The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
See Jas, T,ewis's new ad.


sister, Mrs. d. A. Roberts.
Mrs. F. p. Pennell went to Oakland
this morning, to attend the funeral Of
her aunt, Mrs. Lydia Luce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter z. Otdway ar
rived home, last evening, from g ten
days trip 10 New York and Boston.
Those wishing to purchase an oak
chamber set, little used, should inquire
of C. F. Danforth. Also a bath tub for
sale.
Walter Robinson OF the firm of Prebe
& Robinson, Bingham, accompanied by
his wife and child, was in town, yester-
day.
Saturday, February 3, and Monday,
February B, C. H. Gardiner will unload
a car of feed. viii be at the ear until
p. IN, Monday,
W. A. Bailey aud E. A. Spear attend
ed the installation of officers of Ahirsm
Encampment OF |. o O. F. at Water
Vile, last Friday evening,
Frank Blunt Of Livermore, Me. was
visiting here, last week, at the home OF
Mr. and Mrs. c. Z. Townsend. He re-
turned home, Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. ?. Merrill left this
morning on a ten days vacation trip to
be passed, for the most part at the home
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ton, Mass.
Owing to the extreme warm winter
Ira A. Norton is selling broken lots over
coats, suits and fur coats at greatly re-
duced prices. This he considers better
than to carry in to the next season.
Howard P. Merwin is at Mt. Clemens,
Mich, for treatment at the famous baths
Of that place. Mr.. Merwin has been
making semi-annual trips to this resort
for some years past.
A family of nine from Augusta, seven
of whom are textile workers, arrived
here, Monday. 1t is their inteption to
locate in Skowhegan, where the work
ing contingent have secured employment
In the Marston mills.
Miss Townsend from Colby College
passed Sunday Ms the guest OF Miss
Flosse Wyman. Misses Winnie Cover
and Janette Sturtevant OF Colby, and
Benz tmin Fogler and Robert Steward OF
the University Of Maine also were at
home.
Skowhegsn friends of Mr.. and Ars.
c. II. Pepper of Concord, Mass. will be
interested to learn that daughter has
come to Increase their family circle, born
Sunday, the 2S.h. Besides the parents, a
brother Stephen, fourteen years OF age,
welcomes the little stranger.
Rev. Abram Wymsn, who had been
preaching in Topeka, Kansas, for the
past Is years, has recently come TO North
Easton, Mass, and is pastor of the Uni
tartan church Of that city. Mr.. Wyman
WAS a Skowhegan boy, graduating from
the Skowhegsn high school 10 1894.
At the meeting of the Maine Fedora
ton OF Women's Clubs at Watervile,
last week, Mrs. B. F. Eaton, Mrs. Z.
Yiles and Mrs. J. c. Griffin, were among
the ten delegates appointed to represent
the state of Maine at the genera! FEEDER
alton meeting in Milwaukee, Wis, next
May.
Alfred Nschon, a young man of about
% years, received quite an ioiury to his
hand at the shoe factory, Saturday after.
noon. He was sharpening a pair Of
skates on an emery wheel, when by some
mishsp the back of his hand came in
contact with the wheel, making deep
and painful would.
A council OF the Union OF st. j Ohm the
Baptist is to be instituted here, this
evening, to be known as Lafayette Coun-
J Gil, No. l5l. IL is II fraternal order TO
which only Catholics Of French descent
are elegible. The officers already elect
ed are president, A. +. Gelinas; vice
president, T. J. Thibodeau; secretary,
Irene Sirois; precepteur, Alfred Poulni
treasurer, Geo, Rodrigue.
Mrs. G. II. Playse of this place met
with quite serious accident at Water
vile during the sessions of the Maine
Federation of Women's Clubs in that
city, last week. o. leaving the place of
meeting after the session, Thursday
evening, she slipped and fell breaking
her arm at the wrist. Mrs. Playse was
visiting in Wsterville at the time and
still remains there. She is recovering as
rapidly as could be expected from such
an injury.
Two of the poles of the Skowhegsn
Electric Light Co. fell on Water street
near the Heselton House area, yesterday.
They are heavily loaded with wires and
the guy line from the pole at the foot
of North avenue to Hotel Heselton,
though remaining attached to the ruins,
gave way. A crew OF men were engag-
ed all the afternoon raising the poles and
readjusting the wires. The old poles
will be made secure for the winter and
will be replaced by new ones in the
spring.
Town improvement Society.