City Sanitarian Warns in Annual Report on Smallpox Epidemic
Chester S. Kingsley, city sanitarian, warns council that if another smallpox outbreak occurs, the same drastic steps will be used. He cites water quality, milk supply, farm inspections, and clinic activity as context, detailing disease totals and responses from the past year.
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Chester S. Kingsley
Wassermann
Posirive
Az Cerg
Yankae
Ksuthe
VGC
Anita Fet
Vreetment
Poona
MPM
Stacie
Bay McHimncs
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Aabgve
Bad Ogi
Seanaars
Ares
State Department of Health
Abbott
The
Water Company
Bath Health Clinic Reports Increased Service and Costs
Dr. L T Snipe Dr B I Barker Dr B B Mullin and the city sanitarian continue offering Disease and Baby Clinic services with government and state support. City cost usually under 400 dollars yearly, worth about 13000 dollars if charged at commercial rates. Attendance declined due to epidemics and storms, but clinics remain open to the needy and any parent bringing babies for weighing and measuring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Snipe
B. I. Barker
Mullin
Cily Sanitarian
J. O. Lincoln
Bath
George Wolstenholme
Charles H. Cahill
Bagh
Patten Free Library Reports Cash Balances and Incomes
The Patten Free Library reports a year end operating balance of 81 115 with book account at 3 64 and total income of 7 287 099 while expenditures reach 6 924 93. Trustees note specific gifts from donors and trust income allocations including amounts from Chaves I Patton and others.
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Patten Free Library
Sioz TT
Charles C. Low
Cty Council
Charis Fh. Patien
Lucinda Bailey
Sarah W. Marr
Frances W. Emphireys
John S. Hyde
Lucy W. Patten
Harold M. Sewall
Ernestine S. Hyde
George P. Davenport
Lehiine
Chaves I. Patton
Paemas Harvard
John O. Fiske
Mary A. Wigell
G. Warward
N. C
Police Committee Reports Small Loss
The special committee reports a small loss in the police department for the last year. The annual report shows appropriation 13 009 dollars receipts 190 from County Treas EC Patten and 16.23 from Cs Marshal Whitney. Expenditures totaled 1B 145.34 with salaries and various items listed.
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Qty Ceed
County Treas
Patten
Cs Marshal
Batterton
Wilhaachwie
Ros
Joe Riiseae
Ryan Oram
Psisoneis
Pneumonia Claims Many Victims In City
Horace W. Ward, superintendent of cemetery work, reports 235 pneumonia deaths in Bath last year. Of 223 total deaths, 162 were buried at Oak Grove, 18 at Maple Grove, 10 at Calvary and five at Fairview, with pneumonia the leading cause.
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Bath
Horace W. Ward
Ainene Men Sud
Eli
Ward
Oak Grove
Maple Grove
Calvary
Fairview
Local Social Notes Include Visits and Illness Updates
Mrs alne Libby and Helen and Ernest Purinton visit Portland for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sheen host Bowdoin guests with two children. Charles Hamilton of Beverly overnight with Garfield Hamilton. Mrs. Mary Bates gains strength after illness. Charlie Holmes returns from Gardiner. Robert Wallace listed as sick. Maude Purinton calls on Nellie Cobb. Lon Tarr visits Nellie Dingley. Giles Manwarlog and daughter Alice visit Borace Mannrings in Litchfield. Adaberry improving after illness. Ida Oliver of Portland stays with sister Mrs Harry Tarr.
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Alne Libby
Datelper
Helen
Ernest Purinton
Portland
Edward Sheen
Bowdoin
C. K. Cobb
Charles Hamilton
Beverly
Mass
Garfield Hamilton
Mary Bates
Charlie Holmes
Gardiner
Robert Wallace
Maude Purinton
Nellie Cobb
Lon Tarr
Nellie Dingley
Giles Manwarlog
Alice
Litchfield
Borace Mann
Adaberry
Ida Oliver
Harry ‘Tarr
Colonial Club Beats Elks in Tourney Thriller
The Colonial club defeats the Elks 10 8 in a tough tournament opener. Rodney Ross edges Joe McCole 150 119 in pool while Reginald Stacy stars with 160 62 over Walter Dingley. Billiards and bridge also favor Colonial as Edges in cribbage and bid whist go to the Elks and Colonial respectively.
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Colonial Club
Lombard Street
Front Streets
Rodney Ross
Joe McCole
Rodney
Mac McCabe
Roger Skillings
The
Elks
Reginald Stacy
Co Ionial Club
Drake
Reg
Gary
Walter Dingley
Watt
Kiks
Burgess
Whitney
Colomianes
Merlie Hmapeett
Andy Merrill
Carl Anderson
Harry Day
Ralph Small
Dee Green
Bill Dennison
Warren Hawley
Horatio Mikels
Alden Smith
Clint Wilson
Dec Kingsley
Pat Hartnett
Charlie Heath
Red McMann
Les Plant
Hap Torrey
Benny Stove
Colonial
Phaeden
Davis
Burden
Emro
Parker Lewis
Will Perry
Harry Hall
George Hunt
Cribbage
Flks
Colonial Boys
Grindle
Harris
Dan Williams
Francis Parry
Mayo
Sprague
Neal
Merritt
Shaw
Fielding
Milligan
Nelson Ed Jones
Sam Ward
Jimmy Crane
Tom Con
Clus Bess Billiards Russ
McCuile
Eimphress UC Syde
McCabe
Stacy
Bride Wilson
Siudy
Three
Hall-Hount Lewis
Priyay Davis
Brurdéen
Emre
Lurgess
McPhee Perry
Linekme
Cribbage Walams
Perry Grindb
Arris
Jonrs
Ward Crane
Cunley
G “Neal
Merritt Mayo
Nelson Shaw
Pinecht
Welstenholne
Thmayen Dale
Nath
Ridan Ramsey
Turner Nobbins
Doviea
Ellis
Harold Ficidine
John P. Carey
Leslie Plant
Eugene Pesmond
Edward Reed
Harold P. Small
Georgetown Residents Engage in Local Affairs and Repairs
Georgetown residents report progress on town year end tasks and expect the annual town printout by Thursday or Friday. Lyndon Hinckley improves after illness as workers renovate the church vestry and contribute wood for heat, while Merrow and Marrtown activities include portable mill operation and road work amid heavy snow.
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Ferris Leonard
Mattie Hinckley
George Smitha
Brunswick Hospital
Frank Heald
B. i. Woodside
State House
Augieta
Georeetown
Charles Hanna
Five Islands
Elizabeth Fart
Ralph Reynela
Ths
Marl fHaean Bevan
Blaveh Westall
Lewiston
Robinhood
Ralph Regiolas
Drummond Stevens
Kalpana Reynolds
Abbie Stcrynields
Mathews
Bath
Llewellyn Hinckley
Bovsie
Stella Powers
Abbie Reynolds
Frank Hines
Liuner
Charles Mains
Marrtown
Everett Higgins
Indian Point
Altos
Harry Heald
Aurusta Turscoy
Nest
Public Lighting Fund Expenditure Summary
A municipal report details expenditures on street lighting and city building ventilation. It notes 30 ornamental lights with $55 annual rent, 34 to 600 CP lights at $58.50 yearly, 80 CP lights at $30 yearly, and 170 CP lights with an unspecified annual rental, plus monthly totals and allocations for repairs and preparation.
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Balanes
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Orvais Aihoun SB
Eity
Ely
Hins
C. P
Personal notes of weekend visits across Massachusetts and Maine
Alive Margaret Miller, who passed the hondas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Archiv Mller, returned Sunday to At tieboro, Ma Miss Dors Traumi of Melrose, Mass., bassed the weekend in Bath with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Tratton of Lincoln street. Mr. and Mrs. Laton Jackson and daughter Peggy of Thomaston were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. Gratz Jackson of Spring street.
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Margaret Miller
Archiv Mller
Attieboro
Dors Traumi
Melrose
Mass
Bath
Everett Tratton
Lincoln Street
Laton Jackson
Peggy
Thomaston
N. Gratz Jackson
Spring Street
Honolulu Bird Life and Island Customs in 1929
Percy R. Low describes Honolulu as a modern American city with a mixed population and rich bird life. He notes Japanese, Chinese, Filipino and other communities, street scenes, Waikiki beach, Kapiolani Park, a zoo elephant, and a late 19th century Kawaiahao church built by coral rock crews. He mentions the Chinese New Year begins with firecrackers.
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Honolulu
Hawai
South Sea Islands
Waikiki
Kapiolani
Kawaiahao Church
Percy R
Resignations and hints of health issues in local notices
Meg Ty AL Willmott formerly of this city resigns as pastor of the Congregational church in Athol Massachusetts due to ill health. Miss Beulah Best, a supervisor at Nassou hospital Nassou NY, is spending a few days in Bath with her sister. Mrs William Powell of Andrews Road is mentioned in passing.
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Meg Ty AL Willmott
Congregational Church
Athol Mass
Beulah Best
Itrees
Nassou Hospital
Nassou
Five Islands Local Notes and Personal Visits
Five Islands updates include visits by Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Howard and Vernon Gray to Bath, C. H. Minchen from Boston, and A. L. Marr selling a horse to T. M. Hagan. Edith Wilkins leaves for Jay, mail carrier Charles E. Hanna appointed for Five Islands to West Georgetown, snowshoe outing, and local social events at the Hanna home. A birth is reported in Arrowsic, and other residents travel or host gatherings amid winter weather.
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D. L. Howard
Bath
Vernon Gray
C. H. Minchen
Boston
A. L. Marr
T. M. Hagan
Georgetown
Edith Wilkins
Five Islands
Jay
T. J. Hanna
Charles E. Hanna
West Georgetown
I. L. Stevens
Earl Hagan
T. M. Hagan, Jr
L. H. Rowe
T. W. Blaisdell
Woolwich
John Thibodeau
Oakland
Alice Cromwell
Newton
Mass
N. E. Boynton
F. P. Carr
Arrowsic
David Lawrence
Everett Stevens
Lila Thibodeau
France
J. B. Horton
Palma de Mallonca
Spain
Big steel girders strengthen building in town
Five steel girders weighing nearly half a ton each were set in W. H. Smith & Son's Front street store in about an hour by Kerr & Houston Co. Frank W. Churchill led the project with 12 workers. The work prepares for New England Tel. & Tel. Co. equipment upstairs and involves a new ceiling and corridor alterations.
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Bath
Kerr & Houston
W. H. Smith & Son
Front Street
Kerr & Houston Co
Frank W. Churchill
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Smith
Telephone Company
Six Seek Membership in Topsham Grange
At a Topsham Grange meeting 122 were present. Six applications for membership were received. Vaudeville acts included Farmer Hiram and Levi the Jew by the Cuckoo Twins and Gentlemen Jin and Limping Lizz. Bertha Wright and Floyd Wright performed a cornet solo set. The young peoples orchestra played for dancing.
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Topsham Grange
Hiram
Levi
Cuckoo Twins
Alfred Rackley
Frank Todd
Jin
Lizz
Jessie
Warren Morrill
Bertha
Floyd Wright
Edward Belanger
Young Peoples’ Orchestra
Farm Week adds cow calling contest at Maine College event
A cow calling contest is added to the third annual Farm and Home Week at the University of Maine College of Agriculture on March 25. Judges will weigh carrying and musical quality as well as the effect on wandering bovines while awarding a large silver cowbell as the prize.
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University of Maine College of Agriculture
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Roseanna McFadden
Bath Health Centre
Police Committee
Portland School of Beauty Culture
Congress Street
Forest
Portland, Maine
Richmond
Mark Shibles
Baptist Church
Peter the Rock
Myr Shibles
Burress Olive
Wellesley
William Dunham
Nettie Umberhind
Florida
John B. Curtis
Orange Heigets
Victoria Call
Margaret Dailey
Connecticut
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Olive King
Elmer King
Eva Thayer
Theodore R. Passmore
Pollyanna
Christian Endeavor Society of the Baptist Church
Opera Horse
Harold C. Jack
Forest Glen
Maryland
Nora Cooper
George Cooper
Brooklyn
N. Y
Grergreen
Charles Morton
West Dresden
Eva M. Dearborn
S. Curtis Dearborn
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Cerala’ Miller
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Stella King
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Jesse L. ‘Warr
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Natick
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Brunswick
Regidar Meeting of
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Bowen Richmond
Dresden
Swan Island
Bailey
Wiscasset
Joseph Cortelo
Gen. Grant
Hongkong
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U. S. S. Richmond
J. G. Morton
Los Angeles
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Anderson Ind
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Edward McGinn
Willian McGinn
Charlies Hamilton
Jeeves Hamilton
William A. Bibber
R. Tempie
Arthur Paine
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Airs
S. Reed Allen
Arthur Alen
Medford
Myymond James
Jackson Quion
Bern Passimne
Tye Holland
Homers
Lune
Northeastern
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Mies
Nellie Thomas
Livermore
Jesse L. Tary
Norther
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Harry Tas
EY da Teries
Erierk Sethie Hospital
Richmond Liss Chins
Hetel Richmond
Lion
W. Grundy
Richmond Corner
Front Street Boys
Charles A. Harriman
Brookline
Bath Boy
Hawaii
Citizens Insurance Company of
Missouri
St. Louis, Mo
SIOM
Owen J. Ledyard
Century Indemnity Company
Hartford, Conn
Ralph B. Ives
J. G. Hwasselbrack
Capital
D. M. Humphreys
Kents Bath
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