Plan to Change River Currents Prompts Harbor Talk
Kittery March 6 debate on building a dam across the Piscataqua. Some fear ice blocks navigation, others argue current relief could make Portsmouth a transatlantic terminus. Also notes on local meetings, illnesses, arrivals and departures, and harbor observations.
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Kittery
Piscataqua
Portsmouth
Woman's Christian Temperance
John R. Wentworth
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Whipple Lodge
Good Templars
Second Christian Church
Ladies’ Fancywork Club
E. E. Otis
Massachusetts towns vote against license in six communities
Boston March 6 six Massachusetts towns Ashburnham Georgetown Leicester Sterling Shrewsbury and Royalston voted no license on Monday reversing a year of licensure in each. A recount will be necessary in Royalston.
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Georgetown
Leicester
Selinate
Shrewsbury
Sterling
Royalston
Pelletier's Son Dead In Tragic Family Loss
The four year old son of Mrs Alcides Pelletier of Teter died on Monday. The father had previously died in a horrific accident when he was drawn into a blast furnace. The child was reported blind.
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Alcides Pelletier
Teter
Woman dies by poisoning at home on Hanover Street
Mrs Dolly Svenson, about 35, wife of Carl A Svenson, swallowed six strychnine pills at about 8:30 PM Monday at 15 Hanover Street. Dr Hessenger administered antidotes but she died soon after. Medical Referee Lance deemed an inquest unnecessary due to her admission and no motive is known.
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Mabel Witham
Portsmouth
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James McAndrew
Badger’s Island
Joseph Darney
John Henry
George O. Varney
Ardmore
Tzetta
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Trimm
Stockton
Bangor and
Aroostook
Maine
Bangor
New York
William L. Douglass
Dolly Svenson
Carl A. Svenson
Hanover Street
Hessenger
Lance
Democrats Elect Mayors in Six Maine Cities
Democrats won mayoral races in six Maine cities Auburn Lewiston Rockland Saco South Portland and Waterville on Monday The changes see new Democratic mayors replacing Republicans in Rockland Waterville and Auburn while Republicans held Bath Gardiner Eastport Ellsworth and Hallowell A stray line about Burdock Blood Bitters follows the political items.
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Maine
Auburn
Lewiston
Rockland
Saco
South Portland
Waterville
Ellisworth
Eastport
Bath
Gardiner
Hallowell
Repubicans
Ouck Hitch Debate Spurs City Council Action
The Merald reports that the city council voted to abolish the quick hitch at the central fire station and keep only the chemical engine under this system. The decision surprised many residents and sparked public discussion, with continuation noted on page five.
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