S J Court Sittings Hold Long Session With Unresolved Trial
The Maine court session continued with the Hinckley murder observation case and multiple trials. Jurors failed to agree in the Mitchell Coutreau trover case after lengthy deliberations, while Palmer Trott and Nichols Benness cases concluded with modest verdicts. Ritchie was convicted of larceny, Labrie not pressed, and Crocker not guilty. Final adjournment anticipated next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Hinckley
Five Islands
W. H. Conforth
Auburn
William H. Mitchell
John H. Coutreau
Bath
Dunton
Bridgham
John T. Palmer
Gershom D. Trott
Trover
Sprague
Palmer
George C. Nichols
James Benness
Hughes
Nichols
Ritchie
Labrie
Riley
Howe
Wheeler & Howe
Brunswick
Brawn
Lewiston
Trott
Bonness
William Ritchie
Thomas A. Riley
Crocker
Local Jottings From Town News and Notices
Dressmakers are busy and coasting thrives as moon falls at 11 41 tonight. Smelts at wholesale 12 to 15 cents. Petitions for postmastership circulate. Four lodgers at the police station Thursday night. Isaiah Coombs is back after two weeks with a cold. Fishermen report good catches from Woolwich. Farmer Bailey visits with produce and eggs. Clarence Morse plans a mill on Westport lot. Clarence Warner injures thumb at Bath Iron Works. John W Cummings returns from six weeks in the South noting warm but not pleasant weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah Coombs
Woolwich
Farmer Bailey
Clarence Morse
M’gloughlin
Westport
Clarence Warner
Bath St
Bath Iron Works
Clarence
John W. Cummings
Pennsylvania
Palm Beach
Tampa
South
Maine
Blaisdell and Temple Wed in Bowdoinham Ceremony
William B. Temple of this city and Lillian M. Blaisdell of Phippsburg were married in Bowdoinham last Saturday by Rev. Miles N. Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Temple
Lillian M. Blaisdell
Phippsburg
Bowdoinham
Miles N. Reed
Bath and Maine Maritime Happenings Retold in Short News
Local notes recount February events from Lewiston to Bath. Banquet speakers at Maine Rexall Club session in Lewiston. next meeting in Waterville. Captain Hathorne of Richmond injured but not fractured. Center Street Fire causes no damage. Morse High basketball tickets and games noted. A sailing-cat tale from a Bath schooner ends with the cat returning aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen
Bliss
D. T. Dougherty
Maine Rexall Club
Lewiston
Waterville
James Hathorne
Richmond
Bath
Combination No. 4
John W. Ballou
High St
Harding’s
Park
Beacons
Hyde Windlass
Dall
Center St
Bath Department Store
Gibbons
Jury Deliberations Drag On In Local Horse Case
A lengthy jury session occupied Wednesday as officials weighed evidence in a local horse case. Nearby, numerous community events filled Bath with church services, dances, and sporting results from the Y.M.C.A. and various clubs.
Cony High and Augusta Teams Active in Late Basketball Action
Local sports and community notes highlight a busy period with Colonial second team visiting Richmond, Stevens residence work near completion, and Bowdoinham mid year exams for students. Community members gather for fairs, yacht club elections, and charitable relief contributions as Maine towns report ice, fishing, and production updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Pullman
Stevens
North St
Morse High
Cony High
Augusta
Y.M.C.A
Bowaoin
New Meadows
Sewall E. Small
Small Point
West Bowdoin
Capital Ice Co
John T. Palmer
Goddard
Mr. Palmer
Labor Extension of Time Public Hearing on Women and Children Hours
The Committee on Labor will hold a public hearing in the Senate Chamber at the State House in Augusta on Thursday February 4 1915 at 2 PM. The topic is an act governing the hours of employment for women and children. Henry A Descoteaux secretary. For sale I shall receive Friday Aug 28 a fresh lot of heavy horses for fair trade right out of war. Cash or easy terms. J L Quint Topsham 8 29tf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Labor
Senate
State House
Augusta
Henry A. Descoteaux
J. L. Quint
Topsham
Also Mentioned on This Page
S. J. Court
Morse High Athletic Association
Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay
Morse
Mohawk
Elizabeth Palmer
Portland
Delaware Capes
Washingtonian
Delaware
A. R. Chadbourne
F. W. Woolworth Co
A. G. Leggett
Deering St
Woolworth
Edward E. Barry
Cape Henry
Veck Spicer
Frank Montgomery
Montgomery
Will
Mercury
Katherine Ridgeway
Universalist Church
Bath Aerie
Order of Eagles
Charles Blair
Hudson River
Morse Boats
T. W. Hyde Camp
Sons of Veterans
Foresters’ Hall
Corliss St. Boy Scouts
Sagadahoc
Front St
Modern Woodmen
Yannigans
Salvation Army Hall
Beacon Street Church
Thistle
Harold Snowden
Acadia Lodge
F. L. Stover
Uniform Bank
Brunswick Fhve
Hudson, Mass
Sidney Eaton
Corliss Street Baptist Sunday School
Middle St
Corliss St
Deering
Dukeshire
Brown Bible
The
People's Church
L. L. Hooker
Elwell Pinkham
Hubert Feere
F. Wilbur Brown
Fred Dwyer
Mr. Cummings
Hooker
Henry Wilson
W. D. Coombs
People’s Church Bible School
Frank Preble
Florence M. _ Penley
Marine Railway
Norfolk
Rio Janeiro
Charles N. Olsen
Alicia B. Crosby
Hunter
Kennebec Bath
Arthur W Cheserton
Boston Yacht Club
Allen C. Jones
C. Neal Burneil
Reuben Kk. Dver
Portland Yacht Club
Charles Ward
Theodore Houdlette
Dresden Mills
George Sturmer
Stanley Meserve
Frank Lemar
George E. Gove
Arrowsie
Turner
Millard F. Norcross
Winthrop
Messrs
Moore
Whitman
George EF. Crane
F. S. Adams
James W. Skillen
British Imperial Relief Fund of
New England
Boston
England
Prince of Wales
Skillen
Officers’ Families Fund
London
Canadian Patriotic Fund
Ottawa
Thompson Bros
Vic Blucher
Davis Hatch
J. F. Upton
Winnegance
Tel
C. H. Smith
Port Oxford
Oregon
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