China of Today And Its Problems Well Described
Dr Charles I Lincoln of Brunswick spoke at the Bath Rotary luncheon on conditions in China since 1911. He cited internal feudalism, external pressure from Japan, and the influence of Red Russia. The talk noted political chaos, military autocracy, weakened education, and uncertain fate for China amid loans and regional strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Charles 8. I. Lincoln
Brunswick
Bath
Asia
Japan
Lincoln
Manchuria
Great West
United States
Chin
Red
Russia
Austin IL. MacCormick
Bowdoin
Brunswick Rotary Club
Chester Schubert
Brooklyn
I. W. Carlton
Woolwich
Bath Rotary Plans Municipal Christmas Tree Exercises
The Bath Rotary committee has arranged a Christmas tree event at the city park near the pond and library for Thursday afternoon. The program includes carol singing, Morse High band music, and addresses by Rev. Edwin Dodge Wardin and Mayor Charles H. Cahill. City officials will guard the tree after bulbs were broken while ensuring a large turnout if weather permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Fred F. Hall
Morse High Band
Edwin Dodge Wardin
Charles H. Cahill
Bath
Highway Sign System Adopted to Warn Drivers
Road officials approve a standard set of danger and directional signs for interstate routes, with United States shield markers, color coded cautions, and sign shapes denoting levels of danger. The program aims to unite national routes under Federal Aid and state cooperation for safer travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of State Highway Officials
State Highway Department
Bureau of Pubiic Roads
United States
U. S
Joint Board
Past President's Night Planned by Bath Aerie Eagles
Bath aerie of Eagles completes plans for the Vast President's night with past presidents chairing the meeting on January 12. A banquet and entertainment follow the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Tax cuts spark call to cut local spending
Public debate follows a Dubuque Times Journal editorial arguing that federal tax reductions raise national tax intake while urging cities counties and states to trim expenditures as the federal government did.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Brave Townsfolk Save A Railroad From Junk Heap
A Maine community along the two foot gauge Wiscasset Waterville and Farmington line raised 50 000 to buy and operate their rail service after a run down period. The project highlights local pride as residents and summer visitors restored the line once seen as scrap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Waterville
Sheepscat River
Sheepscot
Marmington
Wiscasset &Quebec
Quebec
Albion
George J. Varney
Farmington
Alna
Whitefield
George Whitefield
Windsor
China
Artemus Libbey
Supreme Judicial Court of
Maine
Placid
Shepyeat
Mexico
Peru
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Poland
Paris
Naples
Belgrade
Palermo
Vienna
Cresden
Madrid
Canton
Samuel Johnson
Sheepscut Valley
Androscoggin
Kennebec
Oxford
Isso
Wiscasset & Quebec
Jones’s Plantation
Tsso
Sheepscat Valley
West River Valley Railroad
Brattleboro
Londonderry
Vermont
Real estate selling on Tremont and Washington streets Miami
The description compares Miami real estate practice to Boston routes. It envisions placing a real estate office in every first floor storefront from Adams Square to Boylston Street and along Copley Square, illustrating aggressive selling methods.
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Miami
Via
Tremont Street
Boston
Adams Square
Boylston Street
Washington Street
Copley Square
Judge Keegan to Auction Life Stock at Armstrong Grocery
Bankruptcy trustee Judge John J. Keegan conducted a sale of life stock at the William A. Armstrong grocery at the North end. The event drew a large crowd and numerous bargains were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Keegan
Ife
William A. Armstrong
North End
Independent's Mail Brings a Cheering Word
Dr Alvin Plummer of San Francisco writes to Bath Independent praising the paper. He encloses a yearly subscription and offers Bath residents in San Francisco access to his office for information about Bath and old friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
The
Alvin Plummer
San Francisco
Bath
the Independent
Market St
Path of Gold
California
Maine Roads Admired By A Man In Cuba
A Cuba Maine reader asks Gov. Brewster how Maine roads stay tree lined and safe. William W Lawton of Cuba writes from Hotel Plaza New York praising Maine practices and inquires about Maine law on roadside trees.
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Maine
Cuba
Gov. Brewster
William W. Lawton
Hotel Plaza
New York
Holand Spring
Public Works
Island of
Jetter
BP Wepares
Bath to Crown Queen at Opera House Carnival
Bath Opera House plans a coronation pageant to crown a queen with a royal guard and four ladies in waiting as part of a carnival. The event awaits snowfall before a date is announced and features a Maine New Hampshire theatre collaboration, a city mayoral tribute, a full orchestra, and military band trumpeters.
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Bath Opera House
Maine and
New Hampshire Theatres, Inc
Bath
Lilly Pond
Hoo. HW. W. Larrabee
David Mullin
Francis Duprey
Gordon Harrington
Edwin Johnson
Warren Hawley
Billy Mussenden
Queen
Charles Hh
Sth Infantry
U.S. Army
Hooker & Howe
Haverhill
Mass
Wiliam T. Gray
Maine and New Hampshire Theatres, Inc
Doris Fuller
Doris’ Puller
PEC
Reise Eons
Ken Lee
Linderst
Margaret Daley
Vadrie
Ieee
Mars
Peek Tso
Margaret Flaherty
Horses Lose Footing Leaving Ferry at Hockomock
A pair of city owned heavy horses pulled a hayrack slipped on a steep low tide ramp near the Hockomock. They fell about fifty feet down the incline but sustained only slight cuts after being unharnessed. The hayrack was finally hauled away by a furniture truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Wright
Bath
Aninga
Nielson
Maj Thayer Seeks Maine Governor Nomination in June Primaries
Maj. Arthur L. Thayer of Bangor announces he will seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Maine next June opposing Gov. Ralph Brewster. He opposes a sectarian constitutional amendment and supports an old age pension system while defending public institutions and state services.
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Arthur L. Thayer
Bangor
Maine Industrial Accident Commission
Ralph O. Brewster
Maj
Thayer
Benedict F. Maher
Kennebec
Maine
United States
Sheldonville
Mass
Charleston
Higging Classical Institute
Harvard College
Cornell University
Philips Brooks Maine Association
Harvard University
Harvard Law School
Guild Hall Athletic Association
Marquette
Mich
Bangor Machine Co
Maine National Guard
Carl FE. Millikee
Penobscot County
T. Herbert White
Venobscot Federal Farm Loan Association of
Sons of Veterans
The
Knights of Pythias
Masonic Bodies
Personal notes from Bath and surrounding towns
Mrs Pye of Small Point shopped in Bath Friday while Mrs Abbie Lewis of Boothbay Harbor spent the day there. Miss Clara N Fogg and Mrs Edward P Kendall of Bowdoinham visited Friday. Mrs Flora Clark of Porthamd was called to Path by her brother's death. Miss Priscila Magoun arrived to pass holidays on Lincoln Street. Mr and Mrs Oscar A Page of Damariscotta host Mr and Mrs Orville E Page of 484 Middle Street.
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Charles Pye
Small Point
Bath
Abbie Lewis
Boothbay Harbor
Clara N. Fogg
Edward P. Kendall
Bowdoinham
Flora Clark
Porthamd
Priscila Magoun
Lincoln Street
Oscar A. Page
Damariscotta
Orville E. Page
Middle Street
Plans for Kennebec bridge near Bath Woolwich completed
Surveyors map highway approaches and rail lines for the Kennebec bridge linking Woolwich and Bath. Engineers debate pier numbers and span lengths while awaiting final approval and contractor bidding.
Force at Postoffice Rushes to Limit
Bath postoffice endures Christmas rush with two long citizen lines and high demand. Local force added 13 workers including four clerks John W. Gillispie R. D. Coombs George Fields Henry Madden and nine carriers Sydney Cullen Thomas Bates Charles Shepard Oraldo Riley Orvis Bonney David Brown Warren D. Oliver.
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Bath
John W. Gillispie
R. D. Coombs
George Fields
Henry Madden
C. L. Douglas
W. F. Plummer, Jr
Sydney Cullen
Thomas Bates
Charles Shepard
Oraldo Riley
Orvis Bonney
David Brown
Warren D. Oliver
Real Spirit of Christmas Gift Drive in Bath
Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 the K of C hall hosts St. Marys Christmas tree for Bath needy children. Parish ladies have gathered clothing and supplies for the tree, with boxes and dinners arranged under K of C, thanking merchants including Congress shirt factory for gifts. 50 Marys at Radcliffe College are listed among the girls. Mrs Charles R Pinkham returns to Boothbay Harbor after visiting Mrs G C Wotten at 731 Washington St.
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Kk. of C. Hall
St. Mary's
Bath
K. of C
Congress Shirt Factory
Marys
Radcliffe College
Elizabeth
Ruth
Margaret
Dorothy
Helen
Catherine
Eleanor
Frances
Marion
Alice
Charles R. Pinkham
Boothbay Harbor
G. C. Wotten
Washington Street
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Rotary Club
Carol Singers
the Bath Independent
Sagadahoc County
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Bath and Vicinity
Bath, Maine
Sheepscot Valley
New York Times
Chester Kingsley
Butte Sedi- Bae- Deule
Brown
Henderson
Owen Rogers Eee
Lemont Serene
Sae Williams
George Rooke Sree
Cumming
Trace
T. Wright
Harry Plummer
J. R. Wing
Jos Lilly
Mason Wright E J
Rich & Non
Chas Small
ID Rogers Csenee
J. H Crosinan Ee
Wing
Freeman
Daley Wees
Perry Tesa Thet
H. Blaisdell Estes
W. Hagan
Mclntosh
Dunton
Higgins & Son
EAM Henry Rose & Son
Iesee UO
Holler Golsene
Grove
Opera House
Masonic Social Association
Philip Paine
Lriday
Phillips Academy
Andover
Maass
Cecil Paine
Sligh Street
Hfon
Edward W. Hyde
Portland
the Wort of Portland
Albert Redlon
T. of M
Maine Central
Green Cove
Front
Vine
Edward L. Reed
Arrowsie
Toston
Bridge Commission
W. Carlton
Crosley Radio
Johnson Bros Co
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