Dunton Mayoral Result and City Officials Vote
The Municipal Officers reported official results by ward showing Democrats winning mayoral and council seats. Key names include John A. Small Ward II alderman and Roscoe P. Higgins Ward V alderman with three councilmen elected: Fred B. Reed Ward VI, Walter J. Norton Ward VI, and Edwin F. Ramsay Ward VI. Voting tallies across wards list party splits for wards I through VII and various clerks and wardens. The Democrats gain representation in the next City Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Small
William D. Coombs
Frank H. Turner
Covel
Ward T
Edmund P. Briggs
Galen E. Ward
Ward IV
Roscie P. Ham
Charles E. Palmer
Ward V
Roscoe P. Higgins
Walter S. Russell
Ward
Elmer W. Rogers
Raymond Powers
Charles E. Bachelder
Frank W. Hagan
Fred B. Reed
Walter I. Norton
Edwin F. Ramsay
Henry R. White
Alexander Mason
Allan A. McDonald
Herbert FE. Worrey
Arthur W. H. Rand
Eugene McGrath
Ernest M. Evrard
Milton Brown
Nathaiel E. Norton
Ward VII
James F. Rand
Frank L. Oliver
Harry N. Wright
Michael C. Fitzgerald
Frank L. Daley
William Armstrong
Wardens
Frederick E. Drake
Herbert L. Grinnell
Walter J. Norton
Loans on farms and county lending leaders
Hon Harry M. Smith reports Maine savings banks and trusts hold 4 137 095 35 in farm loans. Banks own 2 595 765 15 while trust companies hold 1 541 380 30. Real estate mortgages total 20 435 078 61, farm loans 20.2 percent of mortgages. Kennebec leads among savings banks, Aroostook tops trusts, with county rankings listed.
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Harry M. Smith
Bangor
State Bank
Savings Banks
Kennebec County
Aroostook
Somerset
Cumberland
Aroostook County
Piscataquis
Penobscot
Kennebec
Androscoggin
Aroostook Og
Franklin Ym
Hancock
Washington
York
Trust
Franklin
Oxford
Sagadahoc
Waldo
Letter From Colorado Notices Mrs Lilly’s Life
A letter dated February 5 1914 from John W Wingate in Bath Maine expresses sympathy to George W Bright of Durango Colorado over the death of Mrs Emeline Bright Lilly. Wingate recalls meeting Mrs Lilly in 1919 and speaks of her as an exceptional woman and a credit to her family.
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Colorado
Robert Lilly
George W. Bright
Durango
Geo. W. Bright
Bath
Maine
Emeline Bright Lilly
Martha D. Walker Wingate
William Walker
Anna, Maine
Georgia Gamage
Damariscotta
Lilly
John W. Wingate
Dean's Regulars Endorsed for Easy Use and No Aftereffects
Advertisers praise Dean's Regulars as easy to operate with no griping and no bad after effects. The ad notes a price of 25 cents at all drug stores.
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Dean
Remarkable rat and cat stories unfold in harbor tale
Officer Rice recounts a big wharf rat befriended by a playful cat on Commercial Street. A second tale features Brain the music loving cat waking a family with piano, and a heroic Charles Jordan stable cat that killed a wharf rat in a fatal duel.
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Rice
Commercial St
Tom
Front St
High St
Brain
Charles Jordan
Sagadahoc Coroner Bills Reduced After Gov and Council Action
At a recent meeting the Governor and Council cut Sagadahoc County coroner and related claimant expenses in the Souleyman murder case from 1133 to 789 dollars. They cited good faith by the county and attorney general questions on liability and reduced charges such as auto hire and general expenses. Checks for 789 dollars were issued early this week.
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Sagadahoc
Souleyman
Elopers Tie The Knot Again In Dorchester
Bernard L Tarbox of South Boston a hotel proprietor and former coal dealer who left his bride seven months after their wedding eloped with Gertrude Mae Devine a 19 year old stenographer of Dorchester and was quietly married to her last Thursday for the third time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard L. Tarbox
Boston
Gertrude Mae Devine
Dorchester
Dean's Ointment Claims For Piles Relief
Itching bleeding protruding or blind piles have yielded to Dean's Ointment. Fifty cents at all stores. Ad.
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Dean
Baron Sidnut Wins Notable Bath Harness Race Heat Draw
The Bath Driving Club held a crowded program on the Whiskeag ice track with six heats in Class A. Baron Sidnut and Robert W tied in a dead heat after a see-saw program where Robert W led early before Sidnut drew even and then won two more heats. Four other classes produced multiple heat winners including Donald I, Gillette, Peggy Vole, and Gordon Cole. A box party at the Bath Opera House capped the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Driving Club
Baron Sidnut
Robert W
Bath Opera House
Rey 3
Tham
Donald I
Gillette
Pegey Vole
Gordon Cole
Baron Sidnit
Old Woolwich survey charts linked to Day and Gilmore
A near century old Woolwich land survey, titled by William F. Gilmore, details three charts dated Sept 1 1809 and June 16 1812, showing two acres fifty six rods of land near the Ferry Road. The maps, rich in compass circles, were drawn for Day and Day and Isaac Smith, with earlier references to four lots.
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John Gilmore
Woolwich
Said Gilmore
Nathaniel Day
Joseph Day
Isaac Smith
William F. Gilmore
Messrs
Land plan of Woolwich eight lots surveyed in 1812
The document describes a land plan in Woolwich owned by Nathaniel Day. It notes surveyor June Lath and the chart drawn with a scale of one rod to one inch. The plan shows eight individual lots.
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Woolwich
Nathaniel Day
William F. Gilmore
Mary Ellen Deveau Widow of James Deveau
Mrs. Mary Ellen Deveau died at 14 Lowell Street Lewiston at 1 30 Saturday afternoon after six months ill health the death was sudden due to heart trouble She was born in Quin cy Iowa fifty two years ago lived in Bath and Lewiston six years her husband died about twelve years ago her maiden name was Foley She is survived by two sons John F and Thomas H and by two brothers William J and Edwin Foley both of Nova Scotia
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Mary Ellen Deveau
James Deveau
Lowell St
Lewiston
John F
Thomas H
William J
Edwin Foley
Nova Scotia
Obituary: Mrs Addie Corliss of Bridgton dies at 80
Addie H. Corliss widow of toward Corliss died Saturday at Bridgton at her son’s home after old age troubles. She was 80, lived in Bridgton since last fall, and leaves six children including Lewis Er. of Bridgton and Jolantha married to Judge Frederick W. Craig of Des Moines. Also survived by grandchildren, a brother Abram H. Nason and sister Mrs Fannie Hanley. A devoted Methodist, born in Wiscasset, most life in Woolwich. Body brought to Woolwich for funeral and burial.
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Addie H
Toward Corliss
Bridgton
Lewis H. Corliss
Corliss
Lewis Er
Charles H
Somerville
Mass
Willard
Lynn
Jolantha
Frederick W. Craig
Des Moines
Iowa
Mary A
William H. Sleeper
Lisbon
Florence
James F. Whittum
Woolwich
Abram H. Nason
Harpswell
Fannie Hanley
Methodist Church
Wiscasset
Mrs Alice Robbins Dies In Arrowsic At years 4 months
Mrs Alice EF Robbins aged years and 4 months died Sunday in Arrowsic. A Natick native, daughter of Stearns and Alice Tyler, she lived in Arrowsic since last June and is survived by her husband and six children. Funeral was held Thursday at 2 PM from the family residence.
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Alice EF. Robbins
Sunday
van Arrowsic
Natick
Stearns
Alice Tyler
Arrowsic
James Donohue Dies in Rockland at 57
James Donohue of Rockland former commissioner of sea and shore fisheries died from a paralytic shock suffered last Thursday night. A longtime Knox County Republican prominent in state politics, he ran a grocery and wholesale fish business. He leaves a widow and a daughter. It was an election without rum.
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Y Augusta
James Donohue
Rockland
Maine
Knox County
Mary Adams Oliver Dies After Illness in Georgetown
Mrs. Mary Adams Oliver of Georgetown died Saturday morning after a lingering illness. She was a daughter of the late Sophia and Woodsworth Oliver and widow of Waterman D. Oliver, a Georgetown sea captain. Survived by daughter Stella Scott of Portsmouth and siblings S. P. Oliver, Langdon Oliver, Nancy Spinney, and Angeline Berry. Funeral held Monday at S. P. Oliver’s home with Rev. Grey officiating. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Mary Adams Oliver
Stella Scott
Portsmouth
N. H
S. P. Oliver
Langdon Oliver
Georgetown
Nancy K. Spinney
Angeline Berry
Germantown
Grey
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mrs M E Tabor of Medford Dies. Funeral in Medford Then Bath
Mrs M E Tabor formerly of this city died at her home 130 Auburns Medford Monday morning. Funeral held at her home Wednesday afternoon at three. Body brought to Bath Thursday for interment. She is survived by husband and three children. They formerly lived on Beacon Street and moved to Medford several years ago.
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M. E. Tabor
Medford
Auburns St
Bath
Mrs Mary E Oliver Dies At 76 In Georgetown
Mrs Mary E Oliver aged 76 years and 6 months died Sunday at her Georgetown home. A native of Georgetown she was the daughter of Jotham Trafton and is survived by her husband A K P Oliver. Funeral services were held Wednesday at two o clock from the First Baptist Church.
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Mary E. Oliver
Georgetown
Jotham Trafton
A. K. P. Oliver
First Baptist Church
Germany’s Build-Up for Atlantic Liner Supremacy Spotlight
Reports from Belfast indicate negotiations for a new steamship of 60,000 tons to surpass the Vaterland and her sister ship now under construction. The proposed liner aims to eclipse Germany’s current giant vessels in size and tonnage.
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Germany
Belfast
England
Vaterland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dunton
Democrats
Ward J
George FE. Barler
William D. Rich
Nathaniel L. Stover
Abram C. Oliver
Jean F. Butler
Pearl E. Dunbar
Ward II
Fred E. Brags
Edwin C. Knight
Lewis E. King
Amos F. Perry
J. Augustus Leonardo
Arthur C. Hazan
John J. Lynch
George Devine
John A. Norris
Ralph E. Robinson
Ward I
Fred L. Stover
David S. McCabe
Ellery E. Whittemore
Thomas Leask
George F. Brackley
Benjamin K. Lord
John R. Norton
Hershon B. Oliver
Irving E. Baker
Ralph A. Rand
William H. Tobey
Millard E. Spinney
Clarence W. Maddell
Joseph A. Smith
Ward III
John Burgess
John F. King
Edwin L. Emmons
Francis_A._Holmes
Peter A. McDonald
Cleveland B. Kane
Thomas M. Baker
Melville Rice
Charles W. Purington
Archie J. Trainor
Larrabee Dunton
Rex
Seymour
Lila Ee
Halli Uae
Donald E
Emery
Forbes
Andrews
Les
Taylor
Ae Prince
Plummer
Hiram
Parks
Peggy Volo
Williams
Fred A. Fuller
Harry F. Morin
Oscar F. Williams
George Brown
Baron Sidmill
Carle
Rikin
Robert Ne
Percy
Bo Deforest
Hall
Nearestoe
Howard Corliss
Alice FE. Robbins
James Donahue
Miss. WW. OD
Olcvek
A. Hk. P. Oliver
Beauty
C. Allen Gilbert
Gouraud
Fred T. Hopkins & Son
Great Jones Street
New York
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