Fire at Neagle shop prompts quick rescue and mystery
A Monday evening fire at James C. Ledyard estate shop near Bath Opera House drew three fire companies after a still alarm. flames centered in attic corner above the ell with peanut shells and rubbish inside walls. Neagle found the shop smoke damaged and the disaster quickly contained. cause remains unclear.
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Dhom
T. P. Neasle
No. 4
O'Brien
Number Four
Neagle
James C. Ledyard
Bath Opera House
Playhouse
Obituary of Stephen C Perry D D Maine District Attorney
Stephen C Perry United States district attorney for the district of Maine died at his Portland home of pneumonia. Born in Bath in 1858 he studied locally and was admitted to the bar in 1882. He formed a law partnership with former Governor Henry B Cleaves in 1897 that lasted until Cleaves death. He is survived by a widow and two sons.
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Stephen C. Perry
United States
District of Maine
Portland
Wilson
Mr. Perry
Bath
Henry B. Cleaves
Hall of Bowdoin Ridge dies after long life of service
Joseph Nelson Hall died Friday night at his Bowdoin Ridge home aged SS years. He helped lay out the Richmond to Augusta railroad and was treasurer of the Bowdoinham Ridge Cemetery Association for 26 years. Survived by his wife Hannah Rumerill and two sisters, with brothers in Richmond and Bowdoinham. He was a lifelong Republican voter and a prominent local figure.
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Joseph Nelson Hall
Richmond
Augusta
Bowdoin Ridge
Joseph
Mary Hall
Hannah Rumerill
Pise End
Airs Sairda Patten
Liza Denham
Loudoinham
William T. Hall
George Hall
Bow- Joinham
Hall
Isis
Bowdoinham Ridge
Bangor
Shippers of Game
Banzer
Local Jottings From Oak Island Shores and Bath Area
Reports note more Iron Works labor, flocks of ducks near Sasanoa Bluffs, and a lighthouse tender Zizania on a Kennebec survey. Local society items include Smokers show at Colonial Club and a Woolwich hen tale. A Boston resident sighted a Bath heiress inheritance rumor and a Bath steamboat fireman encounter reveals a $1200 bequest.
Town Folks Share Holiday News and Local Actions
Mr and Mrs William F Willis visit Isle au Haut guests of daughter Mrs Elmer Lufkin. Mrs Robert P Manson returns to Boston for the Christmas season. William Trask returns to Boston after visiting grandfather Obadiah Trask. Miss Ethel Williams ill under care of Dr Byron F Barker. Mrs Winfield Groves hosts Evening Workers. Ed Small recovering from boat housing accident. Walter R Morse to Witters for winter Navy Yard work. wife stays with her father. John McIntire at Parker Head. Charles Slate rents home furnished for winter. John G Morse visits Augusta on business. Water pipe across Winneganee creek repaired. tides low. Ed Hunt to Portland as draughtsman. Mrs Willard Cromwell ill. Mrs Campbell improving at daughter Ellen Walker's home. Mrs Harry F Oliver to Portland for holidays. Miss Ethel Trask home from Auburn. tide highest at Morse mill. Harry C Webber visits Portland. Miss Eleanor Morse completes fall term at Pitch Pine School. hosts Christmas tree for students. Brown Bible Class of People's Church leads mid-week meeting.
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William Trask
Boston
Obadiah Trask
Ethel Williams
Harry Williams
Byron F. Barker
Winfield Groves
Ed. Small
Walter R. Morse
Witters
Navy Yard
Morse
John McIntire
Parker Head
Charles Slate
John G. Morse
Augusta
Winneganee Creek
Fd. Hunt
Portland
Willard Cromwell
Campbell
Ellen Walker
Harry F. Oliver
Ethel Trask
Auburn
Morse Mill
Harry C. Webber
Eleanor Morse
Pitch Pine
Brown Bible Class
The
People’s Church
Arrowsic Community Notes and Local Travels
Former Morse High student Jack Currier hosts a surprise party in Arrowsic with games and cake. Local maritime news notes James McFarland joining the schooner M. D. Cressey. Rehearsals for Christmas Eve exercises begin. townspeople visit, travel and church events described alongside school term closure and family births.
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Jack Currier
Morse High School
Arrowsie
James McFarland
M. D. Cressey
Winslows of
Portland
Randall Hosts Card Party At New Meadows
Mr and Mrs John O Randall entertained friends with a six handed card game Monday. Ice cream cake salted nuts and fudge were served. First prizes went to Mrs Forest Jackson and Everett Coombs. The event ended late with a pleasant evening. Brunswick High School hosted a minstrel at Dirigo Grange Hall Tuesday evening with attendees including Mrs Annie Jordan and Mrs Mar Robert Murray Wednesday.
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John O. Randall
Forest Jackson
Everett Coombs
Brunswick High School
Dirigo Grange Hall
Annie Jordan
Mar- Robert Murray
Diverse Christmas Sale Items Across Fabrics and Accessories
A long list of discounted textiles and gift items from aprons and handkerchiefs to leather goods and carpet sweepers. Prices range from 5 cents to over $60 for luxury fabrics and furnishings. Numerous brands and items fill the ad, highlighting shopwide markdowns and seasonal specials.
Local Family Welcomes Baby and Town Sailors Face Winter Work
Mr and Mrs Harry Wheeler greet a ten pound son born last Tuesday at home. Evans portable saw mill set up in Horace Woodward lot with lumber from Woodward and Osborne Woodward to be cut and saved all winter. Mrs William Davis and son Scott visited Walter Reed in Sisters Hospital after appendicitis surgery. SEBASCO Mrs F W Ridley Mrs Melvin Wallace Emma Ridley rode the Virginia to Bath. Gale and high tide damaged floats Jim McKinney's fish house and wharf. Floyd Wallace returns after a cold. William Wilson ill. Maria Harris improving. George Humphrey and Henry Alexander sold 21 dollars worth of fish in Portland market. Cottage prayer meeting at Mrs Gertrude Wilson. T M Bartlett fell into icy water at the dock but was rescued. Nellie York rode stage to Bath. Town schools close for Christmas. Alvin Wallace caught 190 pounds. Cecil Wallace and Earl Bartlett went to Portland. Capt T H Bartlett family returned from Bath after ice blocked the way. Bert Morrison went to Boston to be engine on a tug.
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Zizania
Howard Coal Yards
Kennebec
Washington and
Center Sts
R. T
Hyde Park
Boston
Haynes
Portland
Bath
Miles
Purington
West Bath
Blind Crossing
Brooks
Blind Crossy Woods
Harry Wheeler
Mr. Evans
Horace Woodward
Osborne Woodward
William Davis
Scott
Lewiston
Walter Reed
Sisters’ Hospital
F. W. Ridley
Melvin Wallace
Emma Ridley
Virginia
Jim McKinney
Floyd Wallace
William Wilson
Maria Harris
George Humphrey
Henry Alexander
T. M. Bartlett
Candy's Harbor
Nellie York
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Frank Williams
Phippsburg
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New England Dyers and Cleaners
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Uvannah Steamship Line
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Joseph Mack
Central Maine Hospital
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East Boeton
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Ivvinia
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Taunton
Pisc Iit
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Staples Transportation Co
Fall River
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Tony Cumberland
Edward E. Barry
Oak Island
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Colonial Club
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Jd Couples
Aldermanic Room
George C. Pease
Standard Oil Co
Everett Snipe
Rhode Island
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Woolwich
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Winnegance News
William F. Willis
Isle Au Haut
Elmer Lufkin
Robert P. Manson
Rose Shea
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North School
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Waldoboro
Mill Island
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New Meadows
Merry Christmas
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Ecra West
Broterty Shoote
Seers
Ta Ois
Gollatana
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Highland Linen
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Wissk
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Gertrude Wilson
Alvin Wallace
Earl Bartlett
Cecil Wallace
T. H. Bartlett
Doris
J. D. Eastman
Gertie Wilson
Stone Wharf
Bert Morrison
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