Questioned fate of Small Point coal mining venture
To the Editor of the Independent, a reader recounts the story of Small Point coal from Revolutionary War use to 19th century mining schemes. He cites witnesses, stockholders, and interviews with Messrs. Morse, Robinson, Mayo, Odiorne, and Professor Lee, noting borings near Sea Wall Beach and Isaiah's Head, claims of coal washing ashore for 150 years, and persistent belief that a Maine coal field exists despite skepticism.
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the Independent
Small Point Beach
Small Point
Percy Morse
William Sprague
Morse
Sprague
Mr. Morse
Cox’s Head
James D. Robinson
Sea Wall
Smal Point
Blaisdell
Kennebec and Portland Coal Mining Company
Bath
Portland
Boston
Davis
Kennebec
Sea Wall Beach
Popham Beach
Odiorne
Sagadahoc House
Maine Central
Harvard
Orrell
Lancashire
England
Oscar Mayo
Mayo
Wormelsdorf
Pennsylvania Coal Interests
Pennsylvania
Maine
Professor Lee
Bowdoin College
Lee
South America
Pacific Ocean
Fisheries Fertilizer Industry Sees Sustained Demand
Washington reports the U S Department of Agriculture views fish-scrap fertilizer as beneficial for farmers and fertilizer manufacturers. About 44 Atlantic coast factories produce fish-scrap and oil from menhaden, with steady but limited growth and potential food uses amid rising meat costs.
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Washington, D. C
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Atlantic
Atlantic Coast
Maine
Florida
Gulf
Newfoundland
Leydon Forms Polo Team for Lewiston Series
William P Leydon prepares a polo squad for a sequence of games against a strong Lewiston team. Arrangements have been set in Lewiston City Hall to organize the matches and logistics.
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William P. Leydon
Lewiston
Lewiston City
Hodgdon Travels to Boston for Life Co Event
Henry G Hodgd on left Monday for a business trip to Boston. He attended a New York Life Insurance Co meeting Monday afternoon and joined a banquet at the Exchange Club Monday evening honoring President Kingsley on his 25th anniversary with the company. Kingsley’s first work for NYL was in Boston.
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Henry G. Hodgdon
Boston
New York Life Insurance Co
Exchange Club
Kingsley
New York Life
Crab Shells and Crabs Used in Fertilizer Mixes
The article notes that dogfish scraps provide fertilizer material and horseshoe crabs are used locally. Crab and lobster shells act as fillers in finished fertilizers, offering high lime content and nitrogen. A Chesapeake Bay plant uses over 250 tons of ground crab shells yearly.
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Chesapeake Bay
Bath shipbuilder Deering III suffers side pain in storm delay
G G Deering III, Bath's noted shipbuilder, was taken to Bath City Hospital with a side pain thought to be indigestion. Surgeons from Portland and August were delayed by a storm, arrived Sunday morning, and decided to delay surgery. He showed some improvement by Sunday evening as treatment continued.
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Bath
Gardiner G. Deering
Bath City Hospital
Relic of the Maine sent to Maine D A R in 4 Mahogany Pieces
Mrs John A Morse received four mahogany finish pieces from the battleship Maine s after cabin via the Navy Yard Washington a gift to the Maine State Council D A R The pieces marked the sixteenth anniversary of the sinking at Havana harbor The wood s preservation suggests a ballot box or gavel and will be exhibited in the Independent window.
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John A. Morse
Express
Navy Yard
Washington
Maine State Council
Maine
Haana Harbor
Noaz
Maine Council
Independent
Morse Goes Abroad Sowing Mystery in Financial District
Charles W. Morse sailed last week for Germany aboard the Kaiserin Victoria, with departure only just learned Friday. His son Harry says he plans a six week to two month sojourn to bathe, while speculation swirls about motives tied to his bank case and a hoped congressional inquiry.
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Charles W. Morse
Germany
Harry
Financial District
Morse
Bank of North America
Congress
Our Own People Weekend Visitors and Movements
Local notes list weekend visitors and residents traveling to and from Boston Portland and New York. Mentions include Walter Pendleton C W Clifford Jr Arthur H Dunton Frank Perkins and others with updates on jobs funerals and new postings in Bath Lewiston Gardiner and Brunswick.
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Walter Pendleton
Boston
C. W. Clifford, Jr
Portland
Arthur H. Dunton
Frank W. Perkins
Frank Rairden
Cairo
Lewis II Curtis
Guy Glidden
Derry
N. H
Edith Cochran
Tufts College
Isabelle Morris
Geo. W. Ingalls
Lynn
Mass
Mos
W. Welsh
William Ponecher
Somerville
Chase
J. F. Shaw
Quincy
Town
Bath Iron Works
Bath Industrial Corporation forms to attract new factories
A Bath meeting organized the Bath Industrial Corporation with directors to recruit plants and finance. Officials include Charles A. Coombs and Fred H. Reed. the group plans to purchase the former shoe polish factory by the depot to lease to new firms and assist settlers financially. Over $1000 more was pledged in minutes.
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Bath
City Hall
Bath Industrial Corporation
Charles A. Coombs
Fred H. Kimball
Capt
William G. Small
Commodore James P. Ledyard
Fred B. Reed
George EB. Thompson
Owen J. Ledyard
Frank I. Burns
Charles H. Oliver
Henry W. Howard
Walter E. Chase
Harry E. Stetson
Fred H. Now
Arthur WK. Puring
Charles TH. Oliver
Ek. W.larrabee
Ed. W. Hyde
James P. Ledyard
James Mulligan
Sheriff Oliver
George E. Thompson
Ing
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Small Point Coal Mining Company
Oscar
Department of Agriculture
G. G. Deering III
Bath City
Revolution
New York
Mendelssohn Club
Ora la Croix
Southbridge
Lina C. Andrews
Cosmopolitan Club
Miss la Croix
Bathites
Miss Andrews
Frank Hk, Burns
William
Hill
Hattie Morrison
Irving Coombs
Gertrude
Gardiner
Charles L. Turner
William A. Armstrong
I. H. Willis
Brunswick
North German
Lloyd Line
West Indies
Panama Canal
Elizabeth McTeer
Medford
N. &. Leighton
Proctor Hagan
Providence
Frances M
Louis A. Parsons
St. Paul’s Church
Staul’s Church
Newton Highlands
Oscar C. Rogers
California
F. E. Curtis
Fred T. Mayers
Warren
Magazine St
Cambridge
Adelbert Bailey
New York City
George T. Silsby
Green St
Bailey
Nellie Silsby
The
Maine Water Co
William ON. Beal
Sagadahoc Ferry
Woolwich
Jank H. Percy
Redlands
West Coast
Frank
Hon
A. A. Percy
Fred I. Brackley
Lester
New Bedford
Mr. Brackley
P. F. Woods
Bath Tron Works
M. A. Haraden
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