Government Whitewash recipe used on White House and lighthouses
The Mains Aguultaural Experiment Station reports on a government whitewash formula and its wide uses. It details lime slaking, mixing with salt, rice paste, whiting, and oil to produce a hot whitewash that can cover about a square yard per pint. It notes color variants and orchard wash variations tested at Highmoor Farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mains Aguultaural Experiment Station
White House
Washington
Highmoor Farm
Relocating Old Roads Aims To Save Horses And Wagons
The Office of Roads in the Department of Agriculture promotes moving old routes and designing new ones to reduce wear on horses and vehicles and cut hauling costs. It notes tradeoffs with land use where roads cut through farms but cites potential land value and community benefits from level routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Roads
Department of Agriculture
Office of Road
Mies Afar
Well Deserved Praise From Bath People For Doan Kidney Pills
A Bath resident testifies that kidney pains vanished after using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Webber's Drug Store. She recounts an attack four years ago with back pain and relief from one box. The endorsement urges readers to remember the Brand Dean's and buy only that. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY is listed as U.S. sole agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metilia
Dean
Webber
Changing Age Nutriment and Road Matters in Bloomfield
The article extols Scott's Emulsion as a vital nourishment for girls and boys entering adolescence, claiming it boosts red blood, energy, and nerves. It also reports on roadside policy, noting the Office of Roads seeks to avoid steep grades, relocating roads around hills to reduce hauling costs with minimal or no added road length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Beott & Bowmie
Bloomfield, N. J
Office of Roads
Maine preview of 1914 automobile number plates
The State automobile clerk introduces 1914 plates in royal blue with white letters. Plates are longer and narrower with Maine in the upper right and the year 1914 below. Dealer plates will read Dealer along with the series and year. licensing averages two cars daily. Turkeys expected to be high this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Lawlis
Mrs Carrie Bartlett Dies After Illness at Richmond Home
Mrs Carrie Bartlett wife of David Bartlett of Richmond died Monday noon at her Lincoln street home after several days illness. Born in Dresden 51 years ago she leaves husband two brothers Reed Allen of Richmond and Everett Allen of Bowdoin. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning and the remains were taken to Durham for interment. Evening school continues to hold its interest and attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Bartlett
David Bartlett
Richmond
Lincoln Street
Dresden
Reed Allen
Everett Allen
Bowdoin
Durham
For Sale Thoroughbred O T pigs six weeks old
Six week old thoroughbred O T pigs for sale, both sexes. Price includes registry, eight dollars each. Contact J F Up ton in Winnegance Maine via telephone 268-5 4-20tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. . Upton
Winnegance
Maine
O. T
J. F.r Upton
Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People Tonic Claim
A traditional advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic that builds new red blood to restore facial color energy and sleep. It claims improved digestion and relief from anemia chlorosis rheumatism nervousness stomach trouble and headaches with a 50 cent box available at druggists.
Real estate transfers filed at Registry this week
Transfers recorded include Charles D. Wainwright trustees to Ida M. Maker in Phippsburg and Willard Hayford to Anna L. Davis in West Bath. Also deeds from Olive Varney to John S. Hyde and from John H. Berry to Varney in Bath, plus multiple West Bath moves involving Ralph C. Sherwood and Andrew Kaul Jr. among others. Additional transfers cover Arrowsic Woolwich Georgetown and related properties.
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Registry of
Charles D. Wainwright
Als
Ida M. Maker
Phippsburg
Willard Hayford
Anna L. Davis
West Bath
Olive Varney
John S. Hyde
Bath
John H. Berry
New Meadows Association
Ralph C. Sherwood
Andrew Kaul, Jr
Elizabeth M. Temple
Andrew Kaul
Charles A. Harriman
Woolwich
Benjamin H. Woodside
W.martha Hinckley
Georgetown
George E. Ricker
Robain
Transfers of Property Across Maine Towns Listed
A sequence of property transfers is recorded across Bowdoin Phippsburg Woolwich Georgetown West Bath and Richmond Maine. Deeds show a wide range of grantees including Zina H Noyes Charles W Locke Rufus F Springer Jessie Tibbetts Amanda Davis McIntire and David Blair among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arsanault
Bowdoin
Arnold C. Morse
Zina H. Noyes
Phippsburg
Joshua F. Upton
Charles W. Locke
Zephiria Jabert
Rufus F. Springer
James R. Wyman
Page A. Wyman
O. J. Seavey
Gardiner F. Miley
Woolwich
Lillian E. Wood
Probate notices from Bath Maine estate actions 1913 1915
The document records two probate court actions in Sagadahoc Maine. First executor Williams Whitney petitions to sell part of Rosalind Whitney's Bath real estate to pay debts and expenses, with notice ordered for three weeks in Bath Independent. Second, Augustus A. Percy seeks final account approval for Jennie C. Percy, with notice ordered for three weeks in Bath Independent.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Williams Whitney
Bath
Rosalind H. Whitney
County of Sagadahoe
W. Dunning
HH. Melellan
C. W. Dunning
Dunning
Commercial Street
Probate Court Orders Final Account for Daniel F. Robinson
In Sagadahoe Bath a Court of Probate orders the administrator to notify all interested parties by publishing this order in the Bath Independent. A probate court in Bath will convene on the first Tuesday of December at nine in the forenoon to review and allow the administrator’s final account of Daniel F. Robinson, late of Bath, deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vorn J. Keegan
Sugidahoe
James S. Lowell
State OF Maine
Sagadahoe
Bath
Cyrus W. Longley
Register
Sagadahoc
Edith I. McTeer
Cornelia S. Rogers
W. Longley
Sagidihoe
Sugaduhoe
Augustus A. Percy
Jennie C. Percy
Ann EK. Robinson
Daniel F. Robinson
Burt M. Dyer
Walter S. Glidden
State OF
Maine
Pinklets Laxative Promises Gentle Constipation Relief
Pinklets, the new laxative pills, claim lasting effect without over stimulating the bowels. They gently assist nature to regular, thorough action, harmonizing liver, stomach, and bowels to improve complexion and biliousness. Available from druggists for 25 cents per bottle.
Bath man seeks administration of Almira A Dyer estate
Burt M Dyer of Bath Maine represents Almira A Dyer who died September 8 1918 testate leaving estate to be administered. He lists heirs at law and next of kin including his sons Roscoe A Dyer of Somerville Massachusetts and Edward F Dyer Jr of Georgetown Maine.
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State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
John J. Keekin
Bath
Mary McDonald
Alexander McDonald
Niame
John J. Keegan
AP Ali
State OF Maine
Horatio A. Duncan
Laura A. Duncan
Baih
John W. Snow
Annie Taylor
Nashua
N. J
Burt M. Dyer
Almira
A. Dyer
Said
Roscoe A. Dyer
Somerville
Mass
Edward F. Dyer
Georgetown
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Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Mrs
Carrie) Bartlett
Johnson
J. S. Johnson &Co., Inc
Boston
Parsons
Renee
Smokeless
Standard Oil Company OF
New York, N. Y
Buffalo, N. Y
Albany, N. Y
Hood
Horatio AL Duncan
A. D. Sage
Sagudahoce
Gertrude M. Wright
Mildred Dyer
A. Y
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