The independent-reporter., 1909-10-07

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col Albert Blunt Is In Dnockton.
Nass this week attending the fair.
raifcll s,ses Of furmineteb. was
the guest OF friends In town over
sunday.
Mrs. W. A. Wescott and Miss Mae
Ambrose went to waterville Saturday
to spend the day.
prof Roy L. Marston returned on
the morning train Tuesday from a
business trip TO Boston.
Judge F. F. Lawrence was In Au-
ensta last Friday in attendance at
The Franklin Supreme court.
Bert A. McCoombs and j. NJ. Scrib-
ner were in Fairfield Monday. buying
horses and visiting friends.
Rev. George Merriam has been at
tending the Baptist convention in
Brewer during the past week.
MISS Hattie Clescidhu went "
Rumford Falls last Saturday, where
she has a position as teacher
Miss Hazel Leavitt left Monday
morning for Boston where she is en-
ployed in an entertainment bureau.
Miss Frances Lord, who is making
A business trip to Boston and New
York, is expected home this week.
w. H. Fowler and C, w. Pierpont
left yesterday morning on a hunting
trip to Moxie and other places in that
vicinity.
Mrs. ]. H. Wood returned home last
night from a visit of three weeks in
Mt. Vernon with her son, DR.. H. A.
Wood and family.
Mrs. Blaine Lapham of Taunton,
Mass, was in town last Saturday on
her way home from visit with rela-
tives in New Sharon.
Roy Lewis went to Brockton Mon
day where he will attend the fair,
after which he will visit Boston and
other Massachusetts cities.
The w. c. T. U. will hold-its annual
business meeting in G. A. r. hall next
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. a
large attendance is desired.
Miss Edna Getchell, stenographer
for Vickery & Hill Pub. Co., was in
town over Sunday, the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Lester j. Stevens.
Miss Clara Emery arrived in town
last night from New York and is the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Frank En-
cry and family on Main street.
Carl Withee, who Is employed in a
wholesale grocery store in Portland,
arrived in town Saturday night for a
visit of one week with relatives.
Miss Louise H. Cass returned to
Portland Monday morning, after a
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Edward A. Cass, on Madison avenue.
Judge Edward Spaulding of Nor
folk, Vir., returned home yesterday
after a brief annual visit with Albert
+ Dyer and family. Mrs. Dyer being
his cousin.
Mrs. Nathaniel Jones and Mrs.
Isaac w. King of Hartford, Conn, left
Monday for home after visit of two
weeks with their brother, Jerome
Abbey and family.
Earl Folsom, clerk in Steward 8
Hardware store, was called away to
Corinna Tuesday by the death of his
father, L. R. Folsom of Norridgewock
has also gone over.
The Skowhegan High school foot
ball team want the support of all
patriotic citizens at the football game
next Saturday afternoon with Cony
High of Augusta. Last year the
Skowhegan boys beat them II to 0,
but their team is much lighter than
it was then, and the game will be one
of special interest.
Workmen were busy Tuesday plac-
ing fire escape on the Russell street
side of the Ordway block. Owing to
a law passed by the last legislature
all owners of buildings Of three stor-
les or over must equip them with
proper escapes and notices to that
effect have been sent out the past
week by the chief of the Skowhegan
fire department, Anson Savage. Sixty
days from October / is the time
specified in which these escapes must
be placed on all buildings.
Work on the abutments of the new
Hinckley bridge across the Kennebec
at Skowhegan Is well under way. The
new bridge will result In the discon-
tinuance of the public ferry at that
place, which has been in operation
more than hundred year. r. d.
Shanahan of Portland has the con-
tract for abutments and piers, at ap-
proximately $4,000. The American
Bridge Co, the lowest bidders. have
the superstructure at $27 $50 the
competing bidders being the Pennsyl-
yania Bridge Co., of Philadelphia, the