Future for New England orchardists and local civic notes
Massachusetts expert Trot Sears predicts a bright future for New England apple crops with high quality fruit fetching better prices as production costs may fall with improved methods. The Colonial Club plans a Christmas aid program for children, Governor Baxter nears retirement, radio transmission of pictures nears perfection, and a bill to require Maine driver examinations faces legislative scrutiny.
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New England
Floc Sears
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Massachusets Fruit Growers Association
Iiferen
Py Press
Horatio Allen Locomotive Doubles Duty at Albany
A locomotive named Horatio Allen, claimed to be twice as efficient as current engines, was christened and placed in service by the Delaware and Hudson Railroad in Albany on Thursday. The maker asserts it will perform double the work with half the fuel and water consumption.
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Horatio Allen
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Albany
Ford to Erect East Somerville Plant
Somerville Mass welcomes a Ford assembly plant to East Somerville on a 30 acre site. When finished the facility will employ 2500 workers.
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Somerville
Mass
Henry Ford
East
East Somerville
Henry Clews Seat Sells on NYSE for 97000 Profit 94000
The New York Stock Exchange seat owned by the late Henry Clews sold on Thursday for 97000, yielding a profit of 94000 above his original 3000 purchase price. The deal highlights substantial gains in the posthumous sale of historic exchange memberships.
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New York Stock Exchange
Henry Clews
Daily accidental deaths split by cause across the rail system
The report states 1230 accidental deaths per day in the country with rail related deaths totaling 38 persons. It lists 19 drownings 20 burn deaths and 37 killed by falls as causes.
Georgetown Independent chatty column reports locals visiting and events
Georgetown Independent notes a busy week with visits to Medina Bath and Portland. Frank Heald travels to Medina after a few weeks at home. school resumes after Thanksgiving. Miss Evelyn Hussey teaches at South and Center pupil transport begins. Several residents travel, move, or recover, as parish life continues with a Christmas concert rehearsal under Mrs Billings.
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Frank Heald
Medina
N.Y
Evelyn Hussey
Dadi Williams
West Georgetown
Waltham
Mass
W.P. Boyd
Omar
Wooa
Todd
Joseph Higgins
Delle Heald
Bath
Harry Heald
Wo. O Oliver
Gladys Oliver
AL BL Buzzoe
Bath Hospital
Irving Campbell
Richmond
Verett Campebell
Wesley Church Ladies Sellout at Christmas Sale
Wesley church held its annual Christmas sale run by the Ladies Aid Sorority and Epworth League. Tables featured extracts beads wax works dolls and crafts while baked goods and coffee were offered by volunteers. Epworth League displayed wreaths plants and candy and the Sorority showcased dolls fancy items and chrysanthemums with several named organizers and helpers.
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Wesley Vestry
Ladies’ Aid, Sorority
Epworth League
Cyrus Reynolds
Eva Brooks
Dennison
B.A. Bparce
O. M. Brown
J. C. McBean
Abbie Gage
T. A. Walters
Carrie Sampson
William Davis
C. I. Ripley
Merton O. Webber
Walter I. Abbott
Thomas DP. Perkins
S. Th. Conley
Epworth
Elizabeth Lowell
Louise Stewart
Lilie M. Cahill
Karl Stanley
Marl Lerdnond
Ena Bucknam
Arthur W. HL. Ram
Amnie Stewrt
Police uncover canned goods linked to hospital theft
At Roy Garnet’s Milan street home police found four full cases of canned goods and a trunk of similar items, matching goods reported missing from City hospital. Garnet was arraigned before Judge Keegan in police court and the case was continued to December 15. Edward W. Bridgham is attorney.
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Roy Garnet
Milan Street
City Hospital
Garnet
Keegan
Edward W. Bridgham
Federal marshal questions man in post office break case
United States Deputy Marshal Keene of Portland interviewed Fred Perry in Bath regarding post office break-ins at Gray Yarmouth and Wells. City Marshal Hall offered to detain Perry for transport to Portland after his police court arraignment on larceny of the Lewis and Worrey wagomobiles for further federal questioning.
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United States
Keene
Portland
Bath
Fred Perry
Gray
Yarmouth
Wells
Hall
Perry
Elks Memorial Service Honors Departed Members
A large turnout attended the Elks Lodge annual memorial service at Treat Bath lodge. Past Exalted Ruler L Eugene Thebeau delivered a strong address paying tribute to 42 members who have passed since the lodge began on November 15, 1904, drawing praise from attendees afterward.
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Lodge of Sorrow
Treat
Bath Lodge of Elks
L. Eugene Thebeau
Thebeau
Thebean
Elks
Five Islands Grange elects officers and reports locals
The Five Islands Grange held its annual election naming Master Febridge Mines and officers including Overseer W L Berry and Secretary L T Rowe. Members noted arrivals departures and social events with clams supper and visits to nearby towns. Kenneth J McMahan of Arlington Mass died, drawing sympathy from the community.
Second Cosmopolitan Play Delivers Strong Second Night
The Mmusion comedy The Glorious Girl at the Columbia drew strong audience praise with a flawless cast, improved dancing, and professional show rhythm. After the performance, most cast members and friends joined a late gymnasium dance at the YMCA, with Grindells orchestra providing music and a line of patronesses listed.
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Mmusion
Columbia
Sam
Cosmopolitan Club
Ymcial
Grindells Orchestra
Marthas PL Small
Clarence J. Johnson
Leonaire B. Morse
John Melnnes
Daniel T. Dougherty
William S. Newell
Rosege PL McFadden
Mrs Cornelia G Blaisdell dies after illness in Bath
Mrs Cornelia Glass Blaisdell 68, wife of John W Blaisdell, died Monday noon at 657 Washington street after a shock Wednesday night. Born in Bowdoinham, she came to Bath at age three, married July 13, 1894. A devout Adventist, she was active in church and leaves sister Mrs Maria Cahill Somerville Mass and niece Mrs Alice Goddard Lisbon Falls.
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Cornelia Glass Blaisdell
John W. Blaisdell
Washington Street
Blaisdell
Bowdoinham
Coleman
Orpha Webber Thompson
Bath
Sds
William Burch
Maria Cahill
Somerville
Mass
Alice Goddard
Lisbon Falls
Former Bath Woman Dies in Washington
Sarah A. Gannett, former of Bath, died in Washington Thursday at age 10. She was linked to Henry Gannett, former National Geographic president, and to William H. Gannett of Augusta. A noted writer with articles in story magazines, she was the last of her Gannett branch. Funeral services were held Saturday in Washington with burial there.
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Sarah A. Gannett
Bath
Washington
Henry Gannett
National Geographic Magazine
William H. Gannett
Augusta
Gannett
City
Flock of Wild Geese Over Bath and Local Trades
A noon southwesterly geese flight over Phippsburg is noted while Bath residents report activities including hunting two ducks near Parker Head and various local movements. Movements include sales of livestock, visits, relocations for work, and a jury notice for Saturday afternoon.
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Lesten Harrington
Bath
Lester Harrington
Parker
George N. Cutting
Anson
William TR. Bowker
Charles T. Small
Winnegance
Rosa Carpenter
Chirence Pye
Porth
National Tiscnuit Co
Percy Kerstead
Perley Crummett
Whitefield
Rank Allegrind
Activities committee of D A R holds Bath meeting
Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter 1D A R plans monthly entertainments to raise funds for Bath D A R work. January’s events led by Mrs Charles Browne of Bowdoin. At Y M C A meeting prior, Miss Carrie Shaw and John Sheldon performed with the South Ind orchestra.
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Dummer Sewall
Clarence FE
Johnson
Summer Street
D. A. RR
Bath
Charles Browne
Bowdoin
PD. A. RR
Harry FE. Ring
Carrie Shaw
John Sheldon
South Ind Orchestra
Universalist Ladies Clear Over 150 At Christmas Sale
The annual Christmas sale of the Ladies aid and Murray club of Universalist Church cleared over 150 dollars Thursday in the vestry. The event featured a wide range of articles at each table and strong leadership from Mrs. Charles II Rideout and Mrs. Amos Perry.
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Ladies Aid and
Murray Club
Annie Ward
Martha Barker
Margaret Adams
Harry T. Passmore
Charles A. Harriman
Charles F. Rideout
Charles A. Blair
John T. Paris
George Merrill
Martha Hooper
Albion C. Staples
Harry G. Deering
George H. Hodgkins
Addie Robbins
Howard B. Johnson
James W. Savage
Alice Shorey
Henry G. Hlodgdon
Lily Moses
Emma Hooper
trace—Parr
Maud Longley
George W. Scudder
Leonard Gowell
Sarah Adams
Charles H. Hooper
Evangeline Haines
Amos Perry
Fear Bath Chinaman victim in Tong War
The article reports a disappearance linked to a Chinese Tong war in Bath. A young Chinaman who ran Chin Sam Lee’s Front Street laundry vanished two weeks ago after moving the operation to Charlie Woo, with rumors of Tong involvement and possible sighting in Boston or Portland. Local authorities and Portland police seek leads as laundry customers seek process.
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Bath
Chin Sam Lee
Front Street
China
Charlie Woo
Independent
Loy Wong
Center Street
Portland
Chinvin
Boston
Fred FP. Hall
Loy
Election of Officers by Forty and Eight 1925
Voiture Locale No. ST4 La Societe de 40 Tilommes et Chevaux elected officers for 1925 at the annual meeting. John Crane was named Chef de Gare and Hersham Oliver Chef de Train with Arthur Berry as Correspondent and Randall D. Coombs as Commissaire Intentant. A full list of other posts and committees followed.
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la Societe de 40 Tilommes Et Chevaux
Chef
Gare
John Crane
Hersham Oliver
Arthur Berry
Randall D. Coombs
Garde de la Porte
Otis Munro
Gardes Des Prisonniers
Roland Haining
Eugene Bridges
Earl Maxwell
Conducteure
Eugene Worrey
Warren IE. Kershner
Leslie Mello
J. Horace McClure
Perry L. Thompson
Vpercy RR. Low
Roscoe BE. Perkins
T. Trott
Gaien Ward
J. J. Morse
EK. M. Desmond
Have Hard Ride On a Maine Road
Mr and Mrs Frank Montgomery and Mars Fletcher return Dec 1 from East Bucksport where they had joined Mrs Fletcher's sister Mars J Ervin West who had been visiting. They left East Bucksport at 8 am in a Chrysler and had to break a path to Holden ten miles away. On reaching the State highway they faced ditching conditions and feared leaving the road as several cars went off. The party finished without further trouble.
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Frank Montgomery
Mars. Fletcher
East Bucksport
Bath firm incorporates in Bath with $25,000 capital
The attorney general approves the certificate of incorporation for W. Rogers, Incorporated, organized at Bath to engage in general merchandise wholesale and retail. Capital stock is $25,000 all common, par value $100, shares subscribed three, directors include G.C. Rogers as president and treasurer. Rogers and Gardiner I. Rogers, all of Bath.
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Attorney General
W. Rogers
Bath
Rogers
Gardiner I
New Glacier Found on Muncaster Mountain Washington
Forest rangers report a new glacier in the Olympic Mountains on Muncaster Mountain. Four foresters climbed the 7000 foot peak and found it split into two summits with a mile wide ice field between them.
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Olympic Mountains
Washington
Muncaster Mountain
Still Alarm Fire at McCabe Home on Water and Vine
Fire department responded to a still alarm Friday noon at the Charles McCabe residence on Water and Vine streets. The blaze started in woodwork around a ceiling opening. one chemical pony extinguished the flames. Mrs. Alpheus Gove is ill and confined at home.
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Combination 4
Cloutier
Charles McCabe
Water and
Vine Streets
Hundred Relic Latin Crossword Clue Review
Puzzle lists many scattered clues for words including musical instruments and legal terms. The grid hints at a themed crossword with entries like contrabass instrument and Goethe hero, plus general terms for cooking and shelter. The full solution appears in the next issue.
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Goethe
zu—College
the Sun
Masquerade Ball Plans Progress at Bath Music Hall
Bath Veteran Firemens Association tees up a New Year’s masquerade ball with committees already at work. In weekly whist, first prizes went to Mrs Edward Miller and Charles Leagitt, second to M Nickerson and Edward Miller.
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Bath Veteran Firemens Association
Music Hall
Edward Miller
Charles Leagitt
M. Nickerson
Aliens Refused Landing in England in 1925 By Nation
Officials rejected landing permission for 1925 with totals: 487 French 300 Germans about 100 Americans and many Italians. The note mentions Miss Florence Watson passing away in Brunswick.
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England
United Kingdom
Florence Watson
Brunswick
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Georgetown
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H. F. Mc- Mahan
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Ashdale
Mereen
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the Bath Independent
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