Richmond Obituaries and Town Notices Parade
Richmond mourns Cyrus T Thurlow 73 died at Mitte Pain whero during a visit born 1851 and connected to canning business and Oe ca ee terreiacence WMG. Funeral held at daughter’s home Mechanic Falls with Odd Fellows rites. burial in Mechanic Falls. Survived by wife, two daughters, two brothers and one sister. Numerous local items follow including visitors from Brunswick Boston and Portland, school events, church notices, and plans for a May cruise. A lengthy regional round of social notes, baptisms, births, deaths, meetings, and meetings announce upcoming events and honors at Richmond High School including athletic honors and a flag contest.
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Cyrus T. Thurlow
Mitte Pain
Mar
Richmond Gardiner
Mechanic Falls
Richmond Methodist Church
Hapworth
L. W. Grundy
Richmond Corner Community Notes and Obituary
Pauline Gordon a Lincoln academy teacher was a weekend guest of her mother Mrs M B Gordon. The third and fourth degrees were worked on six candidates at progressive grange. Visitors from Manchester Augusta Bowdoin and Bowdoinham. Maude Purington visited sister Elsie Libby Sunday. Annie Snow of Gardiner visiting Mr and Mrs Charles Cobb. Evelyn Pratt and daughter Effie visiting Maude Purington then went to Litchfield Corner to visit Elsie Libby. Harry Chase of Bowdoinham called on relatives. Death of Addie Libby, died in Portland. Funeral Monday at two at her daughter Mrs Harold Lancaster's home. interment Richmond family lot. Survived by son Everett and daughters Alice Eva Hazel Geneva. Edward Libby visited Augusta. Dr C E Richardson of Brunswick was in Richmond. Raymond Northey, wintered in Palm Beach, Fla, returned home.
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Jeneire Joy
Brunswick
Lillian Dunham
Marie White
Portland
William F. Dunham
James H. Gallagher
R. H
Arthur Gonga
New York State
Percy Little
Gardiner
Jennie M. Garnier
Frank Corvette
Skowhegan
Walter
Vermont
Progressive Grange
Richmond High School
Opera House
Lyndal D. Good
Dresden Mills
Florence Watson
Bath
Seti Watson
Effie Grondin
Boston
Scott Pierce
Somerville
Mass
Lawrence
Edward Coughlin
Farm Bureau
Bertha Gray
Lelia Douglass
Charles Cobb
F. 5. Meacham
J. E.purinton
Hallowell
Dorothea Temple
Walter Knight
Sanford
Maine
James H. Fields
Utah
England
Italy
Spain
Ora Yeaton
Earl Trott
Port
Susie Denham
New York
W. W. Gardner
John C. Plummer
S. S. Card
Ruth Anderson
Harry L. Pond
Laurence W. Oddy
Main Street
Laura Grondin
Edward Heath
Raymond
N. H
Mr. Heath
Morris Glaser
Milton
St. Ambrose Church
Thurlow & Williams
Bible Classes
Portland City Hall
William Tudor Gardiner
Henry F. Merrill
Eos
Stephen Springer
Lynn
Nellie Thomas
Livermore
Leslie W. Grundy
C. H. Bryant
Bangor
Brial Merrifield
Lucille Utter
Esther
Oscar E. Thomas
Bradley
Baptist Church
Thomas
Winnie Dresser
Augustus W. Preble
Lorraine
E. J. Peacock
Charles of
Eugene Edgecomb
Pleasant Street
Ralph Peabody
Lowell
Denny” Champney
Chestnut Street
Fannie Wilson
Rebecca Rogers
Annie Snow
County Road
E. C. Parker
L. G. Balfour Co
National Athletic Scholarship Society of
Thomas Herbert
Margaret Kearns
United States Flag Association
Ervine Waltz
Paul Jack
Leslie Seekins
Bertha White
Willa Haynes
Rev. L
Fi Icoln Academy
Newcastle
Richmond Corner
Pauline Gordon
Lincoln Academy
M. B. Gordon
Manchester
Augusta
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Maude Purington
Elsie Libby
Annie Snow of
Evelyn Pratt
Effie
Litchfield Corner
Harry Chase
Addie Libby
Harold Lancaster
Richmond
Everett
Alice
Eva Libby
Hazel Lancaster
Geneva Passmore
Edward Libby
C. E Richardson
Raymond Northey
Palm Beach
Fla
Georgetown Notes: Town Gossip and Weekend Plans
Local notes record a stream of weekend visits and daily life in Georgetown. Mentions include Mrs. Frank Heald and family, 86th birthday for Charles Jones, trips to Kennebec Point, Sagadahoc Bay, Bath and Fairfield, repairs at a quarry, and village residents painting, logging, and visiting kin. A Working League supper at First Baptist church is announced for next Tuesday night.
Ferry Restores Service After Two Week Reconditioning
Westport reports the North End ferry is back in service after a two week reconditioning period. Visitors include Ordway Lewis and Mrs. E. V. Lewis from Stoughton Mass with their mother, plus MIT and Bowdoin students and local residents. Notices close some highway sections due to soft roads.
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North End
Ordway Lewis
Stoughton
Mass
E. V. Lewis
John R. Swanton, Jr
Theodore Morrill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arthur Sherry
Bowdoin College
H. A. Swanton
Ida Greenleaf
South End
Massachusetts
John P. Harrison
Jackie
Fitzgerald
Revere
John Q., McHeffey
East Side
Joseph Manning
Roslindale
Westport
Thomas Manning
Young Chinese Leaders Move Toward Reform in Fukien
Foochow reports the coastal Fukien civil government quickly passes to young Chinese educated in America. They push reform and progress, with a notable bid to end foot-binding. In New York, John McCormack returns from abroad and courts the talkies, enticed by offers after hearing an Al Jolson film.
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Foochow
China
Fukien
America
New York
John McCormack
al Jolson
Five Islands Social Roundup Highlights Local Activity
Five Islands residents and visitors filled a weekend of plans and errands across nearby towns. H B Cranshaw and Q W Wales of West Newton mapped Malden Island preparations for summer. Edwin Higgins and wife Edna of Medford stay a week at Pollyanna Lodge. Others visited Bath, Bowdoinham, and Kennebec Point for taxes, groceries, and social visits at cottages and homes.
Bath Cigarette Use Topped 13 Million In 1928
Internal Revenue data show U S total cigarettes smoked 105,915,165,014 in 1928. Bath with 14,731 residents would have consumed about 13,000,511 cigarettes, based on per capita share, implying Bath’s rise in tobacco use from 1927 to 1928 and a total smoking distance if laid end to end of about 651 miles.
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Bath
Internal Revenue Bureau
United States
Women Zionists Seek Land in Palestine Haifa Bay Purchase
Hadassah the Women’s Zionist organization of America launches a drive to raise 60 000 dollars to buy 625 acres in Haifa bay as part of an 8 250 acre tract. The fund will be managed by the Jewish National Fund council of Hadassah with Detroit’s Mrs Frieda Silbert Allian as national chairwoman. The effort involves 285 chapters and 45 000 members nationwide.
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Detroit
Haifa Bay
Hadassah
Women’s Zionist Organization of America
Palestine
Jewish National Fund Council of Hadassah
Frieda Silbert Allian
Women's
Jewish National Fund
Zionist Land Purchasing Agents
General Fund
Council
National Fund
Haifa
Deaths Head warnings warn motorists in Detroit streets
Detroit police have adopted a Deaths Head sign to deter reckless driving at safety zones. Red Neon skulls on black backgrounds shock night drivers and curb drunk or sleepy driving, while a rubber lady effigy was installed then stolen and damaged on Woodward Avenue. Both devices were repaired and returned to duty to remind motorists of dangers near safety zones.
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Detroit
Police Department
Woodward Avenue
City Hall
Front Wheel Drive Experiments Watched Closely By Carmen
Detroit notes a half dozen engineers monitor front wheel drive tests with mixed opinions on its potential benefits. Some manufacturers plan market debut this year but await further refinement while skeptics warn of unresolved disadvantages. Experiments over recent years have moved closer to realization though safety and highway limits remain concerns. The writer mentions participation in the 500 mile race over several years.
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Detroit
Front drive debate sparks car design clash in early era
Engineers clash over front wheel drive versus rear-axle layouts. Proponents argue power loss reduction and easier traction with front drive, while skeptics cite length, parking space, and front-end mechanical exposure. Germans British French makers already pursue front drive. American debut expected soon with smoother operation and safety claims.
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Armen
Germany
Great Britain
France
America
Skidding danger studied by Iowa State experts
A tractor truck dragged a touring car across a field near Des Moines to measure skid force for highway design. Dynamometer readings captured the pounds required to drag the car. Also listed are European gasoline prices from London to Romania, noting slight regional variance.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State College
Popular Science Monthly
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Portland School of Beauty Culture
Congress Street
Forest
Portland, Maine
Georgetown
Frank Heald
T. M
Charles 8. Jones
Baker Place
Robinhood
Ralph Carlisle Jr
Winchester
Kennebec Point
Carlisle
Ralph Reynolds
Oscar Jones
Gibbons
Walter V. Cummings
W. C. Todd
William Oliver
Ruth Reynolds
Shirley Moore
Lower Washington Street
Amy
Hovey
F. W. Hovey
G. Sparks
Golding Sons
Trueman Taylor
Marrtown
Togus
West Georgetown
Norman
Lester Powers
Maude Dickinson
David Gibbons
Marjorie Hinckley
Carol Smith
Lexington
Miss Hinckley
C. L. Hinckley
Owen Marr
Woolwich
Gilbert Lewis
George F. Oliver
Harold Hunt
Elizabeth Hunt
Roy Newman
Maude Thayer
Westbrook Seminary
Thayer
Cora Searle
Haverhill
Edgar Warren
Herman Spinney
Bay Point
Ethel Spinney
Working League
First Baptist Church
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
H. B. Cranshaw
Q. W. Wales
West Newton
Malden Island
Edwin Higgins
Medford
Pollyanna Lodge
Alton Reed
Winnegance
A Cery
C. H. Minchen
Reece Ua Cotage
George Gray
Elsworth Pinkham
Iva Cromwell
Charles Kenney
A. L. Marr
Russell Pinkham
Derby Line
T. M. Hagan, Jr
Five Islands
Elson Field
Everett Stevens
Lila Thibodeau
Merle Wilkins
Edith Wilkins
Elbridge Southard
Malden
L. H. Rowe
T. E. Cromwell
Alice Cromwell
E. A. Freeman
Arlene Hunt
Horace Murray
F. H. Rittall
Nettie Snowman
Walter Moore
Rane
Chevrolet
Washington Street
Atlantic Motor Co., Inc
Damariscotta
O. M. McKown
Boothbay
Carmen
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Paris
Austria
Belgium
Czecho- Slovakia
Danzig
Hungary
Irish Free State
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