Old Seta 8 Weitt Sean SEE Bath Musings on Historic SchoolhouseMove
A 18th century schoolhouse site near Bath faces repair or removal as public sentiment grows. The city may choose preservation, with a museum idea floated, while a joint Bath Brunswick Rotary meeting discussed highway improvements. The Bath Y M C A drive raised funds beyond 3500, led by Roger Skillings whose volunteer work draws praise.
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Seta
Weitt
Sean See
Shaw
Bath
Brunswick
Portland
Dangers of Fast Driving on Slippery Roads This Season
The piece notes risks from frost and leaves making highways slick and worn tires prone to blowouts. It warns that high speeds increase the chance of leaving the road and overturning after a tire blowout. Slower driving keeps headway controllable and allows prompt response.
Maine Attorney Lewis A Burleigh Dies in Augusta
Maine mourns the death of Lewis A Burleigh an Augusta attorney and son of the late United States Senator Edwin C Burleigh He earned a Bowdoin BA and an Harvard Law LLB and served in several public offices including a period with the Kennebec Journal of Augusta
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Maine
Lewis A. Burleigh
Augusta
United States
Edwin C. Burleaigh
Bowdoin College
Harvard Law School
Kennebec Journal
Launching at Bath Iron Works Next Saturday
Launchings are coming with frequency at Bath Iron Works with another scheduled to occur there next Saturday.
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Bath Iron Works
D A R Loyal Defends Daughters of the American Revolution
The D A R is praised as a patriotic organization preserving American traditions and defending the nation against internationalist critics. It rebuts Boston clergy and New York editors who call the group a threat, arguing it upholds democracy and national security against sentimentalism and foreign influence.
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Society of
Royal Women
Cincinnati Enquirer
Boston
Daughters of the American Revolution
America
Rural electrification sparks shift to future industrial centers
The article notes a long term migration from farms to cities reversing as rural electrification expands. It asserts rural towns are poised to lead industrial progress, with better schools and roads, and an expected rise of small towns as major industrial centers in the future.
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America
Hoover Armistice Day Idea Spurs Broad Congratulation
President Hoover proposed food ships immune from attack during war and drew warm replies from many quarters. The stance aims to prevent starvation as a weapon. The piece recalls Machias in the Revolution where a British ship threatened food supplies, sparking a Maine coast battle won by local farmers and fishermen.
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Hoover
Machias
Maine
Secretary Stimson seeks bigger appropriation for diplomacy
Secretary of State Stimson has asked the Budget committee for a larger diplomatic service appropriation. It has long been said the American diplomatic corps was poorly paid, but approval could raise salaries to be proportionate with those for comparable posts in other governments.
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Y.M.C.A
Bath
Roger Skillings
Skillings
Stimson
Budget Committee
Gardiner Names Directors for Waldo Hancock Bridge
Governor William Tudor Gardiner named the board for the Waldo Hancock bridge over the Penobscot River and said construction plans would proceed as soon as possible.
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William Tudor Gardiner
Waldo-Hancock
Penobscot River
Curley Gains Near 200 Votes in Boston Recount
Mayor-elect James M. Curley of Boston led the first day recount with roughly two hundred more votes than his opponent. The vote tally emphasizes Curley’s early advantage as officials continue to review ballots in the contested race.
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James M. Curley
Boston
Bath built destroyer We good account of fife self
A Bath built destroyer, the U S S Jenkins, served in World War I and later faced de armament. Launched 1912, 289 feet, 742 tons, she reached 31.27 knots on trials and fought in Vera Cruz, Santo Domingo, and Haitian waters. A collision era tragedy near New York killed Seaman William Lusso as the Jenkins aided convoy duties. She was decommissioned 1919 and laid up at League Island.
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Bath
Thornton A. Jenkins
Virginia
Farragut
Oneida
Monongahela
Richmond
Mobile
Mobile Bay
Jenkins
Lord Collingwood
Atlantic Torpedo
Vera Cruz
Santo Domingo
Queenstown
New York
William Lusso
League Island Navy Yard
Navy
Zero
Drayton
Jarvis
Walke
Mayrant
Perkins
Sterrett
Ammen
Beale
Burrows
Jouett
Fanning
McCall
Monaghan
Patterson
Paulding
Terry
Trippe
Roe
Squadron Zero
Bath Iron Works
Moore Coombs wedding in Bath vows at family home
Miss Madeline Coombs daughter of Mr and Mrs Isaac Coombs of 997 Middle Street and Carl R Moore son of Mr and Mrs Chester Moore of Boothbay Harbor wed November 4 in a ring ceremony at the bride’s parents home officiated by Rev F L Littlefield. The couple will reside in Boothbay Harbor after a reception of ice cream cake and cookies.
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Bath
Madeline Coombs
Isaac Coombs
Middle Street
Carl R. Moore
Chester Moore
Boothbay Harbor
F. L. Littlefield
Evelyn Coombs
Lawrence Coombs
Marion Brown
Doris Stover
Moore
Boothbay, Harbor High School
Central Maine Power Co
Bath native Robert Shaw active in 1933 Chicago World’s Fair plans
Bath native Robert P. Shaw, secretary of the National Research Council Advisory of Progress, leads the committee arranging the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair centennial pageant. He works with industrial and educational leaders, meeting with figures like Frank Jewett and Rufus Dawes as Congress authorizes future world participation once $5 million is raised. Shaw will attend events in Cambridge and previously worked with General Electric on street lighting.
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Hoover
Chicago
Bath
Robert P. Shaw
Shaw
National Research Council Advisory of Progress
West 40Th Street
New York
Frank Jewett
Tel. & Tel. Co
Philip D. Armour
Edward N. Hurley
Samuel Insull
Samuel Insull, Jr
Robert P. Lamont
Chauncey McCormick
Robert R. McCormick
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Arthur Meeker
Walter A. Strong
Frederic W. Upham
William Wrigley Jr
Congress
United States
National Capital
Cambridge
Mass
Lowell
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fred P. Shaw
General Electric Co
Schenectady
N. Y
New York City
Lynn
Newark
Roland T. Oakes
Holyoke
General Electric
Marion Dean
Fred R. E. Dean
Washington
Gillis Wins Newburyport Mayoral Nomination in Heated Race
In Newburyport Massachusetts Andrew Gillis known as Bossy Gillis tops five candidates in a pre election contest receiving more than seven hundred votes more than his closest rival. The total votes cast set a record for the city.
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Newburyport
Massachusetts
Andrew J. Gillis
Bath golfers show interest in purchase of Old Orchard course
Maine open champion Alex T. Chisholm and his brother Edward Chisholm along with Washburne W. Hinds show interest in buying the Old Orchard Country Club. The nine hole course will expand to 18 holes with improvements likely. the 1930 season could make it a Mecca for golfers from Maine and beyond.
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Bath
Old Orchard Country Club
Alex T. Chisholm
Maine
Edward
Old Orchard
Washburne W. Hinds
Portland
New England
Foxglove uses and legends collide in medicinal lore
Foxglove Digitalis ranks as a valued medicinal plant with leaves used for sedatives narcotics and diuretics though the plant remains poisonous. Legends tie the name to fairies thimbles and gloves with rivals tracing fox to folk. A surprise birthday party honored J A Reds on Le Mont Street with cards and neighbors.
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J. A. Reds
Lemont Street
Nine New Members of Cosmopolitan Club
The Cosmopolitan Club announces nine new members Flora Main Fahey Ricker Madelyn Skelton Emma Dunton and lists committees for a forthcoming minstrel show. Tickets costumes properties and tea details are given with members and officers named. A National Education Association program, a chicken supper, and a grange delegation to Dresden are noted with several event names and personages.
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Flora Main
Fahey
Ricker
Madelyn Skelton
Emma Dunton
Beatrice Noyes
Patricia Whalen
Miriam Margaret Kimball
Celia McElman
Annie Quinn
Marjorie Smiley
Alice Johnson
Evelyn Truss
Daniel T. Dougherty
George A. Churchill
Caldwell
Phillips
William Perry
Christine Curtis
Doris Dyer
Patricia Smith
Katherine Trott
Marcia Moulton
House
Christine Lockery
Agatha Lennox
Clinton D. Wilson
Dorothy Welch
J. Gertrude Silsby
Alice Ramsay
Mildred Nichols
National Education Association
John Carter
Grange
The
Dresden
Eastern River Grange
Copper Bath Tub Date Inscribed 1690 Found in Old House
A hand made copper bath tub bearing July 26 1690 was removed during razing of a two and a half story wooden dwelling at Spring and Middle streets. The date may be 1890 with the six erased to look like a 9, owner Joseph Dauphin reports. The house, linked to the Fisher estate sale, is believed 153 years old and featured wide pumpkin pine floor boards.
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Spring
Middle Streets
Joseph Dauphin
Daniel Bishop
Rope Walk Pond
Bennett’s Lane
Washington Street
Bath Box Co
M. G. Shaw
Shaw Mill Co
Dromore Grange Presents Mrs Briggs of the Poultry Yard
Dromore grange in Phippsburg staged the comedy Mrs Briggs of the Poultry Yard to a full house last Wednesday. Cast members included Viola Pashard and Charles Perkins Jr among others. The evening featured ice cream cake and dancing, and the grange netted 80.54 dollars plus a 10 dollar outside gift, with Edgar Oliver winning the quilt.
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Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Harbor View Property May Be Commercialized
Rumors say Harbor View hotel lot at Front and Vine could become a major service station site. An East oil and gasoline distributor has an option from Mayor Cahill, with an 80 day term. A beacon feature is proposed to light the surrounding area and be visible from afar.
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Harbor View
Front and Vine Streets
Cahill
New England
Guthrie Funeral Held at St Marys Church
Bridget A. Guthrie, member of the Old Folks Home family, funeral held Monday at St Marys Church with Rev Doucette officiating. Bearers named Neagle Guthrie Neagle Frates. Burial in Oak Grove. Lewiston Bates football team wins Maine state college football title with 7 6 victory over Colby. Curtiss Field Ruth Rockwell 18, college graduate, dies by suicide leaping from airplane.
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Bridget A. Guthrie
Old Folks Home
St. Mary’s Church
Fr. Doucette
Thomas P. Neagle
Roger Guthrie
Richard Neagle
Richard Frates
Oak Grove
Lewiston—Bates
Colby Edding
Curtiss Field
N. Y
Ruth Rockwell
CROSS WORD PUZZLE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CLUES
Puzzle listing with numerous horizontal and vertical clues spanning flora fauna Latin terms and historical figures. Includes 1-A shrub of Scotland 5-A water bird 9-Small deer 16-Proceeding from 28-A Southern constellation 41-Used In tennis 61-Weird.
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Scotland
Europe
W. Pacific
United States
Royal Navy
Mother
Emerson
Saylist
Arabia
Bahama Islands
S. W. Montana
Morse High School forms new Debating Club
The Morse high school debating club organized Tuesday afternoon under coach C F Cummings. Officers elected are Gene Ingalls president Marion Whit tie r vice president Mary Larrabee secretary Albert Ingalls treasurer. A committee to draft by laws includes William Bruce Hubert McCarty Dorothy Ham Roberta Hathorne Phyllis Spencer. Weekly meetings and winter social activity planned.
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Morse High School
C. F. Cummings
Gene Ingalls
Marion Whittier
Mary Larrabee
Albert Ingalls
William Bruce
Hubert McCarty
Dorothy Ham
Roberta Hathorne
Phyllis Spencer
Exercise Important for Gila Monster Captive Feeding Habits
The article notes the Gila monster is not poisonous despite its name and that it feeds on creosote bush leaves shoots and buds. It thrives in the wild but struggles in confinement, with excessive food and no exercise possibly shortening its life. Some Indian tribes regard it as a delicacy.
Hunters Head North for Week-Long Deer Trip
James Bonney and Wallace Atwood left Friday for Alton in the northern part of the state for a week's deer hunting. They will be joined next week by Ned Andrews and Alonzo Harriman.
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James Bonney
Wallace Atwood
Alton
Ned Andrews
Alonzo Harriman
City adopts blanket insurance on property
The city council approves a three year blanket insurance schedule covering city property. The plan, totaling 632,430 in coverage, replaces prior arrangements and is projected to save about 1000 over three years. Premiums total 7,849.54 with various agents earning commissions.
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City Insurance
New City Hall
Fred—H. Thompson
J. B. Drake & Sons
Owen J. Ledyard
Henry G. Hodgdon
E. S. Crosby Co
Skillings & Co
Frederick J. Hinckley
D. H. Humphreys
Planting by Girl Scouts in Albany County Camp Grounds
Sixty Girl Scouts of Albany County New York planted 1300 trees at Camp Cogswell in Rensselaer County under the supervision of Mrs Charles J Herrick Commissioner and Miss Naomi F Kopanske local director. More than 800 pine and 500 Norway spruce were planted. Toronto Ont J A Robb Canadian minister of finance dies aged 70.
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Girl Scouts
Albany County
N. Y
Camp Cogswell
Rensselar County
Charles J. Herrick
Girl Scout Council
Naomi F. Kopanske
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Front Street
Nichols, Pres, and
Treas
Hardy
C Webber
Bet Batti
Coco Ve
D. A R. Loyal
Hpta
National Research Council
Fox
Cosmopolitan Club
Woolwich Grange
Dr. T . Wilson
John C
Flanders Field
Florence Sables Temple
Flanders
Rosa Wooley
Ethel Bailey
Alton Soule
U. S
Anna Soule
Rachel
Hadddon
Pershing
Tomb of
Lafayette
Eldie Wright
Robert Service
Mrs. Soule
Louise Stickney
Irene Metcalf
Nellie Dowling
Charles H. Butler
Frank Metcalf
Bradford- Wright-Sortwell Post, A. L
Wiscasset
N. W
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the International Syndicate
NEW Debating
Toronto
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