McCobbs Mansion Arrives Rockport After Seafaring Tow
The century old McCobb mansion arrived in Rockport on a large lighter after a 15 mile voyage from Whippsburg Center. Towed by Summers No Smith of Rockland with helper Sophia, the house was set for Beauchamp Point on its original foundation. Donald B Dodge of Philadelphia bought it from Dr Adelbert K F Williams of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCobb
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Rockport
Whippsburg Center
Summers
Smith
Rockland
Sophia
Coast Guard
Topham Tench
Atlantic Ocean
Beauchamp Point
Donald DB. Dodge
Philadelphia
Adelbert KF. Williams
Boston
Cemetery Board Eyes New Office Building in Druid Park
The cemetery and park board contemplates a 24 by 30 foot one story tapestry brick office on the center of Druid park with a possible circular drive from Oak Grove to Maple Grove. Supt Ward’s fireproof vault and detailed lot records will be kept, plans await final board approval with action expected in days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cemetery and Park Board
IF. N. Russell
Milton
Mass
Druid Park
Oak Grove Avenue
Maple Grove Avenue
Horace KE. Ward
Cemetery and Park Department
Ward
Annual Lawn Party At St Marys Church Promises Pep
Plans for the lawn party at St Marys Church are underway with a popularity contest for children growing, a Friday ad offering 35 votes and ten cents, and committees raising funds. Holy Name society and Women’s Sodality card parties support booth and table improvements. New York reports note hold ups in 1924 and 1925 with 4 224 then 4 072 in the first halves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Church
Times
Holy Name Society
Clifford House
Women’s Sodality
New Yeex
Two Paths to Disliking Music in Wilde's Parable
The remark notes two attitudes toward music echoing Wilde. One avoids music entirely, the other embraces jazz bands with enthusiasm, illustrating contrasting tastes and social stances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilde
Radio fans expected to spend 540 million in 1925
The article projects a bold forecast that radio enthusiasts will invest 540 million dollars in 1925. It outlines growing consumer interest, expanding ownership, and rising demand for receivers as radio becomes a mass pastime.
Proposed Theatre on Center Street in Bath
Out of town interests visited Bath to inspect sites for a proposed new theater on Center street. Plans would acquire the Markson block and rear tenement, tear down the latter, and extend a new theater across the block with lobby access from Hall's Variety store facing City Hall court. Blueprints reportedly prepared and under serious consideration by the visiting group evaluating business conditions and future prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Center Street
Markson
City Hiall Court
Hall's Variety Store
Shackford Injured In West Bath Car Crash
Roy F. Shackford manager of the Spear candy store was seriously injured when his Ford sedan left the road on the West Bath Birch Point route. The car overturned multiple times, wrecked the vehicle and left Shackford with deep scalp wounds and facial cuts. He was treated by Dr. Fuller at Bath and then hospitalized to monitor possible internal injuries. Witnesses Hall and Hunt aided him after the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy F. Shackford
Turner's Court
Spear
Front Street
West Bath
Birch Point
Shackford
Bath
Prince’s Corner
Mr. Shackford
Harry Hall
George Hunt
E. M. Fuller
Will
Prominent Greek visitor in Bath promotes American values
George Vapasiamatakis a Crete-born lawyer and writer visiting Bath urges Greeks to embrace the American democratic system. He represents a Greek group favoring Venizelos and urges obedience to law and integration with U S civic life while praising US wartime aid and expressing willingness to enlist if war returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Vapasiamatakis
Crete
Athens
Bath
Greece
Hlis
Venizelos
National Herald of
New York
America
Asia Minor
Canea
Isle of Crete
Constantine
United States
Near East
United States Army
Black Bear Cub Taken by Motorist
Mr and Mrs Lucas M Marson of Portland visit King Tavern with their four month old black bear cub captured on Cape Chaleur after a three week Bay of Chaleur trip. They also shot a nine foot skin bear with Ned Emerson of Canobie and plan to take the cub home to Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas M. Marson
Portland
Mr. Marson
Mrs. Gregory
King Tavern
Bay of Chaleur
N. 8
Canobie
Ned Emerson
Lucy Family Weekend Guests in Everett Visit
Mr and Mrs George Lucy and their son Robert of Everett Massachusetts were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Walter Kingsbury at 38 Richardson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lucy
Robert
Everett, Mass
Walter Kingsbury
Richardson Street
Daring rescue saves two Bath girls from car plunge
Doris Ward, 15, of Bath, escaped a river plunge near Christmas Cove when a car went off a road. Charles Giles, 17, Lincoln Academy graduate, used life saving skills to revive her after others freed two other passengers. The group included six aboard and the car ended upside down in the Damariscotta River. Giles earned praise and aims for West Point or Annapolis. A Carnegie hero medal is being sought for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris BE. Ward
Bertha A. Ward
High Street
Bath
New Harbor
Christmas Cove
New Holly Inn
Clark's Cove
Bristol
Charles M. Giles
Lincoln Academy
Boy Scouts
Joseph H. Lane
Miss Ward
Harry W. Ward
Morse High
KE. Hart Fenn
Wethersfield, Conn
Pauline Rust
Congressman Rust
Thomas J. Blythe
Wethersfield
Giles
Roger Luque
East Boothbay
Betty Burt
Hyde Dark
Mass
Courtney Davison
Bloomington
I. Blythe
Miss Davison
Luque
Miss Burt
Blythe
Irving Hatch
Damariscotta
France
Lane
Earle Haley
Verey
Brooklyn
N. Y
George W. Singer
Damatriscotta
Military Academy
West Point
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Fenn
Three Men Escape Serious Injuries In Car Crash
Alonzo Curtis Fred Clark and Lloyd Green escaped serious injuries after their Ford touring car left the road and hit a tree near West Point. Curtis suffered a forehead bruise, Clark facial cuts and bruises, and Green facial and leg injuries. They were later transported home to Bath. Curtis resumed work Friday with a meat truck trip to Boothbay Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Curtis
Fred Clark
Lloyd Green
West Point
Curtis
Clarke
Green
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Mrs Ward Returns From Clark's Cave After Auto Crash
Mrs Bertha A Ward returned Wednesday from Clark's Cave where she was present after an automobile accident that occurred early Sunday morning. She reports her daughter is improving and to return to the Inn at Christmas Cove this afternoon. Miss Ward stayed with Mr and Mrs Joseph Lane former Bath residents.
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Bertha A. Ward
Clark's Cave
Christmas Cove
Miss Ward
Joseph Lane
Bath
Spinney Charges Denied in Full by the Sheriff
A Spinney sworn statement from Phippsburg claims Sheriff J Horace McClure of Sagadahoc County offered liquor protection and profits in Bath and Popham Beach. McClure denounces the charges as a lie and political motive, while U S District Attorney Dyer dismisses the tale as false. Seth May of Auburn backs McClure, saying the official remains confident and unconnected to any liquor deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Spinney
Phippsburg
Atlanta
Portland
Maine
Bath
Spinney
J. Horace McClure
Sagadahoc
Pophan Beseh
Bath Freatwich
McClure
Sherif’ McClure
United States
Frederick R. Dyer
Seth May
Auburn
Mainé
Kenneth Reynolds Drowns While Swimming at Whiskay Creek
Kenneth Reynolds a 17 year old Morse High junior and longtime Orphans Home resident drowned Friday afternoon at Whis keay creek during a swim with other Home boys. The body was recovered about 7 30 p m by Blair Wilson with a grapple after witnesses failed to rescue him as he struggled in deep water. Funeral held at the Home Sunday attended by Morse High Class of 26 members and Home trustees.
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Kenneth Reynolds
Morse High
Orphans Home
White Plains N. Y
Edgar Crocker
Whiskeay Creek
Reynolds
Blair Wilson
Harold Carter
Don Wilson
Blair
Fred S. Curtis
Center Street
Charles E. Brooks
Mark Jackson
James Hart
Sidney Cullen
Raymond Simall
Louis Pooler
Charles Bartlett
New Highway Edgecomb Cut-off May Open to Public Labor Day
In Edgecomb local contractor Murtaugh Hughes and son Carl aim to finish the Edgecomb cut-off by Labor Day. The 1450 foot fill required over 100000 cubic yards of dirt with rip rap and gravel to create a 24 foot roadway. A 200 foot bridge on piling and ongoing bank work on Davis Island are part of the project amid shifting river bottom conditions.
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Edgecomb
Murtaugh Hughes
Bangor
Carl
Hughes
Davis Island
Erie
Hotel Riverside welcomes new guests and visitors
Recent arrivals at Hotel Riverside include Seats Diaene Xear M Potter from Hillsdale New Jersey Mr and Mrs A S Sherman and Miss Gretchen Sherman from Whitchburg Massachusetts Mr and Mrs H B Butler from Allston Massachusetts Mr and Mrs A W Rogers from Milton Massachusetts Margaret J Teller from Wollaston Massachusetts and Herbert G Wilson from Laconia New Hampshire.
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Hotel Riverside
Diaene Xear M. Potter
Hillsdale
N. J
A. S. Sherman
Gretchen Sherman
Whitchburg
Mass
H. B. Butler
Allston
A. W. Rogers
Milton
Margaret J. Teller
Wollaston
Herbert G. Wilson
Laconia
N. H
Brunswick man arraigned on forgery after suicide attempts in police cell
Kenneth Hamlin of Brunswick faced Portland municipal court on forgery charges after authorities say he used a belt to attempt suicide twice in a police cell following his arrest for forging an $80 check. He was captured after fleeing a Brunswick station with a torn cell padlock and is held on $300 bail. Separately, Senators prepare for Dawes' plan as Senator Harris of Georgia reports tonsil surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hamlin
Brunswick
Porthind
Hamlin
J. Feury
Sergt. Chase
Portland
Two Cars Crash Near Dead Man's Curve
A touring car driven toward Portland by RE A Turner of Portland collided with a smaller car headed for Augusta driven by Edward T Kenney of Brookline Massachusetts on State highway near Dead Man's Curve Bowdoinham. The Kenney car suffered front damage while Turner's vehicle left the road and crashed into a fence at the edge of a steep embankment. Sheriff J Horace McClure and County Commissioner David W Ribner helped manage the crowd to prevent a second accident and one official posted at each end of the wreckage to direct traffic until safe.
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Portland
RE. A. Turner
Augusta
Edward T. Kenney
Brookline
Mass
J. Horace McClure
Sagadahoe County
David W. Ribner
Topsham
McClure
How to Clean and Polish a Bannister Railing
To clean the railing of a bannister wash off dirt with soap and water. When dry rub with two parts linseed oil and one part turpentine. A good rubbing will bring up the polish.
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McObb House
Phipsburg Center
Cemetery Board
Maple Grove
ST. Mary’s Church
Propose Theatre
U. S
Lad
A. J. McNeil
Washington Street
Edward J. Murphy
Roger Moulton
Murphy
J. M. Johnson
Francis Murphiy
John Cliney
Pearl Oliver
Nettie Jeddrey
West Shore
Dawes
Congress
Tharris
Georgia
Dead Man’s Curve
Johnson Bros Co
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