Bath boy leads Portland schools music program
Frederick Elmer Chapman, Bath native, has directed music in Portland public schools for three years overseeing eight assistants and 1000 teachers instructing 37,000 pupils. His career spans Boston churches, Cambridge schools, Maine Summer Institutes, and the National Summer School of Music. He plans to retire to a Maine farm.
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Bath
Frederick Elmer Chairpman
Portland
Oregon
Mr. Chapman
Chapman
Springfield Street Baptist Church
Boston
Columbus Avenue
West
Emmanuel Church
Cambridge, Mass
Maine
Tawa
Kansas
Chataqua
Shirley, Mass
Cambridge Choral Union
Cambridge Festival Orchestra
National Summer School For Music
San Francisco
Chicago
Central Evening High School
State Board of Education of
Massachusetts
Supervisors of Music
Harvard College
Institute of Technology
Damariscotta
National Summer School of Music
Mutiny Aboard the John D Colwell Ends in Payoff
Tuesday evening a mutiny aboard the four masted schooner John D Colwell at the M C R R wharf led to First Mate John Dinnean in a clash with sailors. After a tense exchange the crew fled ashore and were paid off by U S Commissioner Morse. Captain Van Namee plans to discard the troublemakers.
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John D. Colwell
M.C.R.R
van Namee
John Dinnean
Duncan
van Nameg
Davis
Commercial St
Boston
U. S
George E. Morse
Death of Merril Tarbox in Chicago street robbery
Merril Tarbox age 18 or 19 and a University of Chicago freshman was robbed on Montclair Street near Chicago. He knocked one assailant down and another fired a fatal shot. The gunman, an ex convict, was arrested after Tarbox identified him. Tarbox died Sunday night.
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Young Tarbox
Montclair
Chicago
Ill
Merril
Tarbox
Merril Tarbox
University of Chicago
Mr. Tarbox
Fire wipes out Wilson and McGrath garage stock
Monday fire destroyed the entire garage stock and fixtures. Wilson and McGrath estimate losses exceed 500 dollars in labor and tools. Cars owned by Higgins and Olm were damaged with partial insurance. Deering had no insurance on his Stoddard Dayton. Thirteen cars listed for repairs, including a March 13 arrival.
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Wilson & McGrath
Mr. Wilson
Maine Central
Ned Rogers
Charles R. Higgins
P. M. Olm
G. G. Deering
Stoddard- Dayton
Second Bereavement Hits Community As Leader Mourns Loss
The community mourns a prominent figure after a second bereavement following the death of his wife a year earlier, drawing sympathy from friends and local groups.
Distinguished Son of Bath Honored United States Bench
Portland historian recalls Hon. William Le Baron Putnam a former newspaper man who edited political papers in Bath and Portland. Admitted to the bar in 1858 he rose to the United States Circuit Court bench and served as Portland mayor in 1869. He declined Maine Supreme Court offers, was a popular orator, and a diligent, hard‑charging jurist whose cases often settled out of court.
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Keegan
Portland
William le Baron Putnam
Bath
United States Circuit Court
Horace Greely
Judge Putnam
Henry W. Grady
Vermont
Maine
William L. Putnam
Supreme Court of
State of
England
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Wm. C Chadbourne
Front St
Tel
Roome
C. M. Humphreys
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Maine
C.W. Watson
Cedar St
Brunswick, Me
Ontario Veterinary College
D.V.S
Chicago Veterinary College
M.D.C
Ontario Veterinary Medical Society
Chicago Veterinary College Association
Maine Veterinary Medical Association
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
Cyrus W. Longley
Johnson
Parsons
1.S. Johnson & Co., Inc
Boston, Mass
R. R
EVS Oye Railroad
Skowhegan
Belfast
Bangor
Bucksport
Augusta
Waterville
Calais
Washington County
Vanceboro
St. John
Foxcroft
Greenville
Mattawamkeag
Eastport
Bar Harbor
St. Stephen
St. In
Montreal
Quebec
The
Fabyans
Lancaster
New York
Worcester
Lewiston
Farmington
Brunswick
Woolwich
Rockland
D. C. Douglass
H. D. Waldron
Frederick E. Chapman
Orf
Big West
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Harry Hyde
John W. Ballou
Trufant
Mr. Rice
Charles L. Capen
Homer A. Norris
N. Y
S. B. Whitney
Church of the Advent
George W. Chadwick
Frederick Elmer Chapman
Capt
Square-Ringers
Colwell
Boothbay
J. H. Tarbox
Westport
Cornelius Tarbox
Beleese
United States
Israel Putnam
Johnson Bros. Co
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