Concentrated Tomato Sauce and Home Canning Tips
Washington D C United States Department of Agriculture outlines methods to make and can concentrated tomato sauce from small or broken tomatoes add onion pepper and seasoning cook sieve and process jars in a water bath. It also covers fruit canning methods cottage cheese use of skim milk and wartime food garden efforts with emphasis on home preparation and preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United Department of Agriculture
Wye
Indletin
National Emergency Food Gaarden Commission of
Washington
National Emergency Food Garden
Maryland Pidge
United States Department of Agriculture
Poultry Experts Urge Boost in Breeding Stock and Care
An apepal from the American Association of Instructors and Investigators in Poultry Husbandry urges poultry raisers to raise production of poultry meat and eggs. Meeting at Ausherat Massachusetts the experts forecast unprecedented demand for breeding stock and products and endorse improved stock management and methods while warning against sacrificing valuable chickens due to high feed costs. The association members from state agricultural colleges and the USDA promise help to producers for maximum results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of
Ausherat
Mass
Association
United States Department of Agriculture
KEEP SEED CORN SAFE
Seed corn should be stored in mouse proof barrels boxes or crates during winter to avoid dampness. After drying two months in dry air the ears must be bone dry with moisture under a safe percent. If weevils or moths appear, seal the dry ears in a practically airtight container with carbon bisulphide for 48 hours.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Winter culling and mite warnings for poultry and seed saving
A 1919 era advisory urges culling unprofitable hens as grain costs rise, highlights chicken mites as a risk, and outlines prevention steps. It also discusses seed-saving campaigns led by I. L. Newdéek to avert spring seed shortages, urging farmers to preserve corn, beans, wheat, oats, buckwheat, and potatoes for planting.
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H. HI
Cottage Cheese as Meat Substitute on Farms Worldwide
The article notes skim milk from dairy cows can be turned into cottage cheese and serve as a meat substitute. It states there are over 5,900,000 dairy farms and a gallon yields 1.5 pounds, with weekly cottage cheese production per farm promising a notable supply.
Farmers urged to save their own seed this fall
The Public Safety Committee on Food Production and Conservation urged farmers to save their own seed this fall. A Waterville meeting formed a plan with the Maine Seed Improvement Association the Grange the State Department of Agriculture the University of Maine Extension Service and prominent farmers to organize county and local seed saving committees and seed selection grading and curing demonstrations.
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Public Safety Committee On
Maine Seed Improvement Assocation
the Grange
State Department of Agriculture
University of Maine Extension Service
A. E. Hodges
Whairfield
M. J. Thompson
South China
L. C. Holston
Cornish
E. L. Newdick
Augusta
M. D. Jones
Crono
Waterville
Maine Seed Improvement Association
Sophomores Kidnap Freshmen Players Win Bowdoin Game
At Bowdoin College Brunswick Maine the Sophomores defeated the Freshmen 7 to 1 in a six inning game delayed by the kidnapping of three Freshmen players Sears catcher Toyokawa left fielder and class second base. The three were later found in a Sebasco hotel and released after a clothes seizure.
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Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Sears
Toyokawa
Bath
Sebasco
Tuttle
Obituary of Mrs Dorothy Thompson Nixon Bowdoin professor's wife
Mrs Dorothy Thompson Nixon wife of Professor Paul Nixon of Bowdoin College died after brief illness in Brunswick Me She was born in Quincy Mass years ago to the late William B Thompson She is survived by her husband an adopted child her mother two sisters and a brother in Quincy Funeral from 202 Maine Street Friday at 2 30 p m with burial in Pine Grove Cemetery College section
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Brunswick
Dorothy Thompson Nixon
Paul Nixon
Bowdoin College
Quincy
Mass
William B. Thompson
Maine Street
College
Pine Grove Cemetery
Bath girl Mrs. Harold L. Thompson dies at 23
Mrs. Harold L. Thompson of Bath dies in Portland at Leighton Hospital aged twenty three years nine months. Survived by husband baby laughter Helen, parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Triggs, a sister Mrs. Harold F. McCarty, and brother Ray Triggs. Funeral at George E. Thompson home with Rev. C Nilson Harrison officiating. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Bath
Portland
Leighton
Harold L. Thompson
Thompson
Helen
Charles W. ‘Riggs
Harold F. McCarty
City
Ray Tri
Funeral Held for Clyde Bruce Buried in Oak Grove
The body of Clyde Bruce who died at Bar Harbor Funday was brought here Sunday and buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. The funeral occurred at Bar Harbor Saturday. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Elizabeth Bruce of War Harbor a sister Mrs. Charles Keucher of Bar Harbor a brother W A Bruce of this city and another brother Leslie.
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Clyde Bruce
Bar Harbor
Oak Grove
Elizabeth Bruce
War Harbor
Charles Keucher
W. A. Bruce
Leslie
Martha J Fletcher Widow of Capt Elijah Fletcher Dies at 87
Mrs Martha J Fletcher widow of Captain Elijah M Fletcher of Phippsburg and resident of Bath for 11 years died after a long illness Sunday night at her daughter Mrs James Minott’s home 16 Marcia Street. She was 87 years 4 months and 3 days old. She was a daughter of a Phippsburg farmer.
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Martha J. Fletcher
Elijah M. Fletcher
Phippsburg
Bath
James Minott
Marcia St
Fletcher
Mrs Annie Rowe Dies at 69 in Georgetown Home
Mrs Annie Rowe aged 69 died at her Georgetown home. Funeral from Georgetown Center Church Wednesday at 2 30 in the afternoon. She was the widow of Anson Rowe and survived by daughter Miss Hattie BE Rowe.
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Annie Rowe
Georgetown
Georgetown Center
Anson Rowe
Hattie BE. Rowe
Gracefully Launched Annie C. Ross Four-Masted Schooner
The Annie C. Ross, a 175.5 foot four masted schooner, slid from Percy & Small at Kennebec on Wednesday afternoon with Grand guests and five year old Elizabeth T. Boggs christening with roses. The vessel, 791 tons gross, 686 net, features Oregon pine masts, 6000 yards of sail, windlass gear, stockless anchors, and luxury officer quarters in an oak finished after house. The Ross is the 11th launch this year and 40th craft from the yard in 223 years of shipbuilding.
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Annie C. Ross
Percy & Smallyard
Ross
Kennebec
Elizabeth T. Boggs
Frank Boggs
Hingham
Mass
Providence
R. I
C. L. Louis
I. L. Simmons
Somerset
E. T. Nalor
Gloversville
N. Y
Frost
Wormwell and Crocker
Portland
Percy & Small Yard
Bureau of American Shipping
Oregon
Fred B. Scott
Percy & Small
North Carolina
Shipping men praise Percy & Small builders in new schooner
The master workmen for the new schooner include Jud son Baker master builder Fred B Scott master joiner Hiram R Pattee painter James Jewett and others Captain Likesisnth Wessels and Captain Alex Ross principal owner of the Annie JC Ross have long service at sea and praise Percy & Small who built the last four schooners and are preferred over any other builder for the project.
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Judson Baker
Fred B. Scott
Hiram R., Pattee
James Jewett
F. A. Palmer
F.N. Colby
C.H. Oliver
J. A. Winslow
Thea. Olaen
James’ H. Cameron
Likesisnth Wessels
Alex Ross
Annie JC. Ross
Ross
W. P. Hood
B. L. Poole
S. P. Blackburn
Helen W. Martin
Eleanor A. Percy
George D. Edmonds
Percy & Small
Washington Park houses under construction by R W Conforth Co
Washington Park development moves forward as wiring and plumbing begin on four day after sills laid. Three Park homes sold to North End families, cellars contracted at two per week, aiming for one year completion with local builders favored and supplies sourced locally. The first house will serve as a boarding house for workers. Later, the Sewing Circle of the Lord's Missionary Rand met at 7:50 with Mrs Hattie Wright on Center Street.
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R. W. Conforth Co
Washington Park
North End
Fred Willis
Aver
Kennerson
The
Lord's Missionary
Rand
Hattie Wright
Center St
Pierce
Moulder with 43 Years at Bath Plant Honored
Fred J. Rollins of 481 Washington Street marked 43 years as a moulder at the plant now Hyde Windlass Co. He began in South Union Maine at 15 and later worked at Bath Iron Foundry before its Hyde Windlass era. He notes rising wages and plans to continue molding long term.
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Hyde Windlass Company
Fred J. Rollins
Washington St
Rollins
South Union
Bath
Bath Iron Foundry
North
Water St
Perry
Hyde Windlass Co
Rollings
Like Camp Life Two Letters From Camp Devens
Two letters from Camp Devens describe thanks for the send off and a large Sunday visit by about 5000 people. Private Amory P McLellan says the Bath Battery C 303d Regt heavy field artillery will welcome incoming troops. Angelos Kakos reports steady progress and a busy schedule. A Bath man was fined 25.97 dollars by Judge Keegan in municipal court.
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Camp Devens
Amyy P. McLellan
Amory
Angelos Kakos
Bath
Battery C. 303d Regt
Heavy Field Artillery
Bathman
Keegan
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department
H. P. Wood
Newdéek
State Public Safety Committee
Basco Hotel
Annte Rowe
Commonwealth Hotel
State House
Bostons Mass
New England
Storer
F. Crafts
Child
Ross Upon River
Yrats
Samuel Hamilton, M. D
the Gentaur Ae Nuns
York
Castoria
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