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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1912
Page
6
The Bruner plan seeking a $10,000,000 cooperative marketing corporation for farm products was rejected by the National Grange after a heated dispute. The meeting endorsed a different approach aimed at information sharing and cooperative marketing steps, signaling shifts in farm policy.
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station entomologists report the woolly aphid, a major threat to U.S. apple trees, migrates in three generations between elm and apple. Elm leaf curl is tied to the apple pest lifecycle, elevating elm importance in control. Bulletin 203 available on request from Charles D. Wood, Orono, Maine, 10 cents.
An old advertisement promotes Doan products including Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney ills Doan Ointment for skin itching and Doans Regulators as a mild laxative. Sold at all drug stores.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for thin impure blood and poor nourishment. It cites health improvements for convalescents and overworked individuals, plus a testimonial from Mrs Jonnie Temple of Fond du Lac Wisconsin praising mental and physical recovery after use. The firm offers a booklet and sells pills at 50 cents each or six for $2.50 from Schenectady NY.
At the Maine Seed Improvement Association annual meeting three experts will discuss Farming as a Business. KE Stanford will cover Business Principles Involved, L Yolston speaks on Productions, and RE Embree covers Marketing. The event, in Portland, runs December 6 with free admission for the public.
Farmers mechanics railroaders and laborers rely on Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil for cuts burns and bruises. Fine for family use and sold in 20c and 50c sizes with a household utility tone.
Dr Raymond Pearl of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station will address the Seed Improvement and Dairymen's Associations at a joint meeting in City Hall Thursday evening. He will speak on what plant breeding can do for Maine with examples from barley gains and milk production research.
Across Aroostook county Maine potato houses store millions of bushels for winter shipment. Potatoes are kept in regulated temperatures and shipped in heated cars sized about three bushels per box. The crop yields high per acre and commands market premiums. The region’s development followed scientific cultivation from early days, turning a practical staple into a valued food.
The December American magazine praises Jary C. Mustin nicknamed the Edison of the Navy for inventing and refining optical sighting devices that enabled modern battleships to fire at long range. An anecdote shows Mustin testing a non breakable lens by dropping it onto paving stones, proving the lens survived and advancing naval gunnery.
State road work returns lag requested by November first with many not in before month end as progress continues. Total state contracts exceed 154000 dollars and 499 spring applications for aid were received while auto fund projects advance and report slowly. Stores hours and a general ad hoc notice appear alongside a pharmaceutical ad and testimonial line.
An old advertisement claims sarsaparilla acts directly on the blood to purify enrich and revitalize it and to build up the whole system. It urges readers to take it and obtain it today in liquid form or as tablets.
An advertisement touts LL F Atwood’s Medicine as a universal remedy for dyspepsia biliousness sick headache constipation and early colds. It cites Mrs O M Harrison of Brewer Maine as a testimonial and invites readers to request a free sample from the Medicine Co. of Portland Maine.
In Sagadahoc County Maine the probate court at Bath on November sixth 1912 hears the executors second and final account for the estate of Francis M Hawthorne late of Woolwich. The petition lists heirs and residencies including Annie Warren Frank Thompson Wilmington Delaware Lizzie Carlton Woolwich and several Sewell and Thompson relations. The court orders notice by publication in Bath Independent for interested parties to appear December first at Bath to contest or support the petition.
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