Forty Years in Bee Culture Warns of Weak Colonies
The Brunswick expert C. M. Herring recalls starting with a four-dollar hive and warns that weak colonies cost more than they yield. He urges selecting strong bees, warns against temperamental hives, and notes that patient, kind handling and simple improvements like a bottom-board feeder and winter wraps keep bees healthier. He shares a wartime anecdote of peace through kindness and claims the practice yields reliable honey and helps with taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Herring
Brunswick
Maine Farmer
Aroostook
Cap at 91 Finds Joy in Managing Bees
The elderly speaker, now 91, describes enjoying and successfully managing a beekeeping life. He notes continued work with bees, highlighting resilience, skill, and fulfillment in tending hives despite age.
Cold storage apples show better preservation with early handling
The U S Department of Agriculture and Iowa Agricultural College report apples stored at about 22 degrees F since last September and October. Early picking and careful handling from tree to package yielded the best condition across varieties. Wrapped fruit stored better than loose, Wealthy and Jonathan fared well, Colorado Orange Delavan Northwestern Greening strong, Malinda rotted, suggesting bruising in transit drives losses.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa Agricultural College
U. S. Tenney
Wealthy
Jonathan
Tenney
Better Oysters Under Pure Food Law
The Pure Food law now prohibits adding ice or water to shocked oysters in transit or retail. Ice must remain outside the container, so a quart sold contains mostly oysters with very little melted ice juice. This change aims to improve product quality for tub oyster buyers.
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Tee
Ivery
Christening Ceremony Noted At Sea Yard Event
The ceremony was gracefully performed by Mrs Litchfield with flowers and scattered posies gathered by many attendees at the yard. Guests included W N Mains Thomas L Moffat Harry I Kelle and others from Chelsea Cape J A Wyman of Waldoboro. Souvenirs will be kept as mementos of the occasion.
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W. N. Mains
Thomas L. Moffat
Harry I. Kelle
Mrs. H
PF. Hunter
Charles H. Riley
T. He Lin- Teath
Capt
W. Theall
Chelsea
Cape
J. A. Wyman
Waldoboro
Local Farm Activity and Seasonal Arrivals in Bath
Ht 5 Shea has bought a farm house from lumbermen clearing Patterson lot. Carl Mc Hodgdon, long employed in Taunton Massachusetts, is at home. Mrs. William Bryant arrives to keep house for Town Treasurer T. FE. Knight. Percy W. Hodgdon sold two year old oxen and two year old steers to C. W Lewis of Yarmouthville, delivered on the cars at Wiscasset. James Gilmore of Somerville Massachusetts visits two weeks to gather apples and prepare for winter. Banter among locals as Capt. Benj. F. Jewett Fred S. Bailey Capt. H. S. Tarbox and wife Y. W. Hodgden and Woodbury Hodgden conduct Bath business. Capt. Thomas McLaughlin and family plan to winter in Farmington as last year. Mrs. McLaughlin will go this week. W. P. Jewett sells several house lots to out of town buyers for next season cottages. Frank Lord of Bath and companion on a gunning trip bag partridge and woodcock. R. T. Greenleaf sells his launch to Woolwich buyers. a new launch planned for next season. S. B. Jewett, in a South Portland sanitarium, is improving and friends are pleased.
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Shea
Patterson
Carl Mc Hodgdon
Taunton
Maso
William Bryant
T. FE. Knight
Percy W. Hodgdon
C. W Lewis
Yarmouthville
Wiscasset
James Gilmore
Somerville
Mass
Benj. F. Jewett
Fred S. Bailey
H. S. Tarbox
Y. W. Hodgden
Woodbury -Hodgdeen
Bath
Thomas McLaughlin
Farmington
Woolwich
Wood Contract Ties West Bowdoll Rideout to Lisbon Falls
West Bowdoll James Rideout has taken a contract to cut about four hundred cords of wood for Frank Lange of Lisbon Falls. Mrs. Emery Potter has gone to Bath to visit her daughter. Mrs. Branch of Massachusetts is visiting Mrs. Lendatth Prout. Mr. Cooper of Auburn is in town visiting friends. Eddy Card began a pleasure trip to Seattle, Washington, on Monday. Charles Larrabee of Lisbon Falls stopped in town Sunday to see friends. Miss Statie Allen spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Jones of Sabattus. Frank Rideout of Farmington is visiting his parents for a few days.
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James Rideout
Frank Lange
Lisbon Falls
Emery Potter
Bath
Branch
Massachusetts
Lendatth
Cooper
Auburn
Eddy Card
Seattle
Charles Larrabee
Statie Allen
Miss Jones
Sabattus
Gossip from Bowdoin and nearby towns
Miss Doris Gray returns from Damariscotta and visits in Bowdoin. Nathaniel Roberts returns to Lisbon Falls after visiting friends. Harry Oliver of Popham Beach travels to Portland to pursue his trade as a joiner.
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Doris Gray
Harry Oliver
Popham Beach
Portland
Sunday Guests and Movements in Brunswick and Vicinity
Mr and Mrs Cyrus Ridley attended Charles Snow s Sunday in Brunswick. Sidney Holbrook returned from Portland for the weekend while Annie Jordan visited Barton Jordan. Lois Marriner spent Thursday with Mrs Emily Coombs. Holbrook reported four large cow moose after a crossing from West Bath. A thunder shower felled an ash tree on Coombs property and damaged a telephone pole. Rev Francia W O Brien preached at the Baptist Church and Jonas Edwards of Lewiston will supply next Sunday.
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Cyrus Ridley
Brunswick
Charles Snow
Portland
Annie Jordan
Barton Jordan
Lois Marriner
Emily Coombs
Sidney Holbrook
West Bath
Francia W. O'Brien
Jonas Edwards
Lewiston
Royal Tragedy tale set in coastal Maine during upheaval
The Independent reviews A Royal Tragedy by Nat Wilder Jr from Fireside Publishing. The novel centers on early Sheepscot River towns including Wiscasset Edgecomb and Westport with Queen Marie Antoinette’s prison escape amid French Revolution scenes. Illustrations include a Marie Antoinette house still standing.
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The
Independent
Nat Wilder, Jr
Fireside Publishing Company
New York
Wiscasset
Edgecomb
Westport
Sheepscat
Marie Antoinette
Gourand's Oriental Beauty Leaves Ad Card
A dainty purse booklet of perfumed leaves for quick skin touchups on the go. Perfect for theatre, receptions, travel and shopping, it removes dirt and grease without spilling. Sent for ten cents to F. T. Hopkins at 07 Great Jones Street, New York.
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Gourand
Probate petition to sell real estate for estate of Jerusha A Shaw
Daniel H Jaques administrator of Jerusha A Shaw seeks license to sell part of the Bowdoin real estate to pay debts and administration costs. The filing notes two parcels with described bounds, a personal estate deficit, and a widower claimant, Thomas Shaw, with the sale to be public or private under court supervision.
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Sagadahoe
Daniel
Jaques of
Bowdein
Jerusha A. Shaw
Bowdoin
Tsxtah Philbrick
Henry Merriman
Said Merriman
Weston Denham
Said Denham
Samuel Sylvester
Isiah Philbrick
Said Philbrick
Wilam Gowell
Inseid Bowdoin
Kingdom Road
J. O Roberts
Rowl
Annie Marta Tigudy
Orchard Wall
Isadore M. Carti
Charles Bennett
Bennett
Curtis
Elmer Curtin
Seth HH. Leonard
J. C. Roberts
Weald Potter
Roberts
Thomas Shaw
Thomage Shaw
A. D. Orn
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