Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-31
SKOWHECAN.

Mr.. and Mrs G. Curtis have g0n
TO Boston and New York on bust
ness trip of several days.
Mrs. A. X Perkins and Mrs. Mar,
p. Archer went to Portland, Frida,
where they will pass several days a
the home of Mrs. Perkins daughter
Mrs. T. III, Anderson. while Mrs. An.
derson goes with her husband tt
Canada on Masonic trip Mr. ant
Mrs. Ernest Avore will also take tht
trip.
+. G. Banforth has Just completed
| the renovation and rebuilding of his
hothouses on Madison avenue. He has
rebuilt the rose house, making it 80
! feet instead of 20. He has rebuilt one
side Of the carnation house, the foun-
| datiens being concrete.
Mr. and Mrs George l.. II. Smith
have gone 10 Passaic, N J.. where
they will pass two weeks with Mrs.
Smiths sister. Mrs. William Wildes.
The mills shut down, Friday noon,
in SlioMhegan, until Tuesday, Friday
afternoon on account of the fair, and
Monday on account of Labor Day.
Following are the recent deaths in
Somerset county Mrs. Martha Her
rim. Carmel, Aug. -, aged 80 years,
burial in Skowhegan; Miss Ella S.
Chapman died in Norridgewock, Aug.
%; Miss Mary G. Brown. in Norridge-
wock, Aug. %; Samuel b. Allen, Nor
ridgewecS, Aug "a. aged -; Mrs.
Nancy Robinson, North Cornville
Aug. q. aged Sd years: Nelson Nc
LaughIin, Madison, Aug. 26; Mrs. So
phia Hafford, Embden. Aug. 20. 81
years; Mrs Louis Nollct. No. Arson
Aug. 20; Hiram Hilton of Richmond
died in North Arson. Aug. y, aged
II years. Births: A son to Mr.. and
Mrs Henry Thomas Skowhegan
Aug. 25: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Briggs of Pittsheld, Aug. a; a daugh
ter to air. and Mrs. Vital Iachanee
and a son to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Per-
~ of SkoNhegan
Rev. Theodore Wilson of Cambridge,
Mass, will preach. next Sunday morn
ing. at the Congregational church
Communion service will he at F. Nj.
There will be preaching service at
I O'Clock. Sunday evening at the
Methodist church, Rev. C. ]. Brown of
Bangor, general field worker for the
Sunday schools in the State of Maine
will occupy the pulpit. The morning
sermon on What Minister Deter
mined to Know will be by the pas
tor Services will be omitted at the
First Baptist church. There will be
the usual services at the Bethany
church. with sermon by the patsor.
Mrs. Norris Traitor has been visit
ing at the home of Mrs. Floyd G. Nye
-, har hnUna Cam
ada Northwest. She and Mr.. traitor
have been in Yarmouth for some Tune
on account of the latter's i'll health.
Mr. Trafton is now being treated IN
Melrose, Mass.
On Sept. End. Labor Day, the post
Office will be closed as follows; From
. A. NJ. to 1920 A. NJ; from II Nj. to
ais p. NJ. from 3.25 to 4.45 7. NJ. ana
at o'clock City carriers Will make
one collection and one delivery, the
regular forenoon trips. Rural carriers
will perform no service on that aaS.
Premiums on live stock at the Somerset
Central Fair were awarded Thursday as
follows:
shorthorns-Bul years old, r. g.
Bigelow, Skowhegan, list; j. b. Adams
Madison, I'd; bull l year old, Adams, list;
COW years old, Adams lst Bigelow 20,
heifer 3 wears old, Adams list, Bigeiow
"a; heifer 2 years old, Bigelow list; helfer
/ year old, Adams LIST; heifer CALI Blse-
low 1st, Adams I'd: grade heifer 2 years
old. Mary Russell & Son. Madison, 1st'
grade heifer / year old, Eben Dean &
Son. Madison. list: grade heifer calf.
Russell list. Dean I'd.
awarded to
E,ben Dean & Son of Madison on bull
year old, COW years old. heifer years
old, heifer 2 years old, heifer year ola
and heifer calf; also second on heifer
years old
Holsteins-First on bull calf. LIST and 2d
on 4 year old COW. LIST on year old
heifer LIST on year old heifer and LIST on
heifer calf. all awarded TO Eaton Noun
tain Farm, skowhegan. First on grade
COW years old and LIST on grade heifer
. years old, TO Perley Floss. Madison
Jerseys-Bull years old, 1st Perley
Foss, Madison: bun calf, list. e. Il. Reed
Madison; heifer 2 years old, LIST, Reed
grade COW years old, LIST and I'd to
Eaton Mountain Farm; 3 year old heller,
list. Foss; heifer calf, list. Mary Russell
& Son; I'd, Foss.
Grade Guernsey calf, list, Eben Dean x
SON. Madison.
Working Oxen and Steers years old
LIST, r. G. Bigelow, I'd, Fred Campbell
Fairfield; Sd, H. n. Pratt, Skowhegan
9 years old, LIST, Hereford Stock Farm
Madison; years old, LIST, Hereford Stock
Farm; year old, LIST. Hereford Stock
Farm; 3D., Eben Dean and Son, Madison;
calves, list, Hereford Stock Farm,
Matched Oxen and Steers years old
LIST, Hereford Stock Farm; I'd, Mary Rus
sell & Son. years old, 1st and I'd. Here
ford Stock Farm; years old, list, Eben
Dean & Son: year old, Hereford Stock
Farm calves, LIST, Hereford Stock Farm.
Fat Oxen and Steers-First and I'd on
4, 3, and 1 year olds to Hereford Stock
Farm, Madison.
Town Teams-OXen, list and I'd to
Madison steers. LIST and "a to Madison.
Draft Oxen any size-lst and I'd. Holt
|& Hight. Skowhegan; Sd. r. 6. Bigelow,
Skowhegan; oxen over 6 feet s inches,
list, Eben Dean & Son, Madison, I'd and
Sd, Hereford Stock Farm, Madison; oxen
under feet inches, LIST, Eben Dean &
Son, I'd, H. n Pratt, Sd, $. N. Blanch-