The independent-reporter., 1909-10-07
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sar,. of the larger cities of the e"s'
anA later will make longer h'ss ~
az. state of Virginia Ihe iFp
~, ,slon with friends who i've IN '"e
South. II c are
..,7,,.d a Kpecial outing to atteha .ne
esty Al stark on "Wednesday o, ei's nm,
.,aeh From a precedent estaohsheu
- ngn when they had a1i""
.iia IN this fair there has beeh
- NJ contention ever since ol
80 occasion quite "A number b.as gu
80, ~ school and went In pfiNaps
,aaus and received a punishment VI
s,onnlng after school hall an nou. ,
~ nieht for three weeks ms
time thev have been granted aho.nel
- e,raw ride and good days outing
7taarsullv granted by the powers III
ue.aa viii doubtless be good IN,
yestment In future goou ieei'"e
added zest In work ,.oa tho cam
Fred Jewett has completeu I.saId enI
ming of corn at the Noitn nao 600 aans
factory. putting up about Zoo'Voo e"n0 a
which is a good crop lot th"'
ton. .,,rred from
William Wheeler returned ~ ~
Monmouth Monday oil TINS 10
,ybere he has been employed III '"0
canning factory. os Wis
Mrs Guptill and little son OF MIS-
casset are visiting Mrs. Guptlll III"
Gle E. B. Everett. r,,s.,s
vii Taylor will attend the uiI .
Dental school in Boston this Winter
Mr. and Mrs. John McPhersoh VI
ckowhegan. were in town SUNDAY VIC
iting friends. Carr have re-
.rrned from the pond where they
have been spending the summer ~
their cottage. -. ,,oyed
Mrs Emery of Fairfield, has noVeu q,
info the rent in the upper part Oh -
J. Savages house. u.t,e
Mra Fannie Bunnell and niue
d.uqbter of Phillips, visited at "a H.
Brackley's Monday. os
Mr and Mrs. w. B. Burnham OF
corotoqa Springs, n. Y, have peeh
letting Mrs. Harriet Field mrS'
purnham was a sister to Mr. fleiu'
Edwin Rogers has resigned as jam
.or of the Congregational church al
fer a long and faithful term Oh onieIi e,i
Earris Rowe has been chosen To iii
the vacancy. ondiro
Carroll Wheeler has been spehoins
a sbort vacation at home WIN h,'
narents. Mr. and Mrs. William Wneei-
ar Mr. Wheeler has good postum
as bookkeeper in one OF the mafhe''
Mrs G. B. Kimball who has peeh
,dsitine for some days with her aunt
Mrs C. A. Whiting, returned 10 hei
home in Massachusetts Monday
William Bracket and family anu
Ar and Mrs. Cony Russell took an
anto trip to Togus Sunday to visit the
National Soldiers Home.
The Rand was engaged to play at
tho Mercer fair Monday Quite an at
tendance of other citizens OF TINS to"h
were also present. a,,o
Miss Marion Wilson gave readihe
in the Baptist church MohoaS 1s
ing under the auspices OF the ~ Z, "a" S'
which was very well attenueu; H's'
Wilson gave character studles III e'e
tume and was certainly an artis. III
that line. Her sketches OF the nc
leased Convict" nature study oI lno
moor white trash" and the Doot
black" were exceptionally wei dohe
Miss Florence Jewett, FREQ opauiu
ing Miss Berle Fuller ana Miso
GLADYS Spaulding furnished the mus
ic for the evening a.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dunham OF AT
tleboro, Mass, who have been speha.
inc couple of weeks at the Fernsloe
Rungalow, returned to their nohe
Tuesday of this week.
The ladies' of the Congregational
church presented their annual mar
vest supper in their vestry on FRIDAY
evening of last week. After the sup
nor q very pleasing entertainment was
given. There was good attendance
and 1t was a very enjoyable anair'
Elmer Davis, who has been WORK
ing for the American Express Co. III
portland for several years, got NOME
sick for Norridgewock again Inc
consequence is that Mr. Davis IL
hack in town and has purchased ms
old business of Fred Tobey ana VIII
carry the mail and express. we are
glad to have him with us again lot
his sunny smile is good any time 10
ward off an attack of the blues.
Mrs Jeanette Johnson has been
nuite seriously Ill for the past week
hut is now very much better.
Miss Frances Jones has been very
sick for a number of days. She Is
gaining. .ho
Mr., Billings. proprietor OF the
greennouse at Richmond, Me-, mas
been in town for a few days LOOKING
after a number of acres OF potatoes
which he has planted in this sectloh
business has been humming at the
Rurnham & Morrill, corn shop Tor the
past ten days. Early predlctions
were that there would be put NUS
corn to pack but the long rain ana the
warm weather afterward acteo ilhe
magic and lots of corn that had been
given up as hopeless, took new
start and is now coming in In me
shane. Both lines of machinery nave
been running over time and the pack
40 far is we'll up to seven hundreu
Thousand with other counties to De
heard from. -,
Mrs. Fl. l.. Maddocks, who has oeen
spending a number of weeks visiting
relatives in Belfast, Liberty, Winslow
and Clinton, returned home Sunday.
Ralph Cleveland of Skowhegan, has
been In town with his electric vacuum
cleaning outfit for the past week and
has cleaned several public halls and
churches as we'll as some private
houses.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. F. Carr attended
the fair at Pennington last week and
visited their daughter, Mrs. Alvinza
Whitcomb at Farmlngton Falls,
There was a rise Of over ten feet
in the Kennebec at this point last
week, caused by the big rain.