The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-09-05
TOWN and VICINITY


here last week with his sister, Mrs.
Carrie L. Bragg.
Frank G. Akeley left Tuesday on a
brief vacation visit to his former
home in Pressure Isle.
w. F. Robbins has disposed of his
stock of Edison monographs and
records 10 J. N. 4 l. j. Smith.
Miss Jessie Ring of Lewiston passed
Sunday and Labor day in town as the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. Thomas
Howard.
Mrs Randall Nye arrived home
Monday from a visit with relatives IN
Bangor and other points III that sec
ton.
Mr.. ane Mrs. Chas. Brown of New
York, who had been visiting here
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Abel
H. Patten, returned home, Monday.
The Savings department of the Sec
ond National Bank pays interest at
the rate of 81 per cent; interest com
mences the first of each month on de-
posts made on or before the 10th.
If the holder of Bison & Sons cou-
pom 531 and Morriss coupon 700
will call at their stores they will be
presented with pair of S4.00 shoes
and $40 suit, as advertised.
Ralph Tibbets of Beverly, Mass. has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs Dern j.
Green! Mr.. Tibbets was a member of
the party with Mr.. and Mrs. Green
who have recently been enjoying an
outing at North Pond.
Miss Mabel Witham, milliner, will
have a special sale of slightly damag-
ed millinery in her new rooms over
Bisson's Shoe Store on Saturday
morning next, Sept. 18th. Surprising
ly low prices will prevail.
d. w. Rowe informs the REPORTER
that orders for hoops for this season
are coming along nicely, and that he
recently received an order from one
firm for $4,000, the largest single
order he has ever received.
McQuillan & Pooler have sent five
more carpenters to Lake Parlin this
week, to increase the crew which has
been at work there all summer for
Michael Piel, under the direction of
Fred L, Pooler, the junior member of
the firm.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Wallace Blunt and
daughter, Miss Mollie, passed Sunday
with friends at Bridgton. Mr.. Blunt
returned to his duties at the Marston
Worsted Mills on Monday, but Mrs.
Blunt and daughter still remain in
Bridgton.
Bert w. Flanders of East Boston,
Mass, has been visiting in town with
his aunts, Misses Belle and Annie
Flanders, returning home, Monday.
Mr.. Flanders is the assistant cashier
of the Boston plant of the great
Armour Beef Co.
Mrs. Charles Young of Augusta,
who has been the guest of her cousin,
Mrs. Augusta Crowell, is now visiting
Mrs. G. S. Benson at her home on the
Norridgewock road. From there
Mrs. Young expects to go to New
Portland for a brief visit with her
sister, Mrs. Lizzie Bartlett.
Eugene Merchant of Dexter, was in
town on Saturday. Mr.. Merchant
was employed in Skowhegan in for
mer years but since December 1904
has been boss in one of the mills in
Dexter. His son, Arthur, who for
merly lived here and attended the
Skowhegan schools, has been for some
time musician with the 18th United
States Infantry. He Is now with
this regiment in Cuba.
Chas. and Miss Grace Bradley had
the pleasure of entertaining last week
their cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Everett
Dolloff, of Monroe, Washington, with
their children, Ruphile and Ralph.
Master Ralph, who is wonderfully
proficient as q cornetist for lad of
ten years, played at TIL rehearsal OF
Company E Band on Wednesday eve
ming, readily sustaining his part, even
though the music was, of course,
tc hi,v,
Messrs Chapman Il Holt shipped
five cars of wool aggregating 100000
lbs from the Skowhegan station Fri
day of last week. They had been
accommodating this stock during the
past three years and had paid from
twenty seven to thirty four cents for
it. 1t was what is known as medium
grade. The shippers were informed
by the purchaser, Boston firm, that
this wool was for immediate use aud
would go direct to some of the large
textile mills.
The volume of business in the pas
senger department of the Skowhegan
station has been of gratifying proper
tions of late. Two thousand tickets
were sold during the month of August,
and station agent, B. F. Eaton, does
not recall that, in forty years of his
any one month has quite
thia py1p,har He Ia of the