Banker F D Hill Leaves Colon on Voyace Up Coast
The Independent reports Banker F D Hill writing from aboard Arizonian in the Pacific January 1922. He details docking at Colon to load 4300 barrels of oil, a 5000 mile fuel range, and 80 day provisions. He visits the canal locks at Gatun, notes ship lengths and channel depths, and recalls reading about Tam reading Under Sail. He mentions Costa Rica’s prosperity via United Fruit, travels past Central America to Los Angeles, and records weather, wireless logs, and health inspections aboard.
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the Independent
Colon
Damariscotta
Spaulding
Masonic Temple
Gatun Lake
Culebra
Hockomock
Tey
Canal
Seattle
Panama
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Salvadore
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
California
United Fruit Co
Leasant
Port Angeles
Tam
Riexenberg
A. J. Fuller
Charles M. Nichols
Searsport
Diego Ramirez
Shenandoah
Gun” Murphy
San Francisco
Liverpool
Mersey
Spain
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Chatham Naval Station
Colck
Wireless
Gulf of California
Harvard
Yale
San Tedro
Stye
Frances M. Nichols 72 Widow of Charles Nichols Dies in Bath
Frances M. Nichols aged 72 widow of Charles I L Nichols died Monday at her Bath street home after long illness and a stroke. Born in Bath to Jacob and Mary Knowlton, she was the last Knowlton kin and longtime Universalist church member. Survived by four sons George K Philadelphia Fred V Fairview Arthur J Randall A Bath and three daughters Mrs A W Drew Wenonah Mrs Augustus A Percy and Miss Rachel Nichols Bath with five grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 2 P M at the residence 4 Bath street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances M. Nichols
Charles IL
Nichols
Bath Street
Bath
Jacob and
Mary Knowlton
Knowlton
Universalist Church
George K
Philadelphia
Fred V
Fairview
N. Y
Arthur J
Randall A. Nichols
A. W. Drew
Wenonah
N. J
Augustus A. Percy
Rachel Nichols
Frances and
Louise Drew
Read Nichols
Randall G. Nichols
Beatrice Nichols
Monthly Report of School Nurse Details January Visit Totals
Report by Mrs. Ednad A. Stevens shows 123 schools visited 52 visits to schools and 9 minor treatments with 756 pupils treated. It notes 202 overweight 600 wander weight 164 normal weight three tonsil adenoid operations 11 glasses fitted eight via Colonial club, plus hygiene talks and coughing precautions.
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Ednad A. Stevens
Colonial Club
Hyde Park races noted by Pepys in Old English sport
Pepys records visits to Hyde Park with Moor and Creed to watch foot races around the park featuring an Irishman and Crow, once Lord Claypole's footman. A horse race followed as spectators drank milk of a red cow and sillabub with sack. Ladies wore scarlet stockings and Spanish scented gloves on their mounts.
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Evelyn and
Pepys
Hyde Park
Moor
Mr. Creed
Park
Crow
Lord Claypole
It Would Be Wasteful to Maintain a Chorus Girl Home
A sharp quip notes that a chorus girl never reaches retirement age, making continued support for a chorus girl home unnecessary and wasteful.
Five Islands Grange Meets With Ice Cream and Program
The Five Islands Grange held a well attended Tuesday session with an excellent program and ice cream made by L. H. Rowe and cake served by Victor Pinkham assisted by young Grange members. Attendance noted multiple activities including readings, a question topic on dinner timing, and singings.
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Grange
L. H. Rowe
Victor Pinkham
The
Ava Plelers
Aselela
Aedelah Wena
Lhe H. Rowe
Alton Reed
James Stevens
Fred Rittall
Sevice
Sea Grange Molo Pista
Warren Davis
Plotoceio
Eels la Cies Orchestra
Hallowell
H. W. Howard
Sherbourne
Bath
Five Islands
Wiscasset
Alton Berry
Berry
Billy
Gerry
Fred Soule
Dr. Stevens
Boothbay
Albion Davis
D. R. Stevens
Eliza Moore
Elen Cromwell
T. D. Reed
Ghosts in the Material and Spirit World
The piece discusses how "ghosts" operate in creative fields such as painting writing and editing. It notes painters and authors sometimes rely on lesser workers to touch up canvases or gather information, while the main creator shapes local color and dramatic effect.
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Mexico
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Cow That Taught a Farm to Prosper
A New York suburb farmer left 16 acres, a ramshackle barn and one cow to his son. The son, lacking funds, kept the cow as a memory. Ten years later land offered at 192000 for the whole or 1000 a lot, taxes would have hit 15000 but the cow’s presence kept farm classification and taxes to 1600.
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New York
Wall Street Journal
Light Sensitive Leaves in Radish Plants
A radish turns its leaves toward a light source as weak as a candle 25 feet away. One of the crosses shows similar sensitivity to light about 180 feet distant, indicating strong phototropic response in these vegetables.
Bound for Home After a Year at Gibraltar Port
Schooner Miriam Landis under Capt Praetor Hagan has been at Gibraltar a year after a storm wreck. It set course for Beaumont Texas for general repairs, with 2 English speakers among a Spanish crew. The voyage, about 4600 miles, aimed to reach Texas by March 1 amid calm seas and lilies on Gibraltar.
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Miriam Landis
Praetor Hagan
Gibraltar
Beaumont
Texas
Bath
United States
Hagan
U.S. A
Maine
Honest Bob McIntosh Confesses Umbrella Mix Up
In a rainy city night tale, Bob McIntosh pockets an umbrella on a trolley car. He walks home in the rain and returns to the driver to claim it. A sudden shout reveals the umbrella was not his, and the car speeds away with the real owner questioning the scene.
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Bob McIntosh
New York Sun
How Ruskin Painted Pine
Ruskin argues the pine impresses more by its green fullness than by rugged texture. He describes its compact form, uniform branches, and pyramid shadows that brighten glades and create a cheerful landscape.
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Ruskin
John Ruskin
Peculiar Crop Rotation Reported in Coastal England
A recent writer in the Scottish Journal of Agriculture notes an unusual crop rotation in reclaimed coastal areas along England and the continent. Fish are raised in shallow pools that are drained and farmed every third year.
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Scottish Journal of Agriculture
England
Continent
Georgetown I M Rowe Ice House Work and Local Notices
Ice house operation at West Georgetown with ice from J J Williams pond. Local residents haul ice, store it, and finish pulpwood cutting for shore haul. A surprise birthday party for Mrs Emma Billings by Robinhood Ladies Aid. Various visits, travel to Bath, Woolwich, and Bowdoinham. Property tax sales for non residents noted. Several residents ill with colds. Community social at Mrs Emma Billings home.
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I. M. Rowe
J. J. Williams
Georgetown
T. M. Hagan
Frank Heald
Earl Hagan
Stearns Scott
William Farnsworth
Sb. M. Rowe
Emma Billings
Ladies Aid of
Robinhood
Mrs. Billings
Ralph Reynolds
Jay
Clark Farm
Alvah
Bath
William Mains
Leah Mains
Harold Tunt
Clifton Matthews
Henry
Alvah Reynolds
West Georgetown
Mr. Barrett
Wendall Baker
Sarah Pinkham
Arline Donnell
Clayton Rowe
Harold Hunt
Eva Hayes
Ferris Leonard
Earl Trott
Son Clark
Edward Cummings
Bowdoinham
Harold Brown
Hunt
Universal Food in the Tropics
The article notes tropical bread fruit trees provide flours and biscuits. It highlights yuka flour from tropical America sold in elite New York groceries, described as dingy white and alkaline. Drying methods imitate ripe fruit to yield a sweet, tree-grown cake bread used as major staple for millions in the tropics.
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Tropics
Tropical America
New York
Werald
Holland Seaweed Harvest Expands With Coastal Knives
Dutch seaweed farming grows in importance as northern Zuyderzee islands intensify cleaning. Harvest uses knife lines dragged through water to cut weed, which dries on beaches. Quality depends on color during drying. cured seaweed ships mainly to England and sometimes to the United States for upholstery, iodine, and chemical recovery.
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Holland
Zuyderzee
England
United States
February Term Probate Court Returns Busy
February term of Probate court records numerous estates and guardianships from Bath Richmond Topsham and Bowdoinham. Executors named for Harward Mallett Mero Trott and other estates. Guardianships and administrations granted bonds filed accounts and inventories approved with final and first accounts for several estates.
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Hattie J. Lermond
Bath
Joseph M. Trott
Delia E. Mero
Richmond
Willian M. Dingley
Lou M. Tarr
Mary H. Harward
Jane G. Harward
Frederic T. Harward
Edith I. Small
Marion E. Small
Ora L. Parks
Edwin W. Trott
J. Edward Ames
Laura A. Aimes
Bernice M. Mallett
Topsham
Herbert O. Morse
Harriet EF. Morse
Alice V. Curtis
Frances D. T. Lane
Walter S. Glidden
Ellen Manson
Virginia Manson
Marion Ke, Small
Edith L. Small
Guardian
William R. Fairclough
John Easler
Charles J. Cain
Eugene A. Mitchell
Henry W. Hanson
Joseph H. Barstow
Frank J. Wood
Ella May Ward
T.a
Mary L. Ward
James Fe.perry
Irvin J. Perry
Phippsburg
William A. Doloff
Rachel B. Nichols
Charles L. Nichols
Frederick J. Hill
Walter Morse Hill
Julian Muldoon
Elizabeth Master
Mary S. Hall
Bowdoin
Alton KE. Hall
Albert Hall
Alton FE. Hall
Edward A. Rideout
Henry E. Rideout
Executors Named in Two Estates in Bath Area
Petition for administration filed in the estate of Samuel G. Gordon late of Bath by Rose Gordon widow and in the estate of Eliza S. Drummond late of Arrowsie by George P Spinney of Arrowsie. Clara N Fogg and John T Fagan cited as executors.
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Albion F. Smith
Bath
Sarah E. Smith
Lewiston
Clara N. Fogg
John T. Fagan
Samuel G. Gordon
Rose Gordon
Eliza S. Drummond
Arrowsie
George P. Spinney
Field Resigns Management of Bath Store for Met Life Post
William Field, manager of the American Clothing Co. Bath store, resigns to take a position with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. in Millinocket on Feb. 17. His family will stay in Bath for now. He leaves a vacancy in the local volley ball league and two teams. Joseph Avery, renowned mirambaphone player, performed at a Bath Opera House concert and traveled to Boston for lessons. George A. Crocket directs Brunswick post American Legion minstrel rehearsals for Feb. 25 in town hall locally, with Barton Crawford as a visiting pro.
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William Field
American Clothing Co
Bath
Millinocket
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Portland
East
Joseph Avery
Opera House
Boston
Harry Bowers
George A. Crocket
George T. Files
Reprisal Over Puppy Biting Bites Ear in Christmas Tale
A Topeka Journal anecdote recounts a boy who got a new puppy at Christmas. The puppy bite led the boy to bite the dog's ear in frustration after the animal refused to stop biting. The lighthearted incident highlights child animal interaction in a small town.
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Topeka Journal
Warm Your Blood With Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad
A period advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the remedy to keep warm in winter by improving blood and resisting disease. It claims lasting tonic-style benefits and notes relief from biliousness and foggy health, urging readers to take the medicine for thorough renewal.
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Banker
F. D. Hill
Bath National Bank
Arizonian
Pacific
Janu
Commonwealth Hotel
Bowdoin Street
Beacon Hill
State House
Mass
Hotel Avery
Avery Street
Morse Bros. Managing Directors
Beaver
Carta
C. L. Farnham Co, Inc
Old English Park
D. M. Humphreys & Co Fire and Marine
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
F. S. Curtis
Center Street
Bath, Maine
Frank Southard
Ambrose Thibodeau
Seguinland
Mrs. Hagan
States
B. M. Rowe
the House of Keppenheimer
John J. Desmond
Isadore A. Gordon
Everett
Charles C. Low
Albert M. Graves
Maria Graves
Laura A. Ames
Gardiner G. Deering
Harry G. Deering
Frank M. Deering
Calvin W. Rogers
Lewis T. Allen
Isaac KE. Allen
Trvin J. Perry
James FE. Peepy
Tyng W. Fogg
Field
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