The independent-reporter., 1910-11-24
Local News
f. A. Benner was in Lewiston Tues

f. A. Benner was in Lewiston Tues
day on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Fairgrieyes are
spending Thanksgiving with friends
in Wilton.
J. S. Lane has opened new barber
shop on Main street, just beyond the
lower bridge.
Rev. Wilbur f. Berry of Wateryille
was in town Monday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Josie Smith.
The ladies of the Congregational
society will have a fair in their yes
try Tuesday, December g.
Miss Bertha Merrill, a student in
Wellesley college, is spending her
Thanksgiving vacation with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. Merrill.
Herbert Merrill, who is employed in
machine shop at Dexter is spend
ing his Thanksgiving vacation with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mer
rll
Bert McCoombs was called to Fair
field Tuesday by the death of his
mother, Mrs. Sarah j. McCoombs. She
was 81 years old and six sons sur
yiye her.
Frank Steiner, oYerseer in the fin
ishing department of the Worsted
mill, will leave on the early morning
train Thursday to spend few days
at his home in Lawrence, Mass. He
will return Monday
Oscar knowlton, who for the last
few years has carried on a poultry
farm in the town of Madison, has
moved his family to Skowhegan. They
will reside on Silver street for the
winter Mr.. Knowlton will be en-
gagged as scaler in the upper Maine
woods.
Mrs. NJ. T. Pooler has presented toI
the Rev. Robert Morris set of the
Harvard Classics, otherwise known as
DR.. Ellots five foot shelf of the
worlds best books. In view of Mr..
Morris special course at Colby col
lege. the gift is particularly timely
and appropriate.
At the meeting of the Y. P. S. c. E.
of the Congregational church, Sunday
night, Miss Freda NJ. Harris was lead
er. The subject was How Does God
Want To Be Thanked?" and there
was a special song by Miss Helen
Lord. The subject for the next meeting
is "Aly favorite missionary heroine or
hero and why" and Miss Alice E.
Moore will lead.
Proprietor Davis of the Dexter
house was before the Municipal court
Saturday, November 10, 1910, on COM
plants preferred by Deputy Horne of
Canaan of the Sturgis force, alleging
five single sales, nuisance and com
mon seller. Mr.. Davis was found
guilty on all the single sale cases
and probable cause found on the nuis-
ance and common seller charges.
A Thanksgiving social was held in
the Bethany Baptist church Vestry,
Monday evening. There were about 30
people present Although the evening
was spent in a jolly good time play
ing games, yet the object of the gath
ering was to bring Thanksgiving din
ner supplies to have distributed
among the needy families of the town.
Donations were numerous, and when
examination was made it was found
that there were gifts enough to give
about rs people a good Thanksgiving
dinner. The gifts represented money,
chickens, pies, cakes and all the tasty
and dainty things that please all.
The best yield of corn reported thus
far is by Cony Sanborn who lives on
the Back Road" so called over on
the south side. He brought to the
Independent-Repor office this week
two traces of as choice flint as one
could ask to see. Mr.. Sanborn plant |
ed three-fourths of an acre, using
1900 pounds of commercial fertilizer,
and gathered 112 baskets of first
class corn. Planting was done May
27 and the seed corn gathered Sep
tember 28. The land on which TINS
crop was grown was used for pota-
toes in 1909, and hay in 1908. Mr.
Sanborn will greatly increase his
acreage of corn next year.
A special town meeting was held at
East Madison Saturday to discuss the
probabilities and possibilities of rails
ing money for the building of the pro
posed electric car line between Snow
hegan and Athens which will go