Senator Edge Named Ambassador to France by Hoover
Walter Edge of New Jersey chosen to succeed the late Myron Herrick as U.S. ambassador to France. He will depart after Congress adjourns in October, bringing his Senate experience and French fluency to Paris.
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Walter’ EB
New Jersey
Hoover
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
France
Washington
Edge
Paris
Congress
Bath
Senator Edge
Cashilia Sewall
Sinéé
Small Point
Prench
Franklin
United States
Europe
Senate
Berenger
M. Berenger
Committee On Foreign Relations
Ambassador Herrick
Bath Men Seek Museum in Old City Hall Plan
Prominent Bath residents discuss converting the old city hall into a museum for local relics and curios. They envision a organized society to operate the building with expected fundraising to establish a lasting institution.
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Bath
Old City Hall
Bath City Seeks Museum From Historic Relics
The article notes Bath residents and former locals urge preserving the old city hall as a museum. Relics gathered by the Sagadahoc Historical Society remain stored in the library basement, unseen, prompting talk of reviving or creating a new society to attract visitors.
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Nes
Bath
Sagadahoc
Summer travel tips urge humane pet care and farming aid
The notice warns travelers to arrange for their cat or other pets to avoid harm or starvation while away. It also reports Maine Central’s Livestock Special leaving Portland on a statewide tour to help farmers improve farming practices and revive abandoned or underutilized farms for Maine’s agricultural interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Tabby
Maine Central
Portland
Maine
Auto theft epidemic strikes Springfield area shows rise
Dispatches report several hundred automobiles stolen since December 1, 1927 in Springfield Massachusetts. Police recovered all but twenty three vehicles, indicating a wide theft problem and ongoing investigations.
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Springfield
Mass
Maine Tourism Upbeat As August Peak Arrives
The tourist trade in Maine has been strong and will rise further in August with a projected influx of summer visitors from now through Saturday.
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Maine
Robbins Wins In Maine State Open Archery Golf
W C Robbins of the Bangor Archery club won the first Maine State Open Archery Golf at Newagen, finishing 18 holes with 48 after starting 23 and finishing 25. A playoff decided Fowler and Benson for runner up, with Hodgkins fourth and Chapman fifth. Howard Hill demonstrated expert shots as part of 35 entries.
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Newagen Inn
Newagen
W. C. Robbins
Bangor
Pinecrest
N. C
Charles Benson
Woburn
Mass
Fowler
Benson
A. C. Hodgkins
Kennebec
Two Mil lers Meet Following Collision
Mr Miller of Ridlonville collided on Front street near Summer with Mr Miller of Bath after the rear of the Ford driven by Harold Miller let go. The Ford rolled down Summer street hill and struck the rear of Charles Miller the tailor’s Chevrolet. The Mil lers met and the Ridlonville man agreed to adjust damages.
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Mr. Miller
Ridlonville
Bath
Front Street
Harold Miller
Summer Street
Charles Miller
Millers
Improper Registration Costs Driver a Fine
Wilfred Lewis of this city was fined 10 for driving a vehicle improperly registered in municipal court before Judge John J. Keegan. Lewis said he did not know he had to change registration when changing machines. Costs totaled 6.95.
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John J. Keegan
Wilfred Lewis
Lewis
Keegan
Merrill Barnes Wins Bath Opera House Bicycle Marathon
Merrill Barnes, 13, son of Sylvester W. Barnes of 69 Russell Street, captured first place in the Bath Opera House bicycle marathon on the New Meadows bridge route. Nathan Watson, 16, Morse High senior, closed the gap but Barnes maintained a 300 yard handicap and finished in 22 minutes 30 seconds. Philip Oliver 15 and Lawrence Lord 16 followed, with prizes awarded to each and a post-race reception at the opera house manager William Powell's party.
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Parachia
Sylvester W. Barnes
Russell Street
Bath Opera House
New Meadows Bridge
Nathan Watson
Harry Watson
Morse High School
Barnes
Washington Street Hill
Watson
Philip Oliver
Charles BE. Oliver
Bedford Street
Lawrence Lord
Young Barnes
Mil Pond Hill
North Street
Martin Eaton
North Grammar School
Center Street Hill
Opera House
Blind Crossing
Eaton
Lord
Oliver
Mill Pond Hill
Washington
William Powell
Rin-Tin-Tin
the Wonder Dog
Davy Lee
Has His Breakfast But Without Fish
A Bath military man staying at a nearby summer resort avoids fish talk. A neighbor sent fish heads for his cats, then another neighbor offered pollock. He refused breakfast fish, kept his ice, and fed the fish to his cats, making his breakfast without fish.
Vacation school crafts at Corliss Street church
The Corliss Street church vacation school reports strong participation. Junior girls make cretonne bags and raffia frames, junior boys birdhouses, primary members memory books, soap carving, and raffia frames. Beginners assemble baskets and animals. A Friday photograph session preceded a closing exhibition and pageant next Friday.
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Corliss Street
Bath Ladies Attend Knox Memorial Meeting
Dummer Sewall chapter of D A R members from Bath and Thomaston attended Knox Memorial ceremonies in the old meeting house before the Berean event. The first shovelful of earth for Montpelier reconstruction, Gen Henry Knox home, was turned over by Cyrus H K Curtis. Mrs Brenton Ayer of Winship street visited relatives in Camden.
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Dummer Sewall
Thomaston
John A. Morse
Annie Palmer
Alice Robbins
Albert Henderson
Corrie Varney
Harry C. Webber
Margaret R. Foote
Ernest A. Allen
Mere Point
William Willis
Cathance
Charles Browne
Clara Fogg
Bowdoinham
Meeting House
Montpelier
Gen
Henry Knox
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Cross Word Puzzle Clues Mixed With Themed Hints
A vintage crossword puzzle item listing Across clues such as Central figure In Shakespearean play and Ball and Engineer for whom famous bridge is named, plus Down entries and half sections, with clues ranging from scientific symbols to geographic and linguistic terms.
Bath Pup Fans Wild Chase To Lisbon Falls Game
A dog loyal to a local baseball fan follows the Hywinco team’s Buick toward Lisbon Falls. The pup dodges traffic along highways and side streets, showing defiance as the car departs. He finally sits by Cook’s Corner, waiting as the players return defeated.
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Ef Idelinger
Mechanic Street
Sargeon
Ithbo Ecwlila
Hrwineo
Jed
Hywinco
Lisbon Falls
Jerry
Brunswick
Cook's Corner
Merrill Sells Interests in Department Store
Jason A. Merrill retires from Bridge Merrill Inc and sells his entire holdings in the D. T. Percy Sons department store to Harry P. Bridge and associates. Merrill plans to pursue other lines, while Bridge continues leadership with long service at the firm. Merrill also sits on Merchants Profit Sharing Stamp Co with Maine department stores as major owners.
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Jason A. Merrill
Bridge- Merrill Inc
D. T. Percy & Sons
Merrill
Harry P. Bridge
Bridge
Merchants’ Profit Sharing Stamp Co
New England
Portland
Mr. Bridge
Maine
Mr. Merrill
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadahoc deeds office
Real property transfers documented in the Sagadahoc registry over the past two weeks include multiple Bath, Bowdoinham, Georgetown, Richmond, and West Bath transactions. Names such as Susie M. McCausland, Earle R. Jordan, Joseph West, Frances A. W. Boynton, John G. Morse & Sons, Hy man Gerstian, and Drake Holding Co appear among grantees and grantors in various parcel changes.
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Sagadahoc
Bath
Susie M. McCausland
Earle R. Jordan
Joseph West
Charles J. Willard
Elsie M. Jordan
Christine C. Curtis Et al
Mary S. Curtis
Alice E. King
Arthur L. Temple
Villa A. Buchanan
Carlotta F. Kittridge
Lewis A. Gannon
Annie A. Annis
Effie C. Wright
Henry A. Magoun
Frank S. Brockman
Claude E. Wing
Harold A. Brown
Alton G. Leonard
Benjamin B. Douglass
Henry A. Partridge
West Bath
Georgie L. Lincoln
Als
Drake Holding Co
Jitney Players to Visit Bath in August
The Jitney Players will appear in Bath on Monday evening August 5 under the Cosmopolitan club. The show will be at the city park with The Murder in the Red Barn as the melodrama, a firm favorite this season. The troupe travels by car, carries its own scenery and lighting, and has toured Maine towns and New York venues with success.
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Bath
Dapoua
Cosmopolitan Club
Red Barn
Montague Slater
Brunswick
Jitney Players
Bowdoin College
Maine
Poland Spring
Boothbay Harbor
Bar Harbor
New York City
Hotel Statler
Boston
Dogs Demonstrate Handling Sheep At Maine Field Day
The tenth annual field day of the Maine Livestock Breeders and Maine Sheep and Wool Growers associations will be at Long Branch farm Bowdoinham on Saturday August 3. The morning program includes inspection of the Maine Central Livestock Special train and an address by Prof L V Tirrell sheep specialist at Connecticut Agricultural College. W B Kendall will give an address of welcome and E B Denny and W G Hunton will respond. After lunch the program shows 1200 Cheviot sheep and trained dogs supervised by an expert trainer demonstrating sheep handling.
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Maine Central
L. V. Tirrell
Connecticut Agricultural College
Maine Livestock Breeders’ Association
Maine Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association
Long Branch Farm
Bowdoinham
R. F. Talbot, Orono
W. B. Kendall
E. B. Denny
Damariscotta
W. G. Hunton
Maine Central Railroad
Engagement of Louis Sawyer to Barrett C Nichols Announced
Mrs. Harold C Sawyer of Bangor announces the engagement of her daughter Louis to Barrett C Nichols of the city. Louis is Wheaton College class of 1925 and with The Red Book Magazine in New York City. Barrett Nichols is Bowdoin 1925 with Zeta Psi and with William Schall & Co bankers in New York City. The wedding is planned for late August in Bangor.
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Harold C. Sawyer
Bangor
Louis
Barrett C. Nichols
Miss Sawyer
Wheaton College
Red Book Magazine
New York City
Mr. Nichols
Bowdoin College
Zeta Psi
William Schall & Co
Bankers
J O McHeffey Funeral Held At Westport Home
The funeral for John Otis McHeffey who died suddenly at his Westport summer home was held Saturday at 11 at his North Street residence. Rev. David L. Wilson officiated. Bearers were Edmund A. Rothwell Charles W. Clifford Jr George W. Jewett and J Edward Drake. Burial followed in Oak Grove. Guests included Mr and Mrs Harry Dobson and their children Ruth and Harry Jr who stayed at Morrison Heights in Wayne with Mrs Ault and Mr Ault of Auburn.
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John Otis McHeffey
Westport
North Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Edmund A. Rothwell
Charles W. Clifford, Jr
George W. Jewett
J. Edward Drake
Oak Grove
Harry Dobson
Ruth
Harry Jr
Washington Street
Mr. Dobson
Charles Ault
Mr. Ault
Auburn
Morrison Heights
Wayne
Engineer Williams visits to study Kennebec bridge draw
W B Williams of Waddell and Hardesty, designers of the Kennebec bridge, is in the city this week gathering data on mechanical troubles, especially the draw. Several alterations to improve conditions will likely be made in the fall.
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W. B. Williams
Waddell& Hardesty
Kennebec
Miss Anne Kimball Overnight Guest at Small Point
Miss Anne Kimball was an overnight guest Friday of friends at Small Point, according to local society notes.
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Anne Kimball
Small Boint
Bay Point Field Day Postponed One Week
Bay Point Field Day is postponed for one week. The annus field day program at Bay Village Corporation includes a meeting Saturday night at 7 30 in the casino. Guests and residents from Bath Augusta Dedham Jamaica Plain and Boston visit the Point with various cottages and assemblies noted.
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Bay Soctigined
Bay Village Corporation
Seri Bath
Bath
M. A. Hodgdon
C. A
Huggard
Augusta
Roslindale
Harold Currier
Gardiner
Harold’ Robinson
Alburn
John Gordon
Lewiston
Walter Gordon
Charles Keisling
Junior
Mass
Augustus Perow
David Sprague
Somerville
Edward V. Coombs
Crosman Cottage
Lindy Club Hears Story of Air Hero Lindbergh
At a Lindy club meeting at Hibbert Norton house on High street last week the story of Charles Lindbergh was read noting he never drinks or smokes. Afterward the group played base ball and oath events governed turn order. Members present included Charles Plummer Whitney Craig John Murray Charles Lee Felix Gallant Howard Barter Clifford Varney and Sherman Mitchell with club officers Warney McNeil president George Perry vice president Donald Perry secretary.
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Lindy Club
Hibbert Norton
High Street
Ledder
Lindbergh
Charles Plummer
Whitney Craig
John Murray
Charles Lee
Felix Gallant
Howard Barter
Clifford Varney
Sherman Mitchell
Warney McNeil
George Perry
Donald Perry
James Craig
Francis Murray
Edward McLaughlin
Thornton Henderson
Otis Smith
Samuel Chaney
William Kingsbury
Henry Gallant
Maynard McFadden
Edward Hanson
Melvin Henderson
Maine Central Directors Declare Dividend
The Maine Central railroad directors at a Portland meeting declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1.25 dollars per share on preferred stock payable Sept. 3 to holders of record Aug. 15 and a quarterly dividend of 1 dollar per share on common stock payable Oct. 1 to holders of record Sept. 16.
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The
Maine Central Railroad
Portland
Exciting Summer Visitors In Collision Near West Springfield
Van Zandt Wheeler and a friend from New York visiting Miss Wheeler at West Point were in a minor crash with a car coming from the left at a crossroad near West Springfield Mass. Both cars slid across the street and the Nash sustained $200 in repairs. The other car was insured. The crash occurred while they were traveling slowly and avoided serious injury, with no Magam Wheeler aboard. It was the sixth accident at that location.
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van Zandt Wheeler
York
West Point
West Springfield
Mass
Art Inn
Eunaay Smornibe
Mr. Matson
Wheeler
Matson
Nash
Magam Wheeler
John Otis McHeffey dies at 66 in Westport Summer home
John Otis McHeffey, 66, died suddenly last week of a heart attack at his Westport summer home while remodeling the Hodgdon estate. A Boston bakery leader, he helped found Kennedy Biscuit Co later joining National Biscuit Co for 40 years until 1929 retirement. He leaves a widow Georgie D. Stodder and four brothers and three sisters.
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John Otis McHefféy
Westport
Kennedy Biscuit Co
National
Windsor
Charles McHeffey
Boston
National Biscuit Co
Belmont
Mass
Bath
Hodgdon
Georgie D. Stodder
Frank
N. 8
Leonard
Allendale
N. J
William
James McHeffey
New York
Mery Spain
Vancouver
B. C
Jane McHeffey
New York City
James O’brien
N. S
Russell L. Stodder
Local Teachers Return from MIT Summer School
Mrs. R. Clinton McFadden and Miss Frances Dunning return from Cambridge Massachusetts after a month at MIT Summer school taking special courses for their positions in local schools. Mr. McFadden spent a few days in Boston this week.
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R. Clinton McFadden
Frances Dunning
Cambridge
Mass
Mr. McFadden
Boston
Oliver Family Heads to Sabine for Dain Cot Occupancy
Mr and Mrs Arthur G Oliver with daughter Evelyn son Wilbur and Charles J Dain depart Friday for Sabine to occupy the Dain cot full wording indicates a relocation or occupancy arrangement involving the Dain residence or cot.
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Arthur G. Oliver
Evelyn
Wilbur
Charles J.dain
Sabine
Dain Cottage
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the Times Company
Bath, Maine
B. Nichols, Pres
Treas
Barry
Webber
Advan
Robbins
Merrill Barnes
Bath Opera’ House
Lad
New Meadows River
Knox Memorial
Brenton Ayer
Winship Street
Camden
Southern State
Ireland
Africa
Fia
Orne International Syndicate
Bath Pup
Harry P. Bridge and Associates
J. O. McHeffey
Buxton
Buxton Rheumatic ‘Medicine Co
Abbot Village
Bay Point
of. Village Corporation
Air Hero
John Otis M'Heffey
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