Flag Island Proposed as Maine Aerial Coast Patrol Station
Henry A Wise Wood reports that Upper Flag Island in Casco Bay is the preferred Maine site for an Aerial Coast Patrol station. The 50 mile coastal patrol would cover Portland to Portsmouth, with observers controlling Casco Bay approaches and defending against submarine threat.
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Flag Island
New Meadows
Casco Bay
Robert FE. Peary
Aero Club of America
Maine Aeronautical
Aerial Coast Patrol
Henry A. Wise Wood
Alan Hawley
Wood
Association of Aeronautical Engineers
Conference Committee On National Preparedness
Portsmouth
Penobscot River
Portland
Bath
New England
New York
Admiral Peary
Ingraham
Upper Flag Island
Maine
Portland Harbor
Kennebec
Ord
Upneer
Casco
Potts Harbor
Bath Voters Approve Eminent Domain Plan for Water System
The city will file for eminent domain to take Maine Water Co property with a court-ordered appraisal, then trustees will issue bonds to pay for the plant and extensions while district earnings date from 1916. A new City Board of Education will replace the current school board, with four at large members elected for terms varying from one to four years.
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Supreme Court
Law Court
Water District
Water Co
Board of Education
Enthusiastic Meeting Plans Big State Sunday School Convention
The State Sunday School Convention executive committee met at the Y M C A to set committee duties and plan a convention to exceed past ones. Bath Sunday schools raised 200 for local expenses. 500 song books have been offered. a Harvard Plan hosts delegates, with hotels and homes ready for lodging and breakfast. Ernest Kingsbury returned Monday from Boston and Lynn.
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Y.M.C.A
Wesley J. Weir
State Sunday School Association
Bath Sunday Schools
Harvard
Maine State Board of Trade announces Bangor meeting plans
The Maine State Board of Trade outlines its 27th annual meet in Bangor September 22 and 23 with sessions at the Bangor Chamber of Commerce. Activities include addresses by Chapin Bragg and Moore, reports by Blanding and Callahan, committee reports, a luncheon, a public program on rural communities, visits to sites, a reception and banquet, and a trolley excursion to the Demonstration Farm and the University of Maine observarions.
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Maine State Board of Trade
Bangor
Bangor Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Charles F. Bragg
Arthur Chapin
Chapin
Edward M. Blanding
Timothy F. Callahan
Walter B. Moore
Chamber of Commerce
Portland
Maine
James D. McEdward
Maine Creamery Association
Bangor House
State Board
Bangor Railway & Electric Company
University of Maine
University
Winnegance News Highlights Local Returns and Visits
W G Bates and family returned from Sabine summering at their New Meadows cottage as most summer homes close for winter. Mrs Jennie Franks hosted the Evening Workers in Bath. Harold McCutcheon returns from eight years in the US Navy and will not reenlist. Mrs Alfred Trask visits Auburn. daughter employed there. Miss Hettie Morse and Miss Alice Colson enjoy vacations in the village and Boston. Mrs Anne M Oliver returns from Boothbay. Edgar Williams led a Bay Point excursion with dinner at the Oliver hotel group. Ethel Williams shows rapid recovery from illness. A Winneganee girl shoots a crane at Creek head. Mrs George Dennison and daughter Madelaine visit from Freeport. Thomas L Perry travels to Lewiston on business, buys a new horse. Mr and Mrs William Willis visit Isle au Haut with daughter Elmer Lufkin.
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W. G. Bates
Sabine
New Meadows
Bates
People’s Church
Bath
Jennie Franks
Harold McCutcheon
Uncle Sam
Ralph Whitehouse
Boston
Alfred Trask
Auburn
Hettie Morse
Alice Colson
Anne M. Oliver
Boothbay
Edgar Williams
Bay Point
Alton Oliver
Harry Oliver
Ethel Williams
George Dennison
Madelaine
Freeport
Thomas L. Perry
Lewiston
Obituary of Mary Arsenault of Yarmouth
The funeral for Mary Arsenault wife of Archie Arsenault occurred last Friday and was held at Sacred Heart Church on Monday morning. Born 41 years ago in Egmont Bay P E I to Nathaniel and Elizabeth Gallant she bore fourteen children, two of whom were married. She left five pairs of twins and two babies born Friday. Surviving are a sister in Bath two brothers in Portland and Sanford Falls. The family settled in Yarmouth about four years ago.
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Mary Arsnault
Archie Arsenault
Hose
Yarmouth
Icred Heart Church
Egmont Bar
Nathaniel
El.beth (Longue) Gallant
Bath
Portland
Sumford Falls
Mother’s warning ad touts L F Medicine for children
A Maine mother urges attentive care for frail children and endorses L F Medicine for bowel issues, general health, and appetite. She claims a 35 cent bottle suffices and offers a free needle book in exchange for feedback.
Dedication of Westport Methodist Parsonage Ceremony
A large crowd attended the Westport Methodist parsonage dedication with ceremonies starting at 3 PM led by county district superintendent Mr. Garland. Mrs. Susan Hodgdon donated 80 dollars toward the project, the Ladies' Aid covered the remaining deficit to secure the 1200 dollar property, with speakers including Rev. G W Keyes and Rev C P Jameson.
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Westport
Garland
Susan Hodgdon
Lewis Ball
Bar Harbor
G. W. Keyes
Wiscasset
C. P. Jameson
Mr. Wall
Mr. Keyes
Bath Women Named to National Navy League Committee
Miss Laura Palmer of Bath and Mrs. Melvin Willey of Clinton were named to the National Committee of the Woman's Section of the Navy League to organize local work urging women to support patriotism and national defense. They join a national body of over a thousand prominent women including Mrs. William Cumming Story and Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens. The section is touted as the first and only U S women's group dedicated to patriotism and defense, formed by Washington women allied with the Navy League.
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Laura Palmer
Melvin Willey
Clinton
Navy League of the United States
United States
William Cumming Story
D.A.R
Daisy McLaurin Stevens
Daughters of the Confederacy
George Dewey
Anne Morgan
Phoebe A. Hearst
Thomas A. Edison
Alexander van Renssalear
George Lauder Carnegie
Grace M. Pierce
Augustus P. Gardiner
Women rally for patriotism and national defense
Letters from prominent women across the country endorse a new women’s movement for patriotism and national defense. The DAR registrar and others praise Dolly Madison and Martha Washington while urging women to support preparedness, with thousands joining within two weeks.
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Lica
League
Dolly Madison
Martha Washington
Nancy Hanks
New
Women’s Movement
National Defense
Probate Court Adopts Reversed and Guardi an Orders Alike
Probate Court adjourned session dispatches varied business. Judge Lowell reversed an adoption decree for D Mathilda Hensler guardian of Hedwig Hilbing Hoboken and guardian roles for several minors and estates named in Bath Malden and Richmond. Also licenses to sell and final accounts filed for multiple estates and guardianships. A ten person party plans a Riverside stay before hotel closure. For sale wagons built Maine C Towns Brunswick Maine 186 Maine St. Brunswick Me 4-8tf
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Lowell
D. Mathilda Hensler
Hedwig Hilbing
Hoboken
Peter
New York
Ada H. Snow
Bath
William T. Hall
Clara T. Holbrook
Emma W. Colburn
Charles D. Colburn
Richmond
Maine
C. E. Townsend
Maine St
Brunswick
Testamentary petition for will probate in Sagadahoc
Miranda J. Whitmore of Bath petitions the Sagadahoc Probate Court to prove and allow the will of Jane Whitmore who died June 19 1915 leaving heirs Frederick E. Whitmore of Hallowell and Jane Whitmore of Bath. The petitioner is an executor named in the will and asks letters testamentary to issue to that executor.
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Ape
Sagadahoc
Jane Whitmore
Bath
Miranda J. Whitmore
Frederick E. Whitmore
Hallowell
William E. Hogan
State OF Maine
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Kennebec River
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Ernest Kingsbury
Lynn
Bhatchette
Broadway
Chamber of Com
Merce Rooms
Board of Trade and Rural Communities
Embert L. Jones
Gorham Board of Trade, Gorham
Leon F. Higgins
Federal
Bangor Public Library
Bangor High School
Winnegance News
Mrs
William F. Willis
Elmer Lufkin
Isle Au Haut
Spruce Head
Arwood
Gracie Atcren
L. F.” Medicine CO
Navy League of
U.S
Probate
Alice M. Webber
Fred E. Webber
Rupert H. Baxter
Hayward Wilson
Galen C. Moses
Arthur J. Dunton
William C. Duncan
Albion H. Brainard
C.t.a
Frances L. C. Brainard
Kearney
N. J
Angia H. Merriman
Topsham
T. Olin Merriman
Harry J. Cornish
Bowdoin
Joseph W. Cornish
Guardian
Alton C. Berry Et
the Riverside
Sarah Sinnott
Margaret J. Lundrigan
Admx
Jeremiah Louis Sullivan
Path
Annie L. Sullivan
American Or Electric Ex
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Lisbon Falls
Ray Purinton
West Bowdoin
Birch Point
H. D. Bacon
Upper
Washington Street
James S. Lowell
Cyrus W. Longley
Wee Ae
Register
Herbert E. Douglass
Myrtie L. Douglass
Ames
Charles C. Turner
Ellen L. Turner
Mary F. Snow
Charles M. Snow
James
Yrus W. Longley
Siugadahoc
Addie M. Wright
Herbert C. Wright
N. Foster Trott
W. Longley
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