Phipp sburg Fire Destroys Unoccupied House and Stable
A dwelling and stable at the Neck at Parker Head owned by Ora Hallett burned to the ground after a nearby lumber burning extended out of control. The buildings were unoccupied and insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Hallett
Parker Head
Reed Farm
Clara Oliver
Clara Darling
Grace Brown
J. J. Eastman
Miami
Fletre
Ane
Ernest Morgan
Andrew Derry
Meadowbrook
William V. Percy
Bath
W. H. Bowker
Charles A. Morton
Brunswick
J. H. Pease
William A.wymyn
James Spinney
High Street
Violet Lufkin
Sabattus
Everett Harrington
William A. Butler
George (. Pease
Butler Farm
Basin
Mullen
Parsker Head
William Rollins
Henry M. Heald
Heald
E. J. Sweeney
West Point
W. H. Heald
Bay Point
H. W. Cutting
C. H. Cutting
Dromore
Phippsburg
Rose Wyman
Dollar of 1795 Owned in Bath
Mrs. Frank W. Perkins showed the independent a silver dollar believed oldest in Bath dating to 1795. Passed through the Daley family, it bears Liberty with 15 stars, One Hundred Cents or One Dollar, and United States of America with a spread eagle. Kept in a safe deposit box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Perkins
Bath
B. Frank Daley
United States of America
Benefit Association Entertainment at Music Hall Friday
The Women's Benefit Association of the Macabees presents an evening of singing dancing and a drama The Winning Wife at Music Hall. Performers include Minnie Staples Annie Deejay Lillian Cutler Thelma Staples Ruth Curtis Millie McQuarrie with Fred Clark as Pent President and Harry Warner as Bert Vice President. Also acts by Bina Staples Effie Keene and others. A young runaway from reform school is highlighted for pathos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
Women's Benefit Association of the Maccabees
Minnie Staples
Annie Deejay
Lillian Cutler
Thelma Staples
Ruth Curtis
Millie McQuarrie
Mr. Pent
Fred Clark
Bert
Harry Warner
Elizabeth
Bina Staples
Kittie
Effie Keene
Bessie
Margaret —Pent
Hattie Sutherland
Edward Garcelon
Johnnie
Merrill Keene
Insurance canvasser sells over a million in two months
Mrs. Card of Everett begins selling Brain Insurance products and rapidly surpasses the $1,000,000 mark in two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Card of
Everett
Woolwich Social Roundup Amid Birthdays and News
Mrs. Duncan McIntosh hosted a Woolwich party for Miss Beatrice Eldridge on her birthday with gifts and tea. Alton Strout returns from Cumberland Center. Bernard Hathorne recovers from illness. various locals visit relatives in Bath and Portland. The Baptist ladies aid netted over $24 at a supper. Easter concert plans at Nequasset church and Lebanon hall are set for April 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan McIntosh
North Woolwich
Beatrice Eldridge
Miss Eldridge
Alton Strout
Cumberland Center
Bernard Hathorne
Hartley Hathorne
Rena Leroy
Caribou
Edgar Bailey
Baptist Ladies Aid
Herbert Munsey
Maude Hayward
Portland
Bath
Viola Dreble
Walter Rogers
Fred Corliss
Jed Wathorne
Richmond
Julia Lakin
Mer. Tathorne
Ida Beals
Lewiston
Alice Buren
Edwin Clary
Gardiner
Bernard Bailey
Edgar Hunnewell
Cora Erskine
Page
Edna Bradford
Hollis Bailey
Mountsweag
Grange
Hell
W. S. Tibbetts
Hockomoek
John Beerualo
Hartford
Augusta
Methodist Church
Mildred Hanson
Sadie Higgins
Pauline
Madeline
Murphy's Carner
Ruby Stinson
Brunswick
Anthony Dodge
Harold G. Hall
Alton Munsey
Bernard Hathorn
Hartley Hathorn
Maud Gay
Charlotte Buck
The
Center School
Soule speaks to Wiscasset Masons on Pure Foods duties
A. M. G. Soule addressed Lincoln lodge No. 3 PF and AM at Wiscasset after conferring the M M degree. As head of Maine Department of Agriculture Pure Foods bureau he traced the lodge's history since 1792 and contrasted past home industry with current regulated commerce. He urged safeguarding public health and highlighted recent pure food law violations. Meanwhile Fred C Temple of 22 Marcia Street remained ill at City Hospital with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. G. Soule
Lincoln Lodge No. 3
A. M
Wiscasset
Ladies of
Garrison Hills
O.K.S
Soule
Lincoln Lodge
Bureau of Pure Foods
State Department of Agriculture
Maine
Washington
Jefferson
Gerat
New England
Fred C.temple
Marcia Street
City Hospital
Maine Fire Losses Largely Preventable Highlighted
A 1923 fire loss report from The National Board of Fire Underwriters shows Maine contributing 85 026 551 of the U S total 555 572 782 with defective chimneys matches and spontaneous combustion cited as major causes. The piece warns 75 percent of fires are avoidable through care and public education. It also notes other losses and the financial toll on taxpayers and public services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Center of American Fire
National Board
United States
Bath Man Files Neglect Charge Against Coast Guard
A Bath man, Charles W. Clifford Jr., brings neglect charges in a Portsmouth court of inquiry against the crew of the Appledore Island Coast Guard station after his 50 foot cabin cruiser Lopaz XI was lost following distress signals. Clifford and Henry D. Loring of Portland had sailed from Portland Jan 1 for a voyage to Florida when a gale forced them to seek refuge in Portsmouth harbor.
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Coast Guard
Appledore Island
Clifford
Loring
Frank B. Walker
Woolwich
Edward Kelley
Bath
Cook
Portsmouth
John
Henry D. Loring
Portland
Florida Waters
Star
Appledore Islands
Mrs Leonard Plummer died in Lewiston hospital aged 62
Hattie T. Plummer wife of Leonard Plummer of Lewiston formerly Bath died after two weeks in Sisters hospital Lewiston Funeral was Sunday at Pine Street home Rev Edgar Wolfe officiating Burial in family lot She was daughter of Charles Foss married in Bath moved to Brunswick then Lewiston 1905 where Plummer worked for Maine Central Survived by husband two sons Forrest Lynn Mass and Lydon Waterville a sister Mrs Luke Miller Bath a brother Delmar Smith Bath four grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie T
Leonard Drummer
Lewiston
Bath
Sisters’ Hospital
Pine Street
Edgar Wolfe
William Yule Funeral in Brooklyn N Y
The funeral of William Yule who died in Vath March 15 was held March 18 at Herbst's Sons Funeral Chapel Hanson Place Brooklyn N Y Francis W O'Brien officiated The service was attended by many friends with floral tributes. Miss Ruth Skillings hosted the Junior Auxiliary at her High Street home with about 150 attendees. Miss Virginia Paine will host next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Yule
Vath
Herbst
Ruth Skillings
High Street
Virginia Paine
Punctuation Marks and the Dictionary of Dictionaries
The excerpt explains punctuation basics with period colon question mark and exclamation point. It notes the exclamation point as a screecher and mentions consulting the new Dictionary of Dictionaries for punctuation details beyond basic rules.
Bassett Appointment Pleases Maine Attorneys
Governor Brewster named Norman L. Bassett of Augusta as associate justice of the Maine Supreme Court to fill Chief Justice Cornish’s vacancy. Local lawyers largely supported the choice, though most favored William R. Pattangall. If approved, Bassett may preside at the Sagadahoc October term in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman L. Basset
Augusta
Brewster
Maine Supreme Court
le. Cornish
William R. Pattangall
Bassett
Cornish
Bath
Sagadahoe Supreme Court
Bath Boy Leydon Only Survives Polo Team Roll
News recalls William V Leydon of Bath as the sole survivor from two famed polo squads. The Meriden team of the 1880s included Holman Dunning Cunningham O F Smith Mike Conley and Leydon, while the Providence Rhode Island 1806 lineup featured Newcombe Parsons Dick Furbush Al Sword and Leydon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William V’. Leydon
Roadway
Brooklyn
N. Y
W. A. Parsons
Parsons
Leydon
Meriden
Holman Dunning
Bath
Cunningham
O. F. Smith
Mike Conley
Providence
R I
Newcombe
Dick Furbush
al Sword
Southport Visitor Elizabeth Gray Calls on Local Friends
Miss Elizabeth Gray of Southport was a recent visitor in town, stopping to visit car friends and catch up with locals during her stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Gray
Southport
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Loecals
Thatcher Pinkham
Fred 8
Dorice Povich
Morse High School
Mildred Hope
Miss Ellers
Evelyn
Betty
Vlummer
Evelyn Mummer
Joseph N. Ty
Clarence Reed
Lloyd Green
Robert Day
Gaitherburg
Joseph N. Day
J. A. Trueworthy
Times Co
Woman's Auxiliary
Squaw Club
Harry C. Weber
Alice Colson
Winfield W. Morse
E. B. Malcolm
Ggorge J. Ingalls
John G. Morse
I. A. Trueworthy
Ruth Williams
Ladies Aid
Susan Skhofield
Sagadahoc Council
Knights of Columbus
Winnegance
Knights
Nathaniel Morse
Whippsburg
Winneganee Bridge
Comunity Club
Corliss Street
Bath Church League
Bridgehall
Neeny
Grace Trask
Harry C. Williams
Omar’ R. Perry
Fred
Coombs
Joseph N
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South Portland
South Berwick
Ford
Children's Aid Society
Wiscasset Masons
State
the Bath Independent
Topaz XI
Mrs. Leonard Plummer
By Farquson Johnson
New Universities Dictionary
Billy
Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance
Wwe Real Evara
Eabie Ee Tee
Piabitivige Ees
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