Ahtankso and Wife Challenge Barleytown Attitudes
Bant Peterson a six foot four Swede and his wife, a New England schoolmarm, move into Baileytown after buying the Snow farm. They face town prejudice, Bant seeks office, builds a cow yard, and, with his wife’s legal wit, ultimately win respect as the couple reshapes the community and its rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah P. E. Hawthorne
Baileytown
New England
Bant Peterson
Barleytown
Dr. Saunders
Smith
Bant
United States
Mrs. Bant
Sweden
Ahtankso
Squire Grace
Boston
Mr. Peterson
Bath Shipbuilding Push Spurs Power Plant Upgrade
Central Maine Power Co moves to raise the gas house roof and relocate a new gas plant to Bath from Newton Iowa. Rice Rips on the Messalonskee site will supply 2700 horsepower to meet Bath’s peak demand as shipbuilding surges. The utility expands circuits and transformers to double Bath capacity and ensure uninterrupted service for industry and homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Co
Augusta
Newton
Iowa
Bath
Central Maine ‘Power Company
Rice Rips
Messalonskee
Waterville
Oakland
Bath Industries
Maine
United States
Texas Steamship Co
Bath District
Central Maile
Business
Bath Station
Brunswick
George S. Williams
Bath Iron Works
Texas Co
Nequasset
W. L. Robertson
More Turnips Better Sheep For Next Winter
Farmers urged to feed sheep succulent foods this season such as turnips beets or silage to improve udder milk and lamb growth. Guidance covers daily rations field runs rape feeding and seasonal root quantities with advice from C H Crawford Department of Agriculture sheep specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
C. H. Crawford
Auto and Cycle Meet in Crash on Center Street
An auto driven by Wendall White with Robert T. White and family collided with a fast motorcycle at Center and High streets. The cycle rider and passenger escaped serious injury, though the bike’s magneto was damaged and lights went out. The White car sustained minor damage to the mudguard as both parties exchanged names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendall White
Robert T. White
Center
High Streets
Brunswick
High Street
Center Street
Femches
Massachusetts
Visiting sites for proposed hospital in Bath Maine
Dr. Turner and Dr. Hitchcock toured several properties in Bath and surrounding areas to gauge sites for a potential new hospital. Gregg property in Phippsburg drew favorable attention as a prime site, with officials not yet reaching a definite decision. Gov Milliken named a committee overseeing health centers including Bath as a possible location.
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Turner
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Hitchcock
State Board of Health
Bath
Gregg
Phippsburg
James T. Morse
Harry Morse
Harlan P. Gregg
Milliken
Hiram W. Ricker
Poland
Sylvester Judd Beach
Augusta
Maine Health Council
E. D. Merrill
Howard R. Elves
Portland
Maine Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Lizzie H. French
Maine State
W. E. Ekwell
John Wilson
Bangor
Child Welfare Organization
G. H. Coombs
Waldoboro
Bertram L. Bryant
Maine Medical Society
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Bailey Town
John L. Evans
Edmund P. Briggs
United States Shipping Board
Atlantic Corporation
Portsmouth
N. H
Evans
Corporation
Percy Homer
Buffalo
N. Y
Lydia EK. Pinkham
B. B. Zietinska
Weiss Street
Buffalo, N.Y
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jose Erphine Kurexe
West Race Street
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Lydia E.pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Era Astia
Fletcher
Castoria
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
Bath, Maine
A. B. Watson
Union Street
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central
Commonwealth Hotel
Sagadahoc
Henry E. Coolidge
Grant Gifford
James 8
Lowell
William F. Dunham
Wi Ferry Street
State OF Maine
Jonathan Dodge
Newcastle
Lincoln County
Cynthia J. Adams
Woolwich
Olivia FE
Hunnewell
Woolwl
Jonathan Dudge
Fred S. Dodge
Edgecomb
Dora Smith
Irving Dodge
Hartford
Conn
Frank Dodge
Annie M. Adams
Edith Greenleaf
May Adams
Olivia Adams
Ollie Adams O'Leary
Seattle
Elsie Adams
Oak Harbor
Well Adams Howe
Wellesley
Ash
A. D
Sagadahog
Fred H. Thompson
James S. Lowell
Wlliam F. Dunham
Frank Morse
Scott Morse
James
Liam F
Dunham
Regis
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