Seven Days’ Doings And Local Happenings
A summary of a week’s town notes includes weather, road conditions, and fire water pressure updates. Charles W. Clifford sold 14 cars in six weeks while Lincoln’s and Valentine’s days fall this week. church renovations pleased Centralizes, and police news mentions Edward Hobbs and a dope case. Morse High’s basketball loss to Portland 19–18, and local club standings, hunting furs, yacht races dates, and Defiance boat work are noted along with a boat builder report and a shipwreck rumor about the Hanover coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows
Charles W. Clifford
Peasley
Edward Hobbs
First Baptist Church
Middle St
Davenport
Squirrel Island
Hodgdon Brothers
Boothbay Harbor
Morse
Portland High
Y.M.C.A
Elm Street No. 1
Wesley No. 2
Beacon No. 2
Policeman Bacon
Cornish
Redstone
Limerick
Bacon
Bailey School of Industries
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brown University
University of
Culbert McGay
Grace Church
Defiance
Pidgeon Brothers Works
East Boston
Bath Iron Works
George Owen
Newton
Marblehead
Holow
Popham
Hanover
Kennebec
the Times
Europe
Houghton, Bros
High St
Community Notices Highlight Local Moves and Appointments
Local society notes list residents visiting and returning from Boston, moves into the Oliver house on Union Street, new positions and travels of town residents. Notable items include machinist appointments, hospital recoveries, and trips by Bath Iron Works executives to Key West for torpedo boat trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Wetherbee
Bath Iron Works
Key West
Cassin
Cummings
Thelma Meller
James Kerr
Boston
McDougall
Chestnut St
Meller
Josephine
Harry Bartlett
Berlin
N. H
Elsie Lowell
Bath City Hospital
Thompson
Portland
Edward C. Plummer
New York City
Washington
Col. Plummer
Congressional Committee
Frank S. Oliver
Sagadahoc Towage Co
Charles J. Donnell
New York
International Banking Co
Kochi
Japan
London
Cebu
Manila
Morse and Rogers unite in Monmouth celebration
Samuel A. Morse paymaster at Hyde Windlass Co and Mil dred Rogers daughter of Charles H. Rogers wed this noon at the home of Rev N B Cook. The couple plan to reside in the Morse homestead at Whiskey. Also noted Bath residents Charles A Corliss and Charles A Blaid left for a Florida outing starting in Boston, then Jacksonville, with plans to explore the peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel A. Morse
Hyde Windlass Co
Mildred Rogers
Charles H. Rogers
Monmouth
N. B. Cook
Cook
Beacon Street
Morse
Whiskeay
Bath
Charles A. Corliss
Charles A. Blaid
Florida
Boston
Jacksonville
Ciy
Peninsula
Liquor Nuisance Case Leads to Jail Terms for Edward Hobbs
Edward Hobbs pled guilty in three liquor related cases before Justice Hanson and Judge Keegan. He received fines totaling 260 dollars and jail terms of 60 days for the search and seizure and illegal possession charges, with additional 60 days for default, and was held on the nuisance charge awaiting Grand Jury. He posted 900 dollars bail after the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanson
Supreme Judicial Court
Edward Hobbs
W. C. Oliver
Aderton, Norris and
Atkinson
Water St
Keegan
Oliver
Defiance builder eyes cup with Bath Iron Works plan
George M. Pynchon and C. C. Dunham review progress on the sloop Defiance at Bath Iron Works. Captain S. B. Howell named skipper candidate with Istalena ties and 26 man crew selected for trials. Pension figures for teachers in Maine announced as 14,950 yearly. longest service records listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Pynchon
Defiance
Boston
Mr. Pynchon
C. C. Dunham
New York
Tri-City
George Owen
Newton
Mass
Bath Iron Works
Owen
Bath
Pynchon
Capt
Howell
Effort
Dr. Dunham
Maine
Pilgrim Hazlett Accepts Work For Board In Town
A humorous reminiscence recalls Pilgrim Hazlett taking pay in meals lodging laundry and beer rather than cash. He asks what the extra four dollars would add, given the generous offer from the editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
San Francisco
Hazlett
Pennsylvania
Weekly
Pilgrim
Reedy
Illustrated lecture draws crowd at Wesley M. Eb. Church
Pastor Howard Corey spoke on boy scouts during a well attended Sunday night program at the Wesley M. Eb. Church. The event drew more than a hundred attendees despite cold temperatures. Readings at midnight showed 15 degrees above zero and sunrise temperatures ranged from 8 to 10 below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M. EB
Howard Corey
Portlands Names List of Residents and Spouses
A long register of residents and spouses across Maine and nearby states lists individuals with their towns such as Portland Brunswick Hallowell Bangor Bath Machias and more. The compilation includes multiple women and men including Lydia Francs Moulton Annette Merryman Agnes Morrell Kate Moulton Eliza Longfellow Sophie Tarbox Martha Snow and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Lydia Francs Moulton
Annette F. Merryman
Brunswick
Agnes Morrell
Woodfords
Kate Moulton
York Center
Isabella R. Little
Somersworth
Eliza A. Longfellow
Machias
Sophie Tarbox
Biddeford
Mary Augusta Stubbs
Ella Alice Stover
Bluehill
Ellen Deering Stevens
Caroline TH
Somes
Mount Des
New England Clean Up and Paint Up Week Planned
A New England wide campaign to clean up and paint up runs May 4 with a city and town committee plan. Front yard day fire prevention day and fly day will be observed with publicity, talks, posters and buttons. Corliss Street Troop Boy Scouts marked the fourth anniversary by attending church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Central Committee
City Club
Boston
Chamber of Commerce
United Improvement Association
State Board of Trade
Moving Picture Theatres
George C. Morton
The
New England Paint and Oil Club
George B. Gallup
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Corliss Street
Boy Scouts
Notice of admin istrator with will annexed for George F Parker
Walter H Parker administrator with will annexed of George F Parker late of Boston Massachusetts deceased invites claims for settlement from all creditors and orders debts to be paid promptly. William K Neal of 120 Exchange Street Portland Maine named agent and attorney in Maine. January 6 1914. Admr c t a 6 18 20
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Parker
Boston
Massachusetts
William K. Neal
Exchange Street
Portland
Maine
State of
Walter H. Parker
Admr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas S. Gibbons
William D. Sewall
Sewall
Ruth L. Mercer
Gardiner
Janetta Rogers
Belfast
Erma C. Farrar
Arthur Baum
Oliver House
Union St
Roy E. French
Bath Auto & Gas Engine Co
Jason Hutchinson
L. Rogers
Charles FE. Gahan
Kittery
Portsmouth
N. H. William Mample
Maine Central
Bangor
Eastern Maine Institution Insane Hospital
John L. Merrill
Maine Central R. A
Chester C. Aderton
Maine General Hospital
State Superintendent of Public Schools
Mary Stackpole
Annette Merryman
Mary West
Frances Dunham
Miss West
Miss Dunham
Adrianna Merrill
Emma J. Wilson
Roslindale
Mary Holden
Miss Merrill
Wilson
Holden
Isabella Baker
Saco
Mary A. Carroll
Southwest Harbor
Hancock County
Frances Garvin
Caroline Gould
Caroline Cole
Mary Pennell
North Yarmouth
Ella Stevens
Mary L. Dougherty
Calais
Rachel Roix
Thomas Smart
Waldo
Eunice Alley
Hartford
Mary Ann Carroll
Tremont
Mount Desert
Mt. Desert
E. E. Babson
Emerson Googing
S. S
Pension Rel
Mary Frances Stackpole
Annie Rebecca Wheeler
Augusta
Sarah Foster Colburn
Eunice Dunham Alley
Hudla White Hawkes
Matilda Small Knowles
Stoning
Louise A. Bagley
Jonesport
Isabelle Baker
Martha Washington Blake
Loretta C. Brimmer
Brewer
Annie Peabody Brooks
Kennebunkport
Helen
Blagdon Brown
Skowhe
Sarah Abagail Chamberlain
Sarah Elizabeth Church
Cherryfield
Annie Jane Clark
Albro Elmore Chase
Frances Isabella Garvin
Mary A. Hopkins
Hallowell
Jennie H. Homer
Bucksport
Lucy J. Holmes
Susan FE. Grover
Mary Albertine Holden
Lowell Julia Hills
Rockland
Eben B. Hodgkins
Trenton
Ada Ll. Hill
John P. Haney
Sarah Augusta Gilpatrick
Annie B. Crocker
Paris
Isabelle W. Gregg
Amherst
Emma H. Gerry
Kittery Depot
Ellen Gould
Miranda E. Curtis
East Dixmont
Kate E. Flitner
Randolph
Abbie Stevens Daniels
Caroline Elizabeth Gould
Amelia H. Woodbury
Elizabeth Lovely
Nellie E. Turner
Wayne
Margaret Christina Taylor
Mary E. Winslow
Eurydice Wilson
East Lynn
Emma Lucretia Robinson
Elizabeth True
Ellsworth
Juliett A. Wiggin
Emma Jane Wilson
Louise L. Walker
Oakland
Calif
Rosalinda Edgecomb True
Harriet M. Towle
Emily Frances Maxfield
Susan E. Ludwig
Waldoboro
Celinda L. Mayhew
Buckfield
Lucy Abby McDowell
Adriana Carleton Merrill
Olive Helen Merrill
Cumberland
Theresa Louise Thorndike
Camden
Julia Merrill Thompson
Him
Martha F. Snow
Thomas C. Smart
Mary Ann Small
Fanny Sands Silsby
Aurora
Helen Lewise Savage
Laura J. Sargent
Mary Wilson Sandford
Ella Jane Mower
Dexter
West M. Nash
Kate F
Sanborn
South Berwick
Elmina Hutchinson Royal
Readfield
Bel
Frances A. Dunham
Mary Everett Fales
West Somerville
Charles Fish
Helen A. Fox
Sarah Cuttier
Field Garvin
Derry Village
Mary B. Grant
Lakewood
Ohio
Fanny Elizabeth Lord
Sarah Blackwell Lord
Georgia Edwina Norris
Miranda Pitts Norton
Rachel Pratt Roix
Annie B. Robinson
Mechanic Falls
Mary Ellen Rideout
Auburn
Mary Elizabeth Parker
Harriet Maria Otis
Willard W. Rich
Attleboro
Adelia H. Prince
Caroline E. Simpson Porter
Marcia Elizabeth Paine
Mary Jane Webster Pennell
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