The independent-reporter., 1910-09-08
.ErrExBER 8, lsiA

pulsifer. who has been In BoS.
- for TWO weeks, returned Friday.
Mrs Jennie T. Malbon left Tues
for weeks visit with relatives
- vassalboro and Sidney.
~. E Stevens has been suf-
.or,pe for three weeks from the ef-
,.ots of an liberated tooth.
cerep births. one marriage, and
.onr deaths are recorded for the
.so,tb of August at the Town Clerks
Office.
clowhegan Military Band will give
concert from Hotel Coburn veranda
1h,rsdav evening, Sept. 8. Weather
permitting.
,uos Louise Cass, a stenographer
:. portland. was in town over Sun
sov the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. F. Cass.
Howard Weston will go to Boston
.h,s week to make preparation for en-
..r;rq Tufts Dental school and also
. o+tend the aviation meet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Smith OF Bos-
- who have been visiting Mr.
cn,tbs brothers, j. N. Smith and AL
hort of this town, returned home
Monday.
George Moody, a retired merchant
If Portland, his brother Frank Moody
of the Cash Fuel Co. in that city and
tba son of the latter gentleman call
od IN friends in town, Monday before
..linq the noon train for home. They
bova been guests of relatives in
cornylle for a short time.
Rev George Merriam of the Beth
any Baptist church, was at Riverside
.bo first of the week with Rev. J. B.
Mower. D. D., of Wateryille, where
tbay attended a church conference
nr Mower came to Skowhegan with
Mr. Merriam and the following day
tbev attended the Piscataquis Asso-
ciaton at Athens.
Hon. and Mrs. D. H. Bartlett and
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil H. Tilton with
Kanneth Causland chauffeur, returned
Tuesday night from the White noun
tains. being gone five days and Gov
ering about 500 miles. The party
went by way of Bethel, Gorham and
Franconia Notch, returning by way
Of Mt. Washington and Crawford
Notch.
W G. Gagne, formerly of Portland
has rented the store in the old Re-
orter building on Water street, and
about September Is will open for bus
iness. Stoves, plumbing, heating and
sheet metal supplies will be carried
in stock, and the various fixtures in
stalled under contract. Mr.. Gagne left
for Boston by the afternoon train
Tuesday and will be there for the re,
mainder of the week purchasing
stock.
Rev George Merriam has returned
from his annual vacation, part oi
which he spent with his brother, K. f
Merriam D. D., editor of the Watch
. man in Sharon, Mass, and part with
his son, George, who is Boys Secre-
tary of the Y. M. C. A. In Portland
Mr.. Merriam also attended the wed
ding of Miss Annie Harthorn to Ma
thaniel Ernest Wheeler, which took
place at Foxboro, Mass, on last Wed
nesday.
What my party stands for and
why | belong to it," This interest
ing topic will be up for discussion al
the meeting of the Brotherhood Of st
Paul Friday night. A Prohibitionist
Republican, Democrat, and So
cialist have each been invited to
speak, and the opportunities for com.
parison will make the session of un-
usual interest The meeting will be
held in the large vestry of the M. E
church, Friday, Sept. 8, beginning al
745 p. m. The public Is cordially
invited, and the ladies will be es-
pecially welcome.
Edwin c. Tracy is building a casket
factory on Madison avenue above the
fair grounds. This is the only indus
try on the Plains and will be great
benefit to this part of Skowhegan
Growth is very rapid in this section
now, a good many houses having
been built here in the last two years
Mr.. Tracy has the frame of the build,
ing up and expects to be ready for
work in the factory before winter
The factory is to be run by Mr.. Tracy
and his son Harold. This is the sec
ond casket factory to be built In
town, the other run by Nutting &
Lord, being on the South side of the
river.
J. A, Hunnewell of Madison has
secured the first petition of fifty
names under the initiative section oi
the Referendum law and they have
been filed with Howard Davies, pres
ident of the Direct Primary League
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