Fort Edgecomb Guarding Wiscasset Harbor History
Old Fort Edgecomb on Davis Island Maine, erected 1808 09 under Major Potter and General Dearborn, once fired a Monroe inauguration salute. Garrisoned by Capt John Binney 1809 onward. Civil War era Home Guards defended against Tallahassee. Burnished granite brick earth fortification with brass cannon reinforced by guards.
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Old Fort Edgecomb
Wiscasset Harbor
Maine
Old Fort
Fort Edgecomb
Davis Island
Major Potter
Henry Dearborn
James Monroe
United States
United States Artillery
John Binney
Hingham
Mass
St. John
N. B
Tallahassee
Wiscasset
Erastus Foote
Home Guards
Adams Candidate and Armory Debate at Bath
The Bath region reports Percy & Small begins building a 1500 ton four masted schooner at their south end yard, promising employment until fall. Separately, discussions test public support for Hon. Frank S. Adams as Republican Judge of Probate, with Adams hinting he would run if nomination is unanimous. Hyde Guards seek an armory. lease at Alameda ends, plans reviewed by city officials and military leaders.
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Percy & Small
Big Four
Independent
Frank S. Adams
Bowdoin
Adams
Bath
State Cattle Commission
Sagadahoe County
Hyde Guards
Committee On
Elliott C. Dill
Walter Mayo
Dover
Pear of the Comet Brings Fewer Passengers to City Sailings
The Boston steamer to this city Wednesday night saw reduced passenger and freight traffic due to fears of predicted electric storms from the comet. Captain Colby described the Boston leg as fine though, with clear skies and northern lights visible most of the journey. The Steamer City of Bangor resumes Kennetiey division trips.
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Boston
Colby
City of
Bangor
Kennetiey
Bowdoinham Rail Freight Grows Showing Local Agriculture
Bowdoinham’s rail shipping rose in April with 247 carloads sent to towns and cities, over 9 million pounds of freight including fertilizer produce apples potatoes and farming implements. The report notes growing county farming and the appearance of straw hats this week.
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Bowdoinham
Georgetown Man Becomes Lewiston Assistant Postmaster
Seward E. Emmons of Georgetown rose from railway mail clerk to post office inspector in the Midwest and oil country. In 1907 he accepted the Lewiston postmaster vacancy, now oversees the account department, stressing exact balance and penny-level accuracy in government transactions. The piece notes his family roots with Captain Seward P. Emmons and Louise A. Hinckley Emmons, and his early life in Lewiston.
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Georgetown
Seward KE. Emmons
Lewiston
Mr. Emmons
Seward P. Emmons
Louise A. Hinckley Emmons
Bath
Lfe
Lewiston High School
PSSS
Emmons
Boston
Bangor
Rockland
Portland
Rumford Falls
Caribou
Chicago
Michigan
Wisconsin
Middle West
Pennsylvania
John Putnam
Smart
Tales of New Meadows Lore and Hidden Treasures
Historic New Meadows near Androscoggin Valley captivates locals with tales of Indian hatred reprisals at Thomas Purchase trading post in 1628, Captain Kidd buried treasures, and ghostly legends of counterfeiters and whiskey dens as settlers flocked to the riverbank resort area.
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New Meadows
Androscoggin
Thomas Purchase
King James
West Bath
Robin Hood
Richard Wharton
Boston
Phillip
Purchase
Mrs. Purchase
Captain Kidd
Notice to debtors to settle with Johnson Bros
All persons indebted to Johnson Bros. before April 13 are urged to settle at the Johnson Bros. office. Receivers need prompt payments to report the company assets to the Court. compliance avoids legal collection actions. Bath, April 21, 1910.
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Johnson Bros
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Page & Shaw's
Webber
John M. Clark
Conducted BY
Wm. C.chadbourne
Front St
M. Humphreys
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Maine
Cumberland
New York
Broadway
Sath ST
Sth Street
Lord Street
Grand Central Depot
Hick
Central Park New
Harry P Stimson
M.H. Loach
E. S. Crosby Company
Center St
F.S. Curtis
Cyrus W Longley
Front Sr
Wyoming
Alameda
Pear
Uncle Sam
Psoo
Terfeiter’s den and
Whiskey Suill
Charles
Crosby Oliver Moses
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