Busy Thanksgiving week ahead for Bath farmers and marketmen
The Bath market expects a flurry of activity before Thanksgiving as farmers and traders haul in meats and vegetables. Fresh eggs hover around 47 to 50 cents a dozen, potatoes at about 60 cents a bushel, and celery near $1 a dozen bunches with robust beef and pork demand. Local producers like C. O. Baker and CC. E. Philbrick report good sales, while cranberries remain scarce and apples vary from $2 to $3 a barrel depending on variety and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
C. O. Baker
CC. E. Philbrick
Bowdoinham
Aroostook
Boston
M. Stinson
Woolwich
King Tompkins
Cape
Maine
George M. Stinson
Sagadahoe County
C. KK
Coleman
SU Acres
Richmond
Kennebec
W. A. Turner
Perkins
Gardiner Forestry Compass
Larren
Gardiner
National Grange Rejects Central Bank Plan In Des Moines
Farm notes report the National Grange opposing a centralized banking system as a class legislation threat raised in Des Moines. The item cites Delegate Cressy of Pennsylvania and notes a presidential veto in the past. Also covered are market prices, harvest events, local farm actions, a Gardiner forestry project, a poultry institute in Orono, and N J Batchelder elected master of the National Orange in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Grange
Des Moines
Cressy
Pennsylvania
Orono
Maine College of Agriculture
W. R. Graham
Ontario Agricultural College
W. H. Curd
Manchester
Woolwich Grange Holds Busy Meeting and Harvest Feast
Woolwich Grange enjoyed a well attended meeting last Saturday with 35 to 65 members present. The event featured a class of six completed degrees and a harvest feast in the crowded stable with plans for a literary contest and a supper for the winning side.
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Woolwich Grange
Flora
D. Leavitt
Harold M. Bailey
Stella C. Purington
West Bath Grange Hosts Notable Meeting and Plans
About 50 members attended the West Bath Grange meeting, one of its best in years. The group agreed to entertain Riverview Grange of Lisbon Falls on the first Monday in December and named a committee to draft resolutions on the death of Mrs. Fred Willis.
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West Bath
Riverview Grange
Lisbon Falls
Hodgkins
Fred Willis
Loraine Wright
Belle Donnell
Rose Rich
Progressive Grange Box Sociable Elected by Richmond Contingent
Last Thursday evening the Progressive Grange of Richmond held a box social with over 50 members present. The group plans to buy many new singing books and carried out an excellent program including a piano solo by Mrs. Arthur Randall and newspaper clippings read by members. A question prompts discussion: Can a man be both honest and shrewd? Frank Dow opened the event with music and closed with more tunes.
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Progressive Grange
Richmond
The
Grange
Arthur Randall
Frank Dow
Want Ads Invite Buyers and Sellers in Independent
A reader note urges placing small ads in the Want column to connect buyers and sellers. Mentions a George town buyer seeking white Plymouth Rocks a Woolwich buyer for a versatile horse and a woman seeking a farm. Also promotes Perry Davis Painkiller as a trusted remedy for coughs and colds with over seventy years of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
Georgetown
Woolwich
Perry Davis
Gouraud's Oriental Beauty Leaves Ad Promises Purity
A dainty booklet of perfumed powdered leaves by Gouraud's claims to keep complexions fresh on theatre trips receptions and travel. It removes dirt soot and grease without spilling and soils clothes. Sent for five cents to F T Hopkins 37 Great Jones St New York.
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Gouraud
F. T. Hopkins
Great Jones St
New York
Pro bate petitions and notices from Sagadahoc County Maine courts
Probate filings reveal multiple estates and executors in Bath and Jefferson. Sam uel Jackson seeks tax valuation of decedent estate with Schedule A shares. Mars Mussenden and others request tax assessment on Mary Tarbox estate. Petitions order publication in Bath Independent and set December hearings. Additional notices request sale of minor real estate and probate of Louisa Willis will.
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State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Samuel Jackson
Jefferson
Lincooln
Yoorr
Bath
Mary M. ‘Tarbox
Coury
Lord Cone
Williams
Mussenden
Mary M. Tarbox
William TD
Ises
Frederick A Willis
Louisa M. Willis
Froderick AL Willis
AL Willis
Frederick A. Willis
Punt
Kingsbury Estate Exchange Petition in Bath Probate
Guardian Valeria F Kingsbury petitions to exchange and privately sell real estate in Bath as part of settling Philip Kingsbury deceased. The filing, dated November 9 1909, requests license to convey four undivided twenty first parts of land for four lots 36 37 38 Meadow Street with buildings, against a cash difference of 76.19. The matter, heard December 7 1909, was ordered published for three weeks.
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Edwin Shaw
Sagadahoc
Brod
Coombs
State OF Maine
Bath
James
Lowell
W. Longley
Register
Frederick A. Willis Silalin
Maine
Saganahoc
Sigedahoc
James S. Lowell
Cyrus A. Longley
George I. Hughes
Cyrus W. Longley
Valeria F. Kingsbury
Lydia G. Kingsbury
Blanche H. Kingsbury
Philip Kingsbury
Cottage Park
John A. Jones
Sagadahoe
Edmond M. Warren
Meadow Street
Sigmadahee
Calvin Cromwell
Albert E. Murphy
Valeria FE
Kingsbury
Edward L. Reed
David &. Hathorn
Samuel B. Reed
Woolwich Insaid
Michen Fullerton
Wool- Wich
James Stlowet
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Sagadahoc County
West Bath Grange
Clenwood Furnace
Glenwood
J. A. Winslow & Son
Bowdoin
Jerisha A. Shaw
Sid
Thomas Shaw
Addie TL. Leonard
Auburn
Verona Chadburn
Saidley FB. Shaw
Ulid
Stanvan
Daniel S. Jaques
Samuel T. Jackson
Sagudahov
Everett Farrington
A. Ross Weeks
Rockland
Frank J. Weeks
Miss Weeks
I. G. Meserve
Jennie A. Goodall
A. J. Bond Jefferson
Rath
Mary
STATI
Walter S. Glidden
Justice of the Peace
Mary S. Mussenden
Frank W. Patten
Ellen Sparks
Maina
Tturbin
Pueadalioe
Belle Blair
Auiden
Matdleses
Maesachuihe
Atordian
Robert Bhiir
Rieseat
Certiba Real Bestate
Ceoreetown
Sakiahahoe
High Watley
Gmtrk
Nateoys
Corme
Seth Oliveci
Ulenee
Granite State
Fire Insurance OF
Crosby
Bath, Maine
Maine Register
Grenville M. Donham
Congress St
Portland, Maine
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