Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-22
STATE NEWS.
KENNEBEC.
WEEKS MILLS.

Media Banks spent i ueSday OF last
week in Augusta, with her sister Mary,
who is attending Cony High school.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Choate are glad to see them back
again after an absence of several
months.
Daisy Davis is on the sick list.
Master Harry Reed has been con-
fined to the house the past week with
a bad cold.
Mrs. ]. F. Plummer has returned
from Augusta, where she has been
caring for her niece, Mrs. Henry Par
menter, who has been seriously i'll.
All are pleased to see w. w. Hisler
about town again.
Mrs. G. W. Weeks has been spending
a few days with her son, II. ]. Weeks
Miss Edith Trask and Will Grady
were invited in marriage, Jan. 3, by
Rev. G. w. Weeks.
Mrs. B. w. Giddings of Augusta,
was called here last week, by the seri-
Gus illness of her mother.
SOUTH VASSALBORO.
Robert Stone of Oak Grove Semi
nary, was a guest at A. c. Browns
over Sunday.
Fred Andrews of FoxborO, Mass,
and mother, Mrs. ID. c. Rice, are WISH
tors at ]. p. Twitchelrs.
Miss Rose Lamson and Mrs. B. F.
Plaisted, were guests at Warren LAM
sons Sunday.
Mrs ]. F.. Small and daughter, re-
turned from New Hampshire, last
week, after a few days visit with
relatives.
1t would seem from the looks of
Three Mile pond on Saturday. that the
law passed to prohibit fishing through
the ice for pickerel only on Saturdays,
advertised the pond instead of de-
creasing the amount of fishing, as it
was well covered with fishermen.
CHELSEA.
Residents on the Stafford road are
finding some fault on account of being
suddenly cut off from the rural free
delivery of mail. having enjoyed the
privilege only about three months, the
reason is that in storms the road is not
properly broken out 50 the carrier can
get through. He now only goes as far
as the w. T. Searles place. This is on
the Route No. from Gardiner.
! Miss Villa Knight of Gardiner, was
the guest of Miss Linda Thompson sew
eral days.
Miss Zelma Knox and Percy Knox of
Gardiner, spent Sunday with their
I ,lpo &c Nr w
George Corbin, first mate of the
steamer Kennebec, came up from Bath,
Saturday, to spend Sunday with his
family.
A. E. Collins of Gardiner, spent Sun
day with his mother, Mrs. Mary J.
Collins.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. f. Farnham Of Au-
gusta, spent Sunday with his mother,
Mrs Julia A. Farnham.
| The Misses Pearl Cook and Agnes
Lancaster of Gardiner, were guests of
Miss Bernice Watson, last week.
Miss Nellie M. Luce spent a few days,
| last week, with Augusta friends.
RIVERSIDE.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira f. Ellis, Miss Ina
| Ellis and Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Nichols
attended a school exhibition in Au-
gusta, in what is called the Fletcher
district. last Friday evening. They
called it a nice entertainment.
Gustavus Sawtelle of Sidney, was
here last Wednesday.
Mrs. George Burnham of Farming
dale was a visitor to her brother and
-iS no In OF NNnlnncdav
| Mr.. and Mrs. l.. d. Wentworth are
visiting friends at Windsor.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. H. Fossett gave a
whist party last Monday evening. The
first prizes were won by w. P. Bailey
and Mrs. J. II. Reed; the second by J.
| II. Reed and Mrs. H. p. Halves,
while the BOBBY prizes were captured
by II. p. Halves and Mrs. A. S. Trott.
Last Saturday evening a whist party
was given by Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Dun
lap when J. II. Reed and Miss Edith
Farwell We're the winners of the LIST
prizes. while the BOBBY prizes fell to
Mrs. J. II. Reed and H. r. Fossett.
H. l.. Edwards, agent for the Will
liams Manufacturing Co., Portland,
was at Z. l.. Bakers one day last
week and purchased his pine lumber.
The sale amounts to about thousand
dollars.
Mrs. Ira Ellis, noticing crab apple
tree budded, an unusual occurrence this
time of year, broke two small branches
| off and put them in water. The result
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