The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-09-19

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Mr. and Mrs. c. Curtis have returned
home from a trip to New York and
Boston.
Mrs Mae E. Pratt went to Water.
vile, Saturday for a visit with Mrs.
Charles Pratt.
Miss Harriet Simpson returned Mon
day from a weekend visit at her
home in Wnslow.
Mrs. NJ. Agnes Merrill and son. Ar
thur have returned from their sum
mer home at Sandy Point.
A good sized delegation of Skowhe
gan people attended the cattle show
and fair at Athens, Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Tuckey, who have
been here for about eight weeks on
business, departed Monday last
Mr.. and Mrs. Z j. Butler are to be
congratulated over the recent safe ar
rival of daughter in their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sherburne and
daughter, of Quincy Mass, have been
here for visit with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
II. Fowler.
Charles Jones has assumed the man
agement of the Farmers restaurant
again. Peter Plude having been the
recent proprietor
Mrs. J. G. Hoffses of Worcester.
Mass, after a visit with her brother.
H. c. Judkins here and with her pa
rents in Athens. has returned home.
Dr. |. L. Salley has lately applied
the tuberculine test to the herd of
COWS belonging to ANGEL Newton and
has found them free from tuberculosis.
Carleton P. Merrill, A. R. Jewett,
John H. Lancaster and c. A Ross
left this morning for Bangor to at
tend the State Board Of Trade meet
ms
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Whitman of
Brighton, have been visiting their
daughter, Mrs. Perley Wyman, in Nor
ridgewock, also their son. Bert Ray
mond of East Skowhegan.
G. E. Ayore. the local agent of the
Overland automobiles, has received
new 1913 model which is much ad-
mired on our streets. II has 80 h. p,
and looks to please anyone.
Charles Smith and Folsom Merrill
departed this morning on the :
O'Clock train. The former was TO re.
sumo his school work in Washington,
d. G, and the latter was returning 10
Harvard
DR.. George Otis Smith has lately re-
turned from New York where he at
tended the International Congress of
Applied Chemistry Dr. Smith is di-
~ector of the [. S. Geological Surve
and while in New York delivered "A
Business Policy for a National Do
main-What the United States Gov
eminent is Doing in the Classification
and Valuation of Public Lands.
Rev. Elizabeth Holt Golthwaite.
who has been here and in other parts
of Cop,arcot county. for cnp,a u.aalyc
has lately accepted a call to the pas
torate of the UniYersalist church in
Enfield, y. II. She was pastor for
some time at Readfeld. Miss Goldth-
waite was born in Salem where she is
closely identified with the ancient his
tory of the city. being in the eighth
generation direct in descent from Re.
bekah Nourse. who was hung as a
witch in Salem, in 1892
Following Is a list of the new books
added to the Skowhegan library, re-
Gently, The Promised Land" BE Pre-
pared Dimock; "Kenton River Sc
ries," Burleigh; Trail of Lonesome
Pine" Fox; Burden of Poverty"
Dole; "Doneky john Morley; Scot
land Story" Hike and the Aero
plane" Pill Topsail Stories" Dun
can; The Armchair at the Inn"
Smith; The Inheritance, Bacon;
The Sign at Six White; "Postmas-
ter. Lincoln; Chronicles of Avon
ga" Montgomery; The Red Lane
Day; Mrs. Philena," Kingsley; The
Just and the Unjust" Kester.
As a result of contest in the Y. P.
S. c. E., to secure new members, a
supper was given the winning side by
the defeated side in the yestry of the
First Baptist church last Friday eve
ming The victorious side had as their
captain, Tommy Coburn, while the de-
feated side was led by Christine Hall.
A pleasing incident in connection with
the occasion was the birthday of Mas
ter Coburn and the table was specially
arranged in his honor, the browning
feature being a delicious birthday
cake. The decorations were attrac-
lively arranged, sweet peas FREEDOM