Cadillac Mountain road open for season at Acadia Park
Maine tourists have a new eastern seaboard attraction with the Cadillac Mountain highway in Acadia National Park Bar Harbor. The 3.5 mile road, begun 1928 at over 350000 dollars, offers broad ocean vistas from 1500 feet above sea level. Formal dedication is July 23, though traffic is already heavy and the road is complete and safe with patrols and parking along the route.
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Maine
Seaboard
Cadillac Mountain
Acadia National Park
Bar Harbor
Nova Scotia
Amazon
Rockies
National Park Highway
Motorists Fund Federal Government Through Higher Taxes
Motorists bear a large share of general government costs as the federal gasoline tax yields 130 million dollars and taxes on motor vehicle parts add 100 million. Total motorist cost rises to 230 million annually while highway users receive 125 million in federal aid, leaving a 105 million shortfall. AAA predicts 1.5 million fewer cars by 1933, prompting calls to protect gasoline tax income and continue road construction to curb travel costs.
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American Automobile Association
Teis
New Link Belt System Unloads Coal at Gibbons Co
In a first trial the new link belt unloading and conveyor system at Gibbons Coal Co. loaded 1025 tons from the barge Tamanend in Port Richmond Philadelphia at about 60 tons per hour. The system eliminates much manual labor, reduces breakage, and includes a new shed, illuminated by a new electrical line.
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Gibbons Coal Co
New York City
Port Richmond
Philadelphia
Out of Door Wedding at Tibbetts Farm
Miss Ann Louise Gustafson and Dr. Leslie Marriner Bates of Beachmont Mass were married Wednesday June 29 at Tibbetts Farm West Bath in an outdoor ceremony. Rev William H Nicolas officiated with family attendance. The bride, daughter of G Theodore Gustafson, wore white organdy with blue trim and blue larkspur bouquet. groom is Harvard Dental School graduate son of Silas M Bates. They will reside in Lynnfield Mass.
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Ann Louise Gustafson
Leslie Marriner Bates
Beachmont
Mass
Tibbetts Farm
West Bath
William H. Nicolas
Trinity Congregational Church
G. Theodore Gustafson
Kathryn Larivee
Stanley Bickford
Chandler Secretarial School
Harvard Dental School
Silas M. Bates
Merchants Fight Detour Signs Across Maine
Pittsfield businessmen circulate petitions to abolish detours set by the State Highway Commission claiming they divert traffic from the village and hurt business. Waterville merchants push to remove a Pettengill’s Corner sign directing travelers to use Route 138 to avoid 21 miles of construction hurting summer trade.
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Maine
Pittsfield
State Highway Commission
Waterville
Pettengill’s Corner
Augusta
Electric Spark Shows Edibility Wait Time And Spoilage
The report notes food preservation timing with a 37 percent fit for consumption after twenty two hours postmortem. It mentions Blair C. Wilson leaving Monday for Orono to attend the summer school at the University of Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair C. Wilson
Orono
The
University of Maine
Language Puzzle Clues Span Vocab Across Themes
A long OCR fragment presents a mixed list of crossword style clues and partial headings covering multiple categories. It includes numbers, abbreviations, and references to poems, seas, and parts of speech, suggesting a puzzle page with overlapping wordplay and solution prompts.
Brunswick to Open Three New Playgrounds This Week
Three playgrounds for ages five to 12 open Tuesday morning at Union Street Water Street and Longfellow schools in Brunswick. Rev Harold I Merrill supervises all grounds with three additional instructors teaching pageantry handiwork for girls and boys. Six week session includes a doll parade costume party and pet show with a final demonstration on the Delta or Mall.
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Bru
Morni
Union Street
Ater Street
Arid Longfellow
Harold I. Merrill
All Grounds
Delta
Cumberland County Y. M. C. A
Wilbur F. Senter
Joseph A. Aldred
Charles D. Wentworth
Bath to Open Summer School for Pupils
Bath plans a summer school for pupils from first grade to high school. Superintendent Clinton D. Wilson says Davenport trustees will fund the program with about $500 to $1,000. Classes will be in Mitchell, Central Grammar, Center Street, and North Grammar schools with six or seven teachers in morning sessions.
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Bath
Clinton D. Wilson
Davenport
Mitchell School
Central Grammar
Center Street
North Grammar School
Marshall Kelly lists Lindbergh ransom serial numbers
City Marshal Walter L. Whitney posted a complete list of plate and serial numbers for the $5, $10 and $20 bills used in the Lindbergh ransom to aid quick identification if any notes surface. The sheet, pinned in his office, draws public interest as people check their cash against the chart.
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Walter L. Whitney
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
New Jersey
Genesta R Tts Field Day Highlights New Sports
Genesta Chapter No. 73 O E S held a field day at Dromore with 75 members enjoying indoor cards then outdoor races and contests. Prizes went to Miss Mabel Fullerton Stanley Bickle David Rich Bernice Carr William Craft Catharine Leonard and Mrs Craft among others.
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Gentesta
O. E
Dromore
Arthur B. Stilphen
Stilphen
Mabel Fullerton
Stanley Bickle
David Rich
Bernice M. Carr
Arthur Berry
Carroll A. Deering
William J. Craft
Catherine E. Leonard
Craft
Horace W. Ward
Grange Hall
Leonard Munsey
Arthur Stilphen
Recognition of a 36 Year Old Minot School Class
Mrs. Ernest E. Williams of Campbell's Pond hosted Mrs. Leydon Ross of Auburn and her family visiting in Lewiston. The caller asked if Williams had taught in Minot and revealed the former teacher’s maiden name Florence Mason. Williams recalled 14 of 17 pupils and remembered a past inquiry about a former teacher.
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Ernest E. Williams
Campbell’s Pond
Leydon Ross
Auburn
Elwood
William R. Tiffany
Lewiston
Birch Point
Ross
Williams
Mrs. Williams
Minot
Mrs. Ross
Bonney
Mabel Bonney
Miss Bonney
July Weather Forecast From Lewiston Seer
Sam Morrill of Lewiston predicts a warm July with normal to above normal precipitation. The first half brings severe storms and three major storm periods, while the 6th to month end shows temperature swings. month ends showery and fair. He also forecasts good weather for the September State fair.
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Sam Morrill
Lewiston
Morrill
Maine fairs roster lists 1932 schedule across 40 events
Augusta Maine July 1 state agriculture department releases 1932 fair roster showing nine new and many recurring fairs. Dates span Aug 15 at Skowhegan to Dec 9 in Portland with undecided slots at Bridgton Readfield Gorham and Parkman among others. Maine shows broad regional agricultural activity this season.
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Augusta
Maine
Somerset, Agricultural Association
Skowhegan
Maine State Poultry Association
Kennebec County Agricultural Society
Readfield
Androscoggin County Agricultural Pair
Livermore Falls
Dover-Foxcroft
Cornish Agricultural Association
Cornish
Ellsworth
Houlton Envee Society
Houlton
New Waterville
Waterville
North Franklin Agricultural Society
Phillips
Western Maine
Gorham
Guilford Athletic Association, Inc
Guilford
South Kennebec
South Windsor
Bluehill
Lewiston
Presque Isle
North Penobscot Agricultural Fair
Springfield
Waldo and Penobscot Agricultural Society
Monroe
Parkman Agricultural Society
Parkman
Oxford County Agricultural Association
South Paris
Penobscot
Exeter
Washington County Agricultural Society
Machias
New Belfast
Belfast
Embden Agricultural Society
Embden
Cumberland Farmers’ Club
Cumberland
Unity Park
Unity
Franklin County Agricultural Society
Farmington
Waterboro
New Gloucester
Danville
Athens
North Knox
Union
Cochnewagon Agricultural Society
Monmouth
North Oxford Agricultural Society
Andover
Leeds Agricultural Association
Leeds Center
Solon Agricultural Society
Solon
World’s Fair Association
North Waterford
Norridgwock
Litchfield
Litchfield Farmers’ Club, Litchfield, Oct. 4-5. Lincoln County
Damaris¢otta
Shapleigh and Acton Agricultural Society
Acton
West Oxford Agricultural Association
Fryeburg
Tranquility Grange Fair
Lincolnville
Ctr
St. Georges
Montville
Sagadahoc Agricultural and Horticultural Society
Topsham
Androscoggin Poultry and Pet Stock Association
South Berwick Poultry Association
South Berwick
Maine State Pomological Society
Portland
Field Museum Shows Rapidly Formed Aluminum Ore Pour
A Brazilian field expedition specimen at the Field Museum demonstrates aluminum ore forming in under 100 years. Collected at Joachim Alvarez near Nova Lima by the Marshall Field expedition, the wall of squared stone now bears a three inch ore crust. Ground waters dissolve alumina from rocks and deposit crusts of aluminum iron and manganese ores in a rapid ongoing process.
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Field Museum of Natural History
Joachim Alvarez
Nova Lima
Minas Geraes
Brazil
Marshall Field
Henry W. Nichols
Mr. Nichols
Pianist Jane Louis Cornell to lead Eastern Music Camp
Jane Louis Cornell new piano instructor arrives in Maine to assume duties at Eastern Music Camp Lake Messalonskee Sidney. He is Boston native and NEC Harvard U Chicago M Mus holder. Cornell heads newly created piano department at the camp.
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Louis Cornell
Maine
Lake Messalonskee
Sidney
Mr. Cornell
Boston
New England Conservatory of Music
Harvard University
University of Chicago
Bornstein Margolin wedding in Old Orchard
Miss Sara Margolin of Lewiston wed Hymen Samuel Bornstein of Auburn at La Reine hotel in Old Orchard. The ceremony was by Rev Nathanson with attendants Rose Ruch Israel Alpren Shirley Bornstein. reception followed at eight with a line of relatives and friends.
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la Reine Hotel
Old Orchard
Sara Margolin
Lewiston
Hyméen Samuel Bornstein
Aubin
Nathanson
Rose Ruch
Worcester
Mass
Israel Alpren
Washington, D. C
Shirley Bornstein
Auburn
Hymen Bornstein
Reva Bornstein
Arthur W. Gediman
City
Harry Plotkin
Boston
I. Poger
Everett
Alan Bornstein
Joseph Margolin
Meyer Bornstein
Benjamin Bornstein
Louis Plotkin
Louis Ruch
Ernest Silverman
Benjamin Abramson
This City
Maurice Bornstein
Hymen Margolin
Wedding Details from Auburn Couple in Local Notice
A fragmentary city wedding notice names a groom from Auburn born on street and a bride from nearby area. It mentions education at Bates College and New York University, and notes family members including brothers and sisters attending the ceremony.
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Ee Bornstein
Auburn
Kien
Bates College
New York
Univerni
Wrstin
Lewiston
Attate Gly . C
Gediman
J Tina
Eavara
Aris
Enrollments Show Interest in Bath Primary
Board of Registration tabulations indicate higher voter interest in Bath during the recent primary. Enrollment figures include 225 Republicans and 8 Democrats before election day, with 10 Republicans and 2 Democrats voting, plus at the polls 186 Republicans and 28 Democrats enrolled, and a detailed ward breakdown of male and female totals.
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Board of Registration
Bath
Dees
Dem. Rep. M. F. M. F
Knights of Columbus Install Officers at Sagadahoe Council
Sagadahoe Council K of C officers were installed Thursday night by District Deputy Joseph Ouelette of Brunswick. Ouelette gave an address, and plans were discussed for a summer outing at Sasanoa Bluffs in Woolwich. Officers include Melvin ly Coméau grand knight, Paul Gurney deputy grand knight, Edmund Arsenault chancellor, Merrill warder, Arthur Tracey secretary, Edward N. Hartnett recording secretary, Edward J. Murphy treasurer, M. C. Fitzgerald advocate.
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Sagadahoe
K. of C
Joseph Ouelette
Brunswick
Sasanoa Bluffs
Woolwich
Melvin Ly Coméau
Paul Gurney
Edmund Arsenault
A Merrill
Arthur Tracey
Edward N. Hartnett
Edward J. Murphy
M. C. Fitzgerald
Boy Scouts Troop 53 Names New Officers
Officers of Troop 53 Boy Scouts of America include Calvin Kimball Linwood F Carr Jr and James W Temple as senior patrol leaders Clifford Varney as treasurer Archie Trainor as scribe Ralph Card Joseph Dinsmore Otis Smith Archie Trainor and Linwood Temple William Owen Clifton Jewett John J Shaughnessy named as assistant patrol leaders and patrol leaders.
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Troop 53
Boy Scouts of America
Calvin Kimball
Linwood F. Carr, Jr
Unior
Robert Ero
James W. Temple
Clifford Varney
Archie L. Trainor
Ralph Card
Joseph Dinsmore
Otis Smith
Archie Trainor
Linwood E. Temple
William Owen
Clifton Jewett
John J. Shaughnessy
Wedding of Gertrude Young and Daniel Clark at Fort Fairfield
Miss Gertrude Elizabeth Young and Daniel Harrison Clark united in marriage in Fort Fairfield at the residence of U S Customs Inspector and Mrs A F Rogers on Friday. The couple, both of North Anson, will reside there after a brief auto trip. The groom is a graduate of Anson academy and Bliss College and works for Madison Motor Co. in Madison.
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Fort Fairfield
U. S. Customs
A. F. Rogers
Gertrude Elizabeth Young
Daniel Harrison Clark
North Anson
C Rogers
Chas
C. W. Rogers
Anson Academy
Bates College
Clark
C. C. Clark
Bliss Calteee
Madison— Motor. Co
Madison
Sur
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ATH Independent
Times Company
Damm
Trina
Bicol
Preeend
Vance
Ptico
Buxton's
Buxton Rheumatic Medicine Co
Abbot Village
Inuiel
Chem
Sy ¥ M.j
Wicked
NFR
Curtis É'o
Thomas R. de Mal É Uenent
R. Bath
Genesta
Allfair
Bornstein-Margolin
Knights OF Columbus
BOY Scouts
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagedabock
Buth
Room
Sheriff
Albert Henderson
Rumfordford
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