Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
A Chicago woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier with curing her health issues after avoiding surgery due to falling and inflammation. The ad claims the medicine has no narcotics, cites many testimonials, and invites letters for confidential advice to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
William Ahrens
21St St
Nkhats
Lynn
Mass
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Bath Market Buzz Promises Busy Thanksgiving Week
Independent readers learn Thanksgiving week will be the year's busiest for Bath area markets. Prices edge lower for beef pork and mutton as large crops flood packers, while eggs butter potatoes and apples show strong demand and steady prices. Local traders report substantial shipments from Dresden and widespread regional trade for fruit and vegetables.
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Bath
Mr. Siegars
Bowdoinham
West Maine farmers report light apple shipments and rising wood demand
Apple cargoes to the west are light with Bowdoinham sending six refrigerator cars last week yet demand remains strong. Farmers note lower corn and meat prices aid poultry and stockmen, while a bumper corn crop is blamed for price drops. Potatoes and wood are active topics with Maine hay sales steady, and the state prepares for the Maine State Grange visit as concrete use grows in local construction.
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Maine
Bowdoinham
Topeka
Aroostook
New York
Boston
Bath
Shaw
Nature
New England
Worcester
Record High Cost of Living in Bath 1820 Prices
A Bath snapshot from 1820 shows prices such as flour 4.50 to 5 per barrel pork 4 to 5 per hundred corn 50 to 60 cents beef 2.50 to 3 per hundred potatoes 10 to 25 cents per bushel mutton 2½ to 5 cents per pound turkeys 8 to 10 cents per pound cheese 5 to 10 cents. The note notes a home raised Thanksgiving turkey and mentions carpenters busy with hay and storm doors and double windows.
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Bath
Canada
Texas
U S Farmers Report Record Harvest in 1910
The Bureau of Statistics reports bumper crops led by corn with a harvest largest ever gathered. The 1910 yield is about 7.6 percent above 1909 and roughly 9.1 percent above the prior five year average. Prices for key crops on November 1 were about 6.4 percent lower than a year ago.
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United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Potato Bug War and State Grange Show Plans
Reading readers report potato pest results using "bug death" and arsenate of lead. Trials show arsenate lasts longer on leaves and can kill bugs when applied in large quantities, but cost and practicality limit use. Maine State Grange exhibit aims to showcase Maine fruits, vegetables, and grains in Augusta with Prof. Hitchings directing and invites broad farmer participation.
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E. C. Dow
Belfast
Paris
KE. F. Hitchings
Augusta
State Grange
Hitchings
The
Grange
Prof
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Canada
United States
Cooperative Store at Houlton Expands Profitable Growth
The orange store at Houlton becomes a splendid success with rapidly rising business. The institution occupies its own large buildings including the store proper and a vast storehouse.
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Houlton
Dr Williams Pink Pills Endorsement for Indigestion Relief
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood building tonic to aid digestion in weak stomach cases. It cites H B Swope of South Bend Indiana detailing a long field of stomach distress and improved health after using the product, and informs readers the pills are sold by druggists or by mail with pricing.
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Dr. Williams
H. B. Swope
Miami Street
South Bend
Ind
Beneft
Baroda
Michigan
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Grange Store and Grist Mill Reports Strong Year
The Grange manager E B McIntosh oversees a mixed operation with custom and commercial grinding. For the year ending June 11 the store's business reached 166 856.89 with net yearly profit 6 646.65 and costs 4 352.31. The margin stands at five percent on most goods and two percent on grass seed while flour and sugar bear no markup. Assets exceeded liabilities by 3 394.68 with 7 37.35 cash on hand. The past six months saw cash receipts near eighty-two thousand dollars and the mill earned just over 226.97 in net profit.
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Grange
E. B. McIntosh
Pomona Grange Meeting Set For November
Sagadahoc Pomona grange schedules its November annual meeting on the month end. Officers and committees report, officers elected and installed, brief literary and musical program, and a harvest feast at noon. Topsham grange members are praised as top entertainers, promising good countywide attendance if weather permits.
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Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Topsham Grang
Young People of Pnperprise Grange Present Entertaining Program
The Pnperprise Grange program featured a sequence of readings by BE Stewart and Norman Stewart, duets by Fern Webber and Lysle Shepard, W F Skelton, music by Alice Libby and Tarry Hamilton, and appearances by Minnie Stewart Parquette brothers and others, including Fern Webber and Miss Stewart.
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Fern
Webber
Lysle Shepard
W. F. Skelton
BE. W. Stewart
Alice Libby
Parquette Brothers
Miss Fern Webber
Minnie Stewart
Tarry Hamilton
Norman Stewart
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