Coolidge Aims for Legislative Action in Early 1920s Message
The document outlines President Coolidge's policy priorities for Congress including tax reduction, naval and inland waterway improvements, freight reform, anti lynching measures, oil and mineral regulation, radio and immigration controls, farm export support, veterans assistance, prohibition enforcement, and civil service reforms. It emphasizes reorganization of the foreign service and federal departments for greater efficiency.
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America
War Finance Corporation
Forest protection week and wartime tensions noted
The article discusses forest protection efforts costing up to two million dollars yearly in the Northwest, urging public involvement on sustainable timber and forest product supervision. It also reports on tensions with Japan over tariff and alliance issues, noting cautious cooperation rather than belligerence.
Fire Protection Week and Forest Safety for Wood Industry
Forest Protection Week highlights how fires affect lumbermen and daily life through scarce raw material and higher costs. It warns that fires ruin timber, camps, railways, equipment, and even mills, risking entire communities. It notes insurability gaps and the need for joint action among timber owners to guard against fires.
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Tie
Maine
Washington
Western Forestry and Conservation
New York Club Women Known in Bath Maine Roots Run Deep
Eight former Bath residents, members of the Maine Women’s Club of New York, form a large social and charitable circle with over 200 members. The organization, started in 1903 by Maine women in New York, meets monthly October to May at the Waldorf Astoria and East Room, inviting Maine women in or visiting New York to attend. Officers and committees are listed, including president Mrs. Betrand I. Pettigrew and program chair Miss Grace Thompson Moore.
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Bath
Maine Wonden's Club
New York
New York City
Aire
Mabel Duncan
J. Marie Little
Sidney M. Nason
Chia A. Deering
Bertha Louise Soule
Marcia M. Stinson
Mary J. Stinson
Woolwich
Annie Robbins
Widdert
Maine
East Room
Waldorf Astoria
Betrand I. Pettigrew
Elizabeth J. Reed
First View
George W. Thomas
Second View
Arthur Slo Campbell
Charles W. Devereux
Harriet G. Crockett
Audster
Grace Thompson Moore
Henry B. Voss
Daisy B. Johnson
Frederick C. Gay
Ways and Means
James TD. Parse
Charles C. Oskes
Fertha Mo Linscott
Portland Templars Hear Bath Clergyman
Rev. David T. Wilson of 9 Central Church addressed 100 Knights Templar in Portland and St. Albans commanders at the annual Master service in city hall. He spoke on Modern Knight Berantey insisting the knightly ideal seeks to light the world and uplift humanity through deeds of love and valor.
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David T. Wilson
Central Church
Knights Templar
Portland
St. Albans
Portland City Hall
Wilson
Berantey
Narrow Escape at Grace Crossing In Maine
A Maine coupe with a man and woman nearly collided with the power car of a Maine Central construction crew at Grace Crossing on Saturday noon. The elderly driver, blinded by rain and snow, stopped only after gateman John Lakin yelled and the car slid to within a foot of the lowered gates. The gasoline car passed moments later, its crew unaware of the danger.
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Maine
Maine Central
Center Street
John Lakin
Bath man CAPT Harry Stuart dies in Seattle recent
CAPT. HARRY STUART longtime Bath resident and 18 years in Seattle died April 10 from heart trouble. He commanded vessels from Bath and later worked in the fish packing industry in the West. He left a widow. News reached Mrs. W. L. Skelton, a niece, on High Street.
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Harry Stuart
Bath
Seattle
Wash
W. L. Skelton
High Street
Stuart
Obituary of Walter E. Erskine 62 Electrician
Walter E. Erskine 62 a Bath based electrician famed for setting up the citys first trolley car died Monday at his Lincoln Street home after a long illness. Born April 1 1862 in Bristol he moved to Bath about 60 years ago and worked for the Bath Street Trolley and Bath and Brunswick Light and Power Co later Central Maine Power Co He survived by a daughter and grandchild his mother two brothers five sisters and a large local circle. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
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Walter E. Erskine
Bath
Lincoln Street
Mr. Mirskine
Bristol
Zenas Erskine
Central Maine Power Co
Pace Thenkiur
Woo Velts
Birskine
Dunkipee
Prisrold Erskine
Mystic
Conn
Eunice Thomas
Rockbhind
Pred Trouston
Woodfords
Miarrietta
Susie
Myrta Erskine
Dimariseatta
Death of John H Mulligan Sudden in Florida
John Treary Mulligan aged 67 died suddenly at a Florida hospital. A Bath native son of Alexander and Mary Mulligan, he worked as an machinist in Knox and Lincoln shops before turning to a sea career as an engineer, last serving on the M Vivian Pierce. He had been in Bath six weeks earlier and is survived by his brother James Mulligan of Bath and sister Mrs Eleanor Samman of Darchester Michigan.
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John Treary Mulligan
Florida
James C. Mulligan
Mr. Mulligan
Bath
Alexander
Mary Mulligan
Tie
Knox & Lincoln
M. Vivian Pierce
Mulligan
James
Eleanor Samman
Darchester
Miatss
Caetas
Farmer Boy
Lincoln
Tonch i
Captain George W. Pierce dies after long sea career
Captain George W. Pierce TD died Friday night at his daughter's home in Gardiner. He was from Southport and spent many years at sea. He moved to Gardiner about 25 years ago. Survived by his widow, two sons Wesley and Dr William T Pierce, four daughters including Mrs William Cobb and Miss Clara Pierce, both of Gardiner, Mrs Tierbert Fredericks of Boston, and Mrs Joseph Hadley of Arlington, Mass.
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George W. Pierce
William T. Cobb
Gardiner
Southport
Tle
Wesley
William T. Pierce
William (. Cobb
Clara Pierce
Tierbert Fredericks
Boston
Joseph Hadley
Arlington
Mass
Funeral for Chester Marston Held Friday at Curtis Funeral Home
Funeral service for Chester Marston took place Friday afternoon at two o clock at the Fred S. Curtis Funeral Home on Center Street with Rev. David I Wilson presiding. A floral display included contributions from the Bath VSA of which he was a charter member and beavers from that organization. Chester Lewis Levi T Thompson Edward Blike Melvin Savage were noted attendees. Duriel was in Oak Grove.
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Chester Marston
Fred S. Curtis
Center Street
David I. Wilson
Bath V. S. A
The
Beavers
Chester Lewis
Levi T. Thompson
Edward Blike
Melvin Savage
Duriel
Oak Grove
Boiling Kills Poison Says Dr. J. C. Geiger
Dr. J C Geiger a Chicago food epidemiologist told KGW The Oregonian in Portland that boiling foods thourghly before serving destroys poison. He outlined two types of food poisoning ptomaine and botulism with incubation times and typical symptoms and emphasized heat destroys bacteria in most cases.
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J.C. Geiger
Chicago
United States Public Health Service
KGW
Oregonian
Portland
Oregon
Geiger
Anna Morse
Bath
Dr. Geiger
Miss Louise Risa Returns From Lewiston Visit
Miss Louise Risa of Lewiston has returned after spending several days with her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Irish at Chestnut Street.
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Louise
Risa
Lewiston
Fred Irish
Invisible Radio Audience Reaches Cosmopolitan World
The article describes radio as the invisible audience spanning workers, professionals, travelers, and the ill and isolated. It highlights listeners from factories to bedsides, ships to farms, and notes clergymen broadcasting weekly from Schenectady. It praises radio’s social impact and the vast, diverse reach of programs like WGY dramas.
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WGY
Dra
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Japan
Grace Crossing
John Henry Mulligan
DR. J. C. Geiger
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Harold P. Small
Great Lakes
Hurge
Woolworth
Throne
Schenectady
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