Shenandoah oil tanker launches with new boilers
S S Shenandoah is launched featuring Babcock & Wilcox water tube boilers replacing Scotch boilers, enabling preassembly of boilers. Machinery yields 3100 indicated HP for speed of 1145 knots fully loaded, with 9220 gross tons dead weight and 76564 barrels of cargo capacity plus 10410 barrels of fuel. Construction used over 54000 gross tons of steel and 50000 rivets to support oil trade needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babcock & Wilcox
Scotch
Shenandoah
Texas Company
Lloyd's Summer Freeboard
The Shenandoah Requisitioned for United States Trade
The voyage risks spoilage of cargo from any slightest mixture while the Shenandoah, built to Lloyd's highest class for ocean trade and over 2,500 tons dead weight, was requisitioned by the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd's
United States
Two Suspects from Lincoln County Suspected in Edgecomb Break
Deputy Daniel Page of Wiscesset and Edgecomb office came to Bath to question Nicholas Vunk and Jacob Van Ver Windt, arrested Friday by Sheriff Oliver and Officer Thompson and held for the Saga dahoe county grand jury. They allegedly admitted guilt in the Edgecomb cottage break and changed clothing before leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Page
Wiscesset
Forrest H. Bond
Lincoln County
Edgecomt
Bath
Nicholas Vunk
Jacob van Ver Windt
Oliver
Thompson
Sagadahoe County
Bronson
Edgecomb Heights
Ferdinando Gorges
Edgecomb
Labor wage scale to be continued in shipyard plan
Charles Viez announces that the Macy Board wage award will be continued and guaranteed by the Emergency Fleet Corporation until labor and management in all shipyards reach a new agreement. If no accord by Oct 1, a substitute plan is expected within a week. Three district boards will include five employer and five labor representatives each, with the fleet corporation not represented on the boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Viez
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Macy Voard
Viez
Piez
Wpacific
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
Fleet Corporation
Bowdoinham News Roundup Faces Harvest of Community Life
Bowdoinham scenes include injuries from a horse kick that left a man with six stitches, local visits and travels by residents to Portland Lewiston and Boston, a 100th birthday celebration, discharged servicemen from the 101st Trench Mortar Battery returning home, ongoing illness in town, a girls club organization with 21 members, and a forthcoming marriage engagement between Ethel Louise Cheney and George A. Littlefield amid many everyday notices from residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Purington
Reeve Farm
George Pennell
Bortland
Lena Cobb
Eleanor Sparks
Kenneth Wilson
101St Trench Mortar Battery
26Th Division
Methodist Aid
I. B. Douglass
Tesday
Boston
John Denham
Portland
W. W. Denham
Lauris Wilson
Bates College
Bowdoinham
York
Brown
C. A. Newton
A. M. Cornish
Massachsetts
Bickford
Lewiston
Will Sampson
Lynn
Mass
Mary Ellen Sampson
Fred Leavitt
Clara Tennite
Christine
Irene Leavitt
Richmond
Ives Hinkley
Baby of Rangeley
Camden
Nellie Rideout
Alfreda Ellis
Grace Trufant
Edna Graves
Long Branch Farm
Waterville
Massachusetts
Percy Steward
Bickfords
Charles Fogg
Brunswick
Blanch Woodworth
Gardiner
Cecil Denham Craney
Robert Brown
America Purinton
Brown's Point
Richmond Favor
Trish
Earl Brown
Charlotte
Mer
Charles Blodgett
Jack
Haynes
Hill
Coombs High School
F. P. Curtis
Augusta
Purinton
Bath
Annie Cobb
the Ridge
Charles Fogs
Jack Brown
EL. Merrill
Inner Main Street
Brooklyn
Bert Pierce
Harvey Ames
Paul Ames
Earl Amex
Paul Amex
Mary T. Purinton
Seratica
Kev
Miles N. Reed
Miles N. Reed, Former Pastor of the Baptist Church
Capt
Amasa Wiliams
Charles Volbrook
New York
Edward
William
Boston Post
Albert
West
Josephine Grazier
Denver
Bowdinham
John F. Gray
Kenneeth Wilson
Bowdoinham Woman at Century Mark
Mrs. Eleanor Sparks of Bowdoinham celebrates her hundredth birthday with a reception on the anniversary day. Guests include daughter Mrs. Mary Ellen Sampson, Miss Abbie Hulse of Lewiston, and neighbors who present gifts, silk bookmarks, and anniversary cakes. Grandson William Sampson of Lynn brings family gifts as youths James and Herbert Henderson share a birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Sparks
Bowdoinham
Mary Ellen Sampson
Sparks
2. P
Y. B. Kendall
Abbie Hulse
Lewiston
Caroline Kendall
Providence
S. 1
Edward Given
Melrose
Mass
J. E. Gornish
Newtonville
Robert Ferguson completes 17 years as Route 1 mail carrier
Robert Ferguson marks 17 years delivering mail on Route 1 without illness and rare weather stoppages. Route 1 spans 24.2 miles as colleagues note his courteous service and long tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert’, Ferguson
Guy Carpenter
Phil Nealey
Millay Brothers
Eliza Varney
James Wparington
Texas Yard
Bath
Sap season yields poor crop for Sagadahoc farmers
Upper county maple farmers report a poor season with sap flow slowed by ongoing sugar scarcity. They note the strain from earlier sugar limits, which kept maple syrup prices high and show no signs of easing this year. The makers warn sap flow remains weak, delaying recovery.
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Sagadahoc
Liberty Bond Purchases Rise Amid Mixed Motives
Men who have bought Liberty bonds when advantageous report an unusually large offering this month. Some say it reflects unemployed workers and others claim funds are being shed to finance autos or motorboats.
Union Bridge School Fails to Open Due to Travel Conditions
Local notices report Union Bridge school did not open Monday as the teacher lived at Small Point and roads were impassable. The Dana’s Mill bridge repairs by the road commissioner were described as long impossible. Other items note residents visiting Bath and Portland, arrivals from New York and Philadelphia, ferry service resuming, and various sick lists, neighbors moving nearby, and theft or death no.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bridge School
Union Bridge
Small Point
Dana’s Mill
Vera Dexter
John Wilson
Bath
Anna Houston
Portland
Fred Carlton
May Towle
New York
Winfield Brookings
Lloyd Evans
Everson Stinson
Nequasset
R. J. Gilmore
Richmond
Charles Alexander
The
North Baptist Church
Artell Hayward
Marcia Stinson
G. M. Stinson
William Elliot
Rodney Tarbox
Lawrence Putnam
Annie Cunningham
Charles Wright
Mary J. Puck
Walker
Charles Tenderson
High Street
Day's
Phippsburg Officials Draw Jurors for May Court Term
Phippsburg selectmen drew traverse jurors for the May term of the Supreme Court. They plan sessions next Wednesday and Thursday from nine to four to receive statements on property valuation and other taxation matters..article mentions Coast Guard and local matters but focuses on jury draw and session schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Traverse
Supreme Court
Elbridge W. Morse
Parker Hean
James E. Perry
Basin District
Albert H. Willis
Cape Hayti
Stamford
Norfolk
Golder Leach
Hebron Academy
Margaret Perry
Andrew
James
A. PF. Williams
Camp Devens
Horace Woodman
Fred Harrington
Portland
Parker Head
Frank Allegrin
Eric Carlson
EF. W. Carlton
Bath
Elbridge Morse
William Bowie
William Atwood
Bowker Yard
Violet Lufkin
Brunswick
George Davis
Doris
John Davis
J. H. Pease
Vbertha Roderick
William Roderick
Isleford
Popham Beach
Hattie Rowe
Georgetown
H. W. Cutting
Dromore
Lewiston
Sebaseo
J. F. Upton
Drummond Kelley
Tath
Mr. Petlock
Gath
Miles Webber
Dr Mason M Lemont Opens Dental Parlors
Dr Mason M Lemont returns from Camp Greenleaf Ga and opens new dental rooms at 130 Front Street. A Tufts graduate in 1918 he serves as a first lieutenant in the Dental Officers Reserve Corps and was formerly with the medical reserve corps. He is known in the city, previously a clerk at Webber's drug store, registered in Maine and Massachusetts, and his rooms feature up to date equipment with a mahogany operating room and fumed oak reception area. His appointment book already shows many names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Lemont
Dental Corps
Camp Greenleaf
Front Street
Lemont
Tufts Dental College
Art
Dental Officers Reserve Corps
Medical Reserve Corps
Ida F. Lemont
Webber's
Maine
Massachusetts
Red Cross Adopts Public Nurse Plan in Bath Chapter
Bath chapter votes to assume responsibility for public health nursing and cooperate with local agencies as part of a national Red Cross effort. The nurse will meet high Red Cross standards and visit homes, assist at clinics, and work under U S Public Health Service supervision. In Lewiston, Andros mill gains 40 members in a Chamber drive, with 352 total new members and a goal of 700 as the drive ends this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Bath
Red Cross
Chester &. Kingsley
United States Public Health Service
Lewiston
Chamber Commerce Balloting Under Way For Directors
The Bath Chamber of Commerce primary election to select 24 nominees for directors runs until 6 p m Monday. Ballots sent to members list 24 candidates from which 12 will be chosen in a final ballot next week. Voting occurs at the KE Crosby Co office with a ballot box, while A Harriman chairs the canvass to identify the top 24. Also noted is praise for master carpenter Carroll A Deering’s painting displayed at the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
KE. S. Crosby Co
Chamber
A. Olinto
Newell
Crosby Co
Charles A. Harriman
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Senter
Clear Mall
C.L. Farnham CO. Inc
Rath’e Tardeect
Tambor Daugglere
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Gath, Me
Woolwich
H. D
Care Times
McFarfare
P.O
S. S. Shenandoah
Christian Neientistx
Fred Dr. Silsby
James Bimson
Harriman
Noselo
Servier
J. A. Bimson
A. OK. Parris
Mr. Harriman
J. E. Davis Co
Maine Street
Frank Long
Nathan Leavitt
Genevieve Dunlay
Reseh
Biren
Hoy
Bowdoinham Post Road
Pepticon
DR. Mason M. Lemont
Prac
Tidoewe le
Frank Sweeney
West Point
I. (. Wiggins
Cora Beals
Frank J. Williams
Popham
Whippsburg
Winneganee Bridge
Mason M. Lemont
Style
Adler
D.T. Percy & Sons
Chamber Commerce
Carrol A. Deering
Oscar Holway
City Landing
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