Parker Head resident suffers shock and illness shock
Drummond Kelley of Parker Head suffered a severe shock this week affecting his limbs. Neighbors found him the next morning conscious but unable to help himself. Bongartz attended him. Several locals and visitors are mentioned with various health, travel, or visitation notes across Parker Head and Bath communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drummond Kelley
Parker Head
Bongartz
Fred Harrington
Charles’l. Stevens
Brooklyn
N. Y
Henry L. Wyman
Linnan
Gardiner
Wyman
Togus
Everett Harrington
Cora Beals
John D. Rogers
Dromore
Charles Preble
Winnegance
Edward Thorns
Phippsburg
Percy Johnson
Wallace Morse
Small Point
San Diego
Cal
Lucy Gahan
Allston
Mass
Margaret J. Percy
John F. Leach
Son Golder
Boston
Teach
Turner McCarty
McCarty
Emma A. Perry
Helena
Mont
A.M. Perry
Miss Perry
Edward Harrington
Gertrude
Bath
Harrington
Arthur Roderick
Fore River Shipbuilding Co
Quincy
William Roderick
Warren Hosmer
Harry
Hosmer
New York
Edward Chaplin
Ellison Houdlett
Ida
Ruth
Margaret
Wiscasset
D. W.abbott
Topsham
Cora Bealsy
Charles Smith
Dorchester
Smith
Lily Johnson
Johny
Riverside
Popham Beach
Raymond Richardson
Massachusetts
8. B. Richardson
Marion Crocker
Eleanor Harrington
Celia Currier
Mabel Woodman
Town Hall Dance Attracts Strong Attendance
There was good turnout Friday evening at the Town hall dance managed by Everett Harrington. Ice cream was served and Davis orchestra provided the music for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
Everett Harrington
Davis Orchestra
Witness Sees Repeated Accident At Dead Man's Pass
Mitchell Davis of The People's Garage recalls two fatal incidents at Dead Man's Pass two miles west of Kennebunk. He witnessed a Packard crash, a man with a severed arm and a woman crushed leg, requiring 35 men to lift the car. Victims were ambulance bound to Biddeford and then Haverhill, Mass. Two years earlier four Lewiston residents died at the same spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Mitchell Davis
People’s Garage
Boston
Biddeford
Mr. Davis
Haverhill
Mass
Davis
Lewiston
Purloined Purification Hearsay at City Police Hearing
Former officer Lorenzo Feltis defended himself at a police hearing after suspension by City Marshal Abram Cy Oliver. Feltis denied the charges of loitering in Breton's store and drinking liquor taken from prisoners, saying he sought the hearing to clear his name and push for department reforms amid heated exchanges with Oliver and the council committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo D. Feltis
Force
Special Committee On Police
J. Edward Drake
Slphett
Feltis
Abram Cy Oliver
Octave »Breton
Washington Street
Arthur H. Price
Charles H. Thistle
Oliver
Breton
Richardson Street
Hreton
Board of Aldermen
Tie
Marshal Sting
Marshal Feltis
Colgan
Capt. Witham
Armstrong
North End
Maine Farmers Should Organize For Prosperity
George W. Brown argues that wartime shocks, high living costs, and political maneuvering demand a united farmer movement. He outlines the Aroostook Federation of Farmers as a county backed, stockholding body uniting locals, markets, fertilizer supply, and price discipline. The drive aims to cut middlemen, lower costs, improve quality, and build direct producer consumer distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroostook
Marden, Orth & Hastings
New York
Federation
United States
Caribou
Farmers Exchanges
South
Washington
Joseph E. Hall
War Trade Board
New Jersey
Carolina
Maine
Mr. Hall
Federa
Cub Herns
Fordney
Hall
American Federation of Labor
New Brunswick
Ways and Means
Augusta
Aroostook Federation urged to unify farmers for prosperity
In a rallying call GEO. VY. BROWN, secretary of the Aroostook Federation of Farmers, urges Caribou Presque Isle and Washburn boards to back farm cooperatives. He argues farmers must produce food cheaply, pay fair wages, and market through the federation to keep money at home and boost county prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Trade of
Caribou
Presque Isle
Washburn
Aroostook Federation of Farmers
Aroostook Federation
Aroostook
Geo. VY. Brown
Market conditions show no improvement in prices
Despite nationwide talk of lower living costs and easing prices in some reports, grocers report no real improvement. A dealer notes garden produce arriving plentifully with moderating prices, but canned goods rising and sugar remaining scarce and unchanged from a year ago.
Lucky Break at Kennebec 1 Ends with Brake-Down
Sen Baxter received a brake-down during the Monday evening event at Kennebec 1 and rode 190 feet after a truss rod struck a wheel and broke. Arrangements will be made to address the incident. Mr and Mrs John C Barrett Ruth Barrett and Miss Bessie Bennett of Boston visited Mr and Mrs Frank MacDonald on Park Street. the party left Friday for a White Mountains trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec 1
Baxter
John CC. Barrett
Ruth
Bessie Bennett
Boston
Frank MacDonald
Park Street
The Joy of Motherhood and Lydia E. Pinkham’s Remedy
A Philadelphia reader praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for easier pregnancies and healthier children, claiming it restored health after multiple births. The testimonial extols the root and herb remedy as beneficial for women’s ailments and invites others to seek advice from the Pinkham company in Lynn, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Anne Seas Lygia E. Pinkham
W. Prices
Linia EK. Pinkham
Seite E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
A Lifetime of Suffering Fruit-A-Tives Ad Claim
Donat Lalonde aged 50 recounts relief from indigestion and constipation after trying Fruit-A-Tives liver tablets. The ad touts immediate relief and promises a trial size and bulk pricing, with distribution through dealers and the Fruit-A-Tives company.
Bath Firemen Parade and Muster Plans for Labor Day
Bath announces a big Welcome Home and Firemen muster with a 10 am street parade featuring three bands two drum corps and 3000 in line. Hand engine contests prize money 75 50 25 per class. Events include hose reel races punning races hydrant wash out. An afternoon baseball game and an evening ball at city hall for veterans. Two Bath handtubs join Brunswick and Topsham aboard a Bath lighter, with the Senator Baxter and possibly Ken nebeck or Gulf Stream sailing in. Gulf Stream, out two years, to be overhauled before Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowell
Bath
City Hall
Brunswick
Topsham
Baxter
Kennebeck
Gulf Stream
Portland
Brunswick’s Lieut. Wass Receives American Field Service Medal
Lieut. William B. Wass of the American Ambulance Service with French armies, son of Prof. and Mrs. Edward H. Wass of Bowdoin College, adds the American Field Service Medal to a series of honors. He volunteered in 1916, served with Lafayette Escadrille downing Bosche planes, and later joined the American army as first lieutenant. He is spending the summer at Squirrel Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William. BE. Wass
American Aviation Corps
Edward H. Wass
Bowdoin Rallege
Clemenceau
Wass
Brunswick
Brunswick High School
France
Ambulance Corps
United States
Squirrel Island
Roche and Fleming Offer 50 Percent Settlement
Creditors of Roche and Fleming Inc founders of Washington park receive notice from Portland lawyer Arthur Paul offering a 50 percent settlement in full. The developers have faced financial difficulties after developing the Shaw field on Winship Street, despite progress and built homes, sidewalks, and roads in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roche & Fleming, Inc
Washington
Park
Arthur Paul
Portland
Sly
Shaw Field
Winship Street
Malden Tax Rate Sparks Protest Over City Levy
Malden citizens protest a new tax rate of $30.50 per thousand, claimed as the highest in the city and state. The article notes Bath's rate at $35 per thousand, up $9 from last year, prompting comparison and local concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Mass
Massachusetts
Bath
Arrowsic Special Meeting to Address Bridge Repairs
A warrant calls a September 2 special town meeting in Arrowsic at 2 PM to decide on bridge repairs for the Arrowsic bridge and the creation of a bridge district. The gathering aims to involve the entire voting population due to wide interest in the issues. Mentions of local residents and a Portland visitor appear among fragmented lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsic
Arrowsic Bridge
Bridge District
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Drummond
Lise
Mermure
Eugiter G M . Dale
Joseph Everard
Bay Point
Clara. E
FELIS
Atmood
L. F.’ Medicine Co
George W. Brown
Mrs. Phillips
ECORA
Ted
N. Bu Corthell
of Shtondale
Mage
Ieee
Mentee Ng
Spring Street
Labor Day
Janet Cutler
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