Wreck of the Georgia D Jenkins at Shinnecock Beach
New York Herald correspondent recounts the Nov 25 wreck of the schooner George P. D. Jenkins off Shinnecock Long Island. Lifesavers under Captain O. Lamson Penny fought heavy surf to rescue Captain McLean and seven crewmen, with harpoon lines breeches buoy and daring sea work.
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New York Herald
Good Ground
Long Island
Georgia D. Jenkins
George PD. Jenkins
Shinnecock
Jenkins
Pensacola
New Haven
East River
Hell Gate
Sound
Montauk
J. F. McLean
William Sinclair
Sinclair
O. Lamson Penny
Penny
Bath's Belgian Fund Grows With Donations
The Belgian Relief fund rises to 326.87 after a 50 gift and a 25.52 Thanksgiving Union Service addition. Mary F. Gibbons forwards the amount to the Belgian consul in New York for Belgian relief. Local groups prepare garments for Belgians via the Red Cross. Schooner Sunbeam discharges coke at the Gibbons yard.
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Music Hall
T Thanksgiving
Lm Street
Mary F. Gibbons
Front St
New York
Red Cross
Sunbeam
Gibbons Yard
Lucius Tuttle, Ex-Boston & Maine President, Dead
Lucius Tuttle, former president of the Boston and Maine Railroad, died Monday night in Brookline Massachusetts from angina pectoris. Born March 11 1846 in Hartford his rise spanned the Eastern Railroad Boston and Providence and Fiskill and other lines culminating in a 17 year leadership at Boston and Maine and Maine Central Rail Road. He helped expand the B and M including the Fitchburg connection and earned respect across railroad unions. Retirement followed after a long career of public and corporate service.
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Lucius Tuttle
Boston & Maine
Brookline
Mass
Mr. Tuttle
Boston & Maine Railroad
Tuttle
Hartford
Hartford High School
Nis
Jay
Hartford, Providence & Fiskill
Eastern Railroad
Boston & Sowell Railroad
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Maine Central Railroad
New England
Fitchburg
Foosac
Massachusetts
Sagadahoc Probate Court Action Delivers Estate Orders
The December Sagadahoc County Probate Court session saw judge Lowell approve the second and supplementary final accounts for Walter E. Chase as executor of Mary L. Hoffman estate with $1432.07 left to Bath for the fuel fund. Administrations granted include Charles F. Barnes and John L. Mero, and guardianship to Edgar W. Bailey. Inventories filed cover multiple Bath area estates and guardianships.
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Lowell
Sagadahoc
Walter E. Chase
Mary JL. Hoffman
Bath
Myra Spear Dean
Dorchester
Mass
Howard Spear
James
Guardian
Edgar W.W. Bailey
Woolwich
Carl Carlson
Walter S. Glidden
Walter F. Lakin
Myra W. Spear Dean
D. Howard Spear
Noble Maxwell
Andrew J
Richmond
Mary K. Hoffman
Walter Morse Hill
Mark L. Hill
Louise Morse Hill
Marion Hill
Frederick D. Hill
Charles E. Williams
Gergie M. Bailey
J. Yould Bailey
Frank Starbird
Bowdoin
Flora Starbird
George Woodin
Mary E. Dunbar
Maine Law Court Opens December Term at Alsusta
The Maine Law Court convenes next Tuesday at 1 o clock with Chief Justice Albert M. Savage and six associate justices. On the Sagadahoc County docket are Augustus Perow Co. vs Lewiston Securities Co. Barrett vere sus vs Lewiston Brunswick & Bath Street Railway Co. Spear seeks leave to enter appeal from Probate Court State vs Schoppe. A new Sagadahoc entry is Percy in equity vs Lewiston Augusta and Waterville Street Railway Co.
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Maine Law Court
Alsusta
Olock
Albert M. Savage
Auburn
Albert M. Spear
Gardiner
Leslie C. Cornish
Augusta
Arno W. King
Ellsworth
George E. Bird
Portland
George M. Hatson
Calais
Augustus Perow Co
Lewiston Securities Co
Barrett Veresus
Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath Street Railway Co
Spear
State
Schoppe
Sagadahoe County
Percy
Lewiston
Equity Hearing Over Dividends on Schooner Mary KE
A hearing was held in Kennebec County on a bill in equity by American Ice Co. against Harry H. Donnell and William R. Donnell as executors of William T. Donnell of Bath. The case seeks $126.20 for dividends tied to a 2 4 interest in the schooner Mary KE. The estate, insolvent at Donnell's death October 24, 1910, and the court weighs whether laches bars recovery after nearly four years. The judge reserved decision. Motorboat Woodcock visited City land for groceries for W H Daley. Mercury stood at 52 in the shade amid Indian summer weather.
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Kennebber County
Spear
American Ice Co
Harry H. Donnell
William R. Donnell
William T. Donnell
Bath
W. C. Atkins
Gardiner
E. C. Plummer
Promate
Seven pairs open Colonial Club whist tourney play
Seven pairs competed in the opening game of the Colonial Club whist tournament Tuesday evening with the following scores Black Haggett 4 runner Ramsay 3 1 3 Coffin Smith 11 3 The government plans extensive fort improvements at Fort Baldwin in spring indicating Kennebec mouth strategic in wartime with barracks to rise and an electric plant to be installed.
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Black-Haggett
Ramsay
Coffin-Smith
Fort Baldwin
Kennebec
Baldwin
Portland Express
Long voyage records and Captain Amesbury’s career
The article discusses ship voyages long durations from 1906 to nearly 400 days. It highlights Bath ship Kenilworth’s 1906 Philadelphia to San Francisco passage under Captain Jabez Amesbury, plus his career spanning fifty-two years afloat and about one million miles sailed. It notes his rescue feats, ship Roanoke fires, collisions, and later events including the Remick passage and Maine seed meeting details.
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Edward Sewall
Hampton Roads
Seattle
Kenilworth
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Jabez Amesbury
Rockport
Delaware
Equator
South Atlantic
Cape Horn
Amesbury
South Pacific
Maine
P. J. Carleton
Carleton
William H Macy
Yokohama
Roanoke
Norfolk
Pacific
Honolulu
New York
Melbourne
Rio de Janeiro
Nehoue Bay
New Caledonia
Wholesale prices and local notices from the market week
The listing shows wholesale prices for produce and meats including lettuce 75 cents a box, celery 1.20 to 1.80 a dozen, cabbage 1 cent per pound, and beef 10 to 12 cents a pound. It also notes fruits, dairy, and specials, followed by social notes about Leo Huff family visits and local workers returning to Portland.
Local News Roundup From Winnegance Area
Mrs Nancy Hunt returns from Norwood Massachusetts after a two week visit with sister Miss Ethel Trask goes back to Lewiston after visiting her mother for Thanksvir ins and over Sunday Sewing Circle meets at Mrs A 10 Adams A social gathering entertained by Mrs Eugene Knight and her club members Mrs George Dennison and daughter Madeline visit Freeport Marion Olivers fourteenth birthday celebrated with games and gifts Mrs Espeargnette of Lewiston visits Mrs Seymour Hayden Frances Parks resumes teaching at Small Point Gertrude Williams of Walatham visits sister Mrs Charles Williams Sewing Club hosts evening gathering
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Nancy FE. Hunt
Norwood
Mass
Ethel
Trask
Lewiston
Sewing Circle
A. 10. Adams
Eugene Knight
George Dennison
Madeline
Freeport
George Merritt
Marion Oliver
Espeargnette
Seymour Hayden
Frances Parks
Small Point
Fred Parks
Gertrude Williams
Waltham
Charles Williams
Local residents make business and social visits
Albert McLellan leaves for Londonderry while Sam E. Connor of the Lewiston Journal visits town. Architects, visiting relatives, and workers return from Boston, Detroit, and Quincy for winter stays and job changes at ships, railways, and factories.
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Albert McLellan
Londonderry
Millinocket
Bangor
Harry Bradshaw
Eugene
D. H. Warner
M. J. McCormick
Boston
Samuel O. Packard
Round Pond
Jay
Marion
Mildred Robbins
Russell St
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Georgia
D. Jenkins
Captain Penny
Captain McLein
Vieres
Maine Central
Probate
Hoffman Estate
the Law Court
Sagadahoc County
Sagadauhoc
Equity
Am. Ice Co
Donnell Estate
Woodcock
Cityland
W. H. Daley
Parker Head
Mercury
Black and Haggett High
Colonial Club
L. D. Remick
Provincetown
Remick
White Head
Penobscot Bay
Rockland
Boothbay
Sajem
Provincetown Harbor
C. R. Leland
Maine Seed Improvement Association
Rabel
Ae Sansa
Ses
James F. Will Co
Malaga
Leo Huff
Gardner Huff
Harry Oliver
Kelley, Spear Shipyard
Winnegance News
William LeClair
B. E. McNeill
Quincy
Angle Iron Department
Fore River Shipbuilding
Evelyn Berry
Appleton
F. Lyford
Mt. Desert Ferry
Lewiston-Rockland Run
Oakes Blaisdell
Charlestown Navy Yard
Jackson Block Co
George Brown
Southern Pacific R. R
California
Stillman B. Small
Kingston
Harold S. Small
South Boston
Henry W. Small
Harold
Allington Curtis Mfg. Co
Y.M.C.A
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