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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1914

Page

7

Law and Its Administrators in Sagadahoc

The article traces Sagadahoc and Kennebec governance from Plymouth Colony's 1654 authority through later royal oversight. It notes key figures Thomas Purchase and Thomas Ashley, the first registry at Smith's house, reversion to King Charles II's rule, appointment of Justice Nicholas Reynall, and early magistrates at Arrowsic with shifting control during wars before Massachusetts resistance and Andros era.

Maine British Isles Massachusetts New Hampshire Sagadahoc Kennebec Gorges Rigby Charles Ir James N Plymouth New York Plymouth Colony Merrymeeting Bay Thomas Prince Sagadanoc Thomas’ Ashleep Thwing’s Point Thomas Purchase Plymouth Authority New Meadows Thomas Ashley James Smith Nequasset Land Ashley's Long Reach Smith's House Hammond's Fort Charles II Arrowsic Pemaquid Sheepscot Richard Hammond Nequasset Nicholas Reynall Phippsburg Parker Head Casco Bay Reynall Charles Bay Colony Sagadahoce Cornwall Devonshire Thomas Clarke Arrowsie Clarke Thos. Lake Lake Lawrence Dennis Tuisset Neck James Duke of York Andros

Supreme Court Grand Jury Reports in Sagadahoc County

Supreme Judicial Court opening for May term with grand and traverse juries listed. Names include Asbury G. Bailey Woolwich Fred H. Bridgham Phippsburg Thomas Baker Bath and others. Several cases assigned and settled with Maine Water Co. versus Benedict Manson Marine Co. paying $1100. no costs. Continued on Page Eleven.

Supreme Judicial Court A. M. Spear Sagadahoc David L. Wilson Bath Grand Jury Asbury G. Bailey Woolwich Fred H. Bridgham Phippsburs Thomas M. Baker Alfred L. Coombs West Bath William R. Donnell Norman H. Drummond Arrowsic William R. Fairclough Richmond George L. Harris Phippsburg Nathaniel Howe Georgetown Grant Hulse Bowdoinham Purinton Topsham Ira W. Robinson Scott Shorey Daniel PL Stewart Herbert E J. H. Lamoreau George A. Oliver Mark W. Sewall F. K. Jack Foreman Muir Janes Rk Hwen Woolwith Mark T. Costello George A. Dickinson Wilbur A. Freeman Arrowsie Loring C. Gilman Phippshburg Willam O. Given Charles A. Harriman Asa C Maine Water Co Benedict-Manson Marine Co Cornell Towboat Co Benjamin Thompson Portland George E. Hughes

Official Trials of the McDougal Prove Most Successful

The torpedo destroyer McDougal faced weather delays yet completed endurance and economy tests at Boothbas Harbor. Her standardization trial exceeded required speed by over a knot with a fastest mile of 32.207 knots, while five top runs averaged higher than predecessors, confirming machinery and hull performance as satisfactory.

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Triple Funeral for King Family and Oren Harris

Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mr and Mrs John C King and their son Oren Harris known as Teddy after a Center Street fire. Rev J W Gillies Rev S A Evans and Rev Mr Brown led the rites with about fifty attendees. Ned Straight arranged to move the bodies to Old Town. Mrs King aged 25 and Teddy aged 10 years 7 months are mourned along with the late Brederic C MieTn whose service followed at Pleasant Street Baptist Church. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery with five brothers in law as pallbearers.

John C. King Oren Harris Center St J. M. Clark J. W. Gillies Pentecostal-Nazarene Church S. A. Evans People’s Baptist Church Mr. Brown Wool Ned Oldtown Old Town Brederic C MieTntire Pleasant St P. Browne Corliss Street Baptist Church E. F. Wright John A. Norris Miles Webber I. D. Sheldon Fred Sears Oak Grove Cemetery

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