The Somerset reporter., 1907-10-17
TOWN and VICINITY

The date of the Congregational
Fair is December and 4.
Be at Fairgrieves' Saturday after
noon and evening or you may regret
it.
NJ J. Allen left Tuesday to pass
portion of the present week on bust
ness in Boston.
Chas. Fairbrother passed last
Sunday with his son, c. A. Fairbro-
Their in Portland.
The annual meeting of the w. G.
T. [. will occur next Tuesday at 3
P. NJ. in G. A. R. hall.
Our subscribers may read with
profit the announcement made by
Dow & Carter in our advertising
columns this week.
DR.. G. R. Viles is expected home
tomorrow from Portland where he
has been attending the convention of
New England dentists.
Mrs. Fannie Fletcher went to
Waterville Tuesday to pass the re-
mainder of the week as the guest of
Rev. and Mrs. l. B. Mower.
Mrs. S. G. Mayo and her daughter,
Mrs. Geo. Pishon, left here yesterday
to visit with friends in Portland for
the remainder of the week.
Mrs. Mary A. Oak of Bangor arrived
here Tuesday evening. She is max
ing brief visit with George Philbrick
and family and will remain as the
guest of her son, Jos. P. Oak, for some
weeks.
Mrs. Herbert Wentworth and her
son, Allan, left here Tuesday morning
for vacation of several weeks, dur
ing which they will visit different
places in New Hampshire, Vermont
and Massachusetts.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Wood and their
young son left yesterday morning for
Baltimore, Md. Mr.. Wood will con-
tinue his studies at the Baltimore
Medical College, the present being the
third of four years course.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Dawson of
Bradford, England with their three
children arrived in Boston yesterday,
and are expected here early next
week. Mr.. Dawson will be employed
in the works of the Maine Spinning
Company. They were met at the
pier by Mrs. Dawson's sister, Mrs.
William Mitchell of this place, and all
will make brief visit with MI. and
Mrs. Richard Weller in Methuen,
Mass, before coming to Skowhegan.
The Skowhegan veterans who had
been in attendance upon the state
encampment of the Union Veterans
Union at Foxcroft, arrived home yes
terday. Those who went were: Chas.
A. Smith, Nathaniel Owen, Jefferson
Savage and Francis H. Wing. Mr..
Savage is Judge Advocate General of
the state association and Mr.. Wing is
colonel of the local Command. In the
election of officers, Jefferson Savage
of this place was made a member of
the executive committee. The next
annual session will be held at Brewer
or Gardiner, as determined by the
executive board.
A big water wheel at the works of
the Skowhegan Pulp Company went
to pieces yesterday, involving loss
of about one thousand dollars besides
the decreased production which will
amount to over seven tons per day,
about one third the capacity Of the
plant. The parts to replace those de-
stroyed will have to come from Ohio
and it is not expected that they can
reach here and be put in place under
one month. Breaks of this kind are
not of every day occurrence in the
pulp business, but machinery is very
heavy and when anything goes wrong
the disaster is likely to be of consider
able extent. No amount of care will
entirely eliminate them and, when
they come, they are accepted as inev-
table by managers and owners alike.
Mr.. and Mrs. lothian Bixby and
their son, Philip, of Los Angeles, CAL,
who have been in the east for the
past month making their headquar-
ters in Skowhegan, left here today for
Boston en- route for home. Hon.
Augustus Bixby and his daughter,
Miss Blanche, who came east with
them, will leave Monday and join
them at some point between here and
Washington, d. g. The party will
return home via New Orleans and
the Southern Pacific route. We trust
Mr.. lothian Bixby above mentioned
will retain pleasant memories of his
visit and we are sure he will feel that
his eastern friends have appreciated
the opportunity thus afforded of re-
newing their acquaintance with him
and his family. 1t was especially
gratifying to the many friends of Mr..
Augustus Bixby and his daughter to
have them make Skowhegan visit at
this time, and their reception here has
been such that they must return to
their home in the far west with the
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