The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-11-04
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day time with cold nights has been
/ the weather during the past week.
Elbridge Wright of Bath, spent Sun
day in town. the guest of Mr.. and
/ Mrs. Charles Bruce.
/ The Spiritualist Ladies' Aid society
/ gave a baked bean supper in their
/ hall last Saturday evening which was
well patroniZed A sale table of fan
cy articles was a new feature intro
duced on that occasion and was well
patronized. They will have a public
meeting on Tuesday evening, Nov y
and Mrs Nellie Holt Harding has
been engaged as speaker.
Neil Mills was in town from Port
alnd over Sunday on visit to his
grandparents.
Miss florence Bruce has been
spending few days visiting her
brother, Charles Bruce of Mercer
avenue. Miss Bruce will return this
week to New Sharon where she Is
stopping with her mother.
C. A. Whiting who has been seri-
ously i'll with pneumonia for the past
ten days Is now improving.
The regular meeting of the Village
improvement society will be held In
their rooms in the library on Friday
afternoon. The subject is New Jer-
sey. It's early history and winter re-
sorts will be taken up. paper Will
be read giving life sketch OF Walt
Whitman. The committee in charge
are: Mrs. Electa Tobey, Mrs. Blanche
Ward and Mrs. Sophia Hall.
Mrs. Lydia c. NJ. Crosby, who has
boop ,,olipu hor homo with her
daughter Mrs. Eaton of Brunswick,
for the past few years. was the re-
cipient of a shower of birthday cards
on the occasion of her ninety-second
birthday which occurred October Il.
Mrs Eaton has kindly taken the re-
sponsiblity of answering them all
for her mother. Mrs Crosby lived on
Main street in this village for great
many years and all Of our older resi-
dents are numbered among her
friends and hope that many returns
of the day will find her hale and
hearty.
Almon Blaisdell has been receiving
short visit from his mother.
Elmer Davis has sold out the ex-
press business and the carrying of
the mail from the station to the post
office to Wilbur Taylor who assumed
the duties Monday OF this week.
Miss Alice Johnson is in rather
poor health.
Mr. and Mrs. f. s. Miller will leave
soon FOR hunting trip up river OF a
week or more Mr.. Miller always
stays In the tall timber until he can
get his quota of deer
Mrs. Julia Conant had severe
surgical operation performed at the
Sisters hospital in Lewiston last
week. At the present time it is re-
ported that she is gaining very slow
ly
Walter Crosby has moved into Ben
Smiths house on the north side Of
the river and Mr.. Dickerson who has
been occupying this rent, has moved
on to the Wentworth farm on the
road to the Longley neghborhood
Miss Ada Jeffrey, Miss Maud Lam
caster and Miss Florence Chase were
among our village teachers who at
tended the Teachers convention at
Lewiston Friday.
Fred Everett's little baby is seri-
ously sick with pneumonia.
Fred Hurley and Miss Mary Mitch
ell of Skowhegan were in town Sun
day visiting friends.
1t was great occasion for Som
erset Grange when Kennebec Valley
Grange of Madison visited them last
Thursday evening and conferred the
third and fourth degrees and fur
nished the entertainment for the ev-
ening. The degree work was excep-
tionally fine and so also was the en-
tetrainment. The attendance was ex-
ceptionally large To wind up the
week the members of Somerset
Grange visited Victor Grange of
Fairfield Center on Saturday evening
and didn't get home until about time
for the early birds to be up. They
report fine time.
An alarm of fire Friday morning
turned out a big crowd to see the
chimney in Rollisop Sawyer's house
burn out. Things got pretty hot
around the chimney and fire caught
from 1t but it was soon put out. Con-
siderable water was used and Mr..
Sawyer's people were more in dan
ger of being drowned than burned.
The day was very windy and it was
fortunate that the FIRE was discovered
before much Roadway had been made.
Byron Johnson has been in town
from Madison this week visiting his
family.
Fred Spaulding spent several days
of last week in Larone visiting his
friend, Leo Winslow
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Jones have
moved into Carol Staples's rent next
to the library. Mrs. Johnson will
also occupy some of the rooms in
this rent.
Ferris Rowe, who has been very
critically i'll with pneumonia, is now
slowly gaining.
Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Calhoun ex-
pect to leave this week for their new
home in Stamford, VT.
The initiatory degree was conferred
in Quinnebasset lodge, l. o. o. F., on
Monday evening.
G. s. Wright returned Saturday
night from a several days trip to
Massachusetts.
Potatoes have been selling at forty
cents per bushel for several days.
Mrs. H. l.. Maddocks Is still very
seriously sick although little i'm
provement Ia noted.
Orion Day of New Sharon was In
town the first of the week visiting