Alaska's Vast Resources and Rail Drive for Growth
Fifty four years after the 1867 treaty, Alaska’s wealth from minerals fisheries and furs totals hundreds of millions. Rail expansion and ports boost development as Alaska, larger than multiple midwest states, moves from rugged frontier to modern economy under U.S. rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alaska
Russia
National Geographic Society
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Nebraska
Dakotas
Norway
Scandinavian Peninsula
Sweden
Seward
Panama Canal Zone
Senate
Washington
St. Petersburg
Legion Post Silence Delays Work On Lincoln Street Project
Robert Sutherland offered to improve Flaherty park via Roland H. Smith post American Legion and would supply workers, but has received no response from officials. He says he will proceed only if Legion members commit to assisting.
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Flaherty Park
Lincoln Street
Robert Sutherland
Roland H. Smith
American Legion
the Times
Libel Filed Over Shortage on Bath Schooner Alice M Colburn
The Atlantic National Bank sues the Bath built schooner Alice M Colburn in federal court for alleged bone cargo shortage from River Plate to Philadelphia. Mortimer E Adams of Witerville. visitor in Bath. represents Daker Vawter Co. son of Capt Silas Adams longtime Bath trustee and past commander of St Omar commandery in Waterville.
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Atlantic National Bank
van Idester Co
United States District Court
Alice M. Colburn
River Plate
Philadelphia
Mortimer E. Adams
Witerville
Bath
Daker-Vawter Co
Adams
Silas Adams
Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum
Maxonic
St. Omar
Waterville
Five Islands Grange Receives Cultured Gifts and Local News
A Summer resident Mrs E P Vierce of Boston presented the Grange library with 32 books and Motor Boat magazine from Com R C Davenport. Many residents and visitors arrive or pass through Five Islands, with social visits, road work, and Grange activities noted, including Twenty seven Grange members traveling to Woolwich for degrees and lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Library
E. P. Vierce
Boston
Seguinland
Motor Boat Magazine
Com
R. C. Davenport
MacMahan Island
Grang
C. W. Nocton
Charles McFadden
T. M. Hagan
Ida Rowe
Bath
E.G. Worton
New York
J. G. Stevens
Vernon Gray
Everett Cromwell
Bernard Plummer
Five Islands
Chester MacMahan
Howard Heald
Pierce
Rohde
Betty
Brookline
Mass
Fred Witham
Manfield Newdick
Chester Pinkham
Percy McGilvery
John Hinkley
Eva Hayes
Wortland
Ferris Leonard
Lucille White
Elizabeth Cook
Southport
Frank Southard
Ida Merriman
Mary
Sally Macrum
Oakmont
W. Kirkpatrick
Mr. Howard
William Belanger
J.T. MacMahan
Ellen Hagan
W. T. Boyd
Stevens
Claixdell
Greenleaf
J.G. Rowe
FE. G. Horton
Roland Harford
Georgetown
Emergency Fleet lowers rents on North End housing
The Emergency Fleet Corporation reduces rents on brick houses at the North End project effective June 1 due to a nation wide drop in shipbuilding. Six room houses rent 40 a month and doubles 25 to 27.50 per half unit.
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Forum Committee
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Emergency Fleet Corporation
North End
Bath Boy Graduates From University of Maine
Mr and Mrs Harry G Deering of Bath and their guest Miss Manola Coburn of Lewiston returned from Orono after attending the University of Maine fiftieth commencement where their son Howard Alfred Deering earned a B S in the college of technology He was the lone Bath graduate this year and he belongs to Sigma Alpha Epsilon He will spend the summer in Bath before starting work
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Bath
University OF Maine
Harry G. Deering
Deering Street
Manola Coburn
Lewiston
Orono Thessay
Maine
Deering
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
South Street Parent Teachers Close Season at Central Church
The South Street Parent Teachers Association held its final meeting of the season at Central church vestry. Librarian Margaret Foote spoke on Children and Books and the Patten Free Library programs for city children. Mrs. A. L. Corliss reported on the State meeting and the group planned a summer constitution review for fall, with tea and sandwiches served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Street
Parent-Teachers Association
Central Church Vestry
Mixx Margaret Foote
Patten Free Library
Parent Teacher Association
A. L. Corliss
Corliss
Arthur Baum
Harry Litchfield
Georgetown Church Cleaning Fete and Summer Social Notes
Volunteers led a Friday church cleaning at Georgetown with a long list of helpers and a noon vestry dinner. Residents recall a Grange social in Woolwich, visits to Bath and Portland, cottage arrivals, and road work on Harrington's Hill Indian Point road, marking a busy summer start.
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Howard Heald
Henry Todd
John Williams
Stearns Scott
WL A Todd
B. H. Woodside
Belle Heald
Everett Jewett
Elizabeth Cromwell
W. O. Oliver
Gladys Oliver
W. T. Boyd
W. C. Oliver
Kad McKenney
Roland Harford
Todd Farm
John Thibodeau
Maynard
Bath
Clarence Oliver
Bath Hospital
Martha E. Rich
Kennebec Point
Rich
Fitchburg
Mass
Norman Blackie
John Blackie
Ellen Brilmyer
Rochester
Minn
Robinhood
Sarah
Mabel Pinkham
George Gould
Walter Newdick
Virginia
Brown
Portland
Edward Wren
Georgie Knights
Lewiston
Harold Hunt
John Stacy
Harold Brown
Kennebes Point
Boston
Melvin Cunningham
Nannie Russell
Woolside
Stout
Milliken, Tomlincon Co
WLC
Todd
DB. H. Woodside
Fred Hinckley
West Georgetown
Eugene Reynolds
the Cove
F. Brilmyer
KE. A. Williams
Nearly 100 to Visit Bowdoinham for Bath Reception
A Dresden meeting inspired nearly a hundred residents to join a Bowdoinham trip Thursday night. Bath chamber of commerce to arrange accommodations. William L. Bonney drafted to deliver welcome address. The group plans a six o'clock start from Sagadahoc Square and will travel to Brunswick together.
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Bowdoinham
Dresden
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Dowdoinham
William L. Bonney
Bath
Sagadahoc Square
Brunswick
Masons to Lay Corner Stone of Temple on June 18
Bath Masons plan a large turnout June 18 for the grand lodge of Maine to lay the corner stone of the new Masonic temple on Garden and Washington streets. Procession from Masonic hall to the temple will include Gaudreau band, Dunlap Commandery, and multiple lodge groups. The program features addresses, prayers, and the raising of the stone with memorials deposited.
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Bath
Royal C. Polar
Charles Bb. Davis
Cedric Th
Rew
Phram AL Webber
Crunswick
Hleb. Dunnack
Angiusta
Muse
America
Benediction
Masonic Building Association
Walter S. Glidden
Samuel Roveres
William A. Parker
N. Gratz Jackson
I. M Fuller
Lucius M. LeMont
John A. Snail
Raymond C. Brown
Sylvester T. Rowland
Arthur J. Smith
Albert N. Strout
Clarence A. Peaslee
Harry G. Deering
Harold M. Sewall
William J. Perry
Henry R. White
Arthur B. Stilphen
Albert HH. Shaw
J. Edward Drake
Charles WT. Oliver
William S. Newell
William E. Ash
Edward EE. Morse
Francis G. Cook
Ralph HH. Danton
Harry B. Stetson
Chester E. Shepard
William A. Staples
Melvin HH. Beerwort
Popham Beach Set for A Busy Summer Season
Popham Beach anticipates a bustling summer as cottages book quickly and hotels ready for guests. Portland Bath residents such as Elizabeth Webber and the Hirdes family will occupy summer homes, with multiple families arrival plans and local workers upgrading facilities.
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Popham
Riverside Hotel
Stacey House
Webber Cottage
Elizabeth BE. Webber
Portland
Bath
Webber
Mary I. Mitchell
Harriette G. Oller
Esther Mousley
Marjorie Poole
Edward Hirdes
Charles Ro Donnell
M. Te, Wayman
Daimariseatta
Alice
University of Maine
Wyenan
Pubert HE. McCarty
Louise Johson
George Perey
Salem
Mass
Percy
Charles Riley
Worcester
Campbell
Bh. M. Puller
Seth Mullin
Fuller
Coast Guard Station
Will Wyman
South Shore
BF. Dodge Hardin
Clifford Cottage
Coffin and Hayes wed in Phippsburg home ceremony
Alex J. Coffin of Phippsburg and Mrs. Gertrude Hayes of Bath were married Sunday at the groom's Sebasceo road home. Reverend Joseph Richardson officiated. Attendants were Archie Davis and Mamie Datey. The couple will live in a new cottage and Coffin is a former town official and tax collector.
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Alex J. Coffin
Phippsburg
Gertrude Hayes
Bath
Sebuasceo Road
Joseph Richardson
Centecostal Church
Archie Davis
Mamie Datey
Two Accidents In One Family Involving Johnsons
Charles Fred Johnson and his mother Harriet A. Johnson were riding when their saddle horse frightened near Wesley church. Johnson steered toward a pole to avoid a runaway, tearing the wheel and injuring Harriet. A bystander’s jigger ran over three year old Alma Mae Robinson, causing suspected internal injuries. Doctor Grant attended.
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Charles Fred Johnson
Russel Street
Tie
Harriet A. Johnson
Elsie Rose
Wesley Church
Washington Street
Mr. Johnson
Ann M. Robinson
Uss Washington Street
Mrs. Johnson
Robinson
Mr. Robinson
Alma Mae
Grant
Tfe
Curwood Visits Bath With Maine Coast Trip
James Oliver Curwood, famed outdoor author, visits Bath with ex Gov. Carl B. Milliken and Prede W. Hinckly of Pine Tree Ventures. They tour the Maine coast gathering material for movie scenarios, marking Curwood’s first Maine visit. The party plans to Monhegan after leaving at moon.
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James Oliver Curwood
Bath
Carl B. Milliken
Augusta
Prede W. Hinckly
South Portland
Pine Tree Victures, Inc
Mr. Curwood
Maine
Porth
Guy
Milliken
Moving Picture Company
Mr. Cur- Wood
Moon
Monhegan
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D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
F. S. Curtis
Center Street
Stuart
Optometrist
Front St
Beaver
C.L. Farnham Co, Inc
H. C
Cedar Street
Legion
Libels Schooner
Commonwealth Hotel
Bowdoin Street
Beacon Hill
State House
Hotel Avery
Avery Street
Morse Bros. Managing Directors
M. J. Frye
Nekmenne
Mate
Otis N. E
Liberty Street
Howard's Center
Asie
Octave Breton
New Method
Front Eee
Ralph Dunton
Stanley Graves
Medford
Masy
Clayton Rowe
Sh. M. Rowe
Edward Riggs
Newport
Wendell Baker
Aid
Carroll Powers
Ralph Reynolds
Ruth
Herbert Blackie
Dorchester
George Oliver
Roger
Willard
Frank Oliver
Lester Oliver
Harry Horne
Chester
Richmond
G.C. Hunt
Sath
Joseph Dearse
Fairfield
Dames and
Franccix
Clifton Matthews
Alec Cunninghill
John Cummings
John Tome
Cortland
Ernest Weald
Charles Oliver
Julia Boyd
Georgie Wrights
Harrington
Masons
Temple
Popham Beach
Kupp Jr
Kuppenheimer
the House of Kuppenheimer
John J. Desmond
Fletcher
Castoria
Aace
the Centaur Company
New York City
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