The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-09-10
TOWN and VICINITY


Mrs.. 2. b. Salley of Skowhegan, at
tended the State Fair at Lewiston
Mrs. Chas Moody has returned from
s visit al Diamond Island, Casco Bay
Novelty dress goods, new fall shades
De up 1t W. H. Wildes'.
6. I. Bowden of Hartlaud, who
formerly resided here. was in town ovel
sunday.
Mis-, {. Z. Burrill has returned to her
dress making and is ready to receive hel
customers.
Mrs. J. NJ. Salley spent the past week
in LeHiston visiting her friends and the
STATE fair.
Mrs Chas. Gray of Gardiner who had
been visiting at the home of y. G. Ord
way, returned Saturday.
Mrs James Nichols of Eidington ar
rived in town, Saturday, the guest of
her son, q. +. Knowlton.
w. Rev. L. II. Copeland will preach next
sunday morning from John S: 2S-29.
Subject, Loyalty to the Spirit."
The c. c. c. c. meet with Mrs. f. ..
sawyer at her cottage at Madison lake,
saturday next. Members are to take the
1915 A. VI. ear.
There will be a Republican Mass meet
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with speaking in French and English.
III are invited.
MIS-. NJ. a. Whitney, who has been
passing the summer months with her
people in this vicinity. left for her home
in Elgin, H., yesterday.
Rev. B. c. Wentworth will preach at
Cornvile Center, next Sunday afternoon
at o'clock. He announces as his sub
lect Good Citizenship.
The voting in Skowhegan, Monday
next, will be all in one place, Coburn
Hall. The polls open at 5 O'Clock a. m. ,
and close at 5 o'clock p. N.
MI w It. cNdn VI DoSlOn, Cdlllt u
town Monday to Join his wife, who has
been with her mother, Mrs. Benz
Stinchfield. for some weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theron r. Houghton and
daughters, Maud and Glady, from
Arkansas City, Kansas, are visiting their
relatives, Mr. and Mrs. n. II. Swift.
Miss Cora Baker, who has been in
charge of the Bingham drug store of
Bixby Il Buck during the summer has
returned to Skowhegan, for brief visit.
Mrs. Joseph l.. Steward and her two
children arrived home, last Thursday,
from Peel, New Brunswick, where she
has been spending the summer with her
parents.
Figured black mohair skirts, Sl.9S at
W II. Wildes'.
The attention of the pew owners of
the High st. Christian church, is called
t. an adjourned meeting to be held in the
yestry of said church. Monday evening,
Sept. II, at I o'clock.
The selcctmen will be in their office in
toburn block, Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday Sept. 10, / and l. to revise the
voting list. New names cannot be put
in the list after Saturday.
We learn that G. II. Boarlman has
not gone out of the coal business on dis
solving with d. W. Lewis. but will very
soon receive cargo of as fine coal as
was ever shipped to this place.
Priscilla Rebekah Lodge No. 90, |. O.
o. +. will resume work, Tuesday evening
Sept. Is. Members of the degree staff
are requested to meet at Odd Fellows
hall Saturday evening, Sept. Il. for drill.
We We're visited by quite heavy frost
on Friday night of last week. and it was
feared at first that it had done much
damage to the sweet corn crop, at that
time nearly ready for the factory, iuiur-
ing about one-third, but later reports are
to the Effect that the damage will be
much less.
The low rate Of Sl00 is made by the
Maine Central Railroad to the Reed
meeting at Pittsfield, Friday afternoon.
Leave on the l2.55 train and return in
the early evening. The Somerset
Traction Company will sell tickets over
its line to connect with the Pittsfeld
train for % cts, making the fare from
Madison to Pittsfield and return SIPS.
The Democratic Rally in Coburn Hall,
Saturday evening, drew together good
large audience OF course there were
many Republicans present. The audi
ence staid well until Mr. Frank had con-
eluded his speech of more than an hour
and half but, although Mr. Scott's
speech was a red hot one, the audience
dwlndled considerably until the close of
The meeting. Mr.. Howard Neaton pre-
sided
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