The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-11-13
TOWN and VICINITY
1903 Almanacs at Buckram's.

Z. C. Taylor went to Portland, Wed.
nesday.
Hot coffee and light lunch to order at
Delano's.
j. P. Oak was in Waterville on busi-
ness, yesterday.
Polly's Secret sells like hot cakes at
Bucknam's drug store.
Christian Science, Sunday morning
service, 80 Water st. All are welcome.
Skowhegan Lodge, X. of P. will con.
fer the page rank at the castle hall, this
evening.
New patterns In drapery silks, suitable
for fancy bags, pillow covers, etc., at
C. J. Williams.
Noah Kendall with his wife and young
son are visiting for few days this week
with relatives in Franklin county.
Mrs. Samuel Skillings returned this
morning to Portland after a few days
visit here with relatives and friends.
H. Wentworth has closed his house on
Norridgewock Ave, and with his family
has taken rooms for the winter at Hotel
Heselton.
II you want anything In fur from a
cheap neck piece to an Alaskan seal coat,
attend the opening at w. H. Wildes',
next Thursday.
Mrs. Augustine Fowler, accompanied BY
her daughter, Mrs. Bert Webb, is pass
ing the week at the home of her
youngest daughter, Ethel, in Portland.
The death of Mrs. Marian Fairbrother
at nearly SO years of age, leaves Mr..
Oliver Walker the oldest person in town.
He was 95 years of age January 10th,
last.
The meeting Of The Town Improve
gational vestry, Friday afternoon, Nov.
14th, at $50 o'clock. Please notice
change of time and place.
Mrs. Morris Gledhill, who has been
visiting her parents here several week,
left for her new home at Knoxville,
Tenn, Wednesday morning, accompan-
led by Miss Edith Gledhill.
T. A. Wood has purchased of Mrs. w.
r. G, Estes fine building lot situated
Just west of E. F. Russell's residence on
Leavitt street, upon which he will build
house another spring.
George H. Pshon, Somerset county's
hay merchant, at present has five hay
presses at work In different sections.
This week he is getting quantity of
hay in Hartland ready for shipment.
The ladies of the Social Circle will
hold sale of useful and fancy articles
in the vestry of the M. E. church on
Monday afternoon and evening, Nov. II.
Chicken pie supper will be served from
5 tot.
The artistic posters put out to ad-
vertise the high school Ministries are
the handiwork of Grover Green, the
sixteen year old son of Chas. W. Green,
and are the cause of much favorable
comment upon this young mans ability
in this line.
The Whalom Park Opera Co., have
appeared in Coburn Hall the first three
evenings of the present week, giving
performances that were far superior to
most travelling companies, and that de-
served much larger audiences than were
accorded them.
Mrs. A. J. Bernard accompanied her
daughter, Miss Edith to Portland, last
week, where the young lady underwent
an operation for appendicitis. Mrs.
Bernard returned home Monday night
and reports that the operation was
most successful and that Miss Edith
was getting along grandly.
At the First Baptist Church on Sun
will be "CheerfuIness." In the evening
"God and His Great Love-" At the
Roll Call on Friday night, Rev. H. M.
Ives of Fairfield will be present to speak
at 7.30 O'Clock. Members of the church
and congregation as we'll cordially invit-
ed to be present.
Norris Cleveland, driver of free rural
delivery No. 4, Is the first one here to
purchase one of the mail wagons espe-
cially adapted for his business, and one
that has been approved by the inspec-
tors. This affords him chance to carry
stamps, postals, etc, in fact anything to
supply the rural trade, and is really a
post-offiee on a smaller scale. They
ought to be much appreciated and in
time will be in use by all the drivers.
Steward Bros, the Island Millers,
have commenced numbering operations
upon piece of farm property which
they own in Cornville, and at present
have crew of twelve men employed.
The lumber is about equally divided
between spruce, pine, hemlock and cedar,
they intend cutting about 560,0 IT. this
season. Work has been commenced also
by them portable mill on the scene
of these operations to convert this lum-
Der into building dimensions.
The department of homemade food
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