Richmond Brevities Highlight Local Moves and Obituaries
George Whitney of Richmond dies at his Boston home aged 59 and is buried in Evergreen cemetery after services at Bowdoinham. The community notes include grange officers elected, residents visiting Gardiner and Augusta, and several local moves and visits. Everett Merrill 70 dies in Newburyport Mass with funeral in Richmond connections mentioned.
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George Whitney
Richmond
Boston
Evergreen Cemetery
Bowdoinham
Robert S
Lotten (Bradstreet) Whitney
L. W. Grundy
William Gray
Maine Junction
Clifford Gray
James Gallagher
Leah Littlefield
Carolyn Marr
Gardiner
Charles Bowdoin
Pennsylvania
Raymond James
Paul Jack
Clarence Morrill
Cecil Hatfield
Portland
Orrin Sidelinger
Bell Brothers
Curtis House
Main Street
Leon Ladd
Lewiston
Bert Morrisette
Leslie Grundy
Skowhegan
Everett Douglass
George Hawkes
State Grange
Augusta
A. C. Randall
Enterprise Grange
Homer Alexander
Cleveland Mariner
George Thompson
Forner Patten
Minnie Waldron
Myrtle Stewart
Mary Osborne
Ceres
Florence Wheeler
Pomona
Viola Douglass
Flora
Bertha Curtis
Freda Marriner
Elizabeth Alexander
Sadie Hull
Reed Jack
Winfield Hull
John Harford
Ernest Meserve
The
Baptist Church
Progressive Grange
Orman Douglas
Mabel Millay
Otis Gray
Howard Knight
Allen Wardell
A. S
Dorothea Temple
Litchfield
R. A. L. Colby
Litchfield Plains Cemetery
Cora Darrah
George Wilson
Leslie Roberts
Lillian Johnson
Elizabeth Haynes
Everett S. Merrill
Newburyport
Mass
Merrill
Charles Dickey
George N. Libby
Henrietta Williams
New York
Mount Pleasant
Oliver Blen
Joseph Morton
Harold N. Libby
Spruce Street
Fred Lewis
Myron Douglass
Ivan Richardson
Richmond High School
Waterville
Lambda Chi al
Christmas Gift Guide With Inexpensive Apparel
A local store advertises Christmas gifts including dress shirts flannel shirts pajamas night shirts high grade gloves fur lined gloves sweaters lumbermen jackets wool hoses and a wide range of ties scarves and boys clothing with prices from 50 cents to 5.95. The message urges shoppers to visit the store noting wonderful values on every item and promising savings.
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Amoskeag
Richmond Corner News Briefs Include Illnesses and Visits
Leslie Roberts and John Parker are listed as sick. Thelma Sheen of Bowdoin suffers complications after a cat bite and had her hand cauterized. Oscar Hatch died at home Saturday. funeral Tuesday. Farm Bureau met Thursday with noted plans for further meetings.
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Leslie Roberts
John Parker
Ernest Purington
Portland
Thelma Sheen
Bowdoin
Cobb
Frank Lowell
G. J. Hamilton
Elmer Purington
Richmond Village
Harold Starbird
Auburn
Charlie Cobb
Lewis Rideout
Bowdoinham
Oscar Hatch
C. P. Briery
Danville
Mr. Briery
The
Farm Bureau
Small Pox Ban Lifted After City Health Update
The small pox ban was lifted Tuesday morning at 12.01 as the disease situation improved. Nine cases remain in light form with expected further quarantine removals soon. Public gathering venues are reopening and social activities resume. Librarian Miss Margaret R. Foote asked Kingsley to notify families with cases to destroy library books.
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Margaret R. Foote
Patten Library
Kingsley
Prohibition Bureau Seeks Storekeeper Gauger
The Civil Service Commission calls for applications for storekeeper gauger positions with the Prohibition Bureau through December 31. Salary ranges from 2000 to 2500 dollars annually with higher posts filled by promotion. Duties include work at alcohol plants warehouses and distilleries. Applicants need at least one year in a chemical or physical lab or related field in the last ten years.
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The
Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Prohibition
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
United States Civil Service Board
See Our China Display in the New Exhibit
A new exhibit features a Chinese display inviting visitors to explore traditional porcelain and lacquerware. Curator notes emphasize craftsmanship and regional styles from various dynasties. The display runs through the month with guided tours on weekends.
Attendance Improves in Public Schools After Ban
Attendance in the public schools rose from 953 absentees on Monday last to 400 by Monday this week and an estimated total under 300 by noon Tuesday. Supt. Wilson met five school principals and discussed attendance and other issues arising from the ban.
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Wilson
Supt
State to keep highways open for winter travel
The Maine State Highway Department has arranged with Clinton H Kaler of Woolwich to keep the Bath to Wiscasset Woolwich line road open this winter. A five ton Mack bulldog truck with a Sargent plow arrived for Kaler who will patrol for snow and clear the road at three inches. Kenneth Wiscasset will assist with a tractor toward Woolwich, and Brunswick and other towns will maintain their sections to New Meadows river.
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State Highway Department
Clinton 8. Kaler
Woolwich
Bath
Wiscasset-Woolwich
Butler Farm
Montsweag
Kaler
Woolwich Line
New Meadows River
Brunswick
Dr I C Irish Appeals Court Case Over False Representations
Dr I C Irish of Bowdoinham appealed from municipal court to the supreme term in January after claiming a New York book company salesman misled him a year ago. The agent sold books and offered a refund option, but Irish refused payment on a bill exceeding $60. Attorney John P Carey Jr of Bath represents the firm. Several county residents say they were also victimized.
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I. C. Irish
Bowdeinham
Keegan
Supreme
New York
Bowdoinham
Irish
Lindoinham
Fire wrecks Center Street tenement families seek aid
Families of James Guynn and Charles Staples lost furnishings in a Saturday morning fire at 214 216 Center Street. They saved clothing but lost bedding and need furniture. Mrs. Crockett, police matron, seeks contributions and asks donors to contact the police headquarters.
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James Guynn
Charles Staples
Center Street
Crockett
Tors
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State Fireman's Association
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Catherine Boyle
Newport
Charles O. Baker
William T. Packard
Freeport
E. E. Packard
South Pleasant Street
L. H. Lamoreau
H. B. Curran
W. E. Douglass
R E. Libby
George Gilbert
Lloyd Kelley
Mabel Lancaster
A. B. Kelley
Beatrice Kelley
Nettie Clark
Elva Griffin
Somerville
Charles Griffin
W. F. Dunham
Lillian E. Dunham
Carroll Young
Winter Harbor
Max Kutz
Elm Street
Toyland
Bath, Maine
Ggifts
Richmond Corner
Prohibition Bureau
Hudnut
Ccty
Styx
Men’s Furnishings Department
China
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Lisle
Gordon
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China Department
Jacquard
Betty Bates
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
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Wiscasset
Mr. Kaler
Kenneth Wiscasset
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