Supreme Judicial Court Advances Key Criminal and Civil Rulings
The Supreme Judicial Court reconvened after adjournment and completed several trials. Hattie L. Harrington lost to William E. Hanscome in a trespass suit for timber damages. Edith Fishbeck won $20 for a dog shooting claim. Roy Boucher received four years in state prison. Fred Wentworth got one year for assault on Mrs. Rowell. Others accused of breaking and entering had cases carried to April term. Edgar Neagle’s forgery plea was continued with a $300 bond.
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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
Opposition on the Sheepscot Steamboat Service
Winter schedule shows two steamers on the Sheepscot between Boothbay and Wiscasset. The Winter Harbor boat runs two trips daily, and Island Belle now serves Bath with two round trips daily all winter. The rivalry may spur lower fares, with Bath to Boothbay round trips seen at about $1 by many.
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Wiscasset
Sheepscot
Boothbay
Bath
Bath Maine notes on clubs transport and maritime events
Local notes report the Colonial club plans a minstrel show and Sagadachoc club holds its annual meeting. Bath and Lewiston polo duel at Alameda while a dance is planned at Music Hall. A Bath garage owner advertises a future airship station location. Petitions circulate to reappoint Leroy T. Carlton fish and game commissioner. Streetcar policy urged with white poles to improve schedules. Harold M. Sewall buys a seven passenger Stevens Currea car for May delivery. The schooner Wyoming from Bath arrives after a gale and voyage from Bath to Newport News. Charles W Morse pardon petitions circulate, championed by Morse High pupils. The river freezes over, ferries break it up, Island Belle runs Boothbay to Wiscasset, Virginia of the Old Dominion battles ice at the Reach with a high bow breaking through.
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Island Belle
Boothbay
Wiscasset
Bath
Virginia
Popham
City Council Tightens Fourth of July Fireworks Rules
The January regular meeting approved an ordinance banning sale of dangerous fireworks including certain balloons pistols and cannons. Explosives may be restricted near wooden buildings streets and venues with limits of 12 am to 11 pm and fines from five to ten dollars. The session also discussed charity coordination and a reward hearing for Emily Rewell's attackers. Schools warned fuel supplies are low prompting council approval to buy needed coal.
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Committee On Ordinances
Fire Department
Emily Rewell
Freeman
Tough Night Fishing On Whiskeag With Cyclone Gale
Peary era workers Al Ridley and A K Edgecomb faced a brutal night at Whiskeag as a zero degree cold snap and cyclonic gale struck while they hauled a 55 foot deep bag net. They endured a waterlogged, near pitch darkness and managed to pull out suckers and some smelt. Ridley calls it the most uncomfortable fishing night of his career despite long experience. Sucker baskets fetch about $1.50, smelt about 25 cents a pound in New York.
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Peary
al Ridley
A. K. Edgecomb
Ridley
Mr. Ridley
New York
German traveler nearly perishes crossing icy river near Bath
On a frigid Wednesday Henry Rose of West Bath helped a German worker convert a near fatal ice plunge into safety. The man walked from Brunswick toward Bath but misread a bridge route and fell through the ice on New Meadows. Rescued and warmed, he could barely speak English and sought Bath. Rose directed him to the Traffants crossing car station.
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Henry Rose
West Bath
Brunswick
Bath
New Meadows
Old Bath Fire Company History of May Fire Records
A detailed 19th century Bath fire company diary recounts 1849 1852 and 1854 events including engine tests at King's wharf a fatal Washington Street fire a burning Old South church incident and Know Nothing era tensions. It notes officials names dates and resolutions expelling a member and condemning a false Eastern Times report.
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E. Upton
Washington Street
Old South Church
High Street
Bath
Eastern Times
Maine Orphans Home History and Growth Through Decades
The Maine Orphans Home grew from twenty five to sixty eight inmates under matronship starting in 1881 with Mrs Stetson and later a present matron. Children attend church and school, with girls sewing and monitors guiding tasks. Annual support includes a $13 000 legacy and various donations, plus farm and adoptive placements when suitable.
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Ward
London
Maine
Mayhew
Rockland
Notice of annual meeting of Home for Aged Couples and Old Men
The annual meeting of the Incorporators of the Home for Aged Couples and Old Men will be held at the Common Council Room City Hall on Monday evening January 24 1910 at 730 for reception of reports election of officers and other business that may come before the meeting. Bath January 5 1910.
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City Hall
NCAN
Bath
Jannuary
The
Bath National Bank
Front Street
County of Sagadahoe
State of
Maine
DD Hill
Bath Trust Company
Jfe. Hughes
Lincoln National Bank
EF. H. Low
Rathie
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Colonial Club
Lewiston
Alameda
Sagadachoc Club
Music Hall
Morse High
Leroy T. Carlton
Fish and Game
Harold M. Sewall
Bath Automobile and Gas Engine Company
Stevens-Currea
Wyoming
Newport News
Cape Henry
Charles W. Morse
Morse High School
New Meadows River
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
FE. A. Donnell
E. M. Wildes
Thomas Graves
Israel Putnam
H. W. Fields
C. H. McLellan
Loring SS. Fisher
Thomas Eaton, Jr
William V. Moses
G. W. Grows
Joseph McKennie
Ellington Pennell
Nathan Shay
King
Arch Street
Presons
Eastern ‘Times
Mirror and Tribune
Independent
Maine's
Regis
Tered Pharmacists
Webber
Swett
Cash Grocery
Jack Frost
Thompson Bros
Park & Pollard CO
Kimball Bros. CO
Park & Pollard Feds
Walter C. Parker GO
Pha Sale Nambu
Walter O. Parker
Centre Street
Mikelsky’s Music Store
First National Bank OF Bath
I Bank
William & Shorkey, Cashier
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