The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-09-03
See Fred G. Dow's opening ad this
week. It may interest you.

R. w. Brown of Boston is in town
and plans to remain until the middle
of the present month.
Mrs. Minnie Fish of this place has
gone to Bow Town, where she will
teach the fall term of SCHOOL,
H. E. Mailman of Portland has been
passing the week in town as the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. D. s. Holden.
Mrs. Mary L. Wells of Springfield,
Mass. returned home Tuesday, after a
visit here as the guest of Mrs. Fannie
Wildes.
Mrs. Flora Dealey has gone to Pres
que Isle, where she is the guest of
Alex Cox and family, former residents
of this town.
Miss Sarah NJ. Swain of Augusta is
passing the present week as the guest
of her father, John A. Swain, on the
Tobey Hill road.
Mrs. Lawrence Arlington returned
to her home in Lawrence, Mass,
yesterday, after visit here with her
father, James W. Holt.
Francois Poulin offers for sale, at
his shop un Ter the Somerset Traction
Co. waiting room, we'll chosen line
of mems and boys shoes.
Mrs. Chas. Dore and little nephew,
Dana Spaulding, Jr., returned Sat
urday from three weeks vacation
passed in Boston and New York.
The season at Lake George, Ca
man, closed Monday last, after one
of the most successful periods of
summer business it has ever known.
Mrs. Ida Leavitt, who went to Til
ton, n. II. some weeks since to at
tend the wedding of her son, William
Leavitt, arrived home Monday night.
c.. l.. Cleveland is rebuilding the
house and regarding the lot at the
John Smith place on the Middle road,
bought by him about two weeks
since.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Stinchfield of
Dorchester, Mass, with their young
daughter, arrived here Tuesday
evening for visit with Skowhegan
relatives.
Street Commissioner Webb has
completed cement sidewalk on the
west side of Madison avenue, be-
tween Water and Elm streets, making
a great improvement in the appear
ance of that thoroughfare.
George Burns, junior member of the
firm of Adams & Burns, met with a
considerable injury to his left arm,
Monday. 1t was caught by broken
belt which was in use on rapidly
running planer, at their factory on
Mill street.
Mrs. Abbie F. Robinson entertained
the members of the Snow-bound club
August 28th at her home on High
street and the following Tuesday,
Sept. l., the club met with Mrs. G
Davis Miller on Elm street. Both
ladies serving fine six O'Clock
dinner for which this club is famous.
@. w. Days six year old mare, Pau
line s, received the first award in the
class of Gentlemen's Drivers, at the
10, Fnf ot
week. She is entered for the Lew
iston and her owner expects after the
awards are made there next week, to
have another blue ribbon to add to
his collection.
Horace NJ. Pratt and two sons,
Frank and Clement, also Mrs. Annie
E. Reed of South Windham have been
the guests the last two weeks of Mrs.
Vina Hill at Lakewood. All were
SO much pleased with Lakewood for a
summer outing that they purchased a
lot there upon which they will build a
cottage, intending to have it COM
pleted ready for occupancy early next
summer.
The occasion of the municipal con-
cert, given by Company E Band at
the Skowhegan house, on Wednesday
evening of last week, was made the
opportunity to present the leader,
Mr.. r. F. Washburn, whose marriage
was noted in our last issue, with a
chest of silver tableware. The play
ers we're invited to the parlor of the
hotel and the gift was then bestowed
upon Mr.. Washburn as a wedding re-
membrance from the members Of the
band, A. E. Conant making the pre-
sentation speech.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. n. Goldsmith, Mr..
and Mrs. G.. l.. H. Smith and Mrs.
Ed. P. Whiting are passing the
present week in Boston. Mr. Whit
ing, who is in the U. s. Railway
Postal Service, on the Skowhegan
and Boston run, is in Boston every
other evening and can thus plan to
pass some time with Mrs. Whiting
and the others of the party. Before
returning to Skowhegan, MIR. and
Mrs. Goldsmith plan to visit their
former home in Gardiner, and Mr..
and Mrs. Smith will be guests of Mr..
and Mrs. William o. Wildes in Lewis
ton.
Miss Jessie Maddocks arrived home