Peary Proposes Maine Georgia Landing Stations for Planes
Rear Admiral Robert E Peary retired and Edwin Gould offer private lands in Maine and Georgia for aeroplane landing stations as part of a proposed national chain. The plan aims to create uniform maps and signs and to stimulate aerial navigation similar to road development. Gould’s 30 acre island near Portland and his Jekyl Island area land are offered with costs covered.
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Robert E. Peary
S.N
Era Club of America
United State
Edwin Ald
Maine
Georgia
Dmiral Peary
Peary
France
Germany
Jaly
Gould
Jekyl Island
Charleston
Palm Beach
Admiral Peary
Portland
To Ship or Not to Ship
Sheriff Oliver awaits guidance from U S internal revenue on handling seized liquor. Deputy Jennings says shipping five barrels to Boston for distillation could lead to arrest for wholesale liquor dealing. The policy clash between state law requiring shipment and federal rules creating liability for wholesalers leaves the outcome uncertain.
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Oliver
E. E. Jennings
Lewiston
U. S. Internal Revenue Officer
Sheriff's Department
Boston
Jennings
United States
Local Jottings and Christmas Activities in Town
Five teams loaded grain and groceries at Kimball Bros. City Landing on Tuesday. The marshal urged real estate men to remove roof icicles. Bath Lodge Elks held a Christmas session with charitable baskets distributing nearly 100 dinners. Grace Church Parish House opened Thursday with a six oclock children's Christmas tree and choir carols. Captain James A. Hathorne, commodore of the Kennebec Line, fell on ice and injured his hip, likely sidelining him for weeks.
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Kimball Bros
City Landing
Front St
Bath Lodge of Elks
Grace Church
Richmond Bee
Bee
James A. Hathorne
Hathorne
Kennebec
Eastern Steamship Co
Bath News Roundup of Local Events and Shipments
A Bath community page notes idle longshoremen in port, hunting trips near East Woolwich, and a penny find dating 1857. It reports Christmas schedules for trains and ships, club entertainments, classes, and a rush propeller fan shipment by the Hyde Windlass Co. to New York, plus preparations for a second fan shipment.
Bath area reports busy week with events and theft
Snow slowed power and transport as Bath readers note a busy week. Pinafore revival planned in Brunswick. church and club meetings across town, Christmas trade surges, smelt hauls to Boston, and a Couture home burglary left a long list of valuables missing including watches and silverware.
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Couture
Winter St
Pattee
E. C
Bath News Roundup Spurs Skating, Politics and Band Feats
Sedgwick Circle held a Tuesday meeting. oak timber arrived for Bowker yard in Phippsburg Center. snow disrupted the electrics and one worker spent hours commuting from Brunswick. A Bath visitor described skating on a thin Massachusetts pond ice, elbow injury included. William V. Cleary, a Rockland County political boss, vowed sobriety after a fatal liquor night. Weather editor of the New York Herald praised rosy cheeks while Maine’s weather is praised as real. David Moshier moved a building from Passmore’s mill wharf to Parker Head on Morse farm, with a scow incident but no shipwreck. A Port Orford Oregon envelope urged investment and Port Orford claimed as deep harbor without a sand-bar. Bath residents recalled Hathorn’s Meadow and Morse’s Meadow skating traditions, then vanished. Stanton’s Military Band members enjoyed a hearty meal, cards, speeches, and music, ending with a custard pie and high praise for Conductor Stanton.
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William V. Cleary
Rockland County
N. Y
Young Newman
New York Herald
New York
Maine
David Moshier
Passmore’s Mill Wharf
Parker Head
Morse Farm
Rivermen
Port Orford
Oregon
Pacific Coast Line
Seattle
San Francisco
Deep Water Harbor
Bath
Hathorn’s Meadow
Oak and
Bedford Sts
High
Morse’s
Stanton
Messrs. Stanton
Hartleb and Hurd
George P. Larrabee
Stickney
Snow and holiday bustle mix in coastal town
Snow slowed skating but brought sledding and coasting as residents enjoy the holidays. Fishermen moved smelt camps by ferry to Arrowshire. Shipyard and business activity continue despite storms with shoppers, deliveries, and local events noted across Bath.
Vast News From Town Happenings Across regions
Tramp count eight noted for Monday night while Morse High School committee met Tuesday afternoon. Hyde Guards drill skipped on Christmas Eve. Traverse Jury drawn from Woolwich includes Lowell B. Brown and David G. Reed. Snow boosts sleighing and coasting with a busy next morning. Forrest Putnam, hospital janitor, killed a 285 pound pig born last March and William Purington dressed it. Acadia Lodge officers nominated and elected. Sedgwick Post No.4 and Sedgwick Circle install officers Friday night Jan 1. Bout set for Christmas night in Hallowell between Chase and Tom Gethner. Municipal Court forfeits 24 quarts of intoxicating liquor. Wrecking crew handles Alice M. Lawrence. Postal staffer Elmer Hodgkins noted during holiday rush. Solar Lode officers to be installed Monday. New England Telephone honors Gen. Thomas Sherwin, deceased. Arthur Dairy of Funeuil and Bath man held on shooting charge. jailed for January term. Rev S. W. Browne to pastor Free Will Baptist in Richmond starting Jan 17. Boothbay Register notes W. F. Moore returns. relocates back to West Southport amid rabbit hunting.
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Harold Snowdon
Salvation Army
Western Avenue
Center St
Front St
Augusta
Bath
Coombs
Winneyance
Post Office
lLanch
F. P. Shaw
Kelley-Spear Yard
North End
Youung
Milton Reed
Exeter
N.hl
Mackay Camp
North Woolwich
Popham
Southbay
Way Stations
Holman J. Day of
Porthland
New England Society of New York
Waldorf- Astoria
Lyman Abbott
Outlook
Eliot
Harvard
Lincoln St
Morse High School
Y.M.C
Biddeford
Hyde Guards
Traverse Jury
Woolwich
Lowell B. Brown
David G. Reed
Forrest Putnam
City Hospital
William Purington
Iag
Gratz Jackson
Ralph H. Dunton
Rupert W. Cowles
Raymond B. Welch
The
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Thomas Sherwin
Gen. Sherwin
Daicy
Mr. Simmons
Rev
S. W. Browne
Lebanon
Free Will Baptist Church
Richmond
Browne
Corliss Street Baptist Church
B. P. Browne
Corliss Street Church
A. Evans
People’s Baptist Church
Boothbay Register
W. F. Moore
West Southport
Portland
Grand Trunk
Waterloo
Congress St
Red House
Bill
Southport
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Winnegance
Harold Small
Virginia
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Lewiston Way
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Myra Arnold
Lewis O’brien
L. H. Curtis
Roy Cummings
Boyd
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Miss Gurney
Vietta Gay
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Miss Wright
West Bath
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Hyde Windlass Co
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M.C
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North St
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Shriners
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Lehigh
Maine Association of Optometrists
Congress Square
Turks Island
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Wiley
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Davenport
Mr. Isaacson
First Baptist Sunday School
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Ramsdell
Y.M.C.A
Tozier
Houghton
Holbrook
F. S. Bowker
Bangor
Paul D. Simpson
Sullivan
Simpson
University of Maine
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Supreme Lodge Insurance Department
Sedgwick Post No
A. D. Stetson
Gmcome Ce
Lietston
Nc SS
Hallowell
Tom Gethner
Chase
Keegan
Willis I. Wormell
Alice M. Lawrence
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