The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-13

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W. G. Chase, editor of the Lynn City
Item, was In town, last week the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. z B. Breed.
Mrs. E, W. Marvin OF Lynn, Mass Is
passing the week 10 town as the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Burrill.
Mrs. P. A. Brooks of Portland arrived
here last week for visit at the home Of
DR.. and Mrs. j. E. Wadsworth.
Henry S. Philbrick of New York City
arrived here, Monday and Is passing the
week with Skowhegan relatives.
A. Q. Stilphen, ESQ.,, of Gardiner, q
prominent Kennebec county attorney,
was in town, Tuesday, on business at the
Probate Court.
Mr.. E. o. Freeman of New Y ork City
arrived today and will be the guest Of
his grandfather, Judge o. R. Bachelor
for two weeks.
The regular Monthly meeting of the
Town Improvement Society will be held
at the Library Parlore Friday afternoon
Sept. IA at 2 30 o'clock.
Mrs. D. W. Colby arrived home, Mon
day morning, from Pittsfeld, where she
had been since Thursday Of last wet k
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Vail.
DeMolay Commandery, Knights Tenn
plar, Is to hold stated conclaVe, tomor-
row (Fridsy) afternoon, at four o'clock.
The orders of the Red Cross and Temple
will be conferred.
Miss Helen Frame of Bingham was the
guest of Mr., and Mrs. G. H. Pishon over
Friday night and went to WaterVille,
Saturday morning, to commence course
at the Coburn Classical Institute.
Captain O. E. Bartlett and wife, who
have been visiting in this place and other
Somerset towns during the past fortnight
returned to their home in Winthrop,
Mass, this morning.
Pilot Nelson, owned by Parker &
Robinson OF this town, won two races at
Lincoln, Thursday and Friday of last
week. The classes were 2 so and 40
and both were won In straight heats and
| with mark of 225H.
j. Wallace Blunt, general manager of
the Marston Worsted Mills, Is expected
home tomorrow from a business trip to
Boston, New York City and Philadel-
pha. Mrs. Blunt accompanied him for
the greater part of the journey.
Miss Molie Blunt invited ten of her
little boy and girl friends to assist her
In celebrating her fourth birthday, FRI
day afternoon of last week, entertaining
them at the home OF her grandparents,
Col. and Mrs. A. G. Blunt, on Elm street.
During the hours from three to five the
little folks made merry on the lawn and
finally shared In the birthday cake and
other refreshments.
Miss c. j. Williams entertained as her
guests over Sunday her nephew and
niece, Mr.. Raymond and Miss Marcia
Williams Of Pennington. Mr.. Williams
was graduated from Bowdoin college
with the class of the present year and is
soon to seil for London, England, where
be enter the employ of the international
Banking Company, the same corporation
with whom Walter Cushing and William
Webb, both of this place, are associated.
An all day praise and prayer service
was held on election day by the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union in
the vestry of the Congregational church
commencing at eight o'clock and closing
at five O'clock in the afternoon. Each
hour had a different leader, and the
church bell was rung every hour when
another service would commence. The
pastors from our churches and Captain
Hardy of the Salvation Army presided
one hour each during the day and the
ladies led the meetings the remaining
| hours.
Fred Moore, conductor on the Somer-
set Traction line, met with an accident,
! Sunday, which resulted in the loss of
two fingers from his left hand. The car
left here at Il 80 In the forenoon and
was running up the grade just beyond
the long trestle mile or two this side Of
Madison, when the trolly came off and
Mr., Moore, who was at the head end of
the car leaned out forward to see what
had happened. Ia doing 80 he lost his
balance and fell in front of the car across
one rail. He made a desperate scramble
to get out Of the way and succeeded In
doing so with the exception OF one hand
/ over which the wheel of the car passed.
+ Tbs first and third fingers were so
/ crushed that amputation was necessary.
The only Republican rally OF the cam
/ paign 10 Skowhegan called out an audi
euce which comfortably filled Grange
/ Hall, last Thursday evening. George
w Cover presided and quite a number
i Of prominent r publicans were seated on
+ the platform. At a late hour the R.
i publican town committee had been adj
yised by the state committee that Hon.
David j. Foster OF Vermont was detain-
ed at home by Illness and that E. B.
| Flynn, Esq, a well known attorney
from the same state had been substitu-
ted 10 his place Mr.. Hymns oratorcal
/ mowers are valued bV the Republicans