Town meeting stirs PHIPPSBURG political hopes and local talk
Town meeting in Phippsburg draws attention as voters discuss re electing the old board and possible new candidates including C V Minott Jr The article notes rising town indebtedness from 7000 to 13000 and a higher tax rate amid social visits ice cutting and community activities in town life
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. Minott, Jr
Nelson Heald
Mr. Heald
William Smart
F. S. Bowker & Son
Bowker Wood
Scott C. Campbell
Campbell Farm
Symphony Hall
Boston
Frank Allegrin
William Roderick
Arthur Roderick
Roderick
Arthur
Everett Harrington
William Butler
Milliken signs Maine suffrage resolve in 1917
Governor Carl E. Milliken signed the equal suffrage measure on February 23 1917 in his private State House office surrounded by suffrage leaders and family. He presented three pens to campaign leaders Mrs Deborah Knox Livingston Mrs Arthur Balentine and Mrs Robert Whitehouse amid photos and remarks praising the campaign and urging adoption. The room was filled with supporters as Milliken expressed hope this would lead to final adoption of equal suffrage in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Rogers
Zina Butler
Bert Coffin
Butler
Arthur MacDonald
Wallace MacDonald
Bath
Cora Campbell
Frank S. Bow
Walter H. Bowker
Bess Dickinson
William S. Roberts
W. E. Kershner
M. J. Percy
J. D. Eastman
Charles Morrison
Charles Temple
Asbury Campbell
Winneganee
Fred Oliver
Coombs
Chaffee Trosh
Stoneybrook
W. R. Dickinson
Carl E. Milliken
State House
Deborah Knox Livingston
Bangor
Arthur T. Balentine
Portland
Maine Suffrage Association
Charles A. Milliken
Augusta
Guy P. Gannett
William R. Pattangall
Milliken
Carl
H. J. Hunt
Delmont Emerson
Geneva Emerson
Nina Robinson
Pearl Bryant
Island Falls
Harriet Milliken
Windlass Works to Adopt Eight Hour Day Next Week
Hyde Windlass Co begins eight hour shifts March 5 1917 with no wage change for hours worked While some shifts may extend beyond eight hours overtime rates apply The firm notes its aim to lead competitors in worker treatment and efficiency Rotney B Ross president treasurer confirms long considered plan and stresses potential costs and benefits
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Co
Rotney B. Ross
Bath leader reflects on school board work and reforms
Bath Maine February 26 1917 chairman Kelley writes to the editor about his nine years on the school board and board of education. He cites the Bailey School of Industries the Morse High School curriculum change raising attendance and the Mitchell School building. He notes all city school buildings have heating and sanitation upgrades and praises the normal graduate rule for new teachers. He accepts responsibility and asks voters for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
the Independent
Friends
Board of Education
Bailey School of Industries
Morse High School
High School of
United States
Mitchell
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Phippsburg
John H. Pease
Warren Ryan
Waltham
Mass
Frank M. Bowker
Hattie Rogers
Minotti
F. S. Bowker
Kate Weston
George Weston
Charles Cutting
Staviat
the Bath Trust Company
Bath, Main
Henry W. Cobb
D. K. Livingstone
Florence B. Whitehouse
Arthur T. Ballentine
W. R. Pattangall
Bath, Me
John M Clark
WM. C. Chadbourne
Kelley
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Johnson Brosco
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