Slogan Exchange Eyes Less Confusion in Town Names
The Huntington West Virginia Chamber of Commerce proposes a slogan exchange to reduce duplication as towns adopt similar phrases. Farmers face pests and weather while markets and youth migration challenge rural life. Maine highway signs will be removed under a new law, ending roadside advertising on public and private property within city limits.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Maine
Maine Highway Police
Postmaster General Projects $40 Million Postal Deficit
The Postmaster General warns the government postal system will run a deficit near 40 million dollars for the year ending June 20. Increased pay and rate changes drive costs although receipts from large offices rise. a Congressional committee plans hearings at principal centers inviting public input on rates and service.
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New
Maine Referendum Signatures Missed For September Vote
Petition signatures for a daylight saving referendum were filed too late to allow a vote at the September 14 special election. The matter will likely move to the September 1926 elections. A Maine fall ballot may include a $6,000,000 highway bond, a $3,000,000 Kennebec Bath bridge bond, and tidal power development in Passamaquoddy Bay.
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Maine
Kennebec
Bath
Passamaquoddy Bay
Former Lewiston chief named head of State Highway Police
Arthur H. Field, former Lewiston police chief, was appointed head of the State Highway Police, succeeding Fred E. Sanborn of Gorham. Field brings wide police experience and aims to build a model department equal to any in the country, under new regulations from the last Legislature.
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Lewiston
Arthur H. Field
Fred E. Sanborn
Gorham
Field
Maine
Plummer warns against coastwise trade opening to foreigners
Col. FE C Plummer of Bath and vice president of the United States Shipping Board argues in the July National Republic that opening coastwise trade to foreign vessels would devastate American shipping and harm the nation. He cites Kipling and warns against surrendering founders’ landmarks for cheaper foreign competition, noting potential impacts on railroads and labor.
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FE. C. Plummer
Bath
United States Shipping Board
National Republic
Col. Plummer
Europe
Rudyard Kipling
London
United States
Autoist Collides With Moose Near Wisccasset
A Gardiner driver returning from Wiscasset Thursday night collided with a moose near Wiscasset. The moose leg broke. car parts damaged. Wardens Upton and Coombs investigated but found no moose remains. A separate call denied a moose hunting ban ending July 11.
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Department of Inland Fisheries
State Museum
Wiscasset
Tt Wis
Upton
Coombs
Secident
Myrtle Hodgdon
Q Party
Jast
Changeable Lamp Base Decorators Offer Varying Effects
Decorators experiment with lamp bases showing wide variation from plain hemp bases to ornate options. Some bases feature plaited silk and floral motifs, while one design uses flowers under glass in a Victorian inspired display.
Local Man Fined For Lobster Charge And Unmarked Car
Ralph Pye of Small Point was fined 175 dollars in municipal court on July 8 for possession of short lobsters and 20 dollars more for having an unmarked car. Warden Alonzo H. Pierce was the complainant.
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Ralph Pye
Small Point
Alonzo H. Pierce
Flags of Church and Death Over US Flag Tale
The Independent's editor recounts a provocative address on the flag of the United States noting two flags may fly above it: the church pennant, a blue cross on white raised on Sundays on battleships, and the flag of death raised when the US flag is half-masted. The piece recalls Beecher’s lines and a Jenny Lind salute to the Stars and Stripes during a New York harbor event.
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the Independent
United States
Manila Bay
Beecher
Arctic
Jenny Lind
New York
St. Lawrence
Castle Garden Theatre
Bathman Escapes Uninjured After Auburn Auto Crash
Raymond J. Connors of Boston and Kenneth Atwood of Bath escaped serious harm when their Suice roadster left Taylor Pond road near T Lockhart's Beach in Auburn, tipped onto its top amid undergrowth, and was crushed above the cab. Police officer Staples reported both men were unharmed after extraction from the wreck.
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Raymond J. Connors
Boston
Kenneth Atwood
Bath
Atwood
Connors
Taylor Pond Road
Auburn
T Lockhart
Suice
Staples
Courtesy in Relation to Big Business
Telephone companies insist that subservicers be treated with courtesy and their employer trained for that object. Politeness is a growing business asset and aids in keeping commerce moving smoothly in telephone service. Officials say the public is generally polite, with grouchy exceptions standing out conspicuously.
Copper record set in Africa sparks copper boom
The Congo district of Africa is described as the largest copper producer. A new production record was broken at Union Minere du Want Katanga, surpassing any single mine. Several African deposits are being exploited, signaling Africa as a potential copper center.
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Congo
Africa
Union Minere du Want
Katanga
Sidelinger Erskine Marriage Returns Filed in Bath
Marriage returns filed Thursday at the city clerk’s office by Rev. Weston D P Holman of Beacon Street Methodist Church for Charles F B Sidelinger of Bath and Florence T Erskine of West Bath. Sidelinger is a foundry foreman, son of Mrs. Sylvin Sidelinger, and Florence Erskine is the widow of Harvey S K Erskine, who died in France in World War I. ceremony performed at a private venue.
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Weston
Jolly Annual Outing for Ehrenfried Store Staff
About 25 Ehrenfried department store employees in Lewiston enjoyed a jolly outing at Webster House on the New Meadows in July. They played games and outdoor sports with prizes for winners, then returned to Lewiston in the evening voting the affair a great success and planning next season’s outing at Webster Tronse.
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Ehrenfried
Lewiston
Webster House
New Meadows
Webster Tronse
Overnight guests visit Ler s on in Bedford Bath area
Harold Burnham and his roommate Frank Pitts, members of The, were overnight guests of Burnham's brother Leroy on Bedford road Bath. They left Thursday morning with Burnham's mother Mae Burnham of Lynn Mass who has been visiting Leroy.
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Harold Burnham
Frank Pitts
Mr. Burnham
Leroy
Bedford Road
Bath
Old Orchard
Mae Buarnham
Lynn
Mass
Bowdoin College names committees for 1925 26
Bowdoin College announces the personnel of its boards committees for 1925 26 appointed by President Kenneth C M Sills of the trustees and John A Morrill of the overseers. Executive and Visiting Examining Finance Honorary degrees vacancies art interests grounds and buildings infirmary library war memorial furnishing of alumni room in library Clifton of Portland with members named from Portland New York City Boston Rockland Auburn and Brunswick and other cities.
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William T. Cobb
Rockland
Alfred B. White
Boston
E. Farrington Abbott
Auburn
Harold Lee Berry
Portland
Ripley L. Dana
Charles F. Johnson
Samuel Evans
Cambridge
Mass
Ansel Lef. Dumbert
Houlton
Augustus I. Moulton
Frederick W. Pickard
Philadelphia
William J. Curtis
New York City
Harvey JD. Gibson
Frederick C. Conant
William W. Thomas
Franklin C. Payson
William W. Lawrence
John A. Morrill
Lewis A. Burleight
Augusta
John A. Peters
Ellis Spear
Clarence Hale
Charles P. Johnson
Frank G. Farrington
Cortland
Edgar O. Achorn
Henry E
Andrews
Brunswick
Philip Dana
Westbrook
Charles C. Hutchins
Wilmot B. Mitchell
Infirmary
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Charles
Lincoln
Marshall P. Cram
Kenneth CC. M. Sills
Gerald G. Wilder
Thomas (. van Cleve
War Memorial
Henry H. Pierce
William W.lawrence
Edgar A. Fisher
Lowell
Arthur G. Staples
Kenneth ©. M. Sills
Henry E. Andrews
William W. Lawrence. Clifford
Footer McLellan wedding in Hyde Park church
Edward A Footer of Hyde Park Mass and Miss Anne Beatrice McLellan wed at St Marys church in Hyde Park Saturday morning Rev Fr Joseph Devaney officiated. Attendants included Mrs James Lemont and George Footer best man. Music featured Lohengrin Ave Maria and calmed by Bohm. Bridal party hosted a breakfast at Mrs Lemonts West Bath before a wedding trip to Prince Edward Island. They plan to reside in Hyde Park.
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Edward A. Footer
Hyde Park
Mass
Anne Beatrice McLellan
St. Mary's Church
Joseph Devaney
James Lemont
Lemont
George Footer
Terenzo J. Collins
Brown
James M. Royal
Tosewig
C. Bohm
James B. Lemont
West Bath
Prince Edward T.land
States
Joseph EE. Footer
East Brunswick
Jath Tron Works, Ltd
Volunteers of America Visit Bath for Day Trip
Capt Earl W Anderson and four from New York, part of Volunteers of America, toured Bath en route to eastern points. The group, assembled by Gen Billington Booth, travels in an ante with inscribed messages and conducts evangelistic services and concerts in small towns. The vehicle displays slogans such as Salvation Virst and Are You Ready.
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Earl W. Anderson
New York
Volunteers of America
Billington Booth
Bath
Salvation
Hungarian Stamps Draw Collectors to London Auction
Collectors chase eight new Hungarian sports stamps created in Hungary and issued in Budapest selling for about double their postal value to fund the Hungarian sports association. Designs include fencing skating skiing and a diving rowing swimming motif. Mrs Wilbur G Cahill hosted a dive table auction for her niece Miss Arline Colton of Lee Massachusetts with prizes won by Mrs Paul Kind and Mrs Arthur J Dunton. Out of town guests attended from Winchester Haddonfield and Belmont.
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Tungary
London
Phliteliseireles
Budapest
Tungarian Sports Association
Wilbur G. Cahill
Arline Colton
Lee, Mass
Paul Kind
Arthur J. Dunton
Miss Colton
Frank A. Kelley
Winchester
Mass
Farr Twitchell
Haddonfield
N. J
Paul K. Niven
Belmont, Mass
Clever Bath youth displays New England at convention
George A. McFadden of Bath completed a 11 foot scale model of the six New England states at his 1923 Middle street home. The Maine coast, White Mountains and Green Mountain range are depicted with magnets and electric lights. The display includes miniature houses for 30 business and professional women clubs, with a moving automobile and a five and a half minute round trip. It has drawn praise at the Portland city hall exhibit during the national convention.
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George A. McFadden
Middle Street
Portland
New England
Cape Cod
Mt. Katahdin
Maine
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Mt. Washington
Vermont
Berkshires
Massachusetts
Quoddy Head
Owl's Head
Cape Elizabeth
McFadden
New York
Real estate transfer leaders emerge in Sagadahoe County
Bowdoinham tops the fortnightly list with six transfers followed by Bath five and Phippsburg four. Bowdoin and Richmond each report two, Perkins and West Bath one. Names include Getchell, Merchant, Palmer, Thurston, Howard, Palmer, Douglass, Merritt, Morse, Kellaway, Priest, Manwaring, Witham, Campbell and Coombs across Bowdoinham, Bath, Phippsburg, Perkins, Richmond and West Bath.
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Sowdoinham
Sagadahoe
Bowdoinham
Bath
Phippsburg
Bowdoin
Richmond
Perkins
West Bath
George EB. Getchell
Helen TR. Merchant
William EB. Palmer
Mabel Green
Annie Fisher
Lincoln Et al
Annie EF. Thurston
City of Bath
Norman W. Howard
Cyreny
Wilson
William FH. Palmer
Bowdoin- Haos
E. Berry
Mary FF. Cornish
Minott Williams
Joseph W. Cornish
D Bowdeinham
Charles S. Tamlet
Paul Ames
Hollis HW. Easler
Benjamin B. Douglass
Albert I. Siegars
Benjamin LB. Douglass
William DB. Kendall
Burton Boynton
Nichols Young
George TL. Roberts
Robert €. Hamlet
Charles S. Hamlet
Jeannie W. Merritt
N. Winona Coogan
Fblinor
I. Jones
Freeman HH. Merritt
Mathilda J. Emery
Nathaniel M. Morse
John H. Stacey
Herbert J. Kellaway
William Andrews
M. C. Priest
Lewis M. Tuker
Thrace
T. Manwaring
Willian G. Bakery
Spi
Louis EK
Witham
Elis S. Coombs
Fred W. Campbell
Modern Woodmen Adopt Class of 15 Gala Night
Modern Woodmen of America held a gala night in Bath last Wednesday adopting 15 candidates. A Bowdoin CauP team from Brunswick Captain Jean St Pierre performed a precise exhibition drill before a large crowd watched at a post office square. Consul Elmer Avery and officers greeted visitors at the hall before a reception led by Joseph Toyce and Fred Stoyer with cigars. Attendees included Woodmen from Auburn Lewiston Sabattus and nearby towns.
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Bath Camp
Modern Woodmen of America
Bowdoin
Joseph Toyce
Fred Stoyer
Auburn
Lewiston
Sabattus
Handsome Hall Clock Gift From Exposition Directors
Charles W. Clifford gave Joshua T Brooks, president of the Eastern States Exposition, a mahogany hall clock at Cape Newagen Newagen Inn Southport. The gift from the exposition directors honors the governor's conference and farewell to Trient Com Donald Th MacMillan. The copper inscribed plate marks the occasion as a lasting memory of a wonderful event.
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Charles W. Clifford
Joshua T Brooks
Newagen Inn
Cape Newagen
Southport
Trient
Donald Th. MacMillan
Bath visitors attend christening at Winter Street Church
Dr. and Mrs. Loring S. Lombard and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Carville and Mrs. Jack Thomas of Portland attended the christening of DeBorah Lombard, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Reginald T. Lombard, at Winter Street Church in Bath.
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Loring S. Lombard
Edwin Carville
Jack Thomas
Portland
Bath
DeBorah Lombard
Reginald T. Lombard
Winter Street Church
Independent's Cross Word Puzzle Horizontal and Vertical
Long list of crossword clues with numbered entries across horizontal and vertical sections, indicating many definitions for common words, people, places, and objects. The puzzle promises a solution in the next issue and includes hints for ages, letters, and word forms.
State Health Workers Enjoy Pleasant Private Party
Fifty Maine Public Health employees dined privately at New Meadows Inn last Wednesday, ending the evening in Augusta. A gold piece was presented to Dr. A G Young and carnations to Mrs. Young. Dr Clarence F Kendall directed the event. Dr Young, appointed as first full time secretary of the State board of health in 1885, served until 1917 when a commissioner assumed charge. since then he has led the division of communicable diseases.
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Maine Department of Public Health
New Meadows Inn
Augusta
Gould
A. G. Young
Young
Clarence F. Kendall
Dr. Young
State Board of Health
Department
C.F. Kendall
Young Lhs
Maine Owned Horse Cast Fastest Time at Bay State Circuit
Jenny, owned by Wilfred Eaton of Calais and driven by Aubrey S. Rodney, paced the fastest heat of the year over a half mile track in Springfield Massachusetts. She completed the first mile of a winning race at the Bay State Circuit meeting in 2.05145 and the final in 2.06.
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Jenny
Wilfred Eaton
Calais
Aubrey S. Rodney
Springfield
Mass
Bay State
Firemen's Muster at South Pigfield Mass Saturday
At a fireman's muster the White Angels of Salem won first prize 125 dollars with a throw of 212 ft 7% inches. Essex was 211 ft 4 inches, Neptune Newburyport 200 ft 44%, Okoxs Marblehead 196 ft 814, Protection Brockton 195 ft 2, Volunteers West Newbury 178 ft 11, Eurekal Georgetown 178 ft 44, Break Of Day 162 ft 44.
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South Pigfield
Mass
White Angels of
Salem
Essex
Neptune
Newburyport
Okoxs
Marblehead
Brockton
West Newbury
Georgetown
Vital statistics for June reported by City Clerk Gilmore
City Clerk J. W. Gilmore forwarded June vital statistics to Augusta, noting year over year comparisons. Mrs. Nellie Douglas Thompson hosted guests at her East Brunswick camp, welcoming out of town visitors including the Towne family of Waltham and others from Portland and nearby areas.
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J. W. Gilmore
Augusta
Nellie Douglas Thompson
East Brunswick
Brick mystery on Front Street ends in jewelry store scare
Patrolman Rupert Miller found a brick wrapped in paper on Front Street in front of Page jewelry store. The brick, eight by three and a half inches, broken in three pieces, was heavy and tied with rope, likely meant to smash glass and steal diamonds. Some suggest souvenir hunters or a prank. others fear a planned crime.
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Front Street
Rupert Miller
Police Department
Page Jewelry Store
Miller
Page
Acadia Lodge Elects New Masters And Modern Toys
At Acadia lodge R of P meeting, William Mann chosen master of finance replacing William H. Puffer. Charles E Dunning elected master of work succeeding Mann. The report also notes modernizing fire apparatus and a toy trolley model linked to trains, reflecting changing technology.
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Acadia Lodge
R. of P
William Mann
William H. Puffer
Charles
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