Government denies seizure of home canning by the public
The Food Administration and the Department of Agriculture deny rumors they will take canned goods from families or requisition surplus produce. They urge housewives to can and preserve surplus fruits and vegetables for cheaper, plentiful home use while soliciting firm cooperation in the food inventory survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Administration
Department of Agriculture
Randie
England
Aa Farmhouse
Growth of Birth Registration Area Expands Nationwide
The Census Bureau reports rapid expansion of the Birth Registration Area led by Maryland Virginia and Kentucky with 1915 established coverage now growing toward two thirds of the US population. Tests show over 90 percent completeness in new states and admissions planned through Indiana New Jersey North Carolina Ohio Utah and Wisconsin. Officials urge universal birth reporting while noting compulsion as a last resort. Firms must report 18 listed food and related items with quantities on hand and in transit across diverse industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
Sam L. Rogers
District of Columbia
United States
Bureau of the Census
Census Bureau
Indiana
New Jersey
North Carolina
Ohio
Utah
Wisconsin
Arel
When Uncle Sam Goes Scrapping War Time Food Drive
A wartime call to conserve every scrap and can surplus food to feed allied forces and sustain the nation. Emphasizes thrift, drying and canning, and avoiding waste to build a secure food supply for soldiers and civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
America
Europe
Preparing for Early Frost With Garden Coverings and Storage
Farmers are urged to plan for early frost by readying coverings and using available materials. If frost comes, protect vulnerable vegetables for a day or two, then continue growing or ripening. harvest and preserve what cannot be saved, with specific tips for potatoes tomatoes carrots parsnips and cabbage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Jack Frost
United States Weather Bureau
First Food Survey Returns Prompt Reports
Washington reports that over 130000 dealers have sent in returns to the Federal food survey law. Officials urge immediate compliance and warn that penalties may be used for delays or refusals to submit schedules.
Potato handling and grading cautions for market stability
Guidance urges careful aigging to protect selling and storing quality, avoid oversupply by avoiding bulk ungraded stock, reject frost damaged shipments, and avoid shipping culls unless prices justify. Emphasizes use of machine sizers for shipping efficiency and the need for human grading to remove defects. Warns against mixing No 1 and No 2 grades despite customer demand. Recommends following USDA and FDA potato trade guidelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Food Administration
Don’t Fail to Learn and Grow Everyday
A compact list-style note urges daily self improvement. It encourages swimming, gardening, feeding animals, attending schools, teaching children, visiting schools, and avoiding wasteful habits. It promotes literacy, exploration of words and places, barefoot comfort, safe behavior at night, and attending Sunday school.
Prices current in Bath shop items and harvest notices
Retail prices in Bath list chicken dairy butter onions tomatoes apples oranges and more with per unit prices. The article notes farm harvest helpers from Bath area including Morse Colby Hartnett Woodman and Burgess along with daily counts of bushels harvested and a medical ad for Dean’s Regulats laxative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
North Bath
Thomas Morse
George Colby
Arthur Hartnett
G. Woodman
Orris Bonney
A. Burgess
H W. Ward
A. Miller
H. Potter
J. Bernard
P. Hunt
A. Hartnett
Orris Brown
LL Ward
County youths depart Bath for Ayer in patriotic sendoff
A large Bath contingent joins Sagadahoc and Knox county youths marching to Ayer to join the 303d heavy field artillery. Greek patriot Angelos Kakos presents a silk flag as bands, escorts, and Morse High students salute the troops amid tears and cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Auto
Charles A.coombs
William R. Kimball
Cuba
AW. C. Oliver
Kimball Auto
D. L. Wilson
B. F. Barker
Sagadahoc
Amory P. Mclellan
Joseph T. Sewall
Sewall
Otis L. Hunt
Charles T. Edgecomb
Joseph C. Brannigan
Harry A. Cristopher
Samuel H. Tarr
John G. Peters
Deering
Melvin C. Furbish
George J. Tarbox
Sanford J. Gary
Roy M. Brown
Angelos Kakos
J. P. King
Sle
Morse High
Vera Bradford
Postoffice
Knox
Lincoln County
Knox County
Ayer
303D Heavy Field Artillery
States Named Free Auto Permit Providers for Ontario Tour
A brief on Mr. and Mrs. H. H. McCarty trip to Canada reports a request to publish the states whose citizens may obtain a 21 day free permit to tour Ontario and Quebec. The list includes Maine New York Michigan Kentucky Vermont Connecticut Maryland Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Wisconsin Minnesota Indiana Massachusetts Iowa Missouri Tennessee and the District of Columbia. Other states are barred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
H. H. McCarty
Eugene McGrath
the Times
Ontario
Quebec
iMaine
New York
Michigan
Kentucky
Vermont
Connecticut
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Indiana
Massachusetts
Iowa
Missouri
Tennessee
District of Columbia
States
Real estate transfers recorded at Bath and Bowdoinham offices
Real estate transfers listed include multiple deeds in Bath Bowdoinham and Topsham. Parties include Harvey A Henderson Joseph Bowie Mary Kramer Harold Small The Texas Steamship Co and others with transfers between individuals and firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register of Deeds Office
Harvey A. Henderson
Joseph M. Bowie
Bath
Alton T. Maxim
Burton M. Clough
Wilton S. Campbell
Mary E. Kramer
Georgetown
James C. Mulligan
Harold M. Small
Fred N. Colby
Fred B. Reed
Louise S. Shepard
Mabel Lewis
Richmond
James R. McKay
Charles R. McKay
Lucy H. Hillman
Texas Steamship Co
Florence B. M. Duncklee
Alexis Dufrense
Topsham
John Hall
Joseph M. Hall
Bowdeinham
Robert W. Donnell
Ralph E. Wright
Annie E. Riley
Thomas Dowling
Myra M. Thibadeau
Herman W. Crocker
Thomas L. Perry
Scott R. Frye
Clara Gowell
John H. Freeman
William H. Jordan
Bowdoinham
Albert S. Curtis
Leon W. Small
Bowdoin
Frank W. Carlton
Abigail B. Howard
Henry G. Hodgdon
Philip Boudreau
Thomas C. McCabe
Gardner G. Deering
Emma H. Rogers
Arthur J. Dunton
Food Conservation Meeting Held at Winter Street
A Winter Street session on best methods of drying fruits and vegetables was held last Friday with samples passed for inspection and pamphlets sold at ten cents. Additional talks occurred at Beacon Street and in events at the People's Church and the Parent-Teachers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon St
People’s Church
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Death of Horace Curtis in Augusta and Bath funeral plan
Word of Horace Curtis death reached Bath from Augusta. He was a former Bath blacksmith, died at the Insane Hospital, survived by a wife in Boston. Burial in Bath to be held later. Lewis Totman is a brother in law. Also notes Roland Hill visiting Bath, recent resignation from Lake Torpedo Boat Co. to join East Shore Shipbuilding Corp. in Sharptown Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Augusta
Horace Curtis
Boston
Curtis
Insane Hospital
York St
Lewis Totman
Mr. Curtis
Roland Hill
Lake Torpedo Boat Co
Bridgeport
Deserter Action For Draft Refusal In Maine
Augusta Maine Sept 15 men who fail to answer the draft call will be treated as deserters with the same penalties and a $50 reward for capture. Some are hiding in northern Maine and will be rounded up soon. Those who surrender to exemption boards will go to mobilization camp. Adjutant General Presson returned from Washington pleased by praise for Maine units now in federal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Maine
Washington
Augusta
George McL. Presson
United States Army
George McLl. Presson
Plenty of Fish In Bath as Small-Boat Fleet Sails In
Bath shows ample fresh catch with five small fishermen’s launches docked at City landing. Buyers flock to eight cents per pound for fresh fish while some dealers act as middlemen. Some fish were frozen and priced high. mackerel fetched twenty cents pre-dress, higher after. Also 490000 bricks completed at Read Nichols Co yard Court St with baking to start next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City Landing
Read Nichols Co
Court St
Flush the Kidneys How Uric Acid Causes Gout Rheumatism Lumbago
Medical note tracing uric acid as the gout and rheumatism cause and urging kidney cleansing. It cites 1848 findings, links kidney function to uric acid elimination, and recommends high water intake, Annuric, and Axcute to reduce uric acid and associated ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Smith
M. D
Hague
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Washington, D. C
Federal Food Survey
Bureau of Markets
County
John F., Conley
Night Watch
Sears
King
Witham
Thompson
Octave Breton
Coast Artillery
Fort Baldwin
Naval Reserve
Angelos
Rockland
Ray Fogarty
Morse High Battalion
Harold Adams
Schowls Stuart
Carl B. Timberlake
Mr. Timberlake
Master King
State University
John Brown
Boothbay
Ray Whelen
J. Johnson
Alva Morse
Harold Hagget
Edward Hawley
E. L. Crawford
Bath Opera
Second Maine Infantry
Milliken Heavy Artillery
Blue Jackets
Schools Stuart
Times
Stuart
Sthoney
Arthur Gerod
Que
PeeWee Et
Gerson
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