range from 2 to 2.50 dollars, some seeking 3, and buyers lie in wait at street corners. Reports of light yields and spraying arguments accompany concerns on when to dig, with studies from Maine and Vermont indicating later harvesting preserves more sound tubers.
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Aroostook
New York
New England
Fort Fairfield
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Vermont
Maine
Big Guns on Cars for Coast Defence Plan
Coast defence by railroad outlined with flat cars carrying heavy guns along Atlantic coasts from Cape Cod to Florida. Army engineers cite protected spur lines and masked operations with up to ten to fourteen inch artillery on railway platforms or car mounts.
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Atlantic
Boston
Atlantic Coast
Pacific
Buzzards’ Bay
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Europe
Delaware Bay
Gulf Coast
Potato blight causes tuber decay in Maine crops
Widespread late blight on potato foliage across Maine this season has caused abnormal tuber decay unless growers employed thorough spraying programs to control the disease.
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Maine
Dr Williams Pink Pills Promote Blood and Nerve Health
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a non alcoholic tonic for all ages from children to forty somethings. It claims the pills build blood strengthen nerves aid digestion and heart and back health and offers mail order with prices six boxes for 2 50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY and free booklets.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Recommendation on potato digging timing after blight in Vermont Maine
The study across three Vermont seasons shows delaying potato digging after tops die from late blight reduces rot. For late varieties start digging by the third week in September or after frost kills tops. delays cause no harm. Applies mainly to southern Maine and Vermont conditions.
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Vermont
Maine
Coastal Rail Lines as Defense Assets Described
The article outlines how railroads along the Pacific coast and New England coast provide solid ground for defense. It names Maine Central, Bangor & Aroostook, Grand Trunk, Boston and Maine, and routes to Belfast Rockland Bath Portland Portsmouth Beverly Salem. The text stresses rail lines could be used to defend shores and move troops or materiel.
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Pacific Coast
San Diego
San Francisco
New England
Maine Central
Maine
Eastport
Machias Bay
Harrington
Hancock Point
Bangor & Aroostook
Belfast
Rockland
Bath
Portland
Grand Trunk
Portland Territory
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
Boston
Beverly
Salem
Boston & Maine
Story of Boston Light Is Oldest Light in the Country
New England Historic Genealogical Society heard Fitz-Henry Smith Jr recount Boston Light’s history from 1701 plans to the 1783 new structure. He notes a husbanded start as a semi private venture with one penny per ton, evolving salaries, duties, and the revolutions that shaped the beacon’s fate.
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Fitz-Henry Smith, Jr
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Boston
Boston Harbor
Franklin
Harper
Little Brewster
Prices for puffs and wagons offered in Brunswick notice
An Eastern newspaper editor jokes about puff prices from two sets of notices. It lists fees for praising or condemning citizens, moral stances, and religious figures, then oddly advertises for sale express or market wagons with specific features from C. E. Town at 6 Maine St Brunswick Maine.
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Maine
C. E. Town
Maine St
Brunswick
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Cape Cod Canal
Plymouth
Boston Light
Fitz-Henry Smith
Historic Genealogical Society
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EK
Pinkhan
Frep Cuacy
Macedon
Bettsville
W. 8. Duvall
Beltsville
Lydia E.pinkham
Bears
Lick
New New York
Fidelity Crust Company
Bank For
Monument SQ
Portland, ME
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