Plymouths Commemoration Marks Pilgrim Heritage
A Plymouth commemoration service, arranged by the Free Church Council, honored the Mayflower voyage and the Pilgrim Fathers. Local officials, a member of Parliament, and Dr. Zelie of Daytona spoke, praising the founders’ quest for religious liberty and noting England’s commemorative traditions.
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Harat
England
Plymouth Free Church Council
John Sheridan Zelie
Daytona
Florida
Bangor
Williams
Holland
America
Pilgrim Fathers
Massachusetts Bay
Plymouth
United States
Far East
Zeke
Maine
College Education Emphasized by Four College Presidents
Four college presidents urge undergraduates to gain wisdom and character through wide campus life. Bates President Gray notes college develops preexisting character, not creates it. They stress balance of athletics, study, and activities to form a well rounded graduate capable of thoughtful analysis.
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Maine
Gray
Bates
College
William B Shearer Depicts Self as Failing Lobbyist
William B Shearer, a lobbyist who boasted of breaking up the Naval Disarmament Conference at Geneva and then failing to secure full payment from three major shipbuilders, is in a dire situation. His threat to expose the yards for more money backfired, casting doubt on his effectiveness and tainting the shipyards he claimed to aid. His once bold services now seem cheaply potted and suspect.
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William B. Shearer
Geneva
Lucre
Resting Trees Quietly Work Hidden Winter Tasks
In winter trees seem to sleep but life processes continue beneath the surface. Warm spells in mid winter barely affect them compared with spring heat, since their winter season is not yet finished and several activities must complete before buds and leaves appear.
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Middle States
Housewives and the tariff debate in conservative estimates
The piece argues women, as 85 percent of consumers, should influence tariff policy. It notes housewives’ opposition to tariff increases and cites proposed sugar boosts benefiting a single beet sugar firm, while costing families millions annually on goods and apparel.
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Congress
Republican Party
Bar Harbor Swimming Club to be renamed Bar Harbor Club
Bar Harbor’s harbor front club, long known for gatherings of about four hundred, will change its name to Bar Harbor Club. The shift sparks local talk and reveals an unwritten rule against Mt. Desert natives joining, a stance now questioned by residents and observers alike.
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Bar Harbor
Maine Winter Jokes Amid Snow Yet Floods Haunt Georgia
The piece notes Southern jokes about Maine winters while Georgia and South Carolina suffer flood damage to crops and roads on Thursday and Friday. Levee breaks near Augusta cause deaths and livestock losses. Bahama Islanders report twenty dead as Key West damage assessments proceed. Circuit Judge William S. Kenyon is named as a Republican senatorial candidate in Iowa, praised for Teapot Dome ruling and valued for his current federal bench role.
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Maine
Old Boreas
Georgia
South Carolina
Augusta
Bahama Islands
Key West
William S. Kenyon
Iowa
Senate
August Railroads See Improved Service and Tax Relief
August reports of the Boston and Maine and Maine Central Railroads show greater improvement than in 1927 and 1928. Investments in betterments are paying off with faster service and lower Maine taxes likely aiding the trend. Railroads and highways serve as a key state barometer with public participation as a partner.
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Boston & Maine
Maine Central
Maine
Marriage as supreme goal questioned by Newport belle
A Newport belle argues marriage is not the primary aim for wealthy American girls. She says they seek to develop individuality and usefulness, viewing marriage as incidental. She notes happiness comes from earning one's living rather than lingering at home chasing an unattainable ideal.
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Newport
Miss Dorothy Antel Runs Sunshine Shop Nine Years Later
Crippled nine years ago, Dorothy Antel continues to manage the Sunshine Shop in New York City by telephone, directing the business despite her disability.
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Dorothy Antel
Sunshine Shop
New York City
Wallace H White Jr Gets Encouragement In Senatorial Fight
A Maine reader offers warm praise for Wallace H. White Jr, praising his clean record in Congress and comparing him to his grandfather P Frye. The note urges White to visit home folks, recognize his Washington duties, and accept a familiar, intimate greeting when meeting the writer.
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Wallace H. White, JR
Grand jurors drawn for next term of Sagadahoc court
Sagadahoc supreme court in Bath will empanel grand jurors for the October term on the eighth with Associate Justice Charles P. Barnes presiding. The traverse jurors will sit for the term in the Bath Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Topsham West Bath and Woolwich districts.
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Sagadahoc Supreme Court
Bath
Charles P. Barnes
Arrowsie
Frank Clark
James Blair
Oliver F. Brown
John E. Fitzgerald
Scott Golder
Richmond
Walter T. Knight
William A. Lewis
Topsham
John Tarbox
Jesse Taylor
West Bath
Elmer Higgins
Woolwich
Fred Carlton
N. H. Drummond
James P. Ledyard
Alfred R. Pratt
Owen E. Rogers
Eugene H. Sprague
Levi T. Thompson
Just B. Wold
Bowdoin
Henry M. Webber
Bowdoinham
Charles M. Blodgett
Zina Maxwell
Georgetown
Edward Wren
Phippsburg
Everett Wallace
Homer E. Alexander
T. W. Card
Charles A. Rogers
Harry Edgecomb
Foster B
H. W. Totman
J. R. Wing
Everson C. Stinson
Special Routes Seen for Slow Motorists in Rhode Island
Harold R. Shinpee of the Rhode Island state board of public roads warns that congestion on trunk roads may force detours to slower routes as the state’s high population density increases accidents. He says fast drivers cause most crashes at intersections and suggests dedicated right of way for slower automobilers to manage cross traffic safely.
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Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Harold R. Shinpee
State Board of Public Roads
Mr. Shippee
Shipnee
Deputy Collector Joseph B. Clancy Returns From Vacation
Joseph B. Clancy, deputy collector of customs at Fort Fairfield, resumed his duties Monday after a two weeks vacation at his home in the city.
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Joseph B. Clancy
Fort Fairfield
Real Estate Transfers in Sagadahoc County
Real estate transfers listed by town including Sagadahoc County deeds from towns such as Phippsburg Topsham and West Bath. Names include G Hoppe Nellie B cock Belle Davis Ralph W Davis and others transferring to various heirs and purchasers.
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Sagadahoc County
G. Hoppe
Wallace Diplock
Nellie B. * Cock
H. Oliver
Georgetown
Belle Davis
Charles H. Davis
Ralph W. Davis
Minnie Eisenhauer
Margery E. Bailey
Charles A. Macmahan
Flora Marr Taylor
Syvester Marr
Asahel F. Marr
Sylvester Marr
Percy B. Savage
Phippsburg
Myrtle A. Pye
Thompson James W
Twenty Motorists Pay New Excise Tax
Automobilists are slow to pay the automobile excise tax at the city collector's office. About 20 have paid so far, mainly those seeking reserved number combinations. Receipts are issued in triplicate under a system Collector Hall believes will yield more revenue than the old method, though it requires extensive staff research to verify payments and registration details.
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Secretary of State
Sesey Lane
Rice Leeman wedding at 13 Somerset Place
Miss Lillian Fletcher Leeman and Ray Vincent Rice wed Saturday at the bride’s home with Rev. Plinette Allen officiating. The couple, after a garden-flower setting and informal reception, eluded a car-decorated chase as they set off on their honeymoon. The bride is Morse high ’27 alumna. the groom, a Bath electrician.
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Lillian Fletcher Leeman
Henry T. B. Leeman
Ray Vincent Rice
George Rice
Woolwich
Somerset Place
Plinette Allen
Montsweage
Leeman
Mary Appleton
Adeline
Virginia Rogers
Nellie Leeman
Dorothy Appleton
Hanvy
Neovasset
Bath
Rice
Missouri Night Football in 1904 Dropped Floodlights
In 1904 Missouri's first night football game featured a white football and Indian Territory opponents. Floodlights could not be installed due to cost, delaying electric upgrades at Southwest Missouri State Teachers College.
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Missouri
Sovrinefield
Southwest Missouri State Teachers’ College
Col Dummer Sewall Chapter Plans Meetings And Events
The Col Dummer Sewall Chapter outlines a year of meetings from January to June featuring Revolutionary ancestor services, costume parties, and elections. Hostesses include Miss Margeret R Foote Miss Lucy R Kimball, with various members planning committees for Americanism defense conservation and historical marker work.
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Mae
Elwina F. Durgin
Margaret R. Foote
Lucy R. Kimball
Washington
Continental Congress
Alice K. Robbins
Maud Clark Gay
Ella J. Douglas
Alexander M. Cutler
Harry C. Webber
James E. Lockery
James F. Bonney
Elwina PF
Continental
Charles L. Browne
James F. Murphy
Jane
S. Murphy
The
Bowdoinham
Marian Jaques
Edmund M. Staples
Emily E. Rideout
National Defense
Almena Jaques
Harry E. Ring
Abbie Minott
Charles C. Low
Clara N. Fogg
William S. Given
Georgie N. Denham
William E. Palmer
Agnes
W. Humphreys
David L. Wilson
Edward P. Kendall
Carl P. Puller
Miss Margaret Hospital
John A. Morse
Thomas S. Gibbons
Corrie H. Varney
Clarence E. Johnson
Jane S. Murphy
Thomas F. Perkins
Fred H. Cary
Clara
Bath Man Dies After Gas Exposure in World War Service
Perlie C. Haynes 34, manager of the A and P store at 28 Center street, veteran of World War I, died Saturday afternoon from angina after a gas exposure at the front. He served in Company C, 56th Pioneer Infantry, and was discharged as a corporal in 1919. Survived by wife, two children, three brothers, and a sister. Funeral held in Belfast.
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Perlie C. Haynes
A. and P
Center Street
Haynes
56Th Pioneer Infantry
Carl C. Anderson
Andrews Road
High Street
Charlotte
Chester P
Susie Haynes
Horace
Portland
Leon
Mcenneysville
Harry
Chicago
Ill
Ella Haskell
Milliken
56Th Pioneer Regiment
Grant
Stott
Lester C. Bradbury
Bath
Belfast
Mrs Frances Weston Mooers Funeral in Oak Grove
Mrs Frances Weston Mooers widow of Albion K Mooers formerly of Bath died in Cambridge Mass last Friday funeral held Sunday at Waterman chapel Commonwealth avenue She was born at Hardines daughter of Chapin and Christiana Snow Weston married Mooers of Bath charter member of Old South chapter DA R Boston Survived by two nieces Mrs Harry C Webber and Mrs Frederick Sanborn and three nephews Winfield W John G and Richard C Morse all of Winnegance
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Frances Weston Mooers
Albion K. Mooers
Bath
Oak Grove
Cambridge
Mass
Waterman Chapel
Commonwealth Avenue
R. H. White Co
Boston
Mooers
Old South Chapter
Harry C. Webber
Winnegame
Frederick Sanborn
Atlantic
Winfield W
John G
Richard C. Morse
Winnegance
Collision near Bath injures woman in back seat
State Highway officer Harry L. Thompson arrived within ten minutes to investigate after a Bath autos collision that damaged a Studebaker and raked its left front wheel on a truck. Mrs Williams, riding in the back with curtains up, was believed buried near the front seat. The drivers were exonerated, and the victim, born in Litchfield, had been matron at the Old Ladies Home and later lived with Miss Lilly Pray in Bath.
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Rune Wolveced
Studebaker
Harry L. Thompson
Williams
Bryant
Thompson
Litchfield
Woodbury Parker
Amos Williams
Foster's Point
Bath
Old Ladies Home
Lilly Pray
Washington Street
Belle Donnell
West Bath
Frank H. Nowell
Collingwood, N. J
First Baptist Church
Farm Board Loans Show Bright Economic Benefits
The Farm Board has approved loans totaling about 1.5 million dollars to agricultural cooperatives across the nation. Florida Citrus Growers Exchange awaits 500000 emergency loan, while Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange nominates 50000 for elevators and packing houses. California Rice Growers and Egyptian Seed Growers receive 230000 and 20000 respectively, with North Dakota Montana Wheat and Montana Honey groups also funded. Loans require prior intermediate credit bank funding, with up to 90 percent value for wheat and additional advances to 1 dollar per bushel under storage.
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Frank I. Weller
Associated Press Feature Service
Washington
United States Treasury
Federal Farm Board
Florida Citrus Growers’ Exchange
Cooperative Grange League Erated Exchange, Inc
Ithaca
Federation
California Rice Growers’ Association
Egyptian Seed Growers’ Exchange of
Illinois
North Dakota-Montana Wheat Growers’ Association
Montana
Ruth’s 625 Average Stands As Record In Four-Game Span
The 1928 season saw Babe Ruth post a .625 average over four games, a mark described as the greatest by any player in such a span. The note contrasts marriage rates in Constant with New York, stating two sevenths of 700000 adults are married, implying fewer marriages there than globally.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Lazy Symphony Market Notes and Nasser Institute Visit
Wall Street traders see concentration in trading with six shares driving activity. A large trader predicts fall stock lists will resemble a lazy symphony of the work. Dorothy Conley returns to Nasser Institute Suipday after weekend at her Bath home on Academy Street.
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Lazy Symphony
New York
Wall Street
Dorothy Conley
Nasser Institute Suipday
Bath
Academy Street
Sons of Veterans Honor Maine Delegation Event
In Bath on Saturday a reception marked by bouquets, tributes, and music celebrated the depart ment president Mia Day and other officers. Leaders from Bath Portland Waterville and Augusta attended with Civil War veteran George F. Chandler and Junior Vice Commander in Chief Robert L. Whitcomb among speakers. A banquet at the Colonial preceded the event with a Maine Sons of Union Veterans delegation guest list.
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Carroll Watson
Bath
Robinson
W. W. Jewett
Portland
Sadie Gar
Son
Louise Cole
Bangor
Mabel Prince
Auburn
Ralph Greenwood
Edith Farnham
Harry Towle
Zeke Ward
Mia Day
T.W. Hyde
Ruth Warner
Mae Hallett
Florence Robinson
Satie Garcelon
Aurelia Estey
Department
Eva Lemont
George F. Chandler
Robert L. Whitcomb
National Council
Aurelia
Lizzie Haley
Clarence Warner
Linwood
Auxiliary
Eva J. Lemont
Lucille Blake
Edith Miller
Arletta Yates
Elizabeth Haley
Sons of Veterans
Roland Crocker
Randall Coombs
Eugene Metcalf
Gardiner Crocker
Good Roads Cut Car Upkeep Costs Say Experts
Washington figures show highway construction has cut the average automobile operation cost to 6.43 cents a mile from ten cents in 1924. Thomas P. Henry of the American Automobile Association presses for higher federal aid, suggesting an increase from 75 million to 125.9 million dollars annually, with a House bill seeking 225 million. He notes vehicle registrations rose from 3.5 million in 1916 to 24.7 million, and that state and local road spending totals 1.5 billion yearly while federal aid remains 75 million. He warns the federal program will take at least ten more years to complete the 200,000 miles of interstate roads. He cites 40 vehicles per mile of improved road in 1928, up from 17 a decade earlier.
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Washington
Thomas P. Henry
American Automobile Association
Henry
Congress
United States
John McInnes Returns to Montreal from Europe
John McInnes arrived in Montreal on Saturday after a Summer abroad. Mrs. McInnes remains in Europe for the Winter and plans to spend most of her time in Scotland.
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John McInnes
Montreal
Europe
Mrs. McInnes
Scotland
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