Noble Maxwell lighter launched by Boston Sand & Gravel
The Noble Maxwell steam lighter, built for the Boston Sand & Gravel Co of Boston, was launched at F. Cobb Co. yard in Rockland. It will be the largest of its class in American waters and carries a 575 ton implied capacity with 1100 ton cargo ability, powered by a 700 hp triple expansion engine and two Roberts boilers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Maxwell
Boston Sand & Gravel Co
Boston
F. Cobb Co
Rockland
Barbara Lane
E. Leroy Lane
Rockland Courier-Gazette
Maine
Mr. Maxwell
Richmond
Portland Company
Portland
Roberts
Red Bank
N. J
Bangor
Maxwell
John J. Wardwell
Fureka
Bath
Charles Rowe
H. M. Jewett
William H. Benner
Boston Sand and Gravel Co
Scituate
Mass
Newburyport Bar
Breaks Neck Fatal Fall at Lewiston Bowl-A-Lleys
George C. Barker a nearly 60 year old colored man was found unconscious in the Bowlaway bowling alleys Lewiston Thursday. He died from a broken neck believed caused by a fall against a boiler with no inquiry planned. Barker was known for window washing work in two cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Barker
Bowlaway
Lewiston
Barker
H. F. Walker
Breen
Ricker
Graveau
O'Connell
Long Life Recipe Promoted By Physician
A famed physician advocates a longevity formula focusing on kidney health and toxin elimination. He recommends a milk and vegetable diet, ample water, exercise to sweat, and avoidance of meat galt alcohol and tea to reduce uric acid and alleviate backache and rheumatic symptoms. He touts Anuric from Dr. Pierce of Buffalo for dissolving uric acid and invites trial requests for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Invalid’ Hotel
Buffalo
N.Y
Pierce
Francis W. Gallagher Dies at 37 in New London
Francis W. Gallagher aged 37 died after three weeks illness in New London. He was born in the city and worked at Bath Iron Works in ship carpentry for twelve years. Survived by a wife, two brothers John and Thomas, and four sisters Mrs Albert Reed Mrs Joseph Brownberger Mrs Frank Brown and Mrs Fred E Oliver. Funeral held Sunday at 2 pm from sister Mrs F E Olivers home in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Francis W. Gallagher
Francis Gallagher
Bath Iron Works
John
Thomas
Albert Reed
Joseph Brownberger
Frank Brown
Lewiston
Fred E. Oliver
Bath
F. E. Oliver
Robinson's Lane
Mrs. Anna G. Snipe Dies in Hebron at 48
Mrs Anna G Snipe of Arrowsic wife of Frank H Snipe died in Hebron Friday night aged 48 She had been a Hebron patient for six months Born in Woolwich she was daughter of the late Gilbert Hathorn ed Survived by husband son Harold E Mildred E Snipe and her mother A Methodist Church member The body was brought to Arrowsic Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna G. Snipe
Arrowsie
Frank H. Snipe
Hebron
Sargent Visits Town For Eightieth Birthday Ballot
J. W. Sargent of Sheepscot marked his eighty year by walking two miles to vote for Mr. Hughes and expressed disappointment at the result. He runs a general repair shop in Sheep scot housed in an old clapboard building with handmade nails. Sargent dislikes cold weather as his hands numb, though summer eases his plight. He is a frequent Bath visitor and on Tuesday the Ladies' Aid of People's Baptist Church served another boiled dinner in Lincoln Hall.
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J. W. Sargent
Sheepscot
Hughes
Sargent
Mr. Sargent
Bath
Ladies’ Aid of People’s Baptist Church
Lincoln Hall
Mail pouch from Brunswick to Bath restored
The 12:05 a.m. pouch run between Brunswick and Bath has been restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Bath
Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets Ad Read
A vintage advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female ailments and a tonic for exhaustion. It promotes Pleasant Pellets to regulate stomach liver and bowels and offers a free Common Sense Medical Adviser by mail from Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kr. Vierce
Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Needlework Guild Exhibition Supports Bath Needy
The Bath Needlework Guild held its annual exhibition at the Cosmopolitan Club to donate clothing including underwear blankets shoes stockings and other items to Bath's needy. Directors plan to distribute before Christmas and supporters are urged to feel pride in aiding a top national charity. The board hosted tea at the Cosmopolitan Gift Shop with prominent members joining Mrs Harold M Sewall. The Bath division founded in 1912 has aided hundreds of unfortunate people and lists officers and directors. Burgess Lang Co of Boston has bought most stock of the First National Bank of Auburn and recommends Henry Palmer as director. Rumors say a Lewiston branch and a potential manager William E Carrigan. The Popham Club met with Miss Josephine Mason for sewing and social time. next meeting hosts Mrs James Richardson for the eighth anniversary with the gentlemen as guests.
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Needlework Guild
Cosmopolitan Club
Bath
Harold M. Sewall
Cosmopolitan
Charles P. Wetherbee
Viola Hogan
Elizabeth Moses
Celia Hatch
Wilber Cahill
Gertrude Savage
Robert B. Hatch
Fred E. Drake
Culbert McGay
Milton H. Douglas
Mary Mussenden
Harry A. Walters
Myra Arnold
J. E. C. Sawyer
Charlotte Meeker
Lydia Moses
J. R. Andrews
Maxwell Powers
Mary P. Hill
Burgess, Lang & Co
Boston
First National Bank of Auburn
Henry Palmer
Bath Savings Bank
Portland
First National of
Auburn
Maine
Boston Banking House
Lewiston
William E. Carrigan
Popham Club
Josephine Mason
Beckett St
Alfred Rowe
Frank Gilman
Parker Haley
Isaac Stewart
Frank Howe
James Richardson
Glenwood Ave
Grady Finishes Washington Street Walk This Week
Contractor Grady will finish concrete work in this city this week with the west side walk between South and Union Streets. He will return with his crew to Bangor where a Kenduskeag bridge contract will keep them busy for several weeks. Grady and his two sons have made many friends during their three months stay in town.
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Grady
Washington St
South
Union Sts
Bangor
Kenduskeag
State Highway Commission orders speedometer road survey
The State Highway Commission asks Maine town selectmen to measure all roads with an automobile speedometer after surveying many Maine roads last summer. This move aims to gauge speed conditions and improve traffic enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Journal
State Highway Commission
Maine
Married Beal couple marks 62nd anniversary in Sagadahoc
Rev. and Mrs. Zaacheus M. Beal of Bowdoin Center celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary on Oct. 3. The couple, long rooted in the region, have six children, 12 grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Beal, born Aug. 19, 1835, has served as a Baptist minister and farmer. His wife Phoebe A. Trufant Beal, married Oct. 3, 1854, in Woolwich. They lived in Bowdoin Center most of their lives and remain in good health with keen memories. Their family includes Annetta Higgins of Topsham and Judge George W. Beal of Lisbon Falls.
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Zaacheus M. Beal
Bowdoin Center
Topsham
Annetta Higgins
Sagadahoc County
Read Nichols
Bath
Bowdoin
Nathaniel Beal
Gardiner
Bowdoinham
Baptist Church
Beal
Phoebe A. Trufant
Adam Trufant
Squire Rogers
Woolwich
West Bath
Lizzie C. Cleak
Ella Hoyle
Rachel Potter
Mary Monitt
Portland
George W. Beal
Lisbon Falls
Bath and Woolwich Youths Win Indoor Meet Tally
The YMCA gym hosted an indoor meet between Bath and Woolwich junior boys. Bath won 27 to 17 with Holbrook and Moody among top winners. A post-meet basketball game favored Bath. The American Defense Society cup was awarded aboard the battleship New York with Captain Charles F. Hughes accepting. New York scored 59.750 to Texas 59.271.
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Young Men’s ‘Christian Association
Y.M.C.A
Woolwich
Bath Boys
Holbrook
Bath
John Moody
Preble
Freeman
Lord
Atwood and
Whittam
B. Reed
C. Reed
Buck
W. J. Cartmill
D. McInnes
W. Perkins
American Defense Society
Atlantic
New York
David Jayne Hill
U. S
Germany
Charles F. Hughes
Hughes
Texas
Boston visitors travel by Ford report cold ride
Mr and Mrs F W McFarland and I E Marr arrived from Boston Friday evening in McFarland s Ford car starting at 4 pm and arriving at 10 30 pm They note a very cold trip Mr McFarland and Mr Marr work for the Boston Bridge Co They spent Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs John Currier in Arrowsie Mrs Marr stays at the Currier home due to ill health
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. McFarland
Ie. A. Marr
Boston
Norwegian interests purchase barkentine in Chelsea Mass
Norwegian interests have purchased the four masted barkentine at Chelsea Massachusetts for about 130000 dollars. The vessel was originally planned as a schooner but the plans were changed. It will be ready for service early next January. Anna B Hunt departed Saturday for Savannah to spend the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea Mass
Anna B. Hunt
Savannah
Fruit-A-Tives Busts Into U S Market Promotion
The advertisement touts Fruit-A-Tives as a world remedy now available in the United States at the same price as Canada. It claims cures for indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, kidney and bladder issues, rheumatism, headaches, and more, urging purchases via dealers or postpaid orders from Fruit-ative Limited, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
England
United States
Ottawa
Fruit-ative Limited
Ogdensburg
New York
Clever Playset Delights Morse High Audience
Friday evening at Morse High Assembly hall a seniors presentation of the skit Thirty Minutes for Refreshments drew a crowded audience of schoolchildren. The show featured John Downley Percy Miller Clarence Fitts and others with a post performance dance and a successful reception for Bishop Benjamin Brewster during his Maine visit. The Augusta Johnson schooner was towed to Bath on Friday after lumber unloading and Mrs Rookes of Water Street underwent appendicitis surgery and is recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
John Downley
Percy Miller
Clarence Fitts
Charles Attaya
John Foxton
Norman Howard
Major Pepper
E. W. Hyde
F. P. Shaw
W. Dayton Hill
O. F. Williams
C. H. Cahill
C. S. Brown
Graze Church
Benjamin Brewster
Maine
Bath
Augusta Johnson
Lewis
Augusta Lumber Co
Hingham
Mass
Texas bowlers sweep Hyde Windlass in Bath office league
In Bath Friday, Texas office bowlers won three straight games from Hyde Windlass fore men 1220 to 1038 in a display of steady bowling. Dodge and Huffman led singles with 90. Dodge topped totals with 257, six pins ahead of Huffman. Lisbon Enterprise notes Lewiston State Fair as a second class affair next to Topsham's offerings.
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Texas
Hyde Windlass
Dodge
Huffman
Lisbon
Lewiston
Topsham
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North St
Frederick
Elizabeth Hart
Elm St
Hannigen
John L. Hayes
Central Maine Power Co
Kennebec
Chopps Point
Shaw
Front St
New England
L. F.” Medicine CO
Portland, Maine
Z. M. Beal
U.S.A
Assembly Hall
Albert Attaya
Bath Orchestra
Fletcher
Castoria
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Chichester
A. B. Watson
Union Street
YE A Central Railroad
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
Bath, Maine
Cyrus W. Longley
Dr. Thomas
Eclectic Oil
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