The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-08-03

friends in Brighton.
Miss Gladys Pennell visited her sis
ter In Fairfield last week.
W. B. Whittier shipped last week
to Auburn Is calves and 9 hogs.
NJ. A. Wyman of Boston, Is in
town visiting friends for several DAYS.
NJ. Gerry Plummer will spend his
annual. vacation at South Freeport.
DR.. George Otis Smith arrived here
last Thursday night to visit his fam
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. H. Smith
are spending their annual vacation
at Capitol Island.
Arthur R. Jewett is confined to the
house under the doctors care at his
Lakewood cottage.
No river water has been pumped
since Friday. July %, and until no.
tice Is given none will be.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold J. Phillips
have returned from Rangeley where
they spent the month of July.
Mrs. d. A. Porter, who was oper-
ated on last Monday for appendicitis
at Somerset hospital, Is doing nicely.
Mrs. F. l.. Tozier and children of
Fairfield are visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F. P. Pennell, for a few
days.
Mrs. Joseph Viles is at the Somer-
set hospital for surgical treatment. 1t
is reported that she is gaining rapid
ly.
Miss Marion Drake of Somerville,
Mass. is visiting this week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. w. B. Whit
tier.
Miss Harriet Hornbeck of Passaic,
n. j., after spending some time in
town, left on the morning train Sat
urday for her home.
P. C. Jewett of Waterville, who has
been visiting his daughter, Mrs. R.
B. Lancaster and calling on old ac-
quaintances, has returned home.
Miss Celia Packard has been the
guest of Miss Ruth Hayward for the
past week at Birch Island in Casco
h.,tt ot n
The next regular Grange meeting
will be held Wednesday evening, Au-
gust 8. A fine program is being pre-
pared and it is hoped a large num-
Der will be present.
Mrs. Lizzie Earle with daughter
Mrs. Sadie Griffin, arrived here from
Fall River, Mass, Wednesday to
spend a few weeks with their cousin,
Mrs. John w. Steward.
A. S. Wolf of Boston, Mass, who
has been the guest of j. A. Norris
sette at his cottage at Lakewood for
tie past two weeks, returned to his
nome wednesday morning.
Ernest spiller of Beverly, Mass,
came on Tuesday to see his brother,
Victor, whose wife died on Sunday.
The two brothers left for Beverly
with the body on the noon train We'd
nesday
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are over so far as the 1910 crop is
concerned. Two cars were sent out
during July making a grand total of
21S, an increase of IA per cent over
the previous year.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Woodbury. ac-
companied Wallace Blunt in an auto
run to Boothbay Harbor for the week
end with Mrs. Blunt and the children
last Saturday. The return trip was
made Monday afternoon.
Mrs. George McCoombs and her
niece, Miss Mandelane McCoombs, |
returned to their home in Waterville
last Sunday, after spending two
weeks with Mrs. McCoombs mother.
Mrs. Paul Roullard at her cottage at
Lakewood.
Wallace Martin has been here this
week from Boston, Mass, with his
automobile. He was accompanied
back by Miss Laura and Master Nor
rill Hoxie, who will visit at Revere
Beach and also the home of Joseph
Haskell in Brookline, Mass.
The annual field day of the Show
hogan Sorosis will be held at Lake
wood next week, Friday August II.
A shore dinner will be served at the
Inn at o'clock. Supper tickets SOC,
on sale at Sampson & Azores, Tues
day morning until Thursday noon.
Prof E. F. Hitchings of the Uni
versity of Maine, was the guest of r.
T. Patten at Eaton Mountain farm
Tuesday. During the afternoon he
gave a number of demonstrations in
practical orchard work for the bene-
fit of Mr.. Patten and an interested
group of neighbors and friends.
The quarantine that Sheriff John