The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-03-14
TOWN and VICINITY

6. X. Foeg is agent for the celebrated
Cooper remedies.
Ira W. Page, Dr., left here yesterday
for business trip to Boston.
A X. Perkins arrived home, Tuesday,
from a business trip to Boston. He
passed last Sunday with bis daughter,
Mrs. T. Fl. Anderson 10 Portland.
Miss LAURA Hoxie OF Lynn, Mass., ar.
rived here, Friday of last week, and is to
be the guest for fortnight of Mr.. and
Mrs. e. A. Dinsmore.
Dana Soule of Watervlle and Mrs.
Nettie Holt Harding of East Somerville,
Mass, arrived last evening and will be
the guests for few days of DR.. F, Il.
Bigelow.
john Z. Taylor, graduate OF the
Skowhegan High School Is to serve as
messenger for the March term CT the
Supreme Judicial Court, which convenes
next Tuesday.
Miss Edna G. Locke, who is teaching
10 Newtonyille, Mass, is expected to
arrive here tomorrow. She is to pass
the spring vacation with her father, S.
o. Locke, in Cornville.
n. L. Owen left here for Massachu-
sets, Monday morning He will visit
with his daughter, Mrs. C. o. Chids, in
West Medford and with other relatives
for the next few weeks.
Happy Jack was the only Skowhegan
horse participating In the ice races at
Waterville, last Saturday. He found
himself in pretty fast company, some of
the quarters being made 10 thirty Sec
onds. Ten or fifteen Skowhegan horse
men were in attendance.
f. James Goldey of Norridgewock is
to lecture at the rooms of the Skowhe-
gan Boys CLUB 10 the Steward Block,
next Sunday afternoon. at three O'Clock.
There will be special music. All young
men are invited. This club has been re-
Gently formed and is under the auspices
of the State Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION.
The schools in the Lake George, Nal.
bon's Mills, Richardson and Pitts dis
trcts, closed last Friday, an6 those 10
the Blunt and Riverside districts will
close tomorrow. The village schools,
including the High school, will finish on
Friday, March %. The vacation for the
village schools will be two weeks in
length and three weeks In most of the
rural districts.
The Masonic Mutual Accident Co.
having its principal office at Springfield,
Mass, has established a branch office in
handle their business 10 Somerset, Ken
nebec and franklin counties. j. W.
Chase Of Cambridge Me-. who has been
their special agent for some years is to
be in charge of the Skowhegan branch,
as general representative for this section.
Mrs. Catherine Z. Clark died early
Tuesday morning, at her home on Water
street. She had been out of health for
two years and had declined rapidly since
last October. The deceased was born In
Winthrop the eldest Of nine children, In
1894 She has been a resident of Show
hegsn for thirty years. The only survi
Vieg near relatives are son, Chas. Fl.
and brother Chas. (. Dealey, both Of
this place. Funeral ceremonies will be
observed tomorrow at II O'Clock.
The teachers of the village schools
passed last Saturday forenoon 10 study
ing the manufacture of shoes at the
plant OF the Commonwealth Shoe and
Leather Co. This visit is ore of a series
which they propose to make upon the
various manufacturing industries of the
town. They had previously passed a
Saturday forenoon at the Anderson Mills
and they will continue the study until
all the principal factories have been
shown them. They fnd the various
factories highly interesting and hope to
make the information gained In this way
Of practical advantage In their school