Two Weeks Remain for Coal Negotiations and Holiday Tourism Soars
The piece notes two weeks left for anthracite miners and operators to reach a wage deal, with potential work suspension if unmet. It reports the ICC rejected reducing freight rates, favoring shifts to West Virginia smokeless fuel, and predicts higher tourist activity in Maine, especially coastal and fall travel, aided by favorable weather expectations. It also mentions Bolshevik tax seizures in Russia as a warning, citing a forty-five cent tax delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
West Virginia
Washington
Potter crop blight forecast from state official predicts shortages
Erlon V. Newdick chief of the Division of Mant Industry reports blight affecting potato crops in York Cumberland and Oxford counties. He warns the crop may be light due to unfavorable weather and notes prices will rise this winter if the shortage materializes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erlon V. Newdick
State Department of Agriculture
York
Cumberland
Oxford
Potatoes Prices Boost Maine Farm Prosperity
Aroostook farmers foresee continued prosperity as potato prices rise and likely strong returns this season, a notable improvement over last year when prices were low and crops struggled. The tone suggests optimistic market expectations and better incomes for growers this year.
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Aroostook
SUGGESTS NEW SITE FOR CITY PLAYGROUND
Charles C. Low president of the Playground Association thanks contributors as over 600 children enrolled this season under Miss Wright, Mr Perkins and Mr Stover. He urges city fathers to donate the Lincoln and North Street extension tract for a municipal playground to benefit youth through tennis, basketball and other games.
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the Independent
Lincoln and
North Street
Bath Musicians Give a Remarkable Concert
Bath audience stayed up to hear John Grindell's Colonial Club orchestra of Bath on WCSH Portland for a two hour concert under Harold P. Small. Despite poor radio conditions the eight piece ensemble performed flawlessly and attracted telegrams from New York Sidney Milltown Putnam Montpelier and St. Johnsbury plus many in Bath and Portland. Prizes were offered for distance reception with winner announced from Congress Square hotel tonight and next Wednesday. The program featured popular numbers with some classical selections and solos by Grindell and Ernest Stanwood.
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WCSH
Portland
John Grindell
Colonial Club Orchestra
Bath
Harold P. Small
Small
Radio Shop
Grindell
Colonial Club
Mr. Small
New York
Sidney
N. S
Milltown
N. B
Putnam, Conn
Montpelier
St. Johnsbury
Kennebec Bridge Rally Urges Bath Vote for Road Plan
In a Maine Lincoln County editorial readers are urged to back the Kennebec bridge as essential to state progress. The piece argues the toll bridge will largely be paid by Maine Central, with minimal tax burden, and urges voters to approve all three issues, focusing on the bridge’s purported economic benefits.
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Maine
Lincoln County News
Bath Bridge
Maine Central
Boston Herald
Kennebec
Musicale at Small Point by Russian Tenor Waleviteh
Famous Russian tenor Saveli Waleviteh to give a musicale at the Small Point Club house next Thursday evening at 8 30 daylight saving time. Born in Odessa he performs in native costume and presents many folk songs and Gypsy ballads with his accompanist. Ticket price 1 50. Ardently invited by Mr and Mrs Walevitch who are staying in Harbor after visits to New England resorts.
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Saveli Waleviteh
Small Point
Mr. Waleviteh
America
Walevitch
Odessa
Mrs. Walevitch
Havin
Bath Iron Works sale urged and foreclosed sale planned
The Bath Iron Works faces foreclosure as contracts fail to yield volume for American firms. European bidders undercut U.S. orders, and the committee foresees no quick recovery. A syndicate may bid on the physical property, excluding cash and receivables, while dismantled yards and tax claims cloud potential outcomes. The bondholders committee will inform holders of sale terms and seeks bids within a constrained price range to salvage value.
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Reliance
Iron Works
United States
Great Northern Paper Company
International Paper Company
Canada
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Staal
Navy Department
Washington
First National Bank of Boston
Chase National Bank
New York
William B. Skelton
George CC. Wing
Leonard A. Pierce
Bondholders Protective Committee
Bath Concern Bidder on South Portland Job
The South Portland Sewer District opened bids Monday night for a sewer construction project. G. Farrello Co. of Boston bid 125 350.59 dollars, General Construction Co. of Bath bid 158 126.74, Fourgaine and Romano Co. of South Portland bid 161 900.22, Monitor Construction Co. of Portland bid 162 216.08.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Concern
South Portland
G. Farrello Co
Boston
General Construction Co
Bath
Fourgaine & Romano Co
Monitor Construction Co
Portland
Power Project Explained and Export Plan for Maine
A Maine tidal power venture explains the need for a large initial investment and ongoing charges, with the surplus power destined for export beyond Maine after meeting state demand. The project’s oceanland power aims to boost local industries, while the Public Utilities Commission will regulate in-state sales and determine export excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Public Utilities Commission
Stme Commission
Fall on Jug Causes Deep Arm Cut in Wiscasset
Arthur Rines of Wiscasset lies in City hospital after a fall on a jug that broke, leaving his right arm badly cut and needing many stitches to close the wound.
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Arthur Rines, Wiscasset
City Hospital
Noisy Nights in La Paz Bolivian City at Night
Nocturnal La Paz is filled with loud town clock chimes and whistles from a nocturnal police patrol. Distant bells and dissident brawling add to a visitor’s barrowing experience during first nights in the Bolivian city.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Curios presented to State Museum collection grows
Mrs. John Mace of Hallowell has donated to the State museum a miscellaneous collection for the fish and game department. The exhibit includes 150 mineral specimens 100 shells two pairs of Dutch shoes and slippers a rebel fuse shell and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mace
Hallowell
State Museum
Fish and Game Department
Kennebec Bar Association Dines at New Meadows Inn
The Kennebec Bar Association attended New Meadows Inn for its annual dinner and meeting. The Royal Dutch club then held its annual meeting and dinner, well attended. Yellow vote bands for an Atlantic line placer on electric light poles were to be posted through Front and Center streets. Plans reportedly include building cottages at Foster's Point this Fall as investments.
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The
Kennebec Bar Association
New Meadows Inn
Royal Dutch Club
Foster's Point
Maine Grange members plan trip to Storrs Conn
Maine Grange members will assemble in Lewiston August 21 for a trip to Storrs Connecticut to attend the New England Lecturers conference. The route includes stops through Maine New Hampshire and Connecticut with a two day state tour and daily papers by Walter Stemmons.
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Maine
New England Lecturers
Storrs
Conn
Lewiston
State Fair Grounds
M. J. Harriman
Durham
N. H
New Hampshire Agricultural College
Ronburn
Danville Junction
Upper Gloucester
Gray Corner
West Falmouth
North Deering
Deering Junction
Stevens Avenue
Union Station
St. Johns Street
Bridge
Ogunquit
York Beach
York Harbor
York Village
Wortsmouth
Dover
Connecticut State Grange
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New England
Dunham
Hiram Wringham
Thode Island
Vermont
Connecticut
Charles M. Gardner
Demeter
Esten
Choose
Cheney Bros. Silk Mills
South Manchester
N. E
New Haven
East Rock
Valley
Long Island Sound
Yale University
Harkness Memorial Quadrangle
Deabody Museum
Hyammanassett Beach
New London
Fishers Island
Submarine
Norwich
Walter Stemmons
Bath Couple Observes Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs George Fowles celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary on August 10 at their Bath home on Upper Washington Street The day saw many callers and cards from friends including Mrs Stella Olsen of Bridgeport Conn formerly of Bath A R Webster who runs Merrymeeting and Boothbay camps visited and offered congratulations The couple remain unusually active for their age with Mrs Fowles reading and writing without glasses
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George Fowles
Upper
Washington Street
Stella Olsen
Bridgeport, Conn
Bath
Merrysmeeting
A. R. Webster
Merrymeeting
Boothbay
Auto in Collision Near Cook's Corner
A Bricksport roadster owned by Richard Baker of Claymont Delaware with two hosts Rodger and John MelInnes was in a collision on the state highway east of Cook's Corner near Bath Rung 72. A Hupmobile sedan from Buffalo New York struck the Baker vehicle. No injuries were reported. Baker's car was to Brunswick for repairs. The three young men were brought to Bath by Charles A Harriman who arrived shortly after with his car.
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Bricksport
Richard Baker
Claymont
Del
Rodger
John MelInnes
Bath
Cook
Gasoline Prices Fall Across New England Market
Gasoline top price this summer was 29 cents per gallon. A two cent cut reduces the price to 24 cents in New England with state tax of three cents per gallon included. Automotive buyers show little concern as prices continue to drop.
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New England
Miss Flora Cook Returns to New York After Vacation
Miss Flora Cook has returned to New York after spending her vacation with her sister Mrs Roy Miller at 4 Dike Road.
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Flora Cook
New York
Roy Miller
Dike Road
Independent's Cross Word Puzzle Clue List
Horizontal clues cover demolish to barroom and many terms from 1 to 42, with some theme notes and indications that the solution appears in the next issue. Vertical clues provide trench to poetic forms and end with solution tease for later.
Brunswick Blueberry Canning Plan Expands on Plains
Brunswick plan aims to systemize blueberry work and start a canning factory with Driscoll and Ormsby. About 100 bushels from 45 acres will be harvested this summer, with 50 acres cleared and 140 more ready later. Wages, land staking, and a Portland shipment routine are noted as the operation grows.
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Brunswick Plains
Driscoll and Ormsby
Brunswick
Washington County
Driscoll
J. J. Burehanai
Herbert Simpson Place
Machias
Gray Plains
Portland
Bath barber to open shop for himself
Leroy I. Colby, after 24 years in the trade, will operate his own barber shop at 149 Front Street next to the Commercial Market. The shop, once closed after Edward Lynch’s death, has been renovated and is to open Monday. Colby began training in this same shop and has spent two decades in the show, most recently under Edward W. Bonney and John H. Freeman.
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Leroy I. Colby
Front Street
Edward Lynch
Colby
Edward W. Bonney
John H. Freeman
Bath native offers city scenic land for hedge and beds
McKay, born in Bath, offers to give a large land plot to the city for a decorative hedge and flower beds to beautify the town and delight motorists and residents. He plans to retire here and return to his birthplace, urging immediate action so his gardener can begin Wednesday morning.
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McKay
Bath
Bathaml
Old Town
Aldermen weigh measure as voters’ stance sought
City officials debated McKay’s proposal and planned to seek constituent opinion before action. Samuel Kirkpatrick received permission to hang a banner for the Kennebec bridge movement across Commercial Street, with removal set for Sept 15. A banner warning about school near Center and Middle streets was approved. The marshal ordered a lunch room sign removed after prior ignores. Permits were issued for farm product and gasoline sales. Special election set for Sept 14 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Absentees listed: Aldermen Arel and Coffin, Councilmen Watford, Cutting, Oliver, Atwood, Phinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay
Samuel Kirkpatrick
Howard Coal Co
Commercial Street
Kennebec
Board of Education
Center Street
Front Street
Federal
Hiram C. Purington
Westpath
Winfield S. Wright
Woolwich
Lewis B. Spicer
North Street
Rines and Miss Wagner wed in Transwick ceremony
Chester Rines and Marion Wagner were married Saturday night in Transwick by Rev. Arthur Thomas Stray of the Episcopal church. Rines, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rines, works at W. F. Barstow grocery. Wagner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wagner, captained Morse high basketball last season and was captain elect for next season, a premier Maine girl player whose absence will be felt in local hoops.
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Chester Rines
Marion Wagner
Transwick
Arthur Thomas Stray
Episcopal Church
Rines
John Rines
W. F. Barstow
William Wagner
Morse High
Maine
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Times Company
F. B. Nichols
Pres
Treas
Bath, Maine
Charles C. Low
Playground Association
Colonial
Kennebec Bridge
Winneganee Creek
Storrs, Conn
Cook’s Corner
Independent
Western Newspaper Union
Rie
Brunswick Concern
CAN
Wagner
the Times Company Job Print
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