West Bath silo project marks farm growth at White farm
In West Bath at Joseph White’s farm a new 20 foot high silo is being built by his grandson Joseph W Larrabee and W H Larrabee. The nine foot diameter two by four structure will store about 25 tons of yellow corn from four acres. The property overlooks seven towns and 89 year old Mr White celebrates his first silo. The article details community visits, church events, and local social notes surrounding the White family and West Bath residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph White
West Bath
Joseph W. Larrabee
W. H. Larrabee
Times
Topsham
Bowdoinham
Monmouth Brunswick
Harpswell
Woolwich
Bath
White
Lillian Brown
Foster's Point
Samuel Bates
Sabine
W. H. Brown
Clarence Gerrish
Frank W. Winter
Auburn
S. R. Brown
Margaret Rich
Clifton Street
Bates Farm
Fred D. Winter
Winter Homestead
Methodist Church
Charles A. Brooks
Wesley Church of Bath
John Arters
Portland
Charles Brooks
Walter Woodrow Larrabee
Joseph Larrabee
Walter
Hattie
Alma Palmer
Stackpole
Wesley M. E
F. S. Stackpole
E. S. Stackpole
Annie Trufant
W. H. Yarrabee
John
L. D. Rogers
J. F. Mayo
Ella True
F. W. Haggett
J. M. Lemont
S. Lemont
Fred Witham
Trath
A. H. Donnell
New Meadows
Distribution of Coal for Maine Likely Two-Thirds Arrives
A compiled statement by Maine fuel administrator Andrew P. Lane estimates that about two thirds of the annual anthracite supply will be delivered to Maine communities, excluding Hudson Coal Co. shipments, with figures comparing April 1 1921 to March 31 1922 against Sept 1 to March 31 1925 for numerous towns including Portland, Augusta, Bath, Brunswick, Camden, Ellsworth, Lewiston, Bangor and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew P. Lane
Hudson Coal Co
Alfred
Augusta
Bath
Belfast
Biddeford
Toothbay Harbor
Towdeinhaim
Brunswick
Calais
Camden
East Boothbay
Ellsworth
Sog
Farmington
Friendship
Gardiner
Gorham
Gray
Hallowell
Kennebunk
Kennebunk Beach
Kennebunk Port
Monmouth
Newcastle
Old Orchard
Poland
Portland
Randolph
Richmond
Rockland
Rockport
Sanford
Searaport
Warren
Waterville
Wells
Westbrook
Winslow
Winterport
Winthrop
Wiscasset
Yarmouth
York
Westport Items Include Injured Lady and Visitors
Westport records note Mrs Statira Tarbox aged resident of the lower part of Wiscoxset was brought to Westport Monday to stay with her sister Mrs L Mc Jewett after a hip injury from a fall. H A Swanton visited WPorthind Friday and returned Monday. Ena Hodgdon of Malden Mass has come back to her line. F Dickson of the yacht Delphin was home over the weekend as the family plans to move to join him in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statira Tarbox
Wiscoxset
Westport
L. Mc Jewett
H. A. Swanton
New York
Morse gridmen train hard for upcoming clash
Coach Haywards gridmen drill at Kelly theater for a Braddeford contest prep lasting 90 minutes. A four hour scrim closed the day with regulars highlighted and several players out of the lineup amid crowd enthusiasm and tactical focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haywards
Kelly Theter
Chael
Braddeford
Beany” Stover
Jehnne Wavenel
First Baptist Ladies Hold Successful Sewing Circle Event
Reported by the First Baptist ladies sewing circle, a charity gathering cleared about 170 dollars after a bake sale and refreshments. The crowd featured Mrs Herbert Wreres and Mrs Cede Martin among other locals, with highlights including hot rolls donuts and ice cream, and notes on attendees and speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert F Wreres
Seep Lemont
Gieorge Mebellan
Cede Martin
Wiitard Rice
Mrs Whitten
Mise Floesner
Eo Milton
Mere Petrie
1Sford Harrington
Mere Kered Shen
Kedcaed Murphy
Miee Corrie Varnes
Wiliam Tare
Promotion Day Exercises Held at Wesley M E Sunday School
Rev John M Arters district superintendent of Methodist churches spoke at Wesley M E Sunday School promotion day exercises detailing three essentials for Christian civilization. He urged Bible study and noted that graduating pupils received Bibles during the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Arters
Wesley M. E
Charles B. Brooks
Avis Snow
Arters
Blamehe Hautsolin
Gullifer
Elizabeth Melluiggan
Huth Leavitt
Cora Wilson
Ruth Springer
Paul Brooks
Linwood Wiley
Marjorie Dearborn
Iola Vera
Dorothy Wakefield
Deorix Ward
Leola Ward
Caroline Rogers
Helen Rogers
Louise Stewart
George Wotton
Archie Seekins
Helen Curtis
Alice Hogue
Wesley
Lford G. Jules
Ena Backnam
Nilie M. Cahill
Automobile shatters window at Mikelsky Music store
A fast moving car struck a wooden piece which flew through Front Street and shattered a plate glass pane at the Mikelsky Music store. The impact damaged a baby grand piano on display and frightened clerks who fled to the rear. The driver continued without apparent change in speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Mikelsky
Popcorn King Bill Bailey Heads to Lincoln County Fair
Sal Bailey, known as the popcorn king, travels from Portland with a fresh corn supply for the Lincoln county fair in Damariscotta next week. He travels with his goat, Bill Jr, a constant companion, and jokes about not parting with his goat for any fortune while noting his reliance on hard work to earn a living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sal Bailey
Portland
Lincoln County
Dill
Bill, Jr
Willix
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadahoc registry
Real estate transfers listed by Hiram T. Stevens show transactions across Bath Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond West Bath and Woolwich including owners Minnie Bailey to Lillian McBurnie John W Brown to Frank Montgomery and Mary L Proctor to Rachel M Crane among multiple other conveyances. The names cover dozens of individuals and entities with varied parcels in Bath Bowdoinham Georgetown Popham Beach Richmond and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
John Bk. McCarthy
Margaret H. Dunn
Georgetown
E. L. Harford
Walter I. Noyes
Phippsburg
Lizzie Getchell Toothaker
Charles Leon Stevens
Lindon W. Lowell
William W. Morse
Grace K. Reynolds
Gertrude N. Leonard
Martin Wyman
Fred W. Parks
Popham Beach Estates Inc
Fred C. Scribner
Richmond
Minnie J. Waldron
Hattie K. King
Myrtle EF. Verrill
John H. Walker
A. C. Brown
Naomi G. Brown
Charles IH. Hutchings
Mary L. Proctor
Rachel M. Crane
West Bath
Arthur G. Wiliams
Charles TH. Willian
Woolwich
Hichard
Hunnewell
Charles Henry Uutler
Raiders Fail To Find Liquor In Friday Raids
Sheriff Oliver and deputy Chester Aderton led six federal prohibition agents headed by Robert Ho Jack in three raids Friday evening but no intoxicating liquor was seized. One location allegedly saw the target pour mash into a sewer and carry a hidden still from a rear window to a cemetery, but the still was not found. The man was later caught though no direct evidence led to arrest.
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Oliver
Chester
Aderton
Prohibition
Robert Ho Jack
Why Electric Light Bills Are Larger
Some people wonder why their lighting bills vary so greatly. Fall brings shorter daylight hours, and complaints rise, especially in December. A table shows how artificial lighting hours vary and explains why lighting costs increase during Fall and Winter months.
Change in Mail Service to Shanghai
The postmaster reports a Washington agreement to withdraw the U S postal agency at Shanghai around December 21, with no mail dispatch after November 30. From December 1 mail to Shanghai adopts standard Chinese rates and conditions, parcel post up to one pound may be delivered but cannot be insured, and registration may apply. Also advised: Saturday is the final day to sell the five percent Treasury Savings certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Postal Agency
Shanghai
China
Treasury Savings
Marriage Of Charles Everett And Miss Margaret Peterson
Charles Everett of Portland and Miss Margaret Allen Peterson of East Derunswick wed at St. Marks parish house in Wat Key. Father Nichola Souweron officiated. Attendants included Jane Foles of Portland and Mae Sulla of Prounwick. Reception at the bride’s home followed. guests from families of both sides. The groom is a bookkeeper with Wolff Gireeers Co. and the couple plans a wedding trip after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Everett
Quinken
Wportland Am
Margraret Alen Peterson
East Derunswick
St. Mars’s
Howse
Wath Key
Nichola SouWeron
Jane
AL Foles
Portland
Moan
Ty Mixes Mae Sulla
Prounwick
Tralesmaid
Tromeddote
Paricies
Firide
Betty S Proud Mother Petes
A garbled OCR excerpt notes a mother named Betty S and references a birth or arrival event involving a female. It mentions Mae and Fames Loong and hints at family or social acknowledgments with unclear connections and dates. The text remains uncertain but centers on a celebratory birth context within a family.
Meeting of creditors after fire at Ve Miehiniena awa
A fragmentary report describes a creditor meeting following a fire. Referee William presides as Henry Miters and others appear. An amount of 42 appears linked to a transfer order by the referee. The scene names several individuals and locations in a disrupted account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mmr
Doren Wahiesiegle Atvi
Williaa
Henry Miters
Stee Wee
Ship Lines Plan Bank To Finance Own Operations
Homer L Ferguson the Newport News Shipbuilding president and ex U S Chamber leader will be a director of the Maritime Trust Co to be organized by leading steamshipmen. The firm aims to finance export and import trade and trade securities with a $1 million incorporation and $1 million surplus. Munson Steamship Line chief says the venture acts as a marine securities clearing house rather than financing new ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer L. Ferguson
Bath
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co
United States Chamber of Commerce
Maritime Trust Co., of America
Frank C. Munson
Munson Steamship Line
Marine Securities
Maritime Trust Co
Ira A. Campbell
Herbert B. Lee
Kirlin, Woolsey, Campell, Hickox & Keating
William Street
Mr. Ferguson
H. H. Raymond
Clyde-Mallory Lines
American Steamship Owners’ Assocation
Frank (. Munson
Munson Steamship Company
St. Stanley Dollar
Robert Dollar
Pacific Steamship Co
Seattle
Clifford I. Mallors
Mallory Transport Line
Shipping Board
J. Howard Yew
Sun Shipbuilding Corporation
W. O H. la Bosteaux
New York
Herbert Sb. Lee
Diver Tibbetts Battles Eddies To Make Escape
W Scott Tibbetts, a Bath Water District diver, faced a perilous descent beneath the Kennebec river when an eddy twisted him three times around the guiding line. He fought to untwist himself, reached the surface exhausted and with ill effects from the risky dive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Scott Tibbetts
Bath Water
Kennebec
Himmself
Civil Service Exam Offered for Stenographer Posts
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a stenographer examination on May 15 in Bath Maine to fill federal offices across New England with eligible candidates. some positions may be located in Montreal Canada. Salaries range 600 to 1400 dollars annually. age limits 15 to 70. Apply via local secretary Custom House Bath or Chantry Secretary Customhouse Tower Boston. submit to District Secretary Boston to arrange testing.
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United States Civil Service Comision
Bath
Montreal
Canada
Cutom House
Maine
Chantriet
Cuxtomhouse Tower
Boston
Cosmopolitan club directors elect new member in vacancy
Kezulir month meeting of the Cosmopolitan club directors at the club house Friday evening with all but one present. Miss Dorothy Jewett elected a director to fill the vacancy caused by Mrs. John Germain's resignation. A November entertainment and an educational lecture were discussed. The October term will see several women serving as jurors in Hancock county court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kezulir
Cosmopolitan Club
F. E. Southard
Dorothy Jewett
John Germaine
Edna Hall
Hancock
Supreme Judicial Court
October Iny
Sternington
Wilebill
Kar Marjlvor
Census Figures on Bath and Sagadstoe Foreign Born Children 1720
Published figures show Bath had only foreign born children in 1720 with 8 Albania born, 1 Australia, 416 Canada French speaking, 744 Canada other, 164 England, 35 Finland, 13 France, 15 Germany, 49 Ireland, 45 Italy, 20 Norway, 71 Poland, 90 Russia, 10 Scotland, 23 Sweden, 45 Syria, 26 other countries. Sagadstoe county lists 2659 foreign born children with similar origins and counts. The Bath population included 1 0860 males and 674 females, with native white and mixed groups detailed.
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Bath
Albania
Australia
Canada
Czecho-Slovakia
Denmark
England
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Newfoundland
Norway
Poland
Russia
Scotland
Sweden
Syria
Sagadstoe
Austria
Greece
Ireland
Lithuania
Poois
Mussis
Gath
Bern
Elisses
Rally Sunday Program at Central Church Sunday School
Central Church Sunday School held its Rally Day program with an Opening Song and readings from Psalms 2 and 121. The event featured multiple performances by the kindergarten group led by Carol Stevens and Ellen Stevens, a piano recital by Elsie Wakefield, and recitations by several children under supervision of staff, with Luther Therpoon as committee chairman and Mrs B. W. Appleton as pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Schol
Gallilee
Bright
Evelyn Whlommer
Mary Kenney
Cynthia Rogers
Bertha Davey
Margaret Uourser
Elsie Wakefiebklations
Senedsy Seterl
Doereths Uweam
Medeonald Seng
Evelyn Presumer
Carel Stevens
Ellen Stevens
Cynthia Regers
Amd
Auxiliary Meeting Plans Charity Event and Farewell Vacation
The Reland FL Sisith emt auxiliary held its monthly meeting at Center Street, with Mrs Flarrs KF Merin presiding. A cheese sale is planned for the near future, and committees we re appointed for the legion fair. Members thanked outsiders for contributions to the 2le event, while others enjoyed a week’s vacation with Mrs Moulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flarrs
Merin
Ulam
Feo
Mise
Virginie Shaw
Mera
Bedward Newall
Perrys Themypeeon
Mary Arceninit
Charles P Werherhee
Newall Webster
Ruth Miketsky
Mere
Eugene Harr
Saturdy
Mixx
Kerh Mikeleky
Marian Fitami
France
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Fred
Philip Diberman
Larrabee Cottage
Weert Bath Grange
David Henderson
Violet Ward
Pearl Lemont
Bos
Stabigan
Harry Lemont
Saint Leland Plummer Beret
Irene Oliver
Red Cro
J. Everett Mave
James Lemont
FE. W. Haggett
Fred W. Larrabee
Path
John Gage
S. Coates
Fra Cahill
A. €. Johnson
Clara Smith
Elmer Hodgkins
W OH White
Foster's Pot
Mary Dean
Lincoln Williams
A. BS. Donnell
Flw. Brown
Pfazelhart
M. 8. Purington
Helen Brewer
W. V. Larrabee
B.S. Stackpole
Walter Marco
Rogers
Annie Rogers
Owen Rogers
Lillian Grown
Hope Ward
H. B. Peterson
Middle Street
West Bath Grange
The
Grange
Green
Leland Vlummer
Story
Leland .Plummer
John Conway
Dorothy Crocker
Eleanor Bates
Thelma Kittredge
Fred Duren
Sabino
Oscar Smiley
Smiley
Edward Hartwell
Mr. Somerton
Robert Small
Humphrey Owen
William Melrose
Joseph Melrose
MORSE
Terns Bate
Se Beer
Ashe Minn
Aitiek
Flul
Keer
A. We Feern
Ravis
Twee Brothers
Fo Snell
Tee
Elise
Nba
First Baptist
Charles H. Frye
Samersille
Liecreta
Winsler
Rabb
Aubien
Gelived
Jetere
Been
Naeggie
Lerington
Senerville
Mike
Wesley M. E. Sunday School
Bill Bailey
East Brunswick
Mro
Ami
Eaet Brun-wieh
Wolff Gireeers Co
Ride
Satin Rege
Amatewl
Voriutnowiek
Faesie
Ofaot
Betty
Lense
Mae
Srring
Eau Digress
Dach-Tiurel Peu
Mathinggler
Wittie Iether
Venti
Ace
Eres
Megerg
Sof
Ldescis Eatien Fester
Mrgat Dalstieei Mills
Five Crux
Ship Lines Plan Bank
Diver Tibbetts
Eddies
Civil Service Examination
Cosmo Club
Mackinaws
Thompson Bros. Inc
Thompson Bros
Sears
Renee
Faye
Central Church School
Post Auxiliary
Kufu
Kod Grefer
Mrs. Moulton Prasel
Shaul Busine College
Telegraph Department
F. L. Shaw
Portland, Maine
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