The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-05-16

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guest of Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Wildes.
Mrs. Melville G. Baker received
the news Saturday of the death of her
mother, Mrs. Thomas Reyes of Lond-
on, Ontario.
An accident to the engine cut off
the power and necessitated shutting
down most of the departments at the
shoe factory, Monday forenoon last.
Rev. B. B. Merrill arrived home
Tuesday evening from brief trip to
Standpoint, Me, where he went to
attend to repairs on his summer cot
tage
Mrs. Edgar Murphy and her infant
daughter, Altana, and Miss Maud
Thompson went to Portland yester
day for weeks visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Pillsbury.
Mr.. and Mrs H NJ Pattee, who
have been employed in the straw
shops in Medtield during the past
winter, are to start for home Satur-
day, and will arrive here early next
week
Mrs. Joseph O. Smith, who had been
in Beverly, Mass. and Washington,
/ D. G. since last November arrived
here, Monday morning. She is to
occupy her residence on Water street
and has already established her home
/ there.
w. T. Clark with his family of
Brooklyn, N. Y, arrived here last
evening and is to open his cottage at
Lakewood. Mr.. Clark was expected
at an earlier date but the great sue
cess of the Checker" Theatrical
Company, with whom he is playing,
led to an extension of their season.
i William Green died at the home of
his sister, Mrs. C. d. Eaton, on East
Leavitt street, Saturday. He had fol-
lowed the occupation of a scaler in
the Maine woods, during the lumber
ing season, for many years. Funeral
ceremonies were observed this fore
noon at II O'Clock His age was about
"a years.
At O'Clock Sunday afternoon,
Peter Holley and Miss Mary Ann
Flanagan were married at ST. Mary's
church, the services being performed
by their pastor, Father A. o. Lacroix.
Alonzo Lacroix was the best man and
the bride was attended by Miss Win
ME O'Reiley. They are to make their
home at the Parochial Farms.
Coroner L. j. Addition was sum
moned to Hinckley, Monday, by
parties who had found the body of
man in the river at the Pishons Ferry
boom. From a memorandum found
in his pockets Mr.. Addition was able
to identify the body to be that of An
thony Simpson, a man of about "A
years, who had disappeared from
Norridgewock some time last March.
There was no evidence of foul play
and it is supposed that he committed
suicide.
Mrs. Marian Lowe with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Walter Savage and her two
children, Lawrence, aged three, and
Lucille, nearly two years of age, are
visiting in town at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Simpson. Mr. and
Mrs. Savage and Mrs. Lowe are to re-
sumo their residence here after a five
years absence, passed in Massachu
sets. They have leased the Playse
house on North avenue and will oc-
cupy it in the early future. Mr.
Savage will retain his position as
travelling salesman for a Massachu
sets firm.
The passing of Arbor Day was noted
in the Skowhegan Schools by reading
of the Presidents message, supple
mented by brief explanation by the
teachers of the purpose and import
ance of that holiday. In many of the
schools the teachers gave notice on
Thursday that some time would be
devoted to cleaning up the school
grounds and many of the children
came Friday morning with garden
rakes and brooms for the purpose.
Considerable work of this kind was
done by the scholars and at the Gar
field building on Leavitt street tree
was planted.
The Maine Central Railroad has is
sued a circular letter to announce the
opening of their "Kineo Short Line"
service commencing with the adop-
ton of the summer time table, Mon
day, June 10. Trains will be run to
Kineo Station Birch Point on the
shore of Moosehead Lake, opposite
the Kineo House. A train will leave
Oakland daily, Sundays included, at
9.15 a. M, arriving at Kineo Station
at 100 D. m. There will also be
train leaving Oakland at 1.2O p. m,
arriving at Kineo Station at p. m
South bound trains will leave Kineo
at 10 a. m. and 8 p. M, Sundays in
cluded. Besides the above there will
be trains running to Bingham only.
Rumors of the train schedule, to be
in force after the change in time
which goes into effect on the Central