Victorian Grammar School Program Sparks Victrola Purchase
A South Street Grammar School Parent-Teacher meeting drew 187 students into one room for a lively program of singing dancing and instrumentals. The event prompted a vote to buy a Victrola for the grammar and primary schools and raised funds through candy sales and a penny-per-age collection. The program honored teachers led by Miss Maria M. Stinson with performances by grades five to eight and solos by John Grindell Sylvie and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Street
Dustian
John Grindell
Sylvie
John
Thomas Tracey
Dorothy Welch
Harry Ward
Lillian Lewin
Elsie Lake
Louise Footer
M. Evelyn Oliver
Edna H. Pickard
Arthur E. Baum
Lewis E. King
Frank S. Wakefield
Amos F. Perry
Joseph A. Martin
Lloyd L. Hooker
Arthur G. Oliver
Alden P. Denham
Marcia M. Stinson
Minnie Barnes
Ednad Pickard
Bessie Hunt
Tenor of Federal Cut Hits Boston Office Workers
The Treasury Department orders furloughs for eight nonconsecutive days with no pay to reduce a $50,000 federal cut. About 70 Boston Federal Building workers are affected, including janitors and elevator staff, many with low salaries and families. Unions plan to approach local Congressmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Sccne
Boston Federal
Treasury
Night Police Captain Off Duty From Cold
Capt. Wallace of the Night Police is home with a bad cold for two days. Officer John Sonia filled in as captain during his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Wallace
John Sonia
Milton H. Douglas
The
Night Force
Edith McTeer
The Micrococus Catarrahalis Bug In New England
A quirky feature chronicles a so called micrococus catarrahalis bug blamed for winter and spring sickness in Maine and nearby regions. Doctors chase the germ, test throats, and attempt a vaccine like remedy while noting weather fueled spread and the elusive name of the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
New England
Virginia
Mike
Microvocus Catarrahalis
Portland
When to Prepare Garden Soil for Planting
The USDA specialist says spring work begins as soon as the soil dries enough to crumble in the hand. Don’t work clay or heavy soils when wet. Working them wet can cause long term damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Intelligent Pussy From Time to Time
A Bath Water Street resident reports a black cat owned by a Bath businessman proves its intelligence at home. The cat drinks by turning the faucet to water itself and turns it off again, then operates a light switch to imitate human behavior, all without human aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water St
Bowdoin Student Teaches in Rumford Falls School
E C Plummer recalled a chaotic term in Rumford Falls where four teachers had been expelled from the schoolhouse window before he accepted the job. He stayed by making friends with the students, earned $35 for the term, and paid $2 weekly for board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Plummer
Bowdoin
Rumford Falls
Lodgers Registered with Police After Monday Night Visit
Three lodgers were registered at the police station on Monday evening. The report notes their arrival and processing by local authorities without incident.
Federal Road in Maine Delayed Yet Seen as Worthwhile Project
The Independent man tours the Brunswick to Portland route and notes completion unlikely before September. Sections near Brunswick and Freeport are impassable or torn up, with drainage work and rock placement ongoing. The contractor is R F Hudson of Melrose Mass. Milestones include Marsh River Bridge work finishing by June 1 and the Yarmouth to Portland segment nearing July finish, with detours via Durham and Freeport in the meantime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Portland
Freeport
Deep Cut Bridge
R. F. Hudson
Melrose
Mass
Yarmouth
Maine
Brunswick-Freeport
Freeport Village
Maine Central
Marsh River Bridge
Marsh River
Durham
Bunganue
Flying Point
Topsham
Lewiston
Auburn
Cold Summers and Hard Times Stir New England Memory
The clipping recalls 1816 as a record cold year with frosts from Connecticut to Maine, poor crops, and near starvation. It notes a mass exodus to the Midwest in 1817, and adds egg prices around 18 to 20 cents amid market floods, reflecting hardship and resilience in New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Journal
New England
Connecticut
Maine
Middle West
Cats Found Alive After Being Bagged on Oak Street
A backyard on Oak Street uncovered two cats left in a bag. They survived the ordeal and were rescued unharmed by neighbors who reported the incident to authorities. No suspects identified at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak St
Local Gossip and Visitors Reach Bath Town
Gardiner resident Miss Susie Foster visits friends from Toronto during a ten days trip. The Bath area hosts a parade of visitors and locals on business, in-law visits, and routine travel from Portland to Boston, Augusta, and Richmond with several returning home after brief stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Foster
Gardiner
Toronto
A. A. Percy
Portland
Catherine Taylor
Ocean Point
Lewis M. Fulton
Bowdoinham
Clarence Oliver
Mann's Bakery
Center St
E. H Pierce
Doubling Point Range
Herbert W. McGann
Lewiston
L. L. Hooker
Washington St
F. D. Pike
Bedford St
Ruth Gediman
A.S. Gilpatric
City of Rockland
Boothbay Harbor
Capt
Thayer
Bajles
Winterport
Stephen Conley
Nashua
N. H
Arthur E. McMann
Lewis Lowell
Penobscot
Mary A. Berry
Keegan & Bridgham
Hyde Windlass Co
William M. Temple
Portsmouth
John Murray
Windsor
Windsor Machine Co
O. P. Goffin
Samuel Davis
D. T. Dougherty
M. A. Haraden
Boston
Charless. Brown
First National Bank
Shorey
O. E. Page
David L. Wilson
Augusta
Charles D. Newell
Richmond
M. J. McCormick
McGillicuddy
Richmond House
Charles Miller
New York
Mr. Miller
Obituary of Horace J. Potter Bath Youth
Funeral services were held for Horace James Potter son of Mrs Lizzie E Potter of Bath at his grandmother Mrs Emma L Leeman’s Woolwich home with Rev D L Wilson officiating. He was a Morse High School 1914 graduate who spent three years ill at Maine State Sanitarium Hebron. He is survived by his mother sister five uncles and grandmother with a large circle of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford L. Fogg
Augusta
John L. Nelson
Bath
Wiscasset
Elmer Davis
Sagadahoc
Pacific Coast
Capt
Thayer
Elsie A. Bayles
Winterport
Sebago Lake
Charles W. Nocton
Bessie May Daugherty
Pittsburg
Cyrus W. Longley
Five Islands
Arthur G. Staples
The
Anna Wormwood
R. J. Wormwood
Biddeford
Messrs
D. A
R. E. Dimond
Union St
Portland
A. B. Wakefield
Butte
Montana
Dan Ridley
Mr. Wakefield
Horace James Potter
Lizzie E. Potter
Emma L. Leeman
Woolwich
D. L. Wilson
Central Congregational Church of
Leslie Hall
Harry Hall
Carlton Lowell
George Carlton
Potter
Morse High School
Maine State Sanitarium
Hebron
George Levyn
Frederick J. Potter
James Potter
California
Herbert J. Leeman
Will Leeman
H. T. B. Leeman
E. L. Leeman
Obituary for Hannah C. Rogers of Brooklyn Unity Church
Miss Hannah C. Rogers died at 468 Classon Avenue after eighty three years. She descended from the Rogers literary line linked to John Rogers translator of the Bible and was a longtime Unity Church member. Survived by a brother Henry Rogers of Oakland California. interment in Bath Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Hannah C. Rogers
Classon Avenue
Rogers
England
United States
Miss Rogers
John Rogers
Ryndale
Nathaniel Rogers
America
Ipswich
Mass
Bath
Unity Church
Henry Rogers
Oakland
Cal
Brundage
Farm Cow Falls Eight Feet Into Pig Pen
Fred D. Teeling owner of a Litchfield farm reports a 800 pound cow escaped last Saturday night, broke through a one inch floor, fell eight feet into the pig pen, yet stood and chewed cud in the morning uninjured aside from the odd occurrence. Neighbors say such an accident is exceedingly rare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred D. Teeling
The
Times Print Shop
Litchfield
Marriage Intention Recorded for Spilios Kakokefalos and Theodora Hoppe
The city records in City Clerk's office show Spilios J Kakokefalos and Miss Theodora N Hoppe, both of this city, have filed a marriage intention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spilios J. Kakokefalos
Theodora N. Hoppe
Also Mentioned on This Page
South St
Parent-Teacher Assn
Uncle Sam
Treasury Dept
Micrococus-Catarrha
Earth
the Federal Road
Bridgton News
Phillips
Fred Hodgkins
Popham
H. W. Chase
Brockton
F. L Francis
Maine Central Ticket Office
Horace J. Potter
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!