American ships in the doldrums await a breeze
The Marine Journal notes merchant marine calm persists for months as crews overhaul rigs and prepare ships for renewed trade. It praises Shipping Board reforms under Skipper Lasker, cutting losses, pruning routes, modernizing propulsion, and Americanizing crews while facing rivals intent on hamstringing U.S. sea power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
The
Marine Journal
Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Shipping Board
Root and Branch
Department of Commerce
Zoard
Lasker
Rome
E.F.C
Ladies’ Aid Society
Old Methodist Parsonage
Sam
Young
T. R
Deer Laden Auto Draws Bath Gunners Attention
An automobile in Bath on Monday carried four deer and two geese along with two bucks believed owned by Mr and Mrs 2 FP Dillers of Leominster Mass. They arrived after staying at Comer's Inn The Forks with Charles and Edward Syde and included a spike horn brought back by the party. Mrs Dillers credited with two deer shot. Senator Baxter and brother J J Baxter returned from a Maine trip with a buck and five partridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Front Street
FP. Dillers
Leominister
Mass
Charles. W. Clifford
Comer’s Inn
the Forks
Clifford
Charles
Edward Syde
Tle
J. J. Baxter
Ide
Portland
Moseley Robbins Wedding Quietly Held in Bath
Monday morning announcement of the marriage between J Herbert Moseley Jr and Louise Robbins followed a Wednesday night ceremony at Corliss street church with Rev Elwyn O Taylor officiating. The couple will reside at 50 Cherry street Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Herbert Moseley, Jr
Louise Robbins
Corliss Street
Elwyn O. Taylor
John H. Moseley
Wollaston
Mass
Bath Tron Works, Ltd
Edward M. Robbins
Rose Street
Hatch Shoe Store
Moseley
Warnock
Lorraine entertains at Y gymnasium for a happy crowd
Joe Lorraine performed humorous music and machine imitations for a Y M C A audience of boys, girls, and families at the YAMLCLAL gym Saturday. A four reel film titled The Go Getter capped the evening and Miss Jennie Harvey announces dance classes in Rockland Temple hall on December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Lorraine
Yamlclal Gymnasium
Lorraine
Jennie
Harvey
Rockland Dee
Temple Hall
Community Notes from Five Islands Church and Town
Mrs. Marjorie Gray Hagan joined First Baptist Portland by letter and received into fellowship at Five Islands church. Local deacon temporary appointment. Bath visitors and engagements noted. Grange library gift, social meetings, and Sunday services scheduled. deer hunted locally. multiple residents visiting Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Gray ‘Hagan
Portland
Marjorie Gray Hagan
First Baptist Church of Portland
Byron Campbell
Orville Rowe
Manfred Newdick
Charles McFadden
Bath
Percy McGilvery
John Hinkley
Leslie Rowe
Grange
J. M. Stevens
Manson Campbell
Seguinhind
Allan B. Rowe
Dorothy W. Wheeler
South Portland
Rowe
Walter Rowe
Sylvia Barnes
Merton Davis
Davis
C. Davis
Flora Moore
George Rowe
John Hinckley
Forrest Hinn
Charles Boucher
Sunshine Circle
Dorothy Pinkham
Addie Davis
Charles Hanna
Mark
Hanna
Arthur Wilson
Theodore Thibodean
Edward Faye
C. A. MacMahan
Cambridge
Lena Carter
Loyi Totmman
Chester MacMahan
TP. L. Nickerson
Bath Grain Co
Five Islands
Frank Southard
State of Maine
Aerate Ee Cocina
Grange Taper
Merny Ak Eater
Kylan
Luke
Elle Stevens
Oceanic Food Sources: Hidden Plankton Layer
The text explores marine nutrition by noting oysters and Japanese sardines consume vast amounts of seawater daily and questions alternate food sources. It highlights a theory of the demerson as a plentiful, largely moribund organic matter formed from planktonic forms that settle as a thin seabed layer in Arctic waters and the Indian Ocean near the Milabar coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nihinouye
Arctic
Indian Ocean
Milabar
Main Street excerpt on women's thoughts and duties
The passage reflects a narrator urging women to examine personal thoughts about motherhood heaven and beauty, contrasting domestic labor with the patience required in marriage. It echoes Sinclair Lewis's focus on gender roles and social expectations in midwestern life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Sinclair Lewis
Crabs Walk Off With Clocks on Christmas Island
A Popular Science Monthly note reports fested landcrabs two feet across swarming traveler camps on Christmas Island in Oceanica. An expedition led by Admiral Wharton failed to protect supplies as crabs carried away two chronometers, illustrating their surprising boldness and the dangers posed to explorers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christmas Island
Oceanica
Admiral Wharton
Popular Science Monthly
Belladonna Means Beautiful Lady in Italian Usage
The term Belladonna derives from Italian for beautiful lady. The drug got its name because women used its juice to stain skin and brighten eyes for a gleaming, cosmetic effect.
Al wouldrasity MacTavisu Year: game with Sandy
A garbled dialogue fragment shows Sandy addressing his golf partner about difficulty balancing religion and speech. The odd wording suggests a humorous or uncertain exchange during a game. The text lacks clear names, places, dates, or outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy
Salvation Army Deaf and Dumb Corps in London
A Salvation Army unit in London operates a deaf and dumb corps attached to the main organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
London
Deaf and Dumb Corps
Roll Call of Bath Red Cross Solicitors
The Bath chapter of the American Red Cross begins its roll call with committee head William M. Adams and Mrs. Edward W. Hyde. Ward captains and ward solicitors are listed for wards one through seven with numerous Mrs. and Miss names guiding fundraising efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
William M. Adams
Edward W. Hyde
N. Gratz Jackson
Chester Plant
Harry Walters
Ruth Ledyard
Orrin BF. Frye
William S. Sewell
Arthur SK. Purington
Camilla Sewall
Sewall
North Bath
Phippsburg
Alice Minott
West Bath
Annie Trufant
Woolwich
Wilson Wright
Leland Mitchell
William Small
Guy Sprague
James Lockery
Carroll Deering
Eva Antworth
Lucian D. Fuller
W. OD Rieh
PB. Dunbar
Pearl Stanley
Riehard Quick
Carl Albee
Eo. Trott
W. A. Oliver
Elmer Campbell
Thomas Black
Ralph Fr. Whitehouse
Almon R. Perry
Frank G. Purington
Charles EB. Hirwitt
Katherine Mayers
Jeanette Smith
Ward
Bernice Worrey
Helen Powers
Dorothy Furber
Flora Fraser
Mary Appleton
Dorothy Appleton
Mavis
Gladys Olm
Phyllis Woylan
Winifred Johnson
New Fire Alarm Box 42 Installed in Business District
Chief Parks of the fire department announces box 42 at Front and Broad streets in the heart of the business district. The new box will reduce disturbances from alarms at City Hall and near Columbia Chambers and improve local fire protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
City Hall
Columbia Chambers
Foys and Girls Clubs Send Thanks for Hospitality
The Merry Workers club of Bowdoinham thanks families that opened their homes to Sagadahoc County Boys and Girls Agricultural clubs last week. Local leader Miss Helen Cy Hackett notes the children could not recall all family names, so Bath Times prints the thanks. Members mentioned include Kenneth Webber and Myron Heenie, Thelma Pratt, Hazel Hackett, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Merry Work- Lens Club
Bowdeinham
Helen Cy. Hackett
Merry
Bath Times
Kenneth Webber
Myron
Lorraine Heenie
Thelma
Buti Pratt
Hazel
Harold
Evelyn Hackett
Frederick Cheney
Dinsmore Winckley
Lela Bishop
Muriel Beals
Velma Fish
Rally Day Sunday School in China Described
Sunday school exercises at Winter Street reported highest attendance of the year with three classes at full turnout. Ralph G. Gold of the YMSCLA described a China scene in Poochow Mi and spoke to the Men's club on life questions in China. Joe Lorraine of New York played hand bells and shared a devotional Massnal Foch story from Paris before a major Allied offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Sun Cay
Los
Hargest
China
Ralph G. Gold
Ymscla
Poochow
Gold
Joe Lorraine
New York City
Massnal Foch
Paris
Williams Speaks On Banks And Banking To Grace Church Club
Daniel Williams assistant cashier of the First National Bank gave an informative talk to the Me's club of Grace church at the parish house on Oak street last Wednesday. Members asked many questions and a buffet luncheon was served by Charles G. Sanborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Me's Club
Grace Church
Oak Street
Daniel Wiliams
First National Bank
National Bank
Manny
Charles G. Sanborn
Ice race at Gardiner for $1000 purse
The event on the Kennebec at Gardiner this winter features a match between Tom Donahue of Gardiner and Tony Mae 2041, with Neo A. Wilson of the Bay State circuit as president. Tsaiah Morrell is listed as stakeholder in the stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Gardiner
Tom Donahue
Tony Mae
Neo A. Wilson
Bay State Cmrcuit
Tsaiah Morrell
India Land of Mystery and its Population Census
A feature framing India as Asia's burning heart of religion with a born diversity of language. It notes 147 languages, ten spoken by 10 million plus, and 18 of every 100 people worldwide live in India. The latest census lists 318,182,537 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Asia
Georgetown Parish Meeting Votes For Moderator Retention
A large Georgetown parish meeting Saturday elected Rev. W. TD Boyd to serve another year as minister. Burl Pottle was chosen clerk and Everett Higgins caretaker of the cemetery. A soliciting committee was named with Mrs. Roy Moore, Mrs. Everett Higgins, and Mrs. John Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. TD. Boyd
Burl Pottle
Everett Higgins
Roy Moore
John Williams
DB. TE Woodside
John Philodeau
George Oliver
Wy A. Todd
Ralph Reynolds
Ithe Todd
Joseph Higgins
Earl Pottle
Wired Reid
Woodside
Bath
Charles Russell
Ev. Wyel
Taps
Frank Peard
Working League
Wlan
Todd
Proffint
Bowdoinham
Joli Toma
Charles Martine
Bob. Rowe
Vath
Walter Newdick
Gid
Phaery Thorne
Mar Caller
Richmond
Georgetown
Mel. Wendall Baker
Pred) Reid) Parday
Sterns Scott
John Blackie
Plackie
Henry
Alvah Reynolds
Levi Toth
James Nixon
Ruth
Carroll Powers
Mabel Dinka
West
Z. Pinkban
Toward Heald
Mugene Reynolds
Starry Theald
Bowdoinhan
Johne Hunt
Truit
Tie
Clark
West Waee
Chouteau A Founder Of St Louis And Pioneer
Auguste Chouteau helped found St Louis with Pierre Laclede Li gueste. Born in New Orleans in 1739 he built the first fur trading station on the site on February 15 1764. The settlement grew after Ligueste laid out a town later named St Louis in honor of Louis IX.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chouteau
St. Louis
Auguste Chouteau
New Orleans
Pierre Laclede Ligueste
Ligueste
Laclede’s
Louis IX of
France
Pierre
Gems of Ruby mountains lure campers to Humboldt forest
The American Forestry Magazine extols Humboldt national forest offering quiet wilderness without movies or jazz bands. It invites visitors to hunt with a camera fish climb or rest amid vestal surroundings and enjoy the Ruby mountains lakes streams peaks and canyons near three high valley lakes among pine dotted meadows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt National Forest
American Forestry Magazine
Ruby
Three Lakes
Tunnel That Helped to Dig Itself
The Simplon tunnel under the Alps, described as the greatest tunnel, pumped 15000 gallons of water per minute from its southern end. It supplied power to compress air for drills and to refrigerate the tunnel. Heat in the deeper sections reached about 160 degrees Fahrenheit without artificial cooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simplon
Alps
Coming of Age Reflections on Youth and Life's Treasure
A meditation contrasts choosing perpetual youth with the gains of aging. It argues that delaying adulthood would erase friendships adventures and the wisdom earned through years, challenging the meaning of life and purpose.
Memory of tongue gift and mindreader warning
An optimistic note jokes about a mother-in-law with the gift of tongues and imagines the worse outcome if she were a mindreader, reflecting playful humor from the Chicago American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Water Stream Hazard With High Tension Wires
The bureau of standards warns that a hose stream aimed at high tension lines nearby can conduct electricity back to the hose handlers. Distance reduces danger as water breaks into drops before contacting conductors, becoming nonconductive. Postmasters in large cities handle many letters, including frivolous complaints such as a woman's note about a carrier allegedly engaged to an older woman and seeking his dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Standards
Astronomer Sells Name Rights for Asteroid
A German astronomer offered naming rights to the first to send $250 by post. Baron Rothschild replied with a check and asked the new asteroid be named after a member of his Indies line of the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Io Post Office
Baron Rothschild
Indies
Trees Strangle by Creepers and Honeysuckle Threats
Readers learn how plants display strength by lifting stones and splitting rock yet are defeated by creeping plants. Honeysuckle can kill a tree once it grips it, and tropical forests host many creepers that kill trees as they reach for neighboring hosts.
Wise Man Conserves Strength Quote
A Wise Man quotes Gladstone on conserving energy and choosing only tasks one can do well. The essay-style reflection emphasizes limits of body and mind and the value of focusing on the best pursued with purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Gladstone
Priceless Archives in Peril at Simancas Castle
Thirty three million documents stored in the Priceless Spain archives at the castle of Simancas near Valdadolid face risk from government neglect. The far reaching transfer of the archives of Spain largely dating to Cardinal Ximenez era is planned but unsafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priceloss
Simancas
Valdadolid
Spain
Cardinal Ximenez
Transwer
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Commonwealth Hotel
Bowdoin Street
Beacon Hill
State House
Boston
Hotel Avery
Avery Street
Morse Bros. Managing Directors
Beaver
C.L. Farnham Co, Inc
Mosely-Robbins
Crrange
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
F. S. Curtis Ter
Center Street
Bath, Maine
Einkabner
Belladonna
Salvationists Deaf and Jumb
RED Cross
FOYS
Williams
Klavicle
U.K
Bines
America
John J. Desmond
the House of Kuppenheimer Clothes
Ruby Mountains
Water and Electricity
Pricelese
Dager
Fletcher
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