The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-06-30
TOWN and VICINITY

Gill sell you bug death and blue vitriol
at lowest prices.
Miss Bertha Currier returned, Tuesday
oyening from weeks visit with rela-
tiyes in Portland
Mrs. CLANCY OF East Wilton arrived
Saturday evening for a visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Frank s. Morrill,.
GUY c. French has gone to Cohassett,
Mass where he has position In a sum-
r,er resort hotel for the season.
DIR. A. E. Gelinas went to Marlboro,
Monday morning, where ne will visit
with his brother for several weeks.
A meeting of Woodbine Lodge, D. of
r.. will be held, Monday evening, July
All and an entertainment will be given.
Mrs. Gertrude Crimmins OF Haverhill,
Mass. arrived, Thursday evening OF last
week, for visit with her sister, Mrs. G.
W. Cover.
Mrs. E. C. Taylor and Master Alvah
went to Middleboro, Mass, Monday
morning. for visit of some weeks with
Mrs. Taylor's father.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Smith departed,
Monday noon, to visit in Portland and
also with their daughter, Mrs. W. B.
Pierce, in Beverly, Mass. They will be
absent for about two weeks.
Miss Mae Ward arrived home from
Boston, Tuesday evening, to pass
the. summer here. She was accompa-
MED by Miss Glare Eastman of Somer-
vile, Mass, who will remain for visit
of several weeks.
During Saturdays shower lightning
struck In the yard of W. A. Wescott on
North avenue, ploughing low burrows In
the ground some ten feet, coming out
and demolishing some hard wood posts
Mr.. Wescott had put In his stable
which he is repairing.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Tilton of Bangor
arrived, Tuesday evening, and will pass
the summer at their farm house
on the Norridgewock road. Mr.. Til
ton is superintendent of the Bangor
Schools and fnds himself much fatigued
at the end of the years work.
The ladies of the Methodist Episcopal
church will serve dinner In the vestries,
Friday, July 1st, from 11.30 to l o'clock.
This dinner is to consist Of fish chowder,
cold meats, salads, doughnuts, cake, ice
cream, etc., etc. Everybody invited.
Price of dinner only rs cents. Children
under IA years, Is cts.
There was very pleasant gathering
of friends at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Butler, Jr., Wednesday last.
Those from out of town were Mrs. Geo.
Murry, Andover, Mass; Miss Josephine
Smith, Lawrence, Mass; Mrs. Emma
Tuttle, Somerville, Mass, and Mr.. and
Mrs. James Tuttle Of Athens, Maine.
Rose Edna Rogers, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Fl. s. Rogers, entertained
twenty-five of her girl friends, last FRI
day afternoon, on the occasion OF her
tenth birthday. A birthday cake was
served with ice cream and other good
things and games were played, all max
ing the hours from two to five pass very
enjoyably.
Chas. F. Ward went to Portland,
Tuesday morning, to familarize himself
with his new Rambler Touring Car,
under the direction of experts at the
F. o. Bailey warerooms in that city.
He left Portland with the machine for
skowhegsn this morning and Ia expected
to arrive here sometime during the after
noon and evening.
A theater party consisting of about rs
young people from this place witnessed
the performance OF "Ten Nights In Bar
Room" by the Lakewood Stock Co.,
Monday evening. Twenty-Five couples
remained after the theatre for an infor-
NAL dance. Lees orchestra furnished
music fer an order of eight dances,
which were enjoyed by all present. A
special car conveyed the party back to
Skowhegan.
The Old South Channel bridge was
closed to traffic last Friday, all travel
now going over the temporary bridge.
Boswell & Ellis of Woburn, Mass, who
have the masonry contract for the new
bridge, have crew of men at work de-
molishing the old bridge and this work Is
proceeding very rapidly. A coferdam Is
also being built, under the same supern-
tendance, preparatory to putting in the
granite work at the Island end OF the
new structure.
Miss Myrtle Hoxie had an exciting ad-
venture Thursday forenoon OF last week,
with runaway horse and narrow es-
cape from serious injury. The horse be-
longed to j. A. Hoxie and, as Miss
Hoxie was driving him on Water
street, near SIMPSONS corner, he be-
came frightened at an electric car on
Madison avenue, and started for home
at an uncomfortable pace. Miss Hoxie
succeeded in guiding him across both
bridges but was thrown out In turning
the corner at Anderson Mills. For some
hours 1t was supposed that Miss Hoxie
had suffered severe injury but this, hap
PLY, proved not to be the case. The
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