Vast supply of meat now in cold storage
The Federal Bureau of Markets reports astonishing increases in poultry and meat holdings as of September 1. Beef, turkeys, roasters, and lamb show double to triple digit rises, while prices remain high for consumers. A Maine farmer pledges to shift to cattle, hogs, and chickens to boost self sufficiency and market resilience.
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Federal Bureau of Market
Department of Agriculture
Boycot
Bureau of Markets
New York City
Boards of Trade
Maine
Houlton Times
Maine Farmer Sees Hay Industry Dying With Times
A Maine farmer argues hay farming is a dying business as labor shortages rise and market demand shifts. He notes stored hay from prior years, dwindling domestic need, and a move toward oil, autos, and high dairy prices reducing hay's role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Home Garden Crops Surge in U S says Pack
Charles Lathrop Pack of the National Emergency Food Commission reports home garden vegetables now outnumber last year by more than three to one. The crop is estimated at 350 million dollars in value with a 1750000 acre gain. The commission offers 5000 prizes for the best canned vegetables to spur family plots during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Evening Post
Department of Agriculture
Sam
Charles Lathrop Pack
National Emergency Food Commission
United States
Prices Current in Bath Retail Fresh Eggs and Produce
Market list shows prices for dairy butter, cr eamery butter, cabbage, beets, carrots, turnips, potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, onions, cranberries, parsnips, spinach, tomatoes, celery, apples, oranges, bananas. Also feed items including wheat, lemons, cottonseed meal, cracked corn, whole corn, bran, middlings, feed flour, flour, rice, pressed hay and straw. Prices are given per unit such as per dozen, per pound, per bag, per bushel, or per hundredweight.
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Bath
Boston
Frost Slams Sagadahoc Crops Destroying 15000 Dollars
Bath residents report a severe hard frost Monday night in Sagadahoc County causing an estimated 15000 dollars in crop damage. Late corn beans tomatoes and squash and pumpkin were severely hit while prices and future yields drop. Farmers described the frost as the worst in years with temperatures around 25 degrees and widespread losses across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoe
September is Great Clean Up Month for Trees
Washington reports September as the nationwide window for pruning and tree care. The American Forestry Magazine urges minimal live wood removal, cuts near the trunk, and coal tar on wounds. Tussock moth egg masses should be destroyed. infested trees marked for winter removal. evergreens planted late August to early September with soil intact.
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Washington
Bulletin
American Forestry Magazine
American Forestry Association
Risdale
Maryland Building
Eighty-year-old Bristol man helps in war garden effort
Amos D Curran of Bristol announces he works daily in his large vegetable garden despite being 80 and years. He writes to the National Emergency Food Garden Commission which is offering 5000 prize dollars for best canned vegetables grown in war gardens. Curran notes Civil War service and expresses continued desire to serve Uncle Sam. C L Pack, president of the commission, sent Curran 50 canning and drying manuals for distribution.
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National Emergency Food Garden Commission of
Washington
Charles Lathrop Pack
Washington, D
Amos D. Curran
Bristol
National Emergency Food Garden Commission
Maryland
Curran
Sam
C. L. Pack
The
Commission
The Value of Potatoes in the Diet
The United States Department of Agriculture urges higher potato consumption due to market abundance and versatility. Potatoes offer a wholesome starch, essential minerals, and mild alkaline salts beneficial for dietary balance. City Treasurer A. S. Merrill reports 156 orders for municipal potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
A. S. Merrill
Bath Girls Three Leave Merrily for the Allegash Trip
Three Bath women Miss Dorothy Sewall Miss Priscilla Kimball and Miss Margaret Foote set out from Bath for a 200 mile Allagash River canoe expedition in northern Maine. They travel by auto to Lewiston join a train to Kimco and a Moosehead Lake steamer to North East Carry meeting guides and begin a two week journey through Moosehorn Pine streams Chamberlain and Eagle lakes ending at Ft. Kent before return to Bath. They wear olive wool outfits and rely on guides for safety with no swimming.
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Bath
Will
Allagash
Maine
Dorothy Sewall
Priscilla Kimball
Margaret Foote
Patten Free Library
Lewiston
Kimco Station
Moosehead Lake
North East
Carry
North
van Buren
West
Penobscot
Moosehorn
Raemnu‘s
Chesuncoo
Mt. Katahdin
Chesnuncook
Umbazooksus Stream
Umbazooksus Lake
Mud Pond
Mud
Chamberlain Lake
Eagle Lake
Exacle Lake
Churchill Lake
Churchill
Chase
Umsaskis Lake
Umsaskis
Long Lake
Depot Lake
Round Pond
St. Johns River
St. Johns
St. Francis
Ft. Kent
Bangor
Aroostook
Longtime Chase store manager plans to leave groceries
Arthur B. Stilphen, 23 years at the W. E. Chase store, announced he will give up the grocery business. He rose from junior clerk to manager and has financial interest in the store. Stilphen will rest before deciding on his future.
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Arthur B. Stilphen
W. E. Chase
Chase
Mr. Stitphen
Marshal as Knight A Bath tale of hospitality and aid
Belmont girl Hazel Thompson arrives in Bath seeking a hostess. Police and Mrs. Oliver locate no Cannon family. A second traveler Miss Pomeroy also seeks shelter, and both girls stay with the Olivers overnight. Later Mrs. Cran explains a prior marriage and surprise plan to meet Hazel.
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Oliver
Hazel Thompson
Belmont
Mass
Bath
Bath Station
Charlotte Cannon
Cannon
Miss Thompson
Cannons
Marshal
Camden
Mr. Oliver
Miss Pomeroy
Marshal Oliver
Mrs. Cannon
Upper High St
Mr. Cran
Dozen Drafted In Local Exemption Board Action
Twenty examined by the Saga dahoc Exemption Board Monday saw five missing. On Wednesday twelve were exempted for reasons including alien status physical defect or good exemption grounds. Names include Mark Nezmerik Topsham Vladimir Koziol Bath William P Wilson Topsham Norman J McCabe Bath and others. Some claimed dependent wives or mothers while others did not file exemption claims.
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Sagadahoc
Mark Nezmerik
Topsham
Vladimir Koziol
Bath
William P. Wilson
Norman J. McCabe
Rev
Moses Cohen
Grover C. Smith
West Bath
Joseph Penkins
Albert R. Palmer
Richmond
Frank M. Lemont
Frank H. Fuller
Karl B. Blaisdell
Henry Stovold
John W. Gilliam, Jr
Phippsburg
Raymond C. Preble
George W.perkins
Charles L. Harris
John H. Hyde
William J. Coughlin
Bowdoinham
Alexander F. Marr
Georgetown
Bath Theaters Taken Over by Maine Theaters Inc
Alfred S. Black of Rockland along with John A. Black and associates takes control of Abrams Amusement Company assets. Bath Opera House, the Columbia and Dreamland theaters pass to Bath Theaters Inc affiliated with Maine Theaters Inc. Plans include motion pictures vaudeville and first class entertainments with renovations at Bath venues.
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Alfred S. Black
Rockland
John A. Black
New York and Associates
New England
Mr. Black
Portland
Abrams Amusement Company
Bath Opera House
Columbia
Dreamland Theaters
Bath Theatres, Inc
Maine Theaters, Inc
Maine Theaters Inc
Westbrook
Biddeford
Saco
Lowell
Mass
Manchester
N. H
Haines
Waterville
John T. Berry
Knox and Lincoln
Bath
Times Today
New York
Maine
Monroe and Gavett Wed in Simple Maine Ceremony
Miss Mary Monroe and Andrew W. Gavett were married at Rev Sidney J Willis home at 7 15 p m. The couple will take a brief Massachusetts honeymoon before Mrs Gavett resumes work at the Texas Steamship Co. office and Mr Gavett enters Charlestown Navy Yard for wireless studies. Bridesmaids Miss Rita Gas and Clifton Dodge attended. The groom departs on the 8 98 p m train.
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Mary Monroe
Andrew W. Gavett
Sidney J. Willis
Monroe
Texas Steamship Company
Mr. Gavett
Portland
Maine Central Railway
Mies Rita Gas
Clifton Dodge
Texas S. S. Company
Massachusetts
Gavett
Texas
Charlestown Navy Yard
Frank D. Monroe
Colonial Club Holds September Meeting
Colonial Club members meet Monday night with President Rodney E. Ross presiding. Five candidates—Carl M. Gladden Graydon D. Burns Jerre C. Page Mellen H. Pierce Edwin V. Coombs—were elected to membership and plans were discussed for an automobile trip to Prince's Point near Portland plus a banquet and theatre party forthcoming.
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Colonial Club
Rodney E. Ross
Carl M. Gladden
Graydon D. Burns
Jerre C. Page
Mellen H. Pierce
Edwin V. Coombs Weer
Prince's Point
Portland
Ladies' Aid and Dorcas Guild Activities Update
The Ladies' Aid met with Mrs Skil lings and Dr Joshua Frost spoke at the Quarterly Conference. Dorcas Guild planned a clambake for Sept 15 at Moses Field and Rally Day for Sunday School in October. Epworth League prepared for Home Coming and Old Song Social on Sept 19 in the church vestry.
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S. D. Skillings
Washington St
Joshua Frost
Africa
Dorcas Guild
William Crafts
Dummer St
Moses Field
The
Epworth League
Doris Shepard
Hazel Henderson
Irene Oliver
Parker Worrey
Beals Plans Florida Winter Visit After Ill Health
Dealers in the city who knew J. A. Beals longtime agent for Loose Wilds Sunshine Biscuit Co report his health improving and plan to leave next month for Florida to pass the winter. Beals has suffered poor health for eight months and his weekly grocer calls were missed.
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J. A. Beals
Loose Wilds Sunshine Biscuit Co
Florida
Mr. Beals
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Ures
Kineo
N. E
Bath Theaters
William B. Riley
Brunswick
Texas Steamship Co
S. S. Mullin
Sollier Boy
Fletcher
Castoria
Sean
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