The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-01-26
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

/ VA. 0NAAeP QUIZ al oo0A Occ o1A
day afternoon at the meeting of The
Y. NJ. C. A.
| The Congregational C. E. society
will hold cake and candy sale at
the church yestry Saturday, January
%, from 2 to p. m.
Walter Merrill, who Is employed as
civil engineer by the Maine Central
Railroad Co, was here on business at
! the Court house Saturday.
Mrs. John Philbrick and Miss Flor
ence and Mrs. Ben T. Steward left
Monday morning for Arlington, Macs,
/ to attend the wedding of Miss Helen
Swain.
Franklin Danforth, who has been
in the Maine General hospital in
Portland several weeks for treatment
for rheumatism, arrived home Satur-
day night
Following is a list of the advertised
t ietteio 1T ohohue6du pOSt oidtS. MiSo
Grace E. Allen, Mrs. Cordelia Cosen,
Miss Annie Grey, Nancy Glover, Mrs .
George Whitaker, Charles E. Burnell,
Frank Dunlayey, Arthur Hickey, Joe
Lancaster
Carroll Goodwin went Monday to
Arlington, Mass to attend the we'd
ding of Miss Helen Swain who was
married to Laurence Horton Tuesday.
! Miss Swain was formerly a resident
of Skowhegan, being the daughter of
William Swain, who is now in bust
ness In Arlington.
| Friday evening the following off,
GERS were elected for the Skowhegan
Catholic band: President, Ernest
Groder; vice president Alfred Dore;
secretary, Walter Murray; treasurer,
j. P. Thibodeau; leader, Andrew
Lessor; trustees. Willard Crotto,
chairman; Julian Conroy, second;
Harry Murray. third; Albert Cowett,
librarian.
Harry Jackson, who went to ST.
Cloud, Fla, a few weeks ago is en-
joying himself judging by all appear
ances. He sent to Arthur Bussey a
post card with a picture of himself
on 1t showing him holding a rabbit
and quail and good string of fish
and he wore a smile of complete sat
isfaction.
Will members of Woman's club
please note change of date of Gentle
mems Night. 1t will be observed
Monday evening, January 80, at Con-
gregational parlors. beginning at 8
o'clock. Each member is privileged
to invite one guest Miss Gertrude
Garfield of Boston. will present "The
Fortune Hunter"
Edgar E. Clifford, president of the
Somerset and Franklin Sheep Breed
ers' Association, has been engaged to
speak in Keene, N. H., on the evening
of January 81. Mr.. Clifford last week
sold seven more sheep. He says
the sheep business is booming in
Maine, and farmers are coming to be-
lieve it is their salvation.
Eugene Steward died in Portland
Saturday morning after very short
illnocc hnd mill ha hrntUhf
here Tuesday for burial. He was the
son of the late Sylvanus Steward. A
wife and one daughter survive. He
was for some time a conductor for
the Maine Central R. r. Co. out of
Skowhegan. He was in business at
Portland at the time of his death.
Howard Belts was taken to the in
sane hospital Friday after he had
been examined by physicians and the
town authorities. He was found on
the street Thursday acting very
strangely. He went to an attorney and
said he would like to sell him car
load of gold and told the attorney he
had killed about 300 men. Mr.. Belts
came here from Aroostook county.
Alton H. Cleveland, who went to
the Hebron Santorium few days ago
for treatment of consumption, reports
that he is gaining and DR.. Nichols
tells him that he can be cured. Hel
has begun to gain in flesh. In let
ter to friend he says that all pa
tents have to 90 to bed at 7.30 p. m.
He says further that is surprising to
see what healthy looking people the
patients are there. They look more
like football players at a college than
like consumptives," he writes. The
patients eat six times each day. Mr.
Cleveland's many friends rejoice in
his favorable condition.