Fire Destroys Private Garage On High Street
Fire discovered Saturday night destroyed a private garage on High street and two automobiles owned by Fred Small and John Skillias. Miss Bertha Raymond, owner, was in Portland visiting her sister when the blaze occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Raymond
High Street
Fred Small
John Skillias
Raymond
Portland
Albert Dingley
Carl Bickford
Wallace Bickford
IL. A. McKenna
Gardiner
W. H. Johnson
Perley Rood
Martha Rittal
Mildred Keedle
Lillian Johnson
Cape Newagen
Lillian Sherburne
Marion Sherburne
Morse Men Train Hard For Friday Battle At Bath
Gardine high school travels to Bath Friday afternoon to play Morse at Kelley Field. The Blue and White seek revenge for last year’s 38 6 defeat and are polishing attack and defense. Key players Oliver Anliker Longley Hagan and Lyden lead a fast improving line as Gardiner eyes a strong showing against the up river team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardine
Bath
Morse
Kelley Field
Gar
South Portland
Gardiner
Doyle
Oliver
Anliker
Longley
Hagan
Lyden
Bowker
Charlie Miller
Kenney Orr
Eaton
Bruce
Kemper
Thix
Aned—Plente
Hewitt
Treet
Decker
Hay
Rowe
Fuller
Brace
Bath Ministerial Association Holds Monthly Meeting
The Bath Ministerial Association met at Winter Street Church with Rev. George Scudder presiding. Three new members were welcomed Rev. Robert H Carey Rev. F L Littlefield and Rev W L Skillin joined the group, and plans for a religious census and next month’s Corliss Street church meeting were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Ministerial Association
Winter Street Congregational Church
George Wilson Scudder
G. W. Secudder
Edwin L. Hardin
George BB. Wolstenholme
H. I. Skilliin
F. L. Littlefield
T. H. Fernald
Robert H. Carey
Weston P. Holman
Maine
Mmatter
Woolwich
Hardin
Coast Guard recruiting in Boston seeks young men
Chief Quartermaster Stanley Crandall announces Coast Guard recruiting at the Custom House Tower in Boston now moving to the federal building. Ages 15 to 25 are sought for two and three year enlistments with pay from 72 dollars monthly. Government outfits, clothing bounty, rapid advancement, and opportunities for radio operators or router mechanics. Expects applicants to consult Crandall for career direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
Cran- Call
Coast Guard
Custom House Tower
Boston
Customs Office
Federal Building
Copsuit
Crandall
Sewall P. Oliver Celebrates His 88th Birthday Party
Sewall P Oliver marked his eighty eighth birthday October four with a quiet celebration at his daughter Mrs Roy Newmans home. Guests included Mr and Mrs Walter Cummings and Mr and Mrs William Todd. Also noted were visits and travels of multiple locals across Kennebec Point Bath Camden Popham and nearby towns with church gifts and community groups meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall P. Oliver
Roy Newman
Walter Cummings
William Todd
Frank Beverage
Rockland
Vima Kingsbars
Simmons
Fitchburg
Mass
Cross
Kenenbec Point
Clayton Rowe
Bath
Augusta Rowe
Emma Billings
Robinbond
Hillebere
N. H
Harold Haunt
E. (. Higgins
John R. Blackie
Wiliam Farnsworth
Camden
Working League
W. A. Tedd
Louise Treat
Germantown
Sewall Webster
Augusta
George F.iver
Willard
Frankiver
Popham
R. P. Tedd
Warren
Melrose Highlands
Maxs
Mater
Sagadahec Bay
Harry Heald
Springvale
H. G. Heald
Mary Trafton
Ida Lewis
Helena Stuart
Brookline
Kennebec Point
First Baptist Church
George Williams
Waterville
West Georgetown
B. J. Powers
W_ S_ Cressey
Ethelyn Ellis
New Gloucester
A. L. Barbour
Haverhill
Ralph Reynolds
Boothbay
Abbie Reynolds
George Laskey
Sear Jones
Hkobinhood
John H. Carter
Woolwich
Center
Wellington Moore
Shirley
George Smith
Ruth Hinckley
First Fall Meeting of D A R Chapter in Bath
The Col Dummer Sewall chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held its first fall meeting at the home of Mrs. William E. Palmer with Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Harry Webber as hostesses. Speaker Maud Gark Gay of Waklebeoro discussed Good Citizenship. 41 members attended with two guests from nearby chapters. A business session led by Miss Alice Varney, regent, followed a reception with sandwiches, cake and coffee. The meeting was described as among the largest in chapter history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Dummer Sewall
Daughters of the American Revolution
William E. Palmer
Mreets
Palmer
Harry ©. Webber
Maud Gark Gay
Waklebeoro
Lessiatreams
Bath
Gay
Alice Varney
Jane Hail Browne
William Wilkes
Cathance
Janette Coombs
James Bowdein
West Bewdein
Edgar Wilson
Mary Dillingham
Lewiston
Larest
Bath girl recalls hurricane relief work in Miami
Miss Evelyn Sutherland, Hed Cross relief nurse, writes her parents about the devastating hurricane in Miami. She details long hours, flooded streets, and hospital surges, noting the Red Cross's control of relief efforts and the city’s determined comeback amid widespread homelessness and damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Sutherland
Hed Cross
Miami
Robert Sutherland
Center Street
Miss Sutherland
Ami
Debrix
McAlliser
Red Cross
Halcyon
Shetland Knitters And Their Legendary Craft
It is claimed that the women of the Shetland Islands are the best knitters in the world. Tradition holds that Spanish sailors stranded after the Armada disaster taught the craft to the island women who learned the new art of knitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shetland Islands
Islands
Pottery Dozen System Baffles English Ovens
In Staffordshire England a quirky system defines a dozen as any of 1 to 72 items. Plates are twelve to the dozen while cups and saucers use 36 and other wares range from 12 to 72. This arcane arithmetic arose to simplify oven workers’ payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staffordshire
England
Landlady’s stingy heating knives riles tenants
A playful jab from the Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket remarks on a mean landlady who supposedly heats knives to limit butter use. The note also mentions Mr and Mrs Fred Hayward and their son returning from Vermont visits, a dry New Hampshire Democratic platform, and America exporting 29 million false teeth annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Tech
Yellow Jacket
Five Islands Notes of Subscriptions and Summer Visits
G C Hicks Jr of St Louis renewed subscriptions to The American and several magazines for the Grange library, with hoped attendance next summer due to Mrs Hicks health. Belmont resident Herbert Moore visited, Chester Pinkham spent the weekend with his parents, and a pleasant Ladies Aid gathering with fudge was reported. Various residents and visitors passing time in Bath and MacMahan island, with multiple family movements and weddings noted. Bertha Lewis and Gilbert Standish were married in Bath, and families traveled from Medford to their cottage for brief stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Hicks, Jr
St. Louis
American
National Geographic
Popular Mechanic
Modern Priscilla
Grange
Belmont
Mass
Chester Pinkham
Ellsworth Pinkham
Ladies Aid
Charles Amazeen
Emma Rittall
Nettie Snowman
Charles Hanna
Bath
Arthur Nelson
Proctor Hagan
T. W. Blaisdell
MacMahan Island
Charles Moore
Wilson Moore
William Renaud
Florine Stevens
Baby
J. M. Stevens
J. L. Morse
Mildred Pinkham
W. Nocton
Ida H. Rowe
Alton Reid
Harold Rowe
T. Dpd. Reid
Frank MacMahan
Byron Campbell
Clara Davis
Delia
Fred Carr
FE. A. Harford
Izetta Pinkham
Junior Rowe
L. H. Rowe
Orville Rowe
Obituary for Mrs Hannah Eliza Bryant of Brunswick
Mrs Hannah Eliza Bryant died Friday at her home 10 Everett street Brunswick after weeks of illness. Born in Phippsburg September 7 1855 she married Clarence M Bryant in 1872. Survived by husband two sons Harold S Pike NH Ernest F Melrose MA one daughter Blanche M Bryant one grandson Ernest F Jr Melrose MA a sister Mrs I W Carter Winchester MA and two brothers Almendo Johnson Bath and Abner Johnson Northport. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm from residence Professor Frederick Brown Bowdoin College officiating. Burial in Bryant lot at Dine Grove. Her life featured tireless service to neighbors and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Eliza Bryant
Everett Street
Brunswick
Phippsburg
Capt
Abner
Loraina (Wallace) Johnson
Clarence M. Bryant
Portland
Bryant
Alvah Young Temple
Pythian Sisters
Hawthorn Chapter Order of the Eastern Star of
Topsham Grange
Sunshine Society
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Blanche M. Bryant
Harold S
Pike, N. HS
Ernest F
Melrose
Mass
Ernest FP. Jr
I. W. Carter
Winchester
Miss
Almendo Johnson
Vorthind Aml Abner
Flavius Priest
William Harrington
Dine Grove
Beunswicek
Mexico’s Revolution Thought Invites Youth to Rise
In a Pittsburgh Gazette Times reflection, the idea is voiced that every boy in Mexico has a chance to grow into a revolutionist, highlighting a stance on political awakening and social change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Buzzell outlines Maine Senate bid and campaign expenditures
Hon H C Buzzell of Belfast seeks the Republican nomination for United States Senator in Maine. He notes over eleven thousand voter signatures in a week, criticizes large spending, pledges weekly expenditure disclosures, and announces a speaking tour starting October 14 ahead of the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Buzzell
Belfast
United States
Maine
Catalina swims harder than English Channel feats
San Pedro California October reports experts warn Catalina Channel presents sterner tests than the English Channel with icy water winds tides and currents. Despite numerous attempts a full crossing remains unconquered though relay teams have succeeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Cal
California
Santa Catalina Island
Catalina Channel
Arrow Point
Point Vicente
Acadia Lodge Plans Golden Anniversary Celebration
The Ath Co ULRAKP club will hold an important Thursday night meeting following Acadia lodge's regular session to plan the Golden Anniversary celebration of the lodge.
Edsel Ford Gives Generous Maine Publicity Gift
Edsel Ford donated to the Maine Publicity Bureau following Cyrus Curtis’s $1,000 gift, praising the bureau as progressive and constructive. Ford, summering at Seal Harbor, stressed Maine’s recreational appeal to attract leading industrial and financial figures and projected further support to lure prominent men and wealth to the state. He noted Maine’s superb climate and scenery and its accessibility, hoping to draw a broader audience for development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
State of
Maine Publicity Bureau
Maine
Curtis
Ford
Seal Harbor
Ocean
Minor
Thrilling Bath motorists escape in side swipe crash
Llewellyn Holbrook Ruth Holbrook and six others from Bath were in a seven passenger Buick when a Ford sedan with a single head light sideswiped them on a Topsham woods road four and a quarter miles from Brunswick at about seven Sunday night. The Ford fled toward a woods road leaving damaged mudguards and hub caps. Brunswick Chief William B Edwards aided in the search but the other vehicle disappeared, with locals suspecting hit and run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llewellyn Holbrook
Ruth Holbrook
Bath
Wilton
Topsham Woods
Brunswick
Shuick
Holbrooks
Philip Libby
Philip Libby, Jr
Delore
Yvonne Libby
Trunswick
Mar
Libby
William B. Edwards
Taylor Hudson Wedding in Charlotte and Bath Couple
Charles W. Taylor of Charlotte and Beatrice R. Hudson of Bath wed on Saturday at eight pm at Beacon Street Methodist parsonage officiated by Rev. Weston D. P. Holman. A separate note states a milk depot returned to farmers 50,000 gallons of sour milk in one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Taylor
Charlotte
N. C
Beatrice RE. Hudson
William H. Hudson
Bath
Weston DP. Holman
Beacon Street
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
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Ivan M. Richardson
Richmond High School
Mildred Beedle
Edna Chase
Frances Libby
Lucille Bailey
Merilna Sidlinger
Ruth Curran
Lloyd Chetley
Sophomeres
Marie Alexander
Hazel Gardiner
Willa Haynes
Ava Derry
Leslie Seckins
Robert Wing
Pauline Darrah
Genevieve Joy
Lillian Oliver
Madelyn Umberhind
Bertha White
Elva Whitmore
Dorothy Wing
S. M. Preble
Lena Harlow
Sherman Roberts
Carlton Randall
Hebron Academy
Charles Jack
Trewdeinham
Edward Wilson
Clyde Griffin
Morin
Emerson Lane
American Legion
Legion Hall
Clarence Peacock
Don O. Cate
Harold Richardson
Ray Merrifield
Harold Libby
Mayford Morris
Roy Dieckins
Homer Alexander
Carlton King
Fred Stilphen
Dresden Mills
Elmer Dore
Pearl
Harmony
Kermit Darrah
Lynn
Albert Dbaraah
Kimball Street
Frank Anderson
Charles Dore
Charles, Jr
Cambridge
Byron Ludwig
Edgar Murphy
R. A. L. Colby
True of
New England Tel, & Tel. Co
Farm Bureau
Douglass
George Tibbetts
Fdna Lane
Willies
Dresden
Martha Lancaster
James ©. Carter
Esther
Rachel
Fred Groves
Emma
Henry
Ralph
Fred
Cameariscotta
Boothbar
Hazel A. Parks
Malden
George Stanley
EL AL Callhenuse
Morris Glaser
Sidney ML Hoepkins
Louise Pres
Edith Edgecomb
Star Club
Masonic Banquet Hall
Merri Meeting Bay
Jose
W. Dewex
Rot Jenney
Burlington
Emimesten
Salem
George AL Quimby
Harry Sleeper
Lanconia
N. TL
Dh AL Lathrope
Keosten
Ko OB
Pope
AL KL
EL Rand
Hingham
Wallace Griffen
Charles Griffen
George Kimball
Albert Lint
Marjorie
Fairfield
Lade Lint
Gilbert Maxwell
North Adanas
Lawrence Bond
J. M. Haynes
Joseph Crait
Walter Baker
Wortland
Mary Webber
Ministerial Society
THE
Monur
Orville
North Street
Kennebec Greenhouses
D.A.R
Maud Clark Gay
Waldoboro
Acr
Mussolini
Shetland Knitters
Fred Hayward
Son Junior
Vermont
New Hampshire
America
G. C. Hicks
Grange Library
Hannah E. Bryant
Buzzell
FOR the
Catlina
Pacific
English Channel
Art Bamfield
John Radowich
Edsel Ford
Taylor-Hudson
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Fire and Marine
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Ma
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