Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-18

gor are on a visit to his father. who is
in poor health His sister, Mrs. Rice,
wlo has lately returned from the Au.
gusta General Hospital is still confined
to her room and sits up but a few min.
utes daily.
JAcKMAN.
Early Friday morning the Armstrong
House and Canadian Pacific railway sta.
ticn was completely destroyed by fire
At the time all the rooms in the hotel
were occupied. II being a wooden build.
ing it burned very quickly and the oc-
cupants all escaped with the execution
Of one man who was burned to oeotb
Two other men We're very badly burned
The loss is estimated at about s13Ol
and partially insured
Mrs. c. II. Fish. of Syracuse, N. Y. IS
visiting ner brother. Able kimba,l
Harry Sawyer Of Gracnville. Mass.
was in town Friday
The menoers of the Half Past Six
Club" OF Portland, are spending a few
days at Holden Eros. camp on Atteap
Island.
W. J. i.apigaa and son Donald, came
from Waierville Saturday by antonio
bile.
PALMYRA.
Mrs. l.. T.. Cook is teaching school in
Detroit and Mrs. Ida sSweetland is keep
ing house for ier
Miss Nellie Hillman of Troy, who is
teacher in Pittsfield. visited over sun
day with Miss Ethel Sanford.
Ny and Mrs. Abner Linnell are in
Lewiston, where Mrs. Linnell went for
medical treatment
Miss Maud Graves, who is employed
in millinery store in Portland, is visit
ing at B. Sanford's.
Palmyra Grange held meeting Sat
urday evening with fair attendance 1t
was announced that the Third and
Fourth degrees Will DC conferred upon
two candidates next Saturday evening.
The meeting closed with Il social
Misses Alma Berry and Mildred Nut
ter of st. Adams were in town Sunday.
Mr.. ami Mrs. Fred Elliott of Dexter
were calling on friends in st. Adams
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mertcn Davis weer in
Detroit Sunday.
Abncr Davis ana family of Howard,
r. l.. are in this vicinity visiting rela-
tives.
Miss Iva Richardson, who is teaching
the school in Egypt, visited over Sun
day at the home of Mrs. Holt at the
village.
Mr.. McMahone has moved his family
to Skowhegan and Mr.. Knowlton is NOV
ing to Hartland.
DETROIT.
je. nj home
of his father, Henry Carr of Troy.
Mrs. Eber Cook of Palmyra, is teach
ing the summer term in the sawyer Dis
trict.
w. Fl. Hart has a fine new touring car
which will be a great convenience in his
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Drake are visiting
Mr.. brakes mother, Mrs. Emma Drake
Manson Brown was in Waterville Fri
day for the day.
Rev. william Forbes Emery preached
his first sermon here May Is. subject
"Mysterics Explained"
Evelyn Butler came from Bangor t'
spend the Sabbath with her parents. Mr.
and Mrs G. G. Butler.
LARoNE.
Mrs. ChlOe a. Mason, aged 81 years
died in Larone, May II, after an illness
of two days from pneumonia. Mrs
Mason was the widow of Libni Mason
who died seven years ago, since when
she has resided in Fairfield and for thu
last four years in Larone, where she had
cn0eared herself to both old and young
She has had living with her, her only
sister, Melinda, who had been ont Of
health for some time and was taken i'll
only a week previous and passed away
May 6. 1t was singular that these two
sisters, who had lived together for many
years, should in death be still united and
pass along together. Mrs. Mason leaves
one son, Edward. of Winthrop. The
funeral services were held Friday, May
II. and We're conducted by j. w. Pack
ard of Skowhegan. one of the many life
long friends of the deceased.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. James Haynes are
i'll with the prevailing cold. Mr.. Haynes
illness is aggravated by pIeurisy.
Fred Priest has sold his place on the
Stream road and purchased that of
Charles Sheaff and is moving.
Charles Shream is very i'll with grippe.
Mrs. r. Stackpole is nursing Mrs. Rose
p. Green of the Center, who has been i'll
Ernest Brown of Richmond was visiting
at Forest Farley's last week.
BLACKWELL.
Many of the farmers who have kept