Bath Concern Buys Noted Barge For Kennebec Work
The Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co buys the Philadelphia & Reming barge East to aid coal delivery from Bath. The 1100 ton craft will be used from the Bath discharge plant, tow easier, and load more coal per trip. It arrived Monday under tow to West Boothbay Harbor for winter quarters amid ice concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia & Reming Barge East
Philadelphia
Kennebec Ports
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Bath
Reading
Carlisle
Winter Quarters
West Boothbay Harbor
Vpejepscot
Sagadahoe Towing Co
Kennebec Towage O
Seguin
Maine Central Railroad
Ferdinando Gorges
Senator-Elect Drake Addresses Pupils on Insurance
Senator-elect J Edward Drake spoke for forty minutes to a Commercial Law class at Morse High School. He outlined fire marine accident and life insurance and explained company formation and policy issuance, stressing honesty in dealings with insured, company, and self.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Drake
Morse High School
Agnes Fahey
Senator Drake
Maine
Tie
Drake
Toy train in window stirs curious readers around town
A window toy train at Bridge Merrilh Inc moves slowly along a 15 foot circumference track, completing eight trips per minute and covering about a third mile per run. Mystery notes on mileage vary as figures are debated by store staff and editors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge-Merrilh Inc
Christmans
Sanford Nickerson
Toy and Crockery
Bowdoinham Town Notes Bulk of Local News
Winter health concerns. residents travel to Sanford and Portland for care and visits. Local business firm Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co. starts its mixing plant early. Kendall Grain Co. ships grain to country traders, boosting town commerce. Community events include a Christmas tree and Sabbath school concert, and a town dance marred by cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfred
Maines
Xeon
Harold Haines
Biddeford
Edith
Alphonse
Frank Wood
Hattie O. Andros
Sanford
A. Cobb
R. J. Purington
Sagadahoe Fertilizer Co
Portland
W. B. & FB. WY. Kendall Grain Co
Concord World Mills Ad Offers Combed Wool Samples
An ad from Concord World Mills Concord promotes combed wool in many shades for hand Kavttia marching. It mentions 22 per postage and sample jars mailed. The text is fragmented but indicates a seller offering wool products and postage details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ducet Fom
Ata Lig
Concord World Mills
Concord
Three Salesmen Sought for Garden Seed Fieldwork
An ad from Cobh Co. seeks three male salesmen to sell high grade garden air field seed direct, offering commissions and on the job training. Trauklin, Mas: 129-40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobh Co
Trauklin
Morse High School Honor Rolls For Six Weeks
The Morse High School honor roll for November 1 to December 10 lists top students by class. Seniors include Doris Campbell and Marjory Dearborn with highest honors. juniors and freshmen feature numerous students across highest honors and honors categories, detailing names such as Isabel Birns Henry DeLong Dorothy Smith Winifred Aderton Catherine English and George Lintefield Evelyn Redson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Doris Campbell
Marjory Dearborn
Helen Decker
Lilian Cutler
Elen Dodo
Ruth Emeryon
Ethel Huse
Clarabell Quick
Catharine O'Donnell
Thizel Wakefield
Hlonors
Minnie Brown
Avex Burden
Bessie Greenblatt
Arthur Hall
Josephine Thunblen
Winifred Kennerson
Isabell Lewis
Isabelle W Paisley
Evelyn Petlock
Elizabeth Rolfe
Edith Small
Laurence Specht
Louise Stewart
Alice Whalen
Virginia Clark
Kathryn Galvin
Carolyn Rogers
Isabel Birns
Henry DeLong
Dorothy Smith
Howard Bates
Delia Toutia
Dwinal Cornish
Eleanor Danforth
Bernice Gilley
Margaret Lord
Emma MacDowall
Marion O'Tara
Lena Oliver
Virginia Winkham
Edward Staples
Natalie Smith
Dorothy Thompson
Lelia Thornton
Marjorie Troop
Carolvne Turner
Lillian Stover
Louise Duprey
Winifred Aderton
Catherine English
Sophie Greenbhutt
Edna Hillwell
Mildred Trnpper
Miviel Trowe
Marriov Legard
Mary Twomey
Mary Pryant
Ame Edgecomb
Frederic Gilnore
Edith Cotte
Raynoll Hathorne
Amy Trish
Russell Vy
Evelyn Lightbody
Ligzabeth McGrath
Anna Meau Nye
Esther Petlock
Carolyn Phin
Silas Mlant
Local Notices From Bowdoinham Post Road and Nearby
Community notes report Mrs Serois passing away last week in Waterville and Karl Deusliss returning home with a trained nurse. The Millay Bros and James Cornish had cows tested. Mr Jenkins returned from Boston and George Nekley visits Prank Pleath in Upton. Caleb Mitchells report stalled radio. Roads drifted badly over the weekend causing many delays and troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serois
Waterville
Karl Deusliss
Millay Bros
James Cornish
Mr. Jenkins
Boston
George Nekley
Upton
Prank Pleath
Caleb Mitchell
Haute Omto
Mail Service Change for Business Men in Bath
Bath business leaders expect relief from late mail delays as a trial schedule aims to bring Brunswick to Bath mail by 12 o'clock each night. Until approval, trucks will deliver the Brunswick mail to Bath. Also reported is the funeral of Capt. Mark N. Leroy in Bath with burial at Perey Cemetery.
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Agallorte Pallervice
Tuelby
Vna
Rce
Ing
Brunswick
Albion
Harry Mosher
Wiscasset
Venadella Mosher
Loraine Heenie
Kimma Snell
Milton Given
James H. Ames
Jessie
Massachusetts
TU. Wallace
Watertown
Wallace
Thewdernham
Harvey Ames
Santa Chrus
Bath
Boston
Tac
Lewiston
Bangor
Portland
Cahill
F. J. Thresher
Division 5
Railway Mail Service
Mark N. Leroy
Cox Head
Elbridge W. Morse
Parker Plead Road
Mr. Morse
Samuel A. Myans
Haydn Quartet of
Nathaniel Perey
Gilen M. Daley
Edwin Wyman
Perey Cemetery
Bridge approaches take shape as crew pours concrete
Throngs of spectators watch The Foundation Co. pour concrete for the Kennebec bridge highway approaches at Front and Vine streets. Forms rise into six foot wide walls with trenches dug 12 to 15 feet to form strong curbs. shore piers near completion with one encased in interlocking metal plates. The work promises an architecturally handsome bridge approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front
Vine Streets
Foundation Co
Kennebec Bridge
Vine Street
Front Street
Old Folks Home Receives Baby Grand Piano
The Old Folks Home in Bath was presented a Weber baby grand piano by Charles M. Lincoln of Montclair New Jersey a former Bath boy. Lincoln said he never gave away anything that gave him so much pleasure and the gift completes a scene in the home’s south parlor delighting guests. Mrs Edward W Dridgham hosted St Marys guild at the parish house on Oak street Monday night with 15 members present and crackers cheese and coffee served as plans were laid for the Christus tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central Railroad
Seguin
William DB
Phagwelt
Dethleherm Shipbuilding Corp
Earier
Joseph Thart
Path Wir
Mas Dhaggett
Bath Pron Works, Ltd
Charles M. Lincoln
Montclair
N. J
Lincoln
Edward W. Dridgham
St. Mary's Quild
Oak Street
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Kenyon
Bath Concern
Maine Central
Tim
Imne
Picure
Armerican
Oklahoma
Maine Central Ppc
Imaine Central Railroad
Bowdoinham
J. McCinn
Coombs High School
Steuben
J. Richardson
Cosgrove
Town Hall
Thomas Pease
Richmond
Robert Pergn
J. E. Cornish
Newtonville
Mary Jane Morse
Sisters’ Hospital
Jewiston
Alice Whittier
The
Baptist Church
Granse
Ta Browne
W. Or. Graves
F. OK
Janek
Rh. O. Douglas Lias
Richmond Village
Tracera
S. OT. Court
Bari
Caleb W. Sedgley
Horace J
Baptist Society
Chretmas Tree
Sabbeth Rehool
Elever
Richard Frye
Bowdoin Road
Tle
Alphonzo Derry
Sagadahoc Fertilizer (Co
Fine
New York
Robert Webber
Farnacton
F. IK
Jacek Wer Richwend
Leroy Williams
Ruimnferd Balls
Williams
Everett Williams
Kenneth Webber
Myron Teenie
Lelia Bishop
Vassal
Jake Bishop
Evelyn Sedgley
Rich- Inead
George Sedgley
Waring Denham
Mir
Aml
John Denham
Melon
Cannon Garage
Miss Welenackett
Moyen Powle
Tell Operators’ O School
Fowtle
Puriiton
States Range
Charles Tackett
Eyve Yn
Kenneth
Dronedd
Thesday
Currier
Cornville
Nial
Mleaner
Lranees Wilson
Flo Thundles
Julia Center
Tetfeo
Mires Wiodse
Morse
George Lintefield
Evelyn Redson
Eileen Bowker
Teeonard Brown
Edward Bridgham
Edward de Sheet
Bet Berle Hare Eerie
Eleanor Grinnell
Dorothy Thiam
Edmore Hall
Stanley Henderson
Eugene Ingalls
Vernon Owston
Alfred Roberts
Virginia Rogers
Nathan Watson
Ruth Watson
Marion Whittier
Weikko Wirta
Senter
Bowdoinham Post Road
Midnight Mail
Beacon Bath
Bath Department Store
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