Ship boom may become permanent says Edward C. Plummer
Edward C. Plummer spoke to the Winter Street Church Men's Club on Bath's ship industry. He argued American yards now build cheaper than abroad and predicted postwar costs and taxes will shift advantage to the United States, urging a tonnage tax to support foreign trade ships and noting historical lessons from earlier yard developments.
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Edward C. Plummer
Winter Street
Sylvester H. Rowland
Plummer
Bath
United States
Mr. Plummer
Sewall
England
Congress
Europe
Middle West
South
Fisher Ames
Memorial Day Thoughts and Patriotism in Our Time
Memorial Day reflections urge flags and unity as May fades. The piece recalls Civil War valor, the Stars and Stripes, and U S Army, Navy, and Uncle Sam symbols. It comments on national preparedness and financial strength as a deterrent, citing banking resources and broader wartime readiness.
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United States
Union’ Eternal
Sammy
United States of America
America
Prominent Men of Sagadahoc No 12
Biography of Christopher Lawson an early Boston and Kennebec trader and broker. Detailing his move from Piscataqua to Boston then Maine, land dealings, fur trade, and ferried conflicts with authorities. Notes legal troubles, wife Elizabeth, and a lengthy 1651 letter from Lawson to a London contact.
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Sagadahoc
Massachusetts
Maine
Piscataqua
Exeter
Boston
Thomas
Mary
Dover
Kennebec
Lawson
Bath
Waterville
Plymouth
Thomas Lake
Lake
Cooper
Clark
Sylvanus Davis
Sebasticook
Toconock
Baggadusset
Lawson, Lake and
Spencer
Heath
Christopher Lawson
Capeanagusset
Swan Island
Charles
Bay
Sir Ferdinando Gorges
Robert Gutch
York County Court
Long Beach
York
Elizabeth
Scott
London
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Jane Harvey
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Shadowland Gavotte
Wilhelmina Gackenbach
Beatrice Nichols
Dorothy Welch
Adelaide
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Helen Jones
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Christine Curtis
Lydia Baxter
Margaret Cummings
Winnifred Johnson
Mildred Harrington
Merline Thompson
Helen Continued
Phippsburg
the Independent
C. Oliver
Peru
Henry O. Thayer
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Sherwood Steel Screens
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