The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-03-18
TOWN and VICINITY.

West Front street, ten O'Clock, next
Saturday forenoon.
E. P. Viles went to Augusta this
morning, accompanying his little
grandson to his home in that city.
Mrs. Joseph saywood and two
children left on the noon train yes
terday for a visit with relatives in
Pittsfield.
Mrs. Herbert George gho has been
sick with lagrippe for the past three
weeks, is slowly convalescing. Her
many friends will be glad to see her
about again.
Ned Dubay, salesman for the Fred
G. Dow Company, and Fred Poulin, a
clerk in the C. F. Ward Clothing
store, passed Sunday with friends in
Waterville.
The telephone number of the Som
erset Steam Laundry is 1878. Look
for number under head of Dunlap
Laundry. Packages called for and
delivered free upon notification.
DIR. A. B. Borden has sold his bay
gelding which he has used as
gentleman's driver the past winter,
to George Topper OF Worcester,
Mass. The price paid was not men
toned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Jewell of Fair
field were in town over Tuesday
night, coming here to attend the
Eastern Star masquerade ball. They
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Whiting.
Chester II. Mills, Esq, of Jackman
arrived in town Tuesday night to at
tend the present session of the su-
preme court. He will be the guest
while here Of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Marion Mills at their home on
Pine street.
The graded and rural schools will
close one week from tomorrow for a
vacation of two weeks. The High
school will close one week later,
April 2, for vacation Of the same
length. The week OF March 29 will
be given over to examinations.
Mrs. L. A. Dascombe, accompanied
by her daughter, Mrs. A. G. Bowman,
was in Portland last week, for a con-
sultation with specialist regarding
one of her eyes. A few days. treat
ment seemed, happily, to develop the
fact that the trouble was not of a
serious nature.
The w. G. T. U. will have its third
and last Mothers meeting for this
winter next Tuesday afternoon at 3
O'Clock in G. A. R. hall, to which all
the ladies of the town are cordially
invited. Entertainment will be pro-
vided for the little folks and refresh
ments will be served.
Thirty five members of Skowhe-
gan lodge, No. 70, Knights of Pythias,
attended the convention of the 21st
district which was held Tuesday
night with Echo lodge in Norridge-
wock. The ride over and back was
greatly enjoyed and the work in the
three degrees was interesting and
instructive.
w. Fred Turner, formerly in charge
OF the City Drug Store here, now en-
ployed in the capacity OF manager of
the Weber drug store in Bath, was
in town over Sunday. Mrs. Turner is
to join him in that city the last of
next week. They are to go to house,
keeping in a rent already engaged on
Washington street.
A debate which promises to be of
much interest will occur at the Cen
tenary M. E. vestry next Monday
evening under auspices of Brother
hood of St. Paul. The question is:
Resolved, "That the philosophy Of
Socialism as an economic proposition
in Government ownership of the tools
of Industry is unsound." All are in
vited.
A. @. Newton left here on Monday
for a business trip to Auburn and
Portland, hoping to purchase some
Ayrshire stock to increase the herd of
animals of that breed already kept
by him. If not successful at the
places mentioned he planned to con-
tinue his journey to points in the
province of Quebec. He is expected
home next Saturday.
Skowhegan police headquarters are
now to be found at the Municipal
building, in the portion originally de-
signed for that purpose. The three
steel cells, each FIVE feet long and
seven feet in the other two dimen-
sions, were put in place last Saturday
by Robert Bigelow, the janitor. Each
cell is fitted with two hunks and an
iron commode. In the cell room
corridor are toilet, also set bowl
with hot and cold water. 1t is evil
dent that any one detained hereafter
by the constables or police officers of
Skowhegan will be comfortably and
securely housed.
The comedy "College Chums" was
presented in the new opera house
Monday NIGHT nv the dram attic eluh