The Somerset reporter., 1904-09-08
TOWN and VICINITY
Have you seen the new fall hats at

mats,
Miss Lord leaves, this week, Friday
for weeks visit to the New York milf
merry openings.
f. 2. Yies went to Gardiner to-day
on business pertaining to next winter
numbering operations.
Mss Ida NJ. Cummings Of Lewiston IL
visiting her uncle and aunt MI and Mrs
J P Thompson on Winter street.
Mrs. Ernest Savage OF Fairfield ar
rived, yesterday, to be the guest OF MI
and MIS-. B. F. Webb for several days.
Miss Mary Eaton departed for Boston,
Monday Morning, after a vacation OF
several weeks passed with friends in
Skowhegan and Scion.
Green 4 Barnard Shoe Co. are to give
a box Of Bakers chocolates to every lady
trading at their store, Saturday and
Monday, sept. 10 and z.
Miss Leach who had been the guest Of
her uncle, DR.. Z. H. Stevens, at Bloom
field Farm, returned to her home in
Cambridge, yesterday noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. I. Titon, who have
been passing the summer at the farm
home of his mother on the Norridge-
wock road, left for Bangor, Monday.
Mrs. Kincaid has returned from ten
days trip to New York and has charge
of the trimming department in Miss
Withee's store during the latters absence.
There will be special car from Madi-
son, tonight, after the Socialist flag
raising and torch light parade. If rainy
the parade will be held on Friday night.
Davis & Marston sent their first crew
from this place to Roach River, this
morning. They will begin numbering
for that company the first of next week.
Geo. D. Pierce with his wife and
children is passing his vacation In town
Mr.. Pierce has been a member OF the
Bangor police force for the past eight
years.
The fifth summer meeting of the Town
Society will occur, Friday
afternoon at 2.30 o'clock,
at the home of Mrs. William Doran,
East Front street.
The many friends of Moses A. Parker
will be gratified to know that he is grad
ually recovering the use of his limbs and
he has been able to walk out for short
distances, recently.
John Holland returned home, yester-
day, from Canada, where he had been
making an extended visit. Mrs. Hol-
land, who had been at Mouse Island
during the summer, arrived home, last
week.
The Anderson and Marston Mills, the
Shoe Factory and most of the other large
industries of the town closed their works
on Labor Day while nearly all the stores
closed at noon. Otherwise the day WAS
not generally observed In Skowhegan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gridley R. Fogg attend
ed the annual meeting Of the Fogg
family at Portland last week. There
were about 100 present from Maine and
other states. Gridley r. was elected
one of the vice presidents of the associa-
ton.
Robert Lord, Earl Smith and Bin
Page left here, yesterday morning, on
their motorcycles for short trip 10 the
Province of Quebec. They go first to
the city OF Quebec by way Of Bingham
and Jackmsn and may extend their
journey to Montreal.
Melzlr G. Weston arrived here by the
morning train, Monday. Mr.. Weston
has been in Corinna, Me. a large portion
OF the time for the past few years but
elects to retain legal residence in Show
hogan and to cast his vote here, which
he purposes to do, Monday next.
Brace l. Lawley for some years EN-
ployed at hospital in Tewksbury, Mass.
is passing his vacation In town with his
parents. Mr.. Lawley follows the call
ing of professional nurse and for over
year past, has had the care of young
man In private family In Tewksbury,
who is a confirmed invalid.
Geo. 2. Goodwin was among the ar
rivals last evening. He had been for
several months at Debsconeag, near Mt
Katahdin, tutoring in the families of
some Boston people who wished studies
continued while at their sporting lodge
for the summer. Mr.. Goodwin goes to
Boston on business In few days and
from there to Osono to resume bis
studies at the University of Maine.
The funeral services of the late Mrs.
Mabel G. Houston were held fIem the
residence of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. E. Goodwin, Friday afternoon of last
week and were attended by large gath
ering of sorrowiDg relatives and friends.
Rev. Asa S. Bradley of Barre, VT, the
former pastor of the deceased for many
years, conducted the services, speaking
words of comfort to the bereaved. The
interment was In the family lot In the
South cemetery.
Miss Annie J. Tibbetts died a. the
home of N. p. Reed on East Front street,
Monday afternoon, at the age of thirty
three years. She was born In Fairfield