Bath Market Review Quiet Week With Steady Prices
In Bath the market saw little change as supply remained adequate and demand steady. Eggs remain scarce at 32 cents a dozen, butter and butterine sell at 30 cents a pound, and potatoes hold around half a dollar per bushel with some growers holding out for higher prices. Tomatoes and cucumbers are scarce, meats stay high with lamb 13 to 14 cents per pound and fowl 18 to 25 cents, while celery and beets offer steady value amid ample squash and ripening apples at 75 cents to 1 dollar a bushel.
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Bath
Boston
Lincoln Williams
West Bath
California
Connecticut
Co-operative
California Citrus Growers
Commission
San Francisco
Exchange
Interstate Commerce Commission
Maine
Maine Potato Yields Highlight Strong Rural Agriculture
Maine farmers report average potato yields around 220 bushels per acre, with Foxcroft reaching 357 bushels, while Aroostook suffers rot. Grass and hay prospects improve after rains, and local granges host gatherings and fairs. A North Berwick hall fire causes $2,000 in losses. ducks, sheep, and meat prices also figure in farm concerns. A California citrus exchange model is praised for stabilizing markets. Maine holds corn exhibits with premiums and a dairy exhibitors push for more entries to boost a corn exposition.
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Maine
United States
New York
Foxcroft
Aroostook
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin
J. H. Ames
Penobscot
Piscataquis
Drouth
North Berwick
Isaac W. Coombs
West Bath
Annual dairy conference planned for Skowhegan
The Maine Dairy Men announce a Dairy Conference in Skowhegan starting November 30 with big exhibits in butter and cheese, premium offerings, and talks by Prof James O. Jordan, Prof Ivan Weld, and E L Bradford. Also notes hotel quotas and announces government exam coaching offerings and job classifications.
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Skowhegan
James O. Jordan
Boston
Ivan C. Weld
Washington
E. L. Bradford
Auburn
Maine Agricultural College
L. S. Merrill
Augusta
Farm and Home notes seek reader contributions
Friendly co operation from readers urged to improve the farm and grange news in this department. Contributors are asked to send farm notices and country items to the Independent Office in Bath.
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Bath
Pomona Grange Moves Meeting Date to November 17
Sagadahoc county Pomona grange members vote to shift the next meeting from November 24 to November 17 in Woolwich. The gathering will coincide with the year book and include the annual election of officers, with West as the hosting group.
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Sagadahoc County
Pomona Grange
Woolwich
West
Grange
Corn Contest Promotes Superior Maine Corn Strains
Dr. Leon S. Merrill of Solon and secretary of the Maine Dairymen's association announces premiums for a corn growing contest. The event encourages superior Maine corn at the state dairy conference in Skowhegan beginning Tuesday evening.
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Maine
Leon S. Merrill
Sec
Maine Dairymen's Association
Solon
Maine Dairymen’s Association
Skowhegan
Indispensable remedies noted for family health
The notice extols Perry Davis Painkiller as a timeless remedy for both internal and external use. It praises its value for colds, pains, and fresh wounds, recommending it across households.
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Perry Davis
Christian Ra
Experts Claim Half of Panama Canal Digging Complete
Experts say excavation on the Panama Canal project is half finished with significant progress reported. Officials note the work advances toward the milestone as crews continue digging and segment completion.
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Panama Canal
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Deafness Cure
Advertisement by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo offers one hundred dollars for any deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Includes call to request free circulars and notes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
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