The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-09-01
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

There will be no services in the
,,..-t BAPTIST church next Sunday as
.no repairs are still going on.
~. pulsifer returned this morning
.,,or months work in the hospitals
- BOSTON and reports a most salts
factory visit.
pov B. F. Austin is i'll at one of
..o cottages at Lakewood He came
.,ora as one of the speakers at the
camp meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Knowlton of
bennington, were in town Sunday,
.ha guests of DR.. F. S. Bgelow and
Ar and Mrs. Frank Flynt.
There will be a meeting of the
D,ssell Relief Corps this week, Fri
dow afternoon. Each member Is es-
~.oialIy invited to be present. I'm
nortant business.
nunean Hall and Bernard J. Mae
vollv will leave Saturday noon for a
,ou davs visit to Portland and yicin-
nv They will be the guests of Mr..
,rocNally's parents while there.
I D. Symonds and A. E. Bison re-
turned few days ago from a two
weeks visit in the Western states.
nuring their absence they visited
chicago. Milwaukee, New York and
other places.
The last session of the Sewing
scbool will be next Wednesday after
NOM. All the children who have at
tended during the summer are re-
oneeted TO be present and each may
invite her mother to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Swain of
15q Mystic street, Arlington, Mass,
announce the engagement Of their
daughter, Helen to Lawrence Man
ming Horton of $50 School street,
comeryille, Mass, Harvard, '0S.
Mrs. Kate Ham, one Of the speak
.prS
lakewood. was taken i'll and had to
return to her home in Haverhill,
Mass, Efie |. Webster came from
Rochester, Mass, to take her place.
Owing to i'll health Rev. May S.
Vanderbilt has been obliged to cancel
her Maine dates at Dover, Belfast and
Madison camp. This will prove a
great disappointment to her many
friends with whom she is such a fav-
orte
Mr.. and Mrs Fl. NJ. Pratt L. l..
Sandford c. H. Gardner, and VIII
Tolman have been appointed special
committee on arrangements for the
annual field day of Skowhegan
Grange at Eaton Mountain farm
September 10.
Mrs. Frank Burrill, who has been
in Chelsea Mass, for three months
at the home of her son, Donald Bur-
rill. returned home Thursday. She
sons wife, who is just recovering
vas called there by the illness of her
from an attack of typhoid fever
Messrs. Guy Pennell and Fred
Moore returned home from theii
Southern trip last week and plan to
return about the middle of October
They have purchased large plot of
lind in the suburbs of Lake City,
Fla, and are to engage in truck farm
ing
The second story of the Skowhegan
Savings bank block is undergoing ex-
tensve rebuilding. The vaults or
the bank are to be extended up
through that story and two fine suites
of offices are to be constructed. When
completed these offices will be occu-
pied by R. L. Marston.
Major and Mrs. Danforth of Taun-
ton, Mass, have been in town visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hi
ram Thing. They are now visiting
friends in Arson. They will return
here in few days. Mrs. Danforth
was formerly a resident of Skowhe-
gan, being Miss Vada Thompson
J. R. Philbrick, the jeweler and OPP
tician, has recently added to his OPP
teal supply department Tense
grinding machine that will permit
of his doing much of the work that
hitherto he had to send out of town.
This will secure to customers much
quicker service on rush orders and is
sure to be appreciated.
The County Commissioners, George
Tibbets, Henry Crowell and @. D.
Perkins, held a hearing at Madison
Tuesday on a land damage case. 1t
seems that the Maine Central r. r.
Company bought a piece of land at
Madison and the Commissioners were
called to determine the damage to be
paid They held their decision until
regular meeting.
Hon. Howard Davies of Yarmouth
will speak at Canaan, September 8,