Davis and Bryan Nominees End Democratic Convention
The Democratic party closes its long convention with John W. Davis chosen as its presidential nominee. Davis, an educator and diplomat, is praised for his strength, experience, and steadiness. Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska is selected for vice president, seen as a competent ally who will help unite party factions.
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Democratic Party
John W. Davis
Davis
Speetienhoer
Tle
Woodrow Wilson
Divis
McAdoo
Stith
Washington Lee C University
Kew de
Medias Bee
Ais Ambassidor
England
Wilson
United States
Associated Press
Democrats
Dyivis
MeAded-Bryan
Harmony
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Crop reports show strong apple and potato yields in New England
Wakefield Massachusetts crop station reports July 7 conditions for apples are favorable, with Maine forecast at eighty eight percent of a typical fall crop. Potatoes are good, New England acreage at 106.5 percent of last year, Aroostook County up to 101,286 acres, and improved seed use rising with excellent stands despite modest drought impact.
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New England
Wakefield
Mass
Maine
Aroostook
Maine Highway Progress Showcases Million Dollar Concrete Route
The article notes Maine’s extensive road mileage and heavy spending on highway work. It highlights the Portland to Lewiston concrete highway as a premier example, praising ongoing progress and yearly improvements for motorists.
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Maine
Portland
Lewiston
Thunderstorm Destroys Several Bath Areas and Upends Power
A fierce thunderstorm last Wednesday caused damage across Bath. Lightning struck homes on Washington and Center streets, causing window breaks and fire risk, while a tree was stripped of bark. Power lines and telephone service were disrupted as Central Maine Power and New England Tel faced outages and restored service after a major transformer incident.
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Bath
M. Hl. Weinblatt
Washington Street
Ghiss
Central Maine Power Co
Bowie
Phyllis
MLD. Co
Central Maine Tower Co
Onight
Woolwich
Weelwich
Diath Water District
Nequiasset
Aoopaerpool
Vna Wamp
ATL
New England Pel Tel. Co
Dimariscott Ath Boortbay Hiurber
Receipts From Hospital Drive Hit Four Figures
Miss Mary F. Gibbons treasurer of the hospital drive finance committee announced Friday afternoon that at least 2600 was cleared. Trustees thank all societies and individuals for donations or work. They praise Mrs J A Morse for untiring leadership. Large gifts included 500 from Mrs Ernestine Wright and William J Sewall 500 from Mrs Tiareld M Sewall and Mrs Galen Moses. The finance committee also included Rodnes Ross and Ehiery DB Sadwyver.
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Mary F. Gibbons
Iso
J. A. Morse
Woman Musher Nellie Cashman Bubbles 750 Miles in 17 Days
Miss Nellie Cashman, renowned woman musher, covered 750 miles in 17 days on Yukon routes from Karakuk to Nenana, often riding on runners or standing on the dogs. She plans to reach New York to arrange work for next year after a Seward stop and has long history as an early Alaska pioneer woman.
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Nellie Cashman
Seward
Stites
Yukon
Pangna
Karakuk
Alaska
Nenana
Ahiske
Cashman
New York
Saine
Wrangell
Cassiar
British Columbia
Okinson
Y. T
Nome
Bath Chautauqua Opens Seventh Season With Band
Bath’s Chautauqua opened a seven day engagement at three PM in the big tent at Lincoln and North streets. The Blue and White Marimba band headlined the afternoon program with skilled performers. Beilharz the famous impersonator also on the bill tonight. Guarantors and ticket committee reports show ahead of last year’s sales as Supt Serl and Miss Dougherty spoke. Junior Chautauqua prepared for weeklong activities with early plans.
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Bath
Lincoln
North Streets
Beilharz
Elmer W. Serl
Miss Dougherty
Oo Junior Chautauqua
Parris and Gaudreaus Headed to Boston Weeklong Visit
Mr and Mrs John Parris of Upper Washington street and their daughter Mrs Edward Gaudreau of Portland with Mr Gaudreau and son Edward Jr depart Sunday for Boston for a week. They will visit Edward Gaudreau’s brother Eugene Gaudreau in Quincy while the Parrises visit cousins Mr and Mrs Alvin Perley in Hamilton.
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John Parris
Upper Washington Street
Edward Gaudreau
Portland
Gaudreau
Edward Jr
Boston
Eugene Gaudreau
Quincy
Parris
Alvin Perley
Hamilton
Chautauqua Service Draws Large Bath Audience
A Sunday night community service in the Bath Chautauqua tent drew a large crowd despite a storm. Rev. B. Lewis Wall led the program with readings by the Swarthmore trio and a Central quartet. Speakers included Rev. Edwin Dodge Chardin, John A. Swern, and G. I. Wolstenholme who stressed Chautauqua’s mission to inspire spiritual ideals and world service.
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B. Lewis Wall
Bath Ministerial Association
Swarthmore Trio
Jack Shaw
Shaw
Central Quartet
Ernest Wood
Ethel Oliver
EW. Appleton
John Shaw
Edwin Dodge Chardin
John A. Swern
G. I. Wolstenholme
Wolstenholme
City of
Ath
Athens
Greece
Gallilee
Bath
Ian
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Maine
Wendall Phillips
Boston
Lloyd Garrison
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Sat night lecture by Powell and Serl on ideals and perception
Saturday events feature Frederick Eugene Powell, famed magician, performing intricate illusions that stretch belief. Earlier Supt Elmer W Serl delivered a lecture “Climbing to the Sunset” urging personal idealism, leavening society, and the perils of material fatigue and political crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Eugene Powell
Elmer W. Serl
Edgecomb couple plans longer Miami stay
Mr and Mrs Charles Edgecomb have lived in Miami Pl since September and will remain until at least next spring. He holds a good job in a garage and they own an attractive bungalow. Mrs George Arey and daughter Florence are visiting Portland with Mrs Areys sons and spent the weekend at their Winship Street home.
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Charles Edgecomb
Miami
Pla
Edgecomb
George Arey
Florence
Portland
New England Leaders Endorse Walter Hines Page School
Ten New England residents back the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University with a $1,000,000 appeal. Harvard’s Charles W. Eliot, Brown’s W H Faunce, and Admiral William S Sims are among trustees praising the project and its aim to train diplomats in international law history commerce and psychology.
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Walter Hines Page
Johns Hopkins University
New England
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
W. HH. BP. Faunce
Brown
William Tf. Sims
Faunce
Ray Stannard Baker
Aimherst
Mass
Admiral Sims
Providence
Page
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
John W. Hallowell
Boston
Traryard
Harry A. Garfield
Williams
Ernest M. Hopkins
Dartmouth
Kenneth (. M. Sills
Bowdoin
Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
Archibald Coolidge
Farewell Party for Mrs Purington by First Baptist Co-Workers
Mrs FO Purington of 70 Tigh Street was honored with a farewell party held Wednesday by the First Baptist Church Co-Workers class in Bath. Captain and Mrs Purington plan to leave July 21 for the Pacific coast with Seattle as headquarters, and the evening featured stories, curios from distant lands, and a sterling bracelet gift from the class.
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FO. Purington
Tigh Street
First Baptist Church
Orient
Purington
Bath
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Wash
Lincoln Bailey
Co-Workers
Fred Trish
A. T. Stuart
Ib. C. Murphy
Fred Lakin
C.D. Holbrook
C. FF. Harrington
Gardiner Roberts
Freeman (Rosby
Lotta Faton
Vera Brown
FE. B. Wright
Helen G. Neilson
Eleanor Wright
Jane Wyman
Wilda Tewksbury
Boston
Personal Notes From Lewiston And Bath Social Roundup
Miss Arline Smith of Lewiston visits with her mother Mrs Kate Smith on North street while employed as bookkeeper at the Lewiston Journal office. Capt and Mrs JF Hackett who stayed in Castine visit Bath with Mrs Hackett’s sister Mrs EF Mason Wright. Miss Dorothy Sheldon returns to Columbus after a month visiting her parents at 126 Middle Street to resume music studies. Mark Hennessy goes back to Boothbay Harbor after a weekend at home. he studies at Boothbay Studios this summer. John Hayes of Bath works in a Bath barber shop.
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Arline Smith
Lewiston
Kate Smith
North Street
Miss Smith
Columbus
Mark Hennessy
Boothbay Harbor
Mark
Boothbay
John Hayes
SQUIRE HALL PRAISES HALTING CONVENTION
William T Hall lauds Democrats halting in the Convention to send sympathy to President Coolidge and notes Governor Smith drew praise. He cites English fair play and Beecher's Civil War era exchange as examples of sportsmanship and urges Americans to uphold that spirit.
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the Independent
Coollidge
Smith
Commercial Law League
Jesse J. Dunn
Oklahoma
England
America
Ife
Beecher
Hley
William T. Hall
Campaign Seeks 10 Clear Signboards
The national committee for restriction of outdoor advertising campaigns to curb unsightly billboards along highways. Endorsed by 16 national advertisers led by Mrs W L Siawton, with activity in nine states and plans to expand nationwide. Cooperation includes 41 civic groups and chambers of commerce, preserving civic values while limiting signs to commercial sites.
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National Committee For Restriction
W. Ll. Siawton
Lake George Highway
Adirondacks
Standard Oil Companies
New York
California
Vandals Spare Frederick the Great Statue in Berlin Flood Art
Red paint covered statues along Victory Avenue in Berlin except Frederick the Great. Police are puzzled as to why the Hohenzollern figure survived while predecessors were defaced with the word Pyrant. Communists blamed for the vandalism. killings and banners not cited.
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Frederick the Great
Brandenburg
Prussia
Victory Avenue
Fergarten
Great Peace Monument
Poland
Hohenzollerns
Berlin
Frederick
Powder River frontier days reenacts Custer massacre
Dr William Frackelton of Sheridan Wyoming staged a mimic battle with the Crow Indians acting as Sioux and local guards as Custer's troops. Blue Bead seized the flag, was shot from behind during a struggle, and the dead troopers rose to resume combat as Custer was avenged.
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William Frackelton
Sheridan
Wyo
National Guard
Custer
Blue Bead
George W Johnson retires after sixty years in Bath business
George W Johnson ends 60 years of active work with Johnson Bros Co as treasurer and manager. Nephews take leadership roles. he plans a vacation with Mrs Johnson, traveling to Boston then Yarmouth and the Land of Evangeline. He previously served as assistant postmaster and bookkeeper at Patten Car Works.
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George W. Johnson
Johnson
Boston
Yarmouth
Evangeline
Mgr. Johnson
Johnson Bros., Co
Herman A. Johnson
Clarence K. Johnson
Howard B. Johnson
Bath
Charles W. Greenleaf
Wpatten
North Street
People’s 25 Cents Savings Bank
Johnson Bros. Co
Mr. Johnson
Maine W C T U Plans 50th Convention in Portland
The Maine W C T U sets its jubilee annual convention in Portland September 24 to 26 with Dr Ella A Boole of New York among speakers. Old Orchard August 18 and Ocean Park August 14 host W C T U days. Miss Clara Meserve leads children's hour with special music. temperance workers from New England invited.
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Maine
Portland
Neal Dow
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Ella A. Boole
New York
Boole
Wo Oc
Old Orchard Campground
Ocean Park
New England
Clara Tr. Meserve
York County
Christian Science Church Improvements Noted
The First Church of Christ Scientist at North and Willow streets has undergone major renovations. Roof shingled belfry repaired building painted grounds graded and hedge planted beautifying the entire area.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Willow Streets
The
Free Baptists
Daughter of British Premier Pleases Society Circles
Tshbe) MacDonald the British premier's daughter wins praise from society for meeting royal ceremony with simplicity and modesty. Commentators say she models herself on no one and remains a fresh direct Scottish girl amid Londons polished set.
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MacDonald
Tshbel
George Guilty On Charge At Elm Street Store Trial
Harry George proprietor of the Elm and Front streets store was arraigned in municipal court Friday for a search and seizure offense. He was found guilty, fined 200 dollars plus costs, and sentenced to two months in jail with six more months if the fine is unpaid. an appeal requires a 500 dollar bond for October term. Witnesses for the defense described a man entering the store and leaving with no black bag. sheriff testified to finding two gallons of alcohol in a back shop bag and noted another case pending against George.
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Harry George
Elm
Front Streets
John J. Keegan
S. J. Court
Thomas McDonough
Harry Walker
Clyde Fortier
W. ©. Oliver
George
Germany Ends Export Taxes to Boost Linen Trade
The German government has removed export licenses and taxes on linen textiles to revive production and exports. The American Chamber of Commerce in Germany notes the export tax was the major barrier, while yarn and flax costs have fallen and linen prices are predicted to rise toward cotton levels. Employment in the linen sector has improved, with mills selling products at fair prices, but unsettled conditions may push German manufacturers to seek foreign markets.
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American Chamber of Commerce
Germany
Chamber
New York
Manila North High School Wins Philippine Baseball Championship
The Philippine national baseball championship overseen by the Bureau of Education was won by Manila North High School, last year’s champions. Seven teams from outside Manila competed, earning their right by provincial championships. Officials say the event has boosted school baseball, with many public schools now fielding teams.
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Bureau of Education
Manila North
Manila
Alarm by South End Boy Shows Fire Department At Work
A South End boy rang box 15 at Washington and Lemont streets Monday morning about 17 times to call the fire department as a prank. The same boy triggered a similar false alarm over a year ago. His mother apologized to Chief Warks as the department made a quick run to demonstrate its readiness.
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South End
Fire Department
Washington
Lemont Streets
Warks
Death of Elias Soule A Woolwich Child
Elias Soule three year old son of Fred Soule of Woolwich died in July at City hospital. The funeral was held Friday afternoon at two at his home in the Montsweag district Woolwich.
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Elias
Fred Soule
Woolwich
Montsweag
Local Tax Payments Prompt as July Discount Announced
Tax Collector Hall commends timely local tax payments this year as bills go out. A two percent discount applies to all taxes paid during July.
Vandals Damage Plymouth Rock at Night
Reports indicate Plymouth Rock suffer nightly vandalism with broken bottles striking its sides. Local authorities investigate and urge residents to report suspicious activity as the historic marker endures ongoing damage.
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Plymouth Rock
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School of International Relations
Frank G. Purington
Squire Hall
Fritz
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Minnie McCarty
Everett
Walter McCarty
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