The Home, Nation, and the Can Opened World
The article discusses a social revolution in food habits as houses rely on prepared can and packaged foods. It weighs the impact on women, family, and national vigor, noting debates between traditionalists and modern efficiency. It highlights economy as a response to rising expenditures and introduces the National Marina Survey of Motor Boat Harbors 1930 with photos of marinas and growing boating activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers, Inc
National Marina Survey
French scientist Georges Claude tests Gulf steam turbine
In Matanzas bay a small turbine, driven by steam from warm surface water and condensed by deep gulf water, produced ten kilowatts but required more energy to start. The device, aimed at exploiting surface heat differences, operated at up to 4 000 revolutions per minute as experiments continue to overcome initial energy input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of Mexico
Georges Claude
Matanzas Bay
How to measure cloud base height with a balloon
Weather observers describe a simple daytime method using a rubber balloon on a scale to gauge ascent rate. After inflation the balloon is released and the time to disappear into the clouds is timed to calculate the altitude of the cloud base.
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United States Weather Bureau Air“Eed
Bath Delegation Heads to American Legion Convention
Bath will send a delegation of 41 to the American Legion convention for the week. The list includes H. F. Morin Charles B. Manne M. Desmond J Flaher t Charles D. Hall Walter M. Hill Helen G. Hill Eugenemy Bart Paul Honstvet Herman A. Johnson Marjorie Leagitt Percy R. Low Earl Maxwell J. Horace McClure Sophia Mels James L. Morse Kenneth ers Roscoe H. Shaw Ruth P. M. Sil verman Evelyn M. Snow F. Henry Swanson Charles E. Syde John H. Williams Mary B. Williams Freeman A. Trott John C. Fitzgerald Allan Spear Ralph Gay and Mr. and Mrs Wallace A. Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Legion
H. F. Morin
Charles B. Manne -M. Desmond
Charles D. Hall
Walter M. Hill
Elen G. Hill
Eugenemy Bart
Paul Honstvet
J. Horace McClure
Sophia Mels
James L. Morse
Kennethers
Roscoe “H. Shaw
Ruth P. M.silverman
Evelyn M. Snow
F. Henry Swanson
Charles E. Syde
John H. Williams
Mary B.williams
Freeman A. Trott
John C. Fitzgerald
Allan Spear
Ralph Gay
Wallace A. Price
Handtub Associations Meet in Bath Saturday
The Maine League of Handtub Associations will hold its annual meeting at Senator Baxter hall in Bath next Saturday night with about 50 visitors expected. A supper hosted by the Bath Veteran Firemen's Association precedes the meeting where veterans discuss past musters and times, with good natured argument anticipated.
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Maine
Bath
Maine League of Handtub Associations
Senator Baxter Hall
Bath Street
Clarence Flood
Committee On
Cummings Motor Co
Washington Street
Fire Department
Washington Streets
Harold Stanton
Alderman Brown
Committee On Public Lighting
Alderman Whitney
Oak Street
William W. Wakefield
Dd Stacy
Bath Debates City Manager Reform At Public Meeting
A Bath town meeting discussed adopting a city manager form of government. Speakers argued for and against, noting past administrations, tax levels, highway conditions, and school funding while proposing referendums and advisory committees. The gathering ended with plans to invite outside communities for guidance.
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Walter S. Ghidden
Moses
Torrey
Mr. Bridgham
Mr. Glidden
Bath
Judge Glidden
Frank B. Nichols
Mr. Moses
Gardiner
Rockland
George C. Quicksall
Clinton D. Wilson
Board of Education
Arthur Sewall
Sewall
Walter S. Abbott
Pacific cave grindstones arrive for Maine pulp mills
A cargo of 12 three-and-a-half ton grandstones arrived at State Pier aboard the inter coastal freighter Anniston City. The stones, first of their kind in Maine from the Pacific Coast, will go to Millinocket pulp mills replacing Belgium grindstones.
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Portland
Anniston City
State Pier
Millinocket
Pacific Coast
Maine
Belgium
Flemish
Tacoma
Wash
Anniston
City Treasurer Sounding Alarm Over Funds Shortages
City funds face shortfalls as payrolls and bills for roads sewer work and gravel hauling deplete the treasury. Highway Board secretary Herbert Grinnell says mayor Harold Small is suspected of withholding bills to trick the mayor, while Grinnell admits lacking details on about $10,000 spent by the mayor through the auditor Mrs. Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McE AG Hall
Washington Street
Herbert L. Grinnell
Highway Board
Harold P. Small
Small
Mr. Grinnell
Committee On Accounts
Grinnell
Highway Department
Morgan
Edward S. Brown
W. H. Brown
Thomas Allegrin
Charles M. Staples
Russell Phinney
Lloyd Rogers
Frank Allegrin
Ford Pai
Gauvin & Sons
H. B. Bowie
Ccc
Sicevicns
H. T
Jonnsbon Bros
Kennebec Towage Co
J. W. Cummings Co
Trott Bros. Grain
Litchfield & Douglas
E. Mason Wright
Alderman Brown
Wold
Sewall
Sewall Hill
Brown
Council
John K. Bailey
Ward 3
George C. Quicksall
Frank H. Beal
Ward 5
Boston
Bath Iron Works
James 8
Knight
Ellery Whittemore
Pred W. Aderton
Quicksall
John P. Carey, Jr
Highway and Sewer Board
Bath
American Legion
Battery H
Armory
Board of Education
Bath City Hall
George 8. Davis
Front Street
Alberta Allen
Ralph K. Hall
Hall
Cosmopolitan Club Holds Regular Meeting
A large turnout attended the Cosmopolitan Club meeting on Wednesday night. Clinton D. Wilson presented A Day in the Superintendent's Office. Eula Fielding Barbara T Wiggin Lula P Herbert Lucy Coombs Jean Ogden joined. plan for a Halloween party. rummage sale committee named. month committees listed.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Clinton D. Wilson
Ethel Parks
Lillian Edick
Eula Fielding
Barbara T. Wiggin
Lula P. Herbert
Lucy Coombs
Jean Ogden
Hallowe'en
Ann Gearing
Bertha Bellerose
Helen Hartwell
Minnie White
Leland Mitchell
Marcia Moulton
Alice Magoun
Alice McElman
House
Bernice Torrey
Allen Spear
Margaret Whalen
Philanthropic
Ruth Thompson
Freida Bagdikian
Dorothy Muench
Fire Breaks Out At Longley Residence
Fire erupted at the home of Mix and Mrs Albert G Longley 49 Dummer Street Thursday shortly after noon when a kitchen chimney spark sparked the roof of an adjoining barn. Neighbor Lena Donnell alerted the fire department and Engine 2 extinguished the blaze with minor barn damage. Charles Miller Jr leaves for a Boston vacation.
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Mix
Albert G. Longley
Dummer Street
Lena Donnell
Longley
Green
Engine 2
Teachers to Meet at Bangor October 22 23 24
A conference for Bangor educators is scheduled at the City Hall area with a festival at Dalberg Mall and a social reception at the Chateau. The program includes a general school exhibit, cantata Three Springs, departmental sessions, and addresses by Rev Dr James Stanley Durkee and Boston University president Daniel L Marsh.
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Dalberg Mall
Columbia Street
City Hall
Fred W. Burrill
Augusta
Chateau
Postoffice Mall
Bangor Teachers’ Club
Walter E. Rideout
Dover-Foxcroft
Bangor Public Schools
Association
Alton L. Robinson
Bangor
James Stanley Durkee
Plymouth Congregational Church
Brooklyn
N. Iy
Bangor High School
Daniel L. Marsh
Boston University
Kennebec Bridge Receipts Show Nine Month Gain Despite September Loss
Total cash receipts for the Kennebec Bridge in the first nine months of 1930 rose by 916.20 compared with 1929, even though September tolls fell by 1615.35 from the prior year. The September decline came with 2767 fewer cars paying 50 cents.
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Kennebec
Hospital Receives Gorgeous Dahlias From Fort Dodge Benefactor
A hundred plus dahlia blooms were sent to City hospital by Mrs. William B. Kenyon of Fort Dodge Iowa. The flowers, including several rare varieties, were distributed to wards and private rooms by Superintendent Miss Downing. Mrs. Kenyon, whose Sebasco gardens are famed, is married to a federal judge and serves on the President's law enforcement commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hospital
William 8. Kenyon
Fort Dodge
Sebasco
Miss Downing
Kenyon
President
Law Enforcement Commission
Rally Week Program at Corliss Street Church
Research class hosted a Rally Week program at Corliss Street church led by Mrs. Fannie Burden and Mrs. Lizzie French. The evening featured songs, prayers, poems, readings, duets, solos, and a tableau The Old Rugged Cross with readings by Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Farrar and piano by Miss Florence Tait.
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Corliss Street
Fannie Burden
Lizzie French
America
Charles H. Berry
Rice
E. A. Farrar
Earthquake Bridge Party Proves Popular
Thelma and Lelia Thornton hosted an Earthquake Bridge Party on Maple Street to honor Miss Louise Munsey and her upcoming marriage to Truman King. Edna Potter led high scores with Virginia Clark as low scorer, prizes exchanged per house rules. refreshments served to a large group including Louise and Amanda Munsey, Edna Potter, Virginia Clark, and other guests.
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Thelma
Lelia Thornton
Maple Street
Louise Munsey
Truman King
Edna Potter
Virginia Clark
Louise
Amanda Munsey
Helen Jones
Gertrude Carlton
Jessie Colby
Shirley Shepard
Muriel Spinney
Isabelle Berry
Emma MacDonald
Dorothy MacDonald
Olive Hallowell
Winifred Dodge
Berwindgl en Makes Quick Passage to Seguin
The collier Berwindglen, from Newport News to Seguin via Popham, covered the voyage in about 59 12 hours, under 12 knots average, arriving Seguin Thursday night and Bath Friday morning. Owned by Berwind White Coal Co of New York City, new owners of Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co of this city.
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Newport News
Seguin
Popham
Berwindglen
Berwindvale
Glen
Kennebec
Bath
Berwind-White Coal Co
New York City
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Central Grammar Pupil Struck by Car Near School
Gladys Blake a 12 year old seventh grade pupil at Central Grammar School was struck by a Ford sedan driven by a Morse High School girl. Five other high school girls were in the car. She suffered cuts and bruises, was taken home by the driver, and returned to school Friday afternoon. Names of the driver and passengers were not available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Blake
Central Grammar School
Fred Blake
Center Street
Morse High
Miss Blake
Maxim fire truck exhibition delights city crowd
A Maxim fire truck demonstrated at City Landing on Wednesday drawing a large citizen delegation. The pumper produced six streams with outlets adjusted to deliver 10 063 gallons per minute at peak. Nearby notes mention Baby contests at New Gloucesters fair with a prize bank book. Will Kittridge visits Boston area for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxim
City Landing
New Gloucesters Fair
Counterfeit $5 and $20 Federal Reserve notes warning
The article describes poorly etched counterfeit $5 and $20 Federal Reserve notes from the Boston 1928 series with Lincoln portrait and plate numbers. It notes missing face plate letters and plate numbers, and urges immediate detection of the fraudulent bills amid a broader municipal budget dispute and council meetings.
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Rose Sprint
Federal Reserve
Federal ‘Reserve Bank of
Boston
Mass
H. T. Tate
Wee States
A. W. Mellon
the Treasury
Lincoln
Sensational Developments Turbulent Budget Talk in Bath Council
City council debates mayoral travel expenses and tax abatements for Bath Iron Works as officials clash over authority and legality. Repeated recesses, tax rebates revised to rebates, and calls for highway funding mark a contentious session with mixed votes and budget figures.
Twin County Farm Bureau Plans Annual Meeting Event
The Twin County Farm Bureau outlines plans for its Oct 22 gathering at East Auburn Grange with a new venue and a lineup of 5 minute local entertainment. Exhibits include Grow Good Pullets orchard projects seed potato plots alfalfa and dairy herd improvements while women are asked to bring reconditioned furniture and canned goods for a food clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
East Auburn Grange
Stone and McCabe Couple Wed at Beacon Street Parsonage
Louis H. Stone electrical contractor of Boothbay Harbor and Miss Dorothy Elizabeth McCabe of Bath married Saturday night at Beacon Street parsonage in double ring ceremony. Rev Weston P Holman officiated with attendants Miss Annie Ham and Chester McCabe. Mrs Stone is daughter of Chester H McCabe former alderman and was a telephone exchange operator. After a wedding trip they will reside in Boothbay Harbor. The of Jeanette L Munsey and Trueman King will be October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis H. Stone
Boothbay Harbor
Dorothy Elizabeth McCabe
Bath
Beacon Street Parsonage
Weston .P. Holman
Annie Ham
Chester McCabe
Stone
Chester H. McCabe
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the Times Company
R. Nichols
Bete Ex Pense Dales
Longley Residence
Charles Miller Jr
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Room
Patten
Pelix Salten
Bay Colony
S. E
Mort Castle Gay
John Buchan
A.henderson
J. T. Shear
G. Ashbrook
Joseph Foueche
Stefan Zweig
Johnson
A. Pound
R. E.day
Lion and the Lamb
Bates
Mr. Pottermacks
A. R. Freeman
Mote and the
Ursula Parrott
H. A. Franck
R. M. Vaughan
Henry van Dus
Verdun
H. P. B. O. Petain
David McCloud
R. R. Moton
Rei Horse Hill
S. W. Meader
Peace
Edward
Els- Tg
Ood-le-uk
A. A. Lide
M. A Johansen
Shirley Berton
Baker's Dozen
M. G. Davis
Kennebec Bridge
Hospital
Corliss ST. Church
Maxim Fire Truck
Will Kittridge
Vicinity
Pederad
LeRoy Burnham
North
Lincoln Streets
Committee On Licenses
Whitney
Wright
Cutting
Stacy
Ttl
Highway and Sewer Department
M’cabe
Jeanette L. Munsey
Trueman King
Buxton
Rheumatic Medicine Co
Buxton Eee
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