Maine farm sales surge as Hutchins firm markets Sagadahoe acres
Sales of Maine farms rise with W D Hutchins Co Augusta reporting brisk demand in Sagadahoe County. Listings show transfers from Bowdoinham Bowdoinham Foxcroft Winthrop Pittston and other towns to buyers in Jamaica Plain Mass Albany N H Providence Readfield Montclair and more, reflecting strong market activity and ongoing Maine agriculture prospects.
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W. D. Hutchins Co
Maine
Augusta
Mr. Hutchins
J. R. Pineo
Bowdoinham
G. D. Sears
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Rachel M. Wallace
Bowdoinjam
Nathan Fowler
J. C. Ordway
Foxcroft
William Shae
Albany
Benedicta
William Cameron
Pittston
S. O. Lilley
Bangor
A. Turner
Chelsea
E.B. Nickerson
Skowhegan
B. S. Damien
Belgrade
D. F. Bartlett
Archie McMaster
Richmond
J. B. Poulin
Winslow
Joseph Misheau
Waterville
E. L. Fenlason
Brunswick
E.S. Cudworth
Holcottsville
N. Xi
Bath Market Sees Post Thanksgiving Price Decline
The Bath market reports scarce eggs at 40 to 42 cents a dozen and list prices for produce and meats. Potatoes 55 to 60 cents per pound equivalent, apples 2.50 to 3, beets and turnips 1 cent per pound, chickens 19 to 20 cents, ducks 20 cents, geese 20 cents, beef 7 to 9 cents by the side, muttons 10 cents, lambs 10 to 12 cents, and other items. State Road Inspector James J. Spinney praises road work in West Bath and Topsham with growing interest in better roads. Native Bath turkeys from George Blaisdell of Ashdale noted as fine. Phippsburg letter discusses his experience raising them.
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Bath
James J. Spinney
West Bath
Topsham
George Blaisdell
Ashdale
Phippsburg
Warning on land scams and catarrh cure
A department warns farmers about land scams selling barren sands and drained swamps as fertile lands. It cites investigations into a false hybrid berry and notes many canisters of fruit tree slips on public lands. The piece also promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure claims and a congressional deception alert.
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Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Record High Apple Prices Reported by Hood River Union
New York Produce News notes Steinhardt & Kelly paid the highest prices ever for Hood River apples. Prices for Fancy Spitzenbergs and Newtons topped $2 and $3 per box, with Page & Son buying leftovers. Oregon papers praise Steinhardt & Kelly’s advertising for the Union’s fancy pack.
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New York Produce News
New York
Steinhardt & Kelly
Hood River
Hood River Glacier
Page & Son of
Pentland
Oregon
Maine seed association planned to boost crop yields
The Maine legislature backs seed improvement work with funds and plans a cooperative association. Farmers will be invited to form an organization with the Department of Agriculture and Maine Experiment Station to share breeding results, test seeds, and hold annual meetings with exhibits and lectures at central locations in the state.
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Maine
Department of Agriculture
Maine Experiment Station
Washington, D. C
Leant
Augusta
Farm property transfers listed in Richmond and nearby towns
Edwin Totman of Richmond sold the D A Ross house and lot to Sidney Hopkins. The Bertha J Dinsmore homestead went to A K Spaulding of Belgrade. The Chester Totman farm in South Gardiner was bought by William Robertson of Mexico Maine. The John A Spittell farm in Bowdoinham sold to D B Lovejoy and Son of Malden Massachusetts.
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Edwin Totman
Richmond
BE. A. Strout Farm Agency
D. A. Ross
Sidney Hopkins
Bertha J. Dinsmore
A. K. Spaulding
Belgrade
Chester Totman
South Gardiner
William Robertson
Mexico
Maine
John A. Spittell
Bowdoinham
D. B
Painkiller Promises Best Medicine for Hard Times
Advertises Painkiller as the best medicine kept by all families during hard times. Claims no one is too poor to pay for a bottle of this indispensable remedy. Promotes genuine Painkiller at 2dc., Jou. and 60c bottles.
Belle Blair Petition for Probate Notice in Bath Maine
In Sagadahoc County Maine on the ninth day of November 1909 a Probate Court ordered notice to interested persons by publishing the petition and order in the Bath Independent for three weeks. The court set a December seventh 1909 hearing at Bren for show cause why the prayer should not be granted. Judge James S. Lowell presiding. Attest Cyrus W. Longley Register.
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State OF Maine
Oporadahoe
Belle Hl Maiden
Middlesex County
Massachusetts
Robert Bla
Russell Blain
Seid
Georgetown
Sagadahoe County
Seth Oliver
Bath
Belle Blair
George KE. Hughes
Maine
Sagadahoe
Said
Sagadahoc
Bren
James 8. Lowell
Cyrus W. Longley
Saydahoe
Court of County Commissioners
Sagadhice
Donita
Woolwican
Sanford L
Fogg
State OF
Aud
James
Lowell
Frederick A. Willis Sagadahoc
Pearce
Saxgaanhoe
Sugadatoe
Register
Proebate Court
Valerie E. Kingsbury
Lydia
Kingsbury
Bianche FD
Kimesbury
Math
Philip Kingsbury
Humberea
Cottage Park
John A. Jones
Edmund M. Warren
Calvin Crom
Meadow Street
Sagada
Hook
Enidalvin Cromwell
Albert FL Murpie
Sagadahor
Valertia RE
Rath Independent
Bath Insid
James S. Lowes
Woolwich Selectmen Petition County for Road Bounds
Woolwich selectmen petition Sagadahoc County to determine and mark the bounds of a county road from the landing of the People’s Ferry to the so called Arrowsie Boidee. They seek publication of the petition in Bath Independent and a probate court hearing set for December 1, 1909.
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Sagadahoc
Maine
Board of Selecmen
Woolwich
People’s Ferry Company
Arrowsie Boidee
Bath
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B. W. Smith
Monmouth
L. G. Goodall
Mapleton
S. A. Ward
China
Crosby Stinson
E. Benton
E. H. Hulett
Frank Phelan
E. J. Williams
Henry Galt
Montclair
N. J
C. K. Coleman
W. A. Turner
Perkins
R. S. Richards
Benton
Oscar Swanson
W. Rutland
Sagadahbe County
West Bath Grange
Fred Willis
George W. Dean
The
Independent
Boston
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hood River Apple Growers Union
Woolwich Grange
R. T. Felix Gouraud
Ohlof
L. A Sayre
United States
Canada
Europe
T. Hopkins
Great Jones Street
Glenwood
J. A. Winstow & Son
Clenwood Furnace
Shaws Book Store
Front St
L. B. Swett & Co
L.b.swett & Co
Washington Howard Cigar Co
F.wilbur Brown
Washington
W.H. Small
Washington St
F. W. Chandler & Son
BOW Doinham
L. D
Small Winnegance
John Cook
Perry Bros
Popsham
W. W. Good
Herbert Mansir
B.G. Potter
George A, Waiker
George vi Stinson
George W. Shaw
Town of
Woolwich State OF
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State OF Main
Sagadahon
Isaac C Irish
Bowdoir Ham
Roxy M Skelton
Bowdoin
Isaac C Jrish
Leonard Bskelten Vend
Louisa M Schnerr
John Fickett
Lisbon
Elizabeth Fickett
Daniel Jaques
Saga Ahoe
Sagadalhor
Justice of the Peace
Sugadsa
Frederick A. Willis
Coonts
Louisa Mo Willss
Frederick A. Wiilis
Atlin
Derick A. Wullis
Matapebaee
Loen
Granite State
Fire Insurance OF
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Maine Register
Fost
Grenville M. Donham
Congress St
Portland, Maine
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