The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-08-18
BINGHAM.

nned 10 the mouse ny Quiee
lameness caused by an accumulation
of water at the knee joints
Mrs. John Hodge and little daugn
ter of South Boston, who nave peel
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rober
Wood this week, returned to theil
home Thursday of this week.
c. s. Robeson's long expected new
automobile arrived last week and is
very fine car.
Mrs. Simeon Whitney is in Nortf
New Portland the guest OF Mr.. ant
Mrs. c. H. Bartlett.
George Jones and wife went tC
Clinton last week to visit friends.
Mary Eddy Dorr has quite a large
class in music at Caratunk and a
Scion and goes to both places eacf
week to give lessons.
John Cahill was at Skowhegan las
Saturday and Sunday.
Eta Wilkie Is the guest of Elsie
Holway.
Ar. and Mrs. Robert Harvey o
The Forks, were in town Monday OF
their way to Skowhegan.
Misses Hattie and Agnes Dinsmor'
of Boston are guests of Mrs. Mar1tt
Savage.
There will be a Grange picnic Sep
TENDER 8, and it Is expected that
will be held in the grove near VII
Robinson's house.
DR.. and Mrs. F. G. Williams enter
tanned small whist party last Sat
urday evening.
Bingham Grange will hold a specia
meeting for degree work Monday ey
ening, August %.
The baseball game played at Cara
tunk Saturday afternoon between ,tn'
Binghams and Caratunks resulted II
favor of the Binghams, IL to 2.
There was a dance at Caratunk OF
Saturday evening, some from Bing
ham being in attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. l.. Chadbourne o
Lowell, Mass, Mr. and Mrs. Franz
Woodcock and H. l.. Woodcock o
Belfast, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Lora Chadbourne in Moscow.
MIR. and Mrs. NJ. w. Burgess, who
have been away several weeks on
vacation, returned Monday by auto
mobile from Dixfield.
Gertrude Clark of Caratunk, wal
in town Tuesday, the guest of Thel
ma Foss.
John Owens, for a long time E
much respected resident of this vii
lage, died Sunday at his home OF
Main street, after very brief i'll
ness. He was sixty-seven years oil
and this was the fourth time he hal
had pneumonia, his wife having diet
with the same disease some years
ago. He leaves two sons, Thomas
and John, of this village, and on
daughter, Mrs. Albert Clark Of Cara
funk Funeral services at the hom'
Tuesday afternoon, FIR. Curren o
Madison. officiating.
| The boys of Bingham and vicinit.
between the ages of and IA are re
quested to meet at A. F. Donigan'
store, Saturday, August 20, at p. m
Mrs. Day, who has been the CUES
of Mrs. Washburn, has returned t
her home in Northampton, Mass.
Jennie Cahill, who has been clerl
for W. B. Goodrich during the sum
mer, is taking a short vacation be
fore resuming her position as teach
er of the intermediate school in thi
village.
The tent show of moving pictures
had a full attendance every evening
last week.
Mrs. Strout of Bakers Siding ant
! Mrs. Savage of Sandy River, wer'
! in town Monday and Tuesday shop
ping.
Earl Andrews, fire watch on Pleas
ant Pond mountain, is having a few
days at home during the wet wealth
er while no Waterman Is needed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grosvenor of Wor
cester, Mass, are spending twt
weeks in town and occupy rooms a
was formerly Miss Savage and ha
been in Bingham previous summer
with her parents.
An account of the picnic held Tues
day on A. S. Burke's Hillside farm
will appear next week.
The Bingham Board of Healtl
through their chairman, A. c. Dins
more. have received most gratifyin,
reports from the result of an analy
sis of four samples of aqueduct wa
ter sent to the State Laboratory o
Hygiene, Augusta. The following il
an extract from letter received
from Director H. d. Evans: 9TH,
samples of water are all free from
both chemical and bacterial evidences
of sewage or surface pollution, ant
are clear, soft, colorless and odor
less waters of low mineral content
and containing but little dissolved
organic material. They are all first
class waters to use for drinking ant
all domestic and manufacturing pur
poses"
Remember the Sugartown picnic
Thursday of this week and the Good
rich and Baker reunion in the pine,
near Bingham Heights Station, tn,
23rd.
The Bingham Center Sunday schoo
held its picnic on Wednesday last a
the home of L. G. Brown. 1t was
success. Hot beans and coffee wer
served. A bountiful repast was par
taken of. In the afternoon ice cream
lemonade and cake were served unit
each person had to say mo thanks
we have masticated great suff1cienc,
of your superfluous abundancy." Rev
w. G. Beedy and family. from the vii
lage,> were present AMI enjoyed tn
day very much. The following pro
gram was carried out:
March; prayer, w. C. Beedy; hymn
Sunday school; welcome, Ethel Gil
man; Shine Where You Are" Myrti
Thompson; recitation, Roy Cooley
recitation, Lizzie Noyes; "SomethinI
for Children to Do" Crystal Grant
music. Annie Berry; say NO" Or