The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-11-25
SKOWHfGAN LOCAL NEWS

ars 4 N panasf Of Carmel fe
turned home Monday after wat
~iih relatives IN toNn
\ u spln LETT last Saturday TO-
Norwood Nass 10 pass The winter
slth h. son bean s sNtft
Mrs Ni,hsel Catsnaueh left last
Friday morning Tor a weeks Wall
with Mrs Harry Davis Of Fairfield
The clover Leaf Whist club met At
the home of Mrs Frank h Folsom
on Madison avenue lasl Saturday al
ternoon
There will be n union Thanksgiving
service IN the Congregational church
Thursday evening November p al
half-past seven with preaching by
Rev Robert Morris Of the First Bap-
tist church
Miss Anna Stoberg and Miss Myrtle
Ho2le. demonstrators for the Brown
Brothers Toilet and Perfume com
pany of Baltimore, Md arrived in
town last Wednesday for a visit of
two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Dinsmore Miss Hoxie is former
Skowhegan girl and attended the
High school here two years
Walter F Robbins is taking a post
graduate course at the Los Angeles
college of Optometry and Ophlalmol-
ogy at Los Angeles, Cal, where he
will remain until his return to Maine
in May. 1910. The college is one of
the finest in the United States. Mr..
Robbins spares no pains to make him
self more and more efficient in his
line of business.
The Jail workshop crew is busily at
work on the foundation of the new
building, which will be firm and solid.
Above the cement wall about four feet
in height, they have constructed a
granite wall some eighteen inches
thick, which they are lining on all
sides with six-inch cement wall of
crushed rock and mortar. The work
shop will be of the same size as the
present Jail and the granite founda-
tons of the new structure are flush
with those of the jail.
The following from the Medford
Mercury, November 10, will be of in
terest to our readers: THE address
on Mexico by Mrs. Grace Coburn
Smith before the Womens Mission
circle, was of great interest. The
romantic history of this southern re-
public was told briefly and then the
mission work carried on by the Pro-
testants was related intimately, be-
cause Of the personal investigation Of
the work by Mrs. Smith" Mrs.
Smith was the guest of Mrs Herbert
l.. Gale.
The executive committee represent
ing the four churches in connection
with the evangelistc services held =,
final meeting Friday evning in the
vestry of the Bethany church The
treasurers report showed that the
bills had all been provided for and
the committee had nothing further to
do except to separate with mutual
congratulations on the faithfulness
and efficiency of their officers and the
generous support of the people, all
The Y NJ. c. A. social last Friday
evening. passed off very successfully
o. which have combined to give so
harnv IN issue to this important en-
terprise.
and all of the fifty young people who
attended, seemed a have fine time.
They all went to have a good time
and of course nothing could prevent
1t. The first part of the evening was
passed in a bean bag contest. which
was very entertaining to all. The
prizes, which. were awarded for tt
best and poorest exhibition of skill
went to Miss Alice Moore and George
Day. When his was finished the fol
lowing we'll arranged entertainment
was carried out: Piano duet, the
Misses Mary Emery and Sarah Snow;
reading. Earl Huckins; vocal solo,
Miss Mabelle Ross; reading, Miss
Pauline Oak. The remainder of the
evening was pleasantly passed In
playing tucker" and "winkum" and
singing popular songs. Refreshments
of punch and crackera was aeryed