Court to convene for first time in eight months
Sagadahoc county officials announce the January term of the supreme court with Associate Justice Charles J. Dunn presiding. The eight month gap follows the influenza outbreak and a long docket with criminal cases and a busy, lengthy term expected. The grand jury will be sworn next Tuesday and a list of drawn travers jurors and pending service is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Supreme Court
Charles J. Dunn
Dunn
Bath
Fred H.thompson
Perley E. Baker
Arrowsie
J. W. Clough
West Bath
Charles B. Day
Richmond
Herbert L. Grinnell
Frank W. Hackett
Bowdoinham
Winfield L. Ham
Charles F. Holbrook
John Holden
Charles H. Hooper
FR. H. Jordon
Bowdoin
John A. Leonard
Foster. B. Meserve
Topsham
Benjamin F. Savage
Henry F. Smith
Joseph Stevens
Georgetown
Albert B. Storer
Phippsburg
Maynard Tarr
E. S. Blodgett
M. D. Pratt
W. L. Williams
Henry N. Reynolds
Fred H. Brigham
Loring G. Gilman
Benjamin S. Clark
William R. Fairclough
Thomas J. Southard
Harry E. Whitehouse
William W. Graves
Edward B. Sprague
Ernest
Shipping taxation act discussed by Maine legislature
The House and Senate consider multiple measures. A Maine bill sets sailing vessels and barges taxed by appraised value and age, with an April 1 completion rule and a separate nonapplicability for steam barges. Other actions raise salaries for Sagadahoc county officials and adjust clerk hires. A local fisherman retrieves a lost gold watch after a beached hole incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Allan
Portland
United States
Senator Dearth
Penobscot
Senate
George H. Babb
Cumberland
Donald D. Garcelon
Auburn
Charles S. Brown
Bates Beaten and Robbed on West Bath Road
Wilton G. Bates of 44 High street was beaten and robbed late Sunday while returning from West Bath to Winnegance. He crawled home in a daze with missing money and a torn mackinaw. Deputy Morse found a blood pool and a nail studded club nearby. no arrests made yet as investigators trace movements of possible suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton G. Bates
High Street
West Bath
Winnegance
Thornton
Mr. Bates
Sabine
Charles Bates
Charles Bates, Jr
Ted Jenks Mitchell
Wilton
Prince's Corner
Winfield W. Morse
Oliver
W. G. Marco
Bates
Winneganee
Ralph Merry
Buchanan Leaves to Enter Service in Navy Cruiser
The destroyer Buchanan built by Bath Iron Works launched Jan 2 sailed Saturday for final trials and delivery to Charlestown navy yard under Capt Charles W Ding ley. Ensign Arthur Sewall son of Hon Harold M Sewall serves aboard, a Bath boy and Harvard ensign’s school graduate with extensive sea experience. Miss Emily J Whitten, 4, oldest woman in Topsham, dies after 43 years as a teacher. she guided generations in Topsham Skowhegan Brunswick and other towns with a stint for Freedmen Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charles W. Dingley
Bath
Arthur Sewall
Harold M. Sewall
Ensign Sewall
Harvard Ensign
Bay of Fundy
Androscoggin
Navy
Bath Iron Works
William A. Richardson
Naval
Emily J. Whitten
Topsham
Miss Whitten
Skowhegan
Brunswick
Massachusetts
Freedmen Bureau
West Virginia
Sarah Whitten
Chautauqua Week Course To Be Held In Bath In August
Bath prepares for a midsummer Chautauqua week with 30 prominent sponsors backing a tented outdoor program. The circuit mirrors Bar Harbor and other northern New England cities with lectures, concerts, drama and opera, plus a Junior Chautauqua for children and youth activities each morning and a Grand Play staged for families. Sponsors include Mayor James E. Drake and numerous local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Chautauqua Association of Pennsylvania
Bar Harbor
Frederickton
N. B
St. John
Halifax
Albert F. Austin
Rodney Ross
George
W. Dean
Cecil Paine
Frank B. Nichols
Harry C. Webber
N. J. Horan
E. D.hardin
Culbert de Gay
Robert §. Pinkham
W. Kershner
C. A. iPeaslee
Samuel R.percy
George B. Drake
Edmund P. Briggs
Tented City Fire Destroys Reed Home
A morning fire at the Reed residence in Tented City destroyed the couple’s home and most contents while they were at work. Mrs Reed expressed shock at the loss as firefighters battled the blaze for over 30 minutes. the two story structure stood near the car barn and its six year old son was with relatives elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Chamber of Commerce
American City Bureau
Chamber
Chambers of Commerce
Edward W. Hyde
Andrew S. Merrill
Hyde
Frank B. Nichols
George E. Thompson
Harry E. Stetson
Edward B. Smith
Scott R.frye
W. E. Kershner
Rupert H. Baxter
John L. P. Burke
C. M. Schubert
A. D. Stetson
Rodney E. Ross
George B Drake
A. H. Brehaut
Harry G Deering
George F. Jackson
Harry T. Passmore
Harry RB. Sawyer
Fred E. Drake
Paul M. Olm
Edward W. Bridgham
H. S. Stetson
Association
Bath
Kershner
Charles H. Dunham
Salem, Mass
Salem
B. A. Ahearn
Member of
Commerce
Archie Reed
Wark
Swift & Co Bath manager reports Bath food use and costs
M H Beerwort of Swift and Company Bath branch spoke at a Rotary luncheon about Bath's meat and food consumption. He cited Bath eating about 10 000 pounds of meat daily and 450 000 pounds yearly with vegetables, estimating daily food expenditure above 5 000 dollars. He discussed pork sourcing from Boston, beef and lamb from Chicago Kansas City Omaha, and the impact of transport on quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
M. H. Beerwort
Swift & Co
Rotary Club
Wekly
G. F. Swift
Cape Cod
Walter Chase
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
Boston
Lewiston
Waterville
Portland
West
Rockport Man Dies After Gear Accident at Diamond Spring Ice
Fred E. Whitney aged 3 died at City hospital after slipping and being drawn into a gas engine gear used to hoist ice at Blind Crossing. He was a Bath Iron Works machinist and Rockport native, survived by wife two sons a baby daughter his mother and two brothers. Funeral in Rockport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Whitney
Diamond Spring Ice Co
Blind Crossing
Rockport
Whitney
Bath Iron Works
Meg
Night Force
Mr. Whitney
Merritt A. Whitney
St. Paul’s
Masons
Ernest
Ralph
Lillian
William E
Bath Tron
James M. Whitney
Bath boy helps rescue after molasses tank blast
Lester Witham, a Bath boy and chief carpenter's mate, describes his role near Lottery Wharf during the North End Park molasses tank explosion. He and sailors pulled bodies and injured from under a building while molasses flooded the area, with horses drifted nearby and two men killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Witham
Lottery Wharf
D Commissioner’s Board
Boston
North End Park
George W. Witham
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Chamber Commerce
Justice Dunn
Charles J. Dain
Sagadahoc County
Dain
Register of Deeds
Register of Probate
Clerk of Courts
Wadsworth
Wooolwich
Swift & Company
Wight
Bath Boy
C. Drew
Howsing Irons
Adz
Evansville
Johnson Bros. Co
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