Washington Zoo notes from Bathman visit
The Independent reporter Bathman describes changes at the Washington Zoo including the new reptile house and bird house, deaths of old favorites like Dot Highboy and the Brazilian tapir, and the arrival of a baby gorilla Ngi and a chimpanzee playmate. He details the handling of the chimp and gorilla pair, the attraction of the gorilla cage, and a planned meeting between Ngi and the chimp.
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the Independent
Zoo
Zoo Park
Washington
Dot
Highboy
Mann
Old Bird House
Johns Hopkins University
White House
Johannesburg
South Africa
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Lion House
Africa
N'gin
Hoover
N’ei
Washington Zoo
Gibbons
N’gi
East
The
Washington Post
Zso
Tanganyika
East Africa
N'gi
Wm. M. Mann
Clever Minstrel Show Staged by Cosmopolitan Club
Mysterious minstrels entertained full houses at the opera house on Wednesday and Thursday. Genevieve Duprey and Marion Hill Freeman led the end men in witty banter. The revue featured many standout numbers and a large ensemble finale. The Wedding of the Paper Dolls preceded the show, and the club cleared over $109 under director Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Opera House
Genevieve Duprey
Marion Hill Freeman
Miss Duprey
Pete
Mrs. Freeman
Dorothy Welch
Swanee River
Charlotte O’brien
Mildred Hooper
True Blue
Lou
Margaret Lord “Love
Grace Cunningham
Devil
Hubert H. McCarty
Mary Cunningham
Ralph Small
Herbie Douglas
Dido Cutting
Catharine Hooper
Berenice Quimby
Mildred
Edward
Roberts Cummings
Alice Dennison
Bride
Richard
Dennison
Judith Dennison
Flower Girl
Barbara
Priscilla Trott
Robert Cummings
Irving Carleton Mank, Jr
Minister
Barbara Mank
Mamma Doll
Betty Mank
Barbara Hopkins
Jumping Jack
Polly Nickerson
Little Red Riding Hood
Jean Dennison
Buster Brown
Phyllis Powell
Dorothy Safford
Beatrice Doble
Leah Merrill
Follies Girls
Roscoe P. McFadden
Hi Esmoro Crosses Atlantic on Private Yacht Journey
Hi Esmaro a 267 foot private yacht owned by H Edward Manville Pleasantville New York completed a safe south Atlantic crossing touched the Canary Islands and heads to Monte Carlo for a party including Mr and Mrs Manville Mrs William Payne and Dr H E Robinson after an over land trip to Stockholm Sweden The Bath Iron Works Corp Bath built the yacht and it was launched June 7 of this year designed by Henry J Gielow Inc
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H. Edward Manville
Pleasantville
N. Y
South Atlantic
Canary Island
Monte Carlo
Manville
William Payne
H. E. Robinson
Stockholm
Sweden
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Henry J. Gielow, Inc
Governor Blames Two Legislatures For Maine Penal System
Governor William Tudor Gardiner says Maine’s penal system suffers because two legislatures failed to pass a bill to consolidate management of the state prison and reformatories. He notes inmate labor yields modest pay and that educational work for women prisoners is limited, urging passage by the next legislature.
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William Tudor Gardiner
Reformatory For Men
Reformatory For Women
Maine
National Society of Penal Information
Penal Society
Welfare and Honor League
Thomaston
Gardiner
Adee
Board of Prison Commissioners
Parry's Tire Store Burglarized In Early Hours
Parry's Tire Store at 227 Front Street opposite the Park was entered by burglars in the early hours of Saturday. A flashlight and screwdriver may have been taken, though the money drawer was untouched. Desks were pried, tracks in snow showed entry from Commercial Street side, and the thieves left via the front door taking the door key. City Marshal Walter L. Whitney investigated the break in.
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Parry
Front Street
Walter L. Whitney
Commercial Street
Corner Brook Foundry & Machine Co
Christmas Work Plans for the Needy Poor
Cosmopolitan club Current Events group met Thursday afternoon to outline Christmas charity work for city families. Mrs. Farnham, Miss Johnson, and Mrs. Morse led talks on annual drives and a summer project by Mr. and Mrs. Wilson aiding 25 Frenchboro families. A Jan 9 recess marks a shift to Domestic Art with recipe contributions and talks on household aids, room setup, and handcraft products.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Charles R. Farnham
Alice H. Johnson
Herriet Morse
Harry G. Deering
Leland R. Mitchell
Frank A. Hodgdon
Maine Residents Paid 8688973.55 In Federal Tax This Year
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue publicized in Washington a summary showing Maine paid 8,688,973.55 in federal tax for the year ending June 30. The per capita tax is estimated at 10.93 dollars based on a 795,000 population.
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Maine
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
Washington, D. C
Crawford Chosen State Master by Maine Grangers
Harry 3B Crawford of Houston was elected State Master of the Maine State Grange on the first ballot at the 56th annual convention, defeating State Senator Merle J. Harriman of Readfield 348 to 169. Richardson withdrew, Crawford supporters aided his election, and several other officers were chosen or re elected.
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Harry
National Grange
Richardson
Crawford
Allison P. Howes
Palmyra
E.E. Addison
Auburn
I. W. Case
Lubec
W. L. Hammonds
Hampden
Suit over damages to Sunset Park housing project
The People's Investment Association sues the City of Bath for 5000 alleging property damage at Sunset Park North End due to lack of police protection. The suit names Bath officials, notes prior tax notices, and vows to fight for full tax payment and damages.
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People’s Investment Association
City of
Bath
Sunset Park
North End
Jacob H. Berman
Portland
John W. Gilmore
Henderson
Edward W. Bridgham
City Hall
Gilmore
Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States Shipping Board
Arthur G. Spear
Board of Assessors
Edmund P. Briggs
People's Investment Association
Cahill
Salvation Army Christmas Appeal Buoys Bath Donations
Bath residents support the Salvation Army annual Christmas dinner and winter relief drive. Kettles are placed citywide under Capt Warren with donations dropped in kettles or mailed to Salvation Army headquarters 15 Water Street. The drive runs until Christmas. The article also notes historic turkey customs among Native Americans before the pilgrims.
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Bath
Salvation Army
Army
Warren
Water Street
Gardiner of Maine Prefers Quiet Life and Public Service
Governor William Tudor Gardiner blends farming and sailing with a focus on good government. He lives at a Woolwich farm once home to Sir William Phips, chats with visitors at the capitol, and pursues consolidation of Maine state departments after his 1928 landslide election.
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State of
Maine
State House
William Tudor Gardiner
Morton B. Havey
Governor Gardiner
Harvard
Tudor Gardiner
Hasty Pudding Club
Portland
Robert H. Gardiner
Boston
Kennebec River
Woolwich
Gardiner
William Phips
New England
Dedication Service Marks North End Church Reopening
Sunday’s program celebrated the re dedication of Bath’s Beacon Street Episcopal church with a rebuilt interior including pews new flooring pulpit choir railings and a center aisle. The $5 600 project was funded by bequests from George P Davenport as part of a broader history of the church and its growth in Bath and nearby districts.
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North End Church
Beacon Street Episcopal Church
George P. Daven
Alice May Douglas
Clifford B. Smith
Bath
Parriogto
W. F
Q. Hatch
W. Shaw
C. F. Allen
Op Jones
Beacon Street
Ley
Bath Mission
Biddeford
H. M. Blake
Charles Davenport
P. Davenport
L. H. Bean
Washington and Beacon
Lynn
Ladd
Ing
Lewiston
Luther Freeman
Chestnut Street M. E
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Bathman
Dr. Mann
F. G. Carnadien
Smithsonian-Chrysler
Carnacan
Cape Town
Cosmopolitan
Arthur—Allen
Optometrist
Center Street
Mon
Atlantic Ocean
Parry’s Tire
Maine Grangers
Harriman
Howes
Flora
Pomona
Ceres
Nellie Hascall
Fred Walker
Readfield
Woods
Lakes OF
Beacon Street Church
Winchester
Johnson
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