Kennebec River Bridge Co Seeks State Authority
A Camden representative introduced a bill to incorporate the Kennebec River Bridge Co to build operate and maintain a bridge across the Kennebec linking North Bath near Winslow rocks with Wollwich. The project would connect to the Maine Central Railroad and state highway and must win Public Utilities Commission and War department approval.
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Kennebec River
Winslow’s Rocks
Bath
Woolwich
Elmore
Camden
War Department
Public Utilities Commission
W. 8. Glidden
Frank I. Nichols
F. W. Carlton
W. T. Patterson
W. G. Hubbard
W. T. Loud
W. A. Cochran
Eben Chase
Byron N. Giles
Alpheus Dodge
C. R. Tupper
George A. Gregory
Lyman H. Merry
Luther Maddocks
Phineas Gay
Herman Castner
T. E. Philbrick
George A. Cowan
A. W. Nash
Joseph Hatch
Ernest KE. Glidden
Harold Smith
Henry Chamberlain
A. T. Thorpe
PF. W. Jackson
Forest KE. Ware
Forest
Hl. Bond
John VL. Kelley
George W. Walker
N. V. Eastman
Charles A.creighton
Wiliam G. Washburn
Wilbur I. Strong
W. V. Cobb
I. L. Snow
Maynard S. Dird
Elmer
Bird
W. DD. Talbot
EB. M. Lawrence
H. M. McDougall
A. S. Littlefield
M. A. Johnson
Hirai Ricker
Governor Baxter Qualifies Oath Taken by Chief Justice
Governor Vervival P. Baxter took the oath of office at 5 05 o clock Monday afternoon. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Leslie C. Cornish of the Maine Supreme Court in the office of the president of the Senate. Present were additional unnamed attendees as the report continues on page seven.
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Vervival P. Baxter
Leslie C. Cornish
Supreme Court, of
Maine
Senate
Morse Wins By Friday To Move Toward Title At Edward Little
Morse high basketball team chanted vengeance as they defeated Edward Little at the Y gym Friday night, tightening their lead toward the title. The warriors overwhelmed the hosts, leaving Edward Little in a battered wake and signaling momentum for the upcoming showdown.
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Morse
Morse High
Edward Little
Y Gym
Page Wight
Funeral Services Of Late Governor Take Place Today
Maine mourns Frederick Hale Parkhurst as death ends a brief term. Gov Parkhurst died after diphtheritic infection beneath the tongue. Percival Baxter will complete the term as state and nation prepare for the formal funeral in Bangor and a capital ceremony.
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Frederick HI. Parkhurst
Maine
Capitol
Bangor
Parkhurst
Frederic Hale Parkhurst
Percival P. Baxter
Portland
Senate
Joseph R. Bodwell
Hallowell
Sebastian S. Marble
Waldoboro
Warkhurst
State House
Augusta ‘House
Augusta
Justice Commends County On Record For Clean Courts
Supreme judicial count opened Jan. 25, adjourned Saturday afternoon by Associate Justice George M. Hanson. He praised county conditions, noting criminal trials in Bath have been minimal during the war boom years. William McCullough of West Bath ordered to post 1500 surety for appearance at May term for liquor search and seizure. Numerous divorce actions listed with parties and custody changes. Several Bath residents granted divorces for cruel and abusive treatment or utter desertion, with custody details. In Wiscasset, two verdicts favoring plaintiffs against William E. Morgan. Fanico vs Cannon verdict for defendant. State v Samuel Povich: liquor sale case pressed, 50 bottles of vanilla dismissed. Perley Stacey pleaded guilty to operating vehicle under liquor influence. case continued to May term for sentence with 500 bond.
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Supreme Judicial
George M. Hanson
Hanson
Bath
William McCullough
West Bath
Supreme Court
Joseph L. Holbroock
Ethel Holbrook
Lillian Ti. Chapman
Nagal Chapman
Sarah Chapman
Lillian HE. Holmes
Carrie S. Good
Bowdoinham
Alvah S. Good
H. A. Gilman
Joseph W. Gilman
Manor
Frances Ss. Gilman
Libellant
Lida A. Parker
Lewis W. Parker
Ruth J. Braca
Charles HT. Braca
Charles WE. Braca, Jr
Isabella G. Briggs
Guy H. Briggs
Rand
Isabelle Go Stacey
Sarah Oal White
Richmond
Barack. White
Gladya M. Legard
Forrest. Legard
Edward EK. Brrry
Lavinia
Totman
Harry W. Totman
Marguerite Maxson
Charles J. Maxson
Scott W. Maxson
Harriet J. Parris
James R. Parris
Wiscasset
William E. Morgan
Diath
Fanico
Cannon
State
Samuel Po- Vich
Dunton
Perley Stacey
Tower Court
Stacey
Fitting Tributes To Dead Governor Parkhurst
Bath observes the memory of Governor Predert Hi Parkhurst with closures from ten to eleven in the forenoon. City offices and schools suspend activities. At 10:30 the City hall bell tolls for the governor's years. Mayor Cahill and officials travel to Augusta for funeral exercises.
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Bath
Predert Hi
Parkhurst
Cahill
Augusta
King of Organists to Perform in Bath Recital
Dr. Irvin J. Morgan municipal organist of Portland will give an organ recital at First Baptist church in Bath on February 15. Morgan a renowned American organist with international acclaim recently earned top honors at the St. Louis exposition and was chosen by Wanamaker as the greatest concert organist. He is said to have set a world record for most people played for by any living organist. Also noted is Chief Quartermaster David T. Felton U.S.N. leaving Bath for duty at Portsmouth Navy Yard after 18 months in recruiting duty here.
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Bath
Irvin J. Morgan
Portland
First Baptist Church
Morgan
John Wanamaker
David T. Felton
U.S.N
Navy
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Felton
Portsmouth
SNIPE A MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON REAPPORTIONMENT
Representative Langdon T Snipe of Bath serves on Maine House reapportionment committee. The panel will redraw congressional boundaries from four to three districts and realign 151 legislative districts, with Sagadahoe likely to gain influence. Plan proposals show shifts among Androscoggin Cumberland Sagadahoe and other counties, with potential primaries involving White Beedy Peters and Viles.
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Langdon 'T. Snipe
Bath
House
Maine
Sagadahoe
Lincoln
Knox
York
Cumberland
Androscoggin
Androscoggin County
Wallace H. White
Carroll L. Beedy
Portland
Congress
Louis 13. Goodall
White
Beedy
John A. Peters
Ellsworth
Blaine Wiles
Augusta
Hancock
Peters
Bailiwick
Kennebec
Viles
Oiffer
Garcelon
Andrescoggin
Holt
Eaton
Oxford
Cobb
Spencer
Sprague
Piscataquis
Morrison
Tnobscot
Maxwell
East Livermore
Wilson
Presque Isle
Bragdon
Westbrook
Trefethen
Wilton
Mason
Wiles
Elmore
Camden
Weeks
Dresden
Eastman
Fryeburg
Phillips
Orrington
Brown
Abbott
Snipe
Smith
Skowhegan
Buzzell
Belfast
Case
Lubec
Austin
South Berwick
Somerset
Aggostook
Waldo
Washington
Maine's Deceased Governor Hon Frederic H Parkhurst
Maine mourns Frederic H Parkhurst a longtime Bangor business leader and Republican figure born in Unity educated at Columbian Law School and Penobscot Bar He led J F Parkhurst & Son Co a major Bangor employer and campaign organizer shaping state politics from 1900s to 1910s through party posts and campaigns including Peters and Hays efforts with strong county and statewide vote tallies across Penobscot and nearby counties
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Unity
Maine
Dsgb
Bangor
Columbian University Law School
Penobscot Bar
J. of. Parkhurst & Son Co
Jonathan F. Parkhurst
Col Parkhurst
Col. Parkhurst
United States
Republican City Committee
Kheed Club
Legislative Caucus Committee
Philadelphia
MehKinley
Roosevelt
Republian
Penobscot
Commi
Comimittee
Pattingall
Lawrence
Tu TG
Milliken
TIS
Republican National
New York
Hays
Colorado
Missouri
Senate
Phipps
Also Mentioned on This Page
NEW Kennebec Bridge Company
E. W. Wheeler and
George W. Goethals
Kennebec Journal
Boothbay
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture League
Augusta House
Maddocks
Maddress
Hiram Ricker
W. T. Cobb
TH. M. McDougal
Mr. Maddocks
Baxter
America
New England
South
Central Maine Power Company
Pine Tree
Justice
King OF Organists
Committee
Lincon
County York
Mooene
Oxford Wee Ree
Erin Franklin
Ewe
Somerset Iy Wee Beer Hoe
Ria Teas Eveeuer
Aroostook
Ieee
Hancock Gad
Ted Apace
Frederic H. Parkhurst
Indiana
ISO
ISOS
Ride Cummings
Cummings
State Senate
P.O. Beal
Beal
Hog
Penobscot County
TCG
TCS
Fernald
Censtidate
James B. Mullen
Perneld
Bangor City Hall
National Guard
Colnel
Johnson Bros Co
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