The Somerset reporter., 1907-05-09
BINGHAM.

Chris Steward and wife of Cara
funk attended the ball here last Fri
day evening, they were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Adams on Saturday
L. w. Jordan, dentist, returned last
week from Jackman and Friday and
Saturday he was at Scion.
Inza Martin Of Pleasant Pond and
Misses Fox and Williams of Caratunk
were in town, Friday.
Mrs Mark Dinsmore and Mrs.
Frank Merrill were at Waterville one
day last week.
Leon Robinson and Ethel Baker
were down river short time ago.
Albert Webster has been very sick
the past week or two, he came very
near having pneumonia.
Mrs. w. ". Stoddard and daughter,
Marion, were at Waterville, Tuesday
of this week.
The funeral services of Mrs. E. o.
Nittum of Concord were held on
Thursday afternoon of last week.
Elmer Sterling and Cathleen Ster-
ling of Caratunk and their quest
Miss Lawlor of Pittsburg, Pa, were
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. p Murray
on Monday last. They were return
ing from visit with friends in Wa
terville.
Frank Hilton has purchased of
j Henry Washburn the house occupied
/ by James Lawrence, and will occupy
! it later.
Merton Goodrich returned from the
University of Maine on Monday and
will be time keeper, same as last
year. in John Cahill's crew, section
number two on the Kennebec.
Chester Rollins has crew of car
penters making a large annex on the
north side of his residence on Main
street.
E. w. Moore is having new porti-
co and front door to his house which
will be a great improvement
Sue Whitney was the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Harry Hubbard at Skow-
hogan the first of the week.
There was a house full at the play
"Side Tracked" given by very fine
company in Kennebec Hall on Thurs
day evening. There was a good at
tendance at the bail Friday evening
and this week the Bohemian Glass
Blowers are being very well patro-
nized every evening.
The Bingham Water Co. commence
ed Tuesday morning to extend their
water main down Main street with
intentions of going as far as Orison
Gordon's.
Lawrence Livingstone of Oakland
is doing the plumbing and putting in
! hn u
hills tenement.
Mrs. George Pray of Gardiner is in
town, this week.
F. H. Colby, agent for the Ameri--
can Realty Co. has just completed
some fine office rooms in the east end
of the upper part of his stable, where
he will transact the business of the
company. The main office, large
and pleasant room Is feet square, Is
reached by a covered flight of stairs
on the outside This room communi-
Gates with the private office smaller
/ but no less pleasant room and this in
turn with the drafting room. All the
rooms are finished in hard pine with
plenty of windows and electric lights.
! The office furnishings are of the best
and complete in every detail; also
provided with long distance and Far
mers' telephone lines. The private
Office contains maps and profiles of
all the immense timber tracts owned
by the American Realty Co. so that
Mr.. Colby can locate any timber sec
ton at a glance.
Mr.. Jackson and another man ar
rived in town, Tuesday, and will put
The Forks line in condition to do
business until it can be rebuilt and
made metallic circuit.
Remember the Crawford Lecture,
"The Sign of the Cross" in Congre-
gational Church, tomorrow Friday
evening
Charles Webster continues to fail
in health.
Mrs. Cordelia Burke has been very
low the past week.
Albert Webster Is improving and 1t
is expected he will soon be able to be
about as usual.
S. A. Smith was down river on
Monday.
Mrs. Ora Savage, Mrs. Della Brown
and Mrs. Abbie Webster, all of Cara
funk, were in town Tuesday of this
week.
Henry Morton has gone to The
Forks where he will have charge OF
transporting the pupils to school
from West Forks.
Charles Owens narrowly escaped
serious injury one day last week,
while painting John Cahill's tenement
house. He had placed the hooks in
the roof which held the staging ropes,
when the shingles failed to hold,
and he fell distance Of twenty
feet, striking on his face in the
soft mud He was considerably
bruised but the fact that the ground
was so soft prevented more serious
injury.
Mrs. James Bean and daughter,
Gladys, and Mrs. Lizzie Goodrich
visited Mrs. John Bray on Pleasant
Ridge, last Wednesday. Gladys will
remain a week or two.
Curren Smith has commenced
building a new house on his farm in
Concord.
We are all happier for a lot oil
things we don't see.