The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-06-29
TOWN and VICINITY

Fireworks, both noisy and otherwise,
at Henry Rswles'
Lester H. Packard passed Monday Of
the present week 1T Augusta on business.
Watch the balloon and get the suit
that Chas, f. Ward Co. give away July 4.
Mrs. Frank Il. Steward and her two
sons were visiting in Pittsheld, yester-
day.
Plenty of green peas, new potatoes
and other reasonable vegetables for the
fourth at Jewett II Pencils.
Joseph Conroy went to Vassalboro,
Saturday, to attend the funeral OF Miss
Herbert, daughter of Michael Herbert.
The cool drinks from the soda fountain
at Delanos candy store are guaranteed
strictly pure, and no one could ask for
better service.
The members of the Ladies Afternoon
Whist club were entertained az the home
of Miss Clara B. Yarney, Friday after
noon OF lAsl week.
o. D. Wells found in one of his nests
at the Silver street Poultry Farm, last
week, double yolked egg that measure
ed Sl4 by o. inches.
Palmer & Co. have added TO their force
an expert in the horse shoeiDg line and
are now better prepared than ever to at
tend to this class of work.
Mrs. Edith Bernard Lewis has gone TO
join her husband in Nashua, n. H., he
being at present employed on one OF the
railroads running through the city.
Bucknam has just received new line
of fireworks, Japanese lanterns aud flags,
and II you are to celebrate or deco rate, 1t
will pay you to call on him. He is sell
ing fireworks at cost.
Mrs. Mary Ditson of Oakland, and
Mrs. William Lockyer, with her son
Scott, of Eustis, were guests of John
Kidder, at bis home on North avenue,
for a few days last week.
n. C. Corey, police officer OF Pittsfield,
came here, Friday of last week, to COM
NIT to Somerset Jail, Frank Hart, who
had been sentenced here by the Pitts.
field Municipal Court for vagrancy.
Electric fans have been added to the
appointments of the dining room at the
Maine Central Hotel, an up.to-date i'm
provement which the guests will thor
oughly appreciate during the coming
summer months.
Robert K. Stew ard and his sister, Miss
Helen, went to Orono Monday morning,
to attend the summer school at the Uni.
versity of Maine for the next five weeks.
Harold Ross, another Skowhegan stu
dent, is also In attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Varney left here
for Lowell, Mass. Saturday morning.
They are to visit their son, DR.. Fred
varney, and will be present at the grad
uation OF their grandson, John Cushing
vsrney, from the Lowell high school.
On July 4th, the postoffice will be
closed as follows: From $50 a. m. to
10.45 a. m. from IL a. N. to 1915 p. N. /;
from II 40 p. m. to 220 p. M. from $50
D. N. to 5, and at 6 In the evening.
There will be one delivery and one col
lection by the city carriers, the regular
a. 10. trips.
Captain Fred q. Dunlap went to Port.
land, Saturday, to attend the Military
Carnival In that city. Among the many
military organizations assembled In
Portland, were the 50th and SD Canadi-
an Regiments, one of which (the 53d)
being called the best drilled troupe 10 the
world, and Captain Dunlap was anxious
to study their evolutions.
H. B. Drake of New York City has be-
come resident of Skowhegan and will
be a partner with his brother, C. A.
Drake, In the new Empire cigar factory
and retail store In the new location on
Water street. Mr.. Drake is widely
known 40 q vocalist of unusual ability.
Among his best known connections In
the musical line have been four years.
engagement as baritone soloist 10 the
choir of Grace church, New York, also
In the famous double quartette of the
Old Homestead Co.