Republicans Gauge War Powers Cuts and Maine Gubernatorial Bid
The piece notes Republicans in Congress aim to trim wartime appropriations including a 824 million naval bill and a 1.24 billion army plan, cites potential savings, and mentions Judge Keegan’s proposed raise. It also reports Col. Frederic Parkhurst entering Maine's 1920 gubernatorial race and Bath Lewiston expansion trends amid new garages.
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Senate
Railway Administration
United States
Great Britain
Naval Affairs Committee
House
Paris
Pacific Ocean
Shipping Board
Hog Island Yards
Congress
Maine
Col
Frederic H. Parkhurst
Col. Parkhurst
Republican Party
Thrift Talk Urges Budgeting Food First for Families
Mrs. Florence Warner of Portland spoke at Morse high on dividing day and dollar to keep families fed and healthy. She promoted a flexible weekly task plan, rest periods, and budgeting with food first, clothing, education, recreation, and savings. A bride’s success story illustrated thrift’s impact and the next talk was announced.
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Florence Warner
Portland
Morse High Assembly Hall
Warner
Bath Savings Bank Reports Over Five Million In Deposits
Bath Savings Institution announced deposits surpassed the five million dollar threshold for the first time in its history, signaling strong depositor confidence and growth. The milestone reflects expanding customer base and robust savings inflows in a rising interest rate environment.
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Bath Savings Institution
Dunlap installs Dunlap commandery officers for Kuirhis Templar
Past Commander Walter Glidden installed a full slate of Dunlap commandery officers Tuesday night with Fred H. Thompson as grand marshal. John L. Merrill was eminent commander and other officers listed. Before the meeting, Knights enjoyed a supper of escalloped clams, cold meats, cake, coffee, ice cream and fruit served by Genesia chapter of the Eastern Star.
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Dunlap
Kuirhis Templar
Walter 3S
Glidden
Fred H. Thompson
John L. Merrill
Kk. M. Fuller
Lucius M. LeMonnt
Charles H. Foster
Arthur F. Bishop
Charles FE. Curtis
Albert I. Strout
Oscar F. Williams
Edward M. Reed
Tarry A
New Proprietor to Manage Boothbay Boat Business
Edwin FE Pinson hands over the 11 year boat business to Robert P Baker a skilled yachtsman with builder and repair expertise. Pinson joins Rice Bros Co at East Boothbay under a one year contract and Baker will run the operation along the same lines.
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Edwin FE. Pinson
Robert P. Baker
Pinson
Rice Bros. Co
East Boothbay
Mr. Baker
Park and Cemetery Board reorganizes leadership
The Park and Cemetery Board met in Mr. Shaw's office with Albert H. Shaw named chairman for the coming year and Charles H. Cahill elected secretary.
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Park and Cemetery Board
Albert 11. Shaw
Charles HH. Cahill
Harry W. Crossman
Mr. Shaw
Albert H. Shaw
Charles HA. Cahill
New Combination Truck Likely Ready Next Week
Mayor Drake and others preview a new combination fire engine expected within ten days. The unit, numbered 4, will be housed at Water Street with the old No. 4 reassigned to headquarters. The motorized hose and chemical wagon moves to Shepard Street headquarters as the department anticipates a top efficiency upgrade.
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Water Street House
Wit
North End
Shepard Street
Drake
New England
Feared road conditions closing Bath and country routes
Heavy rains left roads in Bath and surrounding areas in poor shape on Monday morning. Spanning state highways Woolwich to Wiscasset and dirt roads, travel was difficult with crusted surfaces. Tourists struggled to reach Bath as North and Green streets became impassable. Center Street remained better. The Portland road remained passable, while local routes from Campbell’s Pond to Winnegance were severely rough.
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Bath
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Green
Center Street
North
Lincoln Streets
Portland
William Work
Campbell's Pond
West Bath
Winnegake
Onmond Rogers
Pitch Pine Hill
Phippsburg
Whiteh Tine Hill
Winnegance
North Bath Patriot A New Chamber Drive Opens
Capt Peter A Olinto received a call in North Bath from Pred Wright of North Bath pledging support for the chamber of commerce drive. Wright said he would send his subscription and help Bath through unity and planning as workers begin at nine o'clock despite muddy roads.
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Chamber of Commerce
Peter A. Clinto
Peter Clinto
Sire
Pred Wright
North Bath
Bath
Olinto
Saway
Shenandoah Launch Prompts Texas Steam Ship Co Holiday
Saturday holiday declared for Texas Steam Ship Co. workers as the steel tanker Shenandoah nears launching at 10 15 a m. The vessel will be seaworthy, with steam in boilers, ready to answer salutes from nearby yards and riverfront steamer cheers. Only personnel involved in the launch are required to report.
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Texas Steamship Co
Shenandoah
Mayers Healey marriage return filed in Wiscasset
Returns show the marriage in Wiscasset on February 22 officiated by Rev S H Hall between Charles H Mayers of Lowell Mass an iron worker and daughter of the late Mr Mrs Franz Mayers of New Jersey and Miss Alice Magoun hosted friends at her Middle Street home Wednesday evening Fox Harbor N F Griffiths connected to the bride.
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James L. Perkins
Corliss Street Church
Middle Stret
Mr. Perkins
C. M. Fogg
John Russell
BE. Freeman
Wiscasset
S. H. Hall
Charles H. Mayers
Lowell
Mass
Franz Mayers
New Jersey
Thomas Griffiths
Fox Harbor
N. F
Alice Magoun
Middle Street
Boat Owners Must Number Their Craft
Deputy Collector Frederick W. Freeman must collect a ten dollar fine from any motor boat in service that lacks an owl number. Numbers must be at least three inches high, Arabic style, with block letters. Owners apply to Freeman, blanks request boat dimensions and style, Sleeper in Portland issues numbers, Freeman forwards them, and owners paint the numbers on both sides of the bow. A boat record is kept at the local customs office.
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Frederick W. Freeman
Charles M. Sleeper
Freeman
Sleeper
Portland
John S Ballou Dies in Hollywood After Sheriff Career
John S Ballou, son of the late Sheriff Johan W Teallou and longtime deputy in Sagadnahor county, has died in Hollywood California where he and his wife Mrs Mary B White had lived for years. Details are not yet available. He leaves a widow and daughter Miss Plovilla Ballou, plus two sisters Mrs Harry W. R. Stafford of New York and Miss Susan N. Ballou of Bath.
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John S. Ballou
Johan W. Teallou
Sagadnahor County
Hollywood
Calif
Ballou
Bath
Mary B. White
Plovilla Ballou
California
Harry W. R. Stafford
New York
Susan N. Ballou
Vath
Chestnut Street Juniors defeat French Hillers 14 to 6
Chestnut Street Juniors beat French Hill Club 14 to 6 on Dead Horse Lake Field Thursday afternoon. Lineups list players such as Russell Carr Povich Povich Moody and Gediman for Chestnut Street with Burns Pratt and others. Umpires were Stover for Juniors and Muse for French Hillers.
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Chestnut Street
Dead Horse
C. Buress
Jones
Connean
Ferris
Cubs
Stover
Muse
French Hillers
Bath Boy Heads to Big Picture With Major Studio
Bath resident Hi. A. Huse has accepted a June departure to appear in a major feature film from Goldwyn and Patten. Former Bath boy Goldwyn & Patten are to join the company as another member.
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Hi. A. Huse
Bath
Goldwyn
City Hearing Set On New Street Acceptance
The Committee on New Streets will grant a hearing next Monday afternoon at two for Nathan KH Coffin and 38 others regarding the acceptance of the street at Washington Street and Park Street.
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Committee On
Nathan KH. Coffin
Washington, Snd Park Streets
Local Notes Roundup Seaside Visits and Town Ventures
Local notes record residents and visitors in Boston and nearby towns including Fred Cox, Seneca H. Conley, Edward Kelley, Edna Hall, Brieta Hydren, Mrs. Carleton W. Lowell, Raymond Russell, Katherine Sanford, John Blake, Jeanette Smith, and others. The Cut Price Market opens its fourth store on Washington Street South End, and ferryboat Hokomark undergoes annual US inspection. A large geese sighting over Nonnebec is noted, nets and boats prep for shad season on the Kennebec, and other town movement includes a Whitney house move and a new powerboat purchase for river use.
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City Park
Fred Cox
Boston
Seneca H. Conley
Edward Kelley
Edna, Hall
Raymond Russell
Lewiston
Brieta Hydren
Carleton W. Lowell
Edward McAuliffe
Katherine Sanford
Everett Mitchell
Freeport
John Blake
Edward B. Smith
Jeanette Smith
Chester McMahan
Five Islands
Myra Foote
Portland
Raymond Haley
Cummings Street
Cut Price Market
Fred Spinney
Washington Street
South End
Wolf Pond
Mary Watson
Carroll Watson
Koy DeFratus
Gardiner
Bath
North End
Kennebec
Isaiah Morvill
Brunswick
Mr. Morrill
Whitney
Commercial Street
John Diffin
William Stouchey
William Ray
Moatsweag
Hockomark
United States
Boilera
Hull
Woolwich
Maine News Briefs Cover Roads Rail Plans and Local Events
Marking Maine’s state highways starts next month. Sebago lake’s bay stays unfrozen for a winter, and Northern Maine Junction considers a major railroad plant amid halted rail bill. Fatal grade crossing accident at Weavie. 77 year old George Gilbert dies. Woolen mill expansion planned at Goodwins Mills with New York and Maine investors. Two murder cases slated for the April term. Gardiner schools note long serving teachers and 1918 graduates pursuing further study or business. Marine painter Arthur Hutchins found dead in Dorchester. camouflage work linked to war ships. Aquarium exhibit at Augusta museum shows trout eggs hatching. private box display. Lincoln County News items on old churches, post offices, Norumbega site, Red Cross aid, and local youth groups. Bangor opera house reconstruction planned to open early fall with modern design.
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Maine
Sebago
Sebago Lake
Maine Junction
Congress
George Gilbert
Orono
Maine Central
Vanceboro
Weavie
Goodwins Mills
Biddeford
New York
Aroos
S. J
Lewis
Connor
Arthur Chamberlain
Alex J. Bordelay
Lowell
Mass
Moses Tozier
Pherman
Gardiner
Mertie E. Barker
Alice M. Richards
Marietta Parshley
Filla A. Peacock
A. Blanche Woodworth
Zetta M. Nudd
Mallian Reed Russell
Carrie M. Cornell
Tena Rumery
A. Maude Smith
Gardiner High School
University of Maine
Hates
Bowdoin and
Amhierst
Colby
Saint Charles College
Maryland
Farmington Normal School
Dr. Carney's Hospital
Portland
Carney Hospital
Toston
Bath
Washington, D.C
Arthur Hutchins
Dorchester
Ile
National Magazine
National Sportsman
Liberty
Aquarium
State Museum
Augusta
T. A. James
James
Lincoln County
Waldoboro
Alna
Walpole
Wixensset
Damarisecotta
American Red Cross
Halifax
Wiscasset
Bangor Opera House
Bangor
Main Street
Judge Keegan Visits Waterville and Augusta on Draft Shipment
Judge J J Keegan visited Waterville and Augusta on Thursday on business connected with shipping the draft files to Washington by the local boards of those cities.
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J. J. Keegan
Waterville
Augusta
Washington
Dean Academy to visit Rath Y M C A in Bath Saturday
Dean Academy basketball team sails for Bath to face Rath Y M C A as part of its Vermont New Hampshire and Maine tour. The Cats have won all tour games and arrive from Lewiston with Director Burlet a graduate of Dean. A local baseball league plan is to be announced at the game. Preliminaries feature Bath Y M C A juniors versus Portland High.
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Dean Academy
Rath Y. M. C. A
Dean
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Bath
Lewiston
Burlet
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Fath Y. M. C. A
Portland High
First Officer Bolton Threatens Mutiny Over Food to Germans
Frederick Bolton of the Dominion vows to quit his ship rather than carry food or cargo to Germany. He recalls 25 months in German prison camps and a prior sinking of the Georgie by Moewe, describing starvation, striped meat, and harsh treatment. He was aboard the Georgie during the December 10, 1916 raid when shrapnel flew and crew were ordered on deck.
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Germany
Frederick Bolton
Dominion
Portland
Liverpool
Bolton
Georgie
Moewe
Moone
Sailors of the Georgie trapped at sea and paroled
The Georgie crew survived a heavy bombardment and rigging damage but surrendered at a neutral port. They were landed at a German port after deception, then held in a prisoner camp for 25 months until the armistice. Bolton recalled receiving sardines from home as a morale highlight.
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Yarrowdale
Bolton
Making Americans Quote by Lyman Abbott
The passage urges planting immigrant children in American soil with American language literature and self government. It emphasizes teaching in English, exposing them to American literature, and fostering patriotism and kindness while respecting differing natures. It frames communal assimilation through education and fellowship.
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Lyman Abbott
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