The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-01-06
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

week on business trip.
DIR. r. q. Bigeiow was called profess
sionaliy to Brunswick Saturday.
Serious illness. of his mother called
l. W. Haskell TO Boston Saturday.
VIM. Parks of Kingman, Me. was
a guest OF DR. Bigelow's several days
last week.
Charles Folsom Jones returneh
home Tuesday night from business
trip to Pittsfeid.
! w. Packard goes to Madison to-
day to assist In the Evangelistic ser
yices held this week at the Methodist
church In that place.
The public schools reopened Mon
day morning, the teachers having re-
turned from their various homes the
latter part of last week.
Miss Lucille Barrett of Canaan. ar
rived on the evening train MONDAY
after spending a month in Someryiiie'
Mass, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Harding.
Miss Bertha Merrill, Margaret
Griffin and Hazel Holden returned 10
Wellesley Tuesday and Miss Marcia
Williams left Wednesday morning for
Wheaton seminary.
Louis ]. Freedman of r. l.. Mar
ston's office left on Tuesday for three
months work in the logging opera
ton on Thorndike Township where
he will have charge of the scaling.
The inspired orator, VIM. E. Whit
ney of Springfield, Mass, has been
the welcome guest of DR.. F. S. Bige-
lows. Several citizens availed them
selves of the opportunity of meeting
him Thursday evening.
Members of Skowhegan Grange are
requested to bear in mind that they
should assist the dinner and supper
committees on Pomona meeting, Jan.
II and 10, by bringing liberal guam
titles of food of the usual sort.
At the Somerset hospital on Mon
day, Drs. Wadsworth and Stinchfield
performed a successful abdominal
operation upon Earl Bass of Jackman.
son of Charles Bass of Greenville
Junction The patient is rapidly re-
covering.
Mrs. E. NJ. Thompson, who has
been visiting at the home of Mr. ard
Mrs. o. A. Abbey on Leavitt street,
since last September left on the
morning train yesterday for ProW-
dence, r. l., where she will make her
home for the next few months at
least.
In a Western paper we note the
name of w. H. Leavitt as manager for
the Underwood Typewriter Co.. at
Sioux City, Ia. Mr.. Leavitt YVES
Skowhegan boy, son of the late DR..
Henry Leavitt, and has many friends
who will be glad to learn of his sue
cess with this company.
Tuesday evening about six o'clock
All dldi LII WA thii ~ -ehiSS "oS o'S
in for a fire in the residence Of ]. E.
Maddocks on Middle street. 1t proved
to be only chimney burning out and
was easily taken care of. Although
the fire company was not called out
again three similar fires were report
ed on North street.
The Skowhegan Electric Light co
have made another important bust
ness move, which is to send Guy Saw
age, who has been employed in the
display store on Water street around
to private homes demonstrating their
goods. The store has been a very
good way of advertising their bust
ness but this will aid still more.
The mid-winter meeting of the
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
will be held in Old Town Wednesday,
January 10, and it is hoped that as
many members as can will attend. On
account of this special meeting the
regular meeting of the club has
been postponed to Saturday after
noon, January %. Each member
may bring a child as a guest.
Miss Alice May Emerson, the young
daughter of Ralph w. Emerson, while
playing around her fathers stable,
narrowly escaped death one day last
week, when the barn door fell over,
grazing her face. Had she been but
very few. inches nearer the falling
object, she would without doubt, have
been dangerously injured, If not
killed, but as it happened, 1t only cut
a slight cash in her cheek, loosening
four of her teeth
Miss Laura Comstock, professor of
Domestic Science in the University of
Maine, will speak under The auspices
of the w. C. T. U. in Grand Army hall
next Tuesday afternoon at three
O'Clock, her uubject being "FIome Leo
nomics." At the same hour on We'd
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