Notable Turnpikes and Early U S Highway Progress
The piece discusses early U S highway development, detailing Gallatin’s report on turnpikes and improvements, including a Boston Post Road section and a Trenton to Brunswick route. It notes construction standards, costs per mile, profitless ventures, and the later rise of railroads ending the era of private turnpikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Bronsecwick
Gallatin
Geeardmie
Secretacy
Ate
Pew
Amd
Issa Ftav
Beacon Pili Beste Tinto
Thomas Keiper
Philadelphia
America
Valtimere
Bowdoinham Grange Club’s Annual Contest and Exhibition
Bowdoinham boys and girls of the Merry Workers club held their annual contest at Grange Hall with an extensive program. Winners were named in sewing, bread, canning, garden, and junior and senior divisions. remarks by County Agent Charles Eastman and Miss Hortense Welch accompanied displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TE Club
Grange Hall
Orchestra
Fred Cheney
Francis Merrill
Long -Merry Workers Club
Evelyn Webber
Florence Chadwick
Celia Killings
Loraine
Arthur Webber
Donald Hackett
Preeman
Marjorie Lamoreni
Springfeld Exposition
Frances Merrill
Harold Tackett
Meng — Bey
Charles Eastman
Hortense Welch
Auburn
Merry Workers
Hazel Hackett
Loraine Treenie
Srd
Celia Billings
Marion Curtis
Charlotte Ansen
Christine Temple
Marie Hinkley
Canning
Shirley Lancaster
Bread
Mills
Aroberst College
Philip Rideout
Nellie Rideout
Percy
Camden
Leoraine Heenie
Route 1 Maine History Reveals Early Highway Struggles
The article outlines Route No. 1 Maine as an early interstate highway idea, noting rail competition, later revival with bicycles and automobiles, and state highway department adoption. It lists detailed road conditions across Maine segments, totaling roughly 122.52 miles to Portland, with varied surfaces and bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Federal Road Bureau
Maine
Road Bureau
Houlton
Calais
Machias
Ellsworth
Bangor
Belfast
Thomaston
Wiscasset
Wortland
Portland
Kittery
Overcoats and Hats Placed On Sale In City Storefront
Local sale listing shows overcoats priced at 22.50 and 15.95, 12.56 and 10.50. Enorma coats offered at 4.50 and 8.50, hats at 5.49 and 4.00. Item by Max Katz at 18 Blum Street dated 10 19 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Katz
Blm Street
Oods
Max Kutz
Elm_ street
Local Notices Invite Guests and Travel Details From Maine Community
Earle Blodgett, agricultural teacher, visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Blodgett. Carver hosted a sixteen-relative Halloween party from Lewiston and Auburn with violin by Roland Heald. Mrs. Mary Dixson stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Fowle. Georgie Berry hosted Methodist aid. Auto race in Salem, NH. Miss Jessie Ames named county auto game inspector. Harry Adams and family visited in Los Angeles. Canada trip planned. W O H Gould toured Bath area. Modern Woodmen plan fall dances with Brunswick orchestra. Harold and Mrs. Smith of Gardiner visited Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Blodgett
Anson Academy
S. Blodgett
Wilbert
Carver
Lewiston
Auburn
Roland Heald
Boston Conservatory of Music
Mary Dixson
Westport
J. M. Fowle
Georgie Berry
Methodist Aid
Bert Cornish
Lysle Temple
Bert Merrill
Ralph McEwen
Salem
Nhh
Jessie M. Ames
Harry Adams
Los Angeles
Cal
Adkins
W. OB. Kendall
Bb. V. Kendall
Clifford Smalley
Canada
Aroostook
W. OH. Gould
Hl. Blackwell
Bath
Gould
Brunswick
Lothrop McDougall wedding in Bath at 71 Academy street
Eunice May McDougall and Leroy E K Lothrop wed Tuesday at the McDougall home in Bath. Rev. George Wolstenholme officiated with Eva Horn as bridesmaid and Wesley Welton as best man. The couple, of Bath and Rockland, plan a reception at their new Bath home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Timothy McDougall
Academy Street
Eunice May McDougall
Leroy EK
Lothrop
Bath
George LB. Wolstenholme
People's Baptist Church
Eva Horn
Wortland
Wesley Welton
Rockland
American Express
Brunswick
Times
M.T. McDougall
Morse High School
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Omni
The
Maine Central
Bean & Cos
Bean & Co
Stuck
Morris S. Povigh
Bowdoinham
Carleton Jenkins
Owhile
Putman
Fitchburg
Mass
Bay Shore
Richard Brown
Francis F. Witham
Richmond
George Weeks
Roe B. Ferguson
A.C. Carr
Belgrade
OB. Kendall
Charlotte Austin
D. T Craney
Fred Meacham
Bowdoin
Willard Lane
Marian Gray
Emeline Pratt
KB. BE. Wilson
J. Hall Denham
George Brown
Lilly's Grave
Methodist Sunday School
Syria
Palestine
Near East
Wallace Hunter
Bob
Jack
Minnie Waldron
Elizabeth Gass
Augusta
Albert Henderson
W. S. Given Co
Fred Allen
WLOB
Kendall
Litheo Allen
Della Rideout
Alc. Carr
Sheriff Henderson
KO. Kendall
Richard Bancroft
Wellesley
Philip Kimball
Cornish
Pleasant Pond
Sunda
Ror
Ferguson J. B. Cornish
Newtonville
Rcnew
Revo Charles Perry
Millay Brothers
Amanda Tall
Wilbur
Popshaa
Alfred
Margaret Cobb Raymond
Edward Graves Finlay
Ridge Cemetery
Wilbur Tall
Topsham
Pred) Morgan
Ruth Thompson
Saco
Harry Record
Old
West Medford
Jack Browne
Merryfield
Sk. TS. Douglass
Robens Douglass
Portsmouth
Millay Bros
Sal
Prank Millay
Trene
Greenfield
Mabel
Maude Bates
Millays
H. A. Bartlett
Harmony, Mame
Dublin
Stanwear
Hadley
Senter
Woolwich
Lullentral Railroad
Maine Central Railroad
Harold Smith of
Gardiner
Bath Department Store
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