Maine Teachers Prepare for 14th Annual Portland Meeting
The Maine Teachers association unveils a dense program for the October 26 and 27 gathering in Portland. It includes expanded sessions, paid speakers for group meetings, two music festivals, low railroad rates, an organ recital, and talks by educators from Dartmouth Bowdoin and Col umbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Teachers’ Association
Portland
Maine Schoolmasters’ Club
Maine
American School Peace League
Maine Council of Teachers of English
National Council of Mothers
Parent- Teachers’ Associations
City Hall
Congress Square
Lillian I. Lincoln
Farmington State Normal School
S. R. Shear
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Nelson I. Mixer
Waterville High School
James L. McConaughy
Dartmouth College
Ernest C. Marriner
Hebron Academy
William Hawley Davis
Bowdoin College
John A. Partridge
Fairfield
Lewiston
Rumford
Biddeford
Gardiner
Oakland
Bath
Auburn
Turner
Canton
Sanford
Springvale
Cornish
Brunswick
Augusta
Camden
Thomaston
Rockport
Westbrook
South Portland
Hood
Verdi
Lacome
Rossiani
Lindsey
Spilman
Scott
Donixette
Laehner
Will Macfarlane
America
Massachusetts
O. T. Carson
Columns
Ohio
H. H. Randaly
William B. Jack
Glenn W. Starkey
Helen M. King
Mallian M. Reed
C. A. Record
Clara L. Soule
William M. Marr
Patten
Charles N. Perkins
Waterville
Auto Crash on Kennebunk Road Leaves Four Injured
Four Bath men R E Merry G I Merry W H Merry and W E Shaughnessey were in a car that overturned after hitting sand on a Kennebunk road. R E Merry suffered a neck wound from a twig driven near his jugular. Dr D E Dolloff removed it at Webber hospital. The auto was brought to a city garage for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Bath
R. E. Merry
G. I. Merry
W. H. Merry
W. E. Shaughnessey
Kennebunk Road
Iron Bridge
Webber Hospital
D. E. Dolloff
Cony High School Drops Football Season
Principal Henry Cobb of Cony explains to state high schools that football is discontinued due to lack of interest poor finances parental opposition injuries and diseases in towns hosting games. A nine game training series remains for two Cony teams led by Coach Thompson and Joseph Coady before a possible game with Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cobb
Cony
Cobb
Gardiner
Cong
Thompson
Joseph Coady
Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil for Croup and Sore Throat
An advertisement promotes Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil for croup or sore throat. Available in two sizes 25c and 50c at all drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Thomas
Young Women Told to Use Vegetable Compound for Pain
A Buffalo mother reports her daughter relieved from monthly pains by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges young women with painful or irregular periods to try the remedy and write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N.Y
Lydia E Tinkham
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Dromore Grange Program Highlights Evening Meeting
The Dromore Grange program last Tuesday evening featured a Dromore Choir song session and closing Grange Choir number. George Weston chaired discussions including What Constitutes a True Granger with contributions from Scott Campbell and others. Annie Purington, Miss Rafnell, Bessie Dickinson and James Perry among readers and stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Dromore Choir
George Weston
Bessie Dickinson
Scott Campbell
James Perry
Annie Purington
Miss Rafnell
Grange
Murray Club Meeting and Local Notes Chronicle
Local items note the Murray Club gathering with Mrs. Furber on Deering Street, Morse High School enrollment of 372 this year up from 324, and a false claim of infantile paralysis at the Orphans Home. Ninth graders plan a November first Assembly Hall entertainment to fund a piano. Potatoes price at $1.50 a bushel with potential rise to $2.00 due to rot widespread in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Club
Charles Furber
Deering St
Morse High School
Orphan’s Home
Assembly Hall
Loyal Men’s Class
People’s Baptist Church
Meadowbrook
Kennebec
T. Ll. Wellman
Bath
Wellman
Center St
Hartleb & Chestra
Bath Girls Targeted by Silk Petticoat Scam in Northwest
Authorities pursue a well dressed young man posing as a district manager of the National Order Broker Exchange. He collected dimes from Bath area women promising silk petticoats for ten cent pieces, with a five friend chain. Women wrote letters to five others and sent ten cents plus lists to the exchange. Mayor Nye in Minneapolis has letters from three women. The police have not found the swindler. several Bath girls report they enjoyed the scheme despite losing money. Also noted is a Bangor reception for Rev. B. P. Browne at Essex Street Baptist Church, with church leaders and dignitaries in attendance and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Order Broker Exchange
Northwest
Exchange
Nye
Minneapolis
B. P. Browne
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Bangor
Young People’s Society of the Christian Endeavor
Essex Street Baptist Church
Benjamin P. Browne
Hart
Gordon
Stanley Cayting
C. A. Moore
Benjamin T. Livingston
Edwin Brown
B. F. Beatty
Brewer
Mr. Cousins
Harold S. Capron
Robert A. Jordan
Y.M.C.A
Jessie Haggerty
Y.W.C.A
Y.P.S.C.E
Essex Street
Obituary of Calvin M. Bennett Portland Firefighter and pattern maker
Calvin M. Bennett former member of Portland Fire Department Engine Co. No. 1 died in Boston the first week of last month. He was born in Bath and worked as a pattern maker at Bath Iron Works then Portland Thomas Laughlin Co. later in Lynn and other Massachusetts towns. Bennett also served as a sergeant in a Portland infantry company and engaged in fire duty for Bath and Portland. He funeralized at Fred Blake’s home in Gorham Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin M. Bennett
Engine Co. No. 1
Portland Fire Department
Boston
Fred Blake
Gorham
Mr. Bennett
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Portland
Thomas Laughlin Co
Lynn
Massachusetts
Fire Department
Local Church Services and Community Events Highlight Week
Rev J E Whitemore preached at Corliss Street Church in morning and evening services. Maine Festival choruses study new musical work Peace as announced by Director William R Chapman. Ladies Aid of Winter Street Church hosted by Mrs Charles Taylor and Miss Lina Sewall for Friday gathering supporting annual Christmas sale before Thanksgiving. North Primary School pupils fundraise earning 13 dollars 56 cents toward Victrola fund. Kennebec river crossing rough with teams unharnessed by Woolwich residents. Secret service warns of counterfeit ten dollar Minneapolis note and five dollar New York note. Loyal Men's Class of People's Church Bath to lead meetings at Waterman schoolhouse Litchfield starting Oct 16. Schooner Charles A Campbell dismasted Sept 18 northeast of Bermuda, towed to Bermuda by steamer Naperian. hull built 1890 by Morse brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Whitemore
Corliss St
Maine Festival
States
William R. Chapman
Charles Taylor
Lina Sewall
Winter Street
North
Kennebec
Woolwich
Secret Service
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond Bee
Loyal Men’s
People’s Church
Bath
S. A. Evans
Waterman
Litchfield
Richmond
Charles A. Campbell
Bermuda
Naperian
Campbell
Horta
Norfolk
Martazan
C. W
H. F. Morse
Portland and Bangor locals mark property trades and service notes
The Charles M. Jordan residence on York St was purchased Saturday by Edmond Arsenault via Joseph Charles Footer. Rev E E Pendel of Livermore Falls preached at Advent Christian Church. Dr Harry F Morin bought the Purington residence at Washington and Pearl, occupying one Bonney flat earlier. Bangor ships to Portland under Capt Alvah B Strout. Gov Dingley boats to winter use under Capt Linscott. Fire alarms on Winter Street bridge and Oliver Coombs block caused minor damage. ladders dispatched. Festival honors badges from 1896 1916 awarded to Mendelssohn Club members. Paul J Koughan of Bath, with New Jersey Field Artillery, promoted to sergeant and aiding Knights of Columbus among troops in Douglas Arizona. Miss Marjorie Bailey to Cambridge mass teaching. sisters Marjorie Louise Ruth Bailey attend Damrosch School and Simmons College. all Morse High graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Jordan
York St
Edmond Arsenault
Joseph Charles Footer
E. E. Pendel
Livermore Falls
Advent Christian Church
Wilbur Brown
Harry F. Morin
Purington
Washington and
Pearl Sts
Morins
Bonney
Washington St
Bath
Cloutier
Combination 4
Winter Street Bridge
Oliver Coombs
Middle and
Bath Sts
Portland
Chapman
Mendelssohn Club
Charles Oliver
Annie Cox
H. Emma Magoun
Arthur Stearns
Herbert Williams
Paul J. Koughan
New Jersey Field Artillery
Douglas
Arizona
Koughan
Bowdoin
Council of Knights of Columbus
Sagadahoc
Sheepscot
New York City
Ruth
Simmons College
Morse High
Portland Catholic Choral Society nets 2400 for Holy Innocents Home
The Portland Catholic Choral Society's benefit concert at City Hall on Sept 19 raised 2353 tickets plus gifts and a 225 donation, totaling 2400 net for the Holy Innocents Home building fund. Mme Emma Eames sang as soloist with Ruth Deyo on piano and Will C. Macfarlane as municipal organist. The City of Rockland steamer arrived from Boston after a Friday storm caused a Saturday departure delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Catholic Choral Society
City Hall
Mme
Emma Eames
Holy Innocents Home
Catholic Choral Society
Catholic Institute
Louis S. Walsh
Holy Innocents
Mme. Eames
Ruth Deyo
Will C. Macfarlane
Annie J. O’brien
Emma Eames de Gogorza
City of Rockland
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Deering High School
Warren Paper Mills
Public Schools of
Livermore
Kennebunk
Worway
Lisbon Falls
Hallowell
William F. Stevens
Boothbay Harbor
Topsham Fair
Boothbay
Norman
Stevens
New York State
Lake George
Kennebec Yacht Club
Mrs. Kurtzweg
Park
Red Men
Hyde Windlass
Windlass
Frates
Farrar
Department of Agriculture
Europe
United States
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Chichester S
Chichester
A. B. Watson
New York
Union Street
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
Bath, Maine
Cyrus W. Longley
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