Fox Film Stars Guide Bright New Lineup
Fox Film Corporation announces a slate of schedules and stars. Pearl White Albert Ray Plinor Fair William Russell George Walsh Gladys Brockwell Peggy Hyland Elgland Madge Kennedy Will Rogers Rosemary Theby Pauline Frederick Mabel Normand Geraldine Farrar Lou Tellegen Rex Beach and Frank Lloyd are tied to upcoming productions. Aerial gifts and a river voyage with Will Rogers are featured as promotion builds.
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Fox
Wiliam Russell
Fox Film Corporation
George Walsh
Gladys Brockwell
Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Goldwyn
Mabel Normand
Pauline Frederick
Lord
Lady Algy
Tom Moore
Will Rogers
Geraldine Farrar
Lou Tellegen
Jerome K. Jerome
Fanny
Madge Kennedy
Local Jottings from Bath Maine Summer Scene
Polar dessert this summer is melon with whipped cream. Native sweet corn fetches a nickel an ear. Shingle stocks rise for fall roof work. Carloads of spars await launch on the river to Bath yards. First Church of Christ, Scientist gifts Old Folks Home a study collection. Brunswick band concerts draw crowds. Maine Street lined with autos. Historic Pemaquid reports busy summer travel and full hotels. Jehanna the police mascot mothers four kittens at City Hall. More fishing boats crowd City Landing hindering motorboat traffic necessitating traffic regulation.
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Maine Central North
Bath
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Christiaan Science
Brunswick
Maine
Jehanna
City Landing
West Bath Social Roundup and Local Visits
In West Bath two young girls wandered to New Meadows river and were returned by a passerby. Red Cross workers and guests enjoyed a river trip and birthday dinner at the Johnsons’ Small Point cottage with clams and lobsters, plus a cake from Rev Stackpole. Others visited Bath, Sagadahoc area, and various relatives, with travel to Dexter, Waldoboro, Portland, Nova Scotia, and Oakledge planned or completed.
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Bath
Helen Rogers
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Rogers
New Meadows
Rogers Farm
West Bath
Horace Aitken
Beachmont
Mass
Sabine
William Smith
Gardiner
Morin
Dux
B. L. Rich
Fitchburg
Georgetown
FE. R. Brown
Dorothy ‘Stilkey
Freeport
Earl Butler
Malden
Walter Butler
H. R. Rich
Milton Trott
Freeman Trott
Leon Tennell
May Tole
Oscar Holway Co
C. W. Lee
E. E. Williams
Son Wendall
Mr. Williams
C H. Williams
Topsham
Lucy Bryant
Lewiston
Charles Bates, Jr
Carolyn Stackpole
Pittsfield
Corliss Street Free Baptist Church
F. S. Dunbar
John
Fred Larrabee
J. M. Lemont
Oakledge
J. B. Lemont
Waldoboro
Charles Lemont
T. F. Perkins
Bila Higgins
Dexter
Lawrence Page
Perkins
Miss Higgins
E. BR. Noyes
Madeline
Clara
Misses Moore
Everett
Pemaquid
Philip Boudreau
Robert
Dennis Gaudet
Mary McKenna
Nova Scotia
Gaudet
Grasshoppers Devastate Sagadahoc County Gardens
In Sagadahoc County Maine grasshoppers swarm fields and gardens across many sections. Farmers report damage to grain crops and beans, with Parker Head and nearby farms hit hard. The pests arrive in warm dry summers, moving in clouds and scattering when disturbed.
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Sagadahoc
Bowdoinham
Parker Head
John
A. Morse
Maine
Richmond Defeats Defiance 2 to 1 on Saturday
The Defiance baseball team fell 2 to 1 to Richmond on Stu Art Field in Richmond. Solid defense and tense suspense defined the game from start to finish as Richmond batteries Libby and Peabody held off Defiance pitcher Fitzgerald and Duley in the late innings.
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Richmond
Defiance
Stuart Field
Richmond-Libby and Peabody
Fitzgerald
Duley
Bath men named to Sagadahoc County Legion committees
Colonel Albert Greenlaw state chairman of the Maine American Legion announces the Sagadahoc County committee. Members named are George A. Baker John C. Fitzgerald and Charles D. Hall all of Bath.
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Jolonel Albert Greenlaw
Fastport
Maine
The
American Legion
Sagadahoc
George A. Baker
John C. Fitzgerald
Charles D. Hall
Bath
Mrs Mandanna Rumrill widow of Daniel J Rumrill
Mrs Mandanna A Smith Rumrill died July 28 at the Brunswick home of her daughter Mrs Claude Strout after seven weeks there She was born June 11 1842 in Brunswick and long a Topsham resident Survived by four children James George H Mrs Frank Jack and Mrs Claude Strout Funeral from her Cathance home Rev George Powers Bowdoinham conducted the service Bearers W S Rogers Joseph Foster Charles Chapman Henry Powers Burial in Rogers yard Cathance
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Mandanna A. (Smith) Rumrill
Daniel J. Rumrill
Claude Strout
Brunswick
Jane (Chase
Henry Smith
Topsham
Exeter
N. H
James
Frank Jack
Cathance
George Powers
Bowdeinham
W.S. Rogers
Joseph Foster
Charles Chapman
Henry Powers
Rogers Yard
Will Subscribe R F Curtis Supports Oak Grave Chapel Plan
R F Curtis of Salem Massachusetts former Bath resident visits Chauncey Curtis and sisters Mrs Mphra im French and Mrs Cora Small. He recalls reading in The Times about proposed chapel at Oak Grave cemetery and asks if the plan is abandoned. Curtis offers to subscribe a substantial sum toward constructing such a chapel, citing its benefits and his ongoing interest in his native city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Curtis
Salem
Mass
Bath
Chauncey Curtis
Mphraim French
Cora Small
Curtis
Oak Grave Cemetery
Haggett Family Reunion Set For Edgecomb Hall
Announcements report the Haggett family 20th annual reunion at Edgecomb town hall on August 19 with a rain date of the next pleasant day. Bath attendees are expected. arrangements include a seatings for dinner at twelve sharp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haggett
Edgecomb Town Hall
Edgecomb
Bath
Funeral of John A Thwing in Woolwich
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at his Woolwich home with Rev J D McGrawe of Dresden officiating. Bearers included James R Allen Artell Haywood Weldon Preble George M Stinson A R Ames and A F E Trott. Burial followed in Riverside cemetery Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Thwing
Woolwich
J. D. McGrawe
Dresden
James R. Allen
Artell Haywood
Weldon Preble
George M. Stinson
A. R. Ames
A. F E. Trott
Riverside Cemetery
Sail to Monhegan A Bath group sails from Round Pend in sloop Oklahoma
Bath residents enjoyed a Sunday sail to Monhegan aboard the auxiliary sloop Oklahoma amid a busy season. The Island Inn served 108 dinners, a summer record, as David L. Blacklett heads to Nashua New Hampshire to visit friends.
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Monhegan
Portland girls mocked while Bath praised in Bangor dated piece
An Erie newspaper reprints a Bangor dated feature deriding Portland’s women as bowlegged in short skirts and praising Bath and Bangor. It criticizes Portland streets, high prices, and odd Maine laws while noting two Portland police chiefs and slow trains. Weather described as frosty and torrid by turns.
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Erie
Bangor
Portland
Maine
Bath
Belfast
Lewiston
New York
Massachusetts
Boston
Maine Central bans Pullman seats west of Portland
Employees at the Maine Central ticket office halted sales of Pullman car seats beyond Portland with the 10.27 westbound train, due to the current railroad operations. No tickets were sold west of Boston. Pullman sleepers remain available, and berths on the New York Washington train tonight are expected to be unaffected. Local frustration grew as travelers faced soldout chairs to Portland. Plans also note the Maine State Board of Trade meeting in Belfast on Sept 25 and 24 with Congressman John A. Peters as principal speaker. A Madison Woolen Co real estate purchase adds to new ownership in the C H McKenzie block. A porcupine sighting between Oakland and Waterville drew local alarm before being killed by Abner Blair. several quills were shot.
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Maine Central Railroad
Portland
Tullman
Boston
Maine Central
New York
Washington
Maine State Board of Trade
Belfast
Memorial Hall
John A. Peters
Ellsworth
State Board
EK. M. Blanding
Bangor
Oakland
Waterville
Elm Street
Abner Blair
Indications Point to High Price of Hay in Maine
Reports from Maine note a likely high hay price this season with limited export. While some regions show better crops, much of the state faces a late harvest due to wet weather. New hay fetches around 22 dollars per ton as farmers hold for higher prices, though dairy stock reductions may ease demand and pressures.
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Maine
More Marooned Autos From Georgetown
Three automobiles arrived on the scow George Leslie from Five Islands and were landed at the Howard wharf Friday morning. A Ford was lifted off bodily and driven toward Commercial street. Twelve machines have been brought up from the islands on this scow, with marooned motorists paying high fares for delivery from exile.
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George Leslie
Howard Wharf
Maine Probate Notice for Azuba Holland Executrix
Azuba E Holland of Georgetown petitions Sagadahoc County Probate Court to prove and allow the will of William H Holland who died August 5 1919 leaving a widow Agatha E Holland and heirs including Caroline Holland Grace Hooker Father Dike Olive Hollema Augusta Smith Rachel Willing Walter Holland Ralph Hollkind Wellington Holland and others. She requests letters testamentary naming her executrix and administrator of the estate.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Azuba E. ‘Holland
Georgetown
Said
Wiliam H. Holland
Agatha E. Holland
Caroline Holland
Geneseo
N. Y
Grace L. Hooker
East Orange
N. J
Father Dike
Atlantic City
Olive Hollema
Augusta Smith
Steuben
Rachel Willing
West Newsbury
Mee
Walter Holland
Maine
Ralph Hollkind
Harrington
Wellington Holland
Phone Officials Dine at the Inn
Dean B. Small of Portland, plant chief of the New England Tel Co, hosted 27 officials from various company departments at New Meadow Inn on Wednesday night. He spoke of US Signal Corps history and the war effort, praising the telephone’s role, in a talk arranged by Arthur Bishop of Bath.
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Dean B. Small
Portland
New England & Tel. Co
Pet
New Meadow Inn
Small
France
United States Signal Corps
Arthur
Bishop
Bath
Th Company
May
Story
Lewiston
EB. K. Ely
George Dinsmore
Charles W. Weaver
Ralph Thurston
Waterville
George W. Dall
Plwood B. Hougkins
Henry Upton
Oscar W. Jo
Brunswick
John Bonsertt
Westbrook
Stephen Libby
Arthur EK
Arthur Woodhouse
Cerk
Nate Lord
John Taylor
Deering Campaign Marks Bath Visit After Governorship
Hon John Percy Deering a Maine senator from York county and gubernatorial candidate arrived in Bath with Mrs Deering on Thursday. He reports 1000 York county citizens endorse his candidacy and praises prospects for the June 1920 primaries while meeting local supporters. George Nash leased Rufus Lombard farm at Happy Nook reports 80 tons of hay cut. Sagadahoc. Probate court notes executor Edward W Bridgham seeks final account for estate of Bath resident J S Deerhine, with distribution order to follow after court on first Tuesday in September.
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Dora Austin
Richard Brown
George Anderson
George Brown
Edward ‘Thompson
J. Everett Mayo
Cummings
Bull Ridge
Joseph Larrabee
Mr. Rice
Baptist
North Street
Fred Brown
New Meadows
J.edward Drake
Bath
Birch Point
B. H. Stackpole
John Campbell
Hyde Windlass Co
Stackpole
Osman Higgins
Fred A. Higgins
Mr. Higgins
Stonington
Conn
Hew Tractor
G. Fisher
Fred H. Thompson
State OF Maine
Saguidahoc
Lim
Sugedahoc
Prith Independent
Alt Path
Bath Din
Said
Sagadahoc
Petra A. Billings
James A. Hussey
Olive J. Frost
Woolwich
Jim
Aala
James
Lowbsll
John Percy Deering
Saco
Maine Senate
York County
Mra
Deering
Judge Deering
George Nash
Rufus Lombard
Happy Nook
Edward W. Bridgham
Joh
Deerhine
Sagadalvoc
Pephir
Muelnz
Baith
Swid
Lowel J
S. Alt
Sagedahoc
Harry E. Lichfield
Augusta S. Litchfield
Sid
Sagedawee
Eaid
Beth Independent
James S. Lowell
Sagadmhoc
Annie B. Oliver
Anson M. Oliver
Phippsburg
Sagadwhioc
Ahate
Cmd
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Bath Independent
William Fox
Albert Ray
Plinor Fair
Fordham
Peggy Hyland
Miss Elgland
Miss Hyland
Bill
Capitol Star
Lessie Barriscale
Frothingham
Miss Barriscale
Goldwyn Studios
Clarence Badger
Miss Kennedy
Miss Wadger
Madge
Bill” Parsons
Billie’ Rhodes
Honolulu
Waikiki
Goldwyn Company
Rosemary Theby
Goldwyn Pictures
Lady Neville
Charles ‘Klein
Miss Theby
Quayer
Rex Taylor
Ito
Rosemary Mikeley
Harry Myers
Percy Hilburn
Geraldine ‘Farrar
Goldwyn Star
Culver City
Miss Frederick
Rex Beach
Samuel Goldwyn
Rupert Hughes
Mary
Roberts
Rhinehart
Gertrude Atherton
Leroy Scott
Mary Roberts Rhinehart
Basil King
Gouvernor Morris
Rex Beéach
California
Frank Lloyd
Players
Clarence G. Badger
Sacramento
Will
Beverly Hills
Ford
Leavenworth
Kansas
Mabel
Joseph White
White
J. Lemont
Portland Tay
Essex
John *Gage
Annie Trufant
W. Haggett
Lansing
Henry Galt
Foster's Point
Newton Bowker
Jane Haggett
Charles Wildes
South Portland
Professor Hartshorne
Fates College
Hartshorne
Mrs. Mandanna Rumrill
John A
David L. Blacklett
Nashua
Portland's Girls
Madison
Madison Woolen Co
C. H. McKenzie
Maple Street
Azuba E. Holland
Sagadahoc, Ss
A.D
William Fe. Dunham
William F. Dunham
William I F
Dunham
Register
Lizzie M. Perry
Waltham, Maes
County of Middlesex
Nathan A. Tufts
James S. Lowpull
Leroy M. Reynolds
Bagadabor
Augurit
Cyrus M. Reynolds
Seeadatoo
Angie M. Hunnewalle
Trio
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