Maine pageant cost to state tops thirty thousand dollars
Maine faces a net outlay near $32,000 for the Bath Bridge Pageant with receipts around $3,500 and credits about $8,725. Disputes over bills include a $100 claim for a stage coach ride for Governor Brewster party and a $1,000 hay loss claim by Bath Overseers. Overall expenses may reach about $40,300 with several bills still unsettled and insurance questions unresolved.
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Bath Bridge
of Maine
Charles Jackson
Ralph O. Brewster
New England
Jackson
Elbert D. Hayford
Mr. Jackson
City of
Bath
New Meadows Inn
Augusta Lumber Co
Electro-matic traffic control aims to replace police direction
A New Haven device by Henry Haugh Jr and Yale graduates uses pavement sensors and a central brain to regulate signals in real time without delays. It continuously adapts to traffic flow, giving priority to cross streets when needed and preserving movement on main arteries.
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New Haven
Conn
Henry H. Haugh, Jr
Derby
Yale
Bulletin of Connecticut Committee On Public Service Information
Contested Will Hearing Over Bath Widow in Sagadahoc
In Sagadahoc probate court Judge Walter S. Glidden heard the will of Helen J. Cornish of Bath contested by her nephew John H. Southard. Executors Carlton and Dora Lowell argued the will valid as read and witnesses described its signing at Bath City Hospital on April 13. The case resumes July 31 with further testimony anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Walter S. Glidden
Helen J. Cornish
Bath
Hiram Cornish
Carlton Lowell
Dora Lowell
Dora
John P. Carey, Jr
John H. Southard
Wiscasset
Edward W. Dudgham
Blanche W. Fisher
John P. Carey
Bath City Hospital
Eaton
Munsey
Cornish
Newell
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Old Handtub Veteran Sells as Antique Relic
The old handtub Veteran from Parker Head once saved the community from a forest fire and built in 1838 was sold for 25 dollars to Nathan Petlock of Bath. It was quickly resold to Reginald Gordon of Brunswick an antiques dealer who will likely auction it as a relic. The tub with its front and rear handles held pride for Parker Head citizens in earlier days.
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Parker Head
Nathan Petlock
Bath
Petlock
Reginald Gordon
Brunswick
Parker-Head
Maine of the Sea and Pines Probes Maine’s Early History
A review of the volume Maine of the Sea and Pines traces Maine’s early explorers and settlers from Cabot in 1498 and Champlain in 1604 to Fopham and Jamestown proximity. It highlights Maine’s coast from Kittery to Mount Desert, early Indian conflicts, and the rise of summer resorts like Old Orchard and Bar Harbor, plus Lafayette National Park.
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States of the Union
New England
Aroostook
Massachusetts
Portland
Maine
New York City
John Cabot
New World
Champlain
Cape Cod
Penobscot
Bangor
Casco Bay
Cape Elizabeth
Nova Scotia
Fopham
Plymouth
Jamestown
Kittery
Mount Desert
Bar Harbor
Pine Tree
Great Britain
France
Pemaquid
Kennebunk
Court of Saco
Henry Waddock
Old Orchard
United States
Mount Lesert
Lafayette National Park
Mississippi
Old Ironsides Reborn Under Lt Lord In Boston Drydock
Lieut. John A. Lord in charge of reconstructing the frigate Constitution in Boston Navy Yard. Seventy percent of the ship must be replaced using improvised wooden shipyard methods and live oak futtocks. New keelsons, steel cables, and bar copper bolster strength as centuries old timbers are replaced to renew the famed ship's seaworthiness.
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Boston
Boston Navy Yard
John A. Lord
New York
Arizona
Maine
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
Lieut
Lord
Florida
Delaware
West Virginia
England
Lord Nelson
Victory
High Seas
Constitution
Aged Man Takes Life After Despondency
Stephen H. Johnson, 6, of Bowdein ham, attempted suicide by firing a rifle into his breast. He was taken to Brunswick hospital Monday where he died that afternoon. Despondency from the burning of his home ten days earlier and his wife’s death was believed to have driven the act.
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Stephen H. Johnson
Bowdeinham
Brunswick Hospital
Bowdoinham man dies in self inflicted gunshot
Plans death by his own action Mr. Johnson of Ridge road Bowdoinham rode with Otis Gray to his daughter Mrs Josephine Attis in Topsham carrying a rifle. He whittled a stick to fit the trigger and shot himself in the heart after entering the woodshed. He was born in Ireland and widower since March with a sister in East Deering and a Portland brother.
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Mr. Johnson
Ridge Road
Bowdoinham
Josephine Attis
Topsham
Otis Gray
Henderson
Carver
Johnson
Ireland
Sarah Jones
Bowdeinham
New Choral Society Open to All Forms This Fall
The proposed New Choral Society invites all music lovers to join. Organizers plan to elect officers adopt by laws and set regular meeting dates starting in the fall. Mrs. Charles W. Plant and Mrs. Melville B. Clark left Sunday for several days with Mrs. Plant’s sister Mrs. Frank Sylvester in Portsmouth New Hampshire.
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NEW Choral Society
Charles W. Plant
Melville B. Clark
Plant
Frank Sylvester
Portsmouth
N. H
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Arthur’ Allen
Optometrist
Maine OF the Sea and
Maine OF the Sea
Pines
Nathan Haskell Cole
Irwin Leslie Gordon
L. C. Page & Co
Lord of Bath
Music Hall
Winchester
Thermos
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