Changing Workday as Measure of Industrial Achievement
Julius H. Barnes of the United States Chamber of Commerce cites a half century of change in work hours. He recalls 1880s transit fares and rush hours, noting shorter modern hours boost leisure, wages, and market demand while automobiles required time and energy for use. He argues balanced hours underpin universal use and industry buying power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius H. Barnes
Chamber of Commerce’ of the
United States
New York
Gould Proposes Light Wines in Prohibition Maine
Maine readers react as Sen Arthur R Gould of Presque Isle declares the right to make and drink light wines and beer. The Maine senator’s stance shocks many in a prohibition state and may affect his renomination prospects. Also noted is a mosquito elimination campaign for the Phippsburg peninsula funded by bonds and experts from the Gorgas Memorial Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Arthur R. Gould
Presque Isle
Gould
Phippsburg
Ennebec
New Meadows
Ocean
Gorgas
N. A
Ushman
Sprague’s
Phippsburg Mosquito Work Set With Public Meeting
A Saturday afternoon public meeting will show mosquito control work on property south of Parker Head Village to New Meadows river. Organizers seek funds to finish the job and rid coastal resorts of pests as summer travel recalls rough streets in High and Washington streets Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Head
New Meadows
Phippsburg
City
West Bath
High
Washington
Pine Street
Bath
Bath Maintains 39 Mill Tax Rate Despite Higher Costs
Bath will set its tax rate at thirty nine mills this year due to increased costs and state taxes. Mayor Cahill’s administration is credited with keeping the rate from rising to forty or more, and Bath’s rate remains lower than many Maine cities, possibly among the lowest in the state.
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Bath
Cahill
Maine
Apartment Housing Growth Surges in U S Cities 1928
In 1928 builders spent over three billion dollars on construction in 310 U S cities with populations over 25 000. About 62 percent funded residential buildings as the move toward apartment living accelerated. More than half of urban residents now live in apartments. single family dwellings rose only 4.6 percent in seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Post Office Losses From Dead Letters Rise Nationwide
The Post Office Department says four to five million dollars are lost annually as many Americans fail to properly address mail. In the last fiscal year 23 600 000 letters and 460 000 parcels were routed to dead letter divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Post Office Department
Amphibian Army Plane Flies Over Bath Maine Coast
An amphibian Army survey plane of four men passed Bath on Saturday about ten oclock. It barely cleared the Kennebec bridge and skimmed the Kennebec River waters as it headed north after the bridge. It is equipped for land or sea work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bath
Kennebec
Yale Observatory Opens Johannesburg Branch for Southern Sky Study
Yale Observatory establishes a branch in Johannesburg to use a 26 inch refractor and measure parallaxes of southern hemisphere stars unseen from the north. The project will also record Saturn satellite positions and other objects requiring precise coordinates, aiming to advance accurate celestial data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale Observatory
Johannesburg
Transcontinental Flight Sets 19 Hour Record
Captain Frank Hawks establishes an East to West transcontinental flight record of 19 hours 10 minutes 28 seconds, setting a historic milestone in bold aeronautic achievement. The feat highlights Hawks and the era of pioneering long distance air travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Frank Hawks
U. S
Barbary
N. Africa
Europe
Belgium
Campaign Against Mosquitoes Draws Citizens Meeting
A planned fundraising campaign to implement a mosquito control project along the Kennebec and New Meadows rivers is set after a demonstration by N A Cushman. Maj. Skinner from the Gorgas Memorial Institute will advise, with a public meeting scheduled at Bodwell Grange Hall on Saturday July 6 to hear details and view prior work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Head
Kennebec
New Meadows
Maj
Skinner
Gorgas Memorial Institute
Phippsburg
William 8. Kenyon
Iowa
Bodwell Grange
Small Point
Popham Beach
Small Point Harbor
Sebasco
West Point
Wynburgh
Gorgas
Canal Zone
Cuba
New Jersey
New York
Florida
Gorgeous drum major uniform for Emmons stuns Bath readers
Maj Edwin L. Emmons plans a July fourth appearance in Bath wearing his fourteenth drum major uniform. The new blue coat features black scrolls edged in gold, royal purple cuffs, green stripes, purple and green shoulder caps, and a blue astrakhan hat with a yellow crown and tassel. A yellow cane may complete the outfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin L. Emmons
Bath
Royal Hussar
Emmons
Dog Surprises On Rail Bridge Draw Ride
Rex the mongrel and his young companion tried a rail crossing on the Kennebec bridge when the span lifted for a river signal. The dog was suspended between ends as the draw descended, barking at the operator Virginia and his master. The boys escaped injury but warned that this railroad route is dangerous and forbidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex
Kennebec
Pal
Jay
Virginia
Bath
Sasanoa Bluffs
Will
Sasanoa Gang
Allan family takes summer cottage at Mere Point
Mr and Mrs Ernest A Allan and Mrs Allan mother Mrs Henry C take the Summer cottage at Mere Point for the season. Mr Allan returns to Quincy on Sunday after visiting for weekends and planning vacation days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest A. Allan
Allan
Henry C
Mere Point
Allen
Quincy
Memorial to Gen Knox to adjoin old church site
A campaign to raise 150000 dollars for a Knox memorial adjoins the old church in Montpelier. Headquarters at the Little Building Boston with the Atlantic National Bank as treasurer. Gen Clarence R Edwards chairs the effort and cites Knox's role in Revolutionary war and artiller y transport from Ticonderoga to Washington's Cambridge camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Knox
Old Church
Montpelier
Philadelphia
Passamaquoddy
Little Building
Boston
Atlantic National Bank
Minerva
Jupiter
Knox
Grenadier Guards
Clarence R. Edwards
Washington
van Stuben
Henry Knox
Ticonderoga
Lake George
Cambridge
Knox Memorial Committee
H. M. Lord
Budget Bureau
New England
Bath boasts oldest street commissioner in New England
Bath claims Oscar F. Williams as the oldest street commissioner in the region. Serving his 43rd year since March 1887, Williams has maintained uninterrupted service across multiple administrations. Ernest E. Ward of North East Metal Culvert Co. notes this longevity as a Bath distinction in municipal leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
New England
Oscar F. Williams
Ernest E. Ward
North East Metal Culvert Co
Portland
Ward
Williams
Death of Francis White 41 Survived by Family
Francis White, 41, son of the late Thomas S. White and Mrs. Altha White of Foster's Point road, died June 18 in St. Petersburg Florida of a shock. Burial was in Johnsonburg Florida. He leaves a wife and three children Francis Dorothy and Thomas, his mother and two brothers Thomas J. White of West Bath and Albert White of Lisbon.
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Bath
Francis White
Thomas S. White
Altha White
Foster’s Point Road
White
St. Petersburg
Fla
Johnsonburg
Francis
Dorothy
Thomas
Thomas J. White
Foster's Point Road
West Bath
Albert White
Lisbon
Parker Family Visiting Bath Friends in Bath
Mr and Mrs Scott Parker and their son of Lowell Mass spend a few days in Bath with Mrs Amy C Parker and Mr and Mrs E J Footer on Trufant street noting the extended visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Parker
Lowell, Mass
Bath
Amy C. Parker
E. J. Footer
Trufant Street
Bath adopts thirty nine mil tax rate for 1929
The city announces a tax rate of thirty nine mills for 1929 with a slight real estate and personal property increase. Assessors list real estate at 6 780 862 dollars and personal estate at 683 506 dollars, with 9 464 368 total valuation and 376 577 35 in polls. Vetoes on the assessors are noted and tax bills are due mid to late week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund P. Henry G. Hodgdon
Daniel Dougherty
Ralph K. Hall
Baker Shea Wedding Unites Arrowsic and Woolwich Couples
Miss Alice M. Shea daughter of Mr and Mrs Bion Shea of Arrowsic and Forest Baker son of Mr and Mrs Morton S Baker of Woolwich wed June 22 at two in Nequasset at Rev Oswald H Rankin's home. The couple left for a honeymoon in Portsmouth New Hampshire and New London Connecticut before returning to a new Sagadahoc Ferry home with extended family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice M. Shea
Bion Shea
Arrowsic
Forest Baker
Morton S. Baker
Woolwich
Oswald H. Rankin
Nequasset
Portsmouth
N. H
Forest Glory of Maine A call to protect state forest lands
The piece extols Maine as a top lumber producer east of the Mississippi and highlights Mt. Desert Island and Katahdin as marvels. It notes deforestation and burn areas but argues the state should establish a Maine State Park to preserve these forests for future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Maine
Mt. Desert Island
National Park
Mt. Katahdin
New England
Washington Borah Denounces French Plea on War Debt
Senator Borah denounces France for seeking a postponement of the $400,000,000 World war supplies debt due August 1, insisting on firm repayment terms and warning against diplomatic concessions. The dispute centers on Paris's request to delay payment amid postwar financial strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Borah
Cross-Word Puzzle Clue List Improvised From OCR Fragment
Puzzle item lists horizontal and vertical clues with many entries. Includes references to languages, anatomy, geography, and various wordplay prompts for a newspaper puzzle page.
Four Hundred Attend Flower Show at Bath Garden Club
The Bath Garden Club's flower show drew four hundred attendees. Judges awarded green ribbons to winners including Mrs. Frederick Edney for roses and Miss Isabel Carter for peonies and iris, with many other prize groups and honorable mentions listed. Flowers were donated to City Home Old Ladies' Home City Hospital and Parent-Teacher groups for the Alumni banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Edney
W. G. Cahill
Isabel Carter
James Sutherland
Charles Gilman
Brunswick
Clara Abbott
Louise Abbott
John H. Hyde
Clarence Morse
Harry L. Day
Alice Sewall
J. S. McFarland
Arrowsie
Alice Shorey
Ruth Thompson
Sarah Klippel
Emma Sewall
Alice Sheery
Longspur Columbine
Larkspur
Ellen Turner
Colous
Harry L.day
Ada Manson
McFarland
Arrowshiris
Butterflies and entomologist visit Mount Washington Highland
At over five thousand feet Mount Washington hosts a sub Alpine zone with display of mountain fritillary and wingless grasshopper among Canadian fauna. Visitors include Mrs. Thornton F. Burns of Portland and her son Frederick Burns of St. Petersburg Florida calling on friends. Mrs Burns formerly Miss Abbie Rogers of Whiskeag road.
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Mount Washington
White Mountain
Thornton F. Burns
Portland
Frederick Burns
St. Petersburg
Fla
Burns
Abbie Rogers
Whiskeag Road
Miss Alice Magoun Alumna Of Morse High 1875 Class
A Bath Morse High School profile honors Miss Alice Magoun graduate of the 1875 class. She taught 21 years in Bath and 13 in Amherst Mass earning high esteem from students and faculty. The 1875 diploma cohort had 13 graduates, 11 still living, including Charles Torrey now in Spencer Mass and donor Miss Elizabeth Moses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Charles Maxwell
Elmer Norton
Winifred Aderton
Elizabeth McGrath
Arthur B. Scott
Alice Magoun
Ellen Turner
Hester Rose
Patricia Smith
Mary Conley
Agnes Fahey
J. Edward Pomeroy
Albert Noyes
Carl Dunham
Grindell
Bath High School
Miss Magoun
Morse
Ambherst
Mass
Bath
Morse High
Charles Torrey
Spencer
Elizabeth Moses
Bath People Attend Diocesan Convention
Rev and Mrs Charles M Tubbs and Henry C Wright attended the 110th diocesan Episcopal convention in Maine at St Saviour s Bar Harbor in connection with the church s 50th anniversary. Tubbs re elected to the standing committee Drake to the Diocesan council Wright chosen alternate delegate to the Provincial synod in Hartford October 22 23. Mrs Tubbs and Mrs Drake attended the Women s Auxiliary convention in Bar Harbor Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Tubbs
Henry C. Wright
Grace Church
Episcopal Church
Maine
St. Saviour’s Church
Bar Harbor
Mr. Tubbs
Frederick E. Drake
Wright
Hartford
Conn
Tubbs
Woman’s Auxiliary
Hathorn Given Kitchen Shower for Mrs Eleanor Hathorn
A kitchen shower for Miss Eleanor Hathorn who wed Merle Jameson Sunday at Center church drew about 40 attendees. Woolwich grange met in the grange hall Wednesday night as gifts were given, with dancing and treats to honor the couple. Miss Hathorn teaches at Murphy's Corner school and Mr Jameson works at Bath Iron Works Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Hathorn
Merle Jameson
Center Church
Woolwich Grange
Grange Hall
Miss Hathorn
Mr. Jameson
Murphy’s Corner
Bath Iron Works Corp
Seek Wild Flowers Grade Three Crews In School Display
One hundred one kinds of wild flowers were brought in to grade three like school by pupils. Five remained unidentified. Mabel Pinkham led with 32 varieties, followed by Doris Henderson with 29. Beach Haven, N J reports an amphibian plane crash into Little Egg Harbor killing three and injuring two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avril
Mabel Pinkham
Upper Washington Street
Doris Henderson
North Bath
Beach Haven
N. J
Little Egg Harbor
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Thur
Harostemmies
Buxton
Buxton Rheumatic Medicine Co
Abbot Village
Forest Glory of
Province of
N. W. Panads
Scowie
Macbeth
China
Leo
the International Syndicate
Bath Garden Club
Waterville
Hathorn
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