Records show peak freight car loadings in 1925
The year 1925 set a national record for freight car loadings with 51,177,962 cars handled, up 2,643,529 from 1924 and 1,365,849 above 1922. No car shortages occurred and locomotive surplus aided service. New England expects revival in trade per Governor Brewster's Boston forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Car Service Division
American Railway Association
Maine
New England
Boston
Brewster
Davey Bill Seeks Two Year Power to Reorganize Government
Congressman Martin I. Davey of Ohio introduces a House bill granting the president blanket authority for two years to reorganize the government structure. He cites waste, indifference, and duplication across agencies, noting civilian employment rose from 544,671 in 1923 to 564,718 by mid 1925. President Coolidge supports economy and similar goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourteenth
Ohio
House
Davey
Coolidge
Ford launches revival of old time fiddler dances
The piece notes a national swing back to old fashioned dances led by Henry Ford introducing veteran fiddlers to the public. It highlights Mellie Dunham among prominent fiddlers and mentions communities across the country hosting such dances, amid mixed views on the jazz age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Mellie” Dunham
Bers
Independent Letters Reflect Readers Shape Global Circulation
A fragment praising reader letters as essential to the Independent’s mission to craft a newspaper for its wide subscriber family. It notes letters help tailor content to a global readership and support the paper’s effort to please its audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
Georgetown Social Notes and Local Travel Adrenaline
Miss Maxine Walker, Ar rowie teacher, and Miss Alice Walker, ex teacher at Woolwich, spent Saturday with Mrs. Georgie M. R. Walker at Center school. Capt. Mark Marr travels to Vassalboro to visit Mrs. Marr, with Asher Marr in charge of his store and home in his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Walker
Arrowie School
Alice Walker
Woolwich School
Georgie M. R. Walker
Center School
Capt
Mark Marr
Marrtown
Vassalboro
Marr
Frank Taylor
Asher Marr
Capt. Marr
Alice Cromwell
Five Islands
Smith
Lexington
Mass
C. VL. Hinckley
George Smith
Bath
Mona Campbell
Ethelyn Gray
Masters Russell Pinkham
Woodrow Gray
Five Island School
Henry Reynolds
Bay Point
Popham
George Teague
Marjorie Hinckley
Mrs. Smith
Hinckley
Rapheal Rowe
Path
Higgins
Alorzo Hunt
Woolwich
Harry Heald
Brookline
Iva Cromwell
Kimball
A. E. Rowe
Marion Hunt
A. A. Stort
W. C. Todd
Thelma (Jerrish of
Toston
Jennie Todd
Arthur
Lisbon
Horace Rittal
Boothbay
Tobinhood
Levi Powers
Bessie Powers
Clyde Pinkham
Massachusetts
Roy Morse
T. N. Williams
West Georgetown
Alfred Rowe
W. F. Hagan
Arrowsie
Websters and Hinckleys
Sagadahoc Bay
Fred Gray
Portland
Portland reader praises Independent subscription
Mrs. G. R. Palmer of Portland mails a money order for her Independent subscription and expresses strong enjoyment of the paper, saying she looks forward to its arrival each day.
Beverly man subscribes, cites Bath birth
W. E. Willis of Beverly Massachusetts encloses a one year subscription to the paper. He notes he was born in Bath in 1867 and moved with his family to Boston in 1869 while expressing interest in his birthplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Willis
Beverly
Mass
Bath
Boston
Independent reader from Tekamah bank president pledges support
D. W. Greenleaf president of Farmers' State Bank Tekamah Nebraska renews his subscription praising the Independent as the most interesting local paper his Michigan born wife has read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Greenleaf
Farmers’ State Bank
Tekamah
Neb
The
Independent
Maine
Michigan
Maine Business Prospects Brighten for 1926
U S Labor Department reports Maine will see brighter general business conditions in 1926 than 1925. Skilled labor should be more fully employed as public works and private projects create demand for common labor. Major private projects include a $3 million Androscoggin dam and a large Madawaska mill addition. highway and bridge work totaling $6 million plus a $3 million Bath bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Labor
Maine
Bath
Madawaska
Androscoggin River
Lewiston
Free Will Workers Hold Annual Meeting
Free Will Workers of the Corliss Street church met in the vestry last Wednesday after service, enjoyed a meal of chicken patties chips pickles rolls Washington pie and coffee, and elected officers for the year. President Mrs W W Chaney First Vice President Mrs Frank Knowlton Second Vice President Mrs Frank Bowker Secretary Mrs Warren McIntire Assistant Secretary Mrs Herbert J Spinney Treasurer Mrs William Pearson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Will
Corliss Street
Washington
W. W. Chaney
Frank Knowlton
Frank Bowker
Warren McIntire
Herbert J. Spinney
William Pearson
Patten Free Library Officials Hold Meeting
A Patten Free Library meeting lists attendees including former mayors Oliver Moses and Edward Larrabee, Rev. Edwin Hardin, Dr. Langdon Snipe, and numerous community figures such as Miss Mary Barry, Miss Elizabeth Moses, and Miss Margaret Foote. The expanded roster reflects local civic involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Cahill
Oliver Moses
Edward W. Larrabee
Edwin Dodge Hardin
James A. Bimson
Frederick FE. Drake
L. Eugene Thebean
Langdon T. Snipe
Charles R. Donnell
Ernest F. Kelley
William D. Sewall
Edward EF. Dgrby
William T. Hall
Henry W. Owen
Arthur K. Puringon
Owen J. Ledyard
Walter F
Municipal caucuses to be called for March 1 election
The annual municipal election is set for March 1. Nomination papers must be filed with the city clerk by midnight February 11, exclusive of Sundays, and caucus calls require seven days notice, making February 4 the final date to call caucuses.
Trustees Meeting Reports Elected Officials and Committees
The annual trustees meeting followed the corporators meeting. Charles Low was re elected treasurer Miss Margaret Foote was named librarian Miss Alice Robbins and Miss A Mae Gilman appointed assistants Joseph Trott was curator Charles Donnell auditor and Langdon Snipe Sewall Donnell Folsom Glidden were named to finance and other committees The reading room and children's department improvements were assigned to a committee chaired by Sewall and Glidden
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 2 Low
Margaret R. Foote
Alice K. Robbins
A. Mae Gilman
Joseph M. Trott
Charles R. Donnell
Langdon T. Snipe
William 1. Sewall
Charles (. Low. Took
Quinr W. Folsom
Walter S. Glidden
Joseph Torrey
Ernest F. Kelley
William I Sewall
Pres. Glidden
Bangor Young Women’s Christian Association Seeks Own Roof
The Young Women’s Christian Association of Bangor is all set on having a roof of its own. The list of periodicals on file at Parren Free Library includes many journals and magazines from 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parren Free Library
American Machinist
Atlantic Monthly
American Review of Reviews
American Magazine
American Legion
Beston
Transcript
Building Age
Ross’ Life
Contry
Child Life
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Journal
Christian Science Sentinel
Country Gentleman
Daughters of American Revelation
Good Housekeeping
Tarper’s Magazine
Warper’s Bazar
How To
International Studio
Red Cross
Scribner’s
Saturday Evening Post
Scientific American
St. Nicholas
Universal Leader
Woman's Home
Sprague
The
Young Women's Christian Association of
Bangor
Two Candidates Enter Clerk of Courts Race in Sagadahoc
Deputy Sheriff Roscoe F. Perkins and George J. Goodwin both of Bath announced Friday night their Republican nominations for clerk of courts of Sagadahoc County. Each candidate, unaware of the other, believes he can win at the June primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe FE. Perkins
George J. Goodwin
Bath
Sagadahoe County
New Grange Leaders Named in Four States
Four grange states install new masters after recent sessions. Oklahoma picks W B Hanly of Beaver to replace A F Pickard. Maryland selects A G Ensor of Forest Hill succeeding TB John Black. New Hampshire names James C Farmer of South Newbury as master, while Massachusetts replaces William N Howard of North Easton with Ernest H Gilbert as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organized Grange
Oklahoma
A. F. Pickard
W. BR. Hanly
Beaver
Maryland
A. G. Ensor
Forest Hill
TB. John Black
New Hampshire
James C. Farmer
South Newbury
Jir Massa
William N. Howard
North Easton
Ernest H. Gilbert
Plans Completed for Coming Wedding of Miss Warren and Arthur Sewall II
Miss Anne Lane Warren daughter of Mrs Howard K Coolidge of Park Avenue New York City has completed arrangements for her marriage to Arthur Sewall II son of Mrs Harold M Sewall and the late Mr Sewall of Washington Street. The ceremony will be on January 21 at the Church of the Resurrection in New York followed by a reception in the Louis XV ballroom at the Ambassador Hotel. The bridal party includes maid of honor Miss Mary Marvel of Wilmington Del and several attendants from Boston Chicago New York and Bath. Loyall Farragut Sewall will be best man with ushers from New York Portland Lubec Baltimore and Bath. A bachelor dinner for the groom is set for January 16 at the Racquet Club and a small dance in Bath on January 1 at the Ambassador Club is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Lane Warren
Howard K. Coolidge
Park Avenue
New York City
Arthur Sewall 2d
Harold M. Sewall
Mr. Sewall
Washington Treet
Church of the Resurrection
New’ -York
Ambassador Hotel
Warren
Mary Marvel
Wilmington
Del
John W. Williams
Baltimore
John C. Caldwell
Chicago
Ernest G. Hawes, Jr
Boston
Constance Delaney
Loyall Farragut Sewall
Clinton Elliott Jr
Clifford H. McCall
C. Huntington Erhart
Donald B. Percy
New York
James W
Edward T. Ricker Jr
Portland
Carlton M. Pike
Lubec
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Eric A. Woolson
Springfield
Henry Dearborn
Seattle
Wash
Phelps Warren 3d
Troy
Loyall F. Sewall
Ambassador Club
Bathman Elected Delegate to Council
Ralph O. Dale of Bath was unanimously elected a delegate to the imperial council at the Kora temple sesquicentennial in Philadelphia during the Lewis ton meeting. Other delegation members include Harry S. Coombs of Lewiston and Dana S. Williams, with Fred Berry of Portland also chosen. Bath Nobles attending included Winfred M. Hagan and several Hagan, Pike, Stilphen, and Mullin family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph O. Dale
Bath
Imperial Council
Philadelphia
Kora Temple
Mystic Shrine
Lewiston
Wallace N. Price
Gardiner
Harry S. Coombs
Dana S. Williams
Fred Berry
Portland
Winfred M. Hagan
Frank Pike
Arthur C. Hagan
Arthur B. Stilphen
Ralph Wright
Garrett J. Galvin
Seth S. Mullin
E. Motley Fuller
John A. Legro
George ©. Quicksall
Bath Boy Elected Editor of Hollywood High Year Book
Marshall Sewall of Bath, son of Frank Sewall, elected editor of the 1925-26 Poinsettia annual for Hollywood High School in Los Angeles. Chosen for literary ability and English success. Sewall is in 12 B. Bath residents recall his summer visit at Small Point with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Sewall
Frank Sewall
Bath
Hollywood High School
Los Angeles
Cal
Small Point
Sewall
Myrtle Lodge Receives Official Inspection Visit
Myrtle lodge of Odd Ladies hosted an official visitation Friday night with Lillian Emerson of Lewiston government instructor, Lady Governess Fanny Bennett of South Portland, and Government Conductor Merrie Jones of Vordana. An 18 member banquet followed at the Colonial. the inspectors complimented the lodge on its excellent work and gifts were exchanged from a joke tree as the evening ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge of
Odd Ladies
Lillian Emerson
Lewiston
Fanny Bennett
South Portland
Merrie Jones
Vordana
Lodge
Colonial
Myrtle Lodge
Corliss Street church class to make sunshine bags
The Corliss Street church research class held an annal meeting at Mrs. George N Coombs home to organize sunshine bags for the sick. Nellie Plant read an original poem and Mrs. Coombs sang. Officers elected were Mary McIntire president Nellie Plant vice president and teacher Lizzie French treasurer and George Coombs secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street
George N
Coombs
Cherry Street
Nellie Plant
Lizzie French
Mary McIntire
George Coombs
Pine Tree Circle Installs Officers After Dinner
Pine Tree circle C F A installed its officers Wednesday last week with Circle Deputy Lillian Taft and Mary FE Gallant as marshal. Newly installed: Mary FE Gallant past chief companion Minnie Dall chief companion Fannie Blake sub chief companion Mary S Murphy financial secretary Nellie M Johnson treasurer George H Johnson recording secretary Alice M Taft right guide Josephine McNeil left guide Mary Carey Sarah Mosher trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree Circle
Circle
Lillian Taft
Mary FE
Gallant
Colonial
Mary FE. Gallant
Minnie Dall
Fannie Blake
Mary S. Murphy
Nellie M. Johnson
George H. Johnson
Alice M. Taft
Josephine McNeil
Mary Carey
Sarah Mosher
No Epidemic Denied in Bath as Scarlet Fever Rumors Persist
Health Officer Chester S. Kingsley told The Times there is only one reported scarlet fever case in Bath and the city is comparatively free of the illness. He urged continued vigilance and hopes the outbreak will not worsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester S. Kingsley
the Times
Bath
Kingsley
Chicago Association of Commerce Reaches Five-Year Deal
The Chicago Association of Commerce reports a profit of $200 000 from its recent rodeo event and has contracted Tex Rickard for five annual repetitions of the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Association of Commerce
Tex Rickard
Independent's Cross Word Puzzle Clue List
Crossword puzzle from Independent marks numerous horizontal clues including Belonging to him Disgrace or dishonor Bovine quadruped and other entries with answers to be filled in future issue. Contains short definitions across many word lengths and notes that solution will appear in next issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pacific
Jewish Territorial Organization
Five Islands Grange Officers Installed in Jan. Meeting
Five Islands Grange installed officers on January 5 led by Past Master J Stevens assisted by Miss Alice Cromwell Victor Pinkham and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Pinkham Elbridge Mains received a past master jewel for faithful service A clam stew luncheon followed a social hour Several locals and visitors attended including Clyde Pinkham of Lord Burnham Co and Mrs FE Kimball visiting Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
J. @. Stevens
Alice Cromwell
Victor Pinkham
Lloyd Pinkham
L. H. Rowe
Elbridge Mains
Mains
J. D. Witham
J.T. MacMahan
Bertha Lewis
Lila
Lelia Campbell
Albertina Stevens
Charlie Davis
Clyde Pinkham
Lord & Burnham C c
Iva Cromwell
FE. P. Kimball
Georgetown
J. G. Stevens
Cooper's Mills
Fred Pratt
Bath
J. F. Blaisdell
Jeorge Gray
R. of P
Mark Hanna
Clinton Hanna
Portland
Iva
Chester MacMahan
Waldoboro
Earl MacMahan
Preston
Norristown
Henry Rowe
Marjorie
Oldtown
J. E. Blaisdell
Ellsworth Pinkham
Hartley Harley
Alonzo MaccMahan
K. of P
George Gray
Grange Hall
Norman Oliver
Isle of Shoals
Duckholds
Mr. Oliver
Vernon Gray
Cosmopolitan Club Delights Members With Recital and Philanthropy
The Cosmopolitan club held its monthly meeting with readings by Miss Elsie Lake and dances by Miss Pearl Oliver and Miss Mary Cunningham. Mrs. Cunningham and Miss Ayers performed, followed by oyster patties and coffee. A philanthropic committee was named to assist townneedy cases including Miss Lillian Miller and Mrs. Stearns Scott among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Elsie Lake
Peculiar Coincidence in Drawing Jurors at Sagadahoc Court
A father and son, William T. Sewall and Arthur Sewall, were drawn for traverse jurors in Sagadahoc County. Maurice McKay, last drawn Jan 23, 1923, is now past the three year limit as the term begins on the 26th. Mayor Cahill named Pres. Quimby to draw with Russell F. Phinney, Charles E. Ripley, Robert R. Hatch, James Blair and Carl Anderson also announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traverse
Sagadahoc County Supreme Court
William TD. Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Maurice McKay
Cahill
Pres. Quimby
Grace Church Men’s Club Open Forum
The Grace church Men's club met in the parish house for a lively open forum last Wednesday. President Carroll Watson led the session with members sharing views on European policies versus American approaches. A luncheon followed, and the annual meeting is set for next Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church
Carroll Watson
America
Colby and Stinson Wed in Portland Then Move to Topsham
Fred Colby formerly of Bath and Mrs Blanche Stinson of Portland were married December 24 in Portland and now reside in Topsham where Colby works for The Pejepscot Paper Co. He previously ran a Wordford drug store and served as foreman at Percy and Small in Bath and at The Texas Steamship Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Colby
Bath
Blanche Stinson
Portland
Topsham
Colby
Pejepscot Paper Co
Wordfords
Percy & Small, Inc
Texas Steamship Co
New Sasanoa and Ramona council chiefs installed at joint session
The Sasanoa tribe and Ramona council installed their new chiefs at a Thursday night session, followed by a supper and dancing. District Deputy Ernest Avery assisted by Albert Gallant announced the Sasanoa leadership, with Archie Grant and Ralph Boardman among new appointees. Officers of the council were installed by District Deputy Clara Troop with Inez Puffér and others assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sasanoa Tribe
Ramona Council
D. of P
Percy Marston
Henry Wilson
Benjamin Pero
Albert Gallant
Edward Garcelon
Ernest Avery
Ralph Boardman
Harry Robinson
Woodbury Potter
Prophet
Robert Reynolds
Sachem
Carleton Rideout
Sagamore
William Rouse
Terey Marston
Wampum
Archie Grant
Sannaps
Woodbury
Woodbury Potter, Fred Elwood, Charles Preble, Paul West
Warriors
Arthur McCullum
Fred Clark
Braves
Clara Troop
Pocahontas
Inez Puffér
Abbie Small
Arletta Yates
Catherine Durgan
Lillian Millman
Cora Freeman
Ruby Wilson
Sadie Garcelon
Viola Pushard
Tillie Blake
Wenonah
Wheeler-Shaw Nuptials Performed in Simple Freeport Ceremony
Hon Edward W. Wheeler of Brunswick, general counsel for Maine Central Railroad, wed Mil dred L. Shaw, Bowdoin College alumni secretary stenographer, in a noon ceremony at her mother's Freeport home. Rev. George R. Merriam officiated. only family members attended. Wheeler is a Bowdoin graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Wheeler
Brunswick
Maine Central Railroad Co
Mildred L. Shaw
Bowdoin College
Hattie F. Shaw
Freeport
George R. Merriam
Skowhegan
Wheeler
Bowdoin
Governor Candidate and State Leader in Early 20th Century
A brief sketch profiles a college candidate for the 1916 Republican gubernatorial nomination who served on Governor William T. Haines's executive council and was a Cumberland County state senator. Before Brunswick, she held a stenographer job at a Freeport shoe factory and then moved to her current post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Haines
Cumberland County
Brunswick
Wheeler
Freeport
Real estate transfers recorded at Sagadahoc registry
Fortnightly real estate transfers listed from Sagadahoc registry include Arrowsie-Reed FE to Guy H Crosby et al in Bath and Haynes to Archibald Trainor. Transfers cover Bath Camilla Sewall to Harold Sewall Estate Inc and West Bath Webster to Wit Carroll Webster plus papers of incorporation for Harold Sewall Estate Inc and Drake Tielding Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe Registry of
Arrowsie
Reed FE
Brookings Et al
Guy H. Crosby
Bath
John M. Haynes
Archibald J. Trainor
Camilla A. Sewall
Harold M. Sewall
Bath A. C. to Meet Biddeford Semi-Pro Team
Bath team manager Hartnett announced Bath will host Biddeford at the Y gym next Friday. Biddeford, a strong semi pro squad, features former college and high school stars and has been undefeated the last two seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath A
Biddeford
Y Gym
Hartnett
Bath
Bath Co. U A E P to install officers January 26
Officers elected Friday night are Seth Stewart captain T M Mc Dougall first lieutenant William Mann second lieutenant Vernon W Miller treasurer Percival G Mann recorder. The article lists the new Bath County unit officers for the planned January installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Co
Seth Stewart
T. M. McDougall
William Mann
Vernon W. Miller
Percival G. Mann
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Times Company
Sare x Wanee
OUR
United States Labor Department
Patten Free Library
Trustee’s Meeting
Bathman
Rel
Western Newspaper
Union
Open Forum
Grace Church Club
Colby-Stinson
Wheeler-Shaw
Mildred.l. Shaw
RIE
Montsveag Farm
Wiscasset
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