Maine Victory Keeps Republicans Strong Across State
Maine voters gave Republicans a sweeping victory with Governor Milliken re-elected and Senator Fernald to serve another term. Four congressmen and the state legislature also stayed Republican, signaling strong party support in Sagadahoc and Bath as preparations begin for the fourth Liberty Loan drive and postwar funding efforts.
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Maine
Milliken
Fernald
Washington
Sagadahoe County
James S. Lowell
Fred Thompson
Baxter
Sagadahoe
Bath
White
Daniel J. McGildcuddy
Winnegance Notes Local Life And War Efforts Gather Momentum
Ernest Knight starts new Bath Iron Works job and stays with his father Eugene Knight in Augusta. Bath venues host revival services led by Rev. Hilton Post, with other local clergy directing various meetings. Community reports from Winnegance cover visits, marriages, road work, school openings, dances, and wartime stamping drives as residents adjust to summer and wartime duties.
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Ernest Knight
Augusta
Bath Iron Works
Eugene Knight
Ladies’ Aid
Harry Williams
Gardiner
The
Penticostal Church
Nan E. Trask
Middleboro
Hilton Post
Beacon Street
Clinton Pratt
Clinton Littlefield
Canada
Zina B. Hunt
Sebasco
Levi Toothaker
Mere Point
Timothy Rogers
Ernest O. Knight
George Trask
Portland
Mr. Trask
Charles Trask
Ruth
Ellen Williams
Frances Hunt
Harold Weaver
Malcolm
Ruth Williams
Nellie Walker
Ida Pashard
Belle Hunt
Grace Parks
Geneva Weaver
Jennie Rogers
Myra Rogers
Emily Cahoun
Elizabeth Harrington
Emily Williams
Carrie Malcolm
Charlie Williams
Adams Brothers
Varney Lumber
Winnegance
Charles T. Small
Dresden
Ralph Merry
Morse
W. G. Bates
Frank Talbot
Lower High Street
Ayer
Mass
Bath
Walter JC. Perry
Ray Oliver
Bridge Ghall
Gus Small
Harry Conant
New London
William Conant
Reynolds
Frank Hayden Conant
54Th Band
France
Conant
Harry C. Williams
Ethel Williams
Zina Eaton
Purcell Jackson
Lynn
Samuel ‘Burk
Wiscasset
Albert Morse
Louise
Adelaide
Boston
Sherman Morse
Charles ‘Hewitt, Jr
Charles 3Rd
Portsmouth
Mr. Hewitt
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Huff
Zina M. Eaton, Jr
Walter C. Perry
James E. Perry
Charles B. Williams
Phippsburg
Maine urged to shift workers into war industries
The state must supply thousands of workers for lumber and other wartime industries. Many Maine laborers in non essential roles are to be released for service elsewhere even without conscription. Employers are being used to facilitate the transfers as the war advances.
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Sagadahoo
James S. Lowell
Edward W. Bridgham
Sagadahoe
Lowell
Thompson
Peter Olinto
Maine
War News Dominates Minds Beyond Maine Election and World Series
For days the Maine election and the World Series have drawn attention, but war remains the top concern for many. Politics and sports are temporarily eclipsed as war occupies the forefront of public thought.
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Maine
Fuel price hopes from Garfield contradict times
Fuel Administrator Garfield predicts a cut in consumer gasoline prices though general trends have been toward higher costs, a reversal seen as unlikely by many observers.
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Garfield
Times
50,000 Horse Power on Penobscot and New Maine Towns
The Great Northern Paper Company and West Branch Driving and Reservoir Dam Co have transformed Millinocket and East Millinocket from wilderness to thriving towns with 6,000 and 2,500 residents. Power generation nears 60,000 hp, wages total about $1.5 million yearly, and annual state taxes exceed $100,000. Additional dams and 100 miles of free public roads expand regional wealth and highway capacity.
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Maine
Millinocket
Great Northern Paper Company
West Branch Driving and Reservoir Dam Company
State of
Madison
Cpment
Bangor & Aroostook
East Millinocket
Devel
Penobscot
Hanced
West Branch
Lilly Bay
Moosehead Lake
Grant Farm
Ripogenus Dam
Rockwood
Kinco Station
Pittston
North Branch
North West
Loon Lake
Great Northern Paper Organization
Norcross
Twin Lakes
Ripogenus
Chesancook
Caribou Lakes
United States
Penobscot River
Stomach Aches Ease With Williams Pink Pills
A Hartford man reports four years of indigestion improved by Dr Williams Pink Pills after trying various doctors and remedies. He describes relief from sour belching cramps and night pains, noting his appetite returns and digestion improves after four boxes. The pills are a blood and nerve tonic sold 50 cents a box, six for $2.50.
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Williams
She Or, Medicine Co
Ehenestady
Locke and Leeman Wed in Brunswick Ceremony
Paul H. Locke Jr. of Rockland and Miss Blanche A Leeman daughter of Mrs. Frank Leeman of this city were married in Brunswick Wednesday by Rev. Roy Rolfe Gilson. Locke works as a reamer in this city and Leeman has clerked in local Bath stores.
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Paul H. Locke, Jr
Rockland
Blanche A Leeman
Frank Leeman
Brunswick
Roy Rolfe Gilson
Locke
Leeman
Bath
Newcastle visitors Mrs Place and Ruth attend to affairs
Mrs. Margaret Place and her daughter Ruth of Newcastle visited the city on Wednesday to handle business and spent time calling on friends during their stay.
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Margaret Place
Ruth
Newcastle
City
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Uncle Sam
Alton Oliver
Old Pond
Ormond Rogers
Harold
Pitch Pine Hill
Rogers
Winfield W. Morse
L. I
Atwood
L. F
L. F. Medicine Co
Mildred Nichols
Court House
the Register of and Friends
Leeman—Locke
Maine Central Railroad
Industrial Bureau
VL Saheey
F. S. Curtis
Bath, Maine
A. B. Watson
New York
Bruns
Usher Street
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