Taxes on taxicabs and motorboats
A tax on autos and motor boats used for hire is now due and payable. All information on this and other taxable property may be obtained at the office of Louis H. Veilleux, deputy collector of internal revenue, Customs building. Ensign M. Langdon Hill, U. S. N. RR. returned Monday from Philadelphia where he was released from service May 7. His last ship was the transport Mercury which has been bringing soldiers from France.
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Louis H. Veilleux
Internal Revenue
Customs
M. Langdon Hill
Morday
Philadelphia
Mercury
France
Bath Steeple Jack Climbs Pole to Refit Halliards
Malcom Johnson known as Steeple Jack from Pownalborough, once with a circus and Roosevelt Cuba trek, shimmied up the five inch butt pole at Water Street halliards and bending top, to adjust the rope while a watching crowd feared a break. He descended safely as the vane creaked in wind and Johnson, a tobacco enthusiast, chews three plugs daily and smokes cigars.
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Hook and Ladder
Water Street
Halliards
Malcolm Johnson
Jacek
Pownalborough
Roosevelt
Cuba
Johnson
Tle
Bath built schooner towed in for repairs
The four mast Bath built schooner Alice May Davenport capt Sears, left New York April 28 with about 1800 tons of general cargo for Buenos Aires, was towed by the tug Ballcamp to Green's shipyard Chelsea for repairs. She was leaking badly and her pump was in constant operation to keep water from filling the hold. The cargo will be discharged, then surveyed and hauled out for repairs.
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Alice May Davenport
Sears
New York
Buenos Aires
Ballcamp
Green's
Chelsea
Hazel Belle White and Herbert Morang wed at home
Hazel Belle White daughter of Elmer F. White of Gardiner and Herbert Morang son of George Morang of Chelsea were married Saturday at the home of Rev. Samuel A. Evans. The couple plans a short wedding trip and will reside in Bath. Morang is a blacksmith in the city. The Knox County jail was unlocked for the first time in 300 years after the last prisoner was discharged Saturday. The administration’s inmate cap was 30. Roy F. Leach of Augusta, aged 37, was elected executive secretary of the Lewiston Chamber of Commerce. he is a Penobscot native and formerly assistant clerk of the Maine Public Utilities Commission.
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Hazel Belle White
Herbert Morang
Samuel A. Evans
Elmer FE. White
Gardiner
George KE. Morang
Chelsea
Bath
Knox County
Lewiston
Bowdoinham Notes Include Travel Mixups and Local Moves
Bowdoinham community updates cover a deputy sheriff misboarded a train, Ida Fowle and Mrs Welch planning travels, Karl Purinton seeking Portland treatment, and motor trips to South Casco. The fertilizer factory runs strongly while Frank Hackett rents a Topsham store for an ice cream venture. Local officials attend Masonic events. the Ridge area hosts a Red Cross meeting and home nursing talk. The old brick church returns to regular services after influenza and travel disruptions.
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Bowdoin
Bath
Topsham
Ida Fowle
South Casco
Llewellyn Welch
Birtha Graves
Pittsfield
Mass
Karl Purinton
Portland
W. J. Graves
R. B. Andras
Virginia
Richmond
Kenneth Wilson
C. B. Randall
Vortland
Frank Hackett
Dickinson
William K. Denham
Dowdoinham
Charles Blair
Harry Houdlette
Malia House
W. W. Brown
Charles Fisher
Charles Newton
Tregemb
Brunswick
Brown
R. H. Jack
Village Lodge
Silas Adams
Waterville
Charles H. Fisher
John Holden
F. W. Hackett
Bert Wood
Harry Powers
Jack Bishop
J. Years Card
William 13
Foster
Boston
Hattie QO
Andros
Silas Hamilton
Capitol Island
Nellie Harvard
Town Hall
H. D. Grant
Wallace Ames
Miss York
Sagadahoe
Androscoggin
Ridge
White
Post Roads
West Bath Orange
Maine Notes Highlight Indictments and Local Happenings
The Maine roundup covers an indictment charging Marie G. Fisher with first degree murder in Boston, a missing Presque Isle boy found with a stray freight tag, real estate purchase by John F. Nelson at 113 Winthrop Street, and a string of local items. Also noted are antique displays in Last Machias, protests over Greenbush station closure, Lewiston schoolhouse petitions, and long-serving lighthouse keeper C A Skinner retiring with J M Gray succeeding him.
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Marie G. Fisher
Eugene Fisher
Boston
Jackie
Mapleton
John FE. Nelson
William T. Haines
Waterville
Augusta
Lot M. Morrill
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Sarah Longfellow
Machias Union
Greenbush
Maine Central Railroad
Public Utilities Commission
Argyle
Lewiston
Bates College
C. A. Skinner
Marshall Island
Rockland
J. M. Gray
Dick Island
Lighthouse Service
New England
May Party at Bonnie Brae Hosts and Local News
Miss Beatrice Wright hosted a May party at Bonnie Brae with 12 Morse high school friends, enjoying a hay rack ride to Moatsweag woods for arbutus gathering, then returning for refreshments. News notes detail visits, shop trips, gatherings, and a Maine piano explosion probe with safety concerns.
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Beatrice Wright
Bonnie Brae
Morse High School
Moatsweag Woods
Edward Plate
Wiscasset
David J. Munsey
Wilson Wright
Liberty Loan Committee
D. E. Hathorne
Montsweag Grange Hall
Frank Gould
Edwold Carter
Blake Reid
Hallowell
Henry Carlton
Sunbeam
Daniel Herring
Nelson Rice
Harold Hall
Bath
Cyrus Gilmore
Hall of
Jefferson
Arthur Young
Congregational Church
Nequasset
Frank Whittum
Fred Potter
Edward Stinson
Thomas Wheeler
Everson Stinson
Lewiston
Harold Teeman
Town
Wilbur Howe
Boston
Granville Durrell
Rath
George Ames
Ethlyn Marston
Women of the Baptist Society
Harold Bruce
Bangor
Kate Trott
Harry Hayward
Omar
Portland
Artell Hayward
Charles Durrell
South Gardiner
Florence Leighton
Reed Maine
Eben Dana
Ralph Rice
Brunswick
Alfred Trett
Milton
Dresden
Fred Carlton
Edgecomb
Second Session of Probate Court Includes Wills and Petitions
The second session of May probate court, led by Judge James S Lowell, passed several items. Wills received include the estate of Mahala A Spencer with Frederick James Spencer as executor. petitions for adoption to Harold E Crocker and Charles F Crocker. and a change of name petitions for Harold and Charles Crocker. Administrations filed include Lizzie Williams of Richmond. Accounts filed cover Ira M Frost administrator of Charles W Frost, and Ellen F Jones administratrix of George King. Bond approvals include Harry L Tarr guardian of James Henry Preble and Stephen R Osborne guardian of Charles W Osborne. Inventories filed include Charles A Ham estate and H M Cunningham estate. Licenses granted to sell real estate for Harry L Tarr and Alfred R Ames. Accounts allowed include Hannah Gurney executrix and William S Dow administrator. Inheritance tax petition filed for Gilman S Briggs estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamess. Lowell
Mahala A. Spencer
Bath
Frederick James Spencer
Fred M. Crocker
Harold B. Holbrook
Charles F. Holbrook
Harold E. Crocker
Charles F. Crocker
Lizzie Williams
Hannah Gurney
Michael Welch
William S. Dow
James H. Ifill
Gilman
Briggs
Caroline B. Campbell
Bath Veteran Firemen Elect Augustus A Seiders Foreman
Augustus A Seiders was elected foreman of the Bath Veteran Firemen's association at a Wednesday night meeting. Chester A Marston was named first assistant foreman Ed win C Knights second assistant foreman and Percy D Marston master mechanic. Five new members were admitted and discussion covered new uniforms and a proposed handtub Senator Baxter awaiting Friday night trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus A. Seiders
Bath
Hale Torpedo Boat Destroyer to be Launched May 29
The Hale named for the late Senator Eugene Hale will be launched May 29 at Bath Iron Works. Miss Mary Hale of Washington D C, granddaughter of the Senator and niece of Senator Frederick Hale, will sponsor the event.
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Hale
United States
Eugene Hale
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Mary Hale
Washington, D. C
Frederick Hale
Deputy Sheriff Recovers Wanted Man After Ride
Deputy Sheriff Philip Wheeler, driving in Cumberland County, unknowingly gave a ride to Joseph H. Girard who was wanted on a statutory charge. Girard did not recognize Wheeler until the end of the trip when the ride terminated at the county jail.
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Philip Wheeler
Joseph H. Girard
Wheeler
Cumberland County
Girard
Former Bathman Elects Ferguson United States Chamber Leader
Homer I. Ferguson of Newport News Virginia elected president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Ferguson, head of Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co, succeeds Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago. Announcement came after mail vote following the annual St Louis meeting. Ferguson Navy background, educated at the Naval Academy and Glasgow University, and long career in shipbuilding.
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Homer I. Ferguson
Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co
Bath Iron Works
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Chamber
Washington
Ferguson
Harry A. Wheeler
Chicago
St. Louis
United States Naval Academy
Glasgow University
Scotland
Navy
Newport News Yard
A. C. Bedford
New York
North Central
Joseph H. Defrees
South Central
Thomas F. Gailor
Tennessee
John H. Fahey
Boston
A. B. Farquhar
York
Penn
Charles Nagel
R. G. Rhett
Charleston
S. C
Brunswick heirs named in probate files in Maine
Cumberland Probate Court appoints Frederick H. Cross of Portland administrator of the estate of George T. Files of Brunswick who died April 23 leaving $5000 in personal property. The widow and one daughter are heirs. Also listed are Curtis estate beneficiaries Elizabeth Phillips Carnegie PA Helen R. Wilson Wellington DE and Artie A. Curtis Brunswick named executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick H. Cross
Portland
George T. Files
Brunswick
Sarah W. Curtis
Elizabeth Phillips
Carnegie, Pa
Helen R. Wilson
Wellington
Dela
Artie A. Curtis
Damon Fined for DUI in Lewiston Court
Carl Damon of Bath appeared in Lewiston municipal court and withdrawn his appeal. He was fined 25 dollars plus costs and paid. Four boys installed a wire rack atop the new pumper to hold hats and coats when responding to fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Damon
Bath
Lewiston
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Purinton
Jessie Ames
Hattie Jack
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D. Thorne
W. EK. Lalie
S. A. Getchell
Mary T. Purinton
Bertha Moulton
F. Hk. Jack
William Fitzpatrick
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Old Orchard
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Hamilton
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Pleasant Street
Milton Kimball
Shaw Auto O
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F. K. Jack
F. Staples
Sandy Point
Capt. Staples
Levi Staples
Woolwich
Bridgton
William Watling
Lorenzo Corson
Mr. Corson
Mr. Watling
Annie Trumbull
William Lombard
Lombard
Methodist Episcopal
Presque Isle
D. T. Percy & Sons
Paul McDougall
Oliver Sttreet
Phoenix Orlery Co
West Market Street Station
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Cumberland Probate Court
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eBid
Fred T. Wiley
Knox, Lincoln
Sagadahoc
Michigan
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Tel
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