Steam and water power balance in Massachusetts during drought
The New England drought reduced water power generation in Massachusetts during 1929, dropping six month output to 38.33 percent of total electricity, down from 41 percent in 1928. Interconnected hydro and steam plants allowed switching to steam during low water periods, stabilizing supply and reducing fuel costs.
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New Er
Massachusetts
United
Niagara
New England
Constitution Hall Dedication Acknowledges Nationwide Women’s Effort
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution dedicate Constitution Hall in Washington after broad participation by 2400 local chapters in 50 states and overseas. Funds raised exceed $1,000,000 for ground breaking in 1923 and more than $600,000 for equipment. Foresters report 1929 fire season with 5719 fires and $3,037,300 in suppression costs affecting national forests in the Pacific Northwest and Inland Empire.
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Constitution Hall
Wednnesday
Washington
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Alaska
Hawaii
Philippines
Cuba
China
France
England
Alfred J. Brosseau
Calvin
Pacific Northwest
Inland Empire
New England Governors form 30 member transport study committee
A committee of thirty from the New England States will be appointed by the governors to study regional transportation issues. A general conference of regional businessmen will discuss requirements in this field, with at least 1,500 prominent participants expected.
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New England
The Highway Age and a Cedar Park Legacy
Historians may call the early twentieth century the Highway Age as paved routes replaced dirt roads, expanding travel coast to coast and uniting farms cities states and nations. The essay notes auto mobility shrinking provincialism and discusses lawn leaf practice once urged by John H. Ramsay who started local cemetery and park beautification by leaving leaves to protect grass roots and fertilize soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Ramsay
Secretary of Navy Praises Red Cross on Navy Day
Navy Day features praise from Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams for the Red Cross. He notes its field directors aid naval and marine shores, hospitals, and stations, solve family and social problems, and bolster morale by serving as a public go-between for service members and civilians.
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Red Cross
Bath
Charles Francis Adams
Navy
American Red Cross
Naval
Marine Corps
Red Cross Society
Motorcyclist Injured as Auto Strikes In City
Max Lewis of 288 Center Street, a machinist at Torrey Roller Bushing Works, is in City Hospital with a badly crushed foot after a motorcycle and an unidentified car collided on High Street near Center Saturday evening about 7 30. Driver fled but is expected to be caught with aid from State Highway Officer John P. Crosby and pursuing rider Fred Cullen.
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Max Lewis
Center Street
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
High Street
Center
John P. Crosby
Fred Cullen
Lewis
Cullen
Chandler's
City Hospital
A. A. Stott
Old Maine newspapers survey notes sparse early copies
The Maine Library Bulletin October reports slow progress in surveying Maine’s old newspapers. Few very early copies are in town or county libraries, with Hallowell Bath and Belfast having the largest collections. Hallowell notably holds many ancient papers including The Tocsin of 1797.
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Maine Library Bulletin
Maine
Hallowell
Bath
Belfast
Mrs Fulton Returns to City Treasury Office Duties
Mrs Eva Fulton resumes duties Monday in City Treas Office Hall after a Sunday return from her vicinity. She visited radio station WNAC broadcasting rooms during her absence.
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Eva Fulton
City Treas. Hall
Will of Boston man funds Bath hospital and library
The late George F. Manson of Boston left Bath beneficiaries including Bath Hospital and Patten Free Library each receiving 1000 dollars. The will filed in Suffolk probate court names Bowdoin College as residuary heir with an estate estimated under 340000 dollars. The document lists other gifts to Ada Manson and several relatives and institutions abroad. The suspicious cattle deaths near West Bath prompted an inquiry, but no poison trace was found after expert analysis.
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Bath City Hospital
Patten Free Library
George F. Manson
Boston
Bath
Suffolk
Pemberton Square
William W. Towle
Park and Cemetery Board of Bath
Old Ladies Home of
Ada Manson
Agnes Courant
Havre
France
Joseph Cunningham
London
England
Leon Durant
Anna Roche
Paris
Margaret Roche
Dartmouth College
Tremont Street
L. Wallace Hall
Alice M. LaBell
Thomas C. Bachelder
William
West Bath
Bowdoin
Cummings
Sheriff Henderson
Meserve
Henderson
Brunswick
Replacement of destroyers shifts crews to newer ships
The replacement of the U S destroyers Dale and Percival by Crowninshield and Tattnall will transfer two Maine sailors, Water Tender Archie Stewart of Bath and Deering, and Signalman Chester K Morse of Yarmouth, both veterans of ten years. Stewart has served on many ships worldwide while Morse has sailed widely and survived a 1923 Cardinal wreck. The Dale and Percival are being decommissioned at Philadelphia and San Diego, with their crews and equipment reassigned to Crowninshield and Tattnall. All four vessels average about 1200 tons, 35 knots, with four 4 inch guns and 12 torpedo tubes.
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U. S
Dale
Percival
U. S. S. Crowninshield
U. S. S. Tattnall
Maine
Archie Stewart
Chester K. Morse
Stewart
Bath
Deering
Orizaba
Breese
Vermont
Shubrick
Wilmington
Albany
Sharkey
McDermut
Kennedy
Farragut
Mrs Newell Hosts Bridal Party Luncheon in Amherst
Mrs William S Newell entertained with a Friday noon luncheon at 1080 Washington Street for the bridal party of Miss Marion S Dean and Robert P Shaw a prominent society event Saturday afternoon. Guests included maid of honor Miss Carrie Shaw and bridesmaids Miss Ellen Newell Miss Marcia Moulton Miss Helen Christie and Miss Rosamond Pierce. Also present were Mrs Wallace Rand Charles Anson Frank Jr ushers and friends from New York Bath Dover and Mass.
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William S. Newell
Washington Street
Marion S. Dean
Robert P. Shaw
Carrie Shaw
Ellen Newell
Marcia Moulton
Bath
Helen Christie
Dover
N. H
Rosamond Pierce
New Bedford
Mass
Wallace Rand
Newton Highlands
Charles Anson Frank, Jr
New York
Mr. Shaw
A. D. Cameron
Schenectady
N. Y
Earl Martin
Bloomfield
N. J
J. Haviland Torrey
R. G. Bellezza
W. H. Robinson, Jr
W. A. Greenlaw, Jr
Lynn
Phil Shields
Old Relics Displayed At W C T U Meeting
Bath W C T U met at the Y M C A to mark the 50th anniversary of incandescent lights. Miss Alice May Douglas described early glass, candle moulds, whale oil lamps, a wall candle holder, and a dipper with a miniature smokestack. Music by Mrs Gardiner Roberts followed. Plans for winter and charitable fabric drives were announced, with appeals for calico gingham and percale.
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Bath
W.C.T.U
Y M.C.A
Alice May Douglas
Douglas
Annie Wylie Stackpole
Lewis Totman, Sr
Frances Lane
Jay
Gardiner Roberts
Temperance Legion
Secretary of State Commends Red Cross Remarks by Henry L. Stimson
Henry L. Stimson calls the American Red Cross a symbol of American goodwill as it aids foreign calamities. He urges expanded Red Cross service at home and abroad. The Bath chapter annual roll call opens November 10.
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Henry L. Stimson
United States
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Bath
Governor Gardiner to Speak at Armistice Day Service
Governor William Tudor Gardiner accepted an invitation from Roland Smith post A L to attend Armistice Day observances on Monday November 11 at Morse High School auditorium at 2 pm He will be the principal speaker The information came by telephone to Eugene M Desmond chairman of the program committee The program promises a large audience in the new auditorium
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William Tudor Gardiner
Roland Smith Post
A. L
Morse High School
Eugene M. Desmond
Gardiner
Real estate transfers listed in Sagadahoc registry
Recent transfers include Arrewsic to Gardiner Trust Co in Bath and Laura Black to Mabel Merrill in Cumberland, plus MacVane, Lynch, Thomas, and others. Transactions cover Bowdoin, Georgetown, Richmond, Topsham, West Bath, Woolwich, and presiding entities like the State of Maine and local lenders.
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Sagadahoc
Arrewsic
Lillian M. Wood Freeman
Gardiner Trust Co
Bath
Laura D. Black
Mabel B. Merrill
Cumberland Loan and Building Association
Arthur W. MacVane
John H. Lynch
Mollie H. Lynch
Susan L. Thomas
Fletcher A. Thomas
Roscoe L. Carver
Bowdoin
Flora G. Ham Hodgkins
Eleonia Allen
Hattie M. Purin
Topsham
George W
William H. Naugler
William Seams
John P. Hayward
Smith Feldspar Co
West Bath
Elmer B. Williams
Lillian S. Upham
Woolwich
Allen L. Cates
Mount Hope Bridge Dedication Opens Rhode Island Span
Vice President Curtis inaugurates the Mount Hope Bridge and Rhode Island dedicates the $5,060,000 span connecting Providence and Newport. Governors, senators, and local figures witness a pageant, salutes, and a bright illumination ceremony tonight broadcast by WEAN.
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Mount Hope Bay
Rhode Island
Washington
Curtis
Mount Hope
Providence
Newport
Capitol
New England
William H. Vanderbilt
Normans. Case
Otis Glenn Ofllinois
Herbert W. Smith
Mount Hope Bridge Company
William H. P. Faunce
Brown University
John Clarke
Roger Williams
U. S. S. Dallas
Case
Vanderbilt
Bristol
Nancy Weaver Thompson
Rhode Island Historical Society
Newport Historical Society
King Philip
Miantonomi
Wanumetonomy
Canonicus
Massasoit
Frances N. Fullerton
Aquidneck
Isle of Peace
Fort Adams
National Guard
Park
Palestine Temple Band
Noble Andrew L. Intlehouse
Bristol Boys Community
Mgr
Fred Aressello
WEAN
Norman
Ex-Gov Baxter Denies Deer Shooting Story
Former Governor Percival P. Baxter rejects a Bangor despatch claiming he shot a deer. He states he has not hunted in decades and opposes hunting slaughter, urging Mainers to find humane amusements rather than deer deaths.
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Baxter
Percival P. Baxter
Maine
Bangor
Generous Contributions for Hospital Radio Drive
Several hundred dollars were raised by Harry De Wick on Friday to buy and maintain radios with headphones for every cot at City hospital. A collection box is at Small's Radio store for donations. Harold P. Small Co. will supply and install sets at cost, with funds left for maintenance. Many local residents contributed, and President Wright of the City hospital serves as treasurer of the effort.
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Harry de Wick
de Wick
Harold P. Small Co
Edmund P. Briggs
William A. Fall
Fred H. Thompson
Davids. Cogan
Grace Cunningham
Wright
The
City Hospital
Bear Tracks Spur Brooks Town Hunt
Manter L Murphy found bear tracks from the marsh river to his orchard and hen house. A bold hunting party pursued the bear to W C Deering's field and then northward but failed to capture it.
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Brooks
Manter L. Murphy
Marsh
Mr. Bruin
W. C. Deering
Brennan Family Visit In Woodland With Sawyer Relatives
Mrs. Walter Brennan of Woodland and her son Harry Sawyer Brennan spend a fortnight with Mrs. Brennan’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Sawyer at 18 Dummer Street.
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Walter Brennan
Woodland and Son
Harry Sawyer Brennan
Medford Funeral For Mrs Wes ley White
Mr and Mrs Harry White and Mr and Mrs Leland Plummer of Dummer Street attended the funeral in Medford Mass for Mrs Wes ley White 25 the daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore Raymond formerly of this city Muriel Raymond a Morse high school graduate class of 20. A Belfast bound eggs crate was lost in Postoffice square causing scrambled eggs to spill on the road and manhole cleaning required.
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Harry White
Leland Plummer
Dummer Street
Medford
Mass
Belfast
Postoffice
Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed From Historical Paper
A dense list of horizontal and vertical crossword clues appears, including themes like theater lobby verses Princeton serve attention and more. Readers are invited to fill in entries such as Fur-bearing animal Mantle Cues and various abbreviations while navigating a sprawling clue set.
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Princeton
Greece
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Ioat Bath
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Park and Cemetery Board
Old
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Yarmouth
Mrs. Newell
Bridal Party
W.C.T. U. Meeting
Hoover Cabinet
Luke H. Callan
Bristol Court House
Newport Chamber of Commerce
Governor Case
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Faunce
D. B. Steinman
Mt. Hope Bridge Company
Douglas R. Coleman
Glenn
Smith
Marian Irene Smith
Rita Barbara Callan
Scotland
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