Break in Contract Follows Feldspar Co. Lease Row
The article recalls a dispute over a 1930 lease between the City of Bath and J. W. Cummings Feldspar Co. The delay centers on a contested break in the contract with Mayor Small reinstating the younger Cummings. Alderman Youland’s board expects a heated August council session over grounds for breaking the contract.
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John W. Cummings
The
Feldspar Co
Crusher
Small
Cummings
Youland
Bath
Sagadahoc
Maine
J. W. Cummings Feldspar Co
Bath City Quarry Lease Involving Cummings Feldspar Co
The contract lists the Brick Yard Lot in Bath Sagadahoc County on Court Street as the leased property. The Lessor and Lessee agree a five year term from May 12, 1930, with quarrying and crushing rock to supply municipal needs at 2.40 per ton loaded on the Lessor's trucks. The city receives a ten cent royalty per ton on rock sold to outsiders during the lease.
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Maine
Bath
City of
Cummings Feldspar Co
Motorist Escapes Injury In Bath Brunswick Crash
Miss Louise M. Stewart of 32 Oliver Street Bath escaped injury when her car on the Bath Brunswick road was struck by a vehicle driven by George Watson of East Brunswick. Watson was arrested for drunken driving and will be arraigned in Brunswick municipal court. Stewart’s car was damaged badly with the left side torn and axles broken. she was shaken but unharmed.
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Louise M. Stewart
Oliver Street
Bath
Bath-Brunswick
George Watson
East Brunswick
Brunswick
Miss Stewart
Watson
Brunswick Municipal Court
John P. Carey Jr
Clerks Discuss Boss Reaction to Employee Departure
A brief dialogue from the Rehoboth Sunday Herald notes a clerk saying the boss was annoyed by the plan to leave next week while the cashier says the boss thought it was this week. The item captures workplace misunderstandings in a local newspaper snippet.
Great Development of Negro Race From Old Slavery Days to Present
Omar W. Folsom discusses the evolution of African Americans from slavery to modern times. He highlights slave imports in 1619, miscegenation, and historical attitudes, then traces education gains, wealth growth, and four northernly funded universities. The piece ends noting racial segregation and a fatal Dalton Georgia hospital incident, with reflections on racial futures.
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the Independent
Plymouth
Jamestown
Virginia
Africa
Guinea
West African
West Indies
United States
Washington, D. C
Thomas Jefferson
America
Washington
South
England
Eli Whitney
Yale
South Carolina
William and Mary College
Dartmouth College
Nathan Lord
Lincoln
United States Department of the Interior
Friends of the
Howard University
Mordecai Johnson
Nashville
Tennessee
Fisk University
Fisk
Thomas E. Jones
Atlanta
Georgia
Atlanta University
Dill University
New Orleans
Juliette Derricotte
Dalton
Chattanooga
Nina Johnson
Dean Derricotte
Talladega College
Columbia
Talladega
Y.W.C.A
Student Christian Federation
India
Arthur Leith
Omar W. Folsom
Elco Cruisette 34 ft trunk cabin cruiser for sale
Pago Pago items list a Elco Cruisette 34 ft trunk cabin cruiser in excellent in commission condition with fire extinguishing system. Contact James Rogers MacMahan Me and S. Litchfield City Hall Brunswick phone 285 M for surveyor services.
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Elco Cruisette
James
Rogers
MacMahan
S. Litchfield
City Hall
Brunswick
Bowdoinham Social News Highlights and Visitors
Bowdoinham notes list visiting families including Mrs Alice McPhee Elsie and Donald Hurley from Malden and Mrs Henry Cornish with Mrs Mary Purinton. Local events include a Farm Bureau grange session with demonstration on Know Your Grocer and multiple outings, visits, and trips to Bath Lewiston Bar Harbor and Portland.
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Alice McPhee
Elsie
Donald J. Hurley
Malden
Mass
Frank Siegars
Henry Cornish
Mary T. Purinton
Alice Brown
West Medford
Cornish
Purinton
Charles Houghton
George M. Rogers
Lorene
Litchfield
F. K. Jack's
Mary Lilly
J. B. Lilly
Lilly Farm
Bay Road
Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
George Cutler
Edward Gile
Canada
Helen Britt
Winnie Denham
C. B. Randall
Lewiston
Lawrence Rideout
Bowdoinham Ridge
Raymond B
Lee Academy opens enrollment and bids for students
Lee Academy in Lee Me announces a full open enrollment starting September 6 for unexcelled preparatory school training. The annual cost is 275 dollars. Address is The Principal, Lee Academy, Lee, Me. A school representative will call at your request.
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Lee
Lee Academy
Lee, Me
East Bowdoin Ladies' Aid Meets at Rogers Home
The East Bowdoin Ladies' Aid held a Thursday meeting at Mrs. Erland Rogers' home with ten attendees. After a noon picnic and prayers, they worked on a quilt and enjoyed home made root beer and cake. Future meeting set for Aug 4 at Mrs. Harry Purinton in Bowdoinham. Dr William R Wood of Augusta will preach Aug 7 at 3 p.m. East Bowdoin chapel.
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Pennsylvania
J. H. Ames
Jessie
Tenant’s Harbor
Karl Hatch
Eeele
George N. Siegars
Reading
Mass
Frank H. Siegars
Maine Central Station
Eunice Small
New York
Blair Farm
Ina
Helen
Shirley
Hartley Douglas
Richmond
Frank Bates
Eric Blair
Bath
Mabel Allen
Winnie Adams
George
Charles Blair
Wesley Williams
East Bowdoin
Erland Rogers
Harry Purinton
Bowdinham
Edward Giles
Charles Hunt
Mechanic Falls
Roland Small
Little Daughter
Mr. Small
Myron
Onnan Douglass
Augusta
Ernest Carr
Frank Jenkins
Addie Williams
Jenkins
Irving Clough
Chelsea
L. C. Starbird
William R. Wood
East Bowdoin Chapel
Two Dogs Win Prizes At Bar Harbor Show
John Wilson's Scottish terriers Dalmally Dolly and Uncle Bim won multiple prizes at the Bar Harbor Dog Show. Dolly captured two firsts and a reserve. Bim earned two firsts, a second, and a best of breed reserve. Mr. Wilson summered Georgetown, Maine.
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Bar Harbor
John Wilson
Dalmally Dolly
Uncle Bim
Mr. Wilson
Georgetown
Myrtle lodge field day with entertainments and prizes in Auburn
Members from Myrtle lodge No 8 and Mizpah lodge No 6 joined afternoon entertainments by Auburn No 1 Penn No 2 Portland Pine Cone No 4 Portland Mizpah No 6 Merrymeeting No 7 Brunswick and Myrtle lodge. Fern lodge won first prize with a 16 participant drill and Myrtle earned best attendance with 40 percent. The event drew 27 members and four guests plus visiting dignitaries including Grace Gallison and Lillian Bishop from Portland.
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Myrtle Lodge
Mary Roland
Mizpah Lodge
Auburn
Auburn Lodge
Penn Lodge
Portland
Pine Cone
Merrymeeting Lodge
Brunswick
Mrytle Lodge
Fern Lodge
Pannie Clark
Marion King
Zeuleika Kingsbury
Eleanor MacDonald
Lucelia Blake
Nellie Hunt
Nettie Teeling
Ous
Maine
Myrtle
Grace Gallison
Lillian Bishop
Gillispie
Zeuleika ° Clark
Amelia Mitchell
Eva Atwood
Margaret Nelson
Emma Copeland
Emma Crosby
Ida Beals
Pearl Campbell
Rebecca Feere
Persis Miller
Road Through Topsham May Be Reconstructed
The Topsham road is considered for reconstruction under a project tied to the earlier 1933 improvement schedule. Ayer Miss Valentine M. of F W Woolworth Co. is noted in the text as a clerk contextually linked to the piece.
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Topsham
Valentine M. Ayer
F. W. Woolworth Co. Co
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