Maine voters urged to reject 54 hour labor law
Augusta August 12 The Maine Industrial Expansion Commission led by William K Lawry campaigns to defeat the 54 hour limit on women and children workers in mills factories and workshops noting higher costs and reduced wages. pamphlet argues overtime would be banned and prices would rise, urging a No vote at the September election.
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Times
Augusta
Maine Industrial Expansion Commission
William KE. Lawry
Maine
State of
Lewiston
City schools report strong year with higher enrollment
Superintendent Clarence N Flood summarizes the 1915 16 school year for the city to the State Department of Public Schools. Enrollment rose to 2053 from 1995, with 146 boys and 184 girls in elementary grades. High school days attended rose to 54749 from 49372, and total teaching positions numbered 77 with wages totaling 33389 60 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence N. Flood
State Department
Morse High School
Bailey
Mitchell
Parent-teachers’ Association
Lobster Prices Rise as Maine Supply Dries Up
Veterans warn that Maine lobsters are becoming scarce due to heavy out of state demand. Offshore weather remains rough but the core issue is depletion of the visible supply, with 120 barrels daily shipped to Chicago and fishermen earning about 3 1 3 cents per pound.
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Maine
Here
Rockland
Chicago
State Fair Sports Athletes Enter First Maine Event
The Independent reports blanks for entries to the first annual Athletic Games at the Maine State Fair Grounds on Labor Day under the Athletic Union of the U S. Events include sprints hurdles distance runs and a novice 600 yard race with no entry fee. Official handicapper Frank X McGrath of Allston Massachusetts outlines novice status rules.
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Maine State Fair Association
Maine State Fair Grounds
Labor Day
The
Athletic Union of the
U. S
New England Association
Frank X. McGrath
Commonwealth Ave
Allston, Mass
Bath School Board Seeks Replacement for Music Instructor
The Bath School Board fills a vacancy after the resignation of Miss Charlotte F. Cook of 490 Washington St. She visits Cumberland and has accepted a music instructor post in Eastport and Lubec with a $700 salary. Cook is a Morse High School and Castine Normal alumna who studied at the New England Conservatory and with Prof. Orth in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath School Board
Charlotte F. Cook
Washington St
Cook
Cumberland
Eastport
Lubec
Miss Cook
Morse High School
Castine Normal School
New England Conservatory
Boston
Prof
Orth
Ethelynde Smith
Portland
Dr C Bertram Gay Passes Through Enroute to Reading
Dr C Bertram Gay of Fitchburg, guest of Mrs B Rich at Overlook Georgetown last ten days, traveled in his Rev car on Saturday toward his father Rev Henry G Gay pastor of Reading Massachusetts. Mrs Rich accompanied him to New Meadows Inn where they sampled shore dinners.
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C. Bertram Gay
Fitchburg
Georgetown
Bath
Henry G. Gay
The
Baptist Church
Reading
Mass
Rich
New Meadows Inn
CAMP ENTERTAINMENT BRINGS CAPACITY CROWD TO WOOLWICH HALL
The Boothbay Camp boys and Merrymeeting Camp girls drew a capacity crowd at Tuessie Hall Woolwich in a lively program. Highlights included the Tinker’s Chorus from Robin Hood, Where the Kennebec River Flows, a humorous reading The Screech Piano Playing and a Highland Fling by Miss Phyllis Albert. The girls performed a Colonial Minuet and the boys staged Old Oaken Bucket, Rocking My Soul and a Sailor’s Hornpipe. Final number Noah’s Troubles was followed by dancing and ice sales. Director John Larkin of Cincinnati led the show to benefit fresh air slum work with portions to Day’s Ferry Church.
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Boothbay
Tuessie Hall
Woolwich
Kennebec
Phyllis Albert
Albert
Brooks
Muir
Lord Jaffrey
John Larkin
Cincinnati
Miss Remelin
Cotteral
Miss Bradstreet
Bath Boy Passed as He Heads for Annapolis
Edwin Andrews son of Mr and Mrs Fred L Andrews left Sunday for Annapolis He has passed his mental examinations and will take his physical test Morse High School graduate receives best wishes from many friends for his new career
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Edwin Andrews
Fred L. Andrews
Annapolis
Andrews
Morse High School
Bath sends Maine delegation to cruise aboard Kearsarge
Bath sailors Frederick H. Magoun John Houghton Joseph Sewall and Langdon Hill join 67 Maine men on the battleship Kearsarge for a cruise. The ship sails from Portland to Boston then Chesapeake Bay joining Massachusetts crews and nine battleships for target practice. Maine men disembark September 11 after drills in harbor.
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Frederick H. Magoun
John Houghton
Joseph Sewall
Langdon Hill
Bath
Maine
Kearsarge
Portland
Boston
Massachusetts
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Proposed Granolithic Walks by Grady & Sons in Bangor
Contractor John Grady & Sons of Bangor will build nearly three and a half miles of granolithic walks under a recent contract from the Board of Highways and Sewers. The list names Washington St sections, High St segments, Middle St, Oak St, and other streets with unfinished walks, with locations subject to change as Grady assembles his plant and plans to start next week.
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John Grady & Sons of
Bangor
Board of Highways and Sewers
Washington St
King St
M.C.R.R
Robinson Lane
M.C.R. R
Center St
Federal St
Edward St
Grove St
S. S. Sewall
East Side
Commercial St
Front St
York St
Dummer St
Court St
High St
Court St. Russell St
Middle St
Lincoln St
Academy St
Bowery St
Pleasing Party at Walsh Home With Naval Guests
Lieutenant and Mrs John H Walsh entertained Friday night at their Avenue home with a dancing party attended by about 20 couples from the Shipping City social set and visiting naval men stationed at Bath Iron Works. Music came from a Victrola and intermission ice and cake were served.
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John H. Walsh
Bath Iron Works
A Pretty Garden by B K Lord on Charles Street
Charles Street resident B K Lord maintains a highly regarded city garden at Bath Iron Works. His plot features over 60 plant varieties including 5,000 English primroses arranged along a border, plus a line of peanut plants in bloom as a novelty.
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B. K. Lord
Charles St
Lord
Bath Iron Works
Marriage of Ruth Breed to James Putman King Set for August
Invitations announce the marriage of Ruth Breed, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sumner Merritt, to James Putman King, on Monday August 14 at 7:30 PM at Calvary Episcopal Church Danvers Massachusetts. Mr. King is principal of Morse High.
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Frank Sumner Merritt
Ruth Breed
James Putman King
Calvary Episcopal Church
Danvers
Mass
King
Morse High School
Pottsville Visitors Stay With Local Family
Mr and Mrs John Youngfleish and their children Carter and Jerome from Pottsville arrived by auto for a visit with John W Cummings brother in town. An Illinois car was among seven crossing the three o'clock ferry the prior Friday week.
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John Youngfleish
Carter and
Jerome
Pottsville, Pa
John W. Cummings
Illinois
Neurasthenia Relief Promised by Pink Pills
Early morning fatigue signals neurasthenia a run down nerve condition rest does not restore strength overwork and worry are causes Dr Williams Pink Pills claim to rebuild blood supplying nerves with essential elements marketed by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY. Free booklets offered by mail.
Wheel on Walk Fateful Birthday Incident
Miss Elizabeth McGrath, daughter of Alderman Eugene McGrath, celebrated her fourth birthday after a bicycle accident on the sidewalk. She suffered severe facial and head bruises when a boy rider struck her, prompting a warning to bicyclists to avoid sidewalk riding. Alderman McGrath vows the rider will not again use the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth McGrath
Eugene McGrath
Alderman McGrath
McGrath
Miss Marion Freeman Named French and English Teacher
Miss Marion Freeman of South Berwick has been elected to teach French and English at Billerica High School in Massachusetts. She taught at Eliot High School for two years and is the daughter of former Bath school superintendent F W Freeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Freeman
South Berwick
Eliot High School
Billerica, Mass
Freeman
F. W. Freeman
Bath Schools
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Beacon St
Granite St
Union St
Western Avenue
South St
John H. Hyde’s
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Richardson St
John S. Hyde's
Linden St
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Water St
Vine St
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D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Chichesters
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A. B. Watson
New York
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Maine Central Railroad
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Maine Central
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