Governor Haines exits Portland with defeat in mind
Governor Haines, leaving Portland for Mt. Vernon, said the Progressive defeat reflected the Maine Central Railroad mileage rate hike and his veto of mileage books. He cited sheriff O Connell’s alleged unfaithfulness and liquor industry support for Democrats, but noted many Progressives back prohibition and his own relief at leaving office.
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Portland
Mt. Vernon
Haines
Maine Central Railroad Co
O’connell
Whiskey Trust
Brewers’ Association
Maineret
Municipal Court Trials And Local Industrial Notes
Judge Keegan handled Tuesday municipal cases in Georgetown with a not guilty verdict for Frank Moore on assault charges and a peace bond issued for Ernest Collins Mina Hinckley for alleged trespass and mischief. John Pero freed on a negligence charge over $18 missing money after a faulty arrest. West Side fields report Hyde estate oat threshing and a Read Nichols brickyard firing 450000 bricks plus a 10,000 brick order from Richmond. Gypsy moth eggs found at Sabino summer place prompt pest concerns.
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Keegan
Frank Moore
Georgetown
Ethel
Benjamin Moore
Bridgham
Benjamin
Ethel Moore
Ernest Collins
Mina Hinckley
Hyde
Read Nichols
Ae Hyde
Richmond
Local Social Notes From West Bath And Vicinity
West Bath residents gather at cottages and inns for weekend visits and summer wrap ups. The column notes guests from Lisbon Falls Bath Phippsburg and Topsham with travelers to Orono and Bowdoin College. Local road work and a Holy Name Society minstrel plan headline community life.
Local Jottings From a Maine Town
A collage of notes reports hay prices at 15 and 16 a ton. Morse High pupils work hard while Driftwood Club keeps sessions on the wharf. Ladies jabber and preserve, Old Couples' Home managers meet, and repairs unfold on Squirrel Island cottages. Island ferries adjust schedules, huntsmen paid licenses, and local society items cover a minstrel, a violinist, cottagers, and Morse High School elections.
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Morse High
Driftwood Club
Charles E. Laurier
Boston
Squirrel Island
J. C. Larrabee
East Brunswick
Capt. Oliver
Warden Willis
Woolwich
Bath and Popham
Virginia
Bath
James C. Purington
Winneganee
F. Wilbur Brown
E. and
MacMahan
Island
Thomaston Captain Receives Canadian Gold Watch for Rescue
Captain Israel L. Thorndike of Thomaston awarded a gold watch by the Canadian Government, transmitted via the U S Department of Commerce, for rescuing the crew of the waterlogged Lord of Avon. The letter notes ten hours of danger, seven men saved, with Thorndike refusing pay, and details his long seafaring career.
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Israel L. Thorndike
Thomaston
United States Department of Commerce
Capt. Thorndike
New York
Department of State
Department of the Naval Service of Canada
United States
Ottawa
Lord of Avon
Gulf of Mexico
George S. Scannell
Thorndike
Mobile
Alabama
Tam
Israel Thorndike
Sewall Reflects on Maine Election and Progressive Vote
Hon Harold M Sewall told the Independent he prepared for defeat and fought hard. He notes McGillicuddy relied on the Progressive vote and predicts full amalgamation with the Republicans. He says Democrats opposed prohibition enforcement affected support in Bath and Lewiston, shaping the ballot outcome.
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Harold M. Sewall
Independent
McGillicuddy
Republican Party of
Maine
Bath
Lewiston
Clam Shipments Begin From Spinney Brothers Bay Point
Tuesday the law relaxed on clam shipments and Spinney Bros of Bay Point began sending clams to market. In Virginia, a day noted many empty barrels for clam shipments from down river.
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Spinney Bros
Bay Point
Virginia
Down River
Purser Stinson Returns to Duties on the Hockomock
Purser Stinson resumed his duties aboard the Hockomock on Monday after a brief absence.
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Purser Stinson
Revival of Croquet In Town Headlines Festival Plans
Local teachers arrange substitutes for the Festival. The K Y C plans a clam bake on Lines Island next week. Bowker schooner launching set for Sept 22 at Phippsburg Center. Obadiah Trask, Bath, 93, oldest voter last Monday, will be 94 next month. Street and Sewer Commission work coats Mill Pond bridge road. Portland visitors see Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm at Keith's with Kate Douglass Wiggin in attendance at English tea rooms.
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K.Y.C
Lines’ Island
Phippsburg Center
Odd Ladies
Buckman
Shaw Sr
Bath
Obadiah Trask
Ward One
Street and Sewer Commission
Mill Pond Bridge
Portland
Kate Douglass Wiggin
Visitors and residents share a bustling local day
Phippsburg visitors mingle in town as Miss Gladys Curtis of Bath visits her aunt in Lisbon and Miss Belle Cornish calls on Mrs. Reuben Wentworth in Hallowell. Local figures like W. L. Bonney and Beecher Putnam appear in city on business while summer helpers move on to new posts and jobs.
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A. E. Leach
Phippsburg
Gladys Curtis
Bath
Mary A. Curtis
Lisbon
Belle Cornish
Reuben Wentworth
Temple St
Hallowell
John Blake
Gardiner
Ashdale
Small Point
William E. Bridges
Bar Harbor
John Bridges
Harriet Swanson
Mattapan
Mass
May Silloway
Boothbay Harbor
J. A. Freeman
C. B. Harrington
E. C. Clark
East Wilton
W. L. Bonney
Bowdeinham
George B. Davis
Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene
Salvation Army
Lewiston
Frank Dingley
Penrose- Hale-Burleigh
Squirrel Island
Doris Plummer
Miss Plummer
Lisbon Falls
Grand jury clears charges of beer for Italian workers on state road
A Maine grand jury found no wrongdoing in a Waterville newspaper story alleging beer was supplied to Italian laborers on a state road in Penobscot County. The Italians paid for their beer and were not state employees. contractor M I Rogers and associates provided books and vouchers, with no indictments issued.
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Waterville
Pieceataquis County
Calvin W. Brown
Maine Central Railroad
Haines
Brown
James H. Hudson
Flint
Bath Notes Features of Local People and Visits
Local notices report Frank Whalen starting Bowdoin College, E. D. True on vacation, and visits by Portland, Bath, and area residents. Highlights include Levi Thompson attending the Sasanoa Red Men convention in Portland, Miss Esther Mikelsky returning from Boston, and William Fish of Philadelphia passing through Bath. Lane updates cover family trips, university enrollments, clambakes, and railroad conductor changes amid regional events.
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Frank Whalen
Bowdoin College
E. D. True
Hallet & Co
P. M. Conley
Portland
Floyd W. Stanton
N. Y
Margaret Larrabee
Children’s Hospital
Doris Fales
Thomaston
Levi T. Thompson
Sasanoa Tribe of
Esther Mikelsky
Boston
William G. Fish
Philadelphia
Bath
Quaker City
Lester Morse
George Carlton
Wallace Ham
Worthin Brown
Orono
University of Maine
Snow asters from Klippel garden captivate Wednesday reader
The Scribe reports a fine display of Snow asters from the Klippel homestead garden on Middle Street. A group of ladies traveled by motor launch to Bath for a Wednesday afternoon shopping trip and returned later in the day.
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D. T. Percy
Southport
Westport
Bath
Augusta
Togus
Gardiner
Klippel Homestead
Middle St
Fisherman finds butterfish barrel on Roland II
A fisherman aboard the Roland II hauled up a barrel of butterfish on Wednesday afternoon. In Music Hall tonight the Stanton Band starts a series of dances. The Old Couples' Home currently houses 10 inmates amid a cold epidemic.
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Music Hall
Stanton
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Squire B. F. Sprague
John Pero
H. A. Duncan
Ork
West Bath
Charles Mann
Marjorie
New Meadows
Alice Humphreys
Ethel Curran
Elizabeth P. Dean
Sabine
Parkin Briggs
W. A. Hollis
Harold W
New Meadows Inn
G. B. Ridley
Topsham
King’s Point
Walter Brown
Prince’s Point
Walter T. Brown
Langdon White
Dorothy Stilkey
Freeport
Don Cook
Keene, N. H
Frank Williams
Campbell's Pond
Couilhard
Marcos
Rufus Lombard
Malcolm
Holy Name Society of St. Mary’s Church
Knights of Columbus
John Shaw
Forest Rogers
Temple’s
Boothbay
Henry Biggins
Monroe Royal
Andrew Gallant
John Frates
Providence
R. I
Morse High School
Harold Ward
Herbert Cavanaugh
Mollie Tournlotte
Cc. B. Vachon
Columbia Theatre
Viking
Swan Island
Deering
Chase's Island
Bangor
W. E. Butman
Bangor Hospital
Augusta State Hospital
G.—Pyson
Aretsta
Herbert Thompson
Ralph Haskell
Stephen Vosberg
Carl Sturgis
Canada
Ernest Montgomery
T. W. Dunn
Etta Stimpson
James Young
Hattie Dunn
Henry Weiler
George F. Scannell
Apalachacola
Fla
Sewall
Ness
Beecher Putnam
Houston
Charles W. Coft
City
May Bickle
Sagadahoec
Woolworth
Arsenault
Sydney
N. S
Columbia Hotel
Mr. Fox
A. E. Bishop
Winthrop
Elmer Hodgkins
New England Telephone Co
Biddeford
James Morse
High St
Morse
U. of M
K. W. Reynolds
Burnham
Thompson Bros
Williamantie
Conn
Andrew S. Merrill
Dingley Island
Casco Bay
Witherby
H. L. Safford
Nubble Bay
Robert H. Hoffses
Waltham
James F. Dunton
Court St
Hoffses
Samuel Levin
Old Orchard
Carlton Block
Levin
Henry McKay
New Hampshire
John Mace
Mr. Mace
Maine Central
Portland and Bansor
George Curtis