Across the World Cruise Describes Hong Kong to Batavia
The narrator details scenes from Victoria Peak and Canton, Canton’s bustling streets, Shameen restrictions, Manila’s sights, and Java’s Batavia gardens. Pirates on the Pearl River, sedan chair travel in Canton, and a botanic garden incident with two carefree women highlight a travelogue of exotic ports and perilous moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Peak
Mount Austin
Canton
Pearl River
Kowloon
Doctor
Feather Street
Pearl Street
Jade Street
Ivory Street
Shameen
Confucius
Hong Kong
China Sea
Manila
Philippines
Pasig River
Army and Navy Club
Luneta
Philippine Constabulary
Fort McKinley
Pasig
Bilibid
Escolta
Java
Neptune
Local Notes From New Meadows A Busy Week
Several residents are mentioned with occasional travels and visits. Thompson family and neighbors gather for social events while John Randall repairs his barn and Alfred Storer visits from Boston. Edward Thomas injures his foot in the woods and Dr Stetson treats him. Diocesan meeting in Boston discusses church canons and a proposed minister’s minimum wage of 1500 dollars with rectory use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everal
A Davis
Marjorie
Doris Holock
Mir
Stibil Holbrook
Chirther Shrenren
Fort Rairie'd
S. Hopec
Vermont
John
Ernest
Vermouth
Albert Henderson
Reed
Bowdoinham
William Davis
Edward Thomas
Stetson
Thomas
Ada Holbrook
Whit- Minh
Granze
Topsham
John O. Randall
Harvey Jordan
Alfred Storer
Boston
Harriet Storer
Bert Groves
Episcopal Church
Massachusetts
Bowdoinham Patriotic Meeting Draws Large Town Hall Crowd
One of Bowdoinham's largest audiences in years gathered at town hall for a patriotic program. The gathering featured Grand Army and Sons of Veterans members, a Ladies Auxiliary, music by Fife Major George R. Foster, speeches by Harold Seale, J. Soule, and Judge Harold Cook, plus resolutions urging national Prohibition and food conservation during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
24Th
Maine
James H. Ames
J. L. Pinkerton
Jr. Soule
Augusta Solo
Ryan
Augusta
State of Maine
Harold £. Cook
Gardiner Solo
Keith Ryan
Newarks
Citizens Tableau
Goddess of Liberty
America
Harold Seale
Agricultural Department
Judge Cook
Jardiner
J. H. Ames
Hall
W. L. Bonney
L. D. Small
L. W. Staples
H. L. Clark
Mr. Esterbrook
Brunswick
United States
David Lloyd George
Rennier
Austria
Public Safety Committee
Bowdeinham
Washington
Govrnor
Congress
Pythian Sisters
Yowr Hall
Hazel Cornish
Edith Fulton
Ora Cornish
West Bath Church To Reopen For The Season
West Bath Methodist Episcopal Church reopens for the season with Rev. C Wilson Harrison as pastor leading services tomorrow at 2 30 p m followed by Sunday school at 3 30. Town selectmen and road commissioner held Wednesday business sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Mr. Palmer
North Bath
W. H. Brown
Gardiner
Pearl Hall
Woolwich
Mill Cove
Lewiston
HH. Stilkey
Freeport
Eugene Brown
Berry’s Mill
Howard Varney
Dr. Morin
Harris Bent Harbor Leader in Republican Leg Assembly
Benjamin Harris Jr. of Boothbay Harbor long active in local business and fraternal groups sought the legislature, winning a seat in a largely Democratic district. He led the Sea and Shore Fisheries and Elections committees after moving to Augusta at 172 State Street for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin
Fannie
Marion) Charles
Boothbay
Kora
Harris
Hie
Seaside Lodge
Mt Vernon
Brunswick
Dunlap Co
Bath
Kora Temple
Lewiston
Order of High Priesthood
Portland
Lincoln Lodge
K. of P
Uniform Bank Co
Bath Lodge of Elks
Boothbay Harbor
Moose
Mt. Pisgah
State Street
Augusta
Bath residents report weather woes and community events
Visitors at the Court House discuss State Highway Compassion as farmers face discouraging weather. A West Bath Grange Hall social and dance occurred Thursday night. Capt Hiram Brown heads to Boston for a private yacht summer post. Mrs G W Foster of Portland visits Mrs Lillian Brown. they go deep sea fishing Friday. Marion Purington marks her 14th birthday with a party at the Miles Purington home. Birch Point road work continues. John Morse's mill at Campbells Lead idled Tuesday. Doris Parlizton returns to Morse Hith School duties after illness. Two townspeople plan marriages: Lester Campbell to Ruth Wallace and Robert Coombs to Ellie Moulken. Mrs Edna White of West Bath visits Miss Dora Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Peirce
Harvey Ames
Brunswick
J. Loyalist Brown
S. of
C. H. McEwen
Waterville
Chicago
Henry E. Cornish
Village Lodge of Masons
Portland
Grand Lodge
Emeline Pratt
George Pratt
Howard
Maud Dyer
M.C.R.R
R. H. Jack
Dorothy Lufkin
R. E. Ferguson
Pleasant St
W. W. Brown
R. B. Andros
Andros
Louie Sparks
Robert Wade
C. O. Purinton
Lewiston
I. M. Fowle
The
Telephone Exchange
Fowler
Noyes
John White Road
Carl Hatch
Alice Fulton
Village Lodge
A. M
Gretchen Hulse
Olive Lamore
Court House
Bath
West Bath Grange Hall
Hiram Brown
Boston
G. W. Foster
Lillian Brown
Fosters Puint
Marion Purington
Miles Purington
Birch Point
John Morse
Williams Idt
Campbells Icad
Doris Parlizton
Morse Hith
Lester Campbell
Ruth
Wallace
Robert Coombs
Ellie Moulken
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New
Coats
Vaine
Beaver Board
C. L. Farnham CO. Inc
Elm St
Around the
Mvit
Batavia
Welteveden
Tandjong Priok
Eerpt
Buitenzorz
Plante
Botanical Garden
New Meadows
Bowdoinham Town Hall
Bonney
Massachusetts House
John A. Cone
Dr. King’s Hospital
Methodist’ Society
D. B. Holt
A. C. Williams
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
Naomi Rideout
W. E. Rideout
M. T. Purington
G. R. Cutler
F. K. Jack
Gorham Normal School
Ruth E. Johnson
Bowdoin
Ethel T. Ashford
Lit
H. E. Jack
Post Road
Julia Lufkin
Deer Isle
Dorothy
Eugene Edgecomb
Lucinda Umberhind
Ralph Cutler
Belle
Framingham
Telegraph Office
Lauris Wilson
Bates College
Lola Lang
E. J. Wilson
Jack Brown
C. L. Blackman
Charlie Preble
Myrick Heath
Alice Preble
Stott
Bert Wood
Joe Haley
Richmond
William Brown
Robert Brown
Bradford
Mass
Susan Millay
Maria Gray
Nathan Davis
Front Street
Alice Rogers
Whiskeag
Fred Rose
I. B. Neiley
H. J. Holden
Arthur Allen
Lewis J. Sawyer
Bangor
Hotel Phoenix
Everybody's Column
Plymouth Rocks
P. DeCoster
Meine
Springfield
Express
James H. Ames & Son
Jowdoinham
Drummond
Phippsboro
Meadowebrook Inn
M. J. Frye
New House Boat
Hull
Commercial St
Edna White
Dora Thompson
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