The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
SkOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. Charles Walker Monday night
Mrs. ]. Lynn Viles of North Ansor
is visiting relatives and friends il
town for several days.
The Somerset baseball team de.
feated the Skowhegan Tigers % tc
g Saturday, July 16, at Fairview park
Mrs. James S. Steward of Middle.
town, Conn, is visiting her daughter
Mrs. Ralph Leighton, for several
days.
The marriage intentions of Placide
Gallant to Mary Quirion are recorded
at the Town Clerks office.
Mr.. and Mrs. James P. Thompson
are entertaining their nieces. Marion
and Geraldine Baker of Bingham. the
present week.
Misses Mabel and Gertrude Paine
of Milwaukee are visiting their cou-
sin, William Paine, at his home on
Bloomfield street.
James Dysart left here for Aroos-
took County Tuesday noon, where
he will be gone on business until the
latter part of the week.
Miss Carrie Longanecker of Pitts
burg, Penn, who for several davs
has been the guest of Miss Bertha
Merrill and Miss Margaret Griffin, has
returned home.
Miss Gala Packard went to Port
land Saturday where she will be the
guest OF her aunt, Mrs. Alice Rus
sell for few weeks She will also
visit Miss Lillian Steward, a former
resident of this town.
The Working League of the Congre-
gational church will have a picnic at
Lewis Anderson's cottage, Hayden
Lake, on Monday afternoon, July %.
Members are requested to take 2 D.
m. car
Gladstone, horse owned by Morris
Gledhill, who was in the 2.18 class
here on July 4, has been showing up
we'll on the track recently. He
trotted a PIT gait with E. H. Morrill,
driver Tuesday.
Fred Russell, who is building a
house on the Henry Archer lot which
Mr.. Russell recently bought, has it
nearly completed. Mr.. Russell plans
TO move his family there where they
will make their home.
The w. c. T. U. Sewing school tea
will be held in G. A. r. hall next
Tuesday at 3 p. m. Contributions of
money or materials for the sewing
school will be gratefully received.
Refreshments will be served and a fine
program presented.
John Jones of Lewiston and Harvey
ID. Eaton of Waterville with others,
mace a trip by automobile We'd
nesday over the proposed route of
the SkoWhegan-Athens electric car
line to find out what possibilities
there might be for constructing this
line. 1t is thought that they will
make report later.
William Mitchell, superintendent
for the Maine Spinning Company, with
his two daughters the Misses Mary
and Ethel, and Stocks Barrow, will
leave here Friday for England where
they will join Mrs Mitchell and Mrs.
Barrow who sailed for England a
few weeks ago. They will be gone
for several weeks. Miss Ethel Nit
chell, who has been at Jackman for
several days, the guest of Miss Rena
Nichols, returned home Wednesday.
Mrs. Della Bowden, widow of Ben
jamin Bowden, of Skowhegan, died
Monday at hospital in Philadelphia
where she went less than two weeks
ago for treatment. Mrs. Bowden left
her home here several months ago.
going to Bingham, where she lived
with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Smith.
She was accompanied to Philadelphia
by her son, Charles H. Bowden of that
city, who went to Bingham, accom-
panied by the surgeon who performed
an operation on his mother about a
year ago. The remains will be
brought here for funeral services ana
burial. Mrs. Charles Bowden AL
children are in Bingham with Mrs.
Smith.-Lewiston Journal.