Final City Hall Report Details Bath Project And Davenport Trustees Support
The City Hall Building Committee reports on the Davenport Memorial project in Bath Me. The Davenport Trustees will pay 100 300 toward construction at 15 833 yearly until paid. The city holds 45 000 in bonds and 19 666 65 remains per agreement.
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City Hall
Davenport Memorial
Huse
Gilmore
Davenport
Building Committee
Bath
J. Edward Drake
John W. Gilmore
E. W. Hyde
Lavenport Lane
City of
Two Bath Ladies Narrowly Escape Car Embankment Incident
Mrs Lulu Atkins and Mrs Walter S Glidden escaped serious injury when Atkins car skidded on a lubricated Danforth Street bridge approach near Bath Maine. The vehicle plunged 12 to 15 feet onto the shore but both women walked away unhurt with only a bent fender and a brief delay before continuing home from Boston.
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Lulu Atkins
Walter S. Glidden
Boston
Atkins
Danforth Street Bridge
Portland
President Sills Sees Maine School Problems
Bowdoin College president argues Maine must prioritize teaching over building. He notes improvements in teacher certification and rural programs but warns high schools lack college readiness, urging public and teaching community to boost support for 1929 1930. He cautions prosperity without moral growth harms Maine.
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Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Maine
Friends of Education
Miss America VIII Aims Past 100 MPH In Detroit Tests
Gar Wood’s Miss America VIII, equipped with Hyde propellers, appears capable of averaging 100 mph across six runs on ideal water, with a 79.467 mph final lap suggesting a maximum 98 mph on the straight. Miss America VII heads to Venice to challenge Miss England, while Miss V sails with Claude White on board. A Boston party returns from a Cobbroad visit with Capt Haley at Old Orchard.
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Gar Wood
Hyde
Detroit
Labor Day
Venice
Sir Henry Segrave
Phil Wood
Claude Graham White
London
Albert Hicks
Earl Potter
Potter
Claire
Boston
Thomas K. Haley
Cobbroad
Several Involved In Brunswick Motor Crash Saturday Night
A Saturday evening collision on the Brunswick road near former Merry Meeting Park left three cars damaged and several injured. LaSalle driver Arthur D. Fels of Yarmouth faces charges of reckless driving after a high speed pass led to a head on with a Buick driven by Angus B. Chisholm of White Plains and passenger Michael Fugere. Knowlton and his niece Miss Annie Harvey along with Miss Pearl Staples sustained cuts while Fels and another occupant suffered fractures.
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Brunswick Road
Merry Meeting Park
Frank CU. Knowlton
Pine Street
Annie Harvey
Pearl Staples
Bath
LaSalle
Arthur D. Fels
Yarmouth
Ralph F. Blood
J. K. Ballard
Portland
Knowlton
Buick
Angus B. Chisholm
White Plains
Michael Fugere
Mr. Knowlton
Times
Fugere
Brunswick
Feis
Maine Society of Chapter Founders of the DAR organized
A new Maine group named the Maine Society of Chapter Founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution formed with 22 of 36 organizing regents. Miss Mary Pelhamhill leads as regent, with Ellen G. Stanly as vice regent and other officers named. The first annual meeting at New Meadows Inn included a shore dinner and business session. Next year’s meeting is set for August 29 at Hotel Worster in Hallowell.
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Maine
Maine Society of Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mary Pelhamhill
Topsham
Bath
Ellen G. Stanly
Winthrop
Nora G. Rice
Farmingdale
Carrie S. Howard
Winslow
Josephine P. Walker
Thomaston
Evelyn . Frost
Belfast
Margatson
Rumford
Stella K. White
Houston
New Meadows Inn
Massachusetts
Hotel Worster
Hallowell
One Bath built windjammer returns to Bath harbor
The Harry G. Deering, a Bath built four masted schooner, lies at the Howard Coal Co. wharf amid nearly extinct windjammers. The Courtney C. Houck and Maude M. Morey, built in 1913 and 1917, remain the other two, with the Deering facing a fading era as steam freighters dominate coastal shipping.
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Harry G. Deering
Howard Coal Co
Bath
Courtney C. Houck
Maude M. Morey
G. G. Deering Co
Kennebec
Boston Harbor
Houck
Cappy
Matt Peasley
Thomaston
Crowell & Thurlow Co
Boston
Deering
Lydia McLellan Baxter
Deering Co
Elisha Atkins
Morey
Seguin
Crowell & Thurlow
C. M. Look
Jonesport
Harry
South Channel
Vineyard Sound
Fenwick Island
Look
Hyde Windlass Co
Lock
Mississippi River
Capt
County Granges Aid State Chamber Fund For Springfield Trip
Progressive Grange of Richmond Sagadahoe Grange Bowdoin Topsham Grange Merrymeeting Grange Bowdoinham and Sagadahoe Pomona support a State Chamber fund to send 120 Maine agricultural club youths to a week at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield Massachusetts. The group departs Portland Saturday morning with eight youths from Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties included.
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Progressive Grange
Richmond
Sagadahoe Grange
Bowdoin
Topsham Grange
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Sagadahoe Pomona
State Chamber of Commerce Fund
Maine Agricultural Clubs
Springfield
Mass
Portland
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
Brooklyn Comeaus Visit Charles Comeau in Canada Trip Return
Mr and Mrs Henry Comeau and their son and wife and Mr and Mrs Walter Comeau of Brooklyn New York returning from a motor trip to Canada were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Comeau on Charles Street.
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Henry Comeau
Walter Comeau
Brooklyn
N. Y
Canada
Charles Comeau
Charles Street
Howard Trafton
Doris
Georgetown
Everett Trafton
Lincoln Street
Melrose Heights
Mass
Palatial yacht Hi Esmara damaged in collision off Newport
H Edward Manville’s palatial yacht Hi Esmaro, built at Bath Iron Works and valued at about one million dollars, was damaged in a Monday afternoon collision with a Tidewater Oil tanker nine miles east of Brenton Reef light near Newport. Repairs planned at Bath Iron Works. passengers including Col and Mrs Francis L Hoppin were aboard for weekend in Newport.
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Bath Iron Works
H. Edward Manville
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Tidewater Oil Co
Brenton
Brenton Reef
Newport
Summer Colony
Vineyard Haven
Col
Francis L. Hoppin
Newport Summer Colony
Jesse Allen
Jennie Allen
Hotel Phoenix
Steward’s Department
Colonial Beacon
R. 1
Arrowsic Bridge Transfer To State Cleared By One Vote
At a 9 30 a m special town meeting in Arrowsic only one vote opposed transferring the Arrowsic bridge to the State. Twenty three votes were cast with nearly all supporting the act authorizing the gift of the bridge and its improvements to the State. The measure requires the governor and council to accept the transfer within a year and then the bridge becomes a free State highway bridge under the commission.
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Arrowsic
Arrowsic Bridge
State of
Maine
State Highway Commission
Justice Scott Wilson Receives Appointment
President Hoover nominated Scott Wilson of Maine to be circuit judge for the first United States circuit. Wilson, chief justice of Maine’s supreme court, was named to succeed Judge Charles F. Johnson. He has been active in Maine Republican politics for years and previously served as Maine attorney general and Portland city attorney.
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Hoover Monday
Scott Wilson
Maine
United States
Supreme Court of
Charles F. Johnson
Waterville
Portland
Cumberland County
Supreme Court
Bath and Sagadahoc Vote Yes on Surplus Power Export
In a light special election Bath and Sagadahoc counties backed the surplus power export measure with city margins of 344 to 292 and county margins of 292 to 344. Voters opposed a gasoline tax increase and approved all three constitutional amendments. Bowdoin mostly opposed all five measures, while Richmond supported the surplus power export by 100 votes.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Bowdoin
Topsham
West Bath
Arrowsie
Richmond
Bowdeinham
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Woollwich
Phippavars
Richa
Feeeeey
Penobscot River
Stockton Springs
Bucksport
Verona
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Ellen F. Presley
Somerset Place
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U. S. S. Agassiz
Prince George
Penobscot Bridge
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Winchester Products
Winchester Leader
Winchester Ranger
Johnson Brosco
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