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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1913
Page
4
General discussion on achieving standard size in poultry with emphasis on breeding practices. Points cover selection of birds, temperaments, and measuring for weight targets while noting common faults and the need for balanced growth.
Farmers and shippers in Aroostook push to keep potato quarantine in place to stop diseased foreign stock. Senators Johnson assured quarantine will not be raised as granges urge action. Telegrams from Caribou Grange and others express strong support for maintaining the quarantine.
Kellogg's Tasteless Castor Oil is advertised as a tasteless pure laxative. The ad claims children accept it, notes the Kellogg process purifies oil, and promotes its superiority over old fashioned castor oil. Sold in 25¢ and 50¢ bottles at drug stores under Kellogg's logo.
County residents express grave concern over a quarantine on foreign potatoes. A Houston meeting of Caribou area representatives discussed potential infection risks and the danger posed to local crops and markets.
An old Maine probate notice cites Dr Williams Pink Pills claims for building blood and health. It then lists Sagadahoc County probate actions for Hiram G Rowe and Ursula Cushman estates with orders to publish notices and appear in Bath court.
In Sagadahoc County Bath the Probate Court orders notice by publication for three weeks in the Bath Independent. The hearing is set for December 2, 1913 at nine in the forenoon to show cause why the petition should not be granted. Judge James S. Lowell presides.
Court papers from Bath Maine in 1913 show Burt M. Dyer seeking letters testamentary and probate orders for Almiral A. Dyer estate, with petitions to sell real estate to pay debts, and Horatio Duncan and Edith McTeer listed as executors administrators. Notices call heirs to appear December first for final accountings and will validation actions.
William F. Potter as administrator on the estate of Daniel E. F. Robinson, late of Sagadahoc County, presents his first and final account on the first Tuesday of November 1918. The filing marks the closure of the estate proceedings with court review pending.
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