The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-05-04
NORRIDCEWOCK.

WAS the guest Vi hcA blolSif 4hi ..
Enid Merrill Monday.
Mr.. Briggs. an aged gentleman,
father of Asa and the late Harry
Briggs, passed away Sunday
Fred Kelley, who sold his house on
the back street is to build a house
on the newly laid out street called
WEIGH street Work will be com
menced at once.
The Grange gave a May ball Mon
day night.
Nearly one hundred car loads of
potatoes have been shipped from
Lewis Whitneys potato house since
last fall and more are to be shipped
right away.
Sunday night Oliver Stevens lost
a valuable mare worth nearly $500.
Mrs. Sarah Collins of Pittsfield is
visiting her brother. Eli Shorey,
Depot street.
Misses Helen White and Catharine
Piper were In Wateryille Monday on
business.
Mrs. NJ j. Hathaway, who is at
one of the Bangor hospitals, Is re-
ported to be slowly improving.
Harry Carr has come out with an
automobile and intends to enjoy rid
ing this season.
W. Taylor, who has been living In
the DR.. Ames rent has moved to
Whitefield where he has purchased
farm.
The shoe factory help are working
early mornings 80 as to have Satur-
day afternoons out for a holiday.
Miss Clara Woodsom, who was OPP
Grated on for appendicitis some time
ago. was taken suddenly Ill and died
early last Sunday morning. Miss
Woodsom was very popular with the
young people especially the pupils of
the High school which she attended
She was the youngest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Woodsom who
reside In the rural part of the village.
Her age was eighteen years.
The funeral was held Tuesday after
noon at her late home, Rev. Wylie II.
Smith officiating. The High school
was closed for the afternoon to allow
all who wished to attend the funeral.
Monday afternoon while Mr.. Young,
who recently purchased the Mrs.
Hamlin farm, was driving up Main
street his horse was frightened by
an auto, making a dash through the
street. When opposite the Baptist
church the horse SHE'D, striking an
electric light pole, clearing himself
from the carriage and throwing Mr..
Young out. Both thills of the car
riage were broken and the harness
also in several places. Mr.. Young
was very fortunate in not being killed |
and escaped with a bad cut on the |
right side of his face. For a while /
there was lots of excitement and
many imagined a fire was in progress
somewhere up the street
Joseph Smith is now the Oldest boy
we have in town and has been pre-
scented with the gold headed cane. At
present Mr.. Smith, Uncle Joe, as we
call him, Is able<to do lots of work /
and many of the younger kids have
got to hustle to beat him in many
ways of work.
Mrs. Vesta Morse who has been i
spending the winters with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frank Holt, in Massachu-
sets, Is expected home soon and will |
remain here during the summer
months.
Verne Cunliff has his stable about
completed and will have much bet
ter one than the old one that was
burned.
on his buildings, Main street
Almon Blaisdell has several thons-
and dollars worth of finished granite
that he Is shipping away to different
places In the State. At the present
time Mr.. Blaisdell has several men at
work getting out base and cemetery
work and orders coming in every day
At the d. E. Taylor &c Son granite
works near the Somerset railway sta
ton Is another busy place. For over
thirty years they have never been out
of work, so Mr.. Taylor informs us
Several hands are employed In hauling
granite from their quarry all the |
year. winters and summers Nearly
all the polishing In this shop Is done
by machinery. At present they have
orders coming In every mail and the
best OF work Is being done here too,
making this one of the most en-
terprfsing companies on the line of
the Kennebec. The head of the firm,
d. e. Taylor, was born a granite cut
ter and for over 40 years has been en-
gagged In this work and must be an
expert In this line.
The county conference of the Con-
gregational churches will be held
here June IL and Ia The program
will be as follows: Historical address,
W. B. Longley; addresses by Rev.
William Erving of Boston, Rev.
James Frost of Waterville. r. A. Jor-
dan, secretary of Y. NJ. c. A. of Ban /
gor; conference sermon by Rev. C.
W. Rogers of No. Arson.
Bible Sunday was observed In the
Congregational church last Sabbath.
DR.. Florence Morrow gave a
very interesting lecture last Sunday
evening to full house in the Baptist
church on Tuberculosis It's Treat
ment and Cure" Miss Catharine Pip
er presided at the piano There was
cornet solo by Roy Trueworthy;
singing by the congregation; remarks
by DR.. j. d. Ames, who has acknowl-
edged medicine will not cure the
above disease. 1t must be by open
air exercise, a plain diet and recrea-
ton and other methods without dos
ing the stomach with poisonous rem
edies. This, DR.. Morrow makes a
specially In her treatment. A sana-
torium is to be located here and used
for patients of this county. DR.. Mer-
row will probably be the physician
In charge this summer and fall and
In winter other doctors will fill the
position while DR.. Morrow will be
absent in another state