Sheriff Oliver Causes a Change in Bath Liquor Law
Six years into his term Sheriff Oliver faces a city with 37 rum shops and multiple liquor clubs. Historical abuses included hidden whiskey tanks and doors to bars, a loon across Front Street with deadly trap bottles, and a Water Street shop whose owner vanished then was found later with his throat slit, highlighting past lawlessness before reform efforts.
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Oliver
Bath
Center Street
Front Street
James Bailey
Water Street
Fort Kent Man Caught With Pints of Whiskey
Fred Martin of Fort Kent arrived on the midnight Boston train with 15 pints of whiskey in his bag and met Deputy Sheriff Aderton. He was arraigned before Judge Keegan in municipal court charged with unlawful possession, fined $100 and sentenced to two months in jail with six months more in default.
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Fred Martin
Fort Kent
Boston
Aderton
Martin
Keegan
Death of Mrs Jeannette Washburn in Bingham
Word was received Friday of the death in Bingham of Mrs Jeannette Washburn wife of Harry Washburn formerly of Bath. The body will be brought to Bath for burial Saturday.
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Bingham
Jeannette Washburn
Harry Washburn
Bath
Maine clam law proposed to regulate harvest and conservation
A Senate bill by Senator Charles G. Gurney of Cumberland would regulate taking packing selling and canning of clams. It authorizes surveying clam bottoms leasing by the state prohibiting taking from leased areas and setting experimental areas for conservation and propagation. Violations carry fines and possible prison terms with size limits for legal clams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Charles G. Gurney
Cumberland
Lesses
Maine
Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries
Morse Girls to Face Portland High Saturday Night
Morse high girls basketball team travels to Portland for a Saturday game. They express confidence in delivering a strong performance and a creditable showing against Portland high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Portland
Portland High
Final Gathering of City Council Ends with Song
The final city government meeting of the year ended with singing Auld Lang Syne as aldermen and officials bid farewell. Mayor Drake received thanks for his courtesy, while Alderman Oliver presented the finance report detailing debt reduction and 1918/1919 appropriations and adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles.h. Oliver
Nelson L. Jackson
Dora L. Howard
Drake
Pres. White
Grassy
City Treas Merrill
Gilmore
James Edward Drake
Board of Aldermen
Clarence \. Peaslee
Common Council
Charles WW. Oliver
Right of way ruling in Oliver vs Morse ends in dismissal
The Maine Law Court reverses the lower decree in Oliver v Morse, sustaining the appeal and dismissing the bill without prejudice. The case concerns a claimed right of way across Morse's land and whether the defendants must keep it safe, with two deeds in the printed record not admitted formally. Decree reversed, injunction denied, costs awarded to defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Law Court
Oliver Vs. Morse
Sustce Spear
Harry F. Oliver
Law Court
Oliver
Morse
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Supreme Judicial Court
Sagadahoe County
Harry I. Oliver
Elizabeth Morse
Jill
Cornish
C. J
Hanson
Philbrook
Wilson
Deasy
J. J
Plummer of
Bath
Charles D. Newel
E. W. Bridzham
Appellee
Carroll A Deering Named For New Craft At Deering Yard
The fine schooner nearing completion will bear the name Carroll A Deering in honor of one of Mr Deering's sons. He has named a scope of his fleet after his family, making one of the finest coasting vessel fleets. Riggers are at work at Percy Small yard and more planking remains to be laid as work is rushed.
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Charles Perkins
Winnegance
Zina B. Hunt Wriday
Bath
Ron
Hunt
Arthur Smith
Portland
Smith
Norman Smith
Clinton Littlefield
Lewiston
Henry Potter
Scott Morse
Philip Reynolds
Scott Andrews
Western Avenue
WW. H. Tobey
Forest Drake
Boston
Alton Oliver
Ada Perry
Walter Morse
Harland Bell
Amesbury
Mass
Eugene Spinney
Fuller
Bridge Hall
Pomeroy
Gus Small
Earl Morse
Walter Rogers
Zina Eaton
Miss Landers
New York
Winneganee Creek
John G. Morse & Sons
Back River
Ben
Vinson
South End
Texas Yard
Falmouth
Wesley, Spear Co
Staples Transportation Co
Fall River
Deering Yard
Carroll A. Deering
Joint Installation of Lincoln and Queen Esther Lodges
Nearly 300 attended the joint public installation of Lincoln lodge of Odd Fellows and Queen Esther Rebekah lodge at Odd Fellows hall. Dr. Frederick Peabody of Richmond gave the address as grand master of the Maine franc lodge. Perkins orchestra performed, Mrs. Myrtle Amis Scott of Boston read, and songs were rendered by Edith and Catherine Thompson. Rebekah officers were installed by Mrs. Frederick Peabody.
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Lincoln Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Frederick Peabody
Richmond
Maine
Perkins
Myrtle Amis Scott
Boston
Edith
Catherine Thompson
Luther Thompson
Lees
Rebekah
Robinson
Marie Southard
Ida L
Corporal’s claim disputed by local contractors
Leighton Mitchell Co. contractors deny a returned corporal recruited at the Y M C A meeting claimed to boost work with army discipline. They say no such corporal was employed to lead 15 men, contrasting the soldier’s 25 needed for the same task and suggesting the informer misread the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton, Mitchell Co
G. I. Mitchell
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted For Blood Cleanse
In varied ad copy the product Hood's Sarsaparilla is touted as beneficial for blood cleansing and restoring vigor. It claims value for men women and children and asserts thorough action in defined diseases and general debility including post war and flu after-effects.
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Bath Opera House
Photoplays
Alma Hanlon
Nazimova
Evelyn Nesbit
Son Russell Thaw
Liberty Theatre
Photoplay
John Barrymore
Elsie Ferguson
Madge Kennedy
Bert Lytell
the Spender
Iowa
Bath Grain Company
Board of Assessors
No. 1 Hose Co
Marshall Street
Merrill
City of Bath
People’s Ferry Co
People’s Terry Co
Public Utilities Commission
Lisbon
Abbie Purgess
Barker
Bessie Hlunt
Clarence M. Fogg
Corliss Street
FE. Hilton
Beacon Street
Frances Parks
New Jersey
Harry Oliver
O. Sgarton
Clara Brackley
Zephie Parris
Lois MecKeiver
Lincoln Lodge
L. M. Munsey
Irving Trufant
Mr. Vanberg
Horace W. Ward
Coats
Dolman
Bath Department Store
Lincoln
Queen Esther Taxiges
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