Kennebec Bridge advances after Bath hearing
Bath residents and state observers report optimism after the Kennebec bridge hearing in Augusta on March 11. Gov Brewster’s toll-bridge stance, data-gathering efforts, and Maine Central Rail Road offer help, with site choices and a favorable committee report anticipated before statewide voter action.
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Bath
Augusta
Kennebec
Ralph O. Brewster
Brewster
J. A. L. “Waddell
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central
Kennebec Bridge
Maine
Maine car owners may shift to fuel tax plan
Some motorists in Maine argue for replacing horsepower and weight taxes with a nominal plate fee and a higher gasoline tax. They contend the tax would be based on road use rather than registration, so a Sunday driver would pay less than a daily commuter.
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Maine
Broadways Bright Beginning to Electric Era Forty Years Ago
A January report from the National Electric Light Association recalls 647 street lamps across 35 miles of streets in 1888 with 50 customers using 12 875 incandescent lamps. It notes early inventions and deployments from Morgan to Edison and cites major electrical milestones through 1894 including investments approaching 500 million dollars in the U S light and power sector.
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New York City
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Cee
National Electric Light Association
New Jersey
New York Times
Smith
Professor Robinson
Forth Avenue
Madison Avenue
Twenty-second
Twenty-third
Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
American Express
Suez Canal
Philadelphia
M. Bontoux
Paris
Massachusettts Institute of Technology
Westminster Abbey
Tartary
Ameer
Afghanistan
Bombay
New York
Far Rockaway
Long Island
Japan
Tokio
Thomas A. Edison
Singapore
Henry Irving
Mephistofoles
Faust
Kansas
United States
Edison Fleetrie Illuminating Co
Fulton Street
Metropolitan Traction Co
Electrical World
America
Chance to Learn Art of Telegraphy
Manager Stanley Teasdale of the Western Union offers a class of five boys and girls to study telegraphy. Students must devote an hour or two daily at his office, gaining a valuable opportunity to learn the trade.
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Stanley Teasdale
The
Western Union
Mrs McCabe Funeral Held on Milan Street
Daisy B McCabe wife of Alderman Chester H McCabe died recently with funeral at Milan street Rev Charles F E Brooks of Wesley Methodist Church officiating. Bearers included John L Wilson Jr Jed Stover Henry H McCabe Herbert Edgecomb and Oscar Tanguay. Burial followed at Oak Grove with Horace Ward returning from Boston.
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Daisy B. McCabe
Chester H. McCabe
Milan Street
Charles FE. Brooks
Wesley Methodist Church
John L. Wilson Jr
Jed Stover
Henry H. McCabe
Herbert Edgecomb
Oscar Tanguay
Oak Grove
Cosmopolitan Sub Elects Its Officers
Mrs Lillian Frost retires from Cosmpolitan club presidency after a year’s work. New officers named include Mrs Francis Cooke president and Miss Bessie Hunt first vice president. Committee appointments and post meeting supper noted with thanks to retiring directors.
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Lillian Frost
Cos_mopolitan club
Frost
Jane Moulton
Francis G. Cooke
Bessie Hunt
Marion Purington
Lillian Miller
Jeanette Smith
Mareia Moulton
Ruth Farnham
Minnie White
Martha Barker
Nellie Goodwin
Margaret 4. Adams
Casper Hartleb
Hiram T. Stevens
Cooke
Helen Hartwell
Roscoe P. McFadden
Harriet Morse
Daniel T. Dougherty
Sylvanus Pennell
Charles 2. Farnham
John Shaw
John E. Burkhardt
Gertrude Greenleaf
Mildred
Nichols
Chester S. Kingsley
Dorothy Furber
Thilanthropic
James A. Bimson
George A. Churchill
Maine Central’s proposed 50 year bridge cost split with state
A Maine Central proposal outlines a 50 year plan for a bridge with a total cost around 3 million dollars. The railroad would pay 1.65 million in semi annual installments and cover wage and draw operation costs. Maintenance shares split: railroad handles ties tracks and approaches, state handles concrete slab and highway approaches, with adjustments if final cost differs from estimate.
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Morris McDonald
Seven Bluebirds Sing On Sewalls Hill Washington Street
A bird lover Thornton Tharges broadcasts from WRZ recount a morning sighting of seven handsome bluebirds near the engine house on Sewalls Hill Washington Street. He notes few instances of nesting crimes and urges not to condemn the species for the acts of a few with stern measures only if caught.
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Sewall’s Hill
Washington Street
Combination 2
Thornton Tharges
WRZ
Meeting of Creditors in Warrington Bankruptcy
The first meeting of creditors in the matter of Wezekiah Warrington of Thippsburg before Referee William T. Hall was held Saturday at ten. Attendees included Harrington, Judge Joseph TH. Rousseaux of Brunswick, his attorney Irving G. Harrington, Edward A. Harrington, John Wallace of Phippsburg, Dr. Hugh JD. Grant and his attorney Edward W. Bridgham. After exhaustive examination, the meeting was continued to April 15 at two in the afternoon for further witness examinations.
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Wezekiah Warrington
Thippsburg
William T. Hall
Mr. Harrington
Joseph TH. Rousseaux
Brunswick
Irving G. Harrington
Edward A. Harrington
John Wallace
Phippsburg
Hugh JD. Grant
Edward W. Bridgham
Bridgham
Barbara Desmond Dies. Daughter of Eugene M. Desmond
Barbara Desmond daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene M Desmond died Saturday morning.
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Eugene M. Desmond
Belanger Buys John E. Conley Bakery in Washington Center
William Belanger has purchased the John E. Conley bakery at Washington and Center streets and will take possession Monday morning.
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Wiliam Belanger
John E. Conley
Washington and
Center Streets
Abolishing Sunday Funerals Seeks Uniform Practice
Horace W. Ward and Arthur Floyd report support for ending Sunday funerals except in emergencies. Ward notes Bath has low interment charges, most cemeteries add a double rate for Sunday services. The meeting covered memorial design rights, frost removal, perpetual care, and association outings set for June 18-19 at Concord New Hampshire.
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Horace W. Ward
Bath
Boston
Arthur Floyd
Evergeen
Portland
New England Cemetery Association
Young's Hotel
Ward
Westerly
Concord
N. H
Voorhees Recalls Washington Visit And Inauguration
Voorhees spoke to Grace church Men’s club about his Washington trip just before President Coolidge’s inauguration. He shared first hand observations of the inaugural parade and ceremonies and described the Capitol Smithsonian Institute Congressional Library Washington Monument Chevy Chase Rock Creek Park and other sights.
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Wilma
Voorhees
Grace Church
Washington
Coolidge
Capital
Capitol
Smithsonian Institute
Congressional Library
Washington Monument
Chevy Chase
Rock Creek Park
Gas leak found after months long search on Washington street
After two months of digging for a gas leak along Washington street from Sewoall hill to Beacon street, workers located the leak Thursday near Washington and Edward streets. Albert L. Strout and wife fled their upstairs chamber for 20 nights due to gas odors, while Everett Green, a Combination 2 driver, shared a similar ordeal. Frosted ground hampered digging through mid winter.
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Washington Street
Sewoall
Hill
Beacon Street
Washington
Edward Streets
Albert L. Strout
Everett Green
Combination 2
Bath Elks Elect Officers for Path Lodge Next Year
Bath Elks elected officers Thursday night for the Path lodge of Elks with L Eugene Thebean chosen to represent at the grand lodge sessions in Portland Oregon in June and Stanley Browne as alternate. Officers named include Horatio Mikels exalted ruler Archie Miller reading knight Thomas Cummings royal knight Fred Swherland lecturing knight PD LT Weward Rosene TL Shaw secretary George Rogers ruler Francis Th Jr trustee three years.
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Path Lodge of Elks
L. Eugene Thebean
Grand Lodge
Portland
Ore
Stanley M. Browne
Horatio Mikels
Archie Miller
Thomas Cummings
Fred Swherland
Weward
Rosene TL Shaw
George Rogers
Francis Th. , Jr
Bankrupt Albert Jewett Meeting Set in Wiscasset Court
Referee William T. Tall informs creditors of Albert A. Jewett of Whitefield that a first meeting will be held in Lincoln County Court, Wiscasset, on April 28 at 10 a.m. They may prove claims, appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt, and address related business.
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William T. Tall
Albert A. Jewett
Whitefield
Tinceln County Court
Flimise
Wiscasset
Petition for Pardon Filed by Albanian Inmate
Brahe Hire, an Albanian serving life at Thomaston State Prison for the 1918 murder of Kassem Senleyman in Topsham, filed a pardon petition with the State Department. He was sentenced October 31, 1913 by Justice Bird in the Saga dahoe supreme court.
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Brahe Hire
Thomaston
Kassem Senleyman
Topsham
State Department
Justice Bird
Sagadahoe
Big Keel Castings Go to South Bristol
Spring bids bring activity on the river as the lighter James M. tows three five ton castings from Boothbay Harbor to the Wateon Frye Co. for keels of racing yachts at Gamage shipyard South Bristol. The old scow, built in Woolwich, has historic ties to Bath and divers Tibbetts, now owned by Roy Rowe, with Captain Barter in command.
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James M
Boothbay Harbor
Wateon, Frye Co
Gamage
South Bristol
RB. G. Bailey
City
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
Bath
Woolwich
James M. Tibbetts
Scott Tibbetts
Roy Rowe
Capt. Barter
Barter
Cinderella Man comes to Brunswick Cumberland Theatre
The Percival Vivian Players of New York will present The Cinderella Man at the Cumberland theatre in Brunswick on April 2. The Broadway comedy, first staged at the Hudson Theatre, features future stars Frank Bacon Patricia Collinge and Shelly Bullis and follows a joyful tale of youth and life interspersed with dramatic moments.
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Brunswick
Bath
Percival Vivian Players
New York
Cumberland Theatre
Hudson Theatre
Frank Bacon
Patricia Collinge
Shelly Bulli
Mr. Bacon
Lightning Bill
Lightnin
Mr. Carpenter
Death of Karl Van Baman at Long Beach follows wife’s passing
Bath, Maine reports the sudden death of Karl Van Baman in California two months after his wife Hilma died. A 30 year old mechanical engineer with Baltic and Russian links, he worked at Craig Shipyards and before that at Rath Tren Works in Bath. He left three sisters, two brothers, and an elderly father.
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Karl van Baman
Long Beach
Cal
Hilma van Baman
Bath
van Baman
Rath Tren Works, Ltd
William SS. Newell
Karl F. van Raman
Craig
van Raman
Harting
Upton
York
Russia
United States
California Shipbuilding Company
Craig Shipbuilding Company
United States Salvage Company of
New York
Louise M. D. Patterson Dies at Wiscasset Home
Louise M. D. Patterson widow of William D. Patterson dies after two year illness at her Wiscasset home. Born in Stamford Connecticut she was the daughter of William T. Dayton and Julia A. Dayton. She married William D Patterson in 1914 at Deggert Castle on the Sheepscot river. She leaves a daughter Janet, husband William D Patterson a sister Mrs Doggett of Reston and brother Harry Dayton of Stamford.
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Louise ML DD. Patterson
Wiscasset
William D. Patterson
Janet
William D.D. Patterson
Doggett
Reston
Harry Dayton
Stamford
Patterson
Serine Amthele An
Mrs Avery and son visit Williamstown relatives
Mrs Maurice FE Avery and her son Maurice Elliott of Williamstown Massachusetts visit Mr Avery and Mrs Joseph Avery at 33 Court Street during their trip of family connections.
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Maurice FE. Avery
Maurice Elliott
Williamstown
Mass
Averys Parente
Joseph Avery
Court Istreet
CROSS WORD PUZZLE No 16 HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CLUES
Puzzle hints list many garbled entries with numbers for horizontal and vertical clues. mentions solution will appear in next issue force. Contains incomplete spellings and misprints for several clue words and directions.
Corliss Street Choir Receives Gift At Church Reception
The Corliss Street church choir received a cash gift from the church music committee to buy new music. The event, led by the Sterling class chaired by Mrs. Chester A Plant, featured piano violin duets, poems, readings and ukulele duets. Attendees included Mrs. Gladys Legard visiting from Boston with her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Helbrook.
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Corliss Street
Sterling
Chester A. Plant
W. W. Chaney
Campbell
Elwyn QO. Taylor
William Paisley
Isabelle Paisley
Charles Plant
John Shelton
Lizzie French
Carolyn Plamt
Edna Hal Jewell
Fanny Thurlow
John Haunt
Emile Hall
John Russell Bass
John Burgentener
Stearns Scott
Gladys Legard
Boston
Charles F. Helbrook
Chestnut Street
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Bina FE. Staples
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Annie Orr
Bristol
Bath Iron Works
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Rene
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Western Newspaper Union
Corliss Street Choir
Eicikie Eck
Golden Cross
Ernest ©. Pelton
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Wallace Jones
Elizabeth Shaw
Katherine Pottle
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