Bowdoinham News Highlights Local Obituaries and Events
Bowdoinham residents mourn Mrs. Craney and Mr. Hysler with services held locally. Wedding announces Ralph H McEwen and Cecla Bugbee. Reports on town meetings, school activities, library donations, and community happenings including visits, feasts, and winter weather impacts. Ends with neighborhood club notes and a list of names.
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Graney
Bowdoin
Sherman and
Denham
Massachusetts
Bowdoinham
Rev. J. P
Richmond
Bay View Cemetery
Charlies Blair
Bath
Edwin
Hali Denham
Bowdeinham
Brunswick
Ralph H. McEwen
Cecla Bugbee
McEwen
Charlies McEwen
Hershal” Bugbee
Washburn
Western Union Telegraph Co
Maine Fishing Scenes Bring Publicity to Maine
A Brookyn Masons event at Pythian hall on Grand avenue Bald win Long Island featured John Miles Flynn discussing fish and game conservation. Flynn, a noted fly fishing authority, praised Maine Publicity Bureau for sending motion pictures including salmon fishing scenes on Moose River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Hall
Grand Avenue
Baldwin
Long Island
N. Y
Brooklyn Lodge of Masons
John Miles Flynn
Masonic Lodge
Brooklyn
Izaak Waiton League of America
Mr. Flynn
George Maynard
Moose River
Mr. Coe
Miles Flynn
America
Ireland
Europe
Mr. Co
Nassau Daily Review
Maine
Flynn
Coe
State of
W4z
Maine Publicity Bureau
Swiss Top Inventors Claim Lead in Patents per Capita
Lausanne reports Switzerland leads in invention with 543 patents per million people last year, far ahead of the United States at 332. The statistics emphasize the country’s strong inventive output and create a national pride around innovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lausanne
Switzerland
United States
Forest Devastation Threatens America Says Report
A report by George P. Ahern and Gifford Pinchot to the Society of American Foresters in Des Moines warns forests are in grave danger. Only one eighth of original forests remain. destruction outpaces regrowth, and private timberlands drive losses across states, threatening watersheds and the national economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Ahern
Gifford Pinchot
Society of American Foresters
Des Moines
Iowa
America
Europe
South
Pacific Northwest
U. S. Forest Service
Connecticut
United States
Lumosrmen
Pacific Coast
Courage
Congress
Two Accident Cases Heard at City Hall
The Industrial Accident Commission heard two cases at City Hall on Wednesday. New Meadows Inn Co. versus Jacob J. Conant involved disability due to a June injury. compensation was ordered full until Feb 3, 1930 and half thereafter. The second case, New Meadows Inn Co. versus Gladys P. Farrar, centered on a July 16, 1929 fall. insurers argued a pre existing condition. A March mid date was set for further medical testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Accident Commission
City Hall
Earle L. Russell
Portland
New Meadows Inn Co
Jacob J. Conant
Brunswick
Globe Indemnity Co
New Meadows Inn. Co
Gladys P. Farrar
Conant
Inn
Edward W. Bridgham
John P. Carey Jr
H. D. Grant
Carey
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge Honors Past Noble Grands Night
Queen Esther Rebekah lodge observed Past Noble Grands Night with 14 past noble grands present. A pink and green decorated table, carnation bouquets, and pink candles set a festive scene as Mrs. Nellie Leeman welcomed each past grand and the group sat in seats of honor. A short program of songs and readings followed with attendees from St. Stephens and Puritan lodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah
Nellie Leeman
Fannie Burden
Emma Jacobs
Lois McKiever
Elizabeth Tedford
Annette Robinson
Eva Atwood
Sarah Munsey
Lillius Larrabee
Nellie Lord
May Werd
Annie Colby
Harriet Bunker
Harriet Huggard
Garnet
St. Stephens’ Lodge
New Brunswick
Maud Stewart
Puritan Lodge
No. 59
Tenants Harbor
Caroline Thompson
Susanna Congdon
Fine Steamer Proposed Boston to Boothbay
prospects for resuming steamship service between Boothbay Harbor and Boston via Portland look promising this season after a one year lapse officials say the outlook is favorable for the revived service and the route may attract travelers and freight alike
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fine Steamer
Boston
Boothbay
Boothbay Harbor
Portland
State of Virginia Steamship At Boothbay Harbor Prospect
Sastern Steamship Lines eye Boothbay Harbor for leasing the steamship State of Virginia built in 1923 for Baltimore Steam Packet Co. If it arrives, officials may seek a dam to be blown and dredging of the wharf, with several additions costing thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sastern Steamship Lines
Boothbay Harbor
State of Virginia
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore Steam Packet Co
Baltimore
Norfolk
Maryland
Virginia
Dam Ledge
MacMillan May Visit Iceland For 1000th Parliament Anniversary
Commander Donald B. MacMillan may skip the Labrador and Baffin Land coast cruise this Summer to attend Iceland’s 1000th Parliament anniversary. He has long desired a Iceland visit, though time constraints in the Arctic schedule kept him away. If he goes, a June voyage from the United States is likely, with Bowdoin in winter storage at Southport and equipment arriving at Wiscasset for installation.
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Donald B. MacMillan
Labrador
Baffin Land
Iceland
MacMillan
Arctic Circle
Gulf Stream
United States
Hawaii
Bowdoin
Southport
Wiscasset
Sale talks hover over Steamer Virginia assets
Capt A P Greenleaf of Boothbay Harbor, general manager of the Samoset Steamboat Co., met with directors and stockholders to discuss an interview with Capt H W Robinson of Melrose over a possible sale of assets. No agreement was reached though stockholders favor keeping Bath to Boothbay Harbor service for 1928 and 1929. They value continuity of the line and mail contract, not dividends from the Virginia. If sold, terms aim to continue the line and honor the mail contract for three more seasons June 15 to Oct 15 each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Greenleaf
Boothbay Harbor
Samoset Steamboat Co
H. W. Robinson
Melrose
Mass
Capt. Robinzon
Capt. Greenleaf
Bath
Bootabey Harbor
Timey
Virginia
Corpotators of GAR Memorial Hall Meet
The annual meeting of the corpora tors of the G A R Memorial hall was held Monday evening at the hall on Middle street. Directors elected include Mrs. Gertrude Stewart Mrs. A Higgins Mrs. Harold Blake Mrs. V W Miller Mrs Ila Day Mrs Florence Robinson Charles Brown Forrest Legard and Henry Wilson. Officers chosen were President Forrest Legard Vice President Mrs V W Miller Secretary Mrs Florence Robinson Treasurer Percy Nickerson Clerk Gertrude Stewart.
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Oscar Joy Ofay
Foti
Arthur Chick
Annie
Monmouth
Frank
Horace Millay
Col. Dummer Sewall
Stella Given
Rumford
Margaret Purinton
Emily Rideout
McDonald Temple
Charles Berry
Norman Rowe
Merry Meeting Grange
Grange
Electa
S. F. Cary
Charles
Bay Road
Fred
Raymond Rendell
Alfred
R. A. Dickinson
Mabel Millay
Portland
George Sedgley
Brunswick
Eulalia Sedgley
William Foster
Watertown Mass
Alphonzo Berry
A. S. MacDougal
Daniel Small
Lrewer
Sciegtman W. J. Graves
H. D. Cornish
Clara Fogg
Florence Hale
Augusta
State Educational School Department
Checker Club
Charles McEwen
Ron Warren
George Cutler
John McCart
W. H. Lowell
Merton Webber
Topsham
Middlesex Road
Capt
Samuel B
Martha (Bradford) Robinson
Starks
Bowdoinham
Lewis B. Robinson
Charles H
Lewis R. Cary
Princeton
N. J
Herbert
Franklin
Eunice Cary
Roger's Cemetery
John Temple
Saco
Ralph Denham
Craney
Ernest Millay
Frank Millay
Village Lodge F. & A. M
McCart
Miss Toothaker
Phillips
G.A.R. Memorial Hall
Middle Street
Gertrude Stewart
A. Higgins
Harold Blake
V. W. Miller
Ila Day
Florence Robinson
Charles Brown
Forrest Legard
Henry Wilson
Persident
Percy Nickerson
Washington's Birthday Party at West Bath Grange Hall
About 150 attended a Washington's birthday supper card party and dance at West Bath grange hall Tuesday night. Prizes were awarded for bridge and whist, dancing followed with a pianist, violinist, saxophonist and drummer, and a sponsored supper concluded the event with several notable attendees from Tops ham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange Hall
Kennebec
Weston L. Bonney
Pauline Golder
Orvis Bonney
Ralph Dale
Pearl Lemont
George Burns
Elizabeth Haggett
Harold Safford
Hayden Conant
Edward Drake, Jr
J. Edward Drake
Agnes Wright
Ethel Lee
Edith Rich
Ethel Richardson
Lucy Ward
Alice Johnson
Eleanor Danforth
Laurice Smith
Dorothy Bailey
Lorraine Balkan
Christine Hanscom
Ellis Aldrich
Topsham
Women of Algeria again making rugs in Tlemcen
Algeria reports a revival of rug weaving as a government training center rises in Tlemcen. After declines since French conquest, a 320-studio network now employs about 3,000 women and girls, boosting exports to an estimated $500,000 while most start young and veil by age twelve. Houston gas warning issued for odor alert using ethyl mercaptan to protect households from leaks and explosions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlemcen
Algeria
Algiers
Houston
Tex
H. L. Shaw
Univer
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John Hysler
Hysler
Somerville
G. G. Powers
Warren House
Main Street
Larkin
Florence Seigars
Myrtle Cutler
Della Rideou
Emma Ferguson
Emily Rideou
Betty Gibson
Betty Dorance
Eva McDougall
Gretchen Hulse
Gertrude
Ghravas
Paramount Singing and Talking Pictures
Matinee
S Bath
A Publix Theatre
Marion Davis
Marianne
Dulcy
Marion Davies
Elliot Nugent
Raymond Hackett
Pauline Frederick
Conrad Nagel
Ey Band of
Crooks
The
Underworld
Robert Armstrong
William Powell
Chance
Paramount
Jean Arthur
Regis Toomey
Kay Francis
Barthelumes
Richard Barthelmess
Nowheres
Marian Nixon
New York
Brunswicck Sonter
Spencer Corsetiere
Spencer
Beatrice E. Rand
Dummer St
Esthers
Millan
Corporators OF
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Washington’s
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