The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-02-09
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George Harlow, who was badly in
jured some time ago by being struck
by falling limb, has recovered so
as to be able to attend to his Sork
at his mill down Martin Stream.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney knowlton of
Waterville. were the guests of Lyman
Emmons over the Sabbath. Sidney
has been on the sick list a number
of weeks. For while he was a pa
tent In one of the hospitals in Ban
gor He resumed his place in the
Cove grocery store where he has
been employed as one of the most
popular clerks for more than seven
years and has made score of
friends in Waterville Sidney is a
NorridgewOck lad and formerly work
ed for A. o. Frederic and George
Harlow then traders. closing up
their business. Mr. Frederic passed
away and Sidney moved to Water
Vile where he now resides at No. 3
Wentworth court. He is member of
Echo lodge. Knights OF Pythias here
and the l. o. o. F.
visiting her uncle. William Soule.
The members of Somerset Grange
are making great preparations for an
old fashion Colonial ball to be given
Washington's birthday, February %.
Kendalls orchestra will furnish the
music.
In spite of the bad travelling both
of our churches were we'll attended
last Sabbath morning and evening.
Mrs. l.. H. White and daughter,
Bessie. have been on the sick list sew
eral days this week.
B. b. Mills. who has been numbered
with sick ones, reports to be on the
mending hand at the present time and
is able to come down town once or
more times each week and have
chat with his old friends.
Chas. Wade, who has paint shop,
North side of the bridge, is meeting
with good success in painting car
riages and other work.
George A. Young of the large
wholesale crockery store. Portland,
was in town last week calling on our
traders.
Wallace Witham. our rural mail
carrier, is sick with the measles.
The Fuler-Dysart saw mill yet re-
mains idle. No signs of opening for
business yet. Our people. who in late
years have made dependence on slab
wood for kindlings, look now as
though they would have to look farth-
er for their kindlings.
Forrest Knowlton of Waterville,
was in town over the Sabbath, guest
of his brother, Lyman Emmons.
Two dwelling house cottages have
been built the past year, these two on
the Waterville hill road, one block
with two stores and barber shop,
one building formerly a blacksmith
shop made over into a store, and sew
eral other buildings have been re-
paired.
The report in last weeks paper in
regard to the arrest of Lyman Barnes
being made by Sheriff John Mooers of
Skowhegan, was incorrect 1t was
Deputy Sheriffs Charles and Dell
Bigelow of this town.
The band boys are making rapid
progress in the line of music. They
rehearse three evenings each week.
L. H. White will go to Boston soon
and purchase an oven for his increas-
ing baking business. Mr. White says
h. VII have warm biscuits and rolls
every afternoon during the warm
season. At present he is serving hot
lunches and oysters in all forms ey-
cry day in the week.
The knights are meeting with a
little setback in their purchase of the
land. One of the stockholders refus
es to sign the deed and says she had
received a letter from here saying
not to sell as the price of real estate
would probably be more valuable in
the near future. This party resides
in New Bedford, Mass, but the
knights will probably build in
spite of all the setback. The
knights intend to build a handsome
building that will eclipse anything in
town and will have two modern
stores on the first floor with large
plate glass windows with all the fix
lures to make an attractive store.
Our citizens are pleased to have this
building built on our business street
Howard Bickford was operated on
for appendicitis last week, Drs. Das-
comb. Taggart and Smith performing
the operation.
The w. w. Huntoon boot and shoe
store had a narrow chance of going up
in smoke one day last week. The
floor near the store caught fire and
was discovered just in the nick of
time and the fire extinguished before
much damage was done.
Everett Goodrich one of the pro-
prietors of the Huntoon & Goodrich
grocery store, is confined to the house
with sickness.
parties from New Brunswick, n. s.,
to purchase the homestead of the late
Calvin Hall place on Main street. The
parties will open a boarding house
and summer resort for transient PEG
pie who wish to spend the summers
| here.
1t is reported parties in town are
contemplating building one or more
dwelling houses in the line of the new
laid out street in the spring.
We learn shoe factory No. is to
be built soon in Oakland. The money
has been all pledged for the factory
which is to be three story wooden
building. C. o. Normandy of the fac
tory here is to be president. This
will give Oakland a boom.
Roy l.. Trueworthy, who is musical
director of the Norridgewock band,
received Tuesday photograph of the
youngest band director in the United
States. His name is Angelic Vitate,