Ex-service men urged to apply for compensation before deadline
About 400000 veterans and dependents eligible for adjusted compensation under the 1924 act must apply by midnight Thursday to receive cash or certificates. Navy and marine applicants numbered 62,291 and 11,151 respectively, with total cash, certificates, and loans outlined. The process involves serial numbers, year, make, and potential corrections by the State Department.
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United States
Sam
Way Department
Navy
Veteran's Bureau
War Department
City Auto Excise Tax Receipts Soar to 5500
Bath reports 5500 in automobile excise tax to date as 1930 registrations near. Taxes must be paid before State registration and a receipt from all city treasurers is required. Since Sept 14, 507 fees collected, ranging from 56 cents to 62.62. Tax bases vary by model year with rates from 3 to 23 mills. Most payments cover business vehicles. many pleasure cars yet unpaid.
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Department of State
Ford
Cadillac
Bath
Bath built ship Abner Coburn burns at Richmond Beach
The Abner Coburn, a 47 year old Bath built vessel once linked to Abner Coburn a Maine lumber magnate and former Maine governor, burned at Richmond Beach Washington. Seattle’s Padelfords collected relics from the ship as souvenirs while the wheel was given to Everett captain for the Washington Historical Society. Built in 1882, the 1972 gross ton ship ran the Seattle Alaska salmon trade before Libby McNeil Libby retired her and Nieder Marcus sold her for stripping prior to the fire.
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Abner Coburn
North Atlantic
Maine
Richmond Beach
Washington
Bath
William Rogers
Seattle
F. M. Padelford
Pedelford
Obituary for Mrs Helen D Hooper of Bath
Word has been received of the death Tuesday of Mrs Helen Dike Hooper of Bath at the home of her daughter Mrs Walter B Warren West Newton Massachusetts after a long sickness. She was a daughter of the late Rev and Mrs Samuel F Dike of Bath and widow of Albert E Hooper of Newtonville Massachusetts. She passed the latter part of her life at the old homestead in Bath. She is survived by one daughter Mrs Warren and by one son Samuel D Hooper of Bath two sisters Mrs Edward H Kimball Bath and Mrs George Henry Dole Wilmington Delaware one brother Dr John Dike Melrose Massachusetts. The funeral will be Friday morning at 11 at 138 Lincoln Street Bath. Rev J B Priestnal of the New Church will officiate.
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Helen Dike Hooper
Bath
Walter B. Warren
West Newton
Mass
Samuel F. Dike
Albert E. Hooper
Newtonville
Old Homestead
Warren
Samuel D. Hooper
Amnesia Mixup Lets Bank Worker Drop Car At Home
A bank employee in the northwestern city part left the bank with a friend, rode off in his own car, and, after realizing the car was supposed to be at home, quipped that he forgot he had been driving his own car for weeks. He returned later, retrieved his machine, and did not tell his wife.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Winnegance Squaw Club Holds Weekly Meeting
Winnegance Squaw club met at Mrs Perow home with auctions and prizes won by Mrs L Parks Mrs Edgar Oliver and Mrs Walter Morse. The club planned its annual New Year party at the community house for husbands and children. The Evening Workers hosted Christmas observance at the club house with meat supper gifts exchange and late merriment. A New Year s Eve community party occurred at the community house with cards and refreshments. The auxiliary to the Community club held its Christmas tree event with 2 pm start followed by social time and refreshments. The Winneganee Community club set for Thursday at 7 30 pm with good attendance hoped. The Kennebec open water allowed John G Morse to hunt black ducks the last open day bringing home the limit. The Squaw club will entertain husbands with a card party and dessert at the Community house.
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Squaw Club
Perow
L. Parks
Edgar Oliver
Walter Morse
Joanna Hodgkins
Susie Schofield
Bernice Sturtevant
Charles Preble
Winneganee Community Club
John G. Morse
Kennebec
Higher Power Cars Feature Auto Show
The 1930 car line will boast greater horsepower and lower operating costs with innovations in internal construction. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce show in Grand Central Palace January 4 31 will unveil twin eight and more straight eights, larger bore cylinders, new Duralumin rods, and simplified maintenance. New lubrication, thermostat radiator hose design, heated windshield cleaners, and automatic radiator vane systems are also highlighted.
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Oscar Leiding
Associated Press Feature Service
New York
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Grand Central Palace
The Poplar Destructive Root Growth Cautions Planting
The poplar is a highly desirable home tree for rapid growth but its roots are aggressive and can damage water and sewer pipes or foundations. Roots tend to grow unfazed by obstructions, displacing or cracking structures, making careful planting essential despite the tree’s popularity.
Phippsburg Community Notes Move In Residents and Holidays
Mr and Mrs Louis Lowell move from Bath to Parker Head to live permanently. Local residents assist with wood gathering and yard work. A Winter term begins with Mrs Alice Galvin teaching at Parker Head. multiple family visits and holiday gatherings are reported. A newborn Barbara Rose welcomed at City hospital Bath. Parker Head to Phippsburg Center road improved after road scraping. Whooping cough cases noted at Popham Beach. Christmas activities held at Small Point school with Nellie Kelly directing.
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Louis Lowell
Bath
Parker Head
Clinton Beals
Small Point
J. Bradford Sprague
Fred Curtis
Omar Perry
Arthur
Windegance
James Perry
Howard Bowker
George Ingalls
Alice Galvin
Dromore
Phippsburg Center
Ernest Rogers
Roger
Martin Wyman
Frank Perry
Ray Campbell
Walter Wyman
City Hospital
Barbara Rose
Brunswick
Brown
Basin School
Pemaquid
Bessie Galvin
Parker Head School
John D. Rogers
Lewiston
Clyde Feero
Robert
James
Perry
Rose Carpenter
Augusta Campbell
Phippsburg Center Road
Allie Rollins
Popham Beach
Lon Lowell
Sebasco
Small Point School
Nellie Kelly
French Move to Bind Women Workers in France
Paris reports women who excelled in civil service tests find doors closed by three government branches. The Seine prefecture and the Senate blocked further examinations for women. The P T T service bars equal pay claims by enforcing lower eligibility, leaving women with fewer hiring chances.
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Paris
Seine
Senate
Post, Telephone and Telegraph Service
Jesse James Funeral Style Echoed in Death Militants
In St Joseph Missouri followers arranged a costly funeral for Jesse James after his 1882 death. The steel casket cost 265 dollars and the shroud 19 dollars, far above the era’s typical funeral price of about 50 dollars, reflecting elaborate pomp by the gang’s supporters.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Jesse James
James
Charles A Corliss Dies At His Bath Home
Hon Charles A Corliss 69 lifelong Democrat and Maine legislator died at his Bath home 17 York Street after months of illness Funeral planned for Thursday afternoon at two The Bath native Bowdoin graduate engineer and public servant left a wife Clara Laflin Corliss and several cousins from Maine and beyond Flowers omitted
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Charles A. Corliss
Bath
House of Representatives
Maine
York Street
William FE
Marinda Corliss
Old High School
Bowdoin College
Rockland
Gilbert
Old Street and Sewer Commission
Board of Highways and
Kansas City
Kan
Edna Worthley Underwood
New York
Nellie Berry
Brookline
Mass
Brunswick
Grace Fox
Philadelphia
Myra Beedy Portland
Frank Gardiner
Lewiston
Death of Capt Mark L Jamie son longtime Bath sea captain
Capt Mark L Jamie son 66, caretaker of Nashawena island for Forbes brothers of Milton Mass, former master of Bath ships Florence M Penley Dorothy Palmer and George A Walcott. Born in New Brunswick, he went to sea as a boy and was stricken Saturday on his way from the island dock to his house.
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Bath
Mark L. Jamieson
Nashawena Island
Forbes Brothers
Milton
Mass
Florence M. Penley
Percy & Smal, Inc
West Indies
Dorothy Palmer
Waldoboro
Walter 8. Palmer
Boston
George A. Walcott
New Brunswick
N. 8
Island
Funeral rites held for Mrs Julia A Webber at Lincoln Street home
The funeral for Mrs Julia A Webber wife of Charles M Webber was held Tuesday at 2 PM at her Lincoln Street home. Rev Edwin D Hardin officiated with bearers Fred P Shaw John Shaw William A Fall and Jacob Verheus. Burial followed at Oak Grove. Out-of-town attendees included FP Jaqua of New York and Mr and Mrs Guy Meader of Rumford.
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Julia A. Webber
Charles M. Webber
Lincoln Street
Edwin D. Hardin
Winter Street
Webber
Fred P. Shaw
John Shaw
William A. Fall
Jacob Verheus
Oak Grove
FP. W. Jaqua
New York
Guy Meader
Rumford
Muffs Restated With Modern Aids
Paris fashion notes say muffs now feature handbags hidden inside and do the work of a handbag plus a muff. Barrel and pillow shapes lead the trend, pillow muffs favored, short furs used, velvet options with kolinsky or mink trim, outfits include matching furs on coats, with caracul astrakan broadtail beaver or seal trims.
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Diana Merwin
Associated Press Peature Service
Paris
Highway Up Mt McKinley To Cost About 200000
San Francisco reports a new automobile highway to Mt McKinley will be completed in 1923 at an approximate cost of 200000 dollars. The project marks a significant infrastructure milestone linking the region to the famed peak.
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San Francisco
Mt. McKinley
Ring Ceremony Starts Work On Uncle Sams New Monster Dirigibles
Akron Ohio November 7 Ring laying marks the start of the ZRS 4 giant dirigible under Goodyear Zeppelin Goodyear. ZRS 4 and ZRS 5 will be the largest airships with 6 5 million cubic feet of gas 785 feet long 1464 feet high 4480 horsepower eight Maybach engines and a 50 crew capacity.
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Uncle Sam
Raymond Bruner
Associated Press
Akron
Ohio
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
Congress
Los Angeles
Capitol
Washington
Karl Arnstein
Goodyear-Zeppelin Company
Radio advertising up 115 percent in nine months 1929
The census bureau reports in 1929 the radio advertising in newspapers rose by 115 percent over the first nine months of 1928. The radio industry also spent twice as much on broadcasting facilities during 1929. A separate brief notes bridge testing in Stockholm where musical strings tested the Aarsta bridge rigidity with an electro magnet.
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Washington
Bureau of the Census
Stockholm
Aarsta
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