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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1912
Page
7
The piece advises removing all affected gooseberries to prevent fruit-worm spread and using a sulfur and whale oil soap spray as a deterrent. It provides a recipe: boil sulfur with water, add white oil soap, boil, then mix with water, and use at about 130 degrees Fahrenheit. The method is also applicable to currant-borers.
Meeting of Sagadahoc Pothona Grange will not be in Bowdoinham but at Richmond Corner with Progressive Grange due to weather and accessibility. Also notes a October publication quote urging restraint in affection between girls and older women and praises Bath’s progress after street repairs.
Mrs Charles W Bartlett hosted a supper at Overlook in honor of Rev and Mrs Geo E Kneeland who are soon to depart. Guests included their daughter Gertrude and several townsfolk. The piece notes hospital visits, social calls, bridge work on local roads, school improvements, and ongoing community events in Georgetown Center and Five Islands.
The Five Islands Ladies' Aid Society met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Joseph Stevens and will meet next Tuesday with Mrs. Elisha Fields. Residents and visitors weave through town updates including J. B. Horton and wife departing for Evanston Illinois after a three week stay and Mrs. Hazel Clayton of Portland returning home.
Advertises work selling silk petticoats directly from the factory with generous terms and a chance to earn money for fall outfits and Christmas. Claims potential earnings of 25 dollars weekly and invites readers to write for particulars to P. & B. Skirt Co. Dept 34 105 Summer St Boston Mass.
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