Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-01


power Gilmore touring car and IT arr
rived last week. On Sunday afternoon,
accompanied by his wife, two sons,
Grover and Ernest, and two daugh-
tiers, the Misses Mabel and Margaret,
he started for a ride. In climbing a
steep hill on the road from Norridge-
wock to. Madison on the north side of
the river, was when the accident hap
pened. Mr.. Green started to make the
hill, which is bad one, on the high
speed. Then he threw 1t into the sec
ond speed. He then decided to make
the incline on the slow speed. Here he
hesitated for a moment and like all
who hesitate was lost. Instead of
the car into the slow speed
he set the reverse and the car, being
on quite high speed, began to go down
the hill at a rapid rate. The auto left
the highway and ran through bushes
and into the ditch. Mr.. Green set the
b~ake and the car finally brought UP
against a large rock. 1t was lucky
thing that it did, too, for had it gone
Is feet further it would have run in
to hole some Is feet deep which had
been washed out of the side of the
road by brook. Had the machine
gone into this the party must have
met with more or less loss of life. AS
it was Mrs. Green sustained a slight
injury to her back and the rest of the
family escaped uninjured. The auto
was damaged to the extent of a burst
tire and the top was torn. The toneau
was also more or less scratched. 1t
was only by a miracle that all were
not more or less injured. The car will
probably be out of commission for q
few weeks.
Skowhegan readers of this paper. or at
least many of them, will be surprised to
learn that two Of the popular young peo-
pie of the town have stolen a march on
their friends and gone and got married."
as the saving is. The principals are w.
Fred Turner who has been manager of
the City drug store for the past few
years, and Mrs. Kate NJ. Kendall, both
of this town. The ceremony was per-
formed on June IS in Portsmouth, n. H.,
by Rev. Mr.. Adams. The groom is tha
oldest son of Mr., and Mrs. c. Z. Turner
of Mount Pleasant avenue. AS stated
above, he is engaged in the drug business
and Is one of the hustling young business
men of the town. The bride is native
her home for q number of years where
she has a large circle Of friends. Mr..
and Mrs. Turner will make their home for
the present on Water street. Their many
friends extend congratulations.
The funeral of the late Lowell ". Chase
was held at 2 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon
in the parlors at Hotel Coburn. There
was a large attendance of friends. in
Guiding a delegation from Canton Somer-
set, No. &c, Patriarchs Militant, of which
he was member, in uniform, under COM
mand of Captain George H. Webb. Pray
err was offered by Rev. George Merriam.
and the burial rites of the Canton were
performed. There was large number of
handsome floral pieces. The bearers were
Edward Spear and II. c. Young, repre-
senting Parmenas Encampment. No. IS,
and G. III. Webb and F. A. Wood from
the canton. The remains will be taken
on the $40 train this morning to Ames-
bury, Mass, for interment. The funeral
there will be held at 9 o'clock on Thurs,
day afternoon and will be under the aus
pices of the Odd Fellow Lodge of that
city, of which he was a member.
Two young men from Cornville came to
town Monday and got next to some OF the
booze dispensed by pocket pedfefs.' Tff6
result was that both acquired load
which they should have made two trips
for. 1t required the whole of Water
street for them to reach the top Of the
Eddy hill, where they were arrested by
f. @ Dunlap. chief of police. Tuesday
morning they were before Judge Bachel-
Ter in the municipal court. who. by the
way, witnessed their trip down by his
residence. He gave each a fine of IS and
costs, total of 50 each. Both paid and
were discharged. They should have wait
ed until the Fourth. AS it was their
celebration was a little premature.
Miss Kate M. White, who has been
teaching school in Beverly, Mass re-
turned home for the summer vacation
Tuesday.
Miss Mary B. Morse of Springfield,
Mass. arrived Tuesday for a visit with
Skowhegan relatives.
Mrs. Georgia Bigelow. who had been
the guest of her mother and brother
for few weeks. returned Tuesday to
her home in Rangeley.