Bath Letter Warns on Road Safety and Shipbuilding Hopes
The Bath Maine brief notes Massachusetts road safety concerns amid high auto fatalities and urges stricter traffic ethics. It reports Rex Pulp Co stockholders leasing Bath Iron Works land to Bath Iron Works Corp for ten years to revive shipbuilding. It laments the old Bath schoolhouse’s decay and urges preservation. It also cites Rivers and Harbors Congress on bridge proliferation and cites water commerce data from 1920s to 1930s.
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Bath
Rex Pulp Co
Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works Corp
Devin
Onc E
Gath
Hes Mechsafes
War Department
City considers traffic rule to curb intersection crashes
Local officials study stricter measures to limit accidents at street junctions. Proposals include a full stop rule for drivers and penalties for violations, with enforcement modeled after successful implementations in other cities. Dr. Fred TE Albee of New York, a Alma native, received a royal decoration for his humanitarian service.
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Orteus
Cao
Cordingnes
Fred TE Albee
New York
Maine D.A.R. Members Visit Marblehead
Members of Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter in Bath traveled to Marblehead Massachusetts on October 22 for a luncheon hosted by Mrs. Mary Williams at 27 Hugford Street in the historic mansion of the first Masonic Lodge rooms. The visit highlighted Revolutionary sites including the Orne House and the tavern table used by Washington era figures. Marblehead natives such as Joseph Story and Elbridge Gerry were noted, and the group affirmed ancestral links to Marblehead patriots of 1775.
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Dummer Sewall
Bn A. R
Bath
Marblehead Mass
Mary Be Williamis
Hugford Street
Trenton
Knox
Marbleheads
Massachusetts
Marbleland
Lalo
Delaware River
Tee
Marblehead
Orne House
Col
Azor Orne
Elbridge Gerry
John Glover
National Importanei Els
Josep Story
Supreme Court of the United States
Dunel Sewall
Tori Sewall
Agnes Surringe
Tenaly Braukbead
Harey Prankland
Maine
Dumner Sewall
Maine Central reports smaller September surplus
The Maine Central Railroad shows a September surplus after charges of 6 7 2 thousand, down from 179 961 in September last year. Freight revenue 1 1 53 244, passenger 24 819, total operating revenue 1 685 259, all down from 1926. For nine months, railway operating revenues total 15 271 148, up 85 494 year over year, while January 1 to September 30 1927 surplus after charges falls to 476 182 from 771 497 in 1926.
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Maine Central Railroad
Halloween Party Entertains Local Children
Mrs. BF A Farrar and Mrs C F Rinley hosted a Monday afternoon Halloween party for a small group of children. Activities included games and refreshments with a program featuring piano and violin solos, a reading titled A Halloween Lamentation, a Dutch girls dance, and other musical pieces by local participants.
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BF. A. Farrar
C.F. Rinley
Iano
Merthine C
Atherine Campbell
Evelyn Coombs
Bath woman sustains puzzle making boom in town
Bath’s Miss Belle Foote and sisters run a long standing home puzzle business. They cut intricate jigsaw panels using a powered saw, print and label pieces, and supply local shops and gift stores while maintaining a rotating library of 100 puzzles in circulation.
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Footes
Mit
Crandfather
Baeky
Belle
Beth
Hhouse
Miss Foote
Reston
Haad
Bath
MissFoote
Urese
Thy
Aday
Royén
Obituary for Fred Thomas of Georgetown Center
Fred Thomas of Georgetown Center died October 26 at Bath City hospital. The body was sent to Wilmington for burial. He came to the area about ten years ago from Boston and left no family. Mrs. Fred R L Dean and Miss Marion Dean presided Thursday in Port Town.
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Fred Thomas
Georgetown Center
Bath City
Witonlas
Boston
Fred RL
Dean
Marion Dean
Famous Englishman to Speak at Bowdoin
Rev. Edmund Horace Fellowes, musical director of St. Joseph's Chapel Windsor Castle, will lecture at Bowdoin on December 5 6 7 on The Music of Shakespeare. He is a renowned expert on Elizabethan and Jacobean music and edited The English Madrigal School. Lectures in Memorial Hall will cover Elizabethan Music Early English Madrigals and Shakespearean Music.
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St. Joseph's Chapel
Windsor Castle
London
Eng
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Fellowes
Winchester College
Oxford
Trinity College
Dublin
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Fellows
Harvard
Yale
Cincinnati
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Sweet Briar
Vassar
Smith
Memorial Hall
Widow Mrs Jennie Winchell Dies in Brunswick
Mrs Jennie Winchell 8 widow of John P Winchell died Wednesday afternoon of last week in Brunswick. She lived with her daughter in Brunswick and was born February 26 1844. Survived by her daughter and two sons John P Winchell of Brunswick Thomas R of West Newton Mass and Mrs Thomas H Riley of Brunswick.
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John P. Winchell
Brunswick
Mere
Charles T. Durnett
Winchell
Jonathan
Thomas R
West Newton
Mass
Thomas H. Riley
Former Bath Pastor Addresses Men's Club Talk
Rev O J Guptill of the Maine Sea Coast Mission spoke to the Winter Street church Men's club about coastwise work from Quoddy Head to Seguin Island. He praised Rev Angus MacDonald and Rev Alexander MacDonald, outlined a $25,000 annual budget, and described island visits, medical aid, and hospital transfers aboard the Sunbeam. An oyster stew followed, with a note that Philip Ricker Shorey will discuss Maine resources on Nov 4 with new pictures.
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Maine Seacoast
Maine
Quoddy Head
Seguin Island
Men's Club
Winter Street
Guptill
North Street
Great Seacoast
Angus MacDonald
Alexander MacDonald
Gupitill
Sunbeam
John J. Wilson Jr
Philip Ricker Shorey
All Night Vigil Seized Liquor Three Men Held
After an all night vigil officials seized 36 quarts of alleged liquor on Washington Street between the Maine Central tracks and Union Street. Cabngro and Dello, identified as Lake Caingro of Portland and Joseph Dello of Boston, were arraigned and held for court. Deputy Sheriff Oliver and Sheriff Henderson with Prohibition Agent Crosby and Highway Policeman Jewett conducted the operation. The car was a 1927 Maine registered vehicle.
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Hudson
Maine
Cavngro
Dello
Keegan
Golden Anniversary of Swampscott Couple
Mr and Mrs Edwin Sawyer of 17 Berkshire street Swampscott marked their 50th wedding anniversary on October 25 in a quiet family gathering. Married in 1877 in Baul the Sawyers have deep local roots, with Mr Sawyer a long time Swampscott fireman and Mrs Sawyer active in Pythian groups.
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Edwin
Sawyer
Berkshire Street
Swampscott
Swaimpi SP
Lyon
Baul
Willam Hart
Central Congregational Church
Francis M. Bradford
Taratine
Frank I. Hayden Temple
Pythian Sisters
Cross Word Puzzle Horizontal and Vertical Clues
Start with confident fills to seed crossing letters. The grid uses numbered squares for horizontal and vertical words with clues spanning Hawaiian fc and others, including prefixes and pronouns, guiding letter placement across intersecting words.
Fifty Dollar Watch Giveaway At Bath Opera House
A $50 Bulova wrist watch, Lindbergh approved, will be given away next Friday night at the Bath Opera House by CC W Clifford Jewelers and The Bath Daily Times. Bath residents submit answers to 12 aviation themed questions for a chance to win, with judges from The Bath Times staff and local schools. entries due Thursday by 10 o'clock.
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CC. W. Clifford
Bath Daily Times
Bath Opera House
Bath
Air Service
New York
Paris
Laura LaPlante
The
Times
C. W. Clifford
the Times
Bath Daily Pines
Bulova Watch
Charles A. Lindbergh
Double Wedding at Wesley Parsonage in Bath
A double wedding occurred at Wesley Parsonage on Saturday evening. John A. Perkins and Evelyn F. Miller and Barton M. Brown and Eleanor M. Perkins, both of Lorunswick, were married by Rev. F. J. Littlefield using a double ring ceremony. Marr of Robinhood visited in Bath Thursday.
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Wesley Parsonage
John A. Perkins
Evelyn F. Miller
Barton M. Brown
Eleanor M. Perkins
Lorunswick
F. J. Littlefield
Baby Show Set At People's Church Next Week
A baby contest will be held at People's Baptist Church on Wednesday afternoon, November 9, starting at 3 30. Children aged three are eligible, with two classes: Class A for under two and Class B for two to three. Prizes include first and second for prettiest and best dressed in Class A and two prizes for Class B. Mrs George B Wolstenhelme and the pastor oversee arrangements and welcome entrants.
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People’s Baptist Church
Teo
George B. Wolstenhelme
Alameda
Assault on Sheriff Ends With Fines in Gardiner Court
Lawrence Dick of 4 Tigh Street Gardiner pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and assaulting Sheriff Albert Henderson at the Richmond Grange hall dance. He received a fine of 20 dollars and court costs 5.85. Dick led a fist fight during the arrest attempt, striking the sheriff and injuring his nose. Carton Knight of Echmond faced a similar charge and paid a 14.95 fine. Both men discharged on payment.
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Lawrence Dick
Tigh Street
Gardiner
Owen J. Ledyard
Albert Henderson
Richmond Grange Hall
Dharmony
Troy
Henderson
Sherif
Carton Knight
Echmond
Bob Messenger
Bathman Witnesses Explosion on Steamer
Frank Arsenault of the U S Navy witnessed the explosion of a steamer at Tsing tao China. About 100 passengers were aboard with many killed or drowned. A woman's body was found in a propeller and cut away with difficulty. Arsenaults four year enlistment ends in December. Miss Bernice Carr passed Thursday in Lewiston.
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Frank Arsenault
U.S
EL Arsenault
Washington Street
Tsingtao
China
Arsenaults
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