Winnegance road survey and village club notes
State Highway Inspector W T Allen surveyed the new road near the George H Ingalls place amid mud and rutting. Selectmen plan limits on load weights. a groundwater spring must be addressed before gravelling. Winneganee hosts several women clubs and a new Misses club with Doris Morse. Mystery club forms on Bath side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Allen
George H. J. Ingalls Place
Mr. Allen
Leason
Winnegancee
Misses Club
Doris Morse
Bath
Mystery Club
Belle Hunt
Frank
I Rogers
Grant's Hospital
Moore
Ember
Louise
Littl
Albert Morse
Charles Rogers
Clifford Road
Charles B. Williams
Winneganee
Edgar
Harry Williams
Edgar Williams
Mr. Williams
S. A. Small
Winneyance
Asbury R. Campbell
Seaseball
Prank G. Purington
Boston
Alpheus Purington
Charles Morse
Lack River
Alton Oliver
Waldo Weston
Perry
Rogers House
Bridge Hill
Almon RR
Lewiston
Ice block halts Niagara River flow at Niagara Falls
The Detroit News recalls an 1908 event when ice blocked the Niagara River above Goat Island, nearly drying the American falls for a day. Orrin E. Dunlap photographed the scene showing a dry or nearly dry bed with a small stream and spectators roaming the bed of the falls. Canadian diversion due to the ice left the water mainly on the other side. The same occurrence happened in February 1905 for a day or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
Lake Erie
Goat Island
Weight of Light and Its Substantiality
A vintage discussion notes that light has weight inferred from a 1919 May eclipse experiment. It claims light can be acted upon by the sun to shift its position, implying light possesses mass albeit extremely small. It estimates the daily value of sunlight at about one hundred sixty tons and the cost of light from gas and electricity at roughly ten million pounds per ounce.
Bamboo's Versatile Use From Fence to Fan and Pipe
A Chinese farmer begins by planting bamboo fences around his house and gradually harvests the grove. He then makes every item he needs from the plant from house components to simple goods like fans, opium-pipes, and chopsticks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Woolwich Community Notices and Obituary Summary
Mrs Eva B E Soule 60 widow of James T Soule died Tuesday at her Woolwich home after a long illness. Funeral Friday at two at the home. Born in Wiscasset she lived in Woolwich 50 years active in Free Baptist Montsweag church and a Grange member. She leaves six sons James John Loring Soule Charles A. Soule George W. Soule Leslie Soule. three daughters Alice Jones Mrs Edward Kane Pearl Wiggins. one brother Almon Robinson and sister Harriet Bailey. The column records local movements, visits, a deer hunting report, school and church events, dam construction at Nequasset and a harvest supper fundraiser clearing over $800 for the Nequasset Ladies Aid treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva BE. Soule
James T. Soule
Montsweag
Woolwich
Soule
Wiscasset
Edward Robinson
Mr. Soule
Free Baptist Church
The
Grange
James T
John G
Loring IX. Soule
Charles A. Soule
Bath
George W. Soule
Augusta
Leslie Soule
Damariscotts Mills
Alice M. Jones
Edward Kane
Manchester
N. H
Pearl Wiggins
Almon Robinson
Harriet Bailey
Lynn
Mass
Hattie Collins
Charles Fullerton
Ames
Monmouth
Leroy Jameson
George Rice
Maine
Arietta Galn
Seth PR Gahn
Whitefield
Riverside Cemetery
Gahn
Ruby McIntosh
Adna
Duncan McIntosh
Chopps School Improvement League
Ferry
Jeane
Lillian Watson
Leon
Mmma Leonard
Baptist Center
Cecil Hodgdon
Bath Water District
Nequasset
Nequasset Methodist Church
Misses Pearl
Phyllis Hall
Portland
E. H. McDonald
Methodist Church
John Carter
Orin K E. Baker
National Cash Register Co
Clayton Baker
George ©. Shaw Co
Scott G. Bailey
New Hampshire
Swift & Co
Clinton Trailey
Edwin J. Hardin
Congregational Church
Day's Ferry
Ladies Aid of
Nequasset Mo
Rachel Gilmore
Ladies Aid
Local Notes On Visits And Work In Maine Towns
Fitch of Lexington Massachusetts stayed with his family at the Kennebec house over the weekend. Miss Agnes Lilly visited Mrs Maude Wharf for a few days. Perkins was home and moving lumber for S R Chase at Murphy's Corner. Mrs John Lilly attended a relative in Richmond. George Tibbetts and Siegard of Sagadahoe ferry worked along the electric power line clearing bushes. Miss Alice Lilly visited Miss Mary Siegars this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.oal Fitch
Lexington
Maiss
Wis
Kennebec House
Agnes Lilly
Maude Wharf
Ala
Perkins
S.R. Chase
Murphy's Corner
John Lilly
Liichmond
C. H L. Jims
Glenwood Siegard
Sagadahoe Ferry
George Tibbetts
Alice Lilly
Mary Siegars
Victor Emmanuels Mustache and Royal Image
Victor Emmanuel I of Italy grew a formidable mustache that hindered eating at public banquets. After the Battle of Novara he dyed hair and mustache black to project a regal image, avoiding barbers and servants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Enmimianuel I
Jaly
Victor Emmanuel
Novara
Beyond the Pale Criticism and Artistic Value Cited
A quotation argues some books are not fit for critique or artistic scrutiny regardless of how many editions they have issued. The remark by Jules Lemaître emphasizes the limit of criticism when works fail to achieve artistic status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Lemaitre
Veteran Firemen Present A Play In Center Street
Sagadahock Veteran Firemen's association staged Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for about 100 patrons in their Center street rooms on a Wednesday night. W F Swain played both roles with strong dramatic skill while a vaudeville program followed featuring soloist Mary Selinger and duets by Madelyn Hinkley and Leona Swain. The event drew women to form an auxiliary and promote further winter entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahock
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
W. F. Swain
Dr. Jekyl
Dr. Langdon
Joseph Winston
George McLain
Fane
O. Swain
Langdon
Madelyn Thnockley
Jennie Hall
Leona Swain
Jekyl
William FP. Swain
Winston
McLain
Inspector
Mary Selinger
Madelyn Hinkley
Lloyd Green
Lungs and Gills: Lungfish on View at New York Zoo
A lungfish, a rare link between fish and reptiles, is on display at the New York zoo after being traced to a 20 million year ancestry. Caught in Australia’s Mary River, it thrives both on land and in water, using lungs when dry and gills in water. It hides in mud when out of water and feeds mainly at night, with a glass aquarium housing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Zoo
Mary River
Australia
Sons of the Abbot and the Abbey’s Kin Ties
The article explains that the term son of the abbot arose from Gaelic and Anglicized names like MacNab and that abbeys often had lay administrators. It notes clergy celibacy did not always prevent familial connections and that some married men became monks, making their sons sons of the abbot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacNab
Abbott
Abbotson
Ancestry of Moonfish Opah Famed for Odd Lineage
The moonfish or Opah known as Mariposa in California is a broad flat open-sea dweller. It can weigh up to 400 pounds with a deep long body, flattened sides, toothless mouth and short tail. The sole living Lampris species is not allied to other fishes, forming its own order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Baboons Fear Airplane Flight Over Kiamaehs
English traveler Norman Chase notes baboons near Kiamaehs showing fear and crowding together as a low flying airplane passes overhead. His well bred Airedale also grows uneasy, suggesting the aircraft's noise and sight unsettled both animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Chase
Kiamaehs
Mr Chase
Accident injures Mrs. Carpenter and six children near Whippsburg
Mrs Rose Carpenter sustained a serious accident Tuesday while transporting Dromore school scholars from Whippsburg to Pitch Pine Hill when part of the harness broke and the horse bolted. Mrs Carpenter was unconscious and taken to the Cutting home for Dr Grant of Bath to tend her. One child, William DeWolfe, had a head bruise. others escaped unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Carpenter
Dromore
Whippsburg
Pitch Vine Hill
H. W. Cutting
Bath
Randolph
Seguin
National Soldiers Home
Togus
Eugene Coleman
Gibbons Coal Covl
Trwin Mclntire
Middle Street
Alf, Williams
Camp Meade
Washington
Edith Taylor
Falmouth
Popham Beach
BE. Perey
Mark L. Perey
Cox's Head
New Bergen
Nod
Frank Frisbee
William R. Campbell
Portland
S.C. Campbell
Eastman
Boothbay
Alvin
Wallace
Treboken
N. J
William Totman
Capt. Totman
Frank DeWolfe
Parker Rogers Place
Henry Minott
Peat Handling Machinery Gains Commercial Ground in Europe
European use of peat handling machines grows with government support and experiments. Sweden leads with peat powder as locomotive fuel and several large plants, while Canada pursues commercial peat preparation. European peat fuel usage totals 15 to 20 million tons annually, per the US Bureau of Mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Sweden
Canada
United States Bureau of Mines
Fort Dearborn
Hawaiians a Mixed Race Says Sullivan Study
Louis R. Sullivan of the American Museum of Natural History in New York studied 2000 titives from Hawaii to describe racial links. He says Hawaiians are cousins of Chinese, Japanese, Malays and other Asiatic peoples, with ancestry including American Indian and Eskimo and a touch of European and Australian aborigine stock. Further ethnological work is planned in Samoa and beyond. The Polynesian is noted as dying out, with investigations pressed to publish results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis R. Sullivan
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Hawaiian
Europe
Samoa
Prominent Naval Officer Visits Bath Plant
Rear Admiral John R. Robison, engineering chief of the U S Navy and chief of the Bureau of Engineers, visited Bath Tron Works Ltd as a guest of Charles D. Wetherbee. The lengthy career includes commands on the Indianapolis and Kentucky, service in the Spanish American War, World War I duties, and roles in Allied commissions and relief efforts after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Robison
United States Navy
Bureau of Engineers
Navy Department
Charles D. Wetherbee
Bath Tron Works, Ltd
Ife
Naval Academy
Isst
Ecole Duo Genie Maritimes
Paris
Ise
Tso
Minneapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
Indiana
Kentucky
Dixie
Newport
Tlantington
Athletic
Cardiff
Wales
Allied Commission
Admiral Sims
London
Leo
Food Commission
United States Shipping Board
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Imperator
Florida
Grandmother Encourages Little Joe to Try Cookies
At grandmother's house for dinner Little Joe avoids food until she entices him with homemade sugar cookies. He explains he tried to eat before dinner but cannot. The Indianapolis News conveys a gentle family moment centered on cookies and proper mealtime manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Joe
Joe
Indianapolis News
Beggars in Constantinople Provoke Pity on Wet Streets
The account describes constant beggar presence in Constantinople, mostly Armenians, who harass pedestrians by following them and wailing. Some display deformed babies believed to be rented to provoke sympathy and secure baksheesh. Children lie in the street to appear asleep and elicit generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Amount of Salt in the Sea
Ocean water contains about 3.77 percent salt. If all sea salt were formed into a block, it would measure 4,500,000 cubic miles. Spreading it would cover the United States to a depth of one and a half miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Four Generations Share Birthday Dinner at Pepper Home
At 2 dinner Tuesday noon at 41 Middle Street Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pepper hosted four generations. Attendees included Mr Pepper, his daughter Mrs William A Jack, his grandson Louis A Jack, and great grandson William Jack. Mar Pepper turned 3 years old and Louis Jack also celebrated a birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Pepper
Middle Street
Mr. Pepper
William A. Jack
Louis A. Jack
William Jack
Mar. Pepper
William Jach
Louis Jack
Pepper
And
Maes
William
Cooking Eggs With a Bit of String Trick
An Indian fakir performs a cooking eggs stunt using a barrer boot tongue and four strings. The egg is spun in a sling at high speed to cook without a clock, then returned to its soft state on command. He chats with the crowd, avoiding timekeeping scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Guatemala Demographics and Geography Snapshot
The passage states Guatemala covers 48.26 square miles, about 2,000,000 people representing roughly 40 percent of Central America's total, with a large indigenous population. It contrasts with neighbors where mixed ancestry is common or Indians were exterminated in one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
New York
Central America
Private Fish Ponds in Nauru Villages
Natives of Nauru keep fish alive in lagooned hillsides. Each village owns a lagoon and each household shares a fenced water portion where live fish are kept for future meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nauru
Pacific
Family Laxative and Worm Expeller Ad on Page
Mothers urged to watch children for worm symptoms and use Dr True's Elixir a vegetable worm expeller. Promotes purifying bowels and relieving constipation praised as tried Maine doctor remedy for four generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rue
Maine
Dr. True
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Ingalls
Ssquawah
Enor
Alice Colson
Sherman Morse
Forrest Rice
Gardiner
Owen's
Crib
Bege
Phippsburg
W. A. Perry
K. Howe
Eugene Spinney
Harold Crocker
Marion Morse
Morse High School
Miss Morse
Guy Nickerson
Brunswick
Prank Allegrin
Charles KH. Tlewitt, Jr
Red Cross
Robert Oliver
Dr. Mullin
Alfred Oliver
Frank Allegrin
Sybil Houlette
Dresden
Winfield Morse
Waldo Westen
George Dennison
Madelyn
Freeport
Leon Pennell
Charles Stinson
Men Walker Daive
Higgins Pendh
Olnes
Terex
Arthur Maxfield
Ernest M. Holman
Fred Dwyer
People's Church
Charles Preble
Warren Pashard
Bertha Cole
Mars
Henry Sandbach
Bridgeport
Conn
Scott Ro Prge
Joseph Charles Footer
Wilton G. Bates
John G. Morse
Walter
Derry
Bridge Hall
George S. Rogers
Louise Morse
Albert. Morse
Niagara River
Weight of
Eva E. Soule
Victor Emmaanuel
George Crockett
Joseph Melzard
George C. Beals
Comet
Back River
Tierbert Spinney
Parker
Charles A. Rollins
Thompson Bros
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