Maine Central Adds 1000 Freight Cars Under 1929 Program
The 1929 Maine Central plan by President Morris McDonald spends about three million dollars on rolling stock and right of way. It includes 1000 all steel 50 ton box cars, 200 enlarged coal cars, a self propelled ditcher, bridge refurbishments, ballast, ditching and roadway work, new signaling at key junctions, and rail upgrades on several divisions. Delivery starts summer with equipment financed by an asset trust.
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Maine Central Railroad
Morris McDonald
American Railway Association
Standard Steel Car Co
Butler
Maine Central
Waterville
Penobscot
Bangor
Brewer
Franklin
Gardiner
South Gardiner
Elmwood
Rumford Junction
Bangor-Brewer
Grand Trunk
Canadian National
Yarmouth Jct
Mechanic Falls
Masonits
N. H
Portland
Royal Jct
Yarmouth
Freeport
Mattawamkeag
Drew
Hebron
Rumford
Lisbon Falls
Quebec
Deadwater
Moores
East Newport
Pittsfield
Maine Centrals
Brunswick
Died at Weymouth Mary E. Sandford Smith 86
Mrs. Emily Rideout notes the passing of Mrs. Mary E. Sandford Smith 86 of Weymouth Mass on Sunday. Born in Bowdoinham to James and Mary Sandford, she left a daughter Mildred E. and sister Mrs. Mariah Gray. Funeral held at her late home Tuesday with nephew Carlton Lancaster attending. Widow of Horace Smith of Litchfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Rideout
Continental
Mary E. Sandford Smith
Weymouth
Mass
Smith
Bowdoinham Ridge
James
Mary Sandford
Carlton Lancaster
Horace Smith
Litchfield
McDonald Temple Pythian
M. E
Hazel Cornish
Evelyn Hackett
Ruby Bickford
Aaron Ssule
Bickford
Charles McEwen
Ralph
Cecla Bugbee
Charles Dorrain
Fairfield
Aaron Soule
Maynard Hinkley
Bliss College
Lewiston
George A. Hackett
Sewall Moore
Curtis Road
Hinckley
J. E. Cornish
Newtonville
H. D. Cornish
Millay Bros
John
Purington
Erland Powers
Sanford
George Powers
Charles Fogg
Nona
R. A. Dickinson
Dorothy
Harpswell
Erla Browne
Bertha Moulton
Portland
Fred Jack
Bath
Town
Charles Fisher
Brunswick
Norman Parkhurst
Frank Steuterman
Frank, Jr
Jewett City
Conn
Samuel Dorrance
Parkhurst
Dorrance
J. N. Palmer
Edith Wood
Jessie Ames
Baptist Church
Topsham
Philip Rideout
Clergyman Takes Rooms With Local Family
Rev. Robert H. Carey of Corliss Street church has taken rooms at the home of Mrs. Elmer F. Campbell on Union and Washington. He spent Monday and Tuesday in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. William Beal of Hyde Park Massachusetts visited with Beal's parents in Brunswick Road. Maurice Hayes John Freeman and families and Barbara were supper guests at the Worster House in Hallowell Sunday. Dorothy Huggard returned home on Mechanic Street after a two week visit with her aunt Mrs Roger Pierce in Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Carey
Corliss Street
Elmer F. Campbell
Union
Washington Street
Portland
William Beal
Hyde Park, Mass
Mr. Beal
Frank H. Beal
Brunswick Road
Maurice Hayes
John Freeman
Barbara
Worster House
Hallowell
Dorothy Huggard
Mechanic Street
Roger Pierce
Church Street
Gardiner
Played in Band During Grant World Tour in China and Japan
Account by Joseph B. Costello of the U S Flagship Richmond excursion with General Grant in 1879. The band joined shore entertainments at Cheefoo and Foochow, toured the Great Wall, Li Hung Chang’s palace, and Yokohama, earning silver medals and vivid memories of receptions and a grand concert ball in Tokyo Harbor.
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the Independent
Cheefoo
China
U. S
Richmond
Gen. Grant
Japan
Great Wall of China
Foochow
Min
Maine
Bangor
Peiho River
Grant
Teintsin
Li Hung Chang
Yokohama
Tokio
Mirado
San .Francisco
Bluff Garden
Joseph B. Costello
W. Richmond
Brotherhood to stage comedy One Swaller One Dollar
Sterling Brotherhood of Corliss Street church sets May 21 and 22 for a 50 minute show One Swaller One Dollar at the South End Parent-Teacher hall. All male cast includes Bridget O Riley with tickets by Brotherhood officers and committee. plot centers on Dr Cutter radio hobby and his colored assistant with ensuing comic misadventures.
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Sterling Brotherhood of
Corliss Street
South End
Lilly White
Bridget O’riley
Brotherhood
Lucien R. Ames
Harold S. Walker
Cutter
Jabem
Silas Plant
Fred L. Stover
Isadore Shutsky
Wilfred W. Chaney
Algernon Dupree
Doctor Cutter
Mark Anthony Fitz
Linwood Russelley
John L. Russell
Ferdinand Coombs
Lee Scott
Gill Brown Family to Move to Post Road Home
Gill Brown and family plan relocating to their residence on Bowdoinham Post Road near the Wayside Lodge and filling station, as noted in local notices.
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Gill Brown
Summer openness in Cornish district and area visit notes
The item lists residents with weekend and recent travels including D. B. Cornish in Summer and E. D. Cornish in Houston. It notes Mrs. Myrtle Gordon returning to home duties for W. H. Gould and Miss M Evelyn Heath visiting Winthrop. It mentions Mrs Carlton Jenkins recovering, and Sherman Graves party visiting Hallo well with relatives, plus the Millay family participating in a Gardiner concert May 10 with songs and instrumental music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Graves
Brunswick
Mary Graves
Helen Randall
Hallowell
Frank Millay
Gardiner
Sagadahoc Grange Draws Record Attendance at Bowdoin Center
A Saturday meeting at Sagadahoc Grange Hall Bowdoin Center drew the largest crowd in years with several visitors. Lecturer Frances Roberts led the program featuring a humorous memory segment and questions on squash varieties answered by Worthy Master Merrin as Hattie Babb and Mona Skelton looked on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
For- Grange
Esas Eee
Frances Roberts
Melvin Freeman
Merrin
Hattie Babb
Mona Skelton
Long Grange Members Enjoy Postmeeting Social Dancing
After the meeting the Long Grange members held a social dance session. The event brought together members for an evening of dancing and fellowship.
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Long Grange
Measles Close Adams School In Bowdoin
Seven measles cases in Bowdoin lead to a temporary closure of Adams school. Mrs. Addie Williams visited the Babb home on Tuesday. Mrs. John West stayed with sister Mrs. Grant Woods over the weekend. Charles Babb planted a horse chestnut on Arbor Day. L C Starbird learned of his sister Mrs. Walter Mariner of Richmond’s death. Miss Angie Purinton recovers from illness. East Bowdoin Ladies aid met May 9 at Mrs. W D Rogers with a spelling match won by Mrs. Mildred Carr who received a May basket. Members plan June rehearsals and next meeting May 23 at Mrs. Charlie Hunt’s home.
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Adams School
Addie Williams
Charles Babb
John West
Grant Woods
L. C. Starbird
Walter Mariner
Richmond
Angie Purinton
East Bowdoin
Aid
Charlie Hunt
Bourget Infant Merton Edward Died at Oak Grove Burial
Merton Edward Bourget infant son of Mr and Mrs Arthur R Bourget of 83 Western avenue died Monday He leaves twin sister Marilyn a sister Shirley and a brother Richard Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery assisted by local undertakers Morgue notices omitted for privacy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merton E. Bourget
Merton Edward Bourget
Arthur R. Bourget
Western Avenue
Marilyn
Shirley
Richard
Oak Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bowdoinham
Pope
Ginson
Earl Hatch
E. M. Graves
McDougal
R. E. Ferguson
Ray Dunton
C. L. Browne
R. D. Purinton
Wilbur Browne
Geraldine
Alice Thurlow
Mary Lilly
Clara Fogg
R. D. Spear
Charles L. Landry
Brooklyn
N. Y
William Sparks
Philadelphia
Mr. Spark
Louise Sparks
George
Beatrice Brown
Brunswick Hospital
Raymond
Muriel Tibbetts
Gardiner Hospital
John Palmer
Frances Barton
Village Cemetery
Herbert Kendall
Dorothy Dickinson
H. B. Alien
Thomas I. Reed
Cumberland Center
Lena Patten
Ernest Hunter
Wilbur Hall
Abbie Hulse
Hank Brown
J. Hall Denham
Frank Siegars
Emily Siegars
Addie Trufant
Augusta
Mildred Siegars Spaulding
Mary Eloise
Richard Denham
Woodworth House
Main Street
Grant Hulse
Coombs
Miss Smart
State Health Department
H. E. Cornish
Samuel Rounds
John Kendrick
P. A. Cannon
H. S. Dodge
Cummings
John Curtis
F. K. Jack
Pejepscot
S. T. Co
St. Martin
Avith
Salmon River
Carolyn Varney
Nancy G. Nason
Bath Street
Wiscasset
Weston P. Holman
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Jily
Popham Beach
Elizabeth &. Webber
University Apartments
Forest Street
Cambridge
United States
Edward E. Barry
Grove St
Wakefield Extract Company
Sanbornville
New Hampshire
Clara
Bath, Maine
Opera House
Douglas McLean
Paramount
the Carnation
Clara Bow
al Johnson
Paris
Maurice Chevalier
Wonder
Innocents OF
Vilma Banky
Walter Byron
Muamount
Valkine Pictures
Matinee
Orient
Bowdoinham Post Road
Busi
Ness
Brunswhc
Spencer
Beatrice E. Rand
Dummer St
Spencer Corsetiere
Bowdoin
Bath Department Store
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