Commodore Samuel Tucker Remembered in Maine Obituary
A Maine article recounts Commodore Samuel Tucker’s Revolutionary and naval exploits, including his bold sea actions and capture of the Crown without casualties. It notes his political service in Massachusetts and Maine, his generous character, a dramatic coffin incident, and his death in 1833 at age eighty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker
Boothbay
Wiscasset
Jennings
Bream
King of
Bath
Bristol
New York
Massachusetts
General Court
John Adams
Harrison Gray Otis
Maine
Camden
Commodore
Widder
Jack
Modore
Halifax
Portland
Com
Samuel Tucker
Holy Name Society alumnae and musical program set in 1916
A 1916 Holy Name Society program lists participants including Alice Reynolds Theresa Jean Grace Atkins Winnie Quinn Helen Hara den Marian Haraden Vietta Gay Alice Seminex Katheryn Sanders and many others. The entertainment features songs like When Old Bill Bailey Plays the Ukalalee There s a Long Long Trail Ive Been Floating Down the Old Green River and Listen to That Dixie Band among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Reynolds
Theresa Jean
Grace Atkins
Winnie Quinn
Helen Haraden
Marian Haraden
Vietta Gay
Alice Seminex
Katheryn Sanders
Reta Comeau
Marshall Haraden
Arthur Tracy
Thomas Lyden
Morton Holbrook
Joseph Bernard
Thomas Cummings
James Crane
Edward Hartnett
Ambrose Curran
Albert
Charles Attaya
Daniel McDonald
Wilfred Hart
Wm. Roy
Charles Dauphin
George Dalton
Eleanor Doyle
Alice Whalen
Holy Name Society
Bill Bailey
Ralph Durgan
Francis McDonald
Old Green River
Jerry Sullivan
Annie Curran
Alabama
Eugene Hart
Dixie
John J. Marks
Leo Burke
Michael Quinn
Erin
George Hart
Margaret McDonald
Tennessee
Gladys Hart
Monterey
Bowdoinham Elects Officers and Approves Lights Plan
At Bowdoinham annual meeting elects selectmen Dr. I. C. Irish W. J. Graves B. B. Douglass clerk George F. Denham treas Benjamin Adams collectors George H. Hackett school committee W. J. Bonney fire wardens C M McEwen W T Leardy Frank Allen constable Charles White moderator Charles F. White Graves defeats Harry Powers 113 to 90 for second selectman. Central Maine Power Co electric lights approved 163 to 7 with light-placing amendment rejected. Budget appropriations set for highways bridges sidewalks snow bills poor general expenses schools textbooks and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
I. C. Irish
W. J. Graves
B. B. Douglass
George F. Denham
Treas
Benjamin Adams
George H. Hackett
Charles M. McEwen
W. T. Leardie
Frank Allen
Charles White
Charles F. White
Graves
Harry Powers
River Road
Irish
Douglass
Central Maine Power Co
W. B. Kendall
Maxwell Selectman Wins Richmond Race in Narrow Margin
Noble Maxwell won the Richmond first selectman contest with 260 votes to F. R. Allen's 165. Officers elected include Maxwell as town agent and selectman, J. W. Randlett, Harriet Quinnam, and others. Appropriations cover highways, sidewalks, schools, fire protection, and memorial costs, with various line items listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
First Selectman
Noble Maxwell
F. R. Allen
F. B .Peabody
Mod
J. W. Randlett
Henry Smith
Robert Stewart
Harriet Quinnam
Charles Jack
George Bean
W. P. Gardner
Treas
F. R. Duren
Maine street crossing land of Orrington Baker
Tax collection notice details a $500 drain on Lincoln street and a $250 charge with two percent for taxes collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Street
Orrington Baker
Lincoln Street
Georgetown Town Officials List for 1900s
The document lists town officers including Harold F. Hunt as Town Clerk and W. L. Berry J. G. Stevens C. A. McMahan as Selectmen with W. L. Berry also serving on the School Committee, B. H. Woodside as Treasurer, H. G. Heald as Collector, and constables G. H. Worthing F. L. Ryder and Herman Spinney. School Committee members also include W. O. Oliver and George West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold F. Hunt
W. L. Berry
J. G. Stevens
C. A. McMahan
B. H. Woodside
H. G. Heald
G. H.worthing
F. L. Ryder
Herman Spinney
W. O. Oliver
George West
Town Notices and Family News Bits from Sagadahoc
A collage of local notices from Sagadahoc County includes Society items about births and illnesses in Bath Weeks Street and Gardiner plus travel notes on residents returning from Portland Newton and Boston. An advertisement extols Johnson's Anodyne Liniment for aches and rheumatism, with study on its claimed benefits. A probate petition from James E. Fish of Bath seeks letters testamentary after Della M. Fish's death in 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Kelley
Portland
William Paisley
Marcia Warren
Gardiner
Freeman Clarke
Bedford Fichel
Stanley Socomobile
Newton
Mass
Edna Martin
Jack Palmer
Ralph Gay
Boston
Colonial Navigation Co
George M. Rogers
Whitkeag
Rogers
Johnson
Abner Johnson
Maine
Carriel
Douglas
Sagadahoc
Cyrus W. Longley
State OF
Bath
Saratie Aes
James EB. Fish
Della M.fish
Henry W. Howard
A. D
Ames S. Lowell
Almira Wilson
Topsham
George FE. Wilson
Fairfield
Frances W. Humphreys
Batham
Frederick H. Wilson
Jesse D. Wilson
Brunswick
Cumberland
Henry A. Wisbey
Lowell
Massachusetts
Warren P. Oliver
Tewksbury
Middlesex County
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Middlesex
Melvin Rogers
James S. Lowell
Martha Stinson
Julia Ek. G. Stinson
Augusta P. Snipe
Arrowsie
Ammi R. Stinson
Sedalia
Missouri
Sagadahogc
Justus A. B. Cowles
Francis C. Whitehouse
George A. Patterson
Nellie N. Patterson
James
State OF Maine
Joseph L. Lebel
Samuel Knight
Joseph I. Lebel
Water St
Joseph Strout
Harvey Doughty
Said
George E. Hughes
Lydia B. Rogers
Louise F. Adams
Nancy W. Titchfield
Edward W. Bridgham
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Louise Footer
Margaret Footer
Jack O'Brien
Mississippi
Sadie Blaisdell
Molly Dear
Maurice Jewett
Marion Philbrick
A. Whalen
O’brien
Kingsbury
Holy Name
Neal
Navy
Bath Opera House
Gaudreau
Mme. Eames de Gogorza
Phi Rho Society
Knights of Columbus
N. J. Horan
Hooker Howe Co
Haverhill
The
Henry M. Biggins
John M. Hayes
Bowdoinham Lights
Maxwell Selectman
Georgetown
Carrie Ll. Douglas
Bowdoin
Eunice G. Campbell
Carrie TL
South America
Greenheart
Stephen M. Hoye
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Swan
Mase
Herman Hogan
Julia G. Hutchinson
Mechanic Falls
William Gammon
Waltham, Mass
Eugene Gammon
Helen Gammon
Frank H. Snipe
Arrowsic
Herbert J. Snipe
Edward B. Snipe
Ralph F. Stinson
County of
James 8
Lowel Athes
Pgyrus
Register
Mary T. Crocker
Frederick WW. Crooker
Adm
W. Longley
Rey, G
W. M. Keyes
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