Twenty Young Men Depart for Training Camp from Bath
Twenty young men depart Saturday for a conference training camp, the largest Bath group yet for the event. They will return to aid church work, teaching, social programs, and youth activities at local churches and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Woodbury
Robert H. Cressey
People’s
Howard F. Pleming
Salvation Army
Life Saving Scouts of the World
Frederick H. Gowell
Universalist
Young Peoples Christian Union
Raymond C. Hathorne
Montsweag Baptist
Ralph W. MacDonald
Y. M. C.A. Jrs
Hibbert L. Norton
Morse High School
Harry E. Ring
The
Christian Science
Foster W. Russell
Charles L. Stuart
First Baptist
C. Merritt Trott
Wesley
Epworth League
William N. Waters
Grace
Excellent Debate at Central Grammar
On the last day of school at Central Grammar a four-division debate tested the resolution that girls are better in the homes than boys. The boys won with captains Robert Cressey Edward Owen Rodney Ross Jr and John Huse leading five boys against five girls.
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Central Grammar
Robert Cressey
Edward Owen
Rodney Ross, Jr
John Huse
Stanley Curtis
Robert
Bob) Cressy
Doris Dyer
Taxi Driver Acknowledges $100 On Account
Edward Brown, a taxi driver, says he accepted $100 on account from Scott Jurry of Massachusetts through attorney John P. Carey Jr. Proceedings are continued to July 7 with Brown expecting another $100 and potential dismissal of further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Brown
Scott Jurry
Massachusetts
John P. Carey, Jr
Jurry
Mr. Brown
Mr. Jurry
Nequasset Farm Bureau Plans July Meeting on Beverages
The Nequasset Farm Bureau will meet July 2 with Mrs. Adelbert Hall at 46 Bedford Street. The program centers on Beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Adelbert Hall
Bedford Street
Summer Homes Dot Sebasco and Nearby Areas
Residents report summer cottages opening at Sebasco Head, Popham Beach, and Cox head with Norwood and Maine visitors, while Maria Minott of Phippsburg joins Susan Nichols of Oberlin on a June 27 voyage to Europe returning September 5. The Sebasco Lodge furnishings near completion, flower gardens and rock garden displays, electric lights in Phippsburg, and coastal fishing activity mark the season.
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Little Wood
Yueeter Jean
Bronxville
Bon
Little Wood Island
Beath
Reese Eby
Indiana
Sebasco
Abbie F. Minott
Phippsburg
Susan P. Nichols
Oberlin College
Oberlin, O
Edward P. Thomas
Reee Ea
Parker Hi
Lewis Ree
Massachusetts
Cok's Head
Lorrey l
Nancy Thomas
Bath
Eric J. Carlson
William P. Morrison
Cox’s Head
Annnie Lowell
Portland
J. E. Percy
Cox's
Maggie Morse
Small Point
E. J. Carlson
Raymond “McIntyre
Bath City Hospital
C. V. Minott
Della Morey
E.P. Shaw
Stanley
Murphy's Corner
Shaw
E. P. Thomas
Murray
New Brunswick
N. J
J. E. Perry
Ed Sawyer
Swampscott
Mass
Jennie Woodward
New Jersey
Bay View
Page Wyman
Reburg
Harry W. Owen
Popham Beach
Sebasco Lodge
Freeman H. Merritt
Sebasco Estates
Central Maine Power Co
Ellis Rogers
Dromore Creek
New York
John Malcolm
Dromore
Notable visitors and travels noted in local society
Personal notes mention Mr and Mrs Samuel 8 Sewall arriving from California for a Wednesday luncheon with friends. Mr and Mrs Leonard Laskey of Everett Massachusetts spent the weekend and visited Mac Mahan Island to see F A Laskey. Lieut Col George A Baker of the Maine officers called for attendance.
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Samuel
Sewall
California
Leonard Laskey
Everett
Mass
MacMahan Island
F. A. Laskey
George A. Baker
Maine
Hewitt Family Heads to Island Cottage
Winnegance Mrs. Charles E. Hewitt Jr and family travel to ei island for a month at their coastal cottage. Also noted are improvements in Mrs. Arthur Totman’s health and a raft of logs arriving at John G Morse & Sons mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Charles E. Hewitt
Beulah McIntire
John G. Morse, Jr
Ei Island
Arthur Totman
Bath City
John G. Morse & Sons
Fred L. Parks
Albert Cornish
Hardings
George A. Merritt
Leavitt & Parris
Portland
Leon Pennell
Lower High Street
Ellsworth Pinkham
Five Islands
Alton
Manager's life-saving decision at City hospital
Wallace A. Price of Central Maine Power Co. kept power on during a scheduled Sunday outage to aid an emergency maternity operation at City hospital. Dr. A. A. Stott credited the move with saving the mother's life, though the company incurred costs. Price later noted limited public notice for a Monday outage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace A. Price
Central Maine Power Co
A. A. Stott
Price
City Hospital
Dr. Stott
Librarians Attend Swampscott Meeting From Bath Delegates
Miss Margaret R. Foote and Mrs. Arline Troop attended the North eastern Library convention in Swampscott Mass. They stayed at the New Ocean House with 600 librarians. Highlights included talks on Edna St Vincent Millay and Peterboro writers, plus music by Mrs Edward MacDowell.
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Margaret R. Foote
Patten Free Library
Arline Troop
Swampscott
Mass
New
Ocean House
Arthur G. Staples
Bath
Lewiston Journal
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Maine
John Farrar
Farrar & Rineharti
Edward MacDowell
Peterboro
New weekend trains expand access to New England resorts
Boston and Maine Railroad adds two new week end services the Mountaineer from Boston to the White Mountains and New Hampshire lakes and the Surfside from New York to shore resorts in Massachusetts New Hampshire and Maine. The Mariner to Dover and Maine beaches and the Pine Tree Acadian to the Maritime Provinces resume offering quicker getaways from Boston and New York. The new services return trips on Sunday night enabling weekend commuting to Lake shore and mountain retreats.
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Page One
Bar Harbor
New England
Boston & Maine
Mountaineer
Boston
White Mountains
New Hampshire Lakes
Surfside
New York
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Lake Resorts
N. H
Maritime Provinces
West Bath Grange Attendance At Topsham Meeting
More than 30 West Bath grangers traveled to Topsham Saturday evening for a meeting featuring the High Priest of Demeter and the State Master. The event drew over 400 grangers in attendance.
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West Bath
Topsham
Demeter
Iceland’s thousand year parliament celebrated amid modern reform
The piece notes Iceland’s thousand year milestone of parliament and its 1918 move to independence from Denmark. It details Iceland’s volcanic origin climate, population around 100,000, and a shift from old farms to modern homes with radios and heated springs. It highlights fishing as a key industry, coastwise trade, and the nation’s evolving infrastructure.
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the Independent
Iceland
United States
Christian
Denmark
Iceélarid
Arctic
Stefansson
Dicuil
Ireland
Kentucky
Greenland
Scotland
Arctic Circle
Lord Dufferin
Island
Reykjarvic
Reyk
Mt. Hecla
England
Icelarider
Mr. Hanson
Carl
America
Germany
Scandinavia
Nature
Reykjavik
Coopers
Icelandic Literature Prize and Parliaments of Old and New England Tour
Icelandic heritage shines with scholars, a university in Reykjavik, and a nation-wide literacy tradition. Lord Bryce praised Icelandic literature among Europe’s three great traditions. A touring Automobile Association group visited New England sights, passing towns from Brunswick to Bridgeport. Sunday sunset and a falling elm caused a minor property incident on Grove Street with no injuries.
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Iceland
Lord Bryce
England
Europe
House of Lords
Supreme Court
Automobile Association of America
New England
Brunswick
Bridge Toll House
Harry Thompson
Toll House
John P. Crosby
Boothbay Harbor
Sprucewold
Rockland
Bangor
Skowhegan
Augusta
Lewiston
Poland Spring
Naples
North Conway
Gorham
Crawford Notch
Hanover
Rutland
Manchester
Bridgeport
Conn
Grove Street
Charles R. Higgins
Mutinous Sailors Shield Their Captain in 1810 Voyage
The Bath era tale recounts Captain Consider Thomas and crew aboard the brig Mars from Bath to Charleston. Faced with gale weather and leaks, the mutinous crew drafted a written remonstrance to shield the captain, then later chronicles the 1815 Franklin loss and a British rescue of Thomas and crew by the North Star.
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Consider Thomas
Bath
David C. Magoun
Capt
Charleston
S. C
West Indies
Mars
Thomas
Zachariah Wallas
Joseph Bleather
Pg ‘Doughty
Prince Thomas
Consider
Franklin
North Star
Maine cows use roadside billboards for shade
In Maine, cattle near Cat appear to utilize advertising signs as shade on hot days. The article notes a common sight of cows resting in the shade of large signboards, suggesting a practical use for billboards beyond advertising.
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Maine
Cat
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Y.M.C.A. Leadership
Sagadahoc County
Pomona
Grange
Atwood’s Medicine
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock’ Block
Bath, Me
Room
Sweden
Wien Pauls Orwaldson
Boston Herald
Savings Bank
Mutual Savings Bank
Bath Savings Institution
R. A. Scott CO
Boothbay Harbor, Maine
P.O
Boston, Mass
Buiedere
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