Legion Show Nets Over $200 for a Rome Fund
Bath’s American Legion staged a Friday night outdoor fair on the Fitzgerald lawn and Cosmopolitan club drawing about 700 people. Attractions included a Mazuma fortune teller, war relics, a wild jungle boy, a Palace of Freaks, carnival booths, and a dancing program by White’s Orchestra, all raising over $200 for a Rome fund.
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Bath
American Legion
Fitzgerald Lawn
Cosmopolitan Club
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey
Big City
John EK
Fitzgerald
Legion
W. Percy Bushl
The
Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Ralph Mank
James Bonney
Virginia Shaw
Madeline Desmond
Marion Hill
Bernice Hunt
Perry Thompson
Mazuma
Ralph Gay
Thomas Fowler
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Percy Low
Freeman Crosby
Fred Alden
Roscoe Perkins
Maurice Alden
Wylie Lemont
Esther Pennell
Galen Ward
Floward Pratt
Kola Ko Ko
Charlie Fitzgerald
New York
Louis Jack
Roscoe Shaw
Ed Arsenault
Beefo
Irving Shamban
Julian Eltinge
Tripoli
Oliver Webster
Wiscasset
Nicky
Dan Hart
Gene Hart
Barker
Maurice Brown
John Minott
Maurice McKenney
Howell Smith
White
Sagadahock Wins Smashing State Master Record
Sagadahock of Bath won the state master handtub muster in Bath with a 242 ft 7 1 2 in throw, breaking the Gardiner 1800 record by Niagara of Brunswick. The crew pumped a dramatic stream, led by Archie Carey, as hundreds watched a festive parade and trophy results listed for first class tubs and prize money.
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Maine
Sagadahock
Msagadahock Veteran Firemen’s Association
Bath
Gardiner
Niagara of
Carey
Sagady
John Eagle
Paragon
Waldoboro
Bath Veteran Firemen'’s Association, Levi T. Thompson
Baxter
McKay Park
General Bates
Lisbon Falls
Dan Estes
Morris Oliver
Solon Savage
Roy Oliver
Solomon Hart
Emerson Glidden
Marker
Ambrose McNeil
Stephen Osborne
Niagara No. 3
Brunswick
Guy Nickerson
Joe Lyons
Niagara
Ban Besse
Robert Cosgrove
Kennebec
J. T. Dwyer
Chester Lewis
Albert R. Havener
Rockland
A. S. Niles
Foreman
A. R. Havener
G. F. Burgess
Rockport
H. P. Collamore
Senator Baxter
Sen. Baxter
Havener
Burgess
Besse
Gen. Bates
L’s
Tiger No. 4
Hallowell
Androscoggin
RE. H. Counce
John Hanley
Thomaston
Moir Tratto- Hares Fores
Counce
McLaughlin Held for October Court in Assault Case
Thomas McLaughlin, arraigned in municipal court before Judge John J. Keegan, waived hearing and bound over to October term of Supreme Court in $2000. Henry C. Carlton plans to seek grand jury indictments for assault and battery with intent to kill. McLaughlin, who said he had been drinking, claimed no memory of the attack on the girl.
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Thomas McLaughlin
John J. Keegan
Supreme Court
Henry C. Carlton
McLaughlin
Biddeford
Brutal assault on two children shocks Arrowsie county
Thomas McLaughlin, 46, jailed on assault and battery charges for attacking Gertrude Carlton, 12, and her brother Roland, 3.5, in Arrowsie. The father, Henry Carlton, fought the attacker using a razor and bodily force, then overpowered and bound him. Gertrude was severely injured with a bruised face, while Roland sustained head and wrist injuries. The crime occurred Thursday noon. authorities were alerted later as the family fled toward Bath. The Carlton family, aided by neighbors, conveyed details to Judge John J. Keegan.
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Thomas McLaughlin
Miny
Gertrude Carlton
Roland
Henry C. Carlton
Arrowsie
Mchaughtin
Mathew Winn
Carlton
Mr. Carlton
McLaughlin
Guy H. Crosby
Charles Crosby
Ibra K. Lawrence
Bath
John J. Keegan
Howard
Toward
Gertrude
Mrs. Carlton
Gert
Labor voices support for the ship subsidy bill
Ole DVOCONS, vice-chairman of the United States Shipping Board, urges organized labor to back the Ship Subsidy Bill. He argues the plan will increase American tonnage, create shipyard and metal trades work, and raise wages, while requiring high American crew content to safeguard national defense and a robust Merchant Marine.
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Ise Dvocons Ole
United States Shipping Board
Great Lakes
Lt Is
International Longshoremen’s Association
Inter
Shipping Board
Taam
Governor Baxter Speaks at Island Park Rally
The Maine rally at Island Dark Lake Cobboseecon tee opened the campaign for the September election. Governor Vercival Baxter and Col. Cole, John E. Nelson, and Mrs. Mary Hight spoke amid dinner talk. President Harding sent greetings through Col. Cole expressing national approval of Maine Republicans’ progress and loyalty to the party ahead of the fall vote.
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Harding
Maine
Ralph EB. Cole
Ohio
Island Dark
Lake Cobboseecon
Col. Cole
Vercival VT. Baxter
John E. Nelson
Mary Hight
Chicago
Washington
Baxter Campaign Opens in Island Park Calls Prohibition a Public Duty
Gov. Percival Baxter republican governor candidate for re election spoke at the formal opening of the republican state campaign at Island Park. He stressed enforcement of laws especially prohibition and warned opponents who violate the law. He praised state finances and economy saying services equal costs and institutions remain open. He urged action against bootleggers and those who buy contraband and noted some communities struggle with illegal liquor importation.
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Percival D Baxter
Island Park
Baxter
Gov. Baxter
Maine
Gov
American Seamen Wage Policy and Naval Readiness
A discussion argues American wages for seamen must align with other industries and with foreign wages. It urges shipowners be aided to pay higher American wages, lest reliance on foreign mariners erode national ship efficiency and living standards. The article notes broader defense ties and previews a next piece by Admiral Benson on National Defense.
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W. 8. Benson
Bath Sailor’s Savings Case Triggers County Probate Action
Mary Ann Richardson seeks appointment of an administrator for her grandfather Samuel Francis’s estate in Sagadahoc county court Bath. The Welsh sailor deposited savings at Bath Savings Institution since 1857 and vanished after a voyage from the Kennebec. Probate hearings in September will determine proof of relation and distribution of the estate once accepted.
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Samuel Francis
Swansea
Wales
Bath
Bath Savings Institution
Kennebec
Mary Ann Richardson
Sagadahoe
James S. Lowell
Arthur J. Dunton
Richardson
Swinsea
Francis
Edward V. Thomas
Catherine M. Johnson
Nancy M. Thomas
Sarah A. Carlson
Whippsburg
Mrs. Johnson
Fremont Street
Sagadahoe County
Final Dividend Declared in Maine Fisheries Case
In the bankruptcy of Maine Fisheries Corporation Referee William T Hall countersigned and placed with the trustee for distribution voucher checks for a first and final dividend of 58 6 percent on all proved unsecured debt. The involuntary case began with creditors filing January 14 1921 and adjudication February 3 by Referee Tall. Trustee Cyrus R Tupper elected March 22 1921, license to sell granted June 30, property sold for 37 000, after priority payments left 23 068.00 to cover the dividend of 58 6 percent.
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Maine Fisheries Corporation
William T. Hall
Fiale
Tall
Wiscasset
Cyrus R. Tupper
Boothbay Tlarbor
Pall
Tupper
Bath National Bank
Judge Kenyon Speaks on Americanism at Bath Rotary
Judge William S. Kenyon former Iowa senator spoke to Bath Rotary at King Tavern. He praised Maine summers, urged national harmony, called for fewer foreign language schools, and stressed education as a melting pot. He warned about class hatred and urged Americans to live by Lincoln and Wilson ideals. Concerns over industrial issues and foreignness featured in his remarks.
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William S. Kenyon
United States
Iowa
Sebasco
Bath Rotary Club
King Tavern
Fort Dodge
Bath Club
Joan Sharpe Williams
Mississippi
Maine
Kenyon
Nazarene
Lincoln
Wilson
America
Robert Hodgdon
Malden
Kennebec Bridge Meeting Called in Wiscasset Court House
A Kennebec Bridge Association meeting will be held in Wiscasset at the Court House on September 3 to seek Congress and Maine Legislature authority and funding. The group reports progress, appoints a bridge manager, and requests 35000 for a preliminary survey to advance a Kennebec River bridge plan.
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Kennebec Bridge Association
Wiscasset
Court House
Congre
Kennebec River
Congress
Maine
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Rome
Vincilla Hodge
Alice Ward
Ralph Dale
Eliot Fuller
Archie Pennell
Lester Morse
M'Laughlin
Arrowsic
Organized Labor
Governor Baxter
Guv. Baxter
Augusta
Maine Fisheries
Helen Hartwell ix
Portland
W. W. Foss
Madeline Dennison
Freeport
Leon Tenneth
W. S. Kenyon
Rotary
WS. Kenyon
Kennebec Bridge
Atlas
Johnson Bros Co
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