Plummer urges protection for American merchant fleet
Plummer speaks at Board of Trade urging re enactment of coastwise laws with the Philippines and US built ships only. He argues private build operate ships can lower costs, while warning against forced standard vessel types and calling for tonnage dues to fund a self sustaining merchant marine. He cites Duncan Fletcher on defense and economy benefits of a strong merchant fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosseter
Shipping Board
Philippines
United States
The
Shipping Commission
Washington
Hawaiian Islands
James Farrell Jr. Bath shoe maker dies suddenly at 62
James Farrell Jr. 62 a Bath shoe maker and former inspector for the quartermaster corps died suddenly of heart trouble Thursday at his brother’s home after a brief illness. He returned to Bath to pursue buying his former partner’s business with Albion C Staples. He leaves a wife two sons Allen W and Edward L and daughter Helen L and siblings William L Charley H Miss Mary E and Mrs Harry M Frye. He was a longtime member of St Mary’s church. Edith Madden dies in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Farrell, Jr
Bath
Charles H. Farrell
Summer Street Court
Mr. Farrell
Quartermaster Corps
War Department
Albion C. Staples
Staples
Rosebank
N. LB
James Farrell
Old South Grammar School
Frank Shepard
Calais
Bowdeinham
Marlboro
Mass
Manchester
Margaret Farrell
Allen W
Edward L
Philadelphia
Helen L. Farrell
William L
Quincy
Charley. H. Farrell
Mary E. Farrell
Harry. M. Frye
Meadowbrook
Phippsburg
St. Mary's Church
Coffin Wins Phippsburg Board Seat in Tight Vote
Phippsburg town meeting saw 11 ballots for Alex J. Coffin and 8 for George A. Oliver to fill a board of selectmen vacancy after Elisha L. Totman declined to qualify. The meeting also discussed school openings in Dromore district and Pitch Pine Hill. Murky roads, local travel updates, and residents’ news fill the rest of the report.
Old Peabody Pew Pleases Audience at Wesley Church
Epworth league staged The Old Peabody Pew at Wesley Church on Wednesday night drawing a full crowd. The quaint costumes and period gowns complemented the setting of Tory Hill church as roles such as Nancy Wentworth and Justin Peabody were portrayed amid carpet committee preparations and a lantern lit reunion scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church
Epworth League
Tory Hill
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Frank H. Hall
Edgewood Coreas Society
Nancy Wentworth
Justin Peabody
Peabody
Esther Peabody
Justin
Nancy
Charles Foster
Baxter
Hattie Richardson
Burbank
Dorcas Society
Jennie Brown
Deacon Miller
Alice Corliss
Sargent
Carl Dearborn
Buzzell
Charlotte Cook
Lobelia Brewster
Ena Bucknam
Maria Sharp
Louise Child
Otis N. E. Card
Sagadahoe Pomona Meeting With Topsham Grange
Sagadahoe Pomona and Topsham Grange plan a major public meeting on Wednesday with H. M. Tucker of Maine Bureau of Animal Industry speaking at 2 PM on Milk Production and Milk Sales. The event aims to be highly attended and valuable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe Pomona
Topsham Grange
H. M. Tucker
Bureau of Animal Industry of
Maine
Farrell Jr. Dies. Relative Wakes and Funeral Planned
The body of James Farrell Jr. was moved to the home of sister Miss Mary Farrell at 97 Green Street after his sudden death at his brother Charles Farrell’s residence. The funeral is set for Saturday at St. Mary’s Church with mass in Manchester, New Hampshire, early next week. Rev. F C Potter, formerly of the city, has recovered enough to leave the hospital and return home in South Portland. Potter’s mother Mrs. Mary H Potter, who lives with him, recently broke her hip and rests comfortably at Maine General Hospital. Harry Donnell of North Bath was taken to City Hospital Thursday with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex J. Coffin
Board of Selectmen
Mr. Coffin
George A. Oliver
Elisha L. Totman
Herbert W. Cutting
Harry C. Webber
Charles V. Minott
Bowker Ship Yard
Oliver
Coffin
Sebasco
Dromore
Pitch Pine Hill
Merton Oliver
Llewellyn Oliver Jr
Popham Beach
Naval Hospital
Massachusetts
Lester Oliver
Boston
Frank Oliver
Abner C. Johnson
Bath
West Point
Abram C. York
Roland Smith
Portland
Percy Sprague
Albert Young
New York
Bath and Popham Beach
Small Point Road
Parker Head
George CC. Beals
Kaffee Bros
Oxford
Mass
George C. Pease
Pease
William W. Hutchins
Emma
Hartford
J. H. Pease
George C. Beals
Roy Meyers
Ernest Oliver
Stacey
Herman Sminney
Capt
A. F. Williams
Camp Devens
James Farrell, Jr
Charles Farrell
Mary Farrell
Green Street
St. Mary’s Church
Manchester
N. H
F. C. Potter
Mary H. Potter
Maine General Hospital
Harry Donnell
North Bath
City Hospital
Christ the Sacrifice Cantata at Central Church
The Lenten Cantata Christ the Sacrifice by Arthur Miller will be sung at vespers at Central Church Sunday afternoon. It has five parts The Journey to Jerusalem The Last Supper Gethsemane Before Pilate The Crucifixion and ends with a powerful sequence of harmonies. Attendees are urged to be seated by four for full effect and the choir’s final rehearsal is Saturday at seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Arthur Miller
Jerusalem
Gethsemane
Pilate
Widow Delia Tallman Dies After Illness
Mrs Delia Tallman widow of John Tallman died at her home 3 Linden street after months of illness. Born in Bath she was daughter of the late Joshua and Mary Clark and was the last of her family. She leaves son Augustus I Tallman of East Boston daughter Julia T Trost of Brooklyn and three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delia Sc. ‘Tallman
John ©. Tallman
Linden Street
Tallman
Bath
Joshua and
Mary Clark
Winter Street
Bath Area Social and Business Visitors Reported
Local residents share travel and work news with Bath and nearby towns. Notables include Helen Groves of Wiscasset passing away, Gardiner King enlisting in the navy, and Maurice Haynes and John Freeman heading to Boston to join their wives. Others visit Bath for business or show attendance in Boston and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Groves
Wiscasset
Bath
Harris I. Selig
Boston
Eli Adelman
Bangor
Howard Trussel
Kk. D. Southard
Gardiner King
Newport
Lewis Spicer
Maurice Haynes
John Freeman
Harry B. Sawyer
Kelley Spear Co
Wallace Ham
Bath Iron Works
Fred Wetherbee
Drummond Street
Mel Yore
Atass
Pray
Cook Oliver Recounts Storm Aboard U S Destroyer Upshur
Ship's cook Hershom B Oliver writes friends in Bath about a wild Atlantic voyage after leaving the Azores on February 17. He describes seas and roll on the Upshur escorting the George Washington, severe gear damage, seasickness, and enduring humor as the ship fights a ferocious storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershom B. Oliver
U. S
Upshur
Bath
Azores
George Washington
Wilson
U.S.A
Oliver
Cook Oliver
Washington
Evans
Dread
Waters
United States
George
Navy
Dreai
States
Voyage of the Waters and Evans to Boston Navy Yard
The Waters lost forward steering in a storm and needed assistance from Evans and our boat. After repairs at Halifax we pressed to the States and reached Boston Navy Yard at 11 30 p.m. February 25, with Waters arriving at noon that day. Our sick captain handed command to Waters’ skipper during the voyage. They logged speeds of 33 knots for seven hours, a remarkable journey under challenging conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
Halifax
Evans
George
Navy Yard
Boston
Armory Aid Bill Sparks Military Affairs Debate
Augusta March 21 The legislature's committee on military affairs reports ought to pass a bill allowing towns or cities with National Guard or Naval Militia companies to receive state aid for armory construction via installments. Other committees recommended against passage on taxation and sea and shore fisheries proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Committee On Military Affairs
National Guard
Committee On Taxation
Maine Legislature Proposes Revisions On Fisheries and Education
The committee on education urges passage of an act to maintain evening schools and promote Americanization and illiteracy reduction. The sea and shore fisheries committee presents two reports on lobster licensing with a minority opposing and a majority supporting a new draft allowing license revocation by the director and extending license suspension to the license year end. Ways and bridges proposes aid for towns to maintain highways with a revised filing deadline from June to October. Fisheries also reports possible prohibition on trawls over 1000 hooks or over 10 nets in certain Maine coastal waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Education
Committee On Ways and Bridges
Highway Commission
Committee On Sea and Shore Fisheries
Maine
Local Agents and Movers Plan Business Trips and Whitney House Move
Roscoe P Ham and Harry Armstrong depart Thursday for Boston and New York on business. Alderman Arthur H Price and Henry G Hodsdon of the board of assess depart Thursday for Boston. The Diffin crew of house movers plan to start Monday moving the Whitney house on Commercial street to a new site on the wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe P. Ham
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Boston
Harry Armstrong
Texas Steamship Co
New York
Arthur H. Price
Henry G. Hodsdon
Board of Asses
Diffin
Whitney
Commercial Street
Worthy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Opera House
Photoplays
Norma Talmadge
D. W. Griffith
Happy Valley
William Farnum
Liberty Theatre
Photoplay
Billie Burke
Ethel Clayton
Tom Moore
Plummer
Board OF Trade
Senate
Commercee’ Committee
Duncan A. Fletcher
Galveston
Liverpool
Gulf
Great Lakes
Edith Madden
Alex J
Sagadahoc
Pomona
Mrs
Delia BE. Tallman
John J. Desmond
Cook
Hershom Oliver
Hamburg
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