Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-07

Miss Hattie Marshall Of Augusta is
visiting friends in town.
Palmyra Grange held 4 regular ses-
sion Saturday evening with about 100
members and visitors present. The
captains of the Contest each furnished
program for one hour. when the re-
suit of the whole five evenings was
announced. Mr.. Maxfield's side scored
1925 points and Mrs. Foley's side scOl
ed 141S5 points.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. S. Emerson and
daughter Rena We're the guests of
friends in town Sunday.
The Hartland, St Adams Telephone
Company have installed instruments
during the week past in the homes of
Virgil Holt, Byron Sanford and l.. l..
Carter.
The Goodrich Brothers and Cecil
Lancaster returned Saturday from
their hunting trips.
Charles Stuart of Madison and Pearl
IIamln of Jackson are making shovel
handles for J. B. Lanpher
Little Selden Lanpher has been quite
sick with tonsilitis but is much better at
this writing. DR.. j. W. Hawthorne of
Newport attends him.
Clayton Preble shot two deer one dav
last week in front of his house on the
Written farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Pillsbury have gone
| to Cambridge. Mass. to live with their
| daughter, Mrs. w. II. Dunton, for the
| coming winter.
G. B. Pillsbury of Unity visited his
| brother and sister last week and return
| ed TO his home on Monday last
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Lanpher. who
have been at Bowerbank hunting for the
past four weeks. We're fortunate enough
to shoot two white deer, and the neigh
bors in this vicinity were kindly remem-
bered With a generous slice of the deer
meat.
1t is reported that there is to be some
change in our mail route soon. The post
office at the village is to be discontinued
and a new route starting from Newport
village and going up through Badgerbor-
| Ough and thence to Camp Benson back to
! the village.
( Palmyra Grange met last Saturday
evening with Il visitors and IS members
| present. This evening was the last night
! of the contest, each leader having an
hours program. Mrs. l.. E. Foley cana
out over 5000 points ahead. The losin;,
side will furnish supper later. the date
| not yet having been decided upon.
! Harry Holway has had a telephone put
in his home on the Moulton line of Hart
land
A. J. Leavitt and r. w Parkman arc
moving w. l.. Ross goods to his new
home in southwest Palmyra.
Mrs. Mary Badger, who has been stop
! ping at r. w. Parkman's for week, re-
turned to her home on Sunday last.
! Mrs. Serena Marsh, who fell and broke
her hip a few weeks ago. is quite COM
Portable, although not able to move her
self any yet. Mrs. Ada Smith is caring
for her. as Mrs. Adams. the former
housekeeper, has gone to live in the Wal
ter Tracy house. where her goods have
been stored all summer.
Mrs. Sarah Leavitt. who has been sick
in bed for 10 weeks past. remains about
the same as usual. only gradually grow
/ ing weaker
ST. ALBANs.
| CT. Worthan and brother Frank left
for Boston Monday to buy car load
of horses.
p. r. Longley who has been here on
a visit left for Los Angeles. Cal, MoN-
day. He is in the real estate business.
Mrs. =. G. Fairbrother had a par
tial shock Il few days ago. One side
is completely paralized. Owing to her
serious condition her daughter Mrs.
Eva Stanley of Waterbury, VT, came
home Monday.
Aaron Frost who had partial shock
about two weeks ago IS considerably
better.
MIR. and Mrs. Melvin Bigelow are at
home for a few days.
Monday forenoon the dwelling house
occupied by Frank Luce caught fire
and except for the quick work Of our
citizens would have burned. Gu.
splendid telephone service called out
such crowd that the fire was soon
subdued.
They expect to finish the work Of
labelling at the corn factory this week
Irving Robertson shot a deer Thurs
day.
HINCkLEY.
Arthur Wardwell returned Saturday
from n hunting trip up to Salmon
stream.
A. X. Nelson was in town Monday
calling on friends.
Mr.. and Mrs Chas. Hutchins OF
Lynn. Mass, are visiting Mrs. Anna
Boyden.
Ed Ben Hinckley has been home
from college the past week, on account
of illness.
Sumner McKechnie has moved his
family to North Fairfield. He is now
working for Crosby Mercantile Co.
George Tibbetts and family are
settled in their new home at this place
BLACKWELL.
Many of the farmers in this vicin
ity are shipping their apples to Eng
land at S1.15 advance when delivered
on cars.
Miss Laura Thompson of North An
son passed several days with her aun