MacMahon Island ready for summer colonists and visitors
Prospects for a bright MacMahon Island summer unfold with early reservations for cottages, camps, and the club house. Captain Blaisdell plans improvements to water works and roads while boat houses fill and a motor launch debuts. Notables from Salem, Philadelphia, New York, and Dobbs Ferry prepare cottages and studios as arts exhibits tour Boston. The Seal and Porpoise camp opens July 1, with tennis and golf facilities under construction and local civic figures monitoring conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacMuahan
T. W. Blaisdell
Bath
Blaisdell
MacMahan Island
Philip Little, Esq
Salem
Boston
O. T. Searles
Philadelphia
S. W. Masters
Dobbs Ferry
Aln. Taft
Colorado Springs
Margaret Wheeler
Short Hills
N. J
Gainmack
Iloward Giles
New York
Giles
Sfarvard University
J. Stuart Corey
Northeast
Pac
Philip Little
Mass
O. H. Searles
Misses Searles
Strong
Doulton
Edgar Garceau
Newton
Lovett
Harvard
Oliver
Newton Country Day School
Theodore
Lazell
George Angier
Roswell
MacMahan
David ‘T. Williams
F. M. Youd
Sumanit
Little
MacMahon
Tuttle
Boston Papers
Little Building
George BE. Gray
Board of Selectuson
Georgetown
Mr. Gray
Contractors Win In Race Against Feared Freshets
The Gulf Island hydro electric project on the Androscoggin reports the dam two feet above water, safe from spring floods. Workers pumped water out, completed east channel cofferdams ahead of schedule, enabling rapid progress on the powerhouse. The 27,000 horsepower addition to Central Maine Power is expected to be finished early in 1927, with work expanding to the west channel as conditions permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Island
Androscoggine
Morton C. Tuttle
Morton C. Tuttle Co
Androscoggin
East Channel
Central Maine Power Cos
Maine
Man Coulso
Governor cites South market boom for New England trade
Governor Ralph O. Brewster reports from Fall River on a Maine Pilgrimage of Havention and Good Will. He urges New England to tap a vast Southern market fueled by Florida growth, industrial shifts, and rising purchasing power, noting textiles from Sanford and broad coastal trade potential.
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Ralph O. Brewster
Washington
Fall River
Mass
Rotary, Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Florida
New England
New South
Calcutta
Bombay
Maine
Atlanta
New Orleans
Sanford
United States
State of Maine
Chicago
St. Louis
Holley Seeks Senate Presidency In Maine
Friends of Frank HL Holley of North Anson report strong odds for his political rise as Maine Senate president. Re election from Somerset County appears assured, with Clyde H Smith’s likely withdrawal clearing the field for Holley ahead of Baxter’s Pacific coast business trip for H C Baxter & Bro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank HL. Holley
North Anson
Maine
Senate
Somerset County
Holley
Clyde H. Smith
Skowhegan
Smith
Pacific Coast
Admirals Finds Old Bath Ship in Hollywood Navy Fleet
Admiral Hughes, commander of the Pacific Battle Fleet, recalls sailing on the 1875 Bath built clipper Bohemia. The ship, now part of Cecil B. De Mille’s Hollywood Navy, sits idle near Los Angeles Harbor as movie studios use ancient craft for sea pictures.
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Bath
Hollywood
C.F. Hughes
United States Navy
Navy
Los Angeles Times
Independent
J. J. Jesseman
Texas Steamship Co
Maine
Admiral Hughes
Long Beach
Soheimia
W. J. Eyres
Laltimore
San Francisco
Shipping News
Los Angeles Harbor
Cecil B. de Mille
Craig Ship Plant
Fish Harbor
Hollywood Navy
de Mille
Indiana
Alaska Packers
Eyres
de Mille Vesests
Cork
Ireland
Erskine M. Whelps
Los Angeles
Vlers
Union of Company
Llewellyn J. Morse
Douglas Fairbanks
Court testimony in Swett hearing shows conflict and fear
In Kennebec county equity hearing Judge Cook weighs Horace Swett’s deed of trust. Augustus Peron testified that Swett said only Judge Lowell stood between him and the insane hospital. Other witnesses described Swett’s paranoia, desires to harm a woman and demands for money, while Dr. Tyson detailed Swett’s mental state and fixation on the deed.
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Lowell
Horace Swett
Insane Hospital
Augustus Peron
Equity
Harold E. Cook
Kennebec County
Horace W. Swett
Bath
Peron
J. Edward Drake
James B. Perkins
Harry Wridge
William H. Swett
Lois C
Lewis J. Swett
Veron
Lewis B. Swett
Horace
Ramdall Leonard
Front
Summer Streets
Edwin W. Bonney
Ferry Streets
James S. Lowell
Bonney
Torace
Jim
Ile
Hin
Bouney
Leonard
Forrest C. Tyson
State Hospital
Augusta
Edward W. Bridgham
Tyson
Bath Basketeers Ready for Maine State Championship Series
The Bath A.C. basketball team, undefeated in Maine this season, prepares for a three game state final series against Bangor Chrysler after a recent exhibition with Fernwood of New York. Bath has defeated strong clubs including Portmouth A.L. team, Rad Biddeford Collegians, and the Joseph club of Boston.
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Maine
New England
Bath A.C
Bangor Chrysler
Bath
Bangor
Fernwood
New York
Porthimt AL Ehton Post
Auburn
Rad Biddeford Collegians
Joseph Club
Boston
Mayor Cahill Urges Unity to Serve City Interests
In his inaugural address Mayor Charles H. Cahill calls to cast aside dissensions and unite for the city’s best interests. The 79th city council forms with Democrat Edward W. Sampson as president of the board of aldermen and Democrat Stanley H. Brown as president of the board of common council, while Republicans Gilmore and Wright are re-elected clerks. The meeting marks a brisk session and a brief adjournment to Tuesday night for sub officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Cahill
Cahill
79Th City Council
Edward W. Sampson
Ward 7
Board of Aldermen
Stanley H. Brown
Ward 2
Board of Common Council
John W. Gilmore
E.R. Wright
P.M. Olm
Kennebec
Cuaill
Wright
Harry M. Thurlow
Torrey
Harford
Andre
Thuy
Brown
Thurlow
Jacckson
Piarlow
Gilmore
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Mayor's Address to City Council Aims at Tax Burden
The mayor pledges to serve the city for twelve months, urging frugal spending and avoidance of unnecessary taxes. He counsels avoiding waste while maintaining department efficiency as the council prepares for the year ahead.
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M’mahan Island
Freeman Hf Meryitt
Vine Streets
Kennebec Bridge
Gulf Island Dam
Harm’s Reach
W. H. Ryerson
B. al Value
Morton C. Tuttle Construction Co
Sagadahoc County
THE
Bath, Maine
South
Doug
Bath Basketeers
Basketeers
Jerey Gilmore
Louis Pooler
Norman McCabe
Benny” Stover
Red” Spinney
George Dow
Frank Dingley
Bill” Verkins
Edeward N. Uartnett
New City Government
Sampson
Common Council
Boyer
Johnson Bros Co
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