The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-05-02

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Pair Nelson farm, located in Athens,
to Geo. E. Cilley of Enrol, N. H.
Mrs. C. o. Sturtevant of Winthrop
is passing the week in town as the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Fred r. Phil
brick.
Mrs. Clyde [. Giles of Portland with
her son, Donald, is passing a fort
night in town as the guest of her
mother.
DR.. and Mrs. w. S. Stinchfeld, ac
companied by their daughter, Miss
Lyle, passed Sunday with relatives in
Portland.
Robe TT H. futile, local representa-
tive of the Boston Globe and other
papers, has been passing brief vaca
tion in Bangor this week.
There is to be a dramatic and mus
zeal entertainment at Convent hall
tomorrow Friday evening, by the
people of St Mary's Parish.
About 25 people from Skowhegan
and vicinity went to Waterville Tues
day to hear Hon. William Jennings
Bryan lecture at the Opera House.
Dr. Cora NJ Johnson left home,
Saturday for Boston, Mass, where
she will be the guest of her classmate
DR.. Mary M. Pearson for a few weeks.
Announcement has recently been
made that Maurice p. Merrill, Bow
dom 'O8, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. P.
Merrill of this place, is to be one of
the speakers to compete for the
Alexander prize, from his class.
Geo. Plummer and Dern j. Green
went to Milo, Monday where they
will be engaged on a steam fitting job
during the next two weeks at the mill
of the Milo Lumber Co., for the Stew
ard Heating & Plumbing Co., of this
place.
Something over 1872 was realized
from the entertainment at the church
parlors, given Friday evening under
the auspices of the class in the Cong
regational Sunday school taught by
T. g. Lord. The proceeds are devot-
ed to the Y. M. c. A. fund.
Joseph Bealier has leased the Lin
wood boarding house, formerly run
by Frank Beaudoin, and will assume
it's management at once. Mr.. Boiler
continues the ownership of his farm
on the middle road and will give it
such attention as is necessary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo B. Lawrence,
with their three children, Guy, Roy
and Ruth, have moved to Wilton,
Me-, where Mr.. Lawrence has a posi-
ton as percher in the Goodspeed
textile mills. Mr.. Lawrence has
always lived in Skowhegan and for
eighteen years has been employed at
the c. NJ. Bailey oilcloth factory.
Willis Reed left here, Friday of last
week, for Los Angeles, Cal, where he
proposes to settle, seeking employ
ment as an electrician. Mr. Reed
came here from Madison, fifteen
years since, and has been employed
since that time by the Skowhegan
Electric Light Co. He was accom-
panied by his son, Clarence, who has
been working in the Maine Spinning
Mills.
Miss Marion Brainerd, who has re-
Gently resigned her position as ste
nographer for the Enforcement Com
mission to accept situation in the
office of Norman Bassett, Esq, in
Augusta, passed Sunday in town with
her mother, Mrs. Flora T. Brainerd.
She was accompanied by Miss Ethel
Scribner of Augusta Miss Scribner
was employed in the Office Of E. n.
Merrill in this place for several
months in the summer of 1908.
w E. Jones, one of the proprietors
of the popular sporting camps at
Mosquito Narrows, Moxie, situated
on the line of the new Somerset ex-
tension, was in town yesterday. His
camps, many of which are new, will
accommodate about 80, and are to be
opened next week. He anticipates
the ice will leave the pond about the
10th inst and states that while the
fishing there is always good the
largest catches are made during May
and June.
Mrs. Harold c. Woodbury., chief
accountant at the Office of the Mars
ton Mills, passed Sunday with her
sister, Miss Linda, in Westfield, Mass.
and the two ladies went to New York
City together, Monday morning. AT
ter a week there they will go to see
their brother, Harry, who is a mem
Der of the orchestra at Keith's Thea
ter in Trenton, N. j., and for a visit
with relatives in Philadelphia. They
will return to Massachusetts by way
of Albany. Mrs. Woodbury. expects
to return here the last of next week.
E. B. Nickerson has a mare, Lady
Franklin, q years old, who foaled a
fine colt Saturday. A colt from
dam of that age is not unheard of but
is not a common occurrence. This
one is by Maquon and as his dam is