The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10


3meHo Debe and wife went to Au-
eusta Wednesday for a short visit.
A. II. Glidden and Minnie Goodridge
filed their intentions of marriage with
the town clerk, Monday.
Mrs. l.. L. Caswell returned from
visit with friends in Gardiner on Sat.
urday.
Carl Pierce is acting at brakeman
on the morning train as substitute for
Mr. Quincy.
Hiss Emma Roullard and Miss Mary
Roderick have gone to Auburn to visit
friends for a month.
Mrs Frank w. Bucknam returned
Tuesday evening from visit with rel
atives in Boston and Exeter y. II.
Major J. W Fogler who has been on
q business trip to Minneapolis since
September 9th. arrived home Saturday.
DtIl I1OphlHS Will ltdNt llOi0 5dhhuy
for Buffalo, y. Y. to attend a meeting
of the Board OF Chairman of railroad
adjusters.
Mrs Mabel Anderson of Portland ar
rived in town Tuesday night for a
few days visit with her mother, Mrs.
A. X. Perkins.
Howard Perkins, an employee for
the Boston & Woburn Traction Co, as
starter is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Laura Perkins.
j. ID. Vaughn and c. c. Gates re.
turned Saturday from Moscow with
one good sized deer to show for their
two days hunting.
The final outdoor trial of the
steamer for this season was held by
Chief We1b-and the fire ladies on
Saturday afternoon.
The prisoners that were sentenced
Monday were taken to Thomaston at
) a M. Tuesday by Sheriff John A,
Mooers and Deputy Perley Foss OF
Bingham. There were seven of them.
The October term of the Somerset
Probate Court convened Tuesday with
a small attendance of the attorneys.
1t is expected that little business will
be transacted.
The regular quarterly meeting of
the directors of the Somerset Farm
ers Telephone Company was held
Monday and following the business
manager Willis Hobart entertained the
directors and their wives at a ban
quet at Hotel Coburn.
Mrs. j. p Blanchard and her sister
Mrs Leney Young of The Forks who
have been visiting relatives and
friends in Amherst Ellington and
Bangor. Me, returned to Skowhegan
Saturday on the O'Clock train. Mrs.
Young left here Tuesday for her home
at The Forks.
There was union service at me
First Baptist church, Sunday eyenio6
The subject was Convention Echoes
and Miss Harriet Marble, Mrs. J. G.
Osborne, Mr. Osborne and Rev. George
Merriam gave reports of the Maine
State Baptist Convention in Portland
last week
Hon. Forrest Goodwin Congressman
elect who since election on account
of his health has been camping out
at Jim Pond near Eustis, has greatly
improved and will return home Satur-
day to resume his strenuous life. Mrs.
Goodwin Joined her husband Sunday
to spend the rest of the week with
him.
Mrs. Sarah Palmer who has leased
her home on'Pleasant st. to Mr., and
Mrs. Everett T. Goodrich for occu
pancy, left Friday for West Roxbury,
Mass, where she will remain during
the winter with her daughter, Miss
Bertha Palmer. She was accompani
ed by another daughter, Mrs. f. w
Jefferson of Wellesley Mass, who had
been visiting her for some time.
Miss Martha Steward entertained
house party of six for the weekend at
the Wesserrunsett lake cottage of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Stew
and. Miss Addie Swain and Miss Mary
Armstrong of the Garfield school fac
ulty acted as chaperones, the O.
in the party being Miss Dorothy Pen
nell, Miss Lyle Stinchfield, Miss Lois
Manter and Miss Marguerite Merriam.
The annual meeting of the Skowhe-
gan Christian Science Society was
held in the Madison avenue room Mon
day evening and Officers for the en-
suing year elected as follows: First
reader, Mrs. J. H. Steward; second
reader, Mrs. II. B. Friend; clerk, John
II. Steward; collector, Mrs. w p. Ord
way; treasurer, A. r. Smiley; auditor
Abel Patten; directors, the clerk and
ex-officio and Mrs w. p. Ordway, Mrs
F. L. Flynt and Mrs A. r. Smiley.
Janitor A. |. Sawyer gave the chill
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