Phippsburg School News Show Busy District Efforts
Superintendent Stanwood Gilman oversees multiple campuses with new facilities and health measures. Popham School closes for scarlet fever until health board approval. teachers win improvements fund for jeep radiators tables lamps and a surgical bed. new stoves floors and ceilings uplift town schools. Local youth crews from Three Fever camps assist renovations.
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Stanwood Gilman
West Point
Shorey
Margaret Shorey
Popham
Board of Health
Lydia Hall Berry
Portland
Union
Sebasco
Totman's Beach
Gilman
Albert Baileys
Bodwell Grange Fair Promises Food and Handcrafted Goods
The Bodwell Grange Fair at Small Point Hall this Friday features a lobster stew supper from five to seven and a fancy work sale starting at 3 p.m. A quilt raffle and booster night October 6 invite members and friends to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Blair
Leo Hamel
Clyde Pye
Clifford Robinson
Maurice Pye
Carl McIintire
Bodwell
Removable Venetian Blind Slats Change Cleaning Tactics
A newspaper note describes removable slats for Venetian blinds with side notches instead of the center hole, offering a new approach to housecleaning. The change is framed as depending on one’s point of view and personal preference.
Roosevelt Dewey May Run Closest Race Since 1876
Washington observers predict the Roosevelt Dewey presidential contest will be the closest since 1876 with possible electoral vote shifts deciding the outcome California New York and Illinois emerge as pivotal states. Historical comparisons note Hayes Tilden 1876 and Wilson 1916 precedents while Roosevelts 1936 and Hardings 1920 records are cited for context.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes
Hughes
New York
Associated Press
California
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Massachusetts
Michigan
Roosevelt
Dewey
Congress
Supreme Court
Hayes
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
James A. Garfield
Winfield Hancock
Garfield
Hancock
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren Harding
Harding
James A. Cox
Landon
Winnegance Notes and Local Happenings
Mrs. Fred Oliver and daughter Lena Oliver left for New York to visit ill brother Prof Edwin C Upton. Charles Hewitt III in Britain rang with Arthur Perry in a brief reunion. A 1000 feet log arrived at John G Morse & Sons mill. Duck hunters report few ducks. Robert P Manson returned from a trip to Boston.
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Fred Oliver
Lena Perence
New York
Oliver
Edwin C. Upton
Charles E. Hewitt
Britain
Arthur Perry
John G. Morse & Sons
Robert P. Manson
Bos
Marriage Year 1920 Sets Global Marriages High
The year 1920 marks the peak of marriages worldwide, with Europe and the United States reaching record numbers. The surge occurred irrespective of wartime status, victory or defeat, or inflation levels.
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Europe
United States
Parker Head Community News T
Weekly hymn sing held at the church with 12 attendees. Lena Harmon of Caribou plans October arrival to continue local work, with Mrs. Morse and Miss Packard involved. School Improvement League met with play profits earmarked for new reference books. PTA to meet Thursday evening with Mrs. Mank. mystery package bids announced. Numerous social visits, illness, and travel notes from Parker Head residents documented. James Chambers Jr. in France wounded, and local staff welcome back Helen Gagnon from Utica.
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Lena Harmon
Caribou
John G. Morse, Jr
Frances Robie
Miss Packard
School Improvement League
Beverley Snow
PTA
H. D. Mank, Jr
Bert Nisbet
Laurence Thayer
Earl Lowell
Farm Bureau
Walter Cushing
John Libby
George Morong
Brunswick
Eleanor Bertrand
John Kriedler
Morong
George Jr
Howard Morong
Jean Amberg
Albert Gray
Leston Harrington, Jr
USN
Frank Burnell
Bath
Leston Harrington
Laurence Spear
East Winthrop
George Amberg
Shirley Elliott
Boston
Bernard Wyman
Seabees
Aleutians
North Berwick
Leslie Logan
East Boston
William Hodgkins
Parker Head
Sadie Thomas and
H. N. Doughty
Lorraine Harrington
Dorothy Cushing
Lehoy Perkins
Winnegance
Hilton
Phoebe Harrington
Bonney House
Arthur Arthur Higgins
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Yale Divinity School
John Rollins
John, Jr
Katherine McKenney
Charles Blaisdell
Sally
Bill Lowell
H. D. Mank Jr
Carole Jane
Samuel MacElroy
Edna Perryroy
Bill Miller
Elmer Atlard
Edna Perry
Bert Dickinson
Daisy Talbot
Robert
Allie Rollins
Bernhard Carlsson
Dix Island
Rollins
Leroy Perkins
Lloyd Daley
Owen Richardson
West Point
Burleigh Williams
Wiscasset
Edwin M.wyman
Bernhard Carlson
James Chambers Jr
France
Osgood
Perkins Island
Helen Gagnon
Utica
N. Y
Mary Mancuso
Local residents visit in Coxs Head and Bath
Mrs. Lawrence Thayer and son Stephen and Mrs. Earl Lowell were Monday callers of Mrs. Stanton Dozais. Mrs. Katherine Johnson and son Percy of Bath were visitors to Mrs. Eric C. Carlsson Friday. Mr. Ed Thomas and Mrs. Sadie Harnden of Bath spent the weekend at the Thomas place on the Popham road. Mrs. Laurence Thayer called on Mrs. H. N. Doughty Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Thayer and sons Stephen returned to their Bath home.
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Lawrence Thayer
Stephen
Earl Lowell
Stanton Dozais
Katherine Johnson
Percy
Bath
Johnson
Eric C. Carlsson
Ed Thomas
Sadie Harnden
Thomas Place
Popham Road
Laurence Thayer
H. N. Doughty
Stephen Ethier
San Francisco
Cal
Lieut
Etner
John H. Beebe, Jr
Alexader Williams
Wakefield
Mass
Beebes
South Shore
Leoline Moody
Harpswell
Ellison Moody
Albert M. Towne
Atkins Bey
L. E. Gayton
Auburn
Barbara Sprague
Mechanic Falls
Walter Sprague
Harry Pushard
Camp Edwards
Pushard
Ernest Spinney
Peter A. Isaacson
Portland
Bangor
Bricker
Maine
Charles Leonard
Harry Spencer
Spencer
Paul Davis
Herbert J. Kellaway
Newton Center
Kennebec
Kellaway
Kellaways
Peter Phialas
Columbia, Mo
Phialas
University of Missouri
J. Frank Jones
Wick End
Miss Carrie Trott Arrives for Short Visit at South Portland Home
Miss Carrie Trott of South Portland has arrived at her home at 410 Washington street for a short visit.
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Carrie Trott
South Portland
Washington Street
Popham Beach Closes School Over Scarlet Fever Case
Scarlet fever prompts Popham Beach school closure to curb spread. Families adjust to off season routines with cottages winding down, winter prep underway, and residents traveling to towns like Portland Bangor and St Petersburg. Local news notes residents at cottages and visits by Governor Bricker aide, plus road work near Popham.
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Popham Beach
Fred Waterhouse
St. Petersburg
Fla
Peter A. Isaacson
Warren W. White
Stanley W. Hyde
Ledgewood
Hyde
North Yarmouth Academy
Popham Ja
Popham Road
Garden Club Meeting at Mrs Hamblett’s Home
The Cosmopolitan Garden club met at 23 Pratt Street with luncheon at 12 30. Mrs Alice Johnson presided, absent since July due to illness. Mrs Walter Wiggin led the program featuring Mrs Charles Kinney on Experiences of a Minister’s Wife. Moderate attendance noted due to illness. Next meeting October 9 with topic Bringing the Garden Indoors. Members urged to display a miniature plant. Average cow milk fact included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kinney
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Edward Hamblett
Pratt Street
Walter Wiggin
Fred Quimby
Light Grease-Soused Reeds Fuel Early American Lighting
Reed fibers treated with grease served as a simple illumination source in early American homes when scarce time and materials prevented candle making.
Industry operates own mines and quarries fuel steel plants
A number of large steel firms run their own coal mines and some quarry limestone. Industry operated mines and quarries supply a substantial portion of the total tonnage used by steel plants, with the remainder sourced externally.
Independence Declared by Brazil and Portugal
Brazil proclaimed independence on September 7 1822 while Portugal faced political change in 1882, marking pivotal years in Iberian and South American history.
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Brazil
Portugal
Perfume Production Uses Castor Oil
Castor oil is now used in the production of perfumes. It serves as a base ingredient in fragrance blends and helps stabilize scents during manufacture.
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George Chadbourns
Alvan Brooks
J. K. Bowker
Gordon Trott
Bodwell Grange Fair
Roosevelt-Dewey
Parker
Cox
Charles Keller
New York Yankees
U. S. Maritime Service
Sheepshead Bay
Garden Club
Alice Johnson
Sears
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