Village Life Notes and Visitors at Small Point
Pupils and teacher enjoy a picnic at Small Point on Tuesday with Joseph Day's track wagon. Many visitors including the Trask family Rexsell Trask Grace Trask Ralph Trask Frank Leavitt and others are noted as homecomings and strolls. Community club meetings repairs and local visits fill the week with church and town events and a washout on Ridge Hill street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ptppsburg
Joseph N. Day
Joseph Day
J. A. Trueworthy
Prank Trask
North Comeay
N. H
Rexsell
Frank
Times Press
Mix Katherine Charles
Samuel Stokes
Haverhill
Mass
Stokes
Charles F_ Hewitt, Jr
Charles
Capitol Island
Benish Melvitire
Jobim G. Morse
High Street
Charles Talber
Frank Leavitt
Robert Oliver
Percy Morse
Navy Yard
Kittery
Oliver
William E_ Purington
South Orange
N. J
Carrie H. Dark
Winnecames
Lirefield Corner
George Smith
Mr. Smith
Joeph N. Day
Hix
Tore
Momiar
Joseph
Norman Smith
Lishbem Falks
Lelia Oliver
Pasing
Bay Point
Seymour Hayden
Deering
Willard Cromwell
Portland
Nettie Geakl
Camden
Seymour Harden
William Campbell
Higsins” Beach
Arther Cromwell
Jennie Norton
Path
Ernestine Spencer
Joshua N_ Tibbert
Ralph
Kifferys
Reston
James Spinner
Lewiston
Charles M. Perkins
Squarelub
Winfield W. Morse
John G. Mer
Harrs. Webber
Ebert P. Manson
Com- Tuaitst Lab
Readime
Byimg
Flof. Tatler
Corliss Street
Villese Chereh
Harry PL Williams
Rath
Elfen
Doris Morse
Mix
Edith Small
Malcom
Ridge Hill
Dee
Cluster of Light Harness Fliers to Race July 4
A Lewiston Auburn track Fourth of July program features a free for all with Calgary Earl Peter Kennedy and Northern Mac among top contenders. Calgary Earl is a Maine star showing a comeback while Calgary Earl awaits first 1926 start amid high hopes and recent veterinary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Peter Kennedy
Auburn
Maine
New England
Calgary Earl
Lewiston Anborn
Calgary
Harry Coburn
A Bern
Sigary Earl
Northern Mac
Brester
Aml
Railbirds
Luke Bell
Frank Fox
Peter Look
Walter McGregor
Earl
Earl. Jr
Houston
John R. Braden
Carnegie Corporation to Fund African Education Initiative
The Carnegie Corporation allocates 27 500 to establish a training program in Kenya Colony for native visiting teachers in basic schools. The effort mirrors Southern US Jeanes Fund methods and stems from a Phelps Stokes Education Commission report. James W C Dougall will direct the project, with funding from a Canada and British colonies education pool. He plans to depart for Africa next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Corporation
Kenya
Africa
Phelps-Stokes Fund
Park Avenue
Jeanes Fund
Canada
Phelve-Stokes Educations Commission
East Africa
James W. C. Dougall
Estabistate
Deurall
Teachers College
Hampton
Tuskegee
Bethel scouting group returns from Basin outing and town visitors
Rev. C B Oliver leads a party of 12 boy scouts from Bethel returning from a weeklong Perry farm outing at the Basin. Many residents arrive or depart for the summer, including visitors from Portland Boston and Philadelphia and locals moving to summer homes at the Basin Center and Popham Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Perry Farm
Basin
C. B. Oliver
Minnie Moogy
John
Pownal
Small Point
C. L. Stevens
South Deerfield
Mass
Stevens
Weebee
Susie Nichols
Portland
Minett Bore
Marilla
Anita Williams
Boston
Clara Perry
Parker Head
Ina Pease
George S. Davis
Bath
Arline Barbour
Cumberland Center
James S. Rogers
Ernest L. Blaisdell
Philadelphia
Verry
N. W. Exton
W. Frank Jewell
Eric Carlson
A. Wyman
Popham Beach
L. J
Wonders of Skies in Summer Time
Venus will reappear in the southwestern sky within days as an evening star then shift to the east as a morning star for most of the year. The Sun’s corona may reveal a gas lighter than helium. Mira the Wonderful Star fluctuates in brightness every ~233 days, illustrating stellar evolution. Indianapolis News notes Oliver travels to Stoneham, Mass. to visit Mrs Bancroft.
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Venus
Swathmore
New Haven
Earth
Smithsonian Institution
Peru
Arizona
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Herschel
Mires
Mira
John Candee Dean
Indianapolis News
Tennessee River Survey Resumed For Navigation and Power
The War Department's Corps of Engineers restarts a Tennessee River basin survey, aiming to prove how dams and reservoirs can create year round navigability and power. It covers the French Broad area and notes North Carolina’s stake in linking rain catchment, storage, and industry to national defense and private enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Corps of Engineers
Tennessee River
French Broad River
North Carolina Geological Survey
Ternessee
Tennessee
North Carolina
French Browl
Piedmont Basin
Virginia
Georgina
Alabama
Mississippi
Appalndian Mountains
United States
Atlantic
Gulf
Congress
Engineer Corps of
The
Army
Tabor
Clinch
Powell Rivers
Blue Ridge
North Caroline
Piedmont
Ean
Washington
Kentucky
U. S. Army
Tennessee Basin
Two June Weddings Highlight Brunswick Social Season
Miss Charlote Mae Corey and Francis Powers Bishop wed at Cumberland Street Baptist Church Brunswick in a 250 pm ceremony. The couple will reside in Houston after August 1. Bishop, Bowdoin alumnus and pole vault champion, taught at Ricker Institute and will return next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlote Mae Corey
Robert S. Corey
Francis Powers Bishop
Harvey H. Bishop
Cumberland Street Baptist Church
Brunswick
Mary Ward
Marie Kirk
East Boston
Harvey T. Bishop
Harvard School of Business Administration
Lloyd W. Bishop
Raymond
Robert Corey
Ralph W. Edwards
Bishop
Houston
Cabot Manufacturing Co
Baptist Church
Brunswick High School
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin
New England
Beta Theta Pi
Bath Girl Bridesmaid Unites Ruth Foss and Paul Burbank
Ruth Elizabeth Foss and Paul Evans Burbank were married Saturday at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Clarene W. P. Foss. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. E. F. Ashby and Rev. Kennedy with maid of honor Gladys Hathaway and bridesmaids Dorothy Brainard Virginia Paine Martha Senter Beatrice Senter. Best man was Dr. Richard N. Norton. ushers included Liam S. Clark Robert J. Foster and others. Bridal party celebrations followed with a dinner at Gray Rocks and further visits with host and hostess Carleton C. Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarene W.P. Foss
Thei
Ruth Elizabeth Foss
Paul Evans Burbank
Pittsfield
Mass
Thompson FE. Ashby
First Parish Congregational Church
Franklin J. Kennedy
New Haven, Conn
Gladys L. Hathaway
Warren
Wellesley College
Dorothy Brainard
Thompsonville Conn
Virginia Paine
Tath
Martha Senter
Beatrice Senter
Brunswick
Richard N. Norton
Yale University
Mt. Hermon
Liam S. Clark
Cambridge
Robert J. Foster
Manchester
F. Murray Senter
William S. Allen
Worcester
Susanne Young
Miss Frse
Gray Rocks
Dingley Island
Carleton CC Young
Canning Industry Makes Big Strides
The canning industry shows large gains from 1909 to 19 with canned vegetables up 120 percent and fruits up 268 percent per a National Bank of Commerce survey. Population grew 22 percent in the period. The report cites convenience, cost, and changing living standards as factors increasing reliance on commercial canned foods, with some export growth and notes on dried fruits' role in preserved fruit intake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank of Commerce
Bank
Bureau of the Census
Canned goods exports and industry impact in the 1920s
The text outlines 1924 canned fruit and vegetable export totals led by peaches and pears, with tomatoes beans and corn also high. It notes the United Kingdom as a major market, Canada second, and warns tariffs affect US trade. It emphasizes tin plate steel use for canning and the need for ongoing can production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
United States
Ireland
Canada
Chautauqua Leader Addresses Rotary Group
Professor Guy Detrick of Pellefountaine Ohio spoke to the Rotary Club at King Tavern on psychology and judging men. He used humor and anecdotes to stress knowing associates handling sales, reducing turnover, and placing the right person with the right job. He cited government stats on training costs and demonstrated tests by observing volunteers. President F Motley Fuller presided at a dinner with Rev George Wolstenholme and Arthur Sewall among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Detrick
Pellefountaine
Ohio
Roth
King Tavern
Rotary
Halifax
Menard
Detrick
Bath
Cuttine
Nupon
Mnen
Jorge Detroit
Ech
Derrick
Ture
F. Motley Fuller
George B. Wolstenholme
The
People’s Church
Arthur Sewall
Highway Bulletin Details Widespread Road Rebuild This Spring
State Highway Commission reports improved spring road conditions due to early maintenance and resurfacing. Detours and traffic allowances are listed for projects in Belfast Cunely Wilton Strong Dover Dexter Greenbush Lincoln Presawe Isle Caribou Newry Locke's Mills Livermore Turner Dennistown Winn Houston Frankfort Gray Paris Woodstock New Sharon Thomover Foxcroft Greene and surrounding areas with multiple gravel and bituminous macadam sections and short delays expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
State Highway Commission
Belfast
Wilton
Strong
Dover
Dexter
Greenbush
Lincoln
Presawe Isle
Caribou
Newry
Locke’s Mills
Livermore
Frankfort
Turner
Kitters
State Park
Turner Village
Auburn
Breptton’s Mills
North Tirer
Livermore Falls
Ferry Road
Cleareh
Lievermore Palle
Livermore Walls Cross
Andreseeggim River
Ccurch
Rom
Dennistown
Houston
Woedstock
Gray
Gray Coener
New Gloncester
Poland Spring
Oxford County
Paris-Woodstock
New Sharon
Thover-Foxcroft
East Dover
Charleston
Greene
Engagements and Travels Noted in Local Social Roundup
A Salem based engagement links Dr Georce EL Pere to Mie Catherine Wardwe, both of Salem, Mass. Several families travel for summer visits with relatives in Peabody Bath and Hindiem field. Priscilla Magonn returns from Hiaddemfield and Atlantic City. meetings with Mrs Pant Kind follow. Social set includes Mrs Arthur Stilphem Carey and group visiting Small Point, New Meadows and Winthrow areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Peane
Georce EL Pere
Salem
Mass
Bath
Catherine Wardwe
Delmar Pates
Miery
Hewsil
Seer Park
Peaedsinham
Bates
Fill
Priscilla Magonn
Hiaddemfield
Me Ae
Atlantic City
Pant
Hindiemfield
Johm W. Williams
Herold
Hennessey Cottage
Popham Bennel
New Mendes Tam
Arthur Stilphem Carey
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Vinet Club
Amia
Albert Kee
Portsmouth
McGinneby
Fred W .Hartnett
Morris McKay
Lewis Avery
Bert C. Wells
Readfield
Bert Wells
Danny Groves
Milltown
N. B
Calgary Esr
East Lat Fall
Irving Pottle
Fred Swett
Johnny Amatex
Johnny
Herse
Charles H. Oliver
Stoneham, Mass
Carrie Bancroft
Tennessee River Survey
Bath Savings Institution
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