The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-10-08

lrom West Alilb, w lsconbln, anu Will
pass the month of October in town.
Miss Frank Tuck of Bucksport was
visiting in town last week at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Joshua F. Will
liams.
Miss Bertha Currier has gone to
Portland to pass the winter as a
member of the household of r. G..
Leighton and family.
Sumner c. Ward is on his annual
hunting trip this week and his place
at the Maine Central baggage room is
being filed by Clarence Allen.
Ernest C. Butler, ESQ.,, departed for
Bar Harbor, on a business trip this
morning. He will pass Sunday in Ban
gor and is expected home Tuesday of
next week.
S. W. Philbrick went to Moosehead
Lake this morning to attend confer
ence of directors of the Kennebec Log
Driving and Kennebec Waterpower
companies.
S. Russakoff arrived home from a
business trip to New York City last
evening. He was accompanied by
his brother Jacob, who has just ar
rived in this country from Russia.
Misses Constance and Ruth Ander
son, who had been passing the sum-
mer at Hayden Lake as guests of their
uncle, Lewis Anderson, left for their
home in Cumberland Hill, r. |. Sat-
urday morning.
Samuel McIlwrath arrived home
Friday evening after ten days visit
to Massachusetts. a portion of the
time was passed with his son, John,
McIlwrath, now one of the electri-
clans at the Harvard Medical school
in Cambridge.
j. G. Tuck has bought farm in
Belgrade. He went to that place
Saturday to complete the transfer,
which had been previously arranged
for, and was accompanied for the day
by E. F. Russell of this place. He
will move onto his new purchase
some time this month.
The annual reception of the Show
hogan High School will occur at Mil
burn hall tomorrow Friday evening.
The parents, teachers and friends of
the pupils are invited. The COM
mittee have arranged an agreeable
entertainment program and the
evening will close with social hop.
The annual business meeting of the
W. c. T. L. will be held next Tuesday
afternoon at O'Clock in G.. A. r.
hall. The officers and superintend-
ents of the departmental work are re-
quested to make their annual reports
at this meeting. Following the re-
ports will occur the elections of Off
GERS for the ensuing year.
Ora H. Pratt, brother of Mrs. C.
Davis Miller of this place, died at his
home in North Newport, Thursday
of last week, aged sixty nine years.
The deceased was a native of New
port but lived in Skowhegan for two
years, about 1886 and 1887 on the
Thomas Pratt farm in the south part
of the town. He often visited here
and had the acquaintance of many
Skowhegan people.
Mrs. w. H. Gannett of Augusta and
her daughter, Miss Grace Cannot ac-
companied by two lady friends, were
in town Tuesday afternoon. They
had been in Pennington for day and
in returning home by automobile
came by the way of Skowhegan,
The party were entertained at tea at
Hotel Coburn as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter P. Ordway and finished
their journey to Augusta III the even
ing.
The annual Maine convention of
the associated societies of the Bap-
fist denomination has been in session
! dI hulnloId hiio Ohlo "OOh' AAhOhS
the important events connected
Herewith has been the dedication of
the new Rumford Falls meeting
house of which Rev. Harold Hanson,
son of the late DR.. G. V. Hanson, is
pastor. Rev. George Merriam, Mrs.
Helen S. Coburn, Miss Louise Coburn,
Mrs. George o. Smith, R. F. Home
sted, and G. r. Fogg, delegates from
the Bethany Baptist church of this
place, attended this ceremony which
occurred Tuesday evening.
The farm buildings owned and oc-
cupied by R. S. Brown, situated on
the Malbon Mills road about one
mile from Skowhegan, were burned
to the ground Thursday afternoon
This place is better known as the
Roscoe Heath farm, and became the
property of the present owner last
spring. Mr.. Brown was living alone
his wife, having gone the day before
to her relatives in Norridgewock. AT
the time the fire started, Mr.. Brown
was preparing his dinner, when the
are caught around the chimney.
When the fire was discovered, it was
beyond control. The value of the
buildings is given as $4,000 and the in
surance at $4,000.