Private capital links cities on new Mississippi barge line
The Ohio, a towboat of the Mississippi Valley Barge Line, left Cincinnati with 12 barges for New Orleans marking private investment in inland waterways. The line, backed by 3.5 million dollars from St. Louis and New York, will run weekly Cincinnati to New Orleans with barges 109 feet long and 21 feet wide, each 300 tons. Railroads will adopt through rail-barge rates to connect central and southern territories.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company
New Orleans
Inland Waterways Transportation
New Barge Line Company
St. Louis
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
River Transportation Company
L. Wade Childress
Arkansas
Mississippi Valley
New England Economic Parliament to Discuss Prosperity Policy
The Sixth New England Conference at Hotel Statler Boston November 20 21 will address vital economic questions. Governors from six states will lead sessions on industry recreation development agriculture banking and unemployment relief with a focus on short term measures and long range employment stability.
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New England
Hotel Statler
Boston
Newland Council
Whi
One City Laborer Named Heir to Yorkshire Fortune
A Bath man, unnamed, claims he is one of 27 heirs to the Metcalfe fortune of Yorkshire England valued around 60 million pounds. He expects a first payment about 250000 dollars yearly after government shares, with his relatives seeking work while toiling to keep his secrecy.
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Bank of
Liege
Yorkshire
England
Metcalfe
Bank of Liege
Metcalfes
Bath painter receives share of Nova Scotia estate
Frederick H. Smith of Bath, a painter at Bath Iron Works, learned in September 1929 he was an heir to an Annapolis Valley estate valued at a million dollars. He has received $1500 of his share. Smith now works as a driver for Gibbons Coal Co, after residing on Mechanic Street, and later moving to Goddard Street.
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Stanley Brown
Hllchelter Ral Roe
Arthur Sewall
Sewall
Fire Department
Brunswick
Leslie J. Ward
Committee On Fire Department
Committee On Fire Department, Supported Alderman Brown
Wold
Sewail
Brown
E. Mason Wright
Parks
Alan Brown
Wald
Harold E. Cutting
Ward
William Whitney
Wright
Frank Shepard
Board of Highways and Sewers
Oak Street
Bath Street
Middle
High Streets
Tarbox Street
Ellery E. Whittemore
Dike
Bedford Streets
Meadow Way
Water Street
William H. Shea
Beacon Street
Washington and
Dummer Streets
Bath Trust Co
Bath National Bank
First National Bank
Torre
Cee Ee
Frederick H. Smith
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Annapolis Valley
N. S
Gibbons Coal Co
Smith
Mechanic Street
Goddard Street
Young man traverses continent on 91 cents
A Rockland youth rode from Los Angeles to Rockland on 91 cents after being broke following a California tour with a dance orchestra. He stopped at the Kennebec bridge toll house for a chat while hitchhiking the final stretch. He said he crossed the continent in under a month and planned a square meal and a bed at home in Rockland.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Rockland
Kenmebco Bridge
California
Jos de Ry
Toll House
Lime City
Bath Y M C A Drive Surpasses Goal by 213 50
Roger D. Skillings reported to the Bath Y M C A board that the annual campaign raised 3713.50 dollars, topping the 3500 goal by 213.50. The drive drew 282 cash contributions and 18 pledges, with 300 total gifts.
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Roger D. Skillings
Y. M. C. A. Board of Directors
Bath
Mr. Skillings
Sidney L. Eaton
Ed Sewall
Arthur Il
William H. White
Charles C. Low
William C. Perkins
Arthur I. Stuart
Bangor
Bailey Evening School Opens Monday Night with 300 Attending
The Bailey Evening School of Indus opened Monday evening with nearly 300 registrations. Superintendent Wilson praised the program, noted new courses lip reading cooking and naval architecture, and stressed strict attendance due to state funding. Absentees risk dropping, and classes may close if attendance lags. night school begins at seven with guidance to contact teachers if delayed.
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Bailey Evening School of Industries
Morse
Wilson
Bath
Ballty Brening Co
Old Coaster Captain Hall Returns to Maine Coast
George Dreff watches Bath Box Co. wharf as Capt. Parker J. Hall, famed “lone trader,” sails his 80 foot schooner Refusing to abandon air he carries 68000 feet of lumber along the Maine coast. Hall recalls a half century of voyages from Bath to Bluehill Bay and beyond.
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George Dreff
Bath Box Co
Parker J. Hall
Bath
Bluehill Bay
Maine
Loring Oliver
Hall
Oliver
Capt
Theert P. King
Gardiner
Shaw’s Mill
Kingston
Marshfield
Mass
Carrie
Penobscot Bay
Sandy Point
Warren Howard
Howard
Brockton
Bowdeinham
Addie J
Monhegan
Provincetown
Bangor
Allen’s Island
George Smith
Capt. Hall
Capt Hall
Harvard
Russia
Bluehill Way
Kennebec
Parker Head
Box Shop
Three Year Old Hurt When Storm Door Fell
Vera Smith age three of 44 Mechanic Street suffered a fracture of the left leg after a storm door toppled while she played in the backyard Sunday forenoon. She was treated at City hospital by Dr. Joseph Smith and sent home. Her father, Edward H. Smith, was said to have inherited a substantial fortune a year earlier.
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Vera Smith
Edward H. Smith
Mechanic Street
City Hospital
Joseph Smith
Grindell hosts Cushman for Bowdoin Maine game visit
Mr and Mrs Thomas Grindell of Middle Street welcomed their nephew Daniel Cushman of Ellsworth as a weekend guest to attend the Bowdoin Maine game on Saturday.
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Thomas Grindell
Middle Street
Daniel Cushman
Ellsworth
American Maritime History Highlighted At Middle West Conference
H Gerris Smith president of the National Council of American Shipbuilders spoke at the Middle West Foreign Trade and Merchant Marine Conference. He traced early US shipping policy from 1789 Tariff Act to tonnage duties and emphasized American ownership in early commerce and trade policy.
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H. Gerrish Smith
National Council of American Shipbuilders
H. Gerris Smith
Smith
Middle West
Congress of the
United States
United
Congress
Great Britain
Far East
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Mississippi River
Ben Tate
Wade Childress
Fred W. Papolas
Lu-Ric
Small
Whitney
Sidermen
Optometriat Bath Trust
Bailey Evening School
Optometrist Tel
Miechling’s
Fumigant
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