The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-20
TOWN and VICINITY.

Rev. L. H. Beane, former pastor,
will probably occupy pulpit of the
Methodist, church on Sabbath next.
The annual reunion of the Twen-
tieth Maine Regiment is to occur at
Thomaston, next Thursday, August
9th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. W. Marble and
family went to Portland, Monday.
They are to pass the next three
weeks al Peaks Island.
Miss Louise Slayton returned to her
home in Melrose, Monday, after a
weeks visit here as the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. Geo. E. Sampson.
Mrs. Nellie Nesbit of Dexter and
Mrs. Emma 81 ephsrd of Phillips were
in town Tuesday, driving here across
country from the latter town. They
were on their way TO Mrs. Nesbit's
home in Dexter.
The A. NJ. Thompson Farm Agency
has sold the following farms the past
week: The c. A. Dondera's farm in
Starks to Warren Clark Of Long Is
land, N. Y. and the c. F. Nutting
farm in Madison to A. E. Newell of
Fairfield, Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde II. Smith went
to Hartland in their touring car,
Tuesday afternoon, and from that
town, accompanied by Mr.. Smiths
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
Willard Smith, set ont for ten days
tour of the White Mountains.
Joseph F. Nye of Boston, arrived
here Monday and is visiting at the
home of his nephew, Albert r. Smil-
ey. Mr.. Nye was once resident OF
Skowhegan but removed from here
about forty years ago, going first to
Pittsfield and from that town to Cal
ifornia for a time, settling i'll Massa-
chusetts after his return from the
West.
Alonzo r. Herrin went to Portland,
Tuesday, to attend the 4Oth annual
reunion of his regiment, the Thirteeth
Maine. Other members of that regi-
ment living in this place are John
Farnham and Fred Cover but they
were unable to attend the reunion
this year. Before returning Mr.. Her
rim visited with relatives in Gorham
and Alfred.
Ernest E. Rowell, for some time
the letter carrier on Skowhegan's
local delivery No. 8, has resigned his
position and is teaching school at
Jackman. He is to be succeeded on
September 1st by Howard Durrill,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. s. P. Durrill of
this place. In the mean time Roy L.
Jones is serving as substitute carrier
on this route.
Owing to a misunderstanding be-
tween Knight & Hoxie, sub-contract-
ors for the brickwork on the Munich
pal Building, and Smith s& Rumery,
the builders, the crew of masons
ceased work last Friday. Smith &
Rumery have now taken the matter
under their charge and will push the
walls to completion as fast as posi-
BILE. A crew of masons arrived here
from Portland last evening and COM
menced laying brick this morning.
Joseph K. Goodrich, who HAD been
passing a two weeks vacation In
town with his parents, returned to
Chicago Saturday. The journey to
that city was accomplished in few
less than 40 hours, Mr.. Goodrich tax
ing the $40 a. m. train from here,
Saturday, and arriving at his destina-
ton at nine Sunday evening. To be
able to leave Skowhegan one day and
arrive in Chicago the next, makes
that city seem much nearer to people
of Somerset than when it was regard
ed as an outpost of the far west.
DR.. and Mrs. F. A. Leitch are
among the Skowhegan people in at
tendance this week at the Methodist
campmeeting at Dresden, which is in
charge of the Rev. H. E. Dunnack of
Augusta. In the Chatauqua services,
arranged by Rev. w. F. Berry of
Kents Hill, DIR. Leitch delivered a
lecture, yesterday morning, on "True
and False Ideals of Government"
wherein he discussed at length vari-
Gus aspects of Socialism. Mrs. Leitch
was among the speakers yesterday
afternoon and Mr.. Leitch speaks
again to tomorrow morning on The
Coming City,"
On arriving home from his Office at
eight thirty, Tuesday evening, DR..
w. NJ. Pulsifer found a company of
twenty of his gentlemen friends as
sembled to greet him and to offer
congratulations on the arrival of his
forty fifth birthday. Mrs. Pulsifer
had issued the invitations and had
succeeded very nicely in keeping all
knowledge of it from her husband 80
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