Bowdoinham’s Golden Week on Silvery Cathance
Prout's Neck weather and local happenings fill Bowdoinham with visitors and speakers. F K Jack attends Augusta special legislative session as Hon. and Mrs. Bonney travel for the same event. Lectures, fairs, and family visits thread through a week of autos, dinners, and parish activities amid infantile paralysis concerns.
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Bowdoinham
Silvery Cathance
F. K. Jack
Augusta
W. L. Bonney
Augusta House
Hierardis
Phippsburg Notes include sea work and distant Alaska
Everett Harrington begins night machinist work at Hyde Windlass Co. in Bath for winter. Capt. Schofield sails coal steamer Maton from Norfolk to Portland. Alaska-bound Henry Manson visits Bath after eight years in Cordova. He describes 196 miles of railroad, 1000 workers, severe cold, and rich Indigenous beadwork and totem motifs in photographs.
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Everett Harrington
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath
Frank Schofield
Cox's Head
Henry Manson
Copper River and Northwestern Railway
Cordova
Alaska
Henry Wyman
Harry Bowie
Manson
State College
Orono
Gardiner
Kennecott
Government
Alaska Central
Alaska Northern
Seattle
City crews fill Blind Crossing rock dump
Travelers were welcomed as city teams began work Thursday to fill the rough stretch beyond the Blind Crossing. The area, where rocks from the Blind Crossing cut had been dumped, had caused heavy profanity over the past three months.
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Blind Crossing
Pratt's 20th Century Stomach Cure Endorsed
Mrs. Alice Richards of Bath reports relief from stomach troubles after using Pratt's 20th Century Stomach Cure sold by Jas. M. Pratt of Bowdoinham Maine. A dinner for 56 patrons followed the meal with fish chowder and a full spread including brown rye white bread cheese and coffee.
Alaska Prospectors Return From North Country Exploration
Wrecks on Icy Straits and icebound steamers marked the perilous voyage. The piece notes tide ranges from 15 to 47 feet, compares Turneganar to the Bay of Fundy, and describes a mine explosion with a 200 foot parallel tunnel loaded with dynamite and powder fired by electricity. Mr. Manson plans to return to Alaska in ten days after three months in the United States.
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Turneganar
Bay of Fundy
Mr. Manson
Frank Carpenter
Alaska
Boston Sunday Globe
United States
James
Gardiner
Wiseman Chicks Wed in Chelsea Refectory Ceremony
Mark J. Chick of Bath and Catherine A Wiseman of Chelsea Mass were married at St Rose Rectory Chelsea by Rev Fr Walsh. The bride wore pale blue chiffon and carried white roses. maid of honor Ella Wiseman wore pale pink crepe de chine. Best man John Wiseman. reception at the bride’s parents home 151 Shortcliffe Chelsea. The couple honeymooned in Maine and will reside at 150 Maverick Street Chelsea after Oct 1.
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Mark J. Chick
Bath
Catherine A. Wiseman
Chelsea
Mass
St. Rose Reectory
Fr. Walsh
Ella R. Wiseman
John F. Wiseman
Shortcleff Street
Mary A. Morse
Louis Chick
Miss Ivy Slacks
Portland Star Emma Eames Sings for Holy Innocents Home
Madam Emma Eames of Bath attracted the largest audience at City Hall Tuesday for a benefit concert in aid of the Holy Innocents Home. The event opened Portland’s society and concert season with exceptional support, marveling at her enduring vocal power.
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Eames
Portland
Portland Sunday Telegram
Emma Eames
Bath
City Hall
The
Holy Innocents
Bath clergy protest helps block boxing license bid
A Bath protest by local clergy condemns a proposed boxing bout citing illegality of the license, ignorance of licensees, and ineligibility of principals. The group argues the event risks exploitation and urges officials to reconsider to prevent a repeat of such a spectacle.
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Bath
Committee On Licenses
Columbia A. C
Local notes on visitors and students in Portland
Mrs John Shaw visited Portland on Thursday. Mrs Lillian Welch returned home from Bath City Hospital after several days of treatment. Miss Dorothy Nichols left to resume her studies at Vassar College entering sophomore year, accompanied to Boston. Tug Pejepscot arrived Thursday morning from the Provinces with a barge of pulp wood.
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G. A. Schrader
Beacon
New York
A. Baker
Alonzo Cutler
Brunswick
H. JD. Cornish
Hazel
Clara Fogg
Gladys Smell
Old Orchard
Bay State
Emin Purinton
Horace Whitney
Augusta
Farmington
R. S. Gordon
Hattie O. Perry
W.C.T.U
Lewiston
Bates College
State Society
Chase
Silas Foss
Jennie Small
Sweet
Coombs High School
H. E. Cornish
Portland
Dr. Lancaster
Worcester
Mass
Maria Gray
J. Lewis Sawyer
Tennants Harbor
J. H. Ames
Pennsylvania
Florence Fall
Benjamin Adams
R. W. Carr
S. W. Carr
Hattie Sampson
Louise Gilbert
Mary E. Sampson
Augusta Adams
Fannie Fall
E. W. Warren
Bath
Louise Sparks
Robert Wade
Plum
Massachusetts
Ellen Sparks
Unity
Bangor
East Harpswell
S. A. Getchell
Ernest Lancaster
C. L. Masher
F. K. Jack
Richmond Fair
Warren
McDonald Temple
Pythian
Ma Carr
Frank Allen
Togus
H. €. Dodd
Pleasant Point
C. L. Blackman
Helen
Mabel Harford
Doris
Fletcher White
Ava Cornish
Mooselockmegantic House
Haines’ Landing
Cal Lancaster
Hal Cheney
Brown
Woolwich
T. W. Jorg
Clara
Archie
H Mckay
C. i. Mosher
Mosher
C. B. Randall
George Cutler
Orange Hall
Ladies’ Auxiliary
F. L. Long
Baptist Church
W. W. Frost
Gardiner
Levi Staples
E. E. Gifford
Brockton Fair
Albert Henderson
R. D. Purinton
FE. P. Kendall
Mary Libby
Orr’s Island
Fred Heath
Hallowell
Cora Young
S. C. Young
Richmond Favor
J. O. Wyman
A. F. Williams
Hebron
John
Academy
F. H. Ward
Hortense
Marion
Katherine
George Sprague
Topsham
Charles Pye
Myrtle
Maurice
State House
Ruth Sylvester
Frederick
F. F. Wards
Bridgton
Poland Springs
Maine
Nellie Brewer
Cox's Head Cottage
Malden
John Shaw
Lillian Welch
Bath City Hospital
Dorothy Nichols
Vassar College
Pejepscot
Portland Despatch Reflects Growing Enthusiasm
A Boston Globe dispatch from Portland notes rising energy and public interest in a local development. The report highlights increased attendance, optimism, and community discussion surrounding the initiative.
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Boston Globe
Portland
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