The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-08-04
TOWN and VICINITY

J. Wallace Blunt spent Sunday with
his family at the Msrston cottage, Booth
bay aarbor.
Good house to rent with modern i'm
proyements. Enquire of VIM. Doran,
30 East Front ST.
f.. L. Walker will let his Lakewood
cottage, big Beech" for rest of the
season to select parties only.
Mrs. William R. Elliott departed, Fri
day morning of last week, for months
visit with relatives in Massachusetts.
Given away every Saturday absolutely
free five pound box 40c chocolates at
o. F. Knowlton Cos. ice cream parlor
Miss Annie Barbeau, who is teaching,
this summer, In the Boston Play Ground
schools, passed Sunday with relatives In
town.
Mrs. Samuel Nash went to Bangor,
Friday of last week to attend the funeral
of her sister, Mrs. Augusta Milliken
Kelsey.
Mrs. G. D. B. Pepper of Waterville,
arrived, Saturday, and is guest for
the week at the home of Mrs. Helen S.
Coburn.
Miss Maud Bracket of Pittsfield is
passing a few weeks as the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. J. W. Steward at their Hayden
Lake cottage.
Fred C. Pooler and A. A. Thorndike
went, Saturday, to Boothbay Harbor to
pass Sunday and portion of this week
at the Pooler cottage,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Gordon Of Rosen-
dale, Mass, were called here, last week,
by the severe illness of Mrs. Gordon's
father, Mr.. W. B. Bragg.
Mrs. Mary P. Webb and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira A. Norton returned, Thursday Of
last week, from an outing of several
weeks at Bethlehem, N. Il.
Miss Ella B. Parsons returned, last
Friday morning, to her home in Haver-
bill, Mass, after two weeks visit at
the home of her uncle, R. F. Homsted.
Miss Augusta 81. Savage of Roxbury,
Mass, is visiting with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. A. Savage. She expects to
return to Roxbury the first Of Septem-
Der.
Miss Lillian French and Miss Lena
Tobey, operators at the Skowhegan Ex-
change Of the New England Telephone
Co., passed Sunday at the home of Miss
French In Bath.
Mrs. w. B. Pierce OF Beverly, Mass,
with her infant daughter, arrived Fri
day evening, to pass the month of
August with her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Joseph o. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Walton, accom-
panied by their daughters, Misses Berle
and Elsie, went yesterday to Moose
Pond In Hartland, where they are to en-.
i)y an outing for the next few weeks.
Invitations have been issued by George
B. Detz and Miss Elvia Bates, members
VI tilC JdhCWOOu OhONh Sohpoh1i Aci "a
social hop at Lakewood theater, next
Monday evening. The Imperial oIches-
ira is to furnish music.
DR.. j. Frederic Hill of Waterville,
captain and assistant surgeon of the
National Guard of Maine, was in town,
Thursday Of last week, and made an ex-
animation Of twenty men who are to be
mustered into Company E.
Monday morning witnessed the depart
ure of quite colony of Skowhegan
people for Old Orchard beach. They
were Mrs. Daniel Onstott and her two
daughters, Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. A. Dins-
more, Miss Myrtle Hoxie, Miss Gladys
McPheters, Mrs. A. c. Church, and
Mrs. Gertrude Humphrey. The most Of
the party plan to remain for three
weeks.
Mrs. q. c. Gage, with her daughter,
Mrs Victor Edwards, and her sister,
Mrs. F. S. Sampson, went to Mouse
Island, Tuesday morning. After pass
ing week or more at that place the
three ladies are 10 go to Mrs. Edwards
home In Worcester and from that city
Mrs. Sampson will return to her home
il Penn Van, n. Y.
A. E. Bison has disposed of the
restaurant business, so long conducted
by him, to John McQuade, a former
resident OF Skowhegan but more recent
ly of Lawrence, Mass. Mr.. Bison is to
embark in the shoe business under the
firm name of A. E. Bison & Son In his
store formerly occupied by James Lewia,
which has been recently repaired and
enlarged.
A party OF about seventy Skowhegan
young people passed delightful after
noon and evening at Lakewood, last
Thursday. A picnic supper 10 the grove,
az evening at the theatre, sail on the axe
and a dance were features OF the occasion
The affair was under the management oil
N sses Airline Clark and Florence wyman
and to their well directed efforts Ia due
the fact that it passed off so pleasantly
Mrs. Flora j. Clark, widow Of the late
Mason Clark, died of gastric fever at heI
home on Hathaway street, early Monday
morning, at the age of forty-tbree years
She is survived by four children, hel
parents, Mr., and Mrs, FL, j, Abbey, who