The independent-reporter., 1910-05-19
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North Somerset Grange will give
the third and fourth degrees at their
regular meeting Saturday afternoon
followed by a short literary program
See article on baseball games at
Skowhegan. July 4. on Page |.
Mrs. Nellie smith is caring for Mrs.
Chester Grant.
Nearly all of the High school schol-
ars have the measles.
p. S. Longley spent day or two
the first of the week with his sister
in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alston Rowell spent
the day Sunday in Madison.
Mrs. Thomas Cross who has been
in Waterville for sometime came
home Monday evening.
The friends of Marcellus Irvine will
be panied to learn of his illness in a
hospital in New York of pneumonia
Cards have been received here from
Miss Carrie Curtis Pierce of her
graduation as a trained nurse on May
10 in Philadelphia.
The eighty-seventh annual confer
ence of Somerset Congregational
churches will be held in Solon June Z
and and at the l.. H. c. meeting at
Mrs P. S. Longley's Thursday after
noon the committee will be appoint
ed and a full attendance is desired.
DR. w. A Bates and NJ. l.. French
spent day the first of the week at
Carry Ponds fishing, returning with
about a hundred speckled beauties
Little Esther Manson is very sick
with measles and in DR.. Green's alb
sence DR.. Bates is In attendance.
The little daughter of Bert Berry is
critically i'll With typhoid pneumonia
Fred Murphy, who has been very
sick with the mumps, Is able to go to
work again.
The social that was to be given by
the knights of King Arthur is indefi-
Sir knights are confined at home by
the prevailing epidemic.
Mrs. Fred Magoon, Mrs. Forrest
Ray and Mrs. F. A. Coolidge spent the
afternoon Friday at North Anson
studying the cataloguing system Of
the public library.
Mrs. Henry Mitchell of Skowhe
gan, was the guest of Mrs. F. A. Cool
idge Saturday and Sunday
There were no school sessions in
town Friday as the teachers were in
attendance on the meeting at No. An
son.
Miss Amy Merrill was at home Sun
day returning to her school in South
Solon.
Daniel Maynard Timothy Clark and
Martin Bergen of Lewiston, left here
Monday for a few days fishing up
river.
Mrs. Geo. Stevens is visiting her
father and brother in Norridgewock.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. York left here
Saturday for Boston; from there they
are planning to take trip through
the west.
A party consiting of Fred A. Wit
tum. Abner e. Whipple, Thomas H.
Tuscan, w. II. Soper and NJ. H. An
drews. made the run to Togus and
return last Sunday in w. II. Sopers
REQ touring car. The party left here
at 1890 a. M, stopping two hours in
Waterville and half hour in Augusta
looking over the extension of the
State House and other points of in
terest in the city Arriving at To
gus the grounds and animal pens
were inspected and then came the
pleasure of listening to the famous
Togus band. Two selections were en-
ioyed and the start for home was
made at 4.30 p. m. A stop of 80
minutes was made in Waterville and
another of the same length of time
at Skowhegan where the party were
served to a lunch of delicious sand
wiches and tea by Mrs. Myra Arnold.
The party arrived home at s D. m.
after covering 1870 miles and passing
through a delightful country with
beautiful scenery and very good roads.
Not hen or dog was sacrificed dur
ing the entire run and the REQ was
simply perfection itself as we didn't
do a thing to her" but turn the
wheel and press the button. All were
very much pleased with the trip and
Freddie Vittum wants to go again.