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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1910
Page
5
Readers were urged to send farm notes to the Independent in Bath. The Bath market saw reduced farm produce as many farmers attended the county fair at Topsham. Prices varied for butter potatoes and fruit with shortages in apples greens and cucumbers while hay and pork remained scarce and wholesale flour prices rose.
A. F. Reeve of Bowdoinham expects to harvest over 2000 bushels of fine potatoes. Sagadahoc Grange Hall hosts a dairy institute on October 27 with speakers from the University of Maine and state agriculture officials. Native cranberries abound in local markets, and farmers are urged to boost cranberry production on marshland. The Maine Farmer editors A Gilbert and H M Twitchell retire, with new editor Piavis Seettte guiding a modernizing, up-to-date edition. Big pumpkins and prize vegetables will soon reach market as Sagadahoc farming advances.
F N Godfrey of Olean, chairman of the executive committee, outlines particulars of the National Grange annual session, noting dates and items of general interest for members and attendees.
The National Grange publishes resolutions urging farmers to elect U S senators loyal to farming. It cites Maine lacking a farmer in Congress and calls for a farmer to be chosen for the United States Senate. The document laments lawyers and business interests controlling the Senate and urges farmers to take a front seat in politics.
The text promotes constipations relief through regular habits aided by Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. It claims the product acts without disturbing natural functions and supports internal health, urging purchase only of the California Fig Syrup Co. manufacture and sale by leading druggists.
A veteran testimonial-like appeal urging sick women to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letters from Mrs Barber, Mrs May, Mrs Gioran, Mrs Slaveys, and others recount relief from tumors, pain, fibroids, neuralgia, and other female troubles after using the remedy, with invitations to consult Mrs Pinkham for advice.
Merrymeeting Grange held a small turnout on October 7 due to bad weather. Members voted to grade the front lot to remove clay. next meeting scheduled for October 21 features music, entertainment from Sisters Newton Dickerson Smith and Brothers Reserve Gould Williams, and questions on potatoes and poking vessels. The three sisters and three brothers will keep their act secret until performance, with a promised lecturer treat for winners.
About 25 members attended the Progressive Grange meeting despite poor weather. A strong program was presented including music by the chair Edith Small readings, a piano solo by Lou Silvester, a story by Arthur Lancaster and choir music.
The Maine petition from Stinson of Woolwiel requests probate action on the estate of Henry A. Cant who died September 4, 1910, detailing survivors and kin. A judge orders notice by publication in Bath's Bath Independent, with a hearing set for November and requires all interested parties to appear.
In Sagadahoc County Maine a guardian asks the probate court to authorize sale of real estate in Bath to fund maintenance for Albert J Grasky ward. The petition filed September 29 requests sale at public auction with proceedings to publish notice in the Bath newspaper. The court set a hearing for November 1 1910 with notice to interested parties and the judge Tames Lowell presiding.
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