Beacon Street Booster Chorus Delights City Crowd
Beacon Street Church drew a large turnout for a surprise youth program led by Rev. Hosford and pianist Mrs. Beas. 150 children performed without books, impressing the audience with memory work, solos, and harmonized choral pieces. The event showcased local talent and promises continued Lenten programs with participation from sister churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Beacon Street Church
Carolyn Hostord
Harry Beas
Miss Hosford
Beacon’ Street
Bath
Beacon Folk
Old Times Workers on The Times Force
Maj H A Shorey of The Bridgton News shares a Bath Sentinel and Times payroll from 1567 and 1586 listing many Bath notables now deceased. Names include Simeon Drake Clara Sanford Mrs Hattie Brown Miss Mary Lombard Nellie Mitchell Julia Sawyer Lizzie Robinson Sarah Verey John Biggins Benjamin Veerow Fred Turner Frank W Shorey J W Wordsworth Charles W Arras William Gerrish FBI Whit comb Sylvan Farnham George A Warshley John H Mitchell Abner Ham John H T Twitchell Mary J Adams Elia Sanford James W Pray William VP Morse Frank Deojay J F Upton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Shorey
Bridgton News
Bath
Fred Turner
Frank W. Shorey
J. W. Wordsworth
Charles W. Arras
William Gerrish
FBI
Whitcomb
Sylvan Farnham
George A. Warshley
John H. Mitchell
Abner Ham
John H. T. Twitchell
Mary J. Adams
Elia Sanford
James W. Pray
William VP. Morse
Frank Deojay
J. F. Upton
Annual Meeting of Polar Star Lodge Elects Officers
Polar Star Lodge No. 114 F and A M held its annual meeting on Wednesday night with many members present. Officers elected include Philip A. Roberts as worshipful master Arthur C. Hagan senior warden Oliver Moses 3d junior warden J Edward Hughes treasurer Lucius M Le Mont secretary Harold E F Cutting senior deacon Elmer W Rogers junior deacon Alden VP Denham proxy to Grand Lodge. Dues and initiation fees were raised with initiation set at 50 dollars. Mr and Mrs L J Underhill and family of 072 High Street will move to Albany after four years with The Texas Steamship Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volar Star Lodge
Philip A. Roberts
Arthur C. Hagan
Oliver Moses
J. Edward Hughes
Lucius M. le Mont
Harold EF. Cutting
Elmer W. Rogers
Alden
L. J. Underhill
High Street
Underhill
Texas Steamship Co
Albany
Early land grab declarations risked Maine river title
Henry Otis Thayer cites a 1758 deposition by Thomas Percy asserting Sagadahock river was Kennebeck and that Plymouth and Vilgrim patents aimed to claim land to the sea. The document argues the Kennebeck name predates the Plymouth Company and insists Puritans never owned to Cobbiseecontee, the Vilgrim grant limiting rights. The sworn statement situates Cock's Head, Swan Island, and Seguin Island along the Kennebeck River, noting the river's true name and boundaries.
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the Independent
Plymouth Company
Sagadahoc
Sagadahock
Kennebec
Kennebec Tully
Maine
Percy
Pilgrims
Cobbiseecontee
Henry Otis Thayer
Thomas Vercy
Georgetown
Swan Island
Kennebeck River
Small Point
Cock'’s Lead
Cock'’s Head
Honeywell
Honeywell's Point
Seguin Island
Segun
Kenneveck
Kennebeck
Honeywell’s Point
Samuel Goodwin
Kennebec River
Planning Boost Maine Campaign Pushes Statewide Publicity
The Maine Publicity Bureau, formed less than a month ago, receives about 25 inquiries weekly and plans national advertising to highlight recreational, agricultural, industrial and commercial opportunities in Maine. District advisory boards will coordinate with a $70,000 yearly budget for three years, funding $55,000 for national ads and $20,000 for district literature and information bureaus. Statewide support comes from major associations, and events March 15 to 25 mark State of Maine Day and State of Maine Week to fundraise. Everett W. Neal leaves Friday for Woodland to join St Croix Paper Co after years as a foreman machinist at Lath Iron Works.
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Maine
Iistrict
Ach
Bureau
Portland
State Chamber of Commerce
and Agricultural League
Maine Hotel Association
Maine Automobile Association
W J. Thompson
State Grange
State of Maine
State of Maine Publicity Bureau
Everett W. Neal
Woodland
St. Croix Paper Co
Lath Iron Works
The Jonesville Grange Initiation at Five Islands
Five Islands grange hosted a Tuesday performance of the rural comedy The Jonesville Grange Initiation. Cast included Mastek Stevens Reed Pinkham Mains and others. despite a stormy night, the audience enjoyed an uproarious show. Lunch followed with committee hosts. many locals attended events, visits noted, and plans announced for future gatherings and fishing season preparations.
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the Grange
Jonesville Grange
Mastek
Do G. Stevens
Alton Reed Steward
Chester Pinkham
Elbridge Mains
Chester MacMahan
Black
Dumes M. Stevens
Johnson
Clyde Pinkham
Aban Etic
Ll. H. Rowe
Jones
Lloyd Pinkham
Grange
J.C. MacMahan
Newdick
Victor Pinkham
T. D. Reid
Wiscasset
Seguinland
T. J. Hanna
Portland
L. G. Lewis
Sarah Stevens
George Rowe
Bath
Eleanor Campbell
Herman Spinney
Bay Soint
George Gray
W.T. Boyd
Arthur Wilson
Little River
W. L. Berry
C. W. Nocton
Bertha Lewis
Georgetown
J. G. Stevens
J. K. Blaisdell
Harold Rowe
Thursaes
J. JT. MacMahan
William Belanger
Charles Oliver
Five Islands
Ambrose
Alonzo Thibedeau
C. C. Davis
Tila Campbell
Bay Point
Will Field
Lew Riittall
T. D. Reed
Mattie McMahan
Aurelia Grey
Delia Davis
James McMahan
Warren Davis
W. N. Berry
Singweeone
Alton Reed
Belle Stevens
Incoming City Council Faces Large Reconstruction Year
Incoming city government members show keen interest in city affairs as they prepare for a year of reconstruction following the war. The North End Emergency Fleet Corporation housing project involves 125000 with 25000 for Dike school, a five year liability post peace treaty. Public interest centers on reducing municipal expenditures while preserving salaries. Mrs. Milton Kimball of Portland returns from a six weeks visit to Omaha.
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Aoman
Emergency Fleet Corporation
North End
Dike
Sees Bath Folks on West Coast
A Bath editor writes of forty one days on the western coast from Los Angeles to Seattle by sea and rail. He describes hotels, travel costs, and meals, visits to San Francisco Oakland Santa Cruz Olympia Sumner and Tacoma, meetings with friends and family, and plans to return via Frisco and San Pedro toward New York around March 11.
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the Independent
Los Angeles
Seattle
Y.M.C.A
Frank L. Sewall
Jonathan Club
San Sernadino
Redlands
Mission Inn
Hollywood
Yale
San Francisco
Jed Hughes
Arizona
Hattie Odield
Oakland
Berkley
Santa Cruz
Capt
Quaar J. Humphreys
Ranier Club
Ruth Moulton Greenleaf
Silas Duncan
Silas
New England
Harry Stuart
United States
Fred W. Ring
Bath
Olympia
Sam Snow
Tacoma
A. W. Kindred
Miss Johnson
Sam
Leslie
KFLB
Nichols
Frisco
San V Pedro
New York
Passing of J F Upton Featured in Bridgton News
The Bridgton News notes the death of Joshua F. Upton at 71 in Shippsburg below Bath. A printer journalist and farmer, Upton rose from apprentice to publisher and editor, survived by a female compositor from 1866 70 days, with a consoling letter from Verey Cobb in Brooklyn, highlighting a long line of employees.
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Shippsburg
Bath
Joshua Bk. Upton
Joshua Upton
Upton
Verey
Cobb
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bridgton News
Sheriff Seeks Peter Gaudette Missing From Maxwell Street
Sheriff Oliver seeks Peter Gaudette believed to own items taken from his Maxwell street home. Deputies Chester Aderton and Harry Thompson removed a boil er still mash molasses yeast firkin still copper worms liquor from the house on Sunday. A search has so far failed to locate Peter Gaudette.
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Peter Gaaudette
Oliver
Peter
Maxwell Street
Chester C. Aderton
Harry L. Thompson
Boland Bound Over on Liquor Manufacturing Charge
Boland appeared before Judge J. J. Keegan in municipal court on a charge of manufacturing intoxicating liquor. Represented by Ralph O. Dale he pleaded not guilty and a probable cause finding led to binding over to the May term of the supreme court in $500 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles. Boland
J. J. Keegan
Oliver
Ralph O. Dale
Supreme Court
Little Helen Sees Dad Cheer, Slips In Baseball Tale
A six year old girl at a baseball game mimics her father cheering and laments a “poor man slipped” at a key play in the eighth inning. The text includes garbled OCR segments and a separate line ends with instructions on distinguishing a Japanese statesman from a wooden image by facial expression.
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Helen
Boston Transcript
Social whirl and local notes from Georgetown town
Mrs. W A Todd hosted whist with two tables and prizes won by Mrs. Stearns Ncott and George Oliver. A surprise party honored Earl Hagan. News includes visits, wood cutting at Indian Point, quarry work, accidents, illnesses, and local business and town affairs with names like Hunt, Heald, Williams, and Todd.
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W. A. Todd
Stearns Ncott
George Oliver
Harold Slunt
Harold Hunt
Stearns Scott
Ethel Todd
Joseph Higgins
Walter Newdick
Leon Williams
Earl Hagan
Emma Billings
Howard Heald
Rev
W. T. Boyd
Fred R. Andress
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath
Walter Reid
Joseph Stevens
A. B. Buzzo
Indian Point
T. M. Hagan
Little River
Mr. Stortt
Milliken, Wormlinson Co
WLCC
Todd
T. A. Thusten
William
Farnsworth
Nat Howe
Everett Higgins
Velma Harford
Eugene Small
Bowdoinham
Eugene Reynolds
B. M. Rowe
Yelle Heald
Ralph Reynolds
Frank Clark
Woolwich
Alonzo Hunt
Dayton Hunt
Alonzo Thibodeau
Newcastle
Arthur Rowe
Alfred Rowe
William Mains
John Reid
Working League
Roy Moore
Ruby Moore
Bay Point
Wopham Beach
Tee
Cove
Westport Town Meeting elects officials and funds
At the annual meeting a large citizen turnout saw women present with evident interest in voting. Fred S. Bailey as moderator, Ernest K Colby re-elected town clerk, and the same selectmen continued. Treasurer and collector Fred S. Dailey kept 3 percent collector compensation. Ernest B. Colby joined the school committee for one year, Lester W. Hodgdon for three. Key appropriations included poor support, highways, ferry, bridges, officers, snow, contingent, and schools. The town approved State Aid roads with S500 raised. Wardens and minor officers duties remained with the selectmen.
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Fred S. Bailey
Ernest Kk. Colby
Richard DL. Fowles
Ernest E. Colby
Derey W. Hiodgden
Fred S. Dailey
Selectne
Chinese workers bless electricity with priestly rite
Report from Shanghai says a China Electric Company worker summoned a native priest to drive away a demon from a buzz saw that severed two fingers. After the ceremony the crew resumed work. The plant manager saw superstition as a cultural way of accepting electricity.
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Shanghai
China Electric Company
Superstitions Guide Montenegrin Peasant Daily Life
The Montenegrin peasant lives by numerous daily superstitions. He fears the first sight, the morning rising, and the order of dress and wash. Superstitions govern whom he meets what he wears and how and when he eats and serves meals all day.
Farmers' Week to Be Busy One at Orono College
Orono program details outline four days of meetings lectures and demonstrations at the College of Agriculture. Tractor school runs March 28–31 with twice daily sessions and on-site dismantling. Poultry week runs Tuesday to Friday with hatching feeding housing and disease care topics. A wireless demo and radio exhibits are planned with experts. Maine farm groups hold daily sessions. statewide talks feature Pattee Haskell Neon. women’s sessions occur in Winslow hall with rooms at Balentine hall and reduced return fares offered on Maine Central lines.
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College of Agriculture
Orono
North Hall
H. 8. Lourdman
College of Technology
Balentine Hall
Eon S. Merrill
Winslow Hall
Boothbay Helps Summer Colony Meeting Discuss Road Plans
Charles F. Flynt and Edgar Turner reported from Bath on Boothbay Harbor Ocean Point road funding. Boothbay voters allocated 1000 dollars, 500 more than before, for road work. Officials considered a highway change near Edgecomb to improve through traffic and economy, with engineers to study it promptly.
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Charles F. Flynt
Kennebec Journal
Edgar 8. Turner
Augusta
Bath
Boothbay
Ocean Point
Flynt
Ocean Point Association
Turner
Boothbay Harbor
Edgecomb
Wiscasset-Edgecomb
Damariscotta
Edgecomb Hill
State Highway Department
Testing a Child's Musical Abilities
A Youth's Companion excerpt notes five faculties to judge a child's musical ability. These are pitch discrimination, time or rhythm sense, consonance or what sounds pleasing, intensity perception, and musical memory. The piece suggests these traits are largely inherited in many cases.
High Seas Jurisdiction Defined by Three Mile Limit
The text explains that nations claim exclusive rights only up to three miles from their coasts, with the remaining ocean classified as high seas accessible to all nations. Inland seas and estuaries are excluded from this rule, reflecting a general international law settled after debate.
Thoughts for the Children in Education
A teacher advocates training children to be unselfish, kind, thoughtful, honest, and independent. The note urges fostering useful habits, cooperative thinking, and loftier aims to improve school, home, community, state, nation, and world as a teacher’s greatest ambition. The quoted author is R. Barrett.
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R. ©. Barrett
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Beacon Street
OLD Times
Times’ Force
Polar Star Lodge
Commonwealth Hotel
Bowdoin Street
Beacon Hill
State House
Boston
Mass
Hotel Avery
Avery Street
Morse Bros. Managing Directors
Beaver
C. L. Farnham Co, Inc
Thayer
Sagadahock River
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Gath
F. S. Curtis
Center Street
Bath, Maine
Furthaler
Men of Grange
Fred D. Hill
Bath National
Peter Gaudette
Boland
pyNnoys
PAIOL
Peleq Pinoys
Alge Baejorg
Suoia Palap
Ploy
Mrs. W. A. Todd
Westport
John J. Desmond
Bath’s
Maine Central
Rangor & Aroostook
Andre
Apen
Dlaries Moore
Charles Dexter
Carlton Earl of Gardiner
Mrs. E, M. Shepherd
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