The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-17

! visiting with Miss Annie Hayden.
Mrs. It. H Anderson of Portland, who
has been visiting relatives in town for
several weeks, returned home, Saturday.
John F. Phillip Is passing this week
in Franklin county, In Phillips and other
towns, the locality which was formerly
bis home.
Carrabassett Lodge, |. o. o. f., will
have work in the third degree, next
Wednesday evening. Refreshments will
be served.
DR.. and Mrs. Horace Marion, who
had been guests at the summer home OF
DR.. and Mrs. E. Il. Stevens, returned
home, Saturday.
Miss Emerald, the young daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Young, arrived home,
Saturday evening, from visit with rela-
tives in Etns, Me.
Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Leitch arrived
home, Saturday evening from Old
Orchard, where they have been during
Mr.. Leitch's annual vacation.
Miss Marguerite F. Hutchins and Miss
Ethel McPheters left, Monday morning,
for Old Orchard, Me-, where they are to
pass a vacation of two weeks.
Miss Jeanette Lord, left for Orrs
Island, Me-, Monday morning, where she
is to pass vacation of two weeks. Her
neice, Miss Dorothy Coffin, accompanies
her.
Mrs. M. j. Derand of Reading,
Mass, is visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Leon L. Witham. Mr.. Derand
made short stay here returning home,
Monday.
A. NJ. Thompson is to build a house
on the lot adjoining his residence on
Summer street and wishes to dispose of
the lumber now stored there at once, to
save rehandling. See his advertisement
in another column.
Mrs. Sarah Coffin and her daughter,
Miss Maria, who have been visiting with
Skowhegan friends, have gone to the
White Mountains where they are to
remain for few weeks before returning
to their home in New York City.
Fred Walker, of the hardware firm of
Edwards & Walker of Portland, accom-
panied by his wife, was in town with his
Buick touring car, Tuesday, and passed
the day at the home Of his brother, E. L.
Walker. Mr.. and Mrs. Walker had just
come from the R4ngeley Lake region
and were making an extended tour
through the state.
Geo. II. Paul of Boston was In town,
Monday, and left here on the noon train
for home. He had been passing a brief
vacation in Maine and had just returned
from the Paul-Hobart reunion held last
week in Scion. His son, Arthur H.
Paul of Dorchester, Mass, has been
visiting with relatives in Cornville and
this place for the past two weeks.
The many friends of Lewis j. McCord
will be pleased to know that he has so
far recovered as to be able to be remov-
ed to his cottage at Lakew God from the
Somerset Hospital, where he had been
under treatment for the past two months. |
He is now convalescng as fast as could
be expected considering the long and
serious illness which he has experienced. !
Engineer E. E. Greenwood has re-
ceived applications for blue prints and
specifications from twenty different
firms who propose to submit bids for
the superstructure of the Bingham
Concord bridge. This would indicate
that there will be plenty Of genuine
competition for this contract. The bids
themselves must all be submitted before
August 21st and will be opened by the
county Commissioners at the Courthouse
at noon on that day.
At the roller skating rink last night
Harry Dawes of this place won out in
the mile race over Ernest Dudley of
Hartford, Conn.,, making the time in
three minutes and eight seconds. The
race was replete with excitement from
start TO finish. On the twelfth lap in !
attempting to pass his opponent, Dawes
lost his footing; he recovered SC quickly
that he accomplished his purpose in the
seventeenth lap, and won out amid the
cheers of large crowd of spectators. |
There was skating before and after the
race with music by the band.
Samuel r. Harding, who passed most
Of his life on the farm in Norrdgewock |
known as the Harding Place., and who |
was a very familiar figure on Show
hegan's streets, has recently purchased
a home in Somerville and will reside |
there for the future. Mr.. Harding has
been making investments in and near
Boston for some time and not long since
formed a partnership with Fred Shep-
herd, formerly of Fairfield, to carry on
the grain and feed business, with offices
and principal storehouses in Chelsea,
Mass.
A. G. Donham, representing Green
Vile NJ. Donham, publisher OF Portland,
has been In town, recently, delivering
the thirty-s!xth annual number of the
Maine Register. This little volume
increases in size and usefulness from
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