Men of high position pay tribute to Edward P. Mitchell
Edward Page Mitchell, born in Bath, celebrated editor of The Sun and later The New York Herald, was honored at the Amen Corner gathering in Wall Street New York. Gov. Nathan L. Miller, Martin Glynn, Frank Munsey, George Harvey and others praised his half century in journalism and his satire blending The Sun’s spirit with modern literary craft.
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Edward P. Mitchell
Bath
Edward Page Mitchell
Maren
Haward J
Frances
A. Muiccnell
Wallort-Astoria
New York
New Lock
Urth Avenue
Thomas
Miatt
Journalits
New England
Mitchell
Herald
Martin H. Glynn
Nathan L. Miller
Albany
Mr. Mitchell
Frank A. Munsey
The
New York Herald
Lk. Hedges
Glynn
Sun
Charles A. Dana
Greeley
Bennett
Dana
Dickens
Daniel Webster
Mr. Dana
Maine
Muses
James Russell Lowell
Ozark
Addison
Doe
O. Henry
Mark Twain
Cromwell
United States
Marion
Bowdoin
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Miller
Charles 8. Whitman
Richard J. Enwright
Melville E. Stone
Associated Press
Archbishop Hayes
Bishop Manning
New Golf Links At Boothbay Harbor Rushed For Use
Work on the new golf links and clubhouse at Boothbay Harbor is rushed and will be ready for use. Promoters report reservations in hotels and cottages coming in earlier than usual. More leaky roofs were reported because of Thursday rain.
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Boothbay Harbor
Strange animals at the Washington Zoo captivate visitors
The Independent notes Washingtons National Zoological Park draws millions yearly with baby bears and baby tigers attracting crowds. It reflects on animal cognition, human religion in dogs, and the beauty of soaring buzzards seen over the zoo as part of a broader meditation on nature and wonder.
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the Independent
National Zoological Park
Belshazzar
Daniel
Washington
Jesus
Zoo
Zoo Park
Beven
Glidden Chosen To Preside Over Patten Library
Walter S. Glidden was unanimously elected president of the Patten Library Association at the annual meeting in Bath attended by the largest number of corporators in the group's history. The session also re-elected Judge James S. Lowell as secretary and filled board and staff posts, including Margaret R. Foote as librarian and Charles R. Donnell as auditor.
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Walter S. Glid
Patten Library Association
Glidden
H. M. Sewall
Altho
Sewall
Bath
Washington
James 8. Lowell
Jane S. Murphy
John A. Lord
Edwin Dodge Hardin
William A. Furber
Daniel T. Dougherty
Association
Vaea
Lowell
Larrabee
Treas Law
Low
Judge Lowell
the Times Co
Julia A. Watson
Rupert H. Baxter
Walter S. Glidden
Langdon T. Snipe
Charles R. Donnell
Scott R. Irye
Charles C. Low
William D. Sewall
Charles P. Wetherbee
Roscoe P. Ham
James A. Bimson
James S. Lowell
Charles A. Harriman
John L. P. Burke
Edward W. Larrabee
Eben J. Marston
Ernest F. Kelley
Oliver Moses
George P. Davenport
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Warren E. Kershner
Frank B. Nichols
William 8. Newell
Frederick E. Drake
Joseph M. Trott
John KE. Burkhardt
Paul Dresser
David L. Wilson
Charles H. Cahill
Arthur K. Purington
City Government Drops Emery Mountain Action
Bath city council ends further action on Emery Mountain rock extraction for street work due to legal costs. It also approves a $140,000 tax anticipation note borrowing, allows winter horse race track scraping, and refers roof water nuisance complaints to the Board of Highways and Sewers. Meeting lasted 30 minutes with several absentees noted.
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Hinery Mountain
Charles H. Trooper
Skillings
Board of Highways and Sewers
Armes
City of
Bath
City of Bath
Bath Trust Co
Emery Mountain
Hooper
Emery Mmountain
Board of Aldermen
Charles R. Oliver
Scott Golder
Ralph K. Hall
Horace Ward
Cemetery and Park Board
Fred H. Lord
West Bath
Oak Grove
Traverse
Sagadahooe County
Abromson Found Guilty on Liquor Sale Pleas
Louis Abromson, arraigned previously for alleged vanilla for beverage sale, pleaded guilty in three cases. He received fines and jail suspensions totaling 200 and 100 dollars with 2 months in jail and six months in default in single sale cases, probation for seizure, and forfeiture of seized vanilla valued at eight eight ounce bottles and fifty four two ounce bottles. Charles W. Laing of Braintree, Mass., was in Bath for a few days.
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Louis Abromson
John J. Keegan
Keegan
Abramson
Wa F
Augusta
Gardiner
South Gardiner
Richmond
Peleg
Vassalboro
Riverside
Winslow
Trea
Portland
Brunswick
Brunew
No. 36
Cony House
Old Days on the Bath Branch train memories from Peleg Sprague
Wellington Sprague known as Peleg, a Bath boy and veteran railroad conductor, recalls decades on Bangor locals and the 1870s era. He describes crews, switching, rough collisions, playful pranks, and a deadly washout while highlighting Sprague’s leadership style and camaraderie among long‑serving rail workers.
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Wellington Sprague
Peleg
Young Sprague
Bangor
Skowhegan
Sprague
Brakie
Waterville
Alan Ke
Augusta
Riverside
Vassalboro
Winslow
Winslow Siding
Fred Sturdivant
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Patten Library
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Charles W. Laing
Braintree
Mass
Maine Central
Charles
Johnson Bros Co
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