The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-10-22
TOWN and VICINITY

Occldent flour at Arnold q Curr1or.
Ordway has two tenements to rent.
Chas. F. Ward has been in Boston
on business during the present week.
c. T. Huff and wife were in town
over Sunday, guests of Mrs. Fred
Russell.
Mrs. Harrison Baker is expected
home next Saturday from a weeks
vacation trip to Boston.
George Huff, editor of the Eastern
Gazette, and wife were visiting
Skowhegan friends over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert F. Dyer left
here Monday morning for a business
trip to Boston and for visit with
relatives in that vicinity.
The funeral of the late Joseph Fl.
Philbrick occurred on Friday after
noon of last week, from the home of
Mrs. George Philbrick on Madison
avenue.
Mrs. Flora T. Brainerd has been
passing the present week with rela-
tives in Boston and vicinity. Miss
Ella Hight has been taking her place
az librarian of the Skowhegan Public
Library.
The first literary meeting of the
Town Improvement Society for the
season of 1908 and 1909 will occur on
Friday, Oct. 23rd at 2.30 p. m. in the
Library parlors. An interesting pro-
gram will be given and tea will be
served by the directors at the close
of the meeting.
We learn from Mr.. G. R. Free
man that unless he receives a wire
calling him home Immediately he
will remain until he has settled up
his fathers and mothers estate, and
has decided to offer the home so
long occupied by them on Water ST.,
opposite Coburn Park, for sale.
There will be a special meeting of
Russell Relief Corps Friday p. m.
Oct. Goth, and it is requested that the
officers and members consider this a
special invitation to be present. 1t is
expected Mrs. S. Jennie Ross of New
port will be the guest of the Corps
Friday, Nov. s, when the annual in
spection will take place.
W. W. Hamblett, a well known
citizen of Embden, was in town on
Friday of last week. During the
presidential campaign of 1860, Mr..
Hamblett was a resident of California
and cast his first vote in that state
for the Dem ocratc Candidates of that
year, Breckenridge and Bell. From
his first ballot to the present time re
has been unwaN ering in his allegierce
to Democracy.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Morrow and Mr..
and Mrs. Warren McGregor of
Bethlehem, N. H., and Miss Katie
Mccarthy of Lynn, Mass, arrived by
auto as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Elba
Danforth, Sunday, leaving for home
again Wednesday morning. They
were eight hours on the road coming
from home. The same party made a
trip to Boston and return the first of
the week Mr.. Morrow and wife go
to Pinehurst, N. c., next week for
the winter.
Mrs. L. H. Welch left here on
Friday of last week to return to her
home in Los Angeles, Cal. She had
been in Skowhegan for several
months, the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Pauline 2. Hill and of Silas Leland
and family. While here, Mrs. WEIGH
was instrumental in arranging for
a memorial window which was placed
in the southeriy wall of the Island
Avenue Congregational Church on
Monday of the past week. The
window is given in memory of NJ rs.
Paulina c. Philbrick, Mrs. Welch's
mother, formerly a devoted member
of the Island Avenue society.
The livery business established by
the late Lowell w. Chase, something
like twenty FIVE years ago, and more
recently conducted under the name
of l.. W. Chase & Co., passed last
week into the hands of Frank W. and
Harry E. Chase, sons of the original
proprietor, who will continue it under
the firm name of Chase Brothers.
George F. Chase, who had been
associated with his brother as a mem
Der of the firm of L. w. Chase & Com
pany, has disposed of his interest to
the new firm. Frank W., the senior
member of the new firm of Chase
Brothers, has been a resident of
Skowhegan for the past twelve years,
employed at the Chase stables for
quite a portion of this time. The
Junior member of the firm, Harry E.
Chase, has passed most of his life in
Amesbury, where he followed the
printing trade for some years past.
He has been a resident of Skowhegan
since the first of September.
Occident Flour costs more-worth it.
Plenty of venison at the Coburn
Market.
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