Two Big Schooners May Go to Pieces Near Vineyard Sound
Two full rigged coastwise ships the Arthur Seitz of Portland Maine and the Frank A Palmer of Portland bound for eastern ports with coal ran aground on Wasque Shoal five miles southwest of Muskeget Channel. Crew ashore except three of the Palmer. Life saving crews standby to rescue. Vessels likely to break up as heavy seas loom and tugs unavailable tonight. Weather southwest winds and dangerous seas persist.
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Vineyard Iaven
Arthur Seitz
Portland
Maine
Baltimore
Portsmouth
Frank A. Palmer
Newport News
Vineyard Sound
Wasque Shoal
Muskegat Channel
Palmer
Nickerson
Chesapeake
Rawding
Cutty
Hunk
Boston
Palma
Maplewoods Lose to Sawyers Team at Dover 12-4
Maplewoods fell to Sawyers Team 12 to 4 on Saturday at South Ind grounds Dover. Tilley pitched well for Maplewoods but hitless opportunities doomed the Ports mouth boys as rough play and errors contributed. Fernald Lynsky and Smart made key plays in the field with Page at short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maplewoods
Sawyer
South Ind
Dover
Tilley
Portsmouth Boys
Fernald
Lynsky
Engagements and rail delays mark Kittery notices
In Kittery announcements Mr George Remick and Mrs Martha Knieht plan an engagement with a wedding this Wednesday. June weddings include Milton Cochran of Portsmouth with Miss Liza Place of Kittery, and Annie Deane with Eyverputt Gatchell. Rail deliveries for the Wittery and Milot extension may push back the Bow Line opening to July first. A funeral was held for boat builder F well known, at the home of his brother George Dixon, with Rev George Clark Andrews delivering the address.
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George Remick
Martha Knieht
Kittery
Milton Cochrane
Portsmouth
Liza
Annie Deane
Eyverputt Gatchell
Wittery and
Mliot
Bow
George Dixon
George Clark Andrews
Seecomt Methodist Church
Letermenent Witsin
Oliver
Ehium
Mixon
Argista
Wong
Larely
York Beach
Government Street
Modest prices meet fashion in comfortable shoes
A supplier argues that true comfort and style are possible at moderate prices. He criticizes manufacturers and dealers for sacrificing prestige for profits, noting their own profits are small. He claims their shoes offer maximum comfort and style and are sourced from conscientious manufacturers.
Shoe repairs while you wait at large lighted store
All kinds of repairs done while you wait. Men's shoes tapped and heeled with rubber heels for 75 cents. Ladies' shoes tapped and heeled with rubber heels for 65 cents. We run one of the largest and best lighted boot and shoe stores in the city.
Town obituary and electric railway progress noted
A resident at 36 Market Street died suddenly as reports of local extravagance at the town park circulated. Church services were held as Rev. Dwar CL Maisie led a Sunday sermon and choir. Maine electric railways update notes the Eliot and Kittery bridge completion and ongoing work on the Boston and Maine line at Kittery Junction, with Gov. Hill projecting next summer extension to connect Dover, York Beach, and Dover and Eliet lines, enabling direct electric travel amid ferry interruptions.
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Parker Post
Kev
Dwar
Maisie
Second Christian Church
Tenn Penrod
rodCeggry
Eliot and Kitter
Spinney's Creek
Kittery & Hliot Street Railway
Boston & Maine Road
Kittery Junction
Gav, Hill of Maine
Portsmouth, Kittery & York Railway
Kittery & Ediat
Bover and
Bhet Bridge
Dover and Eliet
Gov. Hill
Dover
York Beach
Seitz and Palmer Struck Shoal Off Martha's Vineyard
News tells of Seitz and Palmer running south of Gay Head toward Martha's Vineyard when the Seitz struck Wasque shoal near No Man's Land. Both ships grounded on the shoal, coal loss exceeds 7,000 tons, insurers cover cargo, but strike prices may raise costs for Walker customers and Portsmouth manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickerson
Rawding
Palmer
Gay Head
Walker
Portsmouth
Get There Club President Returns From Ardostook Outing
Charles P Morris, president of Get There Club, arrived Tuesday morning from a ten day stay at Cummings Camps near Square Lake in Ardostook County. Companion Henry A Taff and Thomas P Strange stayed longer. Morris reports superb fishing with an afternoon catch of forty two pounds of trout and salmon. Cummings Camp offers home like hospitality and orderly comforts.
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Charles P. Morris
Cummings
Square Lake
Ardostook County
Henry A. Taff
Thomas P. Strange
Mr. Morris
Rangeley
Cimnming
Charlestown
Portsmouth Exeter Electric Railway Nears Completion in a Month
Contractors say the Portsmouth and Exeter street railway will be completed within a month as rails are spiked along the line from the Plains junction to beyond Creenland Parade. Overhead crossing trestle needed near the Boston and Maine crossing, with pole lines distributed and carpenters at work. Grading and track laying underway at Exeter end, reinforcing the forecast of a month to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth & Exeter Street Railway
Portsmouth Qe
Plains
Atratham
Creenland Parade
Boston & Maine
Exeter
Adjourned Exeter Court Opens Under Judge Pike
An adjourned superior court session opened in Exeter at nine o'clock with Judge Robert G. Pike presiding. The first case is the State versus Gideon Marcardie of Newmarket, charged by Solicitor Kelley with contempt of court. Twenty-five civil cases and thirteen equity cases are slated for trial, along with seven cases on the new docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter
Robert G. Pike
Gideon Marcardie
Newmarket
Kelley
Memorial Day planning meeting for Storer Post No 1
A special meeting of Storer post No 1 G A R will be held in Grand Army hall on Daniel street Monday evening May 26 1902 at 7 30 to complete arrangements for Memorial day Comrades are requested to be present per orders Commander C C L Hoyt Adjutant
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Storer Post
Grand Army Hall
Daniel Street
Pravent
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Hawks
New York
Clothing Department
John Criffin
Congress Street
Portsmouth, N. H
Columbia Bicycle Agency
High Street
W. W. Skintire
Cho. T. Vaughan
Market Street
A. P. Wendell & Co.’s
Market Square
Rider & Cotton
Arerive
Frank W. Palmer
Arthior Seily
Camden
John C. Crowley
J. 8. Winslow
Paortland
Fedn Tetah
Sudan
Dever
L. Ghrber
Market ST
Maine Electric Railways
Eliot
Navy Yard
Kittery Point
Locke's Cove
March Street
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Cc. L, Hoyt, Adit
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