Alderman Newell resigns from City Council
The October city council meeting saw the resignation of Ward 5 Alderman William S. Newell accepted. John L. P. Burke became president pro tem. The meeting approved a 412107.78 budget and noted cash on hand of 142164.06 with various bank deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Newell
Newell
Bath Water District
John L. P. Burke
Board of Common Council
L. Eugene Thebeau
American Bankers’ Association
New York
Ralph K. Hall
Bath National Bank
First National Bank
Bath Trust Co
Buriel
Oak Grove
Park and Cemetery
Board of Highways and Sewers
Sprague’s Inne
Center Street
Academy Street
Kelley Field
James Lester Morse
Ernest Edgar Kateon
United Spanish War Veterans
Park and Cemetery Board
Western Union Telegraph Co
C. F. Ames
Joseph Charles Footer
Footer
Torrey
John A. Legro
Norman W. Howard
Acme Service and Supply Station
Commercial Street
Fire Department
John J. Conroy
McCobb Loton Center Street
Maine Central Railroad
Thomas I. Morrison
Ferry Street
Auto crash ends with minor injuries for Bimson couple
Mr and Mrs James A Bimson escaped with minor injuries when their Ford sedan overturned between the Carlton potato barn and the Dike in Woolwich. A mudguard dropped and caught a wheel causing the crash, the car lay on its side near Maine Central tracks as Senator elect F F Carlton assisted and Mrs Bimson was taken to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
James A. Bimson
Woolwich
Carlton
Maine Central
FF. W. Carlton
Washington County blueberry harvest questions puzzled community
Local residents debate how many pies 450 bushels of blueberries could fill. A. group asks for clearer estimates as the season yields a bumper crop and the town awaits a firm tally. More voices contribute guesses about cooking plans and market demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Bermuda Hurricane Destroys City Structures and Property
A September Atlantic hurricane severely damaged Bermuda with widespread destruction in Hamilton. Reports describe uprooted trees, wrecked roofs including the City Hall and Princess Hotel, shattered windows, and an unroofed I W A C C Armory. Many streets lost power as electric and telephone lines failed. Local residents recall a calm prior to the storm and ongoing post storm efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
A. B. Hervey
Bath
Cecil Tucker
Pembroke
Mid-Ocean
City Hall
Court Street
Electric Light Company
Petephone Company
Front Street
Hamilton Hotel
Eagles Nest
Government House
Cook House
Bath Folk Attend Port land Music Festival
Bath residents join the Port land Music Festival opening led by Lucrezia Bori and Dmitry Dob kin. Attendees include Mrs. Fred J. Hill and many others from Bath. William J. Ryan plans a 42nd annual Maine trip selling the old Maine Farmer's Almanac for 1923 to benefit the Maine Institution of the Blind with deliveries to towns including Bath and Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daiys
Portland
Lucrezia Bori
Dmitry Dobkin
Bath
Fred J. Hill
Mrostena Marston
Alice Magoun
Emma Magoun
George Churchill
Charles S. Oliver
W. F. Sawtelle
Herbert S. Harris
John A. Legro
Harry Litchfield
Arthur W. H. Rand
Bessie Hunt
Joseph I. Carvill
Agnes Humphreys
Madelyn Davis
Vera Spencer
Phyllis Bowie
Frederick W. Freeman
Luther Thompson
Carleton Rice
Sarah Adams
Margaret Adams
Miriam W. Kimball
Robert Goredon
Lloyd Daley
Chester Plant
F. Dunbar
William J. Ryan
Maine
Old Maine Farmer's
Houston
Oldtown
Bangor
Lewiston
Dover
Dexter
Pittsfield
Belfast
Waterville
Augusta
Brunswick
Livermore Falls
Farmington
Almmaine
Pair of young Black birds tamed at Norway menagerie
Fred Shorty Faneuf has added two young Black birds to his collection near Norway. The pair, with a nearly four foot wingspread, has been kept in captivity for about a year and is being petted toward domestication. The birds are said to thrive, though hawks rarely live long in confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred “Shorty
Faneuf
Norway
Messere
Cameron Oversees World’s Largest Egg Factory in Shanghai
Harry H. Cameron, Bath native and superintendent of the world’s largest egg plant, visits Bath with his wife during a triennial vacation. The Shanghai complex covers 95,000 square feet, employs 1,000, and processes 1.5 million eggs daily, mostly frozen for world distribution. Cameron notes tariff risks, German reentry in China, and aging American-Chinese industry dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Cameron
Bath
Henry T. B. Leeman
Charles Blauindell
Shanghai
China
Cameron
United States
England
Phillip Dunbar
Waterville
George Stewart
Wesleyan
Henry W. Weabody Corp
Maine
Pop” Lincoln
St. John's College
James O. Lincoln
Sinin Lodge
Bath Boys
American Club of
Nanking Road
Amos Bird Co
Boston
Wesley M. EB. Church
Old Time Letter From Bath Found in Georgetown
G A Yeo of Winchester Mass发现 Georgetown 存放的1795年 Bath Edaward H Page 来信。信中描述用手绘蓝色壁纸边框样样，附带家人近况与病情、苹果赠送、购买边框毛巾等细节。信末署名为 Edward H Page 并附父子亲情。
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Edward H. Page
G. A. Yeo
Winchester
Mass
Georgetown
Times
Woodall King Marriage Announced for Des Moines Iowa
Woodall and Alice Maud King have announced their marriage on October 8 in Des Moines Iowa with plans to reside after November 1 at the Methodist parsonage Grundy Center Iowa. The bride formerly supervised deaconess work in the Bath district and led a deaconess home and training school in Des Moines. She helped establish a new training school there and is remembered by Bath residents as a notable young woman. The article also notes that the first women graduates of McGill University medical school won two of five prizes in their final year.
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Des Moines
Towa
George Woodall
Alice Maud King
Methodist Parsonage
Grundy Center
Iowa
Bath Methodist
Porthand
McGill University Medical School
Hooker
Everett Lord
Woot
Wesley
Sagadahoc County Sunday School elects officers at 30th annual convention
At People's Baptist church the Sagadahoc County Sunday School association elected officers led by President Rev. N. R. Pearson and Vice President Rev. C Myron Tubbs. The convention heard Rev. E H. Brewster of Portland and included reports from L L Hooker and others on membership, teacher training, and district cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Ernest M. Holman
EO. Taylor
Lloyd LL. Hooker
Bath
Emery Purinton Bowdoin
Augusta
N. Rt. Vearson
Richmond
E. H. Brewster
Portland
State Association
Kansas City
Georgetown
Arrowsic
Charles EK. Brooks
Wesley
Susie Walker Porthind
KE. H. Brewster
Maine
Hardin Reports Impressions of the Near East
Bath Rotary heard Rev. Edwin Dodge Hardin speak on the Near East with details from Smyrna Constantino ple and Adrianople. He recalled his boyhood abroad and described Smyrna's bay and harbor, Turkish occupation, and regional tensions between Turks Armenians and Greeks. Elwell Crosby joined as guest and Elwell S. Crosby was elected to membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Dodge Hardin
Winter Street
Bath Rotary Club
Turkey
Smyrna
Hardin
Syria
Constantinople
Adrianople
Asia Minor
Central Asia
Vienna
Austria
Europe
Germany
Harry Starbird
Hlon. Elwell S. Crosby
Arrest of Albert Downing in Bath Case After Portland Pickup
Albert Downing, bound over for peace and facing multiple Bath charges, was arrested in Portland late Tuesday and brought to Bath by Patrolman John Foley. The suspect, infamous for prior escapes and a June disturbance at the Opera house, faced a fresh trial likely on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Downing
Bath Police Department
Supreme Court
Portland
John Foley
Downing
Bath Police
Opera House
Center Street Hill
Center
Washington Streets
Opticé
Bath
Berlin
Nhh
Jackson Bagley–Marston Jackson wed in Brunswick ceremony
Miss Jennie Mabel Bagley of Brunswick and Frederic Marston Jackson of Portland wed at the bride’s sister home with Rev. H H Bishop officiating. Attendants were Florence Bagley and Harold Ormsby. After a honeymoon they will live in Portland. The bride is a Brunswick High School graduate and employed in Portland. Quinces have arrived in Bathmar Thee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Mabel Bagley
Brunswick
Frederic Marston Jackson
Portland
Harold Ormsby
H. H
Cumberland Street Baptist Church
Florence Bagley
Orphelia
Winthrop
Victor Bagley
Brunswick High School
Central K ‘Kson
Postal Telegraph Co
Porthind
Maine officials condemn rural schools in trip across counties
Governor Baxter and Dr. Thomas tour Eastern Penobscot and other counties with Deputy Attorney General Fisher, noting 26 single teacher schools and poor facilities. They vow to replace sheds with sanitary, well lit classrooms and urge towns to fund better schools statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Aroostook
Washington
Penobscot
Kaixter
Dr. Thomas
Mc Staite
Fisher
Penobscot County
Attorney General’s Department
Thomas
Baxter
Maine
Post Office Trial to Relieve Bath Mail Congestion
The Bath post office plans to run mail by trolley each evening to Brunswick and connect with the Portland Boston train. If unsuccessful, Postmaster H W Owen Jr will aid night clerks. Residents must install letter boxes or slots or risk delivery delays.
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Post Office Department
Tao
Androscoggin & Kennebec Railroad
Brunswick
Portland
Boston
H. W. Owen, Jr
Porthind
West
Bath
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The
Mrs. Bimson
Bath Woman’s Home
Princess Hotel
East Broadway
Reid Street
I. W. A. CC Armory
Black
Bath Boy’s Company
Edward
Mr. Bass
Judith
Loum
Wilson
Capt
Tall
Rotary Club
Snow Park
City
Lincoln Streets
Academy
Butler
Minot Corner
Navy
Postoffice Department
Randall & McAllister
Bath Coal
Jimmy McLaughlin
MacMahan
Robinhood
National Letter Carriers’ Journal
New England
Soo
GOS
Johnson Bros Co
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