The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-10-10
New millinery every day at Curtis


Special sale of corsets at Heselton's.
Friday and Saturday are opening days
at Miss Withee's.
Miss Julia Folsom passed Sunday with
relatives at Augusta.
Try. G. R. Fogg's bronchial tablets,
they will relieve and cure.
Mrs. George H. Plshon is visiting with
friends in Boston and Haverhill, Mass.
House to rent on East Front ST., en-
quire of Miss Annie Barbeau, Skowhegan.
One of those enjoyable dances ia
Grange Hall will be given, Saturday
evening.
Mrs. John Provincial left home, this
morning, to visit relatives in Lawrence,
Mass.
A. X. Butler, Esq. returned, Saturday
evening, from professional trip to
Tennessee.
j. P. Oak has been passing few days
of the present week at his old home in
Dexter and at Garland.
David Haig, designer at the Anderson
Wooden Mills, is on business trip to
New York city, this week.
Mr.. Alvah Berry left, Tuesday, for
Bigelow where.he will cook this winter
in one of the camps of the Crockertown
Lumber Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. Smith, Mrs. Grace
Coburn Smith and Master Charles at
tended the Archer-Mayo wedding at
Fairfield, yesterday.
There will be a harvest dinner at the
Congregational vestry, Friday, Oct. 18th,
from II 80 to l o'clock, % cts. Supper
from 8 80 to 7, Is cts.
Frank NJ. Kilgore, who has recently
engaged with the Union Mutual Insur
ance Co., is in town, this week, the guest
of DR.. Cora M. johnson.
Remember the concert and ball at The
Pines, this evening. Music for the con-
cert is furnished by the Forrester's
banjo, mandolin and guitar club, and
dance music by Lees orchestra.
Miss Frances Stevens returned to
Skowhegan, Monday, after visit of
several weeks with her sister, Mrs. A.
II. Noyes, Peabody, Mass. She resum-
ed her position as saleslady in w. 2.
Ordway's.
"rhe Good News of God"-subject of
sermon at the Universalist Church,
Sunday morning. Sunday school at y
and evening social service at o'clock.
A cordial invitation to strangers or those
without a church home.
Hon. c. A. Marston, who underwent
an operation at the Maine General
Hospital at Portland, few weeks ago
for appendicitis, has so far recovered as
to be able to make the trip home, arriv-
ing Friday of last week.
An addition has been made to the
music of the evening service of the NJ.
E. Church in the shape of $50 Penta-
costal Hymns, Nos. l and 2, bound in
cloth. They will be used for the first
time on Sunday evening.
See all fairs but don't miss the fair TO
be held by East Madison Grange in their
hall, Saturday, Oct. 10Th. Day and
evening. All the attractions of modern
show, with continuous stage perform
ance. Meals at all hours Nothing to
get in but all you bring with you to get
out.
| Mrs. E. F. Russell has night bloom
ing cereus that is one of the grandest
plants of that variety, hereabouts. 1t
has boomed six times within the last
three months, the last time, Monday
night of this week, a large number of
friends being present to witness the
beautiful opening,
| We are pleased to learn that business
at the shoe factory is increasing and
that they are putting on new help in the
stitching room daily. This is a good
opportunity for girls in Skowhegan and
the surrounding towns to find steady
employment for the winter. Early
applicants will secure good places.
Hon. D. II. Bartlett has sold his stand,
the Fletcher store, buildings and stock
In trade, to H. d. Patterson and K. L.
Goodrich who will continue the business
and we expect will extend 1t consider
ably. Mr.. Bartlett has occupied this
store for niue years and prior to that
was in business in Harmony and Athens,
starting in the former town in the year
1858. He is truly veteran merchant.
The store at 80 Water street is to be
opened on Saturday next by j. H. Wood
& Co., formerly of Augusta. The store
is to have two departments, one side to
be occupied by Mr.. Wood with a jewelry
stock he being a eweller of several
years experience; the other side Of the
store will contain stock of novelty and
toilet articles, with Christmas goods in
their season, this department being
under the supervision of Mrs. Wood.
See ad elsewhere
Services at the Methodist Church next
Sunday, as usual. The subject of the
morning sermon will be, 1.-THE Suprem-
acy of the Bible" The subject OF the
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