Old Days on the Bath Branch
A reminiscence of Maine railroading on the Bath Branch describes the Dummy engine era, crews like John Holmes and Warren Wight, and shared tales of old engineers, a coon sighting, a broken trailing wheel, and later use of Augusta as a spare engine before the line faded away.
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Gardiner
Augusta
Fom
South Gardiner
John Holmes
Warren Wight
Charlie Evans
Joe Ellis
Elisha
Cathance Bridge
Jewett
Farmingdale
England
Boston & Worcester Railroad
Jewett’s
Skowhegan
Waterville
Portland Co
Avas
Annual Meeting of Red Cross
The Red Cross chapter reports a successful annual meeting though loss of Miss Priscilla Kimball via marriage and relocation to Portland. Her valued services are noted as irreplaceable, with secretary records expected to reflect the impact of her departure.
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RED Cross
Priscilla Kimball
Portland
Life Insurance Essay Contest III Morse High
Morse High hosts an impromptu life insurance essay contest open to all secondary students in Maine. Winners receive a $25 gold watch, $15 silver watch, and a $5 dictionary, with extra prize money from local donor Fred B. Teeling. Principal Clinton D. Wilson prepares students, and a statewide panel in Portland will judge the essays.
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Glenn Starkey
Maine
Morse
Teeling
Wilson
George S. Ellis
Portland
Brown University
Augustus O. Thomas
Clinton TD. Wilson
Morse High
Glenn W. Starkey
Free booklet offered to Marine veterans in World War I
An free booklet titled The U S Marine Corps in the World War has been prepared for free distribution to Marines who served in the late national emergency. Maj Edwin N McClellan compiled the data including enlistment by state and decorations. Ex Marines should write to Marine Corps Recruiting Station Boston for a copy before supplies run out. Mrs Francis A Gray left Wednesday for New York to visit her sons Walter F Gray in Brooklyn and Malcolm Gray at Tarrytown on Hudson.
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Miss Turpin
Bath
Municipal Board of Children’s Guardians
Alway
Keegan
Red Cross
Viola Hogan
Elizabeth Moses
James Lockery
J. A. Redlon
S. S. Mullin
Jane Murphy
U. S. Marine Corps
Edwin N. McClellan
Marine Corps
Atlantic Avenue
Boston
Francis A. Gray
New York
Walter F. Gray
Brooklyn
Malcolm Gray
Tarrytown-on- Hudson
Dr. True's Elixir Promises Gentle Constipation Relief
Advertisement notes harsh cathartics harm gut health and claims Dr True's Elixir offers a natural plant based laxative. It touts mild pleasant relief and fortifying health benefits with price listed as 1.20 in currency.
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Dr. True
Morse High Announces Pipers Contest Elimination Plan
The article notes that small and large schools compete in the same prize series across divisions. Morse High will accept entries early in the week and, if more than 20 percent of the school enters, will hold an elimination test so that by Thursday only 20 percent contest.
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Morse High
Wilson
Shrike Terrifies Sparrows in North End Winter
A North End woman laments a northern shrike that has driven away a large flock of small birds, mainly sparrows and juycees. The bird swoops fast, preys on weaker sparrows, and impales prey on barbed wire, alarming neighbors with cries from near her home.
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North End
Move to Erect Fine Building Gains Near Unanimous Support
be a live effort to raise funds and secure leases and guarantees for a new building. Mr Jackson urged all present to back the proposition with moral and financial support, and the vote was nearly unanimous in favor. Directors will continue planning and consider sentiments voiced at the meeting. Notable attendees included J C Foster A J Dutton Dr W F E Kershney R H Dunton C H Oliver and many others.
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Dr. W. FE. Kershney
R. H. Dunton
C. H. Oliver
W. J. O'Brien
HM. Huse
T.A. Bishop
F. P. Shaw
C. A. Harriman
J. J. Desmond
M. H. Beerwort
B. Smith
R. Frye
J. L. 2. Burke
F. B. Teeling
A. S. Merrill
A. Peron
Dike
Y. H. Cahill
M. W. Sewalled
Solovich
Levine
M. S. Povichi
Thompson
B. Johnson
W. H. Crosman
L. E. Wilson
H. P. Boudreau
Daniel Wittens
Cedric Reynolds
Mrs Annie Potter of Arrowsic Dies After Illness
Mrs Annie Fe Potter 68 wife of William Potter of Arrowsic died Thursday at City hospital after a critical operation. Born in Lisbon she lived in Arrowsic 40 years and was active in public welfare. Survived by husband, daughter Mrs Allan Morse and others. Funeral Wednesday at 1 30 at Mrs Morse’s home 13 Andrews Road.
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Annie FE. Potter
William TF. Potter
Arrowsic
City Hospital
Potter
Arrowsie
Allan
Morse
Mis. Potter
Bath
Andrews Road
Gasoline and kerosene prices drop at local stations
Prices fall Thursday as local companies reduce wholesale costs for gasoline by two cents to 26 cents per gallon and kerosene by one cent to 15 cents. Retail gasoline now 28? No. Retail kerosene 19 cents.
Tired Business Man Myth Explodes in The Nation's Business
A critique argues that chronic tiredness among business men stems from neglect rather than overwork. It asserts most so called tiredness is caused by laziness and poor self care, and that work generally acts as a remedy rather than a cause, challenging the stereotype of the tired entrepreneur.
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Julius Caesar
Adam
Paradise
Gabriel
Noah
Rochester Democrat-Chronicle
Headlight Regulation for Coming Season
Public confusion over motor vehicle headlamps prompts H A Shorey Jr of the Motor Vehicle Expection Commission to outline new rules. The aim is safety, not a wholesale replacement of leases, with tests of 27 devices showing 21 meeting statute requirements and two failing to meet them.
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H. A. Shorey, Jr
Motor Vehicle Expection Commission
State Highway Commission
Ethey
Commission
Governorsand Council
Bausch & Lomb
Ford H
Liberty
McKee
McBeth
National
Patterson
Shaler
Two Way
Wills St. Claire
Universal
Legalite
Public Utilities Commission
Highway Commission
Remarkable Wills and Probate Notices from Sagadahoc
A batch of Maine probate notices from Sagadahoc details appointments of administrators for Bath area estates including David S Harris Irving J Perry Simon Povich and Charles L Nichols. Petitions request letters testamentary with hearings set in Bath Probate Court and publication orders in the Bath Independent.
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Joseph M. Trott
Bath
James F. Perry
Phippsburg
Sagadahoc
Irving J. Perry
James FE. Perry
Benjamin Gediman
Simon Povich
Sagadatoc
Poking Fun at Sleeping Cars Across America
A travel reminiscence contrasts night rail travel in the United States with European habits. The author, aboard a New York to Montreal journey, describes sleeping cars, airless berths, and green curtains, then surveys scenes from Albany to Vermont and the Green Mountains, noting Swisslike farms and Alpine smells as the Adirondacks loom beyond a long lake shore.
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H.W. Newinson
Manchester
Eng
Guardian
America
New York
Chicago
Washington
Boston
Niagara
Montreal
Dobb's
Ferry
Hudson
Thames
Richmond
Albany
Shropshire
France
Switzerland
Jura
Rhone Valley
Vermont
Adirondacks
Fruit-a-tives promise health through natural vitamins
An ad explains Vitamin B and C shortages causing fatigue and poor health. It touts Fruit-a-tives as a fruit juice medicine derived from oranges and apples, claiming to supply essential vitamins. Sold as 6 for $2.50 with a 25c trial size, from Fruit-a-tives Limited in Ogdensburg New York.
Visions of a Lost Summer and Racial Burdens
The narrator recalls wealthier youths enjoying ease and luxury in a postwar world while passing through towns of the professional class. He contrasts this with memories of vanished races and the lingering ache of imperial burdens as he gazes at the sunset across the water.
Dust Carried Long Distances Across the West
Researchers estimate western storms move about 850 million tons of dust across the region each year, with particles traveling roughly 1,440 miles. The finding highlights large scale dust transport and its implications for air quality and climate.
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United States
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Charlie Dalrymple
Leeds Junction
Charlie
Py. &R
Danville
Brakie
John R. Bicknell
Grant St
L.F
Atwood
L, F, Medicine CO
Sagadahoc Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Bowdoinham
Chester M. MA
Charles C. Low
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Woolwich
Atone Wee Gyeeetet
Thomass. Gibbons
Emma James de Gogorza
Edward W. Hyde
Frederick H. Kimball
James FE. Lockery
Caroline Moses
Seth S. Mullin
J. Albert Redlon
John L. P. Burke
H. W. DeLong
Frederick FE. Drake
John J. Keegan
Oliver Moses
Langdon T. Snipe
Charles P. Wetherbee
Charles L. Smith
William A. Jack
Wilson Wright
N. Gratz Jackson
W. F. Kershner
William M. Adams
Dorothy Sewall
Earle S. Thompson
Eugene Desmond
William S. Newell
Byron F. Barker
Arthur K. Purington
Paul Dresser
Marine
Annieve
AUTO
State Motor Bureau
William F. Dunham
William F. Dunstam
F. FE. Purrington
Gorham
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John H. Rogers
Mass
Ers Late
Sagadahor
Arthur J. Dunton
Treat
Canenene
State OF Maine
Frances D. T. Lope
Hyde Park
Commonwealth of Masachusetts
Fies
D. T. Lene
Stisrie S
Lewis Toone Rath
Frances D. T. Lane
Walter S. Glidden
Searadahoc
Sagedahoc
Bath Independent
James S. Lowell
William Fe ‘Dunham
Fred D. Hill
Walter Morsey Hill
Minor
Rachel F. Nichols
Charles L. Nichols
Allewiance
Guuing
Sai County
Sagadalloc
Virginia
Manson
Virginia-Mangon
Virginia Manson
Joseph Ri
MA Sagadahoc
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Bennella Sioa
Pentonts
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James 5. Lowell
William Fa“Dunham, Entster
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Harriet
Herbert , Morse
E. Morse
Amanda
M. Morse
Charles
H. Morse
Harriet E. “Morse
Ecutsix
Arriet FE
Fred. Is. Thompson
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Register
Jnnasty
Ian Alt R. Ames
Saneketuahoe
Letta E. C
Sagadahoe
Alfred. R
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