Supreme Judicial Court reconvenes with mixed verdicts
The Supreme Judicial Court resumed after adjournment with few notable cases. Hattie Harrington sued William Hanscome for timber trespass and lost. Edith Fishbeck won $20 for a dog shooting claim against Leonard Lamareau. Roy Boucher received four years in state prison. Fred Wentworth got one year in Augusta jail for assault on Mrs. Emily Rowell. Kingsbury, King and Holmes’s breaking and entering case moved to April on personal recognizances. Edgar Neagle pleads guilty to forgery. bond set at $300 for April appearance.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Hattie L. Harrington
Georgetown
William E. Hanscome
Mechanic Falls
Edith Fishbeck
Leonard Lamareau
Roy Boucher
Fred Wentworth
Belfast
Augusta
Emily Rowell
Bath
Harold Kingsbury
Augustus King
William Holmes
Edgar Neagle
Opposing Steamboats Compete on the Sheepscot Route
Winter service on the Sheepscot between Boothbay and Wiscasset increases with two boats, the Winter Harbor making two trips daily and Island Belle added from Bath to run two round trips daily. Public hopes rise for more competition and lower fares, with $1 round trip Bath to Boothbay viewed as fair by many.
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Sheepscot
Boothbay
Wiscasset
Bath
Local Notes on Society and Transport in Maine
The Colonial club plans a minstrel show. Bath and Lewiston polo meet tonight at the Alameda. Sagadahoc club to hold annual meeting and elect officers. A dance at Music Hall next Thursday led by Morse High boys. Bath garage owner announces new airship station coming to Maine. Petition to reappoint Leroy T. Carlton as fish and game commissioner circulating, Bath signature about 1800. Morse High pupils active in petition drive. River frozen Wednesday. ferries break ice and Island Belle and Virginia of the Popham line navigate altered routes amid ice drift.
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Maine
Bath
Lewiston
Alameda
Sagadachoc Club
Music Hall
Morse High
Leroy T. Carlton
Fish and Game
Charles W. Morse
Morse High School
Island Belle
Boothbay
Wiscasset
Virginia
Popham
City Council Tackles July Firework Rules and Charity Board
January council session approves a Fourth of July ordinance banning dangerous devices and limiting sale and use times near buildings and events. The fire chief will judge other items. A charity board proposal to coordinate relief was welcomed, and schools seek fuel funds as coal use in winter climbs above last year.
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Fire Department
Emily Rowell
Freeman
Unusual Arctic Night Fish Story From Whiskeag
Smelters Al Ridley and A K Edgecomb faced a brutal cold gale at Whiskeag while hauling a 55 foot bag net. The wind locked the net in place and allowed them to walk inside to pick fish, including many suckers and few smelts, worth about $1.50 per basket and 25 cents per pound in New York.
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Peary
al Ridley
A. K. Edgecomb
Ridley
Mr. Ridley
New York
German worker rescued after ice accident near Bath
On a frigid Wednesday Henry Rose of West Bath helped a German man who had attempted to cross an ice‑thin stretch to reach Bath. The man fell through near the New Meadows bridge, survived, and was helped to warm up before directing him to the Truants crossing car station.
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Henry Rose
West Bath
Brunswick
Bath
New Meadows
Mr. Rose
Trufant’s Crossing
The
Eastern Times
Old Bath Fire Company Records Reveal 1849 1854 Events
Compiled entries recount Bath fire company incidents from May 1849 to July 1854. Highlights include engine tests at King's wharf, a fatal blaze on Washington Street, and Old South church fire response. Members debate Know Nothing era politics, pass resolutions condemning false reports, and expel a member.
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Fuller
Rufus A. Wood
B. T. Currier
George Davis
Charles H. Kimball
Nelson A. West
H. A. Starkey
Washington Elliot
Edgar R. Snow
J. M. Keep
William Rogers
A. G. Page
C. H. E. Sawyer
C. B. Lemont
Samuel D. Haley
D.D. Hodgkins
J. H. Allen
Elisha Clark
Ethan C. Maxwell
J. S. Elliot
T. E. Trevett
F. A. Donnell
E. M. Wildes
Thomas Graves
Israel Putnam
H. W. Fields
C. H. McLellan
Loring S. Fisher
Thomas Eaton, Jr
William. Moses
G. W. Grows
Joseph McKennie
Ellington Pennell
Nathan Shay
King
Arch Street
Old South Church
High Street
Bath
Maine Orphans Home Progress Through Generations
Ward of London inherits 13000 from a Maine legacy and annual legislative support. Mrs Mayhew and Miss Farnham led the home before Mrs Partridge became matron in 1875 then Mrs Stetson in 1881. Now 68 inmates attend church and school. girls sew and monitor others. boys work the grounds.
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Ward
London
Maine
Mayhew
Rockland
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Bath Automobile and Gas Engine Company
Stevens-Duryea
Wyoming
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New Meadows River
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Independent
Maine's
Regis
Tered Pharmacists
Webber
Swett
Cash Grocery
Thompson Bros
the Park & Pollard Dry Mash
Kimball Bros.co
Park & Pollard Feds
Walter C. Parker GO
Spestal
TAMA
Waiter
O. Parker Co
Centre Street
Mikelsky’s Music Store
Front Street
Theommon Council Room
City Hall
H. A. Duncan
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First National Bank OF Bath
William SB
Bath Trust Company
Hughes
Lincoln National Bank
Bath National Bank
County of Sagadahoc
State of Maine
F. D. HI
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