30 Aug 1920
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1920
Page
1
A terse Allied report states the Polish Russian conference has been moved. Vyry Miga, a government official, says the move transfers peace centers from Mita to Wiga. The brief note offers no further context or dates.
Aug 30 report from Kittery Point notes Captthy and Alea Chierson and family returning from a trip, with details of the social visit and a future gathering planned at the Pirks Congregational church led by Rev. John Grain. Mentions local residents Virginké Wainweight and Mrs Martie Walker along with others attending community events and prayers.
A garbled OCR fragment lists scattered names and places including New York and Hoboken. It mentions Elizabeth, Elizabeth to Karl, Gartleht of Cutengs, and various personal notes. The text is largely unreadable with many misspellings and broken phrases, offering only hints of social or local notices.
Police report a double death inside a tenement on Adobbenle street. A man and a woman died by self inflicted gunshot, with neighbors recalling a heated quarrel and a death fingerprint found near the door. The coroner awaits autopsy results.
A jumble of names and places from Kittery and nearby towns recounts social visits, church events, and weekly routines. Residents like Mrs. Dorothy Ciliert, Miss Lettie Adanie, and Reginald and Arie of Mothage figure among guests and host families. The report also mentions travel plans, hospitalizations, and church activities across Maine communities, with scattered references to local establishments and neighborhoods.
An afternoon gathering in Hinton featured a fireman on the local force recognized for service. Attendees including officials and residents discussed community safety, upcoming plans, and the town’s evolving emergency response program.
Dover items report town events for September including a wedding travel itinerary for a Dover resident and a river raid reference. It notes a funeral at the Community church and cemetery rites, with attendees and local names such as Mrs Ceeryle Bin Hoon and Mrs Nodvola. The piece lists a farm gathering and a post office notice, plus mentions travel to New York City and possibly Cleveland for a relative.
The entire council seeks office for September primary. Windeor Hietfednow and John C. Whelpley appear on the Republican line for governor and state senate respectively. Democrat on the board, John Browi, runs in district alongside Artin Whitremead, Stephen Chew, and others for council seats.
A wedding linked two prominent Brewer families occurred at a Newark summer home with Mr James W Pigg officiating. The groom, Yale graduate, will reside in New York. bride is daughter of the late Adgiphuz and Mrs Mino Retsturer with A Foust and J W Pigg connected to the ceremony.
A posse pursues a missing woman named Calmane, last seen Friday near Hikawortt Mandaleebui. Jeremiah Cathie of Bombrvalle and Mrs Colma Gouiptalied are linked to property matters as the case unfolds with a medical escort and a rallied search.
Fragmented local chronicle recounts Daniel Webster ties to Boston and Rockingham area, 1814 reflections, and a public tribute in Long Island funeral notes. Mentions ancestral service at Leng Tatandt, mackerel harvests and coastal sailing details, with references to ships Stephen Tabor and Yacht Alberta.
Lewiston Maine August 31 a romance ending in the wedding at St Peter clurah of Miss Yvonne Gullmin of Chiulond-aur-Marne and Antonin Hebta of this city. The ceremony was by Rev Father Herbert. Guests at the reception followed at the home of Mr and Ara Roy on Pine duvat. He went by means of May To Tivd Robie of Pinestrest. He arrived in France and was transformed to military police. She arrived in New York Monday and will make their home here.
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