The Somerset reporter., 1909-05-13
TOWN and VICINITY

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free with every Boys Suit costing
$3.50 or over, an Air Gun worth s1.0o.
R. F. Quimby of Saltwater, n. Y,
is in town the guest of his sisters,
Mrs. A. w. York and Mrs. Mary
Greene.
Mrs. w. G. Young, who had been at
the home of her sister, Mrs. NJ. V. b.
Marsh, in Guilford, since last Febru-
ary, returned here last week.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Town Improvement society will be
held at the home of Mrs. l.. w.
Weston, tomorrow friday afternoon,
at half past two.
Master George Hawes entertained
company Of his boy and girl friends,
Tuesday afternoon, at the home OF his
grandmother, Mrs. Emma II. Dunton,
the occasion being his fifth birthday.
Miss Florence Wyman, who has been
the guest OF her brother, Professor
Levi Wyman, in Chester, Pa, since
early in March arrived here Tuesday
evening. On the homeward journey
she stopped for week with friends
in Portland.
Mrs. John E. Taylor went to Water
vile this morning to be the guest OF
Miss Blanche M. Emery. Miss Emery
who was formerly of Norridgewock, is
a senior in Colby College, and she and
Mrs. Taylor became friends when the
latter was also student at that insti-
tuition.
A can of gasoline caught fire and
exploded, in the dwelling at the cor
ner of Court and Lawton streets, FRI
day forenoon of last week. The in
terror of the room caught in several
places but was extinguished by tube
of dry powder fire extinguisher,
brought from the store of Joseph
Pooler near by.
L.G. Trafton will ship this week
what is likely to be the last car of po-
tatoes to go from this section this
year. Good judges estimate. that the
1909 crop, shipped by rail from Show
hegan station, by this firm, It. h.
Pishon and others, was between SEX
ty and seventy thousand bushels.
The last purchases for shipment have
been at S5 cents bushel.
Dexter W. Bean of Carthage has
been in this section recently, calling
on his former neighbors in Cornville
and Bingham. Mr.. Bean sand his
three brothers, Fred D., Sumner W..
and Jos. A. Bean were born in Con-
cord and all learned the shovel ham
die block business of their cousin, d.
q. Bean now of Bingham. Under his
direction they are employed as buy
ers in various parts of the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Johnson of Ban
gor and Frank L. Harding of Madison
were in town last Thursday. MIR.
johnson is superintendent of the
construction work which is being put
in at Madison by the Hollingsworth
& Whitney Company. The founda-
tions and dam for their mammoth
paper plant are already completed
and the steel work of the superstruc-
ture will be going up very soon.
Mrs. Hattie Spooner, who has been
In town since the death of her cousin,
Mrs. e. P. Viles, returned to her
horne in Auburn, Monday. She was
accompanied from here by Miss
Theresa Spooner who went to Angus
ia to pass the next two weeks as the
guest of her nephew, Blaine s. Viles.
Mrs. Mabel Dawes also left by the
same train for q visit with relatives
at her former home in Hallowell.
M. T. Pooler left for Boston this
morning to join Mrs. Pooler and his
daughters, Misses Florence and
Mabel in that city. All are to be
present, next Saturday evening, at
the marriage Of Mr.. Pooler's niece,
Miss Elizabeth Pooler to Mr.. Phidelah
Rice. Mr.. Rice and Miss Pooler are
of the Faculty of the Leland Powers
School of Oratory and both have
In Skowhegan as dramatic
readers during the past few years.
Mr.. Rice was here under the auspices
of the Sorosis in February 1903, Miss
Pooler under the auspices of the
Woman's Club.
A decidedly interesting evening
was passed by the Mems Bible class
of the Congregational Sunday School
and their invited guests at social
held under their auspices, in the
Church Parlors, Tuesday night. The
address of the occasion was given by
Professor Roy l.. Marston, his subject
being, "The Forests and Water Power
of Maine". Mr.. Marston gave con-
siderable portion of his remarks to
our local water power, presenting
much that has not heretofore been
generally known regarding them.
By means of Victor talking ma
chine the audience was also permitted
to listen to speaches by President
Taft and William Jennings Bryan,
also list of instrumental and vocal
records. The evening contained
much of interest and profit for all
who attended.