John Quincy Adams as a model public servant in a nation’s infancy
Omar W. Folsom profiles John Quincy Adams from his youth in Newburyport through his career as diplomat, senator, and statesman. The piece recalls Adams as a principled servant who sought office only to serve, contrasts his career with Borah and Madison, and notes key moments from Ghent to the Adams presidency.
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the Independent
Newburyport
Mass
Theophilus Parsons
Massachusetts
Quincy Adams
Tlelind
Europe
Toosten
Publicola
John Quincy Adams
Theophilus Parson
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
Paine
Young Adams
Washington
Holland
John Adams
George Washington
Adams
Jeffersons
Louise Catharine Johnson
London
Massachusetts Senate
United States Senate
National Senate
William E. Borah
Senate
Idaho
Emily
Grover Cleveland
Borah
Madison
St. Petersburg
Russia
United States
Ghent
Paris
Napoleon
Elba
Louis XVIII
the Tuileries
Henry Clay
John Randolph
Roanoke
Clay
Randolph
Denton
Omar W. Folsom
Kilbourne Place
Washington, D.C
Probate Court Passes Papers In April Term Session
Saga daboe county probate judge Walter S Glidden handles wills and administrations. Executors named without bond for several estates include Agron W Farley and Benjamin Cressey as well as others with petitions for probate, administration and ancillary matters filed in Bath Topsham Richmond and Georgetown.
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Sagadaboe
Walter Os. Glidden
George Mmnery
Topsham
Walter
Lewis
Agron W. Barley
Richmond
Wolson L. Farley
Pamelin Ds. Cressey
Tath
Henjamin
Cressey
Tstate Mima A. Lermond
Bath
Sidney DB
Lermond
Samuel A. Evans
Caroline A. Evans
George Emery Barnes
Walter I. Lewis
Agron W. Farley
Pamelia DB. Cressey
Benjamin O
Ressey
Annie M. Rideout
Lizzie G. Lewis
Georgetown
Blanche PL
Gibson
Terbert W. Cutting
Whippsburg
Annie B. Cutting
Edward W. Bridgham
Charles F. Perry
Milton
Maass
Jessie A. Perry
Blanche
Converse Purington
Towdoinhim
Marcia G. Purington
Baestiac
Edgar KB. Hunt
William A. Todd
Albion F. Smith
Mary E. Stackpole
Charles J. Cain
Jennie S. Rideout
Charles F. Rideout
Clarence I. Sawyer
Darius Keay
Elly J
William DP
Lincoln
Elinor LL. Mildram
Margaret E. Leydon
J. Edward Hughes
Thelmas Wright, Minor
Flora Dockendoff
John Dockendoff
Bertha V. Wright
Jude A. Hivde
James I. Hivde
James Tk. Perkins
Eugene A. Pinkham
Thath
Alice B. Fulton
James Dean Lite
LeRoy C. Percy
Hazel EF. Gatcomb
Carrie M.D. Mason
Evelyn IK
Pabor Lite
Luaeinda T. Sprague
Mabel B. Coombs
Suth
G. Coombs
Mary EF. Campbell
Newton
Warren H. Bearse
Aymin Davis
Ellis J. Aldrich
Hugene AL Pinkham
James B. Perkins
Mrs Roche Observes Her 86th Birthday in Bath
Mrs Ellen S Roche, Bath High School Alumni Association’s oldest member, received gifts and congratulations for her 86th birthday. A Bath native, she graduated in 1859 with classmates Emeline Brooks and Sarah Eaton among others, and was the widow of Civil War surgeon Dr William Roche.
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Ellen S. Roehe
Bath High School Alumni Association
Roche
James EB. Hiley
Old Bath High School
Emeline R. Brooks
Sarah EF. Eaton
Jane A. Fisher
Hannah A. Hatch
Annie KE. Haydn
Susan M. Knight
Abbie A. Morse
Alice W. Sewall
R. Alonzo Friend
William Roche
Winter ill with bronchial asthma in West Bath
Local notices from West Bath detail Fred D. Winter of Clifton Street ill with bronchial asthma, under Dr. Morin care. Many social visits note guests from Bath Brunswick Sabine and Portland, with several family and school updates and minor health improvements.
Woolwich Farm Bureau Meeting on Table Furnishings
Knox and Lincoln Farm Bureau met at the Grange Hall to study Table Furnishings with Nettie Simmons H I A present. A noon meal of American chop suey, bread, butter, pickles, custard pie and coffee was served. April brings millinery training class at the Grange Hall with delegates from Alua Damariscotta Edgecomb and local members.
Dresden Social Notes Highlight Family Visits and New Home
Mrs Daisy Munnsey returned home after visiting her son and family Mr and Mrs Hubert Munsey. Mrs A J Wibbetts visited Friday afternoon with Mrs Harley Lilly. Thomas Fletcher of Bath stayed with his family in South Dresden. Mr and Mrs Joseph Ward of Warwick are vacationing with Mrs Ward's brother and family. Thomas Fletcher and Mr and Mrs William Delong opened a new home at Sagadahoe Perry. The first Bath to Dresden auto came March 25 owned by Mr Stevens. Dresden to Bath auto driven by John Lilly on March 28.
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Fred D. Winter
Clifton Street
West Bath
Winter
Morin
George Chesley
South Tortland
Jobn Higgins
M. Bryant
Brunswick
Fred W. Larrabee
Eleanor Bates
Porthind
Samuel F. Bates
Sabine
George Hunt
Prey Ehall
Bath
Birch Point
Loring Small and Son
Wilbert
Charles Bates Srr
Samuel B. Bates
Charles S. Lemont
Fred Witham
Stackpole
JL A. Owen
Henry Cotteau
Austress Larratee
Anstress
Larrabee
Kyrwin Wharff
Harland Booker
Helen Rogers
Gorham Normal School
Buster
Llewellyn Rogers
Henry Brown
William Davis
Frances Wallace
H. R. Rich
Raymond
Miles S. Warington
Augusta
J. Everett Mayo
Lois Palmer
Jligh Street
Lath
Gwendolyn Brown
W. A. Brown
Henry Butler
Montsweag Park
Cambridge
Shlovey
Edgecomb
Montsweag Church
John G. Reed
Alton Strout
Edward W. Bridgham
Ath
Woolwich
Blow. Trovey
First Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
Reed
Torbert FE. Wright
Bates College
Wilson Wright
Horace Savage
Yarmouth
Portland
Mass
Hollis Leeman
William Leeman
Harry Hayward
Susan Preble
Connecticut
Melvin Howe
Dora Parker
Waldoboro
C. P. Hall
Joseph Higgins
Kate ‘Trott
Day's Ferry
James Bernier
Perth
Dora Foster
Lewiston
William Cressey
Marion Skinner
Eben Dana
Sassanea Bluffs
Eleanor Hathorne
Westport
Negquasset
R. J. Gilmore
Richmond
Charles Alexander
Waldo DL Hlathorne
A. AL Stott
D. W. Dexter
Vera
Mary Wright
F. W. Carlton
Henry Carlton
Florence Carlton
Geraldine Stott
John Carter
Harold Dexter
Milton Hathorne
Earl Kennerson
Fred Carlton
Harvey Hathorne
Lawrence Putnam
Shorey
Provost
Woolwich Farm Bureau
Charles Perkins
Subject
A. A. Stott
Waldo P. Teathorne
Daisy Munnsey
Hubert Munsey
A. J. Wibbetts
Harley Lilly
Thomas Fletcher
Dresden
Joseph Ward
Wawtucket
Rob
Sagadahoe Perry
Mr. Stevens
John Lilly
Kennebec Bridge Bath to be Dedicated by State Officials
A state dedication for the Kennebec bridge at Bath is planned with a group including the Senate President two Senators Drake of Sagadahoc and Sompenet and Speaker of the House Representatives Baker of Bath Bishop of Boothbay Harbor and Gilchrist of Thomaston. Governor and Council funds will cover dedication expenses.
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Kennebec
Bath
Maine
Drake
Senate
Hrouse
House
Sagadahov
Highway Bulletin Details Mixed Road Conditions Across Maine
The Highway Commission reports passable sections from Lewiston to Sabattus and Red Rock to Southwest Harbor, with several routes impassable or rough including Bowdoinham to Bowdoin Center and Old Town to Ta grange. Some inquiries note snow and poor surfaces on others. travel advisories caution against Belfast to Albion and North Anson northward. An unrelated note mentions two ships to establish a Wintershore station in Labrador with missions through 1928.
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State Highway Commission
Lewiston
Sabattus
Bowdoinham
Bowdoin Center
Ellsworth
Bur Harbor
Red Rock
Old Town
Tagrange
Bangor
Winterport
Belfast
Camden
Albion
Waterville
Oakland
North Anson
Norridgewock
Mercer
Auburn
Turner
MacMillan Leads Arctic Expedition From Wiscasset
Commander Donald B MacMillan will sail from Wiscasset on June 28 to command a 15 month Arctic expedition sponsored by the Field Museum of Chicago. He has 19 years of Arctic exploration behind him and will study unvisited areas including the Fossil mountains of Graffin Land and Naskapi remains with a team of scientists and authorities.
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Wiscasset
Donald B. MacMillan
Arctic Explorer
Far North
Arctic
Field Museum of Natural History of Chicago
MacMillan
Graffin Land
Locomotive Crane Arrives to Discharge Pulpwood at Maine Central Docks
A large locomotive crane built for the James C. Mulligan Co. is being assembled to unload pulpwood from Sagadahoc Towing Co. barges at the Maine Central wharf. The dock is being upgraded, and Tug Wejepscot will resume towing from Canada with a new oil burning engine in Portland.
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James C. Mulligan Co
Maine Central Docks
Sagadahoc Towing Co
Maine Central
Wejepscot
Portland
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