The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-12-22
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N0rridgewOck.
Il ready for Christm arp

All ready for Christmas?
Tho regular meeting of Somerset
Orange occurs this evening.
The Village Improvement Society met
with Mrs K. II Vaughn on Friday after
aeon of last week Cake and Cocoa was
served by the hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs / A. Smith of Auburn
have been spending few days visiting
friends here during the past week
Mr. <. r. Wetlerbee returned from
Boston Monday, where lac has been
spending few days on business.
r. A. Whitney has been in Oakland
This week working in the Somerset Rail
road Offices.
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Ketchum returned
from their wedding trip last week. For
the next few months Mrs Ketchum will
remain with her parents while her hus-
band is travelling for the Sherwln, Will
liaEns Paint Co.
NrJ. Frye was in town last week
hooking after business interests. lie
sold his hay to Miller K Brackley who
now have press in the barn pressing it
Tor shipment.
The Sawyer water supply has stopped
running and all the people on that ser
vice are busy as carriers of water II not
~ hewers of wood.
Mrs. X. w Brown, milliner of Skow-
hogan, has some special bargains TO offer
ut her new rooms directly over her for
msr store.
The second rank WAS conferred in
Echo Lodge K of p. on Tuesday even
ing of this week There will be work 10
sither the second or third rank at their
regular meeting of next week.
DIR W. r. Brown returned from Bos-
aon Monday of this week. During his
absence he visited In Boston, Somerville,
Dorohester, Marblehead, salem, Paw
aackst, and Providence.
Mrs. Sara Frederic will leave this week
70 spend few months with her sister in
Gray, Maine.
There is more trouble in view for US
The brown tailed moth is working this
way. The University of Maine has is
saed bulletin and danger warning,
eopies of which can be had for the ask
ing.
Mr. K. s. Miller has sold his standing
aamber on the Nicholas Miller place to
George Harlow.
Saturday evening will be devoted to
Christmas festivities In both churches
The children of the Sunday schools have
been at work for some time rehearsing
for the cantatas and it is expected that
these will be of very interesting ma
tnre The general public are cordially
invited TO avail themselves of the rise of
shs trees for the distribution of their
presents.
The fair held in the Baptist vestry on
Wednesday evening of last week was a
Touser. The room was beautifully ar
ranged with booths along both sides and
one end where all kinds of fancy and
useful articles were on sale. Special
features were introduced in the fortune
telling line. The receipts were 1922 so
Miss Nina Hussey spent sunday with
reIatives in " atervile.
Mrs. Rose M. Haywood is spending
abort time visiting her sister, Mrs A. NJ.
Watson, at her home In Boston, she was
accompanied by Master Bert McKenney.
The third degree will be conferred in
Quinne basset Lodge | o. o. +. next
Monday evening
The alarm for the Skowhegan fire was
heard here, last week, at the time when
tho Coburn hall was burned Eddie
Whiting of this place, who holds a posi-
ton under the government as mail car
risr at Skowhegan, came near meeting
with serious accident during the pro-
grsss of the fire, he was busy carrying
out articles from the stores and hall
when timber fell and knocked his head
through the glass of one Of the doors
Had the door been of solid wood he
would have doubtless been severely in
Jared