Scallop Season Reveals New Suffolk Market Traditions
Massachusetts fisheries study scallop growth and risks while New Suffolk cooks and sells shellfish for Fulton market. Women earn daily by opening scallops. prices range from 50 cents to 4 50 a gallon. Peconic Bay communities host social night shifts with banjos and singing during harvest.
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Atlantic
Commissioners of Fisheries and Game of
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Commissioners
New Suffolk
Cape Cod
Long Island
Fulton Market
Peconic Bay
New Haven
Casino and Cottages at Cape Small Point Harbor
Boston builder Anthony Vannerin plans a stone and cement casino plus six cottages at Cape Small Point harbor. The 250 acre site includes Aliquippa House hotel and two beaches. A large wharf, boat links to Portland, and a breakwater were once considered. George W. Brown leads the development with other investors backing the project.
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Anthony Vannerin
Boston
Small Point Harbor
Vanerin
Cape Small Point Harbor
Cape Small Point
Small Point
Aliquippa House
Portland
Kennebec
Fort Augusta
George W. Brown
Mountain View Park
Massey Farm
Brooklyn Heights
New Corporation
Lincoln County Bar approves National Reporter library purchase
At a large Lincoln County Bar association meeting in Wiscasset the book purchasing committee was authorized to buy the National Reporter system plus all new volumes, totaling 590 volumes. The $1400 purchase will complete the group and enhance the association library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln County Bar Association
Court House
Wiscassel
National Reporter
King Pepper production nets $620.75 over two nights
The two night run of King Pepper grossed 620 dollars and 75 cents. It is expected the Kennebec Yacht Club will see a solid profit though local expenses were high.
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Kennebec
Busy Body society holds all day meeting at Bowker home
In Phippsburg the Busy Body society gathered at Mrs. H. S. Bowker’s home for an all day meeting. A noon clam stew dinner followed sewing sessions that continued until dusk. Mr. Bowker drove guests home in his new automobile. News notes W. F. Jewell returns to Portland to resume steamship duties on the Manhattan Line.
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H. S. Bowker
W. F. Jewell
Center
Portland
Manhattan
Bessie Dickinson
Charters Grace Darling Coal-British Ship to Halifax
The 100 ton coal carrying British steamer Grace Darling was chartered from Edgewater to Halifax for a rate of 1.25 dollars per ton.
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Grace Darling
Edgewater
Halifax
Mind Reading Machine Invited for Criminal Interrogation
A description of the electric psycho meter claims it can reveal a criminal’s thoughts. Dr. Frederick Peterson presents a device that records emotional responses via light on a glass scale to determine guilt or innocence, with words triggering measurable reactions.
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Salem
Frederick Peterson
Columbia University
Bellevue
Peterson
Hammered Metal Work A Lucrative Yet Nervous Craft
A detailed look at hammered brass and metal work as a pastime and trade. It highlights lamps, book racks, and desk items, noting originality and potential profits but warns the craft is expensive, requires many tools, and can be nerve wracking due to precise hammering.
Shipping cargoes listed for several British and American vessels
The Edna V Pickels 388 tons from Mobile and the Florence R Hewson 289 tons from Mobile carry similar cargoes priced at 5.25 and 5.50 respectively. John W Hall 329 tons moves dry cypress from Palatka to New York. Carrie E Look 457 tons from Norfolk to Demerara with staves. Wm R Wilson 1175 tons from Port Tampa to Norfolk with phosphate rock. Wm J Quilen 575 tons from Baltimore to Savannah with fertilized part. R Bowers 374 tons from Norfolk to Digby with creosoted material part.
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Edna
J Quilen
Baltimore
Savannah
P T
R Bowers
Norfolk
Digby
Freight Tonnage Delivers No Improvement in Demand
Freight markets show no improvement in sail tonnage with unusually light demand for this season. Tonnage is available for various business and rates remain low without notable change.
Prolific Layers Studied by Maine Professor Gowell
Professor Gowell of the University of Maine leads breeding work to raise hens with record egg production. He uses trap nests to track every hen and selects top layer stock from birds that laid 200 or more eggs annually. Gowell Farm at Orono houses hundreds of brooders and incubators to sustain about 6000 chickens a year.
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Maine
Gowell
University of Maine
Maine Experiment Station
Gowell Farm
Professor Gowell
Orono
Sagadahoc Ferry Social Briefs Highlight Local Visits
ARROWSIC reports a young crowd at the Sagadahoc Ferry hall gathering. Merrill Pinkham traveled to Augusta to visit his daughter Mabel who has measles. Mrs. Francis Savage of Bath visited Mrs. A. R. Gove. Mrs. S. P. E. Hawthorne departed for Woolwich. Mina Snipe spent Sunday at home. Miles Hagan visited Harold Snipe Friday and Saturday.
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Sagadahoc Ferry
New Hall
Sebenon
Merrill Pinkham
Augusta
Mabel
Francis Savage
Bath
A. R. Gove
S. P. E. Hawthorne
Woolfwich
Mina Snipe
Miles Hagan
Harold Snipe
Local Movements and Visits Around Bowdoinham Area
Mr and Mrs R B Temple relocate to Richmond Corner. Mrs Fanny Marriner moved furniture to Topsham. Bert Marriner and Mrs Lancaster of Topsham visited Bowdoinham. Horace Millay, student in Westbrook, spent Sunday with Miss Hannie Curtis who is recovering from grip. Harold Jack visited Richmond. Ernest Purinton of South Portland visits grandparents.
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R. B. Temple
Richmond Corner
Fanny Marriner
Topsham
Bert Marriner
Lancaster
Horace Millay
Westbrook
Hannie Curtis
Harold Jack
Richmond
Ernest Purinton
South Portland
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Lincoln County Bar
Phippsburg
Victoria
Miss Sparks
Caroline Nichols
The
Grange
Nichols
F. S. Bowker
Dromore Grange
Geo. D. Weston
C. B. Williams
F. M. Harnden
Agnes
Alethea Cutting
K. O. Weston
Gris Ayer
Ayer
AvegCo
Prof. Gowell
Arrowsic
Bowdoinham Post Road
Astof
Castoria
Astoria
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