Town Topics for Fourth of July Week in Bath
Local notes from Bath cover a coast artillery practice at Popham Beach, a fire north-west sighting near Bowdoinham, and various civic items. The week includes church circle work, higher court planning, a Greek restaurant sale, a drowning victim funeral in Rockport, a ferry slip safety discussion, rail and steamship movements, and a Morse High School student project on local flora and fauna.
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Parker Head
Coast Artillery
Popham Beach
Thompson's Corner
Lincoln Lodge
1.C.C.F
Charles T. Gallagher
Boston
Read Nichols Wharf
Warren C. Philbrook
Sagadahoc
Moulton
Rooney
North End
John Fitzgerald
J. Tyleston Gould
Rockport
Bowdoinham
G. Adr
G. A. R. Hall
Oliver
Center St
Bowdoin College
Westport
Sheepscot Echo
Maine Dental Society
Augusta
Maxwell Powers
Portland
S. T. Co
Bath
Bonney and Clark
Howard Cigar
Freeman
Panchau
Bonney
John Belanger
Stinson
Colby
Alonzo Moore
Bridgham
M.C.R.R
City of
Rockland
Kennebec Line
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Austin Linscott
Portland Line
Rosa Johnson
Elizabeth Loring
Arthur Tracey
Percy Miller
Parker Hen forest fire suspects firebugs blamed
Firebugs are suspected of setting the Parker Hen forest fire as authorities seek leads. The incident follows a string of arson reports and prompts heightened patrols across local woodlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton
Parker Hen
Bath
Bath notes brisk marine and town life with few changes
Crowded harbor activity includes 29 yachts in commission at Kennebec Yacht Club and ships loaded for New York and Portland. Local notices report church services, new boat purchases, a 623 ton cargo schooner docking, and a dog aging thirty years in memory. Government appointments fill a Bangor court vacancy and hospital board seat. Bath Opera House plans unchanged summer program amid strong patronage.
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Kennebec Yacht Club
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters
Ariel
T. W. H. White
New York
Seguin
Lydia M. Deering
Portland
Tarbadoes
Sidney P. Willis
Acton
Mass
Universalist Church
Crawford
Bath Opera House
Governor Haines Defends Prohibitory Enforcement in Eastport Letter
Governor Haines replies to John L. Parker of Eastport, defending strict enforcement of the prohibitory law. He notes no prior complaints to him on Sheriff Woodman’s duties and accuses Parker of possible political motives. Haines says sheriffs are answerable to the Legislature for impeachment, and leaves county politics to voters.
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Gov. Haines
John L. Parker
Eastport
Woodman
Washington County
Woodwan
Cumberland County
Penobscot
Androscoggin
Knox
Saugadahoe
Knox County
William T. Haines
Executive Chamber
Augusta
Maine
First green pea harvest from Crosby farm reported
The first mess of green peas collected this summer was brought in last week by F C Montgomery, manager of the Crosby farm on Lovers Retreat road. The farm covers 125 acres with green peas on half an acre, corn on 1.5 acres and three acres of potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.C. Montgomery
Crosby
Lovers’ Retreat Road
Montgomery
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