Public Law 199 Hurts Small Merchants and Farms
The piece critiques Public Law 199 restricting parcel post and raising rates. It argues the law benefits monopolistic rail express interests, hurts farm families, small merchants, and rural customers, and calls for repeal. It cites Kerr and Broyhill bills and urges readers to contact senators.
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America
Main Street
Parcel Post
Post
Congréss
Post Office Department
Kerr
Rep
Broyhill
Essential tools boost agricultural output since 1936 39
The Digest notes a 50 percent rise in English agriculture output tied to rapid farming power and machinery growth. It highlights increased use of tractors harvesters binders balers and milking machines as essential to a strengthened economy and living standards in Britain and frames American farming as needing to feed a growing population while conserving land for future generations.
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Britain
America
Productivity and Labor Costs Highlight Modern Efficiency
A concise note discusses how productivity and current labor costs shape perceptions of modern efficiency, implying lower relative expense and greater output compared to past eras.
Packed Lunches topic to be discussed at Arrowsic meeting
Gates town hall will host an all day session Thursday on Packed Lunches led by Edith Rice foods project leader. Morning will be spent helping prepare the noon meals for the community.
Route 127 widening to Reid State Park project
The State Highway Commission announced a project to widen a section of Route 127 in Arrowsie toward Reid State Park. A small wooden bridge will be removed and replaced with a 76 foot metal culvert, a 10 foot fill added, and the road length about 700 feet viadged. Bids are to be opened at the Augusta office on June 23.
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Arrowsie
Reid State Park
State Highway Commission
Spinney Hill
State Highway
Augusta
Political Facts And Fancies On Local Campaigns
News notes describe registration slowdowns in Bath as 53 Republicans and 3 Democrats enroll, all new voters declaring a party. Local races center on Bath representatives, a county attorney contest, a State Senate and House contest, with a lukewarm Probate Register race and a toss up for two Bath seats among four contenders.
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Board of Registration
City Hall
Bath
Arthur K. Purington
George M. Carlton, Jr
John W. Quarrington
Richmond
Quarrington
Carlton
Charles F. Cummings
Frank R. Bailey
Woolwich
Register of Probate
Lillian H. Heal
Stanley R. Hunter
Frank W. Thompson
Wilton teacher John Choate to rejoin State Y Camp staff
John Choate, science teacher and assistant basketball coach at Wilton Academy, will return to the State Y M C A Camp at Lake Gobbosseecontee Winthrop as assistant to the Directors and Director of the Counselor-in-Training Program. He is a Colby graduate and former camper and counselor. Summer registrations should be sent to the Winthrop camp. folders are available at Maine YMCAs.
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John Choate
Wilton Academy
Lake Gobbosseecontee
Winthrop
W. David Dellert
Choate
Colby College
Army Signal Corps
Y.M.C.A
Maine
Seek to Identify Body Of Woman In Related Homicide Case
Bath police requested forward a list of missing persons to New Hampshire State Police in connection with an apparent homicide in Seneca New York. The unidentified white female, 25 to 30, 5 6, about 160 pounds, dark brown hair, size eight shoes, was found Aug 28 1953 wearing a black floral sleeveless dress with white background a black belt a Delebana sport watch and a diamond ring. Anyone with information contact Bath Police Chief Frank L Moriarty immediately.
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Bath
New Hampshire
Seneca
N. Y
Delebana
Frank L. Moriarty
Three Cases Heard in Municipal Court
Three cases were heard before Judge Gardiner R. Deer ing on Monday in Municipal Court. Donald Harriman, 31, of New agon, pled guilty to failing to stop at a stop sign and was taxed $5.70. Frank D. Lawrence, 25, of Woolwich, pled guilty to driving after license revocation on Route 127 at Georgetown, fined $15 and costs $6.60. One intoxication case was also heard with the respondent pleading guilty and the case being plain file.
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Gardiner R. Deering
Donald Harriman
Newagon
High Street
Leeman High
Frank D. Lawrence
Woolwich
Georgetown
Ex Governor Sewall Attends Wedding in Augusta
Ex Governor Sumner Sewall and Mrs Sewall attended the wedding of Kathryn Farrell of Augusta and Frederick Allen of Portland at St Marys Rectory. A reception followed at the Augusta House. Later Mrs Sewall attended the Republican Party 100th anniversary in Rumford with Sen Margaret Chase Smith speaking.
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Sumner Sewall
Augusta
Kathryn Farrell
Frederick Allen
Portland
St. Mary's Rectory
Augusta House
Allen
Sewall
Maine
Sagadahoc County
Rumford
Rumford City Hall
Margaret Chase Smith
Wedding in Milton as Adler relatives attend
Mrs Louise Mosley of Weeks street and Mrs James B Lemont of West Bath returned from Boston where they weekended as guests of Mr and Mrs Walter Adler of Brookline Mass They attended the wedding of Eleanor Christianson daughter of Mrs Arthur Christianson Milton and Richard Adler son of Mr and Mrs Walter Adler at Mattapan Baptist church Milton The reception followed in the church parlor Mrs Walter Adler the groom's mother is a Bath native and before marriage was Miss Ethel Totman She was bookkeeper at Hatch's Shoe Store and visits here annually
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Louise Mosley
Weeks Street
James B. Lemont
West Bath
Boston
Walter Adler
Brookline
Mass
Eleanor Christianson
Arthur Christianson
Milton
Mr. Christianson
Richard Adler
Mattapan Baptist Church
Bath
Ethel Totman
Hatch’s
West’ Bath
West Bath Grorge Hall
Jen
Francis Deehan
Wass
Bernard Pigimes
Henry White
Robert Farnham
Neil MsAskill
Bath Memorized
Laura White
Massachusetts
Glen Smith
Robert Haley
Brunswick
Francis An
W. W. Cowan
Sydney
Morse High School
Glenis Beane
Cecil Beane
Glenis
Edward MecMafin
Jean
Marie
Paula
Donald Sylvester
Jocelyn
Micky
Joseph Larrabee
George Cameron, Jr
Nelson Cottage
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Irving Burnham
William E. Wyatt
Edwin B. Vasso
Stamford
Conn
Rock Hill Inn
Joanne Boudreau
Washington, D. C
T. A. Veilleux
Lawrence
Kas
Wichita
Lyons
James Mann
Limestone Air Force Base
Wyatt
Mr. Wyatt
Westover Field
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Meet at Reunion After Half Century
Bath residents Emma Jewell Helen Merrill Leonard Munsey and Lillian Fitch from Woolwich joined Gertude Higgins of Wiscasset at Wiscasset Academy alumni banquet held in the Masonic hall prior to the academy building. Mary Coombs of Wiscasset, a fiftieth anniversary graduate, traveled from the West Coast for the reunion and reconnected with Emma Jewell after fifty years.
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Bath
Wiscasset Academy
Wiscasset
Emma Jewell
Helen Merrill
Leonard Munsey
Lillian Fitch
Woolwich
Gertrude Higgins
Masonic
Mary Coombs
West Coast
Mrs. Jewell
Experiences of Bath Doctor in Korea Hospital Story
In Bath Maine Lt Col Harry M Wilson returns from Korea after 18 months with Korean hospitals. He recalls makeshift wartime clinics and scarce supplies, describing bandage hoarding, improvised tools from wash tubs, and surprising methods underlining the tough conditions faced by Army medical staff and Korean assistants.
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Saturday Evening Post
Uncle Sam
Robert Sherrod
Bath
Thysician
Harry M. Wilson
Korea
Wilson
Maine
Capital
Three Bath Students Receive Diplomas at Fisher Junior College
Three Bath students earned diplomas at Fisher Junior College 51st annual commencement in John Hancock Hall Boston Sunday. Sue Stover Carol Quimby and Joan Mallett completed medical secretarial and legal secretarial studies. all are Morse High School graduates from 1952.
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Bath
Sanford L. Fisher
Fisher Junior College
John Hancock Hall
Boston
Sue Stover
Rexford Stover
Front Street
Carol Quimby
Everett M. Quimby
Farrin Street
Joan Mallett
Clyde Mallett
High Street
Quimby
Mall
Jones Says Issue Is Americanism in Campaign Dialog
In a town meeting, Jones framed the current political struggle as a clash between atheistic communism and Republican democracy. He warned of Soviet expansion since 1939, praised American education, and urged resisting communistic aggression with full national resolve.
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Jones
Soviet Union
Indo-China
Korea
Wedding of Waneta Estes and Chester Merry in Wis casset
Waneta Estes of West Bath wed Chester Lee Merry of Wiscasset in a double ring ceremony at St Philip’s Peizoopel-hhive Wisconsin. The bride wore blush pink lace over era with a white Bible keepsake. attendants wore pink aqua lace gowns. Guests included relatives and local officials. couple to reside in Wis casset after a 4.30 wedding.
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St. Phillip’s
Peizoopel - Hhive
Wis
Waneta Lee Peithen Te Pee
West Bath
Chester Lee Merry
Chester E. Merry
Wiscasset
Robert P. Frazier
Ellison Estes
Merrye Wright
Eraine Allain
Joan Giacobbe
Donald Hae
Edward Estes
Stanley Merry
Miss Bethel Estes
Miss Rose Merry
Mrs. Estes
Mrs. Merry
Joan Osborne Ingersoll
Virginia Osborne
Lucelia Blake
Eleanor MacDonald
Morse High School
Rainbow Assembly
West Bath 4-H Club
T. W. Hyde
Wiscasset Academy
Maine Maritime Academy
Socony- Vacuum Oil Co. Inc
New York
Merry
Crossword Clue Set 13 Indicate Ages and More
Crossword puzzle clues list across and down entries with hints and a Cryptoquote example. It shows theme AXYDLBAAXR mapping LONG FELLOW and explains substitution logic per day.
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Kennebec
Gates
Arrowsic Town Hall
Foods Project
Edith Rice
Canasta Club
Fred Brown, Jr
Grace Smith
Doris Carter
Days Ferry
Edward Marty
Dorothy
Barbara Kutz
Akror
Marty
Ferry
Marcia Stinson
Dorothy Marty
Barbara Kurz
Charles E. Powers
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Connecticut River
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Horatio Baker
Arrowsk
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Scout
George Carlton
Haverford
Atty
Morse High
Lawrence R. Vail
Lynn
Allepo Temple
Fred Osgood
Phipps Point
Genesia
William Kitredge
Lafayette
Calif
Eben Dana
Bar Harbor
Quebec
Montreal
Edward V. Reed
Dodge Inn
Carleton W. Lowell
James Knight
James Lester Morse
Phippsburg
Norman Rand
Otis Hunt
Portsmouth
Arthur Jones
St. Louis
Isaiah Hunt
Shirley Hemingway
The
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Auburn
Henry Root
Edwin M. Cole
Lewiston
Seneca, N. Y
Summer Sewall
Reunion
Brunswick Naval Air Station
District Public Works Office
First Naval District
Summer Street
Charles H. Cahill
Halé
McClure
Ray W. Stetson
Stetson
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Topsham
Rom Sagadahoc
Cummings
Naval
Cleveland P. Curtis
Bowdoinham
Bowdon
Raymond M. McIntire
McIntire
Curtis
United States Senate
Merry-Estes
Maine Maritime
Burton M Cross
Harriet C. Stevens
Register of Deeds
Loring D. Small
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Claytensley
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Memorial Hospital
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