Canary Raising Woman in Maine Earns Extra Income
Mrs H K Smith of South Freeport raises canaries for market, keeping 42 birds in a wire cage and selling females for 2.50 and males for 6 to 7 dollars. Birds are fed seeds greens and oranges, with natural yellow plumage after generations. The article notes a zebra finch and details care to prevent homesickness and encourage singing without phonograph aid. The piece also covers a Bath fire damage report and firefighting efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
H. K. Smith
South Freeport
Jack Frost
Mrs. Smith
Smith Home
Canaries
Justice Murray Presiding as Sagadahoc Court Indicts Eight
Five Bath residents among eight named in seven indictments during Sagadahoc Superior court October term. Cases include assault on a 7 year old, felonious assault with attempt to ravish an 18 year old, and larceny of an automobile. A new grand jury was impanelled and civil cases were assigned for hearing. A wedding announcement follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Clyde Wheeler
Betty Lorraine Seavey
Elmer W. Geneau
William H. Hudson, Jr
Faustina M. Reed
Woolwich
Burton O. Radley
Charles Radley
Gilbert B. Caron
Bowdoinham
William Stevens
Topsham
Caron
Stevens
Harold Eaton
Phippsburg
Edward P. Murray
Bangor
Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary's Church
Guy Nichols
Ralph O. Dale
Dale
Foreman Nichols
Charles E. Blaisdell
Charles A. Coombs, Jr
William J. Craft
Emery J. Footer
Harry Plummer
Frank H. Clark
Arrowsic
Raymond H. Skelton
Bowdoin
Gretchen A. Hatch
Zina W. Maxwell
Marjorie L. Hagan
Georgetown
William Blaisdell
Harry W. Douglass
Everett D. Kincaid
Richmond
Alonzo B. Holmes
Florence L. Howland
Eugene L. Curtis
West Bath
Sarah A. Carlton
Traverse
John Conway
Hubert T. McCarty
Frank Allegrin
Herbert T. Caverly
Eliza Dow
William Howard
New York City
No. 1
Charles T. Small, Jr
Dow
Weston M. Hilton
Wiscasset
Howard
Conway
Edward W. Bridgham
Frank A. Tirrell, Jr
Rockland
Allegrin-Caverly
Bridgham
Gaudet
City
Tsis
Dennis J. Gaudet
City of Bath
Superior Court
Murray
City of
Western Avenue
Court Street
Ernest L. Goodspeed
Gardiner
Watertown Visit by Lemont Couple and Lowell Stopover
Mr and Mrs Arthur Lemont of Washington street spent Sunday in Watertown Massachusetts as guests of Mr and Mrs Malcolm Mac Kinnon. They were joined by Miss Bessie Potter of Washington street who spent the day in Lowell visiting Mr and Mrs Fred Starkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lemont
Washington Street
Watertown
Mass
Malcolm MacKinnon
Bessie Potter
Lowell
Fred Starkey
Women’s Republican Club Governing Committee Meets in Vassalboro
The Board of Governors of the Women's Republican Club of Maine met at Miss Nettie C. Burleigh's home in Vassalboro. They planned the annual meeting in Augusta on the seventh with speakers to be announced and discussed future plans. A luncheon using produce from Burleigh's farm followed. Attendees from Sagadahoc included Mrs. Henry W. Butler Miss Mary Pelham Hill and Mrs. Harry E. Litchfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie C. Burleigh
Women's Republican Club of
Maine
Vassalboro
Augusta
Prison sentence given Radley on mayhem charge
Burton O. Radley, 31, of this city, was sentenced to one to two years in the State prison at Thomaston by Justice Edward P. Murray in Sagadahoc Superior Court after pleading guilty to mayhem. The state alleges he bit his father's ear and fractured ribs during a fight on Oct. 5 at the Radley home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton O. Radley
Thomaston
Edward P. Murray
Sagadahoc
Radley
Charles Radley
Tarbox Street
Murray
Elmer W. Geneau
William H. Hudson, Jr
Faustina M. Reed
Woolwich
Morse
Traverse
Fred Cousin
Geneau
Hudson
Ralph O. Dale
Miss Reed
Genean
Brunswick
Topsham
Modern Theatre Planned On Columbia Site
Sagadahoc Real Estate Association will build a new modern theatre on the Columbia site after the old house was destroyed by fire last Friday morning. Oliver Moses and A J Moreau discussed plans and agreed construction should start soon for a speedy completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Real Estate Association
Columbia
Oliver Moses
Real Estate Association
A. J. Moreau
M., & P. Theatres Corp
Columbia Theatre
Moses
Moreau
Fatal Bowdoin Man Hit By Car Near Gardiner
Arthur Tingley a 72 year old Bowdoin resident died after being struck on the Brunswick Gardiner highway by Carroll Decker 21 Gardiner. Tingley died 15 minutes after at Brunswick hospital from internal injuries and a fractured leg. Decker said the man suddenly appeared in front of the car. He had a beer drink. vehicle owner listed as Mer Street Gardiner. They were returning from Topsham Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Tingley
Bowdoin
Carroll Decker
Gardiner
Brunswick-Gardiner
Brunswick Hospital
C. W P. Foss
Bowdoin-Topsham
Decker
Harold Mitchell
Charles F. Marks
Tingley
Mer
Trawlers Launch Gala Event At Bath Iron Works
The all steel streamlined trawler Villanova, built for F J O'Hara Trawling Co of Boston, will launch Thursday at Bath Iron Works with a 1 30 p m ceremony. Francis O'Hara Jr will crack a champagne bottle as the vessel slides into the Kennebec, amid college songs by the Brunswick American Legion band and a Bath parade. A special six car and two diner train from Boston carries 150 guests including ex Governor Brann. a birthday luncheon at Arcade will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villanova
Bath Iron Works Corp
F. J
Villanova College
American Legion
Brunswick
Boston
O'Hara
Massachusetts
Jeanne D'Arc
Boy Scouts of
Bath
Mr. O'Hara
Louis J. Brann
Maine
George T. Files
A.L
O Hara
Francis
Arcade
Pooler
Mother
Sonny
State of Maine
Huestis
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Brunswick Department
Songsters
Front Street
Bath Acrie
Eagles
Columbia Hotel
Acme Supply Co
Commercial Street
Scott Morse
Thomas Malia
Rice’s Shoe
Malia
Frank Pepper
Rowe & Dalrymple
Madden Brothers
New Deal Market
Atlantic & Pacific
Rowe & Dalyerrymple
Elms Street
Summer Street
Bath Department
William C. Perkins
Perkins
Engine 4
Water Street
Joseph Cloutier
William B. Edwards
Ciel Morse
Brunswick Fire Department
Men of Faerie 4
Acme
Alden P. Denham, Jr
Keel
Mafia
Rice's Shoe
Pepper's Billiard
Justice Murray
Winter Returned Street Church
Athana Cannon Congdon
William M. Congdon
Bruce Street
John Wilson Gillespie
James W. Gillespie
Winter Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Horace Ward
Alice Norris
Christine Curtis
Jeannette Shackford
Miss Lydia Atwood
Miss Norris
Miss Curtis
Miss Shackford
Congdon
Gillespie
Charles D'Arcy
D'Arcy
Buffalo
N. Y
Post Office
Women’s Republican Governing Committee
Congress Shirt Co
Middle Street
Torrey Roller Bushing
Big Hyde Windlass Co
Portland
M. & P. Theatres Corp
Topsham Fair
F. J. O'Hara Trawling Co
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