Gardiner Wins Maine Governorship in Huge 80,000 Vote Margin
Republicans sweep Maine with William Tudor Gardiner elected governor by about 80,000 over Edward C. Moran Jr. Hale also re elected to the Senate. Four Republican congressmen win. Democrats lose state senate and shrink House. Voting patterns show big GOP margins in cities like Bath and Sagadahoc county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tudor Gardiner
Maine
Edward C. Moran, Jr
Gardiner
Moran
Frederick Hale
Washington
Herbert E. Holmes
Donald F. Snow
Harvard
House of Representatives
Nelson
Hale
Beedy
Spinney
White
Beliveaux
Bangor
Biddeford
Lewiston
Old Town
Waterville
Androscoggin
State Senate
State House of Representatives
E. C. Moran, Jr
Bath
Sagadahoc
United States
Wallace H. White Jr
F. W. Carlton
Woolwich
Henderson
Parker E. Lewis
Lewis
Carey
Dale
N. Grata Jackson
Henry C. Wright
Capt
Henry W. Butler
Jackson
Wright
Butler
Topsham
Ellis Aldrich
Frank Todd
Aldrich
William R. Pattangall
Brewster
Albert Beliveau
Congress
Beliveau
McIntire
Bowdoin
N. Grats Jackson
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs Annual Convention
The Maine Federation of Women's Clubs holds its 36th annual meeting at lakeside September 19 to 21 with receptions, banquets, and a motor trip to Farmington Wilton. Highlights include an address by Harry N Holmes and greetings from Governor Brewster, Mrs. Sippel, and other officials.
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Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
E Lakes
John F. Sippel
General Federation
Sippel
Brewster
Ralph O. Brewster
Farmington and
Wilton
Harry N. Holmes
World Alliance For International Friendship
John T. Sheffield
Wilbert G. Mallett
Farmington Normal School
George A. Thomas
Monday Club of
Farmington
Katherine J. Armstrong
Tyngtown Club of
C. H. Whittemore
Literary Club
West Farmington
Edna A. Hutchins
Corinna
Maine Federation
Endowment Fund
Belgrade Orchestra
George Goodspeed
Willard Bass
John Bass
Bass
Goodspeed
Maud Huntington Benjamin
America, the Beautiful
Sheffield
Anna C. Witherle
Farmington and Wilton
Gertrude Turner
Henry C. Russell
A. A. Rouner
Maine Central
Grand Trunk
Bangor & Aroostook
Bath optometrist offers eye tests and glasses
Arthur Allen Optometrist promotes eye testing and eyewear at Bath. Services include glasses fitting with convenient hours Monday Wednesday and Saturday. Contact via phone 97.W for appointments and inquiries.
London's bobbies handle traffic amazingly well
The piece praises London police for directing dense traffic through ancient, crooked streets without whistles or signals. It notes the enduring prominence of the bus and the underground, contrasts old and modern transit, and observes the motor coach boom and railroads feeling the competition. The article ends noting continued discussion on Page Five.
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the Independent
Charles Lamb
England
London
Strand
North Bank of the Thames
Victoria Embankment
David Copperfield
Dickens
Growler
London Bridge
New York
Southampton
Isle of Wight
Bournemouth
Brighton
Hastings
Land's End
Commander M'Millan Returns From Arctic Quest
Commander Donald B. MacMillan and his Bowdoin crew arrived at Christmas Cove on Saturday forenoon and were greeted by a cheering Wis casset crowd. They faced rough seas that delayed the homeward leg and damaged a boom, but the party is back in the homeland and MacMillan plans another Far North voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald B. MacMillan
Christmas Cove
Wiscasset
Bowdoin
Arctic
MacMillan
Welcome MacMillan at Wiscasset from Bowdoin president
President Kenneth C. M. Sills of Bowdoin College greets Capt. Donald B. MacMillan on arrival in Wiscasset. The speech lauds MacMillan as Maine’s most interesting citizen, noting his Arctic voyages and tales of Vikings and Esquimaux, and links his return to Maine life and Bowdoin fame.
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Wiscasset
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Donald B. MacMillan
State of Maine
MacMillan
Esquimaux
Martin Frobisher
Maine
Charles 8. Sewall
Bowdoin
Tacitus
Teachers announced for town schools in Union 48 district
John H. Carter of Woolwich superintendent announces Fall term teachers for Union 48. Listed are Arrowsie Miss Maxine Walker Woolwich Georgetown Miss Edith L. Wilkins North Jay Robin Hood Mrs Ruth W. Powers Georgetown Center Mrs Georgie M R Walker Woolwich Phippsburg Winegance Mrs Ruth Co trueworthy East Brunswick Phippsburg Center Mrs Alice L Galvin Bath Parker Head Miss Evelyn Donnell Woolwich Popham Beach Miss Lizzie M Sawyer North Waterboro Small Point Miss Nellie L Kelley Ashdale Roy McIntosh Woolwich West Point Miss Nellie L Cole East Lebanon Lebasco William J Brown Pemaquid Westport North Mrs Lt E Day Boothbay Harbor Center Miss Mabel P Heal Woolwich Chopps Llewellyn Oliver Friendship Union Bridge Miss Charlotte L Buck Nequasset Mrs Ladie C Fifield Murphy's Corner Mrs Chladys Sherman Wiscasset Mountain Miss Florence E Baker Day's Ferry Miss Eleanor A Hathorne Sagadahoc Ferry Charlotte E Haley Machias
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Carter
Woolwich
Union 48
Arrowsie
Maxine Walker
Georgetown
Five Islands
Edith L. Wilkins
North Jay
Robinhood
Ruth W. Powers
Georgetown Center
Georgie M. R. Walker
Phippsburg
Winegance
Ruth Co
Evelyn Donnell
Popham Beach
Lizzie M. Sawyer
North Waterboro
Small Point
Nellie L. Kelley
Ashdale
Roy McIntosh
West Point
Nellie L. Cole
East Lebanon
Lebasco
William J. Brown
Pemaquid
Westport
North
E. Day
Boothbay Harbor
Center
Mabel P. Heal
Chopps
Prospects Bright for Duck Shooting Season
The department of inland fisheries and game reports abundant birds in Merrymeeting Bay and along the coast. The season opens Sept 17 due to Sept 16 falling on Sunday. boats may depart an hour and a half before sunrise on opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
Merrymeeting Bay
Fish and Game Department
Miss Vera Dexter Hosts Bridge Party at Sasanoa Bluffs
Miss Vera Dexter entertained friends at her Sasanoa Bluffs home on Tuesday with bridge. The rooms featured cut flowers from the hostess garden and a display of gladioli and shasta asters. Refreshments were served. Guests included Mrs. F. E. Wardwell, Mrs. Ida Beals, Miss Flora Leonard, Mrs. Harry Fitch, Mrs. Albert Humphreys, Mrs. Maurice Shea, Mrs. Herman Crooker, and Mrs. Wilbur Crooker. Mr and Mrs Harmon Smith of Newport recently returned after a two week honeymoon stay with Mr. Smith's parents on Upper Washington Street. Mr. Smith is grammar school principal and both graduates of Farmington Normal School. Mrs. A. Bailey of Somerville, Mass. visiting Fred Carlton in Woolwich plans to return Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Dexter
Sasanoa Bluffs
FE. A. Wardwell
Ida M. Beals
Flora Leonard
Harry Fitch
Albert Humphreys
Maurice Shea
Herman Crooker
Wilbur Crooker
Bath
Harmon Smith
Newport
A. Bailey
Somerville, Mass
Fred Carlton
Woolwich
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Ward
Snow
Stevens
Portland
Kennebec County
York County
Albert Henderson
Bowdoinham
Ralph O. Dale
Charles B. Randall
N. Gratz Jackson
George A. Hawkes
Richmond
Ellis L. Aldrich
Atend
Mrs. Brewster
Frank A. Small
Harry W. Tucker
Herberts. Harris
Edith Ledyard
Charles M. Lincoln
Montclair
N. J
Carrie Shaw
Marion Dean
Ruth Skillings
Richard Barler
Chicago
Trice
Neb
Arthur Allen
Optometrist
Bath Trust Co
M’ Millan
Labrador
Baffin Land
Duncan Strong
Kennett Rawson
Donald MacMillan
Tilden
New Bedford
Arctic Circle
Carter
Sherwin-Williams Products
Johnson Brosco
Paint Headquarters
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