The independent-reporter., 1910-10-13


to visit her old friends In Brewer,
Me.
Mrs. Leslie Brown left here Tues
day for her home in Somerville.
Mass.
Henry Rogers, painter here, is
moving his family to Portland where
he has a position.
Roscoe Stone left here Tuesday for
Newton Center. Mass, where he will
be for some time.
Rev Robert Morris went to Oak
land Tuesday where he addressed the
meeting before the Boys club in the
evening.
Miss Lizzie Hussey left on the
morning train Tuesday for Fitchburg.
Mass, where she will remain for a
few days.
Account of stock was taken at the
Commonwealth Shoe shop last week
and work for a few days was some
what slack.
Frank Bucknam, R. F. Parker and
George Cover. after spending a few
days at lockwood, have returned
home with a deer.
Mrs. F. L. Hayward is in attendance
upon the annual meeting of the w. II.
NJ. Society of New England, conyen-
ing at Bangor this week.
Judge F. F. Lawrence was in Bing
ham Monday where he presided at
the regular civil term of the Western
Somerset Municipal court.
Carroll C. Viles has a position as
chauffeur and coachman at the home
of Walter P Ordway. He takes the
place made vacant by the death of
Chester Chase.
Claude Barker. the we'll known cor
netlst, who has been playing for the
summer at a New Hampshire summer
resort, arrived here Monday night
and will visit relatives in Athens for
few days.
Jefferson Savage went to Augusta
Tuesday where he attended the Vet
erans' Union Encampment which was
held Wednesday in that city. Mr.. Saw
age is department commander of the
Veterans Union of Maine.
While heating up at the Maine Cen
trail station Tuesday morning the
steam fues became unworkable and
1t is thought that it will be several
days before they can be repaired to
be serviceable. 1t is not known
whether some of the pipes have burst
and they will have to be tested out.
Horace Jewett is building a resi-
dence on Dyer park near Madison
avenue. This house is situated to
the East of that of Simon Gates
which has just been completed. In
that have gone up in this vicinity the
other two being those of Ben T. Stew
ard and John Robinson There is al
SO another being built to the East by
J. NJ. Dysart.
Fremont Homestead, who purchased
a few months ago the farm on West
Front street. owned by Ira Page, is
making preparations to move onto it
this fall. He is having large hen
house built and will enter into the
hen business on quite an extensive
scale. Mr.. Homestead is now living
on his farm on the Dudleys Corner
Malbon's Mills road where he has lived
for several years. He is a most sue
cessful farmer and has made the busl-
ness pay.
DR.. and Mrs. George Otis Smith and
DR.. Smiths mother, Mrs. Emma
Smith, who sailed from New York to
! Sweden in August; will arrive home
the latter part of this month. DR..
Smith, who is director of the United
States Geological Survey, was dele
gate to Sweden to the International
Geological Congress from this coun
try. Since the close of the Congress
DR.. Smith and his family have tray-
eled through Denmark, Germany and
Switzerland. They also attended the
Passion Play at Oberammergau.
Mrs. Helen c. Moody, wife of
Walter Morrill,. died Sunday night at
her home in Cornvile at about II p.
m. She was SO years old. Her death
was due to Bright's disease from
which she had been suffering for
about two years. Funeral services
were held Wednesday at 1 p. m. with
Rev. George Merriam of the Bethany
Baptist church, Skowhegan, oficiat-
ing. Interment was at the East
Ridge cemetery. Besides her husband,
Mrs. Morrill, is survived by one
douphtar AIra CIarenna Hipht a