The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-10-09
Wood choppers wanted at once at
Steward Bros Island mills.

WOOD choppers wanted at once at
Steward Bros Island mills.
John Holden of Moose River was tran
saeting business, in town yesterdays
Joe Roderick and David Vigue are on
hunting trip in Dead River region.
Wilkie Clark is on a hunting trip in
Moosehead region, leaving here, Monday
afternoon.
Chester Il. Mills, Esq, went to
Waterville on profes sonal business,
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Anderson and
Miss Zaidee Morrison went to Portland,
Monday afternoon, to attend the musical
festival.
Mrs. John Higgins fell down the cellar
stairs, Tuesday evening, breaking her
collar bone and otherwise bruising her
considerably.
Mrs. Everett A. Banks returned to her
home at Belfast, Tuesday afternoon,
after an enjoyable visit with her mother,
Mrs. Mary H. Hilton.
Mrs. F. S. Sampson, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f. G.
Varney, left town, Thursday, for her
home in Penn Yam, N. Y.
DR.. Cora NJ. johnson went to Boston,
Tuesday morning, to attend the conveu-
ton of the American Institute of HON.
eopathy, as the Maine delegate.
Archie L. Weston, accompanied by
Will Drury, Of Scion was in Mayfeld on
a hunting trip, last week, returning
home, Friday. with $50 Id. buck.
Harry Hilton, agent of the American
Express Co. at Waterville, passed a
portion of his vacation, here, this week,
with bis mother, Mrs. Mary Fl. Hilton.
This seasons pack at the Skowhegan
factory of the Portland Packing Co.,
was finished up on Saturday last and
consisted of 100000 cans of succotash
aud $4,000 cans of beans.
Skowhegan is represented at the Maine
Federation of Women's Clubs at Lewis
ton, this week by Mrs. B. F. Eaton, Mrs.
C. D. Miller, Mrs. Belle Small, Mrs. Nell
Leavitt, Mrs. R. I, Patten, Mrs. W. R.
Clifford, Miss Louise A. Coburn and Miss
Gertrude Weston.
Mrs. Stella Dosavon and daughter of
Kennebec Road, Canada, who have been
passing some weeks in Central Maine,
visited with friends here from Saturday
until Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. DON
aeon formerly resided here and this was
her first visit since leaving, twenty.
seven years ago.
Chas. R. Cook, agent of the American
Express Co., leaves this noon for New
Brunswick where he will pass a vaca-
ton of several weeks, and before again
returning to his work will visit in Massa-
chusetts cities. w. B. Pillsbury Of
Biddeford will offlciate in that capacity
during Mr.. Cooks absence.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Marston Worsted Mills
was held on Tuesday evening last, at
which all the stock was represented.
We learn the report of the past years
business was most gratifying. After
much of the routine business had been
transacted an adjournmet was made
until morning and during the interven.
ing time between the two sessions r. T.
Patten and Herbert Wentworth received
an offer for their holdings of stock at a
figure so gratifying that they decided to
sell, the transfer being made to Hon. c.
A. Marston. Later Col. A. G. Blunt
purchased from Mr.. Marston a block of
his holdings. At the adjourned meeting
held Wednesday forenoon c. E. Young
was elected secretary to succeed Mr..
Wentworth and Col. A. G. Blunt, treas
urer to succeed Mr. Patten.