West Bath Residents Share Weekend Guests and News
Fred A. fell from a sleigh injuring his shoulder and was treated by Dr. Fuller. Bath residents and visitors filled Sundays with church, family dinners, and strolls from Campello’s Pond to Birch Point. O’Brien of Newark reported a window break at Birch Point but nothing missing amid summer visits to New Meadows.
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Fred A
E. M. Fuller
Bath
Stackpole
Elm Street Baptist
E. M. Holman
Lemont
Everett Lemont
B. W. Haggett
Charles
J. M. Lemont
W. H. Larrabee
John
Merton Wright
Woolwich
Arthur Haggett
FE. W. Haggett
Fred W. Larrabee
Mary Philpot
E. C. Murphy
Western Avenue
Carolyn Stackpole
Campbell's Pond
Susan Fletcher
Washington Street
Harry Hall
John Kimball
Percy Marks
Donald Thompson
Birch Point
Ernest Rose
Walter Larrabee
Joseph Larrabee
L. D. Sheldon
George V.jewett
Dorothy Jewett
Edward Sampson
William A. Furber
Brigham's Cave
Joseph White
J. Edward Drake, Jr
George W. Jewett
Campbelle’s Pond
Wilton Bates
Son Thornton
Winnegance
Bates
Charles Bates
Clarence Johnson
Sabine
Joseph Melrose
Samuel Bates
Jennie Silsby
Green Street
Margaret Adams
South Street
J. B. Mayo
Red Cross
Harry Peterson
Eleanores
G. D. Riley
J. Everett Mayo
Eri. E. Williams
Marguerite
C. C. Williams
Granite Street
Annie Ridey
Oak Street
A Rafnell
C. W. I.ce
John White and Sons
Fred Bubier
B. H. Stackpole
E. EB. Williams
West Bath
O’brien
Mr. O’brien
New Meadows
A Bit of Advice for Love From a Boston Transcript
A terse Boston Transcript note remarks that things ripen quickly in a heated atmosphere and humorously suggests giving your girl a share of hot air, mixing a household wit with a playful take on romance.
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Boston Transcript
Rural Route Inspections Stress Kit Box Standards
Postmasters nationwide inspect rural routes to ensure roads, boxes, and schedules meet standards and patrons cooperate. Emphasizes clear ownership names on boxes, prompt road repairs, and using stamped mail or carrier-approved payment methods to avoid delays in bad weather.
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Post Office Department
Sunday Concert Best of Season at Opera House
The fourth complimentary concert for Gaudreau's honorary band members drew Bath's largest audience yet. Conductor Gaudreau led a polished program with a 13 member orchestra in part three and featured Seldon Hammons singing "Good-Bye Sweetheart Good-Bye."
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Gaudreau
Opera House
Gudreau
Bath
John Grindell
Hammons
McPherson
Seldon Hammons
Judge Lowell Hears Adoption Case Over Custody Decree
A Probate court hearing Saturday before Judge Lowell opened on Vivian Stover’s petition to annul a December decree that awarded custody of two children Ida and Chester H. Stover to TP Stover of Bowdoinham. Attorney Arthur J. Dunton led the petition with Ralph O. Dale opposing counsel.
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Lowell
Probate Court
Arthur J. Dunton
Vivian Stover
Ida
Chester H. Stover
TP. Stover
Bowdoinham
Ralph O. Dale
Public Tax Sale Clears Old Dues City Auction
City Treasurer Hall held a public auction in his office selling tax delinquent properties from 1921. A large turnout bid in the taxes and costs, raising several thousand dollars. One bidder reportedly sacrificed his bank balance to buy a tax account. Alder man I L B Torrey represented the city with no out of town bidders.
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I, LB
Torrey
Appointment of George A Hurley as clerk at Bath Contract Station No 2
The Postoffice department authorizes George A Hurley to serve as clerk at Contract Station No 2 in Bath effective February 16. Located in his store at 1287 Washington Street, he will transfer orders sell stamps and handle parcels aiding North End citizens. Station No 1 lies at Winnegance Mrs .
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Postoffice Department
George A. Hurley
Bath
Washington Street
North End
Winnegance
Author and Reader Insight on Thought and Humility
A Bronson Alcott quote notes an author guiding readers to probe inner thoughts while teaching authors humility. It emphasizes reader engagement and self awareness in writing. The remark links deep contemplation with restrained authorship.
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A. Bronson Alcott
Phippsburg Buys Riverside Hotel at Popham Beach
Mr and Mrs Frey Humiston of Jersey City have purchased the Riverside hotel from Mrs Jennie Piper of Boston. They will begin improvements to elevate it to a first class summer hotel, after managing the property last season and planning to move quickly on upgrades.
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Frey Humiston
Jersey City
N. J
Riverside
Popham Beach
Jennie Piper
Boston
Humiston
Popham
Maine
Viper
William Hamilton
Brunswick
Grace McIntire
Bath
Ashdale
Charles Y. Minott
Roxbury
Mass
Emma Hutchins
George C. Pease
Morse
Small Point
Biddeford
Ina Pease
George Davis
Eric Carlson
Cox's Head
William F. York
Basin
Abram York
Charles Rogers
Winnegance
Charles Savage
Dromore
J.C. Verry
Minnie Wallace
Thomas Robson
Montsweag
Mabel Woodman
John Rollins
Hezekiah Harrington
John D. Eastman
Charles [. Morrison
James C. Perry
Charles Hallett
Parker Head
Harriett Morse
Morse High School
Clarence Webber
Augusta
Stephen
George F. Chandler
Della J. Morey
A. F. Thomas
Fremont Street
EB. J. Carlson
Phippsburg
Thomas
Selectman
J. Bradford Sprague
Irving Wallace
Parker Head Mrs. Charles Rollins Hosts Village Youth Party
Mrs Charles Rollins entertained village youths on January 30 with cards games and late refreshments. Frances Whriedler sang with Edith Hamel at the piano while guests included Grace Williams Edith Hamel Laura Libby Gladys Trenderson Olga Hansen Eugene Harrington Walter Cushing Frances Kriedler and Charles Rollins. The note also mentions Dora Ingraham’s recovery from scarlet fever and winter dances at Popham Beach with good sliding and fine weather drawing many locals.
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Charles Rollins
Frances Whriedler
Edith Hamel
Grace Williams
Laura Libby
Gladys Trenderson
Olga Hansen
Eugene Harrington
Walter Cushing
Frances Kriedler
Dora Ingraham
Popham Beach
Saved by Mankind Gingko Tree Persists in Temperate Parks
The gingko, native to China, no longer exists in the wild but thrives when cultivated in temperate zones. It has been preserved as an offset to numerous species driven to extinction, and flourishes in northern U.S. parks. Its two lobed leaves have earned it the nickname maidenhair tree.
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China
Bath Winter carnival features four big horse races at Mill pond
Bath prepares for a Friday carnival with four main trotting events at Mill pond starting 1 30 pm. Top entrants include Tom Donahue Beat Dewey and Star Marque with drivers from Maine and New Hampshire. Snowshoe ski contests, ice polo, a carnival ball at the Armory, and special excursion rates spur crowds and shopping.
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Bath
Mill Pond
Bath Driving Club
Maine
City
Tom Donahue
Gardiner
Gil Brown
Ora D. Lopez
Bob Jordan
Garnet
Gerow
Portland
Randall
Lewiston
Morin
Wletts
Brunswick
Maxwell Powers
Harry Bowie
Armory
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Pine Tree Outing Club
Winnegance Social Club
Maine Central
Freeport St. Transwick
Bowdoinham 'S
Richmond
South Gardiner
Rockland
Electric Railroad Company
Gaudreans Orchestra
Selects Strange Home by House Wren
The house wren shows extreme nest site eccentricity per a Department of Agriculture survey. It uses hollow branches and knotholes but also appropriates boots hats copper pots and tomato cans and even pockets from gardeners to carry out its nest making.
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Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Wren
Platinum Coinage Between 1828 and 1845 Russia Used
Between 1828 and 1845 Russia experimented with platinum coinage. The effort aimed to introduce rare metal currency but faced minting and acceptance challenges that limited its use.
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Russia
Woolwich Fraternal Grange confers third and fourth degrees
The Woolwich grange marked a Saturday evening by conferring the third and fourth degrees on several candidates. Frank Gould was elected master, noting he once held the position twenty years ago. The Co operative store is completed with goods due this week. Numerous local residents are noted visiting, ill, or as guests with families across Bath, Wiscasset, Dresden, Days Ferry and Arrowsic.
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Grange
Frank Gould
Lawrence Gay
Rosa Vail
William MecWhee
Wiscasset
Joan Tibbetts
Florence Baker
Augusta
S. W. Baker
Maude Hayward
Arrowsie
Ruby McIntosh
Dresden
Duncan McIintosh
A. M. G. Soule
Duncan McIntosh
Charlotte Buck
Days Ferry
Thomas T. Reed
David Reed
Laura Bailey
Elizabeth Mains
BE. Reed Mains
Milk Fund Valentine's Party Brings In $60 in Oak Street
North-Center Parent Teacher Association ran a valentine card party at Parish House on Tuesday afternoon in Oak Street. More than 100 attendees helped raise about $60 for the milk fund as bridge and whist games provided the entertainment. Mrs. Alfred I. Tarbox won the top whist score and prize, with Mrs. Harry Fr. Peterson posting the best bridge score.
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Teacher Association
Oak Street
Alfred I. Tarbox
Vpage & Shaw
A. Hallet & Co
Harry Fr. Peterson
Harry Day
Orrin F. Frye
James Hunter
A. F. Austin
Paul Dresser
David L. Wilson
Sylvester H. Rowland
S.S. Mullin
Willian S. Newell
Ralph Bragg
Cosmopolitan Club
North Center
Dorothy Jewett
William S. Newell
William Carvil
Orrin E
Richmond Chamber Plans Public Meeting With State and Retail Leaders
A Richmond Chamber directors meeting at L. F. Roberts office announced a free public gathering in Curtis hall on Monday evening. Edmund McDonald and Charles Marble will speak from Portland. The group also advanced plans for an inexpensive village fire alarm and discussed securing State Aid funds for five years.
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Richmond Chamber of Commerce
L. F P. Roberts
H. EK. Hondlette
H. L. Tarr
M. W. Hanson
James Simpson
L. F. Roberts
J. M. Jordan
Morang
Curtis Hall
Edmund KE. McDonald
State Chamber of Commercce
Charles F. Marble
United Retailers’ Association of Maine
Portland
Richmond Worsted Spinning Co
H. EF. Houdlette
F. B. Deabody
Paul Sargent
Carlton Seeks the Senatorship Sagadahoc Candidate Announces Bid
Sagadahoc County voters are informed that the speaker announces candidacy for senator from Sagadahoc County. He will release nomination papers and share reasons and positions on matters likely to arise in the next legislature through press columns and other channels.
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Sagadahoc County
Tofay
Harsh Words On College Football Coaching Salaries
A Christian Science Monitor critique laments a college's football defeat and parodies the idea that a young inexperienced coach could be paid only as much as an average professor. The piece views the remark as a pointed compliment amid tense school athletic debates.
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United States
Chiristian Science Monitor
Odd Mannered Witch-Hazel Flowers Appearing Late
The Christian Science Monitor notes witch hazel blooms late in the season, rivaling autumn mums. The plant flowers after yellow leaves fall, with urn shaped seed pods that split by frost and release four seeds that will root and grow next spring.
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Christian Science Monitor
Name Differently Applied to Leggy Insects
The term daddy longlegs has divergent usage: in the United States it labels harvestmen related to arachnids, while in England the name refers to crane flies.
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United States
England
Morse High Voters Accept Invite to Indoor Track Meet
Morse High voted to enter the indoor track meet in Wortland with Edward Little Deering South Vortland and Thornton Academy. Coach David Alkazin will push the team into strenuous daily training led by Capt. G A Cahill with daily practice. Roger Worrey, team manager, has sent acceptance to Portland.
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Morse High
Wortland High
Reb
Edward Little
Deering
South Vortland
Thornton Academy
David Alkazin
G. A. Cahill
Roger Worrey
Portland
Funeral of Mrs Tibbetts Held in Woolwich Village
Funeral of Mrs Joan D Tibbetts was conducted Wednesday forenoon at 10 at the residence of her daughter Mrs Albert Hathorn in Woolwich. Rev Millard Webster pastor of the Woolwich Baptist church officiated. A large gathering attended. Bearers were Albert Daniel J David and Samuel Hathorn. Burial followed in Grover Cemetery.
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Joan D. Tibbetts
Albert Hathorn
Woolwich
Millard Webster
Indians Welcome at Miami in Seminole Camp Scene
Visitors in Miami view Seminole Indians in Everglades camps along the Miami River and city streets. A winter camp near the city outskirts forms a circular thatched village with a central fire. The tribe, numbering 50 to 80, supplies provisions from truck farms and fish from the river. they are described as peaceful and untroubling.
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Miami
Everglades
Miami River
Sun Spot Activity Linked to European Winter Temperatures
A Dutch meteorologist studies western European winter temperatures from 760 to 1916 A D. He finds higher sun spot activity corresponds to colder, earlier winters and lower activity to milder, late ones.
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Europe
Joking Reindeer Heels Quip In Urban Family Scene
An eight year old shows a child a book to his four year old brother and points to a reindeer image. He remarks that a woman reindeer can be told by the kind of heels it wears. The line appears in the Indianapolis News.
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Billy
Indianapolis News
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Fred A. Higginns
Nonwar Medicime Co
Norway
Mrs
Fred J. Humiston
Purchase
Franklin DP. Sprague
Washington State
Bessie L. Sprague
Parker
Frank W. Gould
Thompson Bros
Carlton
Mrs. Tibbetts
Florida
W. E. Dillingham
Naples
L.F
Atwood
Portland, Matne
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