Spuver Perking Arrest Reported In Sprague Murder Case
Cape Neddick fish dealer Stover Perkins, about 45, was reported in York, Maine, as a person of interest in the Fanny Spragun murder case near South Berwick. Coroner Ham and Sheriff Miles were active, but neighbors saw Perkins not on May 14, and verification was lacking.
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Herald
Bourg Berwice
Stover Peckina
Cape Neddick
York
Sprague
Ham
Miles
Stover Perkins
Gsh
Knight Estate
Bers
Care Wepvicx
Stover Parkins
Fanny Spragun
South Berwick
Perkin
North Sf
Lins
Epworth League Celebrates Eleventh Anniversary at Church
The Epworth League of the Methodist church marked its eleventh anniversary with morning sermon from Daniel 6 10. Evening program titled The Epworth League for the Twentieth Century featured worship calls, hymns, prayers, readings, and an address by Rev Thomas Whitemole plus collection and benediction.
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Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Epworth League For the Twentieth Century
G. F. Breed
Thomas Whiteside
Jesus
Epworth League For the
God
Ella Schuman
Diamond
Watts
Matsam Schormac
Catholiccity
Oscar Smith
Thomas Whitemole
Summer Cruisers of the Naval Cadets Leave Annapolis
The practice ships Newport and Chesapeakes depart Annapolis on June 11 with naval cadet crews to cruise the North Atlantic coast for two months. The Newport, a steam gunboat, and the Chesapeake, a sailing training ship, will sail independently and stop at this harbor.
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Newport
Chesapeaks
Annapolia
North Atlantic
Newport Se
Annapolis
Gossip of Local Sports Signals Summer Hiatus and Local Games
Local sports gossip notes basketball out till autumn and Gastons tailing the National League. Portsmouth Athletic Club may not field a baseball team this summer while two city league games loom this week Woods Brothers versus Marines and Maplewoods versus Piscataquas. Cycle racing in New England shows mixed pro and amateur action with talk of a city athletic park as a private investment. Saturday’s baseball draw boosts league finances though quality remains variable as Wapanagos face tougher foes and Greenland’s veteran squad leans on practice. A potential bicycle road race sparks debate and excitement.
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Portsmouth Athletic Club
Navy Yard
Woods Brothers
Marines
Maplewoods
Piscataquas
New England
Portsmouth Electric Railway
Rye
Wapanagos
Greenland
Obsequies of Annie L Trofethen and Joseph A Goodale
Funeral rites held for Annie L Trofethen buried in Rye with interment at Central cemetery. Joseph A Goodale, East Boston businessman and Mt. Tabor lodge master, honored at Masonic temple with rites and processional to Meridian Street bridge, later interred at Woodlawn Cemetery Everett Masa.
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East Boston
Masonic Temple
Meridian Street
Mt. Taborlodge
A. M
Goodale
Francis W. Sprague
Ali Sone
Universalist Church
Mt. Tabor Lodge
Woodlawn Cemetery
Everett
Masa
York County Court Names Jurors for May Term
A list of traverse jurors drawn to serve at the May term of the supreme judicial court for York county at Alfred next Tuesday includes Jacob B. Stevens Acton Arthur L. Bean Alfred Charles W Town Ber wick James W Fogg William S Fowler Fred Baker Biddeford James O Harmon Buxton John F Berry Cornish Samuel L Hill Dayton Samuel E Cole Eliot Lucisa L Clark Hollis James E Holland Kennebunk Edward L Smith Kennebunkport Noah Eaton Kittery Wilson Ricker Lebanon Melville D Gould Limerick E L Chick Limington Freedom R K Hill Lyman William A Davis Newfield Humphrey C Weymouth North Berwick Charles A Leavitt Old Orchard Charles C G Moulton Pargonafield Orrin P Greene Henry T Boothby John A Libby Saco Mial F Yeaton Sanford Frank C Staples Shapleigh Charles E Quint South Berwick Eugene H Strout Waterboro William Goodale Wells Joly Glynn York.
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Jacob B. Stevens
Acton
Arthur L. Bean
Alfred
Charles W. Town
Berwick
James UW. Fogg
William S. Fowler
Fred Baker
Biddeford
James O. Harmon
Buxton
John F. Berry
Cornish
Samuel L. Hill
Dayton
Samuel E. Cole
Eliot
Lucisa L. Clark
Hollis
James E. Holland
Kennebunk
Edward L. Smith
Kennebunkport
Noah Eaton
Kittery
Wilson Ricker
Lebanon
Melville D
Funeral Rites Held for George Witham in York
Funeral services for George Witham of Everett Massachusetts were held Saturday afternoon at the Christian church with Rev S R Perkins officiating. Interment was in the village cemetery. Floral tributes were profuse and magnifi cent. A town hall dance Saturday evening under E C Moody Jr drew about thirty couples led by W Keen and Elsie Keene. Music by C B Hoyt and Miss E Marshall. Miss Sarah Webber of Freeport Maine visiting. Travel on the P&L&K today has been large. Mrs Edna Moody in Boston. Hon C H Rammedell of Somerville visiting York.
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Yorn
George Witham
Everett
Mass
Christian Church
S. R. Perkins
Congregational Church
Town Hall
E. C. Moody, Jr
W. . Keen
Elsie, Keene
C. B. Hoyt
Portsmouth
E. #. Marshall
York
Sarah Webber
Freeport
Edna Moody
Boston
C. H. Ramedell
Somerville
Maine Notes Highlights From York District and Nearby Regions
York District lodge of Good Templars meets in Kennebunkport on May 23. Two new open cars for Sanford and Cape Porpoise railroad arrived for summer, one seating 100. Maine Central plans 110 foot depot at old site in Farmington. Government officials in Cassis report limited details on smuggling wool seizure near Pembroke. Prohibition state committee to meet in Portland next Tuesday to discuss candidates and procedures ahead of state convention. Mrs Mary B Wentworth of Kennebunk dies at 76. Measles sickness hits John O Foss family in South Berwick. York county W L U holds fourteenth annual convention in Kennebunk. Mrs L M N Stevens to speak.
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York District Lodge of Good Templars
Kennebunkport
Sanford and Cape Porpoise
Maine Central Railroad
Farmington
Cassis
Treasury
Pembroke
Prohibition Party
Portland
Mary B. Wentworth
Jacob M. Wentworth
Kennebunk
Charles R. Littlefield
John O. Foss
South Berwick
York County
Mra
Detroit’s Musician Enlistment Spark at Station
A notice states enlistments will form a marimo band at the station with prominent local musicians taking part. It warns that changes to orders may alter the enlistment process and notes a focus on readiness amid ongoing losses at the Detroit facility.
Seafront Excavation Bill Advances to House Action
A Senate resolution calls for a secretary of war survey of Henderson's Point to clear a reef and allow access to a new dry rock. A two million dollar appropriation would follow, enabling a direct route to the navy yard. Congressmen pledge support for immediate passage.
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Secretary of War
Henderson's Point
Gallinger
Zeraki
Herald
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Sulloway
Clarke
New Hampshire
Allen and Littlefield
Maine
Navy Yard
Hell Gate
New York Harbor
Coming Eclipse Shocks Portsmouth With Narrow Total Shade
An eclipse will darken the sky Monday May 28 over Portsmouth with a fifty mile wide track from New Orleans to Norfolk, not total there but revealing a crescent sun. The path spans Mexico across the United States to Portugal Spain the Mediterranean Egypt and ends at sunset in the Red Sea. Onlookers say the sight inspires awe and dogs howl as night briefly falls.
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Portrmmouth
New Orleana
Norfolk
Mexico
United States
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Spain
Mediterranean
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Egypt
Red Sea
Eclipse Sparks Fear and Excitement in City
The city braces for a solar eclipse described as a sudden shift to dark seas and a corona around the sun. Officials note eleven twelfths of the sun will be obscured briefly and a third hidden by the moon for nearly an hour with maximum at nine in the forenoon. Photographers anticipate vast sun imagery due to advances in astronomy.
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Siles
Hampton lobster catches boost state fishing news
State reports good returns from lobster fishermen at Hampton while Staatham plans an Old Home Week association. The Lafayette band opened the season in Dover with a sacred concert at Central Park. Exeter sets June 2 as a key date for events, and Governor Rollins is invited to speak at Norwood Business Men's and the Bedford 350th anniversary. Pension totals, the Dover district Missionary meeting, and a May 15 street railway schedule update complete the item.
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Staatham
Lafayette Band
Somersworths
Central Park
Dover
Rollins
Shdreas
Norwood Busineas Men's Association
Bedford
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of
Dover District
New Hampshire
Methodiat Society
Exeter, Hampton and Amesbury Street
Exeter
Newburyport
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