Supreme Court Opens Sagadahoc Term With Large Attendance
The Sagadahoc County Supreme Judicial Court opened its October term with Associate Justice Warren C. Philbrook presiding. A large audience of spectators and lawyers attended, including several noted judges and counsel from nearby cities. The day featured juror empanellings and a notable trial under a wav-y precedent involving George A. Ederson of Richmond for dog-caused sheep losses in 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur C. Oliver
Robert Jack
Crier
C. Aderton
Edward Bullock
Samuel Nelson
F. W. Atkins
Fred S. Rand
Supreme Judicial Court
Sagadahoc County
Warren CC. Philbrook
William T. Hall
Charles W. Newell
H. R. Drew
Richmond
Wil
Wesley M. E. Church
Oscar R. Adams
Bath
William R. Bowker
Phippsburg
James W. Brown
Bowdoinham
Ralph E. Call
Alfred C. Carr
Joseph W. Cornish
Bowdoin
Harry G
Deering
Fred I Hall
Topsham
Howard G. Heald
Georgetown
G. H. Littlefield
E. Randall Leonard
Harvey Mabar
Alvah Mallett
J. Houghton McLellan
Wallace S. Reed
Woolwich
Charles Rose
Harry W. Theabeau
Seth C. Watson
Travers
George G. Page
Foreman
Charles H. Barnes
Granville A. Durrell
Ernest M. Everard
Rufus Lombard
West Bath
Marshall C. Merriman
James E. Perry
Harry Powers
Drummond R. Stevens
Albion E. Tedford
Alfred E. Trott
Fred D. Wyman
Charles W. Dingley
Erland L. Brown
William E. P. Hatch
James C. Perry
George S. Smith
Joseph M. Trott
Rodney E. Ross
Ross
Bowdoin College
Harvard Law School
Philbrook
Sagadahoc
Wavy
George A. Ederson
Spaulding
C. D. Newell
George H. Litchfield
Central Rally Day Observed by Local Church In Service
The Central Church observed Rally Day with a sermon on what constitutes a successful church. A large choir led inspirational singing and soloists David Sprague and Allan Ramsay performed. Sunday school drew 130 attendees with a school orchestra. W A MacCormick spoke on Sunday school value. The day ended with remarks by the pastor and a red and blue contest planned for next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
David Sprague
Trinity Choir of
Boston
Sprague
John Shaw
Allan Ramsay
Ramsay
W. A. MacCormick
Y.M.C.A
New York
Maurice Avery
Wilson
Jerusalem
Former Cumberland sheriff Oren T Despeaux found dead at 67
Oren T Despeaux longtime Cumberland sheriff and Brunswick deputy for 16 years died in bed at 67 from apoplexy. He was born in Massachusetts and came to Brunswick in 1879 serving as deputy sheriff, chief of police, then sheriff for two terms. He leaves a wife, daughter Mrs Algernon Chandler, and son Humphrey E. Despeaux. He belonged to G A R and several Masonic orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren T. Despeaux
Cumberland
Brunswick
Mr. Despeaux
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Company
Local Bath Notes From Week Including Fair and Wrecks
Local items report Bath on duty by Officer John Sonia as Tops ham Fair tallies and an alarm at box 65 for a Whiskeagz woods fire. Bath area notices cover fair travel, steamer cargo, a shore weather note, a funeral at St Marys, and a Brunswick attendance.
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John Sonia
Bath
Whiskeagz Woods
Montgomery
St. Bernard Royal Arch
Seashore
Congress Shift Co
Trustees of
Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum
Silas Adams
Waterville
Phippsburg
Stewart
Virginia
Bay Point
Bonney
Auburn
A. B. Hervey
Ladies’ Aid 9
Universalist Society
Bermuda
Universalist Vestry
City Landing
Rockland
Ella Preney
Joseph Preney
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary’s Church
N. J. Horan
Brunswick
Oak Grove Cemetery
Colder Night Across Town Amid Frosts and News
Tuesday brought the coldest night yet with frost forming in low places as forecasts warn painting will be delayed by wet weather. Reports note City Clerk Grassy sent vital Sept. statistics and crews crowded trains to Topsham for excursions while the navy fleet maneuvers near Gardiner Bay and local court actions.
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Augusta
Mercury
Topsham
Frank Watson
Portland
Topsham Fairgrounds
Supreme Judicial Court
Keegan
Sam Gessinger
Waseca Club
Auburn
Colonial Club of Bath
Harry Penley
Colonial
William S. Sims
Newport
Gardiner’s Bay
Long Island
Cassin
Cummings
McDougall
Jarvis
Jenkins
Fanning
Paulding
Brayton
Burrowes
Patterson
Trippe
Walke
Jewett
Montana
Pears and trade notes from Topsham fair and Maine markets
Printers’ items note rising pear prices and Topsham Fair attendance east of the Kennebec. Community notices include the Wesley Church Ladies meeting, a Captain Merry funeral, and a ship repairs report. Dispatches mention smelt profits, shipping activity, local law enforcement, and Bath night school enrollment. Maine’s mineral output highlights feldspar leadership and granite, lime, slate production with 1913 figures.
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Hockomock
Kennebec
Wesley Church
H. Bl. Hopkins
Hampton Roads
Woodcock
Merrymeeting Bay
Morse
James W. Paul, Jr
Capterson
Portland
Bath
Maine
Annapolis
University of Maine
Brown University
School of Technology
New York
Adelia T. Carlton
Oet
Africa
Ivors
American Tropical Trading Co
Tuhkes
Monrovia
Liberia
United States
Vermont
Massachusetts
Topsham Fair and Westport cemetery work noted
Reports from Topsham Fair show strong turnout and planning for Halloween by local youths. Fred Roderick repaired a cemetery in Westport and a schooner at G G Deering Co yard nears sea readiness. Chrysanthemums glow at Kennebec Conservatory and local theater buzz surrounds The Firefly at Jefferson Theatre in Portland. Local smoke complaints rise from peat fire in Hagan property as residents plead for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Roderick
Westport
Upper Landing
New Meadows
Mann Bakers
Oscar Hammerstein
Edith Thayer
Jefferson Theatre
Portland
Norman
Peaster
Jobin Goth
Topsham Fair
Geoff
Nichols
North End
Hagan
Local Whirl of Visitors and Travels in Town
A busy week sees engineers, publishers, and travelers visiting or returning home. C F Harrington from Hockomock takes a week off. Mrs A H Blackinton visits relatives. Arthur Durgin and wife vacation in Boston. F B Nichols attends a Maine Publishers meeting in Augusta. Wallace and niece Hazel Warrington enjoy Portland stay. University of Maine alumni return for Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgwick Circle
G.A.R
Mattie Perkins
Mary R. Tarbox
Freyburg
Sedgwick Post
Blaisdell
Tarbox
Charles A. Harriman
Perkins
C. F. Harrington
Hockomock
A. H. Blackinton
Rockland
F. B. Nichols
Augusta
Maine
Chester T. Wallace
Hazel Warrington
Portland
Lester Morse
Wallace Tam
University of Maine
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Supreme Court
Justice Philbrook
Specta
Tors
Warren C. Philbrook
Fred H. Thompson
Edward W. Bridgham
Supreme Judisia Court
Nhabitants
George Edison
Levi Getchell
Eben Dana
F. P. Sprague
E. C. Plummer
Wheeler & One
Albert Hendern
Bowdeinham
John A
Mate Hodgkins
Scrie
Phil
Othdyo
Ward
Stanton
Warren C. Philbook
S. J. Court
George Conway
Seguin
Consolidated Coal Co
Flats
Gardiner
Mauch Chunk
Farnsworth
Lizzie J. Call
Alice Wentworth
Eaton
IDEN
Mulligan Wharf
Kennebec Towboat Co
MacNeil
Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church
North St
Albert C. Colby
C. R. Chappell
Brotherhood
Harriet Pinkham
Sawyer's Island
Boothbay Register
New York Commission
Sanford L. Fors
Atetusta
Krenmameee Comity
Jodseph Willimeven
Sonia
Derton
Arthur H. Durgin
Ernest Couture
Damariscotta
Lewis J. Prenes
New Haven
Herbert FE. Russell
Fparrars Market
Tone Fitis
N.E.O.P. Brunswick
B. E. Reed
West Dreden
Daniel McDonald
Ranom HK. Fuller
George H. Corbin
Ira Smith
Bevers
Thomas J. Brady
Allston
Mass
Thomas J., Jr
Brady
Emna Frazier
Earl Webster
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