New England Industry Revived Steady Growth Cited
Boston and Maine President George Hannouer told the Chicago Association of Commerce that New England shows ongoing industrial strength and updated energy. He cited a 1928 30 percent freight efficiency gain, a 4–5 day drop in shipment times to Chicago, and 64 percent of US woolen output from New England, with metal trades comprising 32 percent of regional manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Chicago Association of Commerce
George Hannouer
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine
Hannouer
Middle West
New South
Pacific Coast
New England Council
New Haven
Chicago
First Railroad Commission
Massachusetts
Brighton
Boston
Pittsburgh
Maine
Hannauver
Neon signs blaze: largest electric display lights Portland
The 60 foot high neon sign in Portland claims to be the world's largest electric sign. Neon lights, 725 feet of letters, glow readably from over twenty miles away. The piece also recalls neon’s discovery by Ramsay and its modern production by chilling air to extract neon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
H. C. Davis
Popular Science Monthly
William Ramsay
Moslem University to Modernize Ancient Cairo Institution
The Azhar University in Cairo plans modernization by raising education standards and reforming its structure. Enrollment will drop from about 14,600 to 5,000, shifting focus from Quran copying to training qualified teachers of theology law and Arabic. The goal includes producing judges, lawyers, and missionaries for Mohammedan regions. A separate note mentions a 1932 reunion of Americans born in County Wexford at Wexford, Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Old Aghar
Wexford
Ireland
County
Legion hall hosts Richmon d A V meeting and Valentine party
Amy Bradley tent and D A V Civil War group met Wednesday evening February 13 at Legion hall for business and a Valentine party. Refreshments served by Ruth Robinson. Next meeting February 27 includes a Lincoln Washington program. attendance expected. Numerous locals and visitors noted in town events and obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Bradley
A. V
Civil War
Legion Hall
Ruth Robinson
Frank E. Preble
Gardiner
Marshall
Rodney Dunn
W.H. Johnson
Dresden
Albert Morrissette
Augusta
Alice Lovell
Pleasant View Farm
Front Street
Ruth Walton
Greenfield
Mass
Nettie
Charles Ware
Wallace Jellison
Yarmouth
Blanchard Chapman
Hartford
South Dresden
R. J. Barren
Maple Grove
Mr. Clancey
Edward and
Louis Alleni Clancy
William W. Thomas
River Road
Richmond
George H
Rebecca (Purington) Thomas
C. H. Bryant
Bowdeinham
Bernice Meily
Wells
George Thomas
Cambridge
Fred Thomas
Elizabeth
Alice Mansir
Walpole
Cora Conley
W. A. Bibbey
Lona Hackett
Gordon Lemont
Charles Lemont
Bath
Mason M. Lemont
Ora Yeaton
Nettie Umberline
H. L. Tarr
E. P. Curtis
Wallace
Leslie F. Roberts
Maine
Geecere Association
Lloyd Chetley
Hebron Academy
Percy Chetley
Florence G. Maxwell
Portland
Columbia Hotel
John Parker
Ralph George
Somerville
Carlos Dunlap
Verna Brackett
Freeport
Richmond Corner News Briefs Spell Out Local Visits
Me and Mrs Grandville Douglas move into the Johnson house in Bowdoin. Howe born visitors include Mrs Pearl Dow and Miss Lena Berry from Amesbury Massachusetts visiting the Berrys. An accident tale: a Cambridge visitor slips on ice and loses $11 after a gentleman restores her handbag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandville Douglas
Johnson House
Bowdoin
My. Douglas
I'red Meacham
Pearl Dow
Lena Berry
Amesbury
Mass
Charles Berry
Katherine Baker
New Jersey
Edward Rideout
Bowdoinham
Alvah Campbell
Ehrnest Purinton
Litchfield
B. R. Temple
Helen Libby
Katherine Johnston
Willard Lane
Richmond
Albert Merrifield
Midllowell
Merrifield
James Hamilton
E. E. Purinton
Elmer Purinton
Mary Porters
Royce Denham
Rose Curtis
Mrs. Otis Gray
Daisy Purinton
Martha Gilligan
Cambridge
Swanton questions power bill and export impact
An open letter from H. A. Swanton of Westport Maine dated February 18 1929 urges Hon F W Carlton to seek a thorough impartial investigation into Maine power exports. Swanton notes conflicting opinions from lawyers ex governors Wyman Baxter Brewster and concerns over press influence by power interests and asks how the public can act intelligently without authoritative facts. He questions the authority of the Maine Development Commission and warns that rushing a referendum could destroy Maine power control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Maine
F. W. Carlton
Augusta
Baxter
Brewster
Mr. Wyman
Wyman
Maine Development Commission
H. A. Swanton
Latin Club Hosts Successful Card Party at Masonic Temple
The Morse High Latin club Legio Nova Romane staged a second afternoon card party at the Masonic temple with 30 tables. Dorothy Davis won first prize in auction bridge, and 125 attendees enjoyed refreshments while 68 dollars was raised to fund Latin room furnishings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Legio Nova Romane
Morse High School
Dorothy Davis
Thomas 8. Gibbons
Chester Kingsley
Bridge-Merrill Inc
Harry Webber
John J. Desmond Co
Samuel Hooper
A. Hallet & Co
Contract Bridge
Donald Sewell
W. H. Smith & Son
Hortense Bryant
Elsie Burkhardt
Elizabeth McGrath
Edna Hallowell
Harriet Lord
Winnifred Aderton
Amy Trish
Carolyn Plant
Marjorie Legard
Phyllis Wright
Elizabeth Deering
Evelyn Redson
Charles E. Helah
Temple
Polk Bears
Bowdoin
Silas Plant
Elmer Norton
Stanley Hatch
New High School
New Engine Trouble Blamed on Stork
A Yukon railway report says Kugorok railroad relies on dogs for motive power. An ill led new lead dog and a stork delayed the No. 1 fast mail through a siding where a rabbit chase and dog fights required a full new crew. Ram lambs fetch premium prices as market buyers prefer well developed, docked animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
Kugorok
Nome
Local notices and community life in Georgetown area
Short items describe Forrest Hanna eye injury and hospital trip with Harry Heald, Louis Trafton saving a collie on thin ice, Mrs. Roy Newman visiting Drimswick, Deputy Sheriff Clarey on Center business, extensive ice affecting hills, long town warrants, Maynard Thibodeau cutting wood, Capt Horatio Drake in good health on Indian Point, Nat Howe ice work, Ralph Reynolds winning Robinhood Woolwich mail route, social visits and skating at ponds, Arrowsic bridge hearing date, and upcoming town meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Hanna
Bath
Harry Heald
Louis Trafton
Robinhood
Nat Howe
Collie
Hunt Mill
Roy Newman
Drimswick
William A. Todd
Clarey
Mike
William Warpsworth
Maynard Thibodeau
T. M. Hagan
George Smith
Horatio Drake
Indian Point
Capt Drake
Drake
Ralph Reynolds
Woolwich
Reynolds
Feat Hagan
Annie Jones
Carroll Powers
Hovey
Emma Billings
Linwood Stevens
Drummond Stevens
Scar Jones
Mullin
Clem McMahan
Marl Richardson
Dewey
Westport
Freight engineer killed in train collision in Mass
Reports state William H. Gilman a New York freight engineer died when his locomotive was sideswiped by a freight train in Fall River Massachusetts. The incident is among a series of regional notes covering officials resignations deportations and budget moves across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Fall River
Mass
William H. Gilman
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Blind minister pursues sports and mountaineering feats
Rev Willinoore Ken Gall the blind pastor of First Methodist Church in Wind Okla attends baseball and football games with a companion, enjoys mountain climbing with his son, and cites landscapes as his joys. A Northwestern University graduate, he became known for speaking at regional meetings despite blindness. He was born in Kentucky in 1887 after losing sight to an eye infection. In other notes, leather care tips recommend neatsfoot oil and related substances for longer lasting shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willinoore
Ken Gall
Ah Christonis
Roa Cijgvinee
First Methodist Church
Oni
Mount Scott
Wichita
Oklahoma
Kendall
Northwestern University
Southwest
Gistrieh
Akealy
Kenuicky
Five Islands Grange Purchases Library Books
Fifteen books have been bought for the Five Islands library by the grange. Donations include two dollars from Mrs. Arthur Brown of Hallowell, who has contributed annually since the library began. Community notices list visits, meals, and local errand stops around Bath, Arrowsic, Seguinland, and Portland with various residents and events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Grange
Arthur Brown
Hallowell
Brown
Everett Cromwell
George Gray
MacMahan Island
Gilbert Lewis
Georgetown
Friends
James MacMahan
Furber Davis
Bath
Mr. Davis
Clara Davis
Christinia Pinkham
Hazel Gray
Philip Pinkham
Percy Savage
Ath
Clarey
F. P. Gare
J.T. MacMuhay
Hershel Dickey
A. P. Reid
FP. Po Cary
David Lawrence
Arrowsic
Joli Vineller
Portland
Ocean View
Donald Stevens
J. G. Stevens
Vernon Gray
B. H. Woodsides
Fiorine Willott
Auburn
Seguinland
I. L. Stevens
Florence
Five Islands
N. BE. Boynton
State Street Congregational Church
Hartley Harley
A. L. Berry
Bath poet to speak at WCTU meeting
Rev. William Wood, Maine poet and author, will speak at the Bath W C T U meeting Thursday at 2 40 in the Salvation Army hall. Ada Priestnal will bring greetings from Massachusetts W C T U. The Shorey children will perform instrumental music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army Hall
William Wood
The
Times
Wood
Maine
Boston Transcript
Staples
Lewiston Journal
Ada Priestnal
Bath
Massachusetts
W. C
Loyal Temperance Legion
Bath Union
Salvation Army of the United States
Shorey Children
Meeting of the Union
Nevada Hay Fed Race Horses Tonic Across the Nation
Each year Nevada shipments send Carson Valley hay to racing stables in New York, New Orleans, Kentucky, Florida and beyond. Experts note climate adds tunic like elements to hay, a mix of three quarters timothy and one quarter alfalfa. Ranchers earn 18 to 20 dollars per ton, with delivery around 50 dollars per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Carson Valley
New York
New Orleans
Kentucky
Florida
Nevada
Insurance Company Opens Business in 1923 Under Iv es and Hasselbrack
Ralph Es. Ives serves as president and J. G. Hasselbrack as secretary of a new insurance firm begun in 1923. The company shows capital paid up in cash of 1,000,000 with assets listed as of December 31, 1928 including stocks and bonds 3,001,313.00 and cash 352,508.87. The report notes gross premiums in course of collection and state admitted assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph ES. Ives
J. G. Hasselbrack
Capital
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Portland School of Beauty Culture
Congress Street
Forest
Portland, Maine
Richmond Corner
Swanton
STORK
Bangguet
Thrge
Henry H. Crane
Malden
Crane
Lowell
Thomas H. Braden
Health Board
Lieut
R. D. Thomas
VU. S. N
Schiff
Squantum Naval Reserve Air Station
Dever
N. H
Ashton Rollins
Millienmaire Farmer
Reston
Sanford Bates
Missiener
Start
Munaver
Nwt
William H. Ferry
Grosse Point
Mieh
Whalliam H. Cox
West Haven
Conn
Dartmouth
Amantic
Conn - Noto
Gertrude Jackson
Trenor A. Rice
Providence
S. S. Pacific
Senate
Seattle
Unimak Pass
Samuel Gallo
Revere
Joseph Fantasia
Gangi Cero
Brooklyn
N. Y
Albert L. Edson
East Boston
Medford
Vincent Dielis
West Medford
Northampton
Coolidge
Boston—Post
Yankee Division Memorial Committee
Atlantic Voyage
Cunard Line
United States Lines
Washington
Kellogg
Lindbergh
Curtisfield
House
Montgomery
Ala
Confederate Veterans
Hoover
Laredo
Texas
Harry Williams
Rio Grande
Savannah —Morning News
John J. Pelley
Central Railroad of Georgia
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Newark. N. J
Detroit
Canada
U.S
Pat Crowe
Buffalo
Leverly Wills
Cal
Alma Ruben
Toy Wiest
Fla
Milton H. Wilson
Evanston
Berlin
Trotsky
Reichstag
Germany
Priedrichshafen
Graf Zeppelin
Nea
Citizens Insurance Company of
Missouri
St. Louis, MO
Neal
Owen J. Ledyard
Stitt A
W.C.T.U. Meeting
Hall of Salvation Army
Century Indemnity Company
Hartford, Conn
M. Humphreys & CO
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