The independent-reporter., 1910-09-15

r,au,in Sturtevant, who has been a
n.,ond Springs for the summer where
:. has been employed, has returned
home.
urs Arthur Pomerleau, who under.
INT severe operation at the Sis.
arg hospital in Lewiston. returned
10 her home Tuesday night.
Harvey White Is agent for tick
=. m the festival October 6, 7 ant
in Bangor, 10, II and II in Port
,and Noted artists of the day will
be present.
charles Smith will leave here Sat
.,.dav for Atlantic City where he will
attend the National reunion of the G
R Mr.. Smith was a member oi
the First Maine cavalry.
The Misses Jeanette Emery and
,llce Moore, who have been at Peaks
is,ond for the summer, have returned
tome They are teachers in the kin
dergarten her and resumed Their
positions Monday.
Miss Lois Steward, who has beer
.nending the summer with her par
onts in Bangor, returned here this
week to resume her studies in the
skowhegan High school. She is in
the senior class of the school.
Everett Bacon, who has been en-
Moved during the summer in the ma
chine shops of the Maine Central
railroad at Portland, has returned
home He will resume his studies
IN the S. II. S., being in the senior
class.
The objects of greatest interest al
the Pomona meeting at East Madison
we're perhaps six little fellows all
under six years of age. Two pairs
we're twin sons of A. Footer, while
the other twins bore the name of Sal
isbury.
One of the peculiar exhibits in the
hall at the fair this week Is "a dish
of ripe strawberries that were picked
Tuesday by Mrs. Mary N. Maxwell
There were about % we'll ripened
berries and they showed a marked
freshness.
The Madison fair will be held mex
Tuesday and Wednesday, September
20 and p. The Somerset Traction
Co.. will sell round trip tickets fol
6Oe. including admission to the park
and a special car will leave Skowhe-
gan at 1890 p. m. each day.
About $50 o'clock Tuesday nigh
the fire alarm was rung in for fire
in the wooden building occupied by
Harley Annis as a paint shop. The
fire caught in some excelsior on the
first floor and burning for some time
caused a great deal of smoke. The
building was saved without mucf
damage.
Members of Russell Post, G. A. R.
and veterans from surrounding towns
attended the meeting of Pomona a
East Madison September 13, on inyi
tation from the East Madison Grange
Those present from Skowhegan were
S F. Emerson, Henry A. Varney
Sewell w. Smith, Converse L, Webb
and Benjamin F. Bigelow.
Ivan Hodges of Winslow was II
town Tuesday and Wednesday visit
ing relatives. Mr.. Hodges is tht
youngest Grange master in New Eng
land, he being the present master o.
the Winslow Grange, which position
he has held for two years. He is bu
20 years old, but has distinguish
ed himself among Grange organiza
tons because of the work he ha.
done as a Granger.
The new freight office at the Maine
Central station was moved into by thu
employees Monday. This office ii
situated in the south end OF The
freight building. 1t is quite large
giving room for all the clerical de
partments for the business. The ole
building, which has been occupied fol-
several years, had become too small
and will now be used for store
house of records and files.
Dr.. George A. Fuller and wife o
Greenwich, Mass, after visiting DR.. F
Bgelow for several days, returned
home Thursday. During their stay
here they. visited Harrison Barrett a
his home in Canaan. Mr.. Barrett has
recently returned from the Wes
where he has been for several years
as lecturer He is now somewhat poo
In health but Dr. Bigelow reported
Tuesday that he was gaining.
William E. Holt, aged 33, dice
Tuesday, after an illness of severa
months of tuberculosis of the bowels
at the home of his parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs James Holt. Funeral services