The Republican journal., 1908-10-01
STOCKTON SPRINGS.

| The Ladies' Aid Society will meet for work,
this. Thursday, afternoon with Mrs. Herbert
| Clifford, West Main street.
| The Italian bark Espasia cleared from our
custom house last Monday, with a cargo OF
| shocks for an Italian sea port.
| The Young lady members of the Y. P. Guild
will meet next Friday afternoon with Miss
| Flora Gardner, Middle street.
Rev H. E. Rouillard will preach on ''Rell-
gious Inclusiveness' next Sunday morning at
! the IJniversalist church Let there be good
| sized congregation.
| Mr.. Edward R. Overlook left Thursday to
ioin his mother, Mrs. Henry S. Overlook, in
Somerville, Mass He will probably be absent
through the winter.
Charles Devereax left Monday on his return
to New York after fortnight's stay with his
wife at his mother laws home on School
street. Mrs. D. will join him later.
Charles M. Stewart of Bangor arrived Mon
day and remained over Tuesday to look after
the business OF the Italian bark he has just
loaded at Cape Jellison with orange shocks for
Sicily.
Rev. H. E. Rouillard, superintendent of
schools expects to attend the Waldo County
Teachers Convention in Belfast next Friday,
accompanied by the entire teaching corps of
the town,
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Page of Wateryille ar
rived Saturday night by train, called here by
the illness of Mrs. P.'s sister, Mrs. Roxanna A.
Simmons They left Monday for Frankfort,
en- route for home.
natural last Sunday; but symptoms were less
encouraging Monday evening. Her daughters
have great sympathy from the community in
their anxious watching.
The members of Pownal Lodge. F. and A. M.
attended the funeral services of Mr.. Living
stone Hall, last Thursday afternoon at Sandy
Point village, and performed their burial rites
at the house and grave.
Mrs Lizzie Blanchard did not leave The
Stockton last week as intended, and at this
to visit Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Bean in HalIowell
soon. Her health is very poor indeed
Last Friday MIR. Hayward Perce of Frank
fort with Mr. and Mrs. W. A Scrippe of Ala
media, Cal, called on the Misses Hichborn on
Church street, and took Miss Mary Hichborn
to Frankfort to remain over Sunday at the
Perce home.
Miss Mary Plummer of North Searsport ar
rived last week to remain for an indefinite time
with Mrs. Avelina Griffin, Sylvan street. Mrs.
G. is suffering from serious inflammation of
the limbs and feet, which is very painful. We
hope her case may soon be improving.
We regret that the recent reports from our
townswoman Mrs. Ralph H. lockwood, now
parents Capt and Mrs. Eden Shute, could de-
sire. 1t is hoped that the invigorating air of
that locality may benefit her bronchial trouble
eventually.
A large company from Stockton-about 70
persons from the whole participated in
the pleasures of the Autumn Leaf Excur-
sion" over the B. & A. r. R., last Thursday,
finding less trouble from the smoke Of the big
forest fires than was expected. This view
from Kineo was very good.
Miss Marion Kneeland left last Friday for
Pressure Isle. where she has been engaged to
teach for the coming year She is the only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kneeland OF
Cape Jellison and graduate Of the Eastern
State Normal School at Castine, class of 1907
The past year she successfully taught in our
town, at Lowder Brock,
Capt. X. VI. Dahl arrived last Saturday from
Copenhagen, Denmark, to spend month in his
former American home, the N. G. Hichborn
house, Church street. He had called upon
Messrs. F. O. and G. F. Hichborn in Portland,
and C. S. Hichborn in Augusta en- route from
New York and came into town over our rail-
road for the first time,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter F. kithbali and daugh-
ter, Miss Frances, of Boston, arrived in town
early last week, called here by the serious ILL
ness of Mrs. KS mother, Mrs. Rexanna A!
Simmons. They returned Tuesday morning
leaving the invalid somewhat more comforta-
BILE. We hope permanent gain may follow.
Mr. and Mrs Edgar M. Cocord are receiv-
ing congratulations upon the arrival at their
home of a most welcome little daughter-Ada
Roxanna-Sept. 25th. Mother and baby are
doing WELL The grandparents, Capt and Mrs.
Melvin E. Colcord and Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus L.
Mudgett, come in for share in the felicita
lions upon this happy event-the first grand
child in each family.
The long continued drought has been accom-
panied by dangerous fire in the Marsh woods
which has required continual watching and
lighting" during the past week, the wood-lots
of the town being endangered very seriously.
A night guard has been kept on duty for a
week. The heavy fog of Monday was benef-
cial and everybody wished earnestly for pow
erful rainstorm to extinguish the fire entirely.
Much cord wood, piled in the woods, has been
burned.
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