The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-27


Edgar Fossett of Portland was in
town Friday calling upon old friends.
Judge and Mrs. F. F. Lawrence
are enjoying a vacation at Indian
Pond.
Leon Mason of Reading, Pa, ar
rived here Saturday to visit relatives
! for a week.
Post Office Inspector C. NJ. Dunn of
Auburn made one of his periodical
audits at the local office Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence E. Sprague
with their daughter Lucy, returned to
their home in Lexington, Mass, on
Monday.
Arthur Roderick, a soldier of the
regular army and stationed at Boston,
is home on a furlough visiting his
father, John Roderick.
Deacon George Thompson of the
First Baptist church conducted the
services at the Mlabon's Mills school
house Sunday afternoon.
Y. W. Nelson of Mechanic street, is
entertaining his aunt, Mrs. Eta NJ.
Lee of Greenwood, Mass, with her
granddaughter Miss Villa Brooks.
A steam drill with crew in charge
of Horace Reed is at work upon the
ledge in the rear of the Barrett build
ing on Water street, making room
for an addition.
Mr.. and Mrs Asa S Weston of
Logtown, Miss, arrived Saturday to
spend few days with Mr.. and Mrs.
Roland T. Patten. Mr.. Weston and
Mrs. Patten are brother and sister.
The crack baseball team represent
ing Waterville and Fairfield will cross
bats with the Speed Boys" at Fair
view park next Saturday. The week
following the Skowhegan team will
play return game with Dexter.
Mrs. Henry Manson has prize
| brown Leghorn hen that produces
royal results in the egg-laying bust
ness. This little biddy laid a double
yolked egg one day last week that
measured ~ inches by 6h inches.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. R. Knowlton of
Pennington left for their home Mon
day morning after visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. F. l.. Flynt. Mrs. Knowlton
came to Skowhegan last Tuesday and
Mr.. Knowlton arrived for the week
end.
The Maine State Baptist Convention
will be held at Skowhegan at the
First Baptist and the Bethany church
es, October 3, and 3. The meeting
OF the Kennebec Baptist Association
will be held at Norridgewock, Sept.
and s.
Miss Mildred Holmes of New York,
who has been visiting Miss Bertha
Merrill and Miss Margaret Griffin
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spend time in a cottage there. She
was accompanied by the Misses Grit
fin and Merrill.
Fire Warden Frank Thompson re-
turned from Moosehead lake Satur-
day and reported that the forest fires
in that section were under control,
! but were not entirely out. He has
twenty men around each fire and 9TH
er men ready to go in case of new
outbreaks.
Congressman S. w. Gould has in
troduced a bill into Congress provid
| ing for the erection of government
! building for post office and other pur-
! poses in Skowhegan. The bill calls
for a building when complete not to
exceed 100000. The bill has been
referred to the committee on public |
buildings and grounds and ordered |
to be printed. The bill was intro
duced July 10.
The most terrific hail storm that
has visited this section for some time
struck portion of Fairfield Saturday
with appalling results. On a strip of
about two miles towards Fairfield |
Center the corn and other crops were
destroyed The windows in the house
of Charles Badger on one side were
nearly all broken out. After the
storm was over Ward. Chapman pulled
out his sleigh and was able to haul
1t with two persons in 1t quite dis
lance, the hail making it good sleigh
ing.
Black cats are at a premium in the
vicinity Of Hinckley and it is believ-
ed that some will have to be imported
to carry out the prescription of a |
Canaan doctor. There Is a farmer
there who is afflicted with bad case
of Shingles" and the physician has
advised him that the only cure is to
take black cat skin and wrap around
his body. Everybody that owns black
cats hates to part with them for any
small sum and the stray ones, since
the doctor gave out his prescription,
have sought other quarters.