High Seas Damage Hits Popham Beach Cottages
A North Atlantic storm battered Popham Beach causing major damage to riverbank homes. Hiram T. Stevens of Sagadahoc County and Postmaster Henry W. Owen of Bath endured hours of inundation as tides undermined pilings and toppled Stevens’s cottage. Other properties along the river faced flooding and structural threats while the Coast Guard station saw partial platform and boat house damage.
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Popham Beach
Hiram T. Stevens
Sagadahoc
John H. Stacy
Register of Leeds
Henry W. Owen
Bridgham Cottage
Cambridge
Mass
Bath Taxpayers association to elect officers Friday night
Citizens urged to attend a public meeting at City Hall auditorium Friday at 7 30 to elect officers and adopt by laws for the Bath Taxpayers association formed two weeks ago. Ex Mayor Joseph Torrey named for presidency. 2 vice presidents, a secretary and treasurer to be chosen. A 14 member executive panel and seven two person sub committees to study city departments will be appointed. Membership fee set at up to 50 cents yearly, first year 25 cents.
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City Hall
The
Bath Taxpayers Association
Joseph Torrey
Association
Skeleton charter draft sent to Bath solons for referendum
A New Charter committee in Bath, Maine, outlines pay and structure changes including a mayoral salary capped at 1500 dollars and councilors at five dollars per session. The draft shifts to a two monthly meeting schedule and seeks September referendum with four lawyers preparing revisions.
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Solons
New Charter
Skeleton
Board of Education
N. Gratz Jackson
Judiciary
Legal Affairs
Walter S. Glidden
John J. Keegan
Edward W. Bridgham
Charles D. Bartlett
Senator Jackson
Harold P. Small
Judge Keegan
George C. Quicksall
F. B. Nichols
Arthur Sewall
Glidden
Gravel Avalanche Injures City Workers at North Bath Pit
Dozens of workers were loading city trucks at the David Henderson farm when an overhanging gravel wall collapsed. John King was severely injured and taken to City hospital. three others suffered minor injuries. The incident prompts questions about pit safety and city liability.
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City
David Henderson
North Bath
Freeland
Walter Watson
King
Cttle
Gallagher
Haynes
Pottle
Mayo
City Hospital
Hugh D. Grant
Arthur Avery
Bath Road
Eggleston Farm
Patrick Murray
Henderson Farm
Murray
Bath Country Club
Taxpayers meeting Friday evening in City hall
The taxpayers organization committee, elected at a mass meeting, has prepared a slate of officers to present at Friday’s 7.30 p.m. meeting in City hall auditorium. Officers include Joseph Torrey president Oliver Moses second vice president Joseph McCole second vice president Charles Donnell secretary and Mrs. Morse treasurer.
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City Hall
The
Bath Taxpayers Association
Association
Joseph Torrey
Oliver Moses
Joseph F. McCole
Charles J. Donnell
Clarence W. Morse
Name of Lieut Lord Named as Possible Mayor Candidate
The name of Lieut John A Lord U S N Ret has been widely mentioned as a mayoral candidate This suggestion has met approval from multiple sources His retirement from the Navy follows a long accomplished career including restoring the U S Frigate Constitution and his work at Bath Iron Works Ltd during World War I It is unclear if Lord would seek the mayoralty but if so it would stem from public service not pay.
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John A. Lord
Navy
Lieut. Lord
U. S
Constitution
Lieut
Lord
Bath
Bath Iron Works Ltd
Juvenile talk by Judge Keegan at Sagadahoc Pomona meeting
Judge John J. Keegan of the municipal court spoke on criminal procedure and juvenile cases before Sagadahoc Pomona at Torsham Grange. He described warrants, open court testimony, private hearings for under 15, and the juvenile court ethos, with 219 present and a 16-member Regalia class.
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John J. Keegan
Sagadahoc Pomona
Torsham Grange
David L. Wilson
Keegan
Albert Henderson
Sagadahoc
Pomona
Dromore
Phippsburg
Woolwich
West Bath
Dirigo
Brunswick
Topsham
Merrymeeting
Bowdenham
Bowdoin
Progressive
Rich‘mond Corner
Enterprise
Richmond
Bedwell
Nellie L. Kelley
Bodwell
Henderson
Ceres
Flora
Grange
Frank Carver
Police
Carl Robinson
Charles Berry
Thelma Nickerson
Viola Tawls
Irma Rackley
Beatrice White
The
Bertha Wright
C. O. Purinton
State Grange
Board of Trustees
Bath boat sails on its voyage to Easter Island
An essay by Clifton Meek argues Easter Island relics prove ancient high civilizations coexisted with savagery and that Western views dismiss ancient Eastern records. He cites Mme Blavatsky and The Secret Doctrine, linking Lemuria and Atlantis to human evolution and mind development.
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BATH
Easter Island
Pacific
Eldridge Johnson
Caroline
Bath Iron Works Corp
Clifton Meek
Norfolk
Conn
New York Sun
East
West
Europe
Mme. Blavatsky
Tibet
America
Lemuria
Atlantis
Citizens rally behind Lieut J A Lord for mayor
Lieut. John A. Lord retired U S N faces strong citizen pressure to enter the Mayoral race amid calls for ward-ticket nominations and a cooperative city government to meet Bath Maine’s debt and service needs. The piece notes Lord’s nonpartisan stance and urges mobilization at ward caucuses to back a capable administration. It also previews a Sun-Up magazine sketch about Nathan A Cushman of Portland and Sebasco Lodge.
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Sun- Up
Maine Business Romances
Nathan A. Cushman
Portland
Mr. Cushman
Sebasco
Sebasco Lodge
Shore Acres
Seacoast
Maine
Cushman
Milne
Cushman Baking
Lynn
Mass
Bath
N. A. Cushman
New York City
White Plains
N. Y
Mr. Cusman
New York State
Elm Street
E. S. Cushman
New York
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Freeland H. King
Taxpayers’ Meeting
Charles A. Lockery
Walter S. Wiggin
Pearl Street
George H. Jacobs
York Street
Pomona Grange
J. A. Lord
Glover
Labor
Johnson Brosco
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