The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-04-25

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Miss Williams.
Miss Ethel Walton went to Boston
last Monday, visiting with friends in
that city.
Mrs. G. E. Avore returned home on
the late train Monday night from
visit with friends in Fairfield.
r. f. Jackson, assistant cashier IN
the Second National bank, returned
Monday afternoon from visit with
relatives in Gardiner.
Mrs Mary Goodrich of Dexter ar
rived Monday and will be the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. Fred O. Sawyer,
for the next few weeks.
Mrs. j. w. Weber and baby of
Wateryille are the guests for few
days this week of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. jefferson Savage of Middle
street.
George S. Fox of Philadelphia is in
town on business connected with the
r. L. Mitchell wood working factory,
in which he obtained a controlling in
terest several months ago.
VIM. A. Clough of Portland, form
erly a resident of this place, who IN
derwent a surgical operation on
March 26 has so far recovered as to
be able to resume attention to bust
ness.
Lowell W. Chase is expected home
tomorrow from brief business trip
to Portland Mr.. Chase has been out
of health for some time and this is the
first Journey he has taken by rail for
more than year.
Mrs. Edith Shepherds Pierce Great
Arrow Car arrived here yesterday
morning and was taken to the new
garage which has been built for us
reception. 1t was later taken out for
a short trip about town and only waits
necessary improvement in the con
djtion of the roads to be given its first
extended run.
Monday night a reception was held
in Milburn hall by Mr.. and Mrs. Max
i'm Peters who were united in mar
rage after high mass Sunday at st.
Mary's church Father A. o. Lacroix
performed the ceremony. The bride
was Miss Flexina Vashon. Both are
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in till late hour.
There were no exercises in Skow-
hogan for the observance of the re-
Gently appointed holiday, Patriots
Day, last Friday, and all the manu-
featuring establishments were run as
usual with the exception of the An
derson Mills and the Maine Spinning
] Mill. The Grocers & Feed Dealers
closed at noon as did also the drug
pists. hardware dealers and the bar
bers, giving the business streets Il
rather quiet appearance through the
afternoon. In most of the schools
the teachers called attention to the
day with the explanation of its his
torical significance but the sessions
of usual length were held. 1t being
so near the beginning of the term 1t
was not thought desirable to close the
schools and the day following Memo
rial day will be given as a holiday in
stead. At that time the schools will
close, Wednesday night, May 20, to
reopen again the following Monday,
A bad leak was discovered Monday
morning on Madison avenue in the
system of the Skowhegan Water Co.,
in front of the residence of Mrs. Ed
gar G. Dunton, and directly in the
centre of the tracks of the electric
road of the Somerset Traction co.
For a distance of some 20 feet the
earth had caved in and the excavation
was filed with water. The track had
settled and all cars for Madison were
obliged to stop at point north of the
trouble as it was not safe to pass over
it. Superintendent Herbert Went
worth was of the opinion that there
was no leak in the main line, but that
the feed pipe to the residence of Mrs.
Dunton was where the trouble was
and that it was due to electrolysis. A
crew of men was set to work at 10
O'Clock and it was expected that the
break could be repaired by night In
the meantime passengers for Madison
and the lake were obliged to walk up
nearly to Leavitt street to take the
car and those from up river points
disem bark at that place.
The Lewiston Journal has the fol-
lowing comment in recent issue re-
garding Newton Beers, who is to ap-
pear at the Centenary M. E. church,
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