The Somerset reporter., 1905-12-07
TOWN and VICINITY

! trAln, uesudy moIHlnR, TOT DuslHCee
trip to Boston and New York.
Miss Alice /. Steward, who had been
visiting with her sister, Mrs. Arthur
Bigelow, in Lewiston, arrived home this
week.
The Farmers Almanac for 1906, the
annual familiar to every Maine house
/ hold for generation, at Fogg's drug
store.
l.. w. Chase is showing a full line of
the popular Pennington sleighs made by
! Watson, alss the high grade F. o Bailey
seighs. Sleghs to suit any price you
want to pay.
Dr. Ghas. K. Viles and + A. Parker
arrived home, Monday, from Moxie town
ship where they had been since We'd
nesdsy of last week. They brought n
fine buck deer with them.
Miss Alice Lalley went to Gorham,
Wednesday, to visit Mrs. Walter Cobb.
Miss Lalley, whose school 10 Madison
has closed for the Christmas recess, was
a classmate Of Mrs. Cobb at the Gorham
Normal school.
Mrs. Ethel Buker of Boston arrived
here, Tuesday, called home by the criti-
cal illness of her father. Alanson NJ.
Perkins, who is suff.ring from pneu-
monia at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. +.
N II
Miss Mary Etrly has resigned the
position of teacher in English branches
at the Skowhegan High School to accept
position ia Pennsylvania normal
school. Fer position here is filed by
Miss Edith Brown OF Boston, who ar
rived Monday evening.
The third and last Of the series OF
Mothers meetings under the auspices of
the W. G. L. u. will be held in Grand
| Army hall, Tuesday afternoon. Dec. II,
at o'clock with the following program:
Child Culture, Mrs. F. A. Leiteh; Co..
corning Boys, Mrs. E. f. Sturtevant;
Solo, Mrs. D. F. Judkins. A eordial in
vitation to all.
The next meeting of Sorosis is to be
at the Library Psrlors, Tuesday even
! ing, December II instead OF Wednesday
afternoon, December l3; as stated in the
club calender. There are to be no more
afternoon meetings although few were
originally assigned in making up the
program for the year. 1t has been found
desirable to chan g them to the preceedt
ing Tuesday evening in each instance.
Miss Lila Mae Clifford was united 10
marriage, Thursday Of last week, at the
home of her father, Stephen Clifford in
Bridgeport, Conn, to Fred Howard
Wentworth. Miss Clifford made Show
hogan her home until about four years
since, following the occupation OF
dressmaker. Mr.. and Mrs. Wentworth
are to reside in New York city where
Mr.. Wentworth is employed as ma
chinist.
The personnel OF the firm OF the Blunt
Hardware Co. has been changed the past
week, the junior member, j. Wallace
Blunt, having disposed OF his interest in
the business to Ebbs b. Chase, who has
been connected with this firm for many
years in the capacity of head clerk. Mr..
Blunt withdraws from the retail trade
to connect himself with the Marstou
Worsted Mills, and has already entered
upon his labors with that company.
There was an alarm of fire just before
noon, Friday of last week, occasioned by
smoke from misplaced funnel at the
house on Spring street owned bv w. A.
Clough and occupied by William Cass
q nd William DuttoD, two employees of
the Maine Central Railroad and their
flmlies. A new stove had been set up
and through misunderstanding connected
with an old chimney which had been re-
placed by a new one but of which the
base had been left to avoid disturbing
the partitions in the lower story. Some
damage was occasioned by the smoke
and by cutting done in the search for
the fire but the total was comparatively
small, and fully covered by insurance.
Practically the entire representation
which Skowhegan has "a the Maine col
leges WAS home over Thanksgiving.
Those from the University OF Maine
were Harold D. Ross, jos. X. Goodrich,
Ernest l.. Ju1kins, Gordon l.. Wildes,
A. Percival Wymsn, Ben b. Fogler,
Raymond j. Smith, Robert X. Steward,
Guy c, French, Russell S. Taylor and
Miss Helen F. Steward. Among those
from Colby college were Miss Olive
Green, Miss Jeanette l.. Sturtevant, Miss
Winnibel Cover, Miss R'na Archer and
John Taylor. Miss Bertha Mead OF Nor
wood, Mass, accompanied Miss Sturte-
want as her guest. Maurice Merrill, Guy
Z. Estes, Carl Powers and Ralph +.
Bailey were home from Bowdoin.
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Large variety of 25c box stationery at
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inch records 35c; 10 inch records Coo.