Two Italians Held Over Nails Board Road Obstruction Case
In Bath, Toni Teli and Ponturely were jailed after Deputy Sheriff Norris and Sheriff Oliver linked them to nails driven through wooden boards placed on Phippsburg road to puncture tires. Evidence included boards found in a Sebasco fruit cellar and a hammer matching marks on the nails. Trial before Recorder Corliss drew a large crowd as authorities pursued the case.
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Toni Teli
Norris
Sherif Reynolds
Tony Ponturely
Wiscasset
Oliver
Phippsburg
Ponturely
Toni Teti
Teti’s
Teti
Zina Butler
Sebasco
Butler
E.S. Crosby
Bath
Boyd
Phippsboro
Sebasta
Corliss
Phippsburg Road
Grand jury action concludes. bonds set at $500
Tell and Ponturely were held in $500 bonds each for the grand jury action in October. In default of bonds they will be taken for safekeeping to Augusta jail. The Sheriff is praised by citizens, especially car owners, for his success in this case. County Attorney Bridgham and George E. Hughes Esq. represented the State and respondents. The hearing ended at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tell
Ponturely
Augusta
Bridgham
George E. Hughes Esq
Distinguished guest Frank Johnson and bride plan Crescent Beach summer
Frank E. Johnson, a noted traveler and photographer with Tunisian, Sahara and Tunisian exploits, visits Crescent Beach with bride Jessie Lincoln Beckwith, granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln. They wed in Holden Vermont and will spend summer at Crescent Beach after living in Rockland and Washington.
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Crescent Beach
Frank E. Johnson
Jessie Lincoln Beckwith
Abraham Lincoln
Holden
Manchester
Robert T. Lincoln
Ned Johnson
Isabella Thomas
Edward Whiting Johnson
Norwich
Atlantic
Tunisia
Sahara
Pau
France
Traulb
Johnson
Desert
Paw
Connecticut
Mr. Johnson
Frank Johnson
Thomases
Washington
Rockland
Bride
Narragansett Hotel
Newlyweds James Tarbox and Mary Lightbody Wed in Lewiston
Newly married couple James C. Tarbox of Topsham and Miss Mary M. Lightbody of this city tied the knot in Lewiston on Wednesday at the Episcopal Church. The bride, daughter of Frank and Mrs Lightbody, works at the New England Telephone office. Tarbox, son of Mrs. John W. Tarbox, is a Bowdoin College graduate and was elected sub-master of Lincoln Academy. They will reside in Damariscotta and will be at home after August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Tarbox
Topsham
Mary M. Lightbody
Lewiston
Robinson
Episcopal Church
Frank Lightbody
New England
John W. Tarbox
Brunswick High School
Bowdoin College
Maine Summer Guests Boost Farm Board Advertising
The Develop Maine Movement offers a free bureau to connect farmers wives with summer boarders and urges publicity in newspapers beyond Maine. It stresses combined advertising with personal ads, noting economic conditions draw wealthier visitors to Maine and that a single farm ad needs broader reach to stick in readers' minds. A separate note explains the life cycle of chestnut brown caterpillars turning into pupae with yellow hair tufts, emerging after about ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Develop
Boston
New York
Bureau
Calosoma beetles deployed to combat gypsy moth outbreak
Inspector Charles Grows of the Bureau of Agriculture received a shipment of 200 Calosoma beetles released at the North End and Day's Ferry in Woolwich to curb gypsy moths. The beetles prey on moths and larvae, aiding control as egg clusters and larval feeding threaten deciduous trees including apple, oak, birch, willow, and beech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Grows
Bureau of Agriculture
North End
Day's Ferry
Woolwich
Chiefs Convention Details Set for Oldtown Maine
The Maine State Fire Chiefs Association holds its annual convention August 4 and 5 in Oldtown. Deputy Chief W. S. Mason of Bangor, president, announces a program with morning business meetings, a banquet at Hotel Fransway, theatre show at New Central Theatre, a motor boat cruise around Indian Island, a dinner, a campus visit to the University of Maine, and an afternoon auto tour ending at the Niben Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Fire Chiefs’ Association
Oldtown
W. S. Mason
Bangor
City Hall
Fransway
New Central Theatre
Indian Island
University of Maine
Niben Club
Crowded Five OClock Car Sparks Resident Petitions
Summer residents of New Meadows complain about crowding on the five o'clock electric car to Brunswick. Workmen and residents fill the car, prompting talk of sending a petition to officials for better accommodations. An extra car would likely prove profitable for the railroad amid higher Maine Central rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows
Brunswick
Maine Central
Probate notices and executorships in Sagadahoc County Maine
A dense compilation of probate court notices from Sagadahoc County Maine detailing wills, executorships, guardian appointments, and administration actions. Includes petitions to sell real estate to pay debts, orders to publish notices in the Bath Independent, and dates for upcoming court appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia A. Edgecombe
Bath
Maine
Sagadahoc
State OF
Edward W. Bridgham
Charles E. Barnes
Georgetown
Testate
Town Road
Sagadahoe
Louise S. Fuller
Elizabeth E. Fuller
James S. Lowell
John J. Keegan
Harriet S. Lawrence
Chas. H. Stewart
Maria
Stewart
Middle Street
G. W. Wildes
Thomas Hagan
Alfred Lemont
Charles H. Stewart
Roxbury
Mass
Clarissa M. Stewart
Charles H. Stewart, Jr
Chester B. Stewart
Testator
Margaret R. Potter
Albion M. Potter
Said
Morris W. Potter
A. D
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Fletcher
Castoria
Chiefs’ Convention
Angier C. Merriman
Kennebunk
York County
Angier H. Merriman
Hannah P. Merrimand
Hannah FP
Merriman
Minnie Merriman
Rena K. Merriman
T. Olin Merriman
Portland
County
Cumberland
Kennebec, Ss
Charles A. Knight
Dean
W. S. Rogers
Sarah A. Skeffield
Cyrus W. Longley
Register
State OF Maine
A. L. Lvlo
Yrus W. Longley
Stephens and Blackman
Arthur J. Dunton
Ss. Rowdeinham
James 8. Lowell
George R. Polley
Bowdoin
Lewis M. Fulton
Bowdoinham
Franklin K. Jack
Lillie A. Polley
Lizzie M. Allen
Mattie A. Allen
Frances A. Barnes
Sarah F. Bagley
James
Lowell
Benjamin F. Harris
Oliver Moses
Yrus
Longley
James M. Tibbetts
Daniel S. Jacques
George E. Williams
Ada M. Williams
C. E. Townsend
Maine St
M. F. Taylor
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