Ravages by the grip at Phippsburg revive town health scare
The Phippsburg community reports a severe grip epidemic with many residents ill. Mrs. Perry and Mrs. Morrison are among the stricken, doctors called in Bath, and several families rely on nurses. Local gatherings continue as patients improve and public concern remains high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Frisbee
Bath
George Ingalls
James C. Perry
Hannigen
Perry
Mr. Perry
Arthur Decker
Johnathan Coffin
Albert Storer
Grip
Charles Morrison
Sebasco
Williams
Frank Frisbee
Fred Frisbee
Charles Stinson
Portland
J. O. Wyman
C. V. Minott, Jr
Harry Watson
Nathan
Bess Dickinson
Frank Wyman
Annie Nichols
W. R. Dickinson
Maine Good Roads Drive Aims to Finish Trunk Highway System
State commercial groups plan a sustained push for funding and a mill tax to complete the trunk highway network. Meeting notes $10 million last year lost to traffic diversion, with $1.3 million of a 2 million bond spent and 350 miles of trunk roads to be completed this year. A statewide conference is planned for May 16 in Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Good Roads Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Portland Chamber
Deering
Kittery
Portland
Bath
Bangor
Waterville
Ellsworth
Dennysville
Bethel
Lewiston
Augusta
Aroostook County
Maine
State Treasury
Auring
Commodore Tucker Hero of Revolution Sailor and Navigator
Commodore Samuel Tucker, Marblehead born 1747, ran away to sea at eleven aboard the Royal George and rose to heroism against Barbary corsairs. He later fled England to avoid punishment, saved a ship off Lisbon, and gained favor with Robert Morris and General Washington. Continued on Page Twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodore Samuel Tucker
Gov. King
Bristol
Marblehead
Mass
Andrew
Mary Tucker
America
Dundee
Scotland
England
McCaus
Royal George
Louisburg
Wolfe
Quebec
Tucker
Lisbon
Samuel
Hesiod
London
Robert Morris
Philadelphia
Hope
Morris
George Wash
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Phippsburg
Kennebec
W. J. Small
Charles Varney
Sam Jordan
Susie Cutting
James Cutting
Bowker
J. F. Leeach
Meadowbrook Chapel
Virginia
James M
F. S. Bowker & Sons
Parker Head
C. Galen Hinckley
Alfred Beal
Walter McCourt
Minnie Wallace
Pitch Pine Hill
Horace Morse
Parker's Bay Farm
Thomas Q Oliver
New York Herald
Edward Sewall
Off
Barbary Coast
King George
Lon
Don
Sarah
Hathorne
Commodore Tucker
William Goslin
Alma
Nebraska
Mary Belcher
Mary
France
Salem
Mary Getchell
Samuel Getchell
Bremen
Bunker Hill
Young Tucker
City
Army
Navy
John M. Clark Undertaking
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Wm Co. Chadbourn
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Japanac
Japan
Oakum
Johnson Bros. Co
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