The Somerset reporter., 1900-01-04
TOWN and VICINI'

ii. ID. Patterson mas Deen In P0rtl
tAis week on business trip.
Mr.. William Ellis of Walpole. M
b visiting the family Of l.. B. Jeweti
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Washbl
visited friends in Portland, this weeI
Mrs. Chas. K. Partridge Of Augu
h visiting her sister, Mrs. e. ). Prese
Cream dates, cream walnuts, stu
dates, 19c per pound at the Delano Ga
Store, Saturday. M
Bert Hilton has a job running a b,
ing engine for one of the ice compa
below Augusta.
Misses Hannah Page and Berle
Walton attended the Raderewski reciti
Portland, Wednesday.
Members of Russell Post will rem
Der the supper given them Friday, !.
9th, ut G. A. R. Hall by Russell RI
Corps. M
Mrs. Whipple of Bangor, has lei
he Sanitarium building of DR.. Cor
and will open it for boardels at an 81
date. e
Skowhegan druggists are to close Il
places of business four evenings a VI
during the remainder of the winter
7.30 o'clock.
Miss Beatrice Foss, who has b
passing the holidays with her pare
U. L. Foss and wife, returned to Wa
vile, Tuesday.
Mrs. Ann Stinchfleld left home, W
nesday morning for Boston, wheree
will pass the remainder of the wir
With her daughter.
Chas. B. Dodge, of the real estatef
of Dodge & Draper, Boston, has been
town, this week, on brief visit to-
father, B. F. Dodge.
The Bowdoin Paper Mfg. Co. W
1000 cords of four foot spruce pulp wi
at once to be delivered at the Richas
mill In this place.
L. L. Morrison Is on a business trip,
Portland, this week, in the interest
sho new rug mandatory recently str
cd by him in this place.
A dance was to have been given
4ilburn Hall, Monday evening, bye
dozen or more college young men, %
were home on vacation, but owingo
she severe snow storm it was given III
The Illness of C. M. Barnard toa
severe turn for the worse on Thursg
VI last week, and for time grave fes
we're entertained as to the outcome, t
he rallied Friday and now is conva-
sing fast.
The annual meeting of the Skowhen
Manufacturing Company was held II.
day, at which officers for the year we
were elected, viz: L. w. Weston, i.
8. Steward, j. P. Merrill, A. G. Bit.
". a. Fuller, directors; L. w. West,
president; Frank r. Steward, clerk I'd
treasurer.
Mrs. Philbrick of Augusta, Grai
Chief of Honor was in town, Monty
night and installed the newly elecd
officers of Woodbine Lodge, D. of Eta
list of whom were published In the D.
PORTER Of last week. Following thel-
stallation exercises refreshments W
served.
A large electric clock termed 3e
sub-master" has recently been put 10
the telegraph office 10 this place With
will set and wind the electric clocksn
the jewelry stores In town and In Ae
railroad station. Heretofore the viii.
ing has been done from Boston and Nv
were set only once in twenty-four hoe;
BY the change the clocks are set houF.
The Bowdoin Paper Mfg. Co. of
Brunswick have leased from the ss-
signees the pulp mill of the Richais
Paper Co., in this place for one ysr,
dating from Jan. 1st. Mfr. F. r. Hl-
brick, who has offlciated So successfully
as superintendent of this mill for seval
years past will remain in the same csa-
city under its new management.
The remains of Mrs. j. r. Curtis, whoe-
Gently died In Corinna, were broughito
Skowhegan, Monday, and depositedin
the tomb. Mrs. Curtis was knownto
many of our people here as Mrs. Tholas
Pratt and she spent some time 9TH
friends here in past years. The beresed
husband, two dau ghters, Mrs. vihn
Nutter of Biddeford and Miss FlorSce
Pratt Of Corinna, and a family fried,
Mrs. W. P. Burri1l of Corinna, aeon.
panied the body, returning to teir
several homes, Tuesday.
The sign over the entrance to Ihe
we'll known hardware store of Ale.
Blunt for nearly 30 years past, Ind
which had done service for the firms of
J. P. Blunt & Son first and later for Dat
nrm's successor, A. G.. Blunt, has ben
replaced this week by new one reading
The Blunt Hardware Co." The INV
hrm is composed of Col. A. G. Blunt a1d
his son J. W. The incoming member of
The new firm is not stranger by any
means to the large number of patrons Of
The late firm, having served faithful
and thoroughly far bill
arized himself with the hard ware btsi-
less Ia this same store of which he now
las become partner.