Knight Loses Bis Life In Deep Water On Merrymeeting Bay
Frank H Knight 30 of New Meadows drowned when a gunning float overturned at Merrymeeting bay near Topsham Wednesday afternoon. Knight and William Belanger were paddling when Knight fell in and later disappeared. Belanger alerted authorities, the body was recovered in 20 feet of water near the Topsham shore. Knight leaves a wife Lucy Small, and parents Manfred Knight and family with three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Knight
Merrymeeting Bay
William Belanger
Knight
New Meadows
Belanger
Maine Central
Center Street
Bath
George E. Belanger
Topsham
Bay Road
Ino
George F. Belanger
Brunswick
Chester (. Aderton
Herbert JL. Spinney
Spinney
W. C. Oliver
Old Bay Bridge
H. F. Morin
Alice Dodge
Madge Staples
Grace Knight
City Welfare Plans Emerge From Red Cross Meeting
The Bath Red Cross Home Service chapter resumed weekly meetings to plan winter welfare efforts. A Welfare Committee was formed with mayor Cahill, schools chief Smith, and four parent teacher group reps. The panel will seek cooperation from local welfare groups and citizens to address community needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Service Workers of Bath
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Charles H. Cahill
Charles I. Smith
Noratz Jackson
J. A. Redion
Mixx Mary L. Turpin
Bath
The
J. A. Redlon
South End
Robert D. Hatch
South Street
Seth
Mullin
North Center
Charles L. Smith
Kath
Kingsbury arrested after shootout with Ashby officer
W Marvey Kingsbury sought by Cumberland County for alleged breaking and larceny in Sept. 28 store theft at 113 Forest Ave. Ashby police chief C W Whitney chased and fired at him during arrest Thursday night. He was taken to Fitchburg and held for Sheriff Oliver. Kingsbury led a gang including Theodore Arsenault Raymond Arsenault Herbert Goodwin and George Richards. Other suspects George Gowen and Charles Coffin faced charges for aiding escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Marvey Kingsbury
Sheriffs and Police Department
Cumberland County
Serhal Soulax
Forest Avenue
Oliver
C. W. Whitney
Ashby
Mass
Kingsbury
Whitney
Theodore
Raymond Arsenault
Herbert Goodwin
George Richards
Fitchburg
Harry L. Thompson
Jaxi
City of
Rockland
Cedar Grove
Boston
Fitelyburg
John J. Keegan
George Middleton
George Gowen
Charles Coffin
City of Rockland
John AL Norris
Rupert Miller
Coffin
Supreme Judicial Court
Gowen
Short Lobsters Cost Man $283
Alfred M. Oliver, arrested by fish wardens Wednesday of last week, pleaded guilty to possessing 42 short lobsters and to dealing without a license and to assaulting Fish Warden George W. York. Fines totaled 210 for shorts, 25 for licensing, and 30 for assault plus costs of 60, or 3 months jail. Wardens boarded his launch. Oliver allegedly tried to throw York overboard.
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Alfred M. Oliver
George W. York
Oliver
York
Copper theft arrests at Small Point reveal large haul
Thomas McDonough alias Joseph I Carr Rex Nindale Massx Ellis W Morey and William K Brown of Portland were arrested in Portland after landing about a ton of copper at a junk shop on Vorthind pier. Police say one man confessed the copper cable came from Fort Gorges Vorthind harbor. Investigations showed over 500 pounds additional copper had been stolen.
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Thomas McDonough
Joseph I. Carr
Rex Nindale
Massx
Ellis W. Morey
William K. Brown
Portland
Vorthind Pier
Fort Gorges
Vorthind Harbor
Bathman Fined for Selling Jakey Ginger
Frank Cavanaugh, an ath, pleaded guilty in the supreme judicial court to a single sale of Samaien ginger at Del fast. He was sentenced to $100 fine and costs and two months in jail. An indictment of illegal transportation against Cavanaugh was dismissed.
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Frank Cavanaugh
Ath
Delfast
Supreme Judicial Court
Cavanaugh
Arraignment of George Middleton in city court
George Middleton appeared before Judge John J. Keegan on a charge presented by Sheriff Wilbur. Middleton allegedly aided escapee Starvey Kingsbury from Vortland jail, with probable cause found and bound over to October term for the Supreme Judicial Court in $SJAN. Alexander Kingsbury,Harvey Kingsbury’s father, held as a material witness at $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Middleton
John J. Keegan
Wilbur
Oliver
Middleton
Starvey Kingsbury
Vortland
Supreme Judicial Court
SJAN
Alexander Kingsbury
Harvey
Giant potato from Aroostook weighs four and a half pounds
A potato weighing four and a half pounds, believed to be season’s giant, was sent to Mrs. F. W. Little of 26 Turner's Court by Mr. Little of Fort Fairfield. Giants are common in Aroostook Maine, kept for table use while smaller tubers are fed to hogs.
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Independent
Aroostook County
Rpods
F. W. Little
Turner's Court
Little
Fort Fairfield
Maine
Council Action on Insurance City Properties
The Bath city council accepted a long report from the joint insurance committee detailing city property insurance and the method used to determine values. The panel urged insuring key buildings with 80 percent co insurance and outlined specific buildings and contents figures, while noting savings from 80 percent coverage on the City stable and garage and urging consistency across similar structures.
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Standing Committee On
Bath
Yacht Club
Edward W. Hyde
Board of Common Council
Emery’s
Rupert H. Baxter
Bath Water District
Cahill
Board of Aldermen
Armes
Henry R. White
Herbert L. Hall
Edward T. Whitehouse
Morse High School
Mitchell School
North Grammar School
Dike
Joseph Fessenden
Deacon Street
Brookline
Mass
South Street
Washington Street
South Street Grammar Shan
Weeks Street Grammar School
Bat Pisxaee Ceo
Tae
Upper Grammar School
North Street
Dummer Street
Center Street
Sere Lah Winnegance
Sanee North Bath School
SOO Erudition School
City Wall
OKO
Maple Grove Cemetery
ST Contents
Committe
Toy Em North Grammar
Stelegsada
New City
Cemetery Road
Baxter Victors Over Sagadahock Veteran Firemen
Bath bathers witness a hot muster as the Senator Baxter handtub defeats Sagadahock in a public match on Water Street. The Baxters dominated the event with long throws led by Edwin I. Emmons. Sagadahock struggled due to a late tub arrival and air-chamber issues. The Baxters neared their record and claimed the title amid cheers from hundreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Senator Baxters
Sagados
Baxters
Baxter
Edwin I. Emmons
William Swain
William Shaughnessy
Daxter
Chester McCabe
Sagadahock
Solon Savage
Elmer Swain
Archie Carey
Union Street
Foreman McCabe
Sagadahoek
Foreman Shaughnessy
Herbert Anderson
Frank Farvin
Charles Tart
Chin Sam Lee and Fred Stevens in Bath laundry dispute
Chin Sam Lee keeper of Elm and Front laundry clashed with Fred Stevens of Bath Mercantile at 11 Elm street over laundry charges. Anxious confrontation with an axe led by Chin prompted by threats but no one was injured. Judge Keegan admonished Stevens. case dismissed.
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Chin Sam Lee
Elm
Front Streets
Fred Stevens
Bath Mercantile
Elm Street
Stevens
Chin
Fred
Chin Sam
Keegan
Kingsbury Bound Over By Court
Harvey Kingsbury nineteen, arrested in Ashby Mass, was brought to Bath by Officer Thompson. In municipal court he pled guilty to four counts of breaking and entering and larceny and to two more counts of breaking and entering and one count of destroying property. Total bail set at twenty dollars for appearance in Bath judicial court on October 18. Kingsbury denied breaking and entering and larceny at Harold Grindle’s store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Kingsbury
Ashby
Mass
Wilbur C. Oliver
Harry L. Thompson
Fitchburg
Kingsbury
William Bailey
West Bath
George F. Jackson
Atiphell Sire
Ok Vasea
South
Cy Dperrs
Grand View Hotel
Supreme Judicial Court
Bath
Harold l Grindle
Popular couple open fine home on anniversary
Mr and Mrs Harry Peterson celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a house warming for their newly completed East Brunswick residence. The event featured autumn decor, a receiving line, music by Mrs Clinton Miss Peterson and Harold Freeman, and a poetry reading by Dr Stackpole. Guests from Bath West Bath and North Bath attended, bringing silverware gifts and a mahogany clock from Massachusetts visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Peterson
East Brunswick
Stackpole
Albert St. Pierre
Peter Ofinto
Margaret Peterson
Esther White
David Rich
Harry Smith
West Bath
George L. Berry
East Brounswick
Peterson
Bath
G. A. Cahill
Abner Johnson
J. S Crosby
Cobb
Peter Clinto
John Gage
Rupert Wing
J. D. Lemont
J. J. Lemont
B.S. Stackpole
I. B. Neiley
Walter Larrabee
J. Bo Mayo
William White
Mary Brewer
Miles Purington
A. Tf. Donnell
Lincoln Williams
Mary Dean
Ed. J. Haggett
Annie Trufant
L. J. Rogers
North Bath
Owen Rogers
Elmer Rich
Harold Freeman
Fred N. Colby
F. W. Brown
Chin Sam Lee Refuses Jail Time In Axe Argument Interview
Chin Sam Lee faced Judge Keegan after an Saturday afternoon incident in which he picked up an axe during a dispute with Fred Stevens. The judge pressed him on jail time, but Lee replied he had no time for jail, preferring continuous work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chin Sam Lee
Keegan
Chin
Fred Stevens
Red Men's Whist Party Held at Music Hall
Sasanoa tribe of Red Men hosted the third weekly whist party at Music Hall Monday. Twelve tables played as Miss Mildred Denham led women and Mrs. Jennie DeWolfe trailed. Harry Ritchie topped men with Paul Arsenault low. Dancing followed with Perkins Orchestra providing music. Committees included Woodbury Potter and A. Denham for Sasanoa, and Mrs. Woodbury Potter, Mrs. McKay, and Mrs. Lois McNiever for Ramona Council 10 of P.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sasanoa Tribe
Red Men
Music Hall
Mildred Denham
Jennie DeWolfe
Harry Ritchie
Paul Arsenault
Whrste
Perkins
Sasanow Tribe
Woodbury Potter
Denham
Albert Gallant
Ramona Council
McKay
Lois MelNiever
Old Days on the Bath Branch a Maine Central Railroad Tale
Charles 8 Given recalls Bath to Lewiston and Portland era stories of Maine Central crews. He profiles George Knapp and fellow baggage masters Frank Gardiner and George Allen, night Pullman conductor Solon Cahill, and many engineers and conductors, detailing routes, trains, engines like No 48 Lewis ton and No 80 Auburn, and the tough grades on the Androscoggin branch through Brunswick Farmington and Bath with their rosters, duties, and eventual repurposings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Knapp
Tie
Frank Gardiner
George Allen
Gardiner
Lewiston
Bathany
Portland
Alan
Triingo
Bath
Arun
Budge
Bill Pitman
Tom Clair
Billy Richardson
Fred Rideout
So's
Solon Cahill
Bruswick
Runswick
Sir Blagdon
Bill
Brunswick
Maine Central Railroad
Tom Healey
Tom Dillon
Skowhegan
Joe Harrigan
Billy Jones
Farmington
Lewiston Upper
Ben Marston
Knapp
I. Dudley
Marston
Charlie Seeel
Pinkham
Androscoggin
Oscar Willits
Maine Central
Mr. Cobb
Charlie Mutting
Joseph Anderson
Oran
H O
Anderson
Joe Anderson
Androscoggin Boys
Manchester
Isto
Auburn
Thad Tocam
Thad
Tulm
Crowley's Junction
Crowley's
Charlie Nutting
Wood Haskell
Dy Alden
Rairfield
Charlie Annible
Harding Dunlip
Portland and Bath
Haskell
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Bathman
Jakey
Insurance City Properties
City Insurance
Bath Grocer
Mrs
Harry E. Peterson
RED Men's
Charles
Manchester Locomotive Works
Maine Street
Sherwin-Williams
Johnson Bros Co