The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-06-13
BINGHAM.

town Monday. 1hey were looking
after the interests of the American
Shoe Finding Co, of this place.
jamie Rogers has been visiting his
sister, Mrs Bert Savage at No. New
Portland.
Fred Clark and wife of Caratunk
were in town Tuesday Oh their way
down river.
Earl Andrews has gone to Mosquito
Narrows where he will patrol the
right of way with Chris Steward fire
warden.
Mrs. Lucy Bates has gone to her
sisters, Mrs. Kennedy's at The
Forks. Mrs. Andrews for whom she
has been working is now doing her
own work.
Mrs. L. w. Jordan went down river
on Tuesday morning.
Janette Lander is i'll with diphtheria
and the family except Mr.. Lander are
quarantined.
F. H. Preble spent Sunday at Kineo
Station.
Wallace Johnson secured four
days ago.
Curren Smiths new house on the
other side of the river is progressing
finely, the plastering will be done this
week.
Mrs. Harlan Boynton and children
spent one day with Chas. Bickford's
family in Concord.
Mile French and wife of No. An
son passed through town Tuesday
morning on their way to The Forks.
Mrs. Larry Comber and Mrs. Chas.
Hunnewell of The Forks took the
train at this station Monday for the
Sisters Hospital in Lewiston.
A young son of Mont Beams of The
Forks has gone to Lewiston.
Roy and Susie Martin of Pleasant
pond were in Bingham last week re-
turning Friday.
Do you want a second hand wagon
at bargain. | have them. %
A. S. BURKE.
Furnishings for the Hotel being
newly fitted up at The Forks have ar
rived and were hauled up by Geo.
Gordon the first of the week.
A. F. Donigan and Geo. Pray re-
turned from trip to Moosehead lake
last week.
Ed. Roberts is cook in John Cahill's
crew, he commenced last week.
The school in the Badger district
will raise a flag at the close of the
present term, July Bird.
Mrs. Jane Whorff who was sick the
latter part of the winter and early
spring is again on the sick list.
II oil mi Of
slow have been guests of Chas. Baker
and wife.
Jas. Smith who has been failing in
health the past year or two died Mon
day night, funeral services on We'd
nesday p. m. He was 70 years of age.
Ed. Miller and wife are gaining in
health. their daughter, Marion, is re-
covering from tonsilitis.
J. j. Lander and wife returned Mon
day from a few days trip to Mike
Mars camp.
A. C. Dinsmore and wife recently
spent day or two at their Pleasant
pond cottage.
VIM. NJ. Aver of Oakland was in
Bingham Thursday.
Carrie Mullen is working for Henry
Chase and family.
Do you want a nice two seated
wagon for style and durability. Don't
buy till YOU see mine. A. 5. BURKE.
The annual union graduating exer
cises of the primary, intermediate
and grammar classes of The Forks
and " est Forks will be held at the
Chapel Thursday evening June goth.
The two schools here and the Frank
lin and Western schools at The Forks
will be represented.
There will be union graduating ex
ercises of the schools of Bingham and
Moscow at the Congregational church
on Friday June 2lst. Those of the
primary and intermediate classes will
be in the afternoon and of the gram
mar class in the evening. Good
music at both exercises. Several
rural schools of both towns will be
represented.
Sheriff Smith and party of Skowhe-
gan were in town Tuesday on their
way to The Forks.
Mrs. Harry Hubbard has been visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Whitney. She will return to her
home in Skowhegan on Sunday.
The summer arrangement for Sun
day trains commences the 18th inst.
Ed Bunker and wife have moved to
Oakland where they are keeping
house. Mrs. Merrill accompanied
them and assisted her daughter, Mrs.
Bunker in getting settled.
The shank factory has received a
new coat of paint this week.
Chas. Horn of Madison was in town
last Sunday.
George Washburne has recently
been in town.
Last Sunday afternoon the Rebeccas
marched in regalia to the cemetery
and decorated with flowers the graves
of deceased members.
There is a new station on the sum-
mer time table of the Somerset Rail
way called Moscow, not Moscow,
Russia or Moscow, Me-, but Moscow
in Sidney Goodrich's COW pasture in
Bingham. To reach this desirable
and much talked of spot one must go
out Meadow street across the "Slough
of Despond" up the hill of "Short
Pants to a box car off the trucks and
Moscow so-called. The pullman
trains come in and go out of this sta
ton instead of backing into the form
err station on Main street. There has
been some difficulty to decide how and
where to lay a street to this new sta
ton Those interested first petition
ed the selectmen to lay out highway