Possible transfer of revenue cutters to the navy debated
Debates over whether the Androscoggin and Woodbury should join the United States Navy intensify as reports say the revenue cutter service may move from the treasury to the navy. Some favor commerce and labor, but the navy option gains broad support amid plans to reorganize law enforcement and ship duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Androscoggin
Woodbury
United States Navy
Revenue Cutter Service
Treasury Department
Navy Department
Army
Navy Keister
Department of Commerce and Labor
Navy
Marine Corps
Cleveland Commission
Revenue Cutters
Coast Guard
Navy Department of Forces
United States
Holbrooks Visit East Harpswell and Local Notes
NEW MEADOWS Mr. and Mrs. Sidney W. Holbrook and daughter Marjorie spent Sunday at East Harpswell as the guests of Silas Holbrook. Calista Holbrook and Ernest Snow have been on the sick list as the result of vaccination. Samuel Holbrook is working for Ben Johnson. Ice on Storer's pond is about eighteen inches thick and of excellent quality. Miss Mabel and Florence Jordan are enjoying a vacation trip to Boston and vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney W. Holbrook
Marjorie
East Harpswell
Silas Holbrook
Calista Holbrook
Ernest Snow
Samuel Holbrook
Ben Johnson
Storer
Miss Mabel
Florence Jordan
Boston
Talks of the Navy by a Portland Winter Visitor
Lieut. Commander Alexander Yates, a navy veteran of the Bennington disaster and Spanish War service, discusses naval life and the required breadth of training. He retired from active duty in August for health reasons after 16 years in the service and urges young men to pursue naval careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Alexander Yates
Portland
U. S
Bennington
San Diego Bay
Yates
Navy
Uncle Sam
Ordnance
Engineer Corps
Commander Yates
Detroit
Cervera
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Maine
Bristol
Bowdoin's New Gym Promises Athletic Renewal
Bowdoin’s new gymnasium stands as a catalyst for improved physical development and stronger, cleaner manhood. The article praises Bowdoin teams for fight and nerve, noting championships and individual victories despite small enrollment, and anchors the motto Fair Play and May the Best Man Win at Whitier Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittier Athletic Field
Hubbard Grandstand
Gymmnnasium
Bowdoin
Buckley Orders Towns to Destroy Brown Tail Moths by Feb
Commissioner of Agriculture John P. Buckley has sent letters to municipal officers across Maine demanding removal of brown tail moth nests within 60 feet of streets and parks by February 15, 1912. Real estate owners must destroy the insects in all stages, with municipalities ready to act if owners fail. The infestation is worst in Central Maine, with new reports from northern counties including Penobscot, Franklin, and a town in Aroostook.
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John P. Buckley
Buckley
Maine
Penobscot
Franklin
Aroostook
Eugene A. Allen Dies at Boston Post Office
Eugene A. Allen longtime chief electrician at the Boston Post Office died suddenly at work on Friday January 5 death attributed to apoplexy. Funeral held January 8 at 24 Oliver Street Everett Mass. He leaves widow Annie of Everett and had siblings who died recently. He was a Maine native who lived in Bath and Boston and Everett. He was a 32nd degree Mason an Odd Fellow and Golden Cross member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene A. Allen
Boston
Alvan A. Allen
Bath
Mr. Allen
Oliver St. Everett
Mass
Maine
California
Everett
The
Golden Cross
Annie Allen
Stephen Snow
Doble
Piscataquis County
Hudson River
Yonkers
N. Y
Carolyn
Melinie Rock
Rockland
DeGraw
Robert E. Edmonson
Hereford Cattle Breeders’ National Association
Claude
Texas
Edmonson
United States
Masonic
East Weymouth
Massachusetts
New York State
Dix
Col. J. E. Scott
Sullivan
Assemblyman
Kopp
New York
Madison Square Garden
Short Poultry Course at Orono Proves Profitable
A Maine College of Agriculture notice recounts J H Gardiner of Gardiner Maine describing the winter Poultry Management short course at Orono. Lectures and hands on work covered housing feeding incubation crate fattening and flock records with three farm visits and final emphasis on profits. The program costs rail fare and about five dollars weekly for board and no tuition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Agriculture
J. H. Gardiner
Gardiner
Maine
Poultry Institute
Orono
Gowell
Pittsfield
Charles Dillingham
Hampden
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New Meadows
Scott
Bowdoin’s
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Dean
Thomas
Nancy M. Hanson
Hamburg
Doan
University of Maine
University of Vermont
San Francisco
George von L. Meyer
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Key West
Colon
Honolulu
Pacific
Japan
Fort Greble
Fort Kearney
Narragansett Defense District
Fort Adams
Providence Telephone Company
C. B. Embree
Long Island
Supreme Court
Frederick A. Powers
Powers
Sloan
Rebecca Jane Isaacs
Lucy
Kentucky
Liniment
Earl S. Sloan
Lowe Craa
Bears
Castoria
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