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CHAPTER XL.
ANNALS FROM 1900 TO 1923.
1901
Two free rural mail delivery routes were established and put in operation July 1st. Route 1 runs east of and around the lake through Noble's Corner and Norway Lake village-a distance in all of nearly 25 miles. John P. Judkins received the appointment of mail carrier on this route. He is still (1923) in the service. Route 2 passes through Norway Center, North Norway, the Chapel, Yagger and over Pike's Hill. Length of route about 27 miles. Stephen L. Etheridge was appointed carrier. He resigned on account of poor health and was succeeded by Fred H. Perry who yet (1922) retains the position.
The carriers start from the village post office at 10.30 A.M. and on route 1 the carrier by team gets back about four P.M., and on route 2 about an hour later. Since autos have been used much quicker time is made .- Ezra T. Shedd of Chicago, who was born in Nor- way, visited here in the summer .- The hundredth anniversary of the building of the Universalist church, was appropriately cele- brated Nov. 19 and 20 .- Deaths: Feb. 1, David S. Andrews 65; Feb. 21, Mrs. James C. Bennett 85; Mar. 1, James Packard about 80; Mar. 7, Mrs. Enoch Merrill about 87; Feb., in Colorado, Mrs. Benj. Tee about 70; Jan. 20, Eliza Ann Parsons 73; Jan. 28, Wm. S. Pin- gree 70, and Thomas J. Hobbs 71; Mar. 18, in San Francisco, Cal., Mr. George E. Gibson 73; Mar. 9, Mrs. Edmund Frost 74; April 1, Albert Coffin 68; Apr. 2, George Austin 65; Apr. 5, in New York, Luther P. Tucker 69; Apr. 27, Ai J. Rowe, former postmaster, 48; May 3, David Sanborn 84; May 5, Mrs. Hannah Judkins 85, and Mrs. Elmira Merrill 68; May 17, Mr. Wm. H. Warren 71; May 29, Mrs. Hannah Tubbs 91; June 2, Mrs. Olivia Jones 72; June 5, Mrs. Ann C. Dudley about 83; June 4, John C. Saunders 59; June 13, Wm. C. Jor- dan 82; June 18, Mrs. Sarah (Crockett) Freeman 80; June 25, Mrs. Hannah (Richardson) Harris 69; July 16, Sam'l P. Frost 86; Sept. 4, in Rochester, N. H., Charles W. Howe about 50; Oct. 10, Dimon Hamilton about 59; Oct. 14, J. Frank Bradbury 63; Oct. 13, Mrs. Sam'l J. Frost about 70; Nov. 2, in Boston, Rev. J. C. Snow 68; Nov. 19, Azel Bumpus 81; Nov. 24, Oliver Shackley 64; Nov. 26, Mrs. Lottie E. Austin about 65; Dec. 2, Mrs. Martha A. Long about 69.
1902
In January, the Supreme Court of the U. S. rendered a decision, sustaining the claim to title of the Oconto, Wisconsin, Water Com- pany of Silas D. Andrews and Wm. H. Whitcomb of Norway. Some twelve years previous they had loaned this company $40,000. It had been granted a franchise by the city to supply it with water for thirty years. The company became financially embarrassed, and Andrews and Whitcomb had to take over the property by a foreclosure of their mortgage. The water supply proved inadequate and it was neces- sary to go down to a greater depth for it. This was done at consid- erable expense when an ample flow of purer water was reached and
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the project was made a success financially. Then other creditors who were not willing at first to help, wanting to realize something on their debts, brought suits which Andrews and Whitcomb had to de- fend. These suits were prosecuted and defended with great perti- nacity-the Norway parties winning in every court and in every case-and were finally settled for good in the supreme court of the last resort-the highest tribunal in the land .- Judge Herrick C. Davis of the Municipal Court was knocked down by a runaway horse on Main street and seriously injured, April 16 .- Capt. Jonathan Whitehouse, Apr. 9, celebrated his 89th birthday .- Thomas Smiley opened a dry goods store in Portland in the spring .- Miss Ruth Tucker of Paris was thrown from her carriage here by her horse becoming frightened and running away and was quite seriously injured .- Deaths: Jan. 5, in Augusta, Susan E. Gilkey 68; Jan. 6, Mrs. E. Augusta (Noyes) Millett 58; Jan. 18, John Henry Millett 76; Jan. 20, at Church Hill, Md., B. Frank Morse, a native of Norway 72; Jan. 26, Sarah E. (Brown) Hazen 56; Jan. 30, Emeline A. Millett 70; Feb. 7, in Newton Falls, Mass., Wm. D. Merrill of the 17th Me., 76; Feb. 14 in Geneseo, Ill., Martha A. Parsons 79; Mar. 24, James H. Jordan 74; Mar. 29, Myra P. (Hall) Noble 52; April 10, Edmund Ames 78; Apr. 15, Silas H. Wetherbee 65; Apr. 28, Joseph A. Snow 79; May 26 in Turner, Mrs. Rufus H. Prince 70; May 25, Belle Dutton 38; June 3 in Otisfield, John A. Bolster 79; June 25, Mrs. Harriet Frost 74; July 4, Mrs. Winthrop Stevens 82; July 7 in Concord, Mass., Mrs. Eben C. Andrews 81; July 18 in Essex, Vt., Henrietta C. Barton 70; July 28, John H. Witt 73; Aug. 6, Isaac F. Titcomb 62; Aug. 23, Capt. Jon- athan Blake 85; Oct. 5, Dea. Wm. S. Pratt 70; Oct. 1 in Alexandria, Va., Willard Buck 73; Oct. 16, Mrs. Jennette (Thomes) Gardner, a most estimable lady, 68; Dec. 3, John N. Baker 75.
1903
A Board of Trade was organized in the village this year .- The John L. Horne place on lower Main street was purchased in May, for an Old Ladies' Home. Thirty-two ladies subscribed the amount ($25,000) for its purchase, with the furnishings. It was opened for occupancy in September. The buildings on the lot were constructed by the 3d Henry Rust, father of the General, after the fire in 1851 .- There were thirty cottages-all occupied-on the lake shores and islands this year .- Deaths: Jan. 7, Mrs. Lucinda E. Foss 75, and Henry A. M. Bradbury 72; Jan. 25 in Dorchester, Mass., Francis S. Parsons 66; Jan. 17 at Soldiers' Home, Togus, Isaiah V. Penley 76; Jan. 29 in Haverhill, Mass., Mrs. Lizzie S. Warren 58, and in Allston, Mass., Cyrus Cobb 69; Feb. 11, Annette (Stetson) Crockett, 60; Feb. 10, Ezekiel C. Jackson about 82; Mar. 9, in Westerville, Neb., Horace A. Burnham 50; Mar. 11 in Idaho Falls, Ia., A. J. Buck 67; Apr. 11 in Stoneham, James L. Parker 72; Apr. 18, Joseph H. Kimball 80; Apr. 19, John A. French about 86; Apr. 20, Chas. G. Mason 45; May 4, Sarah Lord 88; May 9, Mary F. Davis 66; May 30, Mary F. (Has- kell) Danforth; June 8, Mary Francis Jordan 67; June 11, Ephraim H. Brown about 85; July 16, Viana (Perham) Churchill 71; Aug. 16, Lewis B. Swett 72; Aug. 28, Albert F. Andrews 67; Sept. 14, Mary
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A. Briggs 66; Jane (Frost) Gammon 86; Sept. 27, Sarah H. Morse 51; Sept. 30, Mary P. Cullinan, native of Ireland, 64; Oct. 10, James Smith 66; Oct. 13 in Creighton, Neb., Benj. G. Holt about 77; Nov. 4 in Newtonville, Mass., Mary (Tucker) Howe 86; Nov. 7 in Medford, Mass., wid. Willard H. Woodbury 69; Dec. 6, Ira Moulton 70; Dec. 11, Martha A. Owen about 69; Dec. 12, Lewiston, Mrs. Hannah Long 69; Dec. 22, Ansel Dinsmore 88.
1904
Miss Alice I. Frost in June graduated with high honors at Bates College. She began teaching in the high school at Dexter as assist- ant .- L. Edwin Judkins was drowned near the Crockett bridge, July 28, under circumstances which might indicate foul play, but the coroner's inquest reported it to have been accidental drown- ing .- Frank E. Gayton and family removed to Los Gatos, Califor- nia, in September .- Deaths: Jan. 12, Brunswick, Jed. Woodbury 64; 28, Portland, Fitzroy Bennett 58; Feb. 5, John King 83; 10, Frank E. Williams 55; 13, Sarah A. Marston about 78; 18, John Needham 76; Mar. 2, Capt. Amos F. Noyes 91; 22, Franklin, Mass., Dr. Jeff C. Gallison 62; 28, Mrs. Osgood N. Perry 77; 27, New- ton, Mass., Geo. F. Evans 61; Mar. 8, Abigail Rowe 85; 12, John G. Stone 55; 22, Lewiston, Miss Bessie Horne, a most popular and lov- able young lady, 21; Apr. 8, Mrs. Frances E. Cummings 68; May 30, Mrs. Charlotte Grant 66; June 19, Lewiston hospital, Mrs. Petronelle Lafairere 44, and at Conway, N. H., Frank Crockett about 75; July 20, Whitney Buck 63; Owatana, Minn., Hon. Mark H. Dunnell about 80; Sept. 3, Samuel Foster 95 yrs. 7 mos., the oldest person in town; 22, Abba D. (Hill) Howe 82; Oct. 15, Bradbury C. A. Pingree 86; 30, Hannah P. Noble 71; Nov. 7, Cyrus M. Buck about 80; Peaks Island, Sam'l H. Howe 55; Prof. Wm. E. Frost, Westford, Mass., 64; Dec. 19, Newtonville, Chas. J. Snow 33; 29, Mrs. Hannah Stuart 66.
1905
In the summer the Old Ladies' Home was given up for lack of funds to run it .- The Novelty Turning Company, under the manage- ment of W. C. Brown, was put in successful operation at Steep Falls. It is doing a good business at the present time (1922) .- J. G. Rich in his lifetime was a great hunter in the northern part of Oxford county. His widow, an inmate of the Old Ladies' Home, stated that her husband's diary showed that he had killed 73 bears, 60 moose, too many deer to count, several hundred wildcats and an innumerable number of beaver, otter, mink, muskrats and foxes .- Deaths: Jan. 3, Daniel Mckay 67; 4, Samuel Fessenden Stearns 73; 18, Louisa D. (Sawyer) Sanborn 91 nearly; 27, Cheri L. Paragard about 66; 31, Leroy L. Merriam 56; Feb. 12, Alfred Shattuck 83; 27, Hon. Joseph F. Stearns 63; Mar. 14, Mrs. Azel K. Bumpus 80; 12, Hezekiah Pin- gree 76; Apr. 9, Capt. Jonathan Whitehouse 92; Mar. 16, Utica, N. Y., Rev. W. W. Hooper 52; May 1, Lyman Durrell 77; 21, Mrs. Stephen L. Etheridge 62; 29, at Brunswick, Ernest W. Drake 35; Aug. 16 at Seattle, Washington, Mrs. Sabrina E. (Bradbury) Shedd 83; Sept. 2, John Wyman 67; 3, Wm. W. Fiske 95, oldest person in town, and at
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Togus, John W. Foley 71; Aug. 23, in Dedham, Mass., Chas. C. San- derson; Oct. 12, David W. Frost 80; Nov., Nancy Marshall 83; 19, Jane E. Kimball 78; Dec. 7, Woodstock, Chas. O. Godwin; Dec. 18, Fred H. Holmes 70.
1906
Brown tail moths made their appearance here in great numbers .- The Norway and Western Electric R.R. died a natural death, during the year .- Four sisters born in Norway and daughters of our first nail maker, Stephen Latham, were living in Mass., in January: Mrs. Abigail H. Littlefield 91, Mrs. Mary Jane Huntington 89, Mrs. Melinda W. Niles 87, and Mrs. Jeanette Loveland 82 .- Mr. Henry B. Foster purchased the Old Ladies' Home and made it his residence .- The residence of Edward F. Morse on Pike's Hill was burned May 1. It was a great loss to an old soldier of the Civil War. It was caused by a fire in the woods near, and under a high wind .- Judge C. F. Whitman gave the memorial address at South Paris, May 30. He was elected Clerk of the Courts for the third time in Sept .- V. W. Hills purchased the first automobile that was owned in Norway .- Moving picture shows first exhibited here this year .- Judge Herrick C. Davis of the municipal court declined a reappointment on account of age and infirmities, and William F. Jones was appointed .- The Dr. Thompson-Cummings suit to determine whether the outlet to the lake above the mill dam was a "floatable" stream was tried at the October term of the Supreme Judicial Court. It was decided that it was to a certain point below the "Taylor" boat-house .- Deaths: Jan. 9, Mrs. Lydia Winslow about 79; . 11, Casco, Joseph W. Parker 86 nearly; 29, Rev. Jabez E. Budden 73, a native of England; Sanford H. Walcott 67; Feb. 1, Auburn, Hosea H. Huntress 82; 10, Hanover, Mass., Mrs. Kate (Hobbs) Millett 37, interment in Norway; 22, Yarmouth, Abby L. (Ham) Horne; 28, Calais, Gen. Benj. B. Murray 78; Mar. 9, Lynn, Mass., John A. Keene 83; 17, Lynn, Ivers L. Witherell 85; 26, Miranda T. Sawyer 79; Apr. 5, Cornish, Norman Buck 41; 19, Mrs. Sarah E. Morse 70; 25, Lavinia Robbins 81; May 5, Mark Lucas 84; 6, Lucy E. Hall 77; 17, Henry Russell 83; June 9, Frank F. Stevens 76, and Sarah A. Holt 90; July 11, Geo. W. Stone 86; 16, Austin, Minn., Han- nah B. (Crockett) Noble 87; Sarah G. Brown 84; Aug. 9, Clinton Mills, 63; 4, Leominster, Mass., David F. Noyes 89; Sept. 19, Dr. Ser- villa A. Bennett 77; 19, Bethel, David Gorham 75; 25, Portland, Mrs. E. Ellen Clark 71; Nov. 14, Rollin Towne 76; 28, Lawrence, Mass., Victoria A. Whitmarsh 69.
1907
Dr. Lester H. Trufant of Auburn located here in the summer, in the practice of his profession .- Mr. and Mrs. Isaac A. Denison at Mechanic Falls, celebrated the 63rd anniversary of their wedding, April 23. Mr. Denison was born at Burke, Vt., June 18, 1820. He married Lauristine Bemis. They moved to Norway in 1849, where he was in trade for 26 years. Then they removed to Mechanic Falls. Two of their three daughters married Congregational clergymen .- Verne M. Whitman of Peterboro, N. H., delivered the memorial ad- dress here May 30 .- Miss Augusta H. French retired from school
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teaching on account of her parents' illness. She had been a teacher in the public schools for over 30 years. Later she obtained a teacher's pension from the state .- During a thunder shower in August, Eugene D. Millett was prostrated by lightning near a brook in his pasture, and for a time was unconscious. When he recovered he found himself on the other side of the brook. His right side was affected and the toes of his right foot were blackened, which showed that he had been struck. Probably his thorough drenching did much to prevent serious injury .- Deaths : Jan. 10, Chas. S. Carter 50; 17, Orin Tubbs 85; 29, Joe Holt 69; Feb. 7, Eveline Bartlett 82; Mar. 3, Jere D. Cra- gin 65; 13, in Phila., Pa., Wm. H. Whitcomb 67; 27, Boston, John A. Ordway 81; Apr. 1, Malden, John F. Devine 61; 16, John M. Cum- mings 66; 12, Brooklyn, N. Y., Donald B. Seitz, an only son, 8; May 3, Mary Ann (Irish) Rice 83; 5, Clara O. Foster 62; 15, Mrs. Alvin Brown 52; 18, Arthur L. Hutchins 26, drowned; 23, Josiah Stone 75; June 10, wife of Chas. S. Penley 64; 12, Keziah (Hill) Noble 94; B. Chaffin 78; July 10, Buckfield, Hosea Bonney 70; 11, Red Creek, N. Y., Philo S. Cherry 77; 25, Calvin Richardson 82; Aug., Jamaica Plain, Mass., Addie E. (French) Pierson 55; 24, Mrs. Sarah Crosby 79; 26, Mrs. Abigail Stone 75; Sept. 2, Providence, R. I., Angie F. (Shackley) Carpenter 56; Mrs. Joshua C. Yeaton 75; Oct. 2, Benj. Bacon 73; Nov. 3, Portland, Caleb C. Buck 74, Edwin Thompson 65, and Leonard A. Carter 76; Nov. 1, Rebecca Whidden 82; 11, in Lincoln, Neb., Daniel H. Young 74; Nov. 7, Swampscott, Mass., Geo. T. Crockett 40; 16, Arthur W. Frost 57; Dec. 2, Minneapolis, Minn., Ada A. Noble 60; 13, Rachel (Porter) Witt 83; 18, Kennebunk, Chas. C. Tebbetts 56; 22, Mrs. Calvin Shedd 80.
1908
Col. Fred E. Boothby of Portland, a native of Norway, was a can- didate for Governor this year. Bert M. Fernald of Poland was nomi- nated and elected .- Judge C. F. Whitman delivered the memorial ad- dress at Buckfield, May 30 .- There were over 40 cottages on the lake this year, with eighteen power boats .- Norway had, by the report of the highway commissioner, 85 miles of roads .- Rev. Edward S. Cotton in October resigned as pastor of the Baptist church society. This was greatly regretted by the society and the citizens of the village. He died in 1915 .- Deaths: Jan. 25, 1908, Dr. Augustus N. French 63; Feb. 2, Sebastian S. Smith 89; 13, Martin Lovejoy 79; Dorcas C. Barrows 77; 3, Wm. H. Hillier 75; 8, Theodore L. Webb 49, Mrs. Calista Richardson 74; 13, George E. Horr 68; Mar. 3, Geneseo, Ill., Octavia J. Parsons 77; 5, Harriet (Millett) Jackson 77; 6, Harriet Swett 78; 14, Mrs. Mary A. Gary 88; 25, Mark Pride 39; Apr. 11, Lucy J. Carter 78; Sophia M. Jones 88; 17, Miss Carrie Fiske 77; April 27, John F. Rice 83; 24, Albinus Bicknell 75; May 7, Elizabeth S. (Crockett) Blake 87, oldest woman in town; Apr. 29, at Baltimore, Md., Amos Packard abt. 80; May 2, Mrs. Eunice A. French abt. 70; 11, Wm. C. Cole 61; 8, Ethelyn A. (Cummings) Herrick 28, 8 mos. 6 ds .; 10, Betsey (Faunce) 'Greenleaf 81 yrs. 5 mos .; 18, Orin Kimball abt. 80; May 20, Stewartstown, N. H., Horace P. Churchill 71; June 28, Dorchester, Mass., Mrs. Cynthia H. (Crooker) Richmond
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76, interred in Pine Grove Cem .; Portland, Mrs. Christina Burnham, wid. Sumner Burnham 98 yrs. 4 mos., buried in Pine Grove; July 14, Elva A. (Caldwell) Cummings; Sept. 21, Sarah (Partridge) Cum- mings 69; 24, Mary A. (Merrill) Frost 68; Oct. 16, Caroline Davis 80; 26, Lewiston, Frank E. Tower 46, Amanda (Frost) Hobbs 77; Nov. 9, Chas. D. Noble 66; 18, Fred L. Young 80; 27, Mark Wetzler 75; Nov. 15, Otisfield, David L. Holden 65; Dec. 20, Ellen (Churchill) Gerry 70 nearly.
1909
Mrs. Clara (Ames) Hayden celebrated her 80th birthday Jan. 25. Every birthday thereafter was celebrated. She died April 28, 1922, past 93 .- Geo. W. Holmes was elected chairman of the selectmen in March .- A feeble attempt was made this year to resurrect the Nor- way and Western Electric R.R .- The Boston Post cane for the oldest man in town, was given to Peter B. Buck, a lineal descendant of Peter Buck-the first of the name to settle in Norway. He was about 90 years old. Mr. Buck died a year later and the cane went to Wm. H. Porter and at his death to Emerson Kilgore who now (1922) holds it. He is past 90 .- Geo. L. Curtis was chosen treasurer of the Norway Savings Bank to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Geo. E. Tubbs. The new Grange Hall-a fine building-was erected during the year on Whitman street .- Deaths: Jan. 4, Dea. Osgood Perry 83; 13, Phebe E. (Green) Russell 80 nearly; Feb. 4, Albany, Elvira (Judkins) Cum- mings 66; Mar. 5, Fishkill, N. Y., Edward J. Flood 61; Mar. 11, Isaac Newell Small 79; 19, Sarah H. Witt 55; 19, Lewis Lovejoy 85 nearly; 26, Wm. P. French 83 nearly; May 20, Brackett W. Marston 69; July 15, Mrs. Mehitable H. Damon 80; 24, Jamaica, N. Y. wid. Merrill J. Rowe 88; Aug. 20, at East Hebron, Josiah Jordan Fuller, 84, suicide; Sept. 6, Hannah E. (Gammon) Hill 55; Sept. 22, George E. Tubbs, treas. Savings Bank, 58; Sept. 20, in Saco, Dr. Clifford L. Pike 50; 9, So. Framingham, Mass., Orlando C. Houghton 78; 24, Mrs. Selden C. Foster 40; Oct. 7, Mrs. Priscilla Foster 74; 8, Mrs. Charlotte Frost 91; Nov. 28, Bolster's Mills, J. Colby Frost 75; 26, Mrs. Marcia B. Charles 87; 27, at Gardiner, Mrs. James L. Partridge abt. 89; Dec. 20, at Topsham, Frank C. Whitehouse 64; 17, Thomas A. Sawin 74; 26, Boston, Susan D. Crockett 67; 25, Columbus Richardson 75.
1910
Rev. Robert J. Bruce accepted a call as pastor of the Congrega- tional society in October .- Halley's comet made its appearance in the heavens in April. It could be seen for about three months. The last time it was seen before was in 1845 .- The ice went out of the lake April 5. Since 1899, the record showed the following dates of its disap- pearance: 1900, April 22; 1901, April 21; 1902, April 10; 1903, April 11; 1904, May 2; 1905, April 22; 1906, April 26; 1907, April 30; 1908, April 26, and 1909, April 27 .- C. F. Whitman was elected Clerk of the Courts for the 5th time .- Verne M. Whitman was elected principal of the high school at Laconia, N. H. He was then teaching at Milford, N. H. Laconia has since (1923) been his residence, having taught thirteen years there .- John A. Woodman sold the Beal's Tavern in April and retired from the hotel business .- Mr. and Mrs. Don C. Seitz
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on their trip around the world, were entertained in Japan in July, by Baron Shidahara .- Stuart W. Goodwin was census enumerator this year for the village and Gorge Robinson for the rural districts. There was in the village a population of 2215, and outside 787; total, 3002 .- Good skating on the lake in November and part of December .- Deaths: Jan. in Brookline, Mass., Claudius A. Noyes 90; 2, Bryant Pond, Andrew Hill 80; 17, Portland, Mrs. Thos. Smiley 53; Feb. 3, Frank R. Taylor 67; 5, Rev. Bates S. Rideout 56; Jan. 31, Mrs. Win- field S. Cordwell 71; Feb., So. Paris, Edwin Morgan 67; 10, Wallace D. Cole 70; Feb. 13, Hon. Herrick C. Davis in his 85th year; Feb. 9, Lucy M. (Felt) Davis 80; 18, Portland, Dr. Marcus F. Brooks 63; 18, Sarah M. Cole 61; 27, Geo. W. Locke 71; Mar. 8, Lewiston, Tim Smith 76 yrs. 4 mos. For many years hostler and all round man at the Elm House .- 20, Chas. F. Greenleaf; Apr. 17, Maria Pottle 72; May 19, Cambridge, Mass., Arthur E. Denison 62; June 5, Abby (Cox) Bosworth 68; 10, Harriet (Upton) Stevens 91; 15, Susan E. Libby 81; 22, Harlan S. Flint 66; 28, Alonzo B. Brickett 60; 28, in Buckfield, James B. Chaffin 66; July 2, Lavinia (Dunn) French 69; July, Swansea, N. H., Langdon W. Moore, Norway Savings Bank robber; he had quietly lived there about four years; 8, No. Stratford, N. H., Drusilla (Wiley) Danforth 77; she survived her husband 20 years; Aug., Orville W. Collins at So. Framingham, Mass., 55; left widow and two daughters by first marriage; Sept. 9, Allston, Mass., Chas. E. Freeman 52; 16, Soldiers Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., Gardner B. Boynton of Lynn; Sept. 23, Albert C. McCrellis 65; 28, Mrs. Angelia (Tucker) Favor 71; 24, in Los Gatos, Cal., Benj. H. Noble 77; Oct. 20, at Maine General Hospital, Amasa B. Robbins 68; Oct. 7, at Cliftondale, Mass., Gertrude (Hathaway) Briggs 50; Nov. 1, Lavinia B. (Ames) Holt 69; 26, Stephen H. Cummings 78; Dec. 9, Stephen Merrill 86; 17, Mrs. Walter E. Foss 48; Dec. 13, at Togus, Darius F. Pike 72.
1911
A postal savings bank system was installed at the post office during the summer. In September the people of the state voted on the proposition to change the constitution relating to the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. The vote in Nor- way was: yes, 216; no, 354. In the county: yes, 2472; no, 3804. In the state the no vote had about 300 majority. This section was actively canvassed and meetings were held by Rev. B. C. Wentworth, C. F. Whitman and others .- Deaths: Jan. 27, George Merrill 78; 27, Hudson, Mass., Barbara E. Buswell 85, interment in Norway; Feb. 19, Joseph A. Bradley 81; 22, Farmington, Albert H. Williamson 56; 18, Chas. F. Whitney 63; 25, Mrs. Harriet Damon 86; 25, Asenath (Hutchinson) O'Brien 78, interment in Pine Grove; Mar. 5, Ansel H. Cushman 81; 4, Mary T. Needham 85; 9, Chas. E. Holt 76; 18, Eliza- beth B. Tubbs 73; 19, Cyrus Woodsum 85; 9, in Los Gatos, Cal., Caro- line (Shedd) Noble 77; 21, Mary (Marston) Hall 85; 25, in Brook- line, Mass., Rowena (Cox) Noyes 86; Apr. 6, Hezekiah P. Stetson 74; in Poland, Chas. S. Everett 80, the last of 11 brothers, all born in Norway; his brother David had died 11 days before; 20, on town farm, David Holt 60; 24, Weston Frost 75; Apr. 9, Emily (Parsons) Sprinz
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69; Apr., in Hyde Park, Mass., Ella Waite Cobb 59; 28, in Lincoln, Neb., Henry Robie 73; May 1, Mrs. Callie (Burnham) Robie 72; 8, Auburn, Mrs. Florence Andrews 47; May, at Center Meredith, N. H., Mrs. Dorcas A. (Brown) Sanborn 85'; May 23, Mrs. Christine Stephens 64; 16, Bethel, Mary (Kimball) Gorham 80; 30 in Oshkosh, Wis., Joseph H. Porter 89; June 2, Peter B. Buck, holder of Boston Post cane; June 1, Arthur E. Norseworthy 49; 10, Leon Merle Wat- son, drowned, 17; 8, Mrs. Mary A. Whitney 88; 15, Marlboro, Mass., Jonathan S. Herrick 66; 25, Clara (Tuttle) Downing 53; 21, Nancy C. Gary 86; July 8, Milton H. Merriam 71; Aug. 14, New York, Rev. Wm. C. Stiles 60; Aug. 10, Frank M. Ross 68; 11, Diantha L. (Frost) Haskell 81; Sept. 3, Sarah P. Newhall 72; Oct. 5, Waterville, Sewell W. Pratt 79; 18, Lydia T. Fogg 83; Nov. 16, Fannie E. (Clark) Leavitt 52; Dec. 9, Clara H. (Dunham) Hathaway 73; 11, Horace Pike 63; 12, Roscoe Bradbury 68; 23, Susan A. Bonney 78.
1912
The political quarrel between Taft and Roosevelt, this year, came near destroying the republican party and the democrats elected their candidate for President and a majority of the lower house of Con- gress. There had been no break in September in Maine in these fac- tions and the republicans elected their state ticket .- The jury list was revised this year. Sixty names were put into the jury box .- Dea. Wm. H. Porter celebrated his 90th birthday, May 8, and Mrs. Miriam (Bisbee) Libby her 81st, Nov. 30 .- Deaths: Jan. 9, Dr. An- nette Bennett 53; 24, Mrs. Rebecca W. Knight 67; 29, in Lincoln, Neb., Sumner W. Burnham 67; he was 2nd Lieut. in Co. C 17th Me. from Norway; he had served in both house and senate in the Nebraska legislature; Mar. 9, Freeland Howe 78, result of falling on the ice and breaking hip bones. He had been in the insurance business (coming here from Sumner) for 59 years; 9, Adam Kinsley 76; 10, Cordelia (Watson) Grover 83; 28, Fernald Y. Sawyer 71; 22, Med- ford, Mass., Chas. E. Dunn 74; 19, Mrs. Otto Schnuer 63; Apr. 19, James K. French 67; 28, Sarah (Shackley) Bartlett 69; May 8, Geo. A. Cole 69; 29, Portland, Eben Marston 86; June 12, Ella A. (Ben- nett) Noyes 56; 8, Portland, Dr. Warren R. Evans 76; 16, Orin Brown 65; July 3, Chas. W. Dinsmore, a Civil War soldier, 73; 2, Somerville, Mass., wid. Geo. W. Millett 78; 7, Isannah J. Judkins 72; 9, Sylvia M. Bennett, following a surgical operation; 16, wid. Emeline (Stevens) French 79; 27, Abijah A. Reed 86, suicide; Aug. 8, wid. J. E. Budden 85; Sept. 20, Salem, Mass. Hospital, Wm. W. Twombly 67; Nov. 20, Lilla Maud (Meserve) Favor 42; Dec. 19, W. Scott Part- ridge 65; 21, Gerald Thompson 22, drowned while skating on the lake; Dec. 25, in Portland, Frank E. Bell 54; 20, Jonathan Star- bird 76.
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