The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-06-16
The Somerset Reporter-Thursday June 10. 1904.

| Nanted-tWo orlRnt boys 10 sell news
papers. Inquire Of Bucknsm.
You can get fresh boiled Holsters for
only 20e per ID. at Jewett & Pencils.
Pawnee Bills Wild West aggregation
Is booked for Skowhegan, July 6 h.
Blizzard boots and storm aprons for
sale at L. w. Chase's new carriage re-
pository.
Fishermen at Lake George are meeting
with grand success this season, many
fine catches of salmon trout being re.
ported.
The snow Bound Club were pleasantly
entertained at the home of Mrs. A. F
Bedford on Main street, Wednesday the
s.h instant.
Mrs. Charles Marshall Of Melrose,
Mass, and her friend, Miss Dill, arrived
Monday morning for brief visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Mad
docks.
Miss Mollie Marston arrived home,
Saturday evening, from an extended
Journey, having visited several points IN
Virginia, Washington, D. C. and New
Haven, Conn.
+. Dyer OF Foxerott was In town for
day last week, the guest Of bis niece,
DR.. c. NJ. Johnson. He was on hs way
home from California where he has been
passing the winter.
Quite a company of Skowhegan base
ball enthusiasts saw the Colbys win the
deciding game In the intercollegiate
championship series, at Waterville, last
Saturday afternoon.
Miss Maud French arrived home from
Boston, Sunday, to attend the Com
mencement exercises Of the Skowhegan
High School, her brother, Guy c. French,
being member of the Junior class.
Among the artists TO appear at the
concert in the M. f. church. next Mon
day night are Menander bennett, Names
popular humorist, and Mr.. Claude Bar
ker, the cornet soloist. Tickets at
SIMPSONS.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Gllpatrick OF
Somervile, Mass, and Mrs. W. H. Brig
ham of Hudson, Mass, returned to their
homes, Tuesday after being entertained
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. n. Mer
rill for several days. On Monday Mr..
and Mrs. E. n. Merrill and their guests
made an excursion to the Commodore
Club IL Hartland.
Ga Thursday of last week Asa Judkins
was thrown from his auto-.ricycle, while
riding on Madison avenue, sustaining
fracture Of the collar bone. Mr. Judkins
partially lost control of the steering,
while attempting to make some adjust
ment of the machine without dismoun'-
Ing, and the vehicle was upset by strik-
ing the car track at the wrong angle.
DR.. Cora NJ. johnson attended the
thirty.eighth annual meeting of the
Maine Homeopathic Medical Society ut
Portland, Tuesday. She was reelected
secretary OF the association, position
which she has held for many years.
Miss johnson also represented the Mair
Homeopathic Society at the National
Conference of Charities and Corrections
which has been in session In Portland,
this week.
The W. C. It. u. held its regular meet
ing at G. A. r. hall, Tuesday afternoon,
June II. After the regular opening ex
ercises, the subject Of the sewing school
was discussed, and 1t was decided to
open sewing school as has been the
custom In previous years, commencing
the Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock fol.
lowing July b, which will be July oh,
10 G. A. Il. hall. Subject for next meet
ing to be temperance clippings.
Mrs. Fl. A. Drake of Athens favors us
with copy of the Democratic Clarion
dated, July 10, 1852. Moses Littlefisld
was the publisher and he was consider
ably In evidence politically in advocacy
of the election of Franklin Pierce as
President and John Hubbard as Governor
Of Maine. The paper was 4 pages, 6
columns 20 inches long and very little
space was devoted to county and local
news. The advertising patronage wa'
small compared with that of its sue
ceasor, the REPORTER, today.
W. II. Norton met with a most ur-
fortunate accident, last Saturday after
noon, which resulted in the loss of the
thumb and first two fingers Of his
right hand. Mr.. Norton operates fac
tory for the manufacture of bee hives
and other apiarist's supplies and while at
work at a moulding machine got his
hand caught In the knives. BY very
similar accident at this same machine
Mr.. Norton lost portion of each of the
fingers on his LETT hand a little over
year ago, and for this reason the present
| incident Ia q spri0ua miafnrtunp