Fisherman Parsons Ends Life After Despondency
Lincoln W. Parsons, 46, a fisherman at New Harbor, shot himself after failing to die instantly and tried a third shell. Neighbor William Blaisdell witnessed part of the tragedy from a boat and found Parsons dead inside his smoke-filled fish house. Parsons left a wife and three daughters, plus a mother, as the cause cited was illness and fear of failing to support his family amid rising living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln W. Parsons
New Harbor
William Blaisdell
Round Pond Me
Ellen Parsons
Edwin Statlin
Boston
Blaisdell
Parsons
Parson’s
Phippsburg News Briefs Include Death and Local News
Obituary of Mrs. Martha A. Golder, Parker Head resident for 58 years, passes on Thanksgiving. Funeral held at her home with N Gratz Jackson officiating. Interment at Parker Head Cemetery beside relatives. Also notes on Eaton family visits, farm moves, pig butcher, ship life, and Captain Jewell’s steamer repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Roland Eaton
Jean Eaton
N. W. Eaton
Roland Eaton
Tufts College
Miss Babcock
Gladys
Frank Allegrin
S.C. Campbell
Hattie Bowie
Billy
Raymond Wyman
M. W. Eaton
Rodney Wyman
A. F. Williams
Martha A. Farnham Golder
Willard Daley
Parker Head
Golder
Jordan Golder
Deacon
Emmeline Hall Farnham
Woolwich
Winter Street
Bath
Center Congregational Church
Phippsburg
Mattie Golder Daley
Irmi
Frank Daley
Frank Wyman
N. Gratz Jackson
M. F. Slade
Wyman
Votes for electors announced by governor and council
The governor and council release the official elector vote tallies for the November election. Republicans Emery and Gray lead with 69 506 votes each, followed by Kinsman Morse and Putnam around 69 502. Democrats Halliday and McCarthy top 64 125 to 64 132 in different districts and other parties list minor totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George G. Emery
Sanford
Herbert Gray
Old Town
Fred G. Kinsman
Augusta
Walter G. Morse
Rumford
Beecher Putnam
Houston
Edward P. Ricker
Poland
F. Wade Halliday
Newport
Charles McCarthy, Jr
Portland
Reuel J. Noyes
Aaron A. Putnam
Lamont A. Stevens
Wells
Fred H. Thompson
Bath
Desire Baker
Fairfield
E. J. Carrigan
Millinocket
Real Estate Transfers Recorded Across Bath and Vicinity
Registry of Deeds records show multiple property transfers from Bath to Bath and surrounding towns including Georgetown Bowdoinham Phippsburg Richmond and Richmond. Notable moves involve Charles L. Douglas Lucious I Coombs Janet Paine and Elizabeth Rowe among others transferring properties in Bath Georgetown and Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Anderson
Bath
Edith May Savage
Alamede
Tarbox
Thomas G. Plant
Moultonboro
Lucy E&. ‘Percy
Jennteth
Tobey
Bernard A. Bailey
Wiscasset
Charles A. Corliss
Sidney B. Lermond
Henry E. Pinkham
Gloucester
Sheepscot Island
Cos
Georgetown
Mary IL. Doggett
Dorchester
Randall B. Andross
Portland
Bowdoinham
M. DeForrest Pratt
Charles L. Douglas
Brunswick
Frank G. Aterton
William E. Richardson
Phippsburg
Loring E. Darling
Joseph O. King Et al
Fall River
Victor J. Ring
Richmond
William E. Rowe
Emma F. Rittall
Bath man offers easy duck and goose plucking method
A Bathman claims plunging birds into ice water before plucking makes feathers come off easier by congealing fat. The tip suggests a simple method for defeathering waterfowl.
Blind Crossing Improvement Funding Suggested for Cumulative Use
The Board of Public Utilities discusses eliminating grade crossings under Chapter 147 1915 and urges accumulating the 15 000 state appropriation rather than letting it lapse each year. It cites the Bath Blind Crossing project costing 5500 to 6000 with completion this year and notes 1917 will use about 9 000 of the annual appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Utilities
Bath
Obituary for Mrs. Erma C Bonney Sinclair in Winthrop
The funeral for Erma C Bonney Sinclair was held at her parents home in Winthrop. She died Wednesday afternoon November 29 after a brief illness from pneumonia, just shy of her 23rd birthday. Rev N R Pearson officiated. She leaves her husband Oscar E Sinclair and parents S L Bonney, with four sisters. Burial in Maple Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma C. (Bonney) Sinclair
Winthrop
N. R. Pearson
Methodist Church
Harland Maxwell
Arthur Walton
William Fortier
Herbert Bell
aIterment
Maple Cemetery
Sinclair
S. L. Bonney
Wintrop
Methodist Sunday School
Arthur Lovejoy Lodge
Rebekahs
Out of Town
Daniel Ridley
Bath
J. C. Hobbs
Turner
James Bradford
West Paris
Charles Wakefield
Portland
Fred Bonney
Auburn
Horace Sinclair
Georgie Sinclair
Long Porter
Mapleton
Starved of Transatlantic Charters and Odd Employment Tales
Shipping market notes show few steamers chartered for transatlantic work and ongoing demand for sailing vessels with firm rates. Three 2294 ton coal carriers were sold and transferred to French parties for 762500 each. Hunter fatalities rise across 15 states with 86 deaths and 41 injuries as many victims mistaken for deer. Western Union directors grant bonuses up to 7 percent for low earners and appoint Andrew F Burrleigh as secretary. Bath Iron Works reports an extraordinary job inquiry from a seven year old in their employment bureau seeking machinery work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Lisman
M. E. Harper
Penobscot
Ecorse
Shawmut Steamship Co
Oriental Navigation Co
New York
The
Chicago Tribune
Bath Iron Works
Rockport
Clever dogs send notes and summon aid across towns
Police recall tales of intelligent dogs that fetch notes for crippled Peter Pushard on Witch Spring road, and a coach dog now with Mrs. Frank Jones that summons workers. A Bath man witnessed the dog fetch a woodcutter, while a centuries-old gas incident in Centre St. recalls a water spaniel waking a family and aiding a rescue brigant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Place
Pete
Peter Pushard
Witch Spring Road
Mr. Pushard
Sewall Percy
Frank Jones
Woolwich
Bath
John Place
Centre St
Epworth League Meets and Missionary Society Event
The Epworth League held its regular monthly business meeting after prayer service. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was hosted Friday at 7 30 p m by Mrs Gorham Weeks on Green Street and Rev J J Hull of Portland spoke at 8 pm with the Men's Club as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Christmas shopping admonition for all social ranks
A dated exhortation urges early Christmas buying for everyone from prince to peasant. It warns against delaying purchases and encourages ethical considerations, asking shopgirls not to feel resentful of the season and to put a conscience into life during the holidays.
Advertiser Letters Listing Women and Men Attendees
A roster lists women including Bennett, Miss C. E., Chapman, Miss Bertha, Moore, Mrs. Ethel, Odlin, Mrs. Harriet E., Palmer, Mrs. Lillian, Small, Mrs. I. A., Smith, Mrs. Florence, Totman, Miss Helen, and men such as Allen, Walter, Bath Machine Co. foreman, Blandin, Hon, E. M., Black, C. E., Costello, James B., Grey, James, Oldrieve, Fred, Standish, William L., White, Frank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
C. E
Chapman
Bertha
Moore
Ethel
Odlin
Harriet E
Palmer
Lillian
Small
I. A
Smith
Florence
Totman
Helen
Cosmopolitan Christmas sale at the city clubhouse
Friday afternoon and evening sales event at the Cosmopolitan Christmas sale held at the clubhouse. The report notes community shopping activity and local participation in holiday commerce.
Knit Goods Catalog Note Price Listing
A brief price note lists knit goods at 25 cents and 50 cents each. The fragment notes affordable small items and standard pricing for catalog shoppers.
Briry Re-elected Secretary of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy
William Briry of Melrose is re elected secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Registration in Pharmacy at the annual Boston meeting. He is a former Bath resident and brother of Dr. E E Briry of Grove Street. Mrs Edith Mills of Camden and sister Mrs Florence Burrows of Rockland were guests of W D Mitchell. Thanksgiving travelers return home Friday morning. Mrs A G Oliver hosted the Nickras Club at Union Street Tuesday night with costumes featuring men's clothing. Mr Oliver served creamed crab. Mr and Mrs George W Tobey and family from Portsmouth are vacationing in town. Tobey works in the fitters department at Kittery Navy Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland Courier-Gazette
Stephen Sullivan
William Sweeney
Patrick Sweeney
James Burns
Fred Carini
Knights of Columbus
Bath
Rockland
William T. Guptill
Topsham
Agriculture
Frank H. Hayden
Lewiston
Maine State Agricultural Society of
Guptill
Toni Luti
Oliver
Keegan
William
Edith Mills
Camden
Florence Burrows
W. D. Mitchell
A. G. Oliver
Nickras Club
Union St
George W. Tobey
Portsmouth
Town
Mr. Tobey
Kittery Navy Yard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Public
Oscar KE. Sinclair
Western Union Telegraph Co
W. H. Baker
Andrew F. Burleigh
Wesleyisms
Advertiser Letters
George Murray
David King
Bowker’s
Texas Steamship Co
Ministerial Association of
Y.M.C.A
T. N. Kewley
C. R. Chappell
M. J. Wdricklee
A. Evans
C. W. Harrison
C. McGay
J. Willis
D. L. Wilson
J. E. C. Sawyer
William MacCormick
David L. Wilson
S. A. Evans
Tabernacle
Rodeheaver
Dr. Sunday
Evans
Peter Rabbit
Dresden
Crane’s Linen Lawn
James F. Will Co
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