Girl halts river pilot's deadly act in Bangor murder case
In Bangor Maine Rance Grasse shot his divorced wife Nettie Appleby at her sister’s home. Their 12 year old niece Marcia Torrens grabbed the gun as Grasse aimed to shoot himself. Police and deputies chased the fugitive toward the woods and toward the Canadian border.
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Rance Grasse
Nettie ‘Grasse Appleby
Florence Torrens
Blake Place
Marcia Torrens
Grasse
Sheriff's Office
Big Morth Woods
Gillman
Boston
Mrs. Appleby
Cohen
Exchange Street
Torrens House
Charles B. Foster
Hampden Highlands
69Ers
Veazie
Sourdnahunk
Murphy denies receiving appeal to halt Sulzer impeachment
Charles F Murphy Tammany Hall leader says no one ever asked him to block Governor Sulzer's impeachment or trial. He learned of the matter only from Allan Ryan’s newspaper testimony at the Sulzer trial.
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Delares
Gov. Sulzer
New York
Charles F. Mursphy
Tammany Hall
Sulzer
Mr. Murphy
Allan Ryan
Mr. Ryan
Brookline Shoe Merchant Plans Oct 16 Marriage
Edwin P. Holmes 83 of Winthrop road Brookline and Miss Edith Noble Besse 1 of 29 Ingersod grove Springfield filed for a license at Brookline town clerk. Holmes, a Parker Tholmes & Co. shoe merchant, and Besse daughter of Lyman A. W. Besse, clothier, expect to marry at the bride’s home October 16 at six o'clock.
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Winthrop Road
Brookline
Parker, Tholmes & Co
Atlantic Avenue
Edith Noble Besse
Ingersodgrove
Springfield
Lyman AW. Besse
Besse-Carpenter Company, Clothiers
Knowles Bear Man of Woods Arrives in Portland Maine
Knowles the bear man traveled from Lewiston to Portland after a long reception in Augusta and Lewiston. Crowds cheered as officials, including Mayor Kilmer Newbert and Mayor Oakley Curtis, welcomed him and noted his forest exploits and hunting fines.
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Bowdoin College
Knowles
Lewiston
JM City Hall
William H. Hines
Augusta
Museum of Natural History
Kilmer BE. Newbert
Portland
Joe
Maine
City Hall
Oakley C. Curtis
Curtis
Banquet Honors Returning Woodsman in Maine Room
A grand banquet in the State of Maine Room at the Hotel Falmouth in Portland celebrated the day with over 100 leaders from Cumberland County including anglers from the Cumberland County Angling Association. Mayors of Lewiston Augusta and Portland hosted receptions in their city halls.
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Cumberland County
Cumberland County Angling Association
State of Maine
Falmouth
Portland
Lewiston
Augusta
Reception to Knowles draws Portland anglers to dinner
In Portland on Oct 8 Joseph Knowles was feted at a dinner in the State of Maine room of the Falmouth hotel. Cumberland County Angling Association hosts seated over 125 members and guests with President William N. Taylor presiding.
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Taylor
Association
Boston
Portland
Joseph Knowles
State of Maine
Failmouth
Cumberland Country Angling Association
William N. Taylor
Club
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