Calcium chloride road coating gains traction in Maine towns
A Summer trial coats part of Small Point road with calcium chloride, forming a hard surface at lower cost. State highway tests show calcium chloride as a higher quality binder on gravel roads, with multiple applications yearly. Also notes insect pests in several towns, Ford Motor Company garden mandate, and improvements to Berry's Mill road in Bath area. Obadiah Gardner urged approval of an Administrative Code bill in a Kennebec grange meeting.
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Small Point
Phinnsbore
Mid
Cruileman
Tuatha
Offichus Hiad
Berry's Mill
Bath
Witch Spring
West Bath
Prince's Corner
Winnegance
Obadiah Gardner
United States
Maine
Maine State Grange
Kennebec
Kennebec Pomona Granges
Kennebec Farm Bureau
Vassalboro
Potatoes From Aroostook Headed for Cities This Season
The first Aroostook potatoes have started for market and trains of Maine tubers will move to cities. Crop reports note weather has been unfavorable in Maine’s largest county, but a large quantity is expected to be shipped to market over the next six months.
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Aroostook
Maine
Construction and Equipment Projects Benefit Maine Workers
A Maine initiative allocates nearly 1,000,000 for construction and equipment programs to aid workers in the coming months. While small beside federal outlays, the funds represent a significant boost for the state economy and labor force.
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Maine
ITH-Astell Wedding Adorns Lennoxville Pair's Aug. Nuptials
Miss May Ernes tine daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest J Asts Lennoxville Quebec wed How 11 B Smith son of Mr and Mrs Loren B Smith Bath Saturday afternoon Aug 22 Rev F R Matthews officiating. Bride wore beige lace gown with Ophelia roses lilies of the valley bouquet. Groom a Bath Navy veteran and Morse High alum employed at Bath Iron Works. After Sept 15 they reside 10 Plant Street Bath Maine.
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May Ernestine
Ernest J. Asts
Lennoxville
Quc
B. Smith
Loren B. Smith
Bath
F. R. Matthews
Marion A. Smith
St. Cyr
Hegion Drum Corps
Bath Toon Works
McDonald University
Montreal
Indiana Tax Control Measures Preserve Home Rule
The Indiana Plan allows local taxpayers to challenge budgets and levies with the State Tax Board only acting upon request. From 1921 to 1930 boards ordered reductions totaling over 18 million in levies and 26.5 million in bond issues, curbing public spending by about 45 million. Tax growth slowed in 1929 30 to three percent while national taxes rose six percent. Local officials must justify expenditures and avoid unnecessary spending.
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Supreme Court
State Tax Board
Indiana
Popham Beach Hosts Old Peabody Pew Event and Dance
Allan M Spear and wife entertain at Popham Beach before The Old Peabody Pew. Miss Kate L Nickerson visits with cousin Miss Elizabeth E Webber. Portland sends a party of 12 to attend. Vic's Rhythmic Makers to play in Society hall after the play with ginger ale doughnuts and candy. Refreshment committee listed. Annie Dodge confined at Front street home.
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Allan M. Spear
Society Hall
Kate L. Nickerson
Meriden
Edwina Hall
West Roxbury
Bath
Hotel Riverside
Fred C. Scribner
Portland
Chestra Cottage
South Shore
Edward McNulty
Bath Hospital
A. Josephine Forehand
Juniper Point
Boston School of Domestic Science
Boston Y. W. C. A
Vic
Popham Beach
Frank A. Small
Anna M. Tillinghast
Charles F. Hathaway
Norman Rand
William Hill
John H. Stacy
Raymond Larrabee
Elizabeth_Webber
Herbert J. Kellaway
Newton Center
Popham
Maine
Popham Players
Destroyers Thatcher and Walker Named for Maine Officers
The destroyers Thatcher and Walker are named for Civil War naval rear admirals Henry Knox Thatcher of Thomaston and John Grimes Walker of Ogunquit. Both men earned high honors in the Civil War, with Thatcher commanding blockading squadrons and aiding Mobile surrender, and Walker serving in Farragut campaigns and on the ironclad Baron De Kalb. The ships were built in Quincy, commissioned 1919, and formed Destroyer Division 17 with Crane, Palmer and Crosby.
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United States
Thatcher
Walker
Maine
Henry Knox Thatcher
Thomaston
John Grimes Walker
Ogunquit
Admiral Thatcher
Mediterranean
Fort Fisher
N. C
Farragut
West Gulf
Mobile
Alabama
Gulf Coast
Sabine Pass
Galveston
Hartford
Stockdale
Cuyler
Washington
Kittery, Navy Yard
Boston
Hillsboro
N. H
Connecticut
Winona
Baron de Kath
Shawmont
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Yazoo River
Haines Bluff
Arkansas Post
Drusmpould's Bluff
Fort Pemberton
Yazoo City
Fifteenth Army Corps
Baron de Kalb
Atlantic
U. S. S. Saco
U. S. S. Shawmut
Anderson
Strong
Lee
Arlington National Cemetery
Destroyer Division
U. S. Fleet
U. 8
Pacific
San Diego
Hart
Sagadahock Veterans Firemen To Enter Labor Day Muster
The Sagadahock Veteran Fireman's association votes to enter the hand tub Sagadahock in the Labor Day muster. They will test on Water street Wednesday at seven o'clock. Elected officers include Emerson Glidden as president and Lovell W. Staples as pro tem secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahock
Lovell W. Staples
Personal notes from Bath visitors highlight regional trips
Mr and Mrs Harry Johnson of New York City visited Bath recently. David Asher of Brookline was a weekend guest of J Edward Drake Jr. Miss Jennie Larrabee of Portland visited her sister Mrs Merton Wright in High Street. Amory Houghton Jr and son Amory III returned to Bangor after two weeks at Popham Beach. Donald Ring and Harry Ring Jr left for North Haven for a week. Mr and Mrs Lucian Ames with Mrs Ruby Preble and Mrs Ida Purington spent a weekend at Ames cottage in Bridgton. Mr and Mrs Harry Thurlow Mrs Elizabeth Dow and Mrs Lida Sampson visited Mrs Sampson's niece in Richmond. Mr and Mrs Bradford Belanger and family weekend in Boston where they saw a double header between the St Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves. Mrs William R Freeman and son William R Jr returned to High Street after a week at Lake Worthley hosted by Mr and Mrs Clifford Small of Rumford.
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Jennie Larrabee
Portland
Merton Wright
High Street
Amory Houghton, Jr
Amory
Bangor
Popham Beach
Donald Ring
Harry Ring
Washburn Street
Northhaven
Lucian Ames
Ruby Preble
Ida Purington
Ames
Lake Worthley
Clifford Small
Rumford
Cooperative handling of apples by northeastern state associations
A survey shows 30 cooperative associations with 1,921 growers in 12 states marketed apples valued at 1 618 476 in 1929. Total business reached 3 425 702 with apples 47 percent, other fruits 26 percent, supplies 27 percent. Producers in each state sold cooperatively varying amounts. Total cash income from apples was 46 million, with cooperative sales about 3.5 percent of that. Some coops marketed apples beyond their state and regional agency potential exists.
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Federal Farm Board
State Agricultural Colleges
Extension Services
Departments of Agriculture
West Virginia
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
Delaware
Rhode Island
Local residents return from visits and vacations
Miss Carrie Hall returns to Boston after two weeks with sister Mrs Roscoe P McFadden in Middle Street. Francis Murray goes home from YMC A camp on Lake Cobbesseecontee. Flora Leonard travels to Sagadahoc Ferry for a week with cousins Marie and Fred Jack. Florence A Neiley and others tour Bar Harbor after a motor trip from Brunswick. The Strouts of Medford vacationed at Machinsport and visited Bath and Wiscasset en route. The Monday Evening club enjoys a 6 30 supper hosted by Mrs William P Hatch. Additional trips include Wollaston Massachusetts for Mrs Albert Bonney and Gwen dolyn Vaughan visiting relatives. Flora Morrell of Lowell visiting Bath. The Clingers visit Woolwich and West Bath. Neiley family returns from Annapolis Valley. Etta Dow Thurlow resumes duties at Bath Box Co after Portsmouth visit. Thurlows spend weekend in Portland with Pauline Cummings.
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Carrie Hall
Boston
Roscoe P. McFadden
Middle Street
Francis Murray
Miriam J. Murray
Edward Street
Y.M.C.A
Lake Cobbesseecontee
Flora Leonard
Sagadahoc Ferry
Abbagahasset Point
Bowdoinham
Marie Jack
Fred Jack
Florence A. Neiley
Trufant’s Crossing
Janie Howes
Josephine Bartlett
Lena Bartlett
Brunswick
Bar Harbor
Sewall Strout
Medford
Mass
Machinsport
Bath
Wiscasset
William P. Hatch
Monday Evening Club
Washington Street
Albert Bonney
Gwendolyn Vaughan
Wollaston
Bonney
Jack Germain
Walter Larrabee
Woolwich
John Larrabee
West Bath
Merton Wright
High Street
Denton J. Neiley
Neiley
Nashua
N. H
Annapolis Valley
I. B. Neiley
Etta Dow Thurlow
The
Bath Box Co
Portsmouth
George Dow
Thurlow
Portand
Pauline Cummings
Crossword Clue Puzzle Wide ranging from fruit to myth
A scan of a crossword style list presents clues and enumerations across and down. Entries include items like Principal actor, Acid fruit, Hollow tube, Worship Act, Egyptian, Largest continent, God of love, Appellation of Athena, Lake Withered, and Noah’s Trial New Testament spell.
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Lake
Ontar
Ireland
Athena
What to Eat for Health According to Public Health Service
A public health bulletin explains how to choose a healthy daily diet. It stresses five essential groups vitamins minerals proteins fats and carbohydrates, plus water. It notes milk oats dried beans greens and fruits as rich sources and warns against overeating fat and simple carbs.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Washington's early steps toward political life in 1755
The article recalls George Washington’s fledgling political ambitions in 1755 after Braddock’s campaign. While obtaining 4,000 pounds in Williamsburg, he contemplates running as Fairfax County’s representative in the Virginia House of Burgesses, signaling an early pivot to public service.
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George Washington
Washington
Revolutionary Army
United States
Braddock
Col
Virginia
Williamsburg
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Jack
Fairfax County
Virginia House of Burgesses
Brother Jack
Major Carlyle
Washington Early Political Rise Parallels Lincoln
The article notes Washington's early Virginia Burgess campaigns in Frederick and Fairfax counties, highlighting defeat, a key ally Col James Wood, and his rise to the Virginia House at 27. It compares his beginnings with Abraham Lincoln, emphasizing lessons learned amid early losses and later political mastery.
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Ingly
Burgess
Warde
Jack
Col. Fairfax
Adam Stephen
Washington
Fort Cumberland
Fairfax
Dut Iest
James Wood
Wood
George Washington
Virginia House of Burgesses
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Local Families Take Short Motoring Trips and Gatherings
Mr and Mrs E R Wright and son Bruce with Mr and Mrs Frank Reed of Mechanic Street motor to Saco and visit Howard P Hill. William J Craft and daughter Laura drive to Mace s Bay New Brunswick to stay with his parents. Virginia and Anna Percy daughters of Sewell W Percy arrive from Woodfords to visit grandmother Mrs Frank H Percy in Middle Street. Wellington A Moore family and guests motor to Augusta and Portland. Birth announced of a daughter to John McKenzie and Elizabeth Loring of North Bath Jacquelin. Mrs Ralph Maling and son Fred and Mrs Millis MacDonald return after visits in Bath and North Bath.
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E. R. Wright
Bruce
Frank Reed
Mechanic Street
Saco
Howard P. Hill
William J. Craft
Laura
Mace’s Bay
New Brunswick
Mr. Craft
Alfred Craft
Virginia
Anna Percy
Sewell W. Percy
Woodfords
Bath
Frank H. Percy
Middle Street
Wellington A. Moore
Shirley
William Stewart
Montreal
Moore
Margaret Adams
Brunswick
Augusta
Portland
John McKenzie
Arlington
Mass
McKenzie
Elizabeth Loring
North Bath
Jacquelin
Ralph Maling
Fred
Millis MacDonald
Millie Kennedy
Dorchester
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the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
Webber
Aurousta
Sanford
Phippsburg
Phippsburg Town Hall
Henry Ford
Ford Meetor Company
Mr. Ford
Quebec
Miss Annie Dodge
Destroyers
United States Navy
Sagadys
Harry Johnson
New York City
David Asher
Brookline
J. Edward Drake, Jr
L. F
Atwood
Ac Lo
Jaz
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadabock Block
Bath, Me
Frederick County
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