The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-11-17
TOWN and VICINITY.

Domestic sage at SIMPSONS.
sewall Dinsmore of Boston, was In
& town Saturday.
Dr. W. F. Brown of So. Norridge-
A wock, WAS 10 town Saturday.
New mixed nuts, lbs. 25c at
& Delano's; any kind 1219clb.
A. B. Calden went to Madison, where
. he has situation in the bakery there.
Dr. F. S. Bigelow went to Boston
saturday afternoon, returning Tuesday.
Use n Universal Food Chopper when
making mtnee meat. Blunt sells them.
i l.. l.. Walton, Esq, made a profess
sonal trip TO Waterville and Augusta,
q Monday.
Norman Bassett, Esq, of Augusta,
has been 10 town few days on legal
s. business.
Mrs. II. Vert of yiav Company left
& here, Monday, for Pittsfeld to advance
her work there.
Miss Anna Sheean has removed her
dressmaking business to the rooms over
y Doran d Woods store.
C. A. Fairbrother has secured situa-
& ton as night clerk at Hotel Heselton and
f has entered upon his duties.
Mr.. L. L. Millett, representing the
4 Daily Sun, Lewiston, was in town, last
< week and called at this office.
q Mrs. Roswell Taylor, who has been in
town several weeks on a visit to her
z mother, Mrs. Albert Fuller, returned
home, Tuesday.
Earl w. Harmon left home for Shaw's
Commercial college, Portland, Monday
morning, where he will pursue his stud
les during the winter.
Mr.. A. W. Grassy, special agent of the
New England Telephone Company, was
in town, Saturday, looking after the
4 business of the company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cannon, accom-
panied by Mrs. NJ. j. Allen went to Fair
field, Tuesday, to attend the funeral of
Heman Cannon, brother of Henry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah c. Kendall of Oak
land, California, who are visiting rela-
tives here for few weeks, left yester-
day afternoon for Dexter, where they
will remain few days.
Russell Post will hold campfire,
/ Friday evening, Nov. 18Th, Wildes Camp
4 S. of V. and Russell Relief Corps are in
4 yted. Supper at $50. Entertainment
+ will be provided for later in the evening.
The first regular passenger train on
4 the Washington County road left Calais
at 8 a. m. Monday morning. Miss
4 Blanche Tantish of our town had the
f pleasure of being the first lady passen-
ger to leave Calais.
1t is interesting to think of the many
dainty novelties, for Christmas, that can
/ be made with piece of chamois and a
| little sachet powder, such as is shown
. in the window of c. w. Folsom, the
prescription druggist. He has all odors.
In the past few years number of
women commercial travellers have visited
Skowhegan to drum up trade, but last
week we had one with line little out
+ of the ordinary. 1t was salt and this
lady WAS Miss A. G. Farnum of Boston.
Skowhegan boys take their share of
college honors if they may not shine as
football artists. This time it is Fred F.
Lawrence, Colby 1900, and he has been,
awarded the highest honor, the first part
in his class 10 the senior exhibition, the
Greek part, because of his leading his
class in the two first years in the
languages.
The last football game to be played in
Watervile, this season occurred Satur-
day afternoon, when Bowdoin defeated
Colby II to 0. Quite number attended
the game from Skowhegan among them
being Hon. c. A. Marston, Forrest
Goodwin, J. w. Blunt, H. j. Woodbury.,
Howard Maddocks, Bert Avore, Robert
Simpson and Fred Locke.
r. II. Anderson, one of the directors
Of the Somerset Traction company, has
been elected by the board of directors,
general manager of the road and has as
sumed the duties of that position. Gen.
R. B. Shepherd, president of the COM
pany, has thus far had the management
of the road both in its construction and
running, to its great advantage, as it is
in excellent shape and doing a good
business, but with his other business
affairs he found further occupancy of
the place too laborious and combining,
and the election of Mr.. Anderson as