Dairymen in Waldo County Consider Boston Milk Shipments
Milk producers around Belfast meet to discuss selling milk as butter and cream or shipping to the Boston market. Maine plans to boost daily shipments despite longer gaps and fresher Boston deliveries from western states. The Maine Central proposes a dairy milk train including Sundays, aiming to grow herds and expand the industry in Waldo County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Waldo County
Boston
Maine
New England
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine Central
Community pushes to clean signage and protect mayflowers
A movement urges stricter supervision of high way signs and wayside ads to keep them neat and unobtrusive. It urges owners to improve stands or close poorly kept ones, notes state laws on signs, and warns against private guide-post signs. It also urges careful harvesting of mayflowers to preserve future blooms.
Hospital Charity Care Fund Expands Welfare Duties
The Department of Public Welfare gains duties under a new hospital law. An annual 160000 appropriation funds charity care for nonpaying patients for two years. Welfare Secretary Grube Cornish says field workers will be added and hospitals will be notified quarterly of available charity funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Welfare
Welfare Department
Grube B.“Cornish
Pnieane
Changes in Spring Mayflower Trade and Riverfront Posies
The article notes a decline in boys selling mayflowers and pond lilies as in previous decades. Mayflowers once profusely grew where woods were cleared for portable mills, but generation and habitat changes reduced blooms. Boat and train trade faded with fewer boats and a shift to motor travel.
China fights for Canton as civil war resumes
War news from Mexico has faded as the revolution ends and attention shifts to China where fighting has restarted. The principal issue is control of Canton, a city described as in danger of falling within hours. Internal factional strife is likely to continue until a decisive defeat ends the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
China
Canton
Bath Progress Shines With New Hall High School and Shipyard
Bath prepares to welcome visitors to its new city hall and high school as praise rides the city’s growth. Bath Iron Works plans ten boats in the next year signaling renewed industrial momentum and confidence in Bath’s bright days ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Bath shoppers benefit from nearby Summer cottages growth
Bath sees few new houses since the wartime boom but many Summer cottages rise at nearby resorts. Occupants of these homes often shop in Bath, boosting the city's commerce and ties to the resort towns.
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Bath
Governor Gardiner Meets Bureau of Public Roads on Maine Issue
In Washington Governor Gardiner discussed the dispute with the Bureau of Public Roads over Maine highway funds. Early reports hint at lively debate over the new tariff bill with state delegations uniting to oppose it. Calls for more liberal treatment of agricultural products and duties on boots and shoes are among demanded changes.
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Gardiner
Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
Maine
Highway Commission
Bath men honored by grand commandery
Rev. David L. Wilson of Bath was elected grand generalissimo at the Knights Templars of Maine session in Portland. Arthur B. Stilphen of Bath was chosen grand swordbearer. Dr. Wallace N. Price of Gardiner, formerly of Richmond, named right eminenter and commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Wilson
Bath
Knight Templars
Maine
Masoniec
Portland
Arthur B. Stilphen
Wallace N. Price
Gardiner
Richmond
Wilson
Palestine Commandery
Belfast
Nazarene Winners Class Entertains With Program
The Winners Class of young men and women at the Nazarene church presented a fine program Friday night led by Rev. Howard P. Jett. Miss Iva Cromwell recited verses from every New Testament book, listing chapter and verse from memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazarene Church
Howard P. Jett
Iva Cromwell
Courtney Stover
William Fraser
C. C. Lanpher
Eunice Lanpher
Portland
Lampher
Portland Sunday School
Tug Seguin Tow Slows Under Freshet Toward Gardiner
Tug Seguin started for Gardiner with barge East in tow carrying 952 tons of bituminous for Hol llingsworth and Whitney. Uncertain if they could reach destination against the strong freshet as river current, tide and freshet effects extended miles below Augusta dam. If successful, the tow should dock about two o'clock.
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Seguin
Gardiner
Hollingsworth & Whitney
Augusta Dam
West Bath social notes and local visits
Miss Emily Larrabee and others from West Bath feature weekend visits and cottage openings at Foster's Point. The column lists multiple households in Bath and surrounding towns hosting relatives and friends, plus Red Cross meeting plans and local engagements.
Attorney Bridgham Wins Wiscasset Divorce Case
Edward W. Bridgham returned from Wiscasset where he defended in the Dodge vs Dodge divorce cross libel matter heard before Associate Justice Frank G. Farrington. The jury found in favor of Capt. Arthur E. Dodge after late evidence and arguments concluding Tuesday afternoon.
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Edward W. Bridgham
Wiscasset
Dodge
Capt. Dodge
Weston M. Hilton
Damariscotta
Bridgham
Frederick W. Hinckley
South Portland
Mrs Barclay's Rebellion staged by Day's Ferry Club
Day's Ferry Community club presented the comedy Mrs Barclay's Rebellion at Woolwich grange hall Monday night with a supper served beforehand. Merle Jameson, Frank Fortier, Mrs Frank Hodgdon and John Carter provided music for an informal dance after the performance. The event raised a good sum for the grange. Regular grange meetings and a forthcoming dance were announced.
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The
Grange
Bath City Hall Dedication Planned With Ceremony
The city announces the dedication of Bath's new City Hall on May 28 led by J Edward Drake. Mayor Cahill will accept the building, with a possible address by a notable citizen and the high school orchestra performing. Public viewing will follow, and departments move in June 5 with a council meeting that evening.
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Ning
J. Edward Drake
Charles H. Cahill
John H. Grindell
National Music Week Observed By Grange
National Music Week was observed by the Grange with Mrs. Plinette Allen John Carter and Merle Jameson on the program. Members identified instruments noted wrote names of instruments including autoharp and piccolo. Merle Jameson entertained with a violin solo and quotes on music followed roll call.
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National Music Week Committee
Plinette Allen
John Carter
Merle Jameson
The
Grange
Columbia
America
Swanee River
London Bridge
Florence Baker
Class of 1901 Plans to Make Another Gift
The Bath High School class of 1901, the first to donate a graduation gift a bust of Longfellow later destroyed by the 1928 fire, plans another substantial gift at the alumni reunion next month. Checks already arrive for the fundraiser, with Mrs. Frank A. Hodgdon as secretary confirming ample support.
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Bath High School
Longfellow
Alumni Association
Frank A. Hodgdon
Scratchers win auction tourney final round in Cosmopolitan club
The Scratchers led by Miss Lillian Lew defeated the Scrutinizers led by Miss Doris Dyer 14 568 to 14 455 in the third round. Winners dine as guests of the losers at Begin's Woolwich supper next Thursday night. scores by games follow.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Lillian Lewin
Doris Dyer
Begin’s
Woolwich
Jewett Heads West After Winter Vaudeville Run
Brian Jewett finishes his winter vaudeville schedule in town and will tour the West Coast with Pantages. He will leave New York July 12 and be joined by partner Bob Robbins who arrives soon. They plan Lewiston and Boston dates before departing.
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Brian Jewett
Mr. Jewett
New York
West Coast
Lewiston
Boston
Children temperance class grows at Andrews road
The W. C. T. U. notes a Thursday afternoon meeting at 27 Andrews road with fifty boys and girls, the largest attendance yet. A temperance talk on the first glass leading to drunkenness, a Miss Alice Potter story, and Bible stories were shared. The Murphy's Corner Sunday school held a temperance meeting May 4 with 38 members and 14 new additions to churches, 30 conversions.
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Andrews Road
Alice Potter
Murphy's Corner
Nequasset Farm Bureau Meets on Refinishing Furniture
A well attended Nequasset Farm Bureau gathering met Wednesday in the Nequasset Congregational church to discuss refinishing furniture. The committee included Mrs. Bernice Soule Mrs. Hattie Wright and Mrs. John Gilmore. A balanced meal of cold meats vegetable salad graham bread coffee and peach tapioca with cream was served. Winslow Ari 2 Art Goebel was unhurt in a second plane crash in two days.
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Nequasset Farm Bureau
Nequasset Congregational Church
Bernice Soule
Hattie Wright
John Gilmore
Winslow
Ari
Art Goebel
Social Roundup in Woolwich and Nearby Towns
Local residents host and visit family friends across Woolwich, Bath, Westport, and neighboring towns. Weekend guests include Mrs. Della Card and Mr. and Mrs. William Dowhine, with several travels to Bangor Moosehead Lake and Bingham for work and leisure. Memorial Day planning and Baptist services are announced, with church events at Woolwich Center and North Woolwich. A birth, a funeral, and various family updates accompany the community notices.
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Frank J. Walker
Boston
William Fletcher
First Baptist Church
Bath
United Baptist Convention of
Maine
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
H.H. Bishop
John Harvey
Bath City Hospital
Jane Swett
Mary Perkins
Geraldine Stott
Henry Carlton
Abbie Kelly
Elizabeth Wright
Bates College
W. S. Kennerson
Williamson
Rockland
William Williams
Camden
William Gould
C. P. Hall
Charles Cromwell
Albert
Dorothy
Westport
Ralph Wright
Ernest Rice
Richmond
Eva Leavitt
Addison Rice
Earl of
Harpswell
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Local Visitors Patchwork From North Bowdoin Area
Mr and Mrs John Reid visited Bowdoin Center while Miss Frances Baker returned home from Durant shoe shop Richmond. Kenneth Sanders of Bath and several Bath visitors joined weekend callers Christine Hanscom Eunice Hanscom and Alton King. Harry Chase and family, H D Higgins and family, and F S Meacham noted as Brunswick visitor. Mrs W S Douglas on sick list with some improvement.
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John Reid
Bowdoin Center
Frances Baker
Durant
Richmond
Oscar Douglas
East Wilton
Kenneth Sanders
Bath
Christine
Eunice Hanscom
Alton King
H. D. Higgins
Robert Chase
Richmond Corner
A. F. Chase
P. O. West
Hiram Small
Meacham
Charles Babb
Alonzo Starbird
Brunswick
Harry Chase
Bowdeinham
W. S. Douglas
Sagadahoc County Womans Christian Temperance Union Convenes
Mr and Mrs Melvin Pratt from Highland Street Mrs Stearns Scott from Andrews Road and Mrs Frances Mac Fadden from Deering Street traveled to West Bowdoinham Wednesday to attend the Sagadahoc County WCTU convention.
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Melvin Pratt
Highland Street
Stearns Scott
Andrews Road
Frances MacFadden
Deering Street
West Bowdoinham
Sagadahoc County
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Crossword Puzzle Horizontal and Vertical Clues List
A long mixed list of crossword clues across horizontal and vertical sections. Clues cover history language geography and astronomy with multiple entries including names and places like Venice Egypt Zealand and Algéria. The puzzle demands solving a wide range of short to medium answers.
Milkman Voices Costs Of Production And Milk Quality
A veteran milkman argues that pasteurized milk and low buyback prices threaten family farms. He calculates costs for ten cows producing 100 quarts daily, noting feeds, investment, and interest, and defends local farmers against market pressures.
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New England
Memorial Tablet Chosen For New High School Reunion
A memorial tablet honoring graduates who served in the World War will be dedicated in the auditorium of the new high school during the alumni association’s annual reunion and banquet on June 27. Plans were finalized by the alumni officers at a Friday meeting at Mrs. Charles R. Farnham’s home.
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Y.M.C.A
Florence Calderwood
Charles R. Farnham
Girls' Friendly Guests at Middle Street Home
Mrs. Augustus Perow hosted the Girls' Friendly Society at 967 Middle Street. A business meeting and reports were read with Miss Dorothy Welch presiding. The Maine G F S has purchased a house in Camden named the Maine Holiday house with Bishop Benjamin Brewster aiding the project. Officers elected include Doris Leavitt as chairman Persis Hoyt as vice chairman Eugene Long as secretary and others on committees. There will be no meeting next week.
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Augustus Perow
Girls’ Friendly Society
Middle Street
Dorothy Welch
Maine G. F. S
Camden
Maine
United States
Benjamin Brewster
Stella Yates Brewster
Doris Leavitt
Eeeeaee
Persis Hoyt
Eugene Long
Doris McKay
Wilhelmina Gackenbach
Edith Gotte
Ruth Field
Bertha Brown
Blanche Poe
Prohibition Guards plan vegetable gardens in church vestry
The National Prohibition Guards met in the Corliss Street church vestry to assign members to plant personal vegetable gardens. Oak Street LTL girls had a small turnout at their leader’s home. The older girls’ legion program at Corliss Street church featured poems, readings, a piano solo, and a May basket crafting session. Portland visitors Mrs. Reginald Stacey and Mrs. William Daley were noted on Thursday.
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National Prohibition Guards
Corliss Street
Oak Street
Edith Knowlton
Elizabeth Trott
Reginald Stacey
William Daley
Portland
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WOMFN
West Bath
Emily Larrabee
Rome
Rosedale
Helen Rogers
Gorham Normal School
Llewellyn Rogers
W. H. Larrabee
P. J. Clinger
Islington
Mass
Jennie Larrabee
Newton
Fred Campbell
Foster's Point
William Webster
Court Street
E. W. Haggett
Arthur Lemont
Lemont Street
James Thorpe
High Street
Sabine
Frank Carter
Livermore Falls
Joseph W. Larrabee
Falmouth
Alexander Skillin
Eleanor Bates
Oscar Landean
Bates
Samuel F. Bates
Sabino
John Pooler
Waterville
al Holbrook
Lillian Brown
Foster’s Point
William Foster
Cathance
H. A. Owen
J. M. Lemont
A. A. Stott
Red
Williams
W. J. Bonney
Winthrop
Carolyn Stackpole
Campbell’s Pond
Brunswick Hospital
Racheal Upham
Edward Sampson
Brigham’s Cove
Arthur E. Dodge
Day’s Ferry Club
P. M. Bowdoin
Augusta
Teres
Jewett
Buxton
Buxton Rheumatic Medicine Co
Abbot Village
North Bowdoin
Aidi
Jibie
waTiay
Venice
Harry
Anger
Bashan
Zealand
N. W
France
Algéria
Mister
Cape
Massachusetts
Othe International Syndicate
Wey
West Path
New High School
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