The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-18

all day. Friday, Patriots day
J. H. Gray, Esq, of Scion was in
town, yesterday, on business.
Rev. H. N. Pringle of Waterville was
here on business Wednesday.
Lieut.. Charles Fowler of Portland
was here Saturday, caller at the To-
cal recruiting station.
Dol Morrison gave a concert ip
Milo last Wednesday evening and in
Oakland last Friday evening.
William Jewett, after being sick in
bed for several months, has so far re-
covered that he is able to be out.
Mr.. and Mrs Derne J. Green, who
have been in Bath for the winter
returned to Skowhegan Saturday
night.
The marriage intentions of Dana w.
Simpson and Miss Ethel Rollins, both
of Wentworth, N. H., are recorded at
the Town clerks Office
There will be a May dance at
Grange Hall, Canaan, Wednesday,
May first under the management of
Scott Lord and Harry Cool.
The ice in the Kennebec River at
Skowhegan went out Monday The
water is rising fast and a big jam is
reported at Bingham and the low
lands.
There are now 80 caskets in the
receiving vault at the South Cemetery
awaiting interment this spring. Sew
eral of the bodies have come from
out of town.
A pleasant event in the life of Hon.
L. l. Walton came yesterday when he
went to Pennington to help his moth
err, Mrs Martha Walton, celebrate her
Goth birthday.
On Thursday evening, April 25,
Skowhegan Lodge, No. 70, X. of p, will
observe its goth anniversary for which
special preparations are being made.
Following the meeting banquet will
be served at Skowhegan House.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Bradstreet of Wa
tervilIe came Tuesday night to visit
Mrs Bradstreet's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs w. B. Steward. Mrs. Bradstreet
has just returned from Boston hos
pital, where she underwent an opera
ton a short time ago, greatly benefit
ted in health.
Friday, April 10, Patriots day the
postoffice will be closed as follows:
From 8 A NJ. to 1870 A. NJ, from II
A. NJ. to 4 A. NJ, from 12M to 2.20 P.
M, from 2.30 P. NJ. to 4.45 P. NJ, and at
o'clock at night. City carriers will
make one delivery and one collection
the regular forenoon trips. Rural car
riers will perform service as usual
DR.. ]. e. Wadsworth, the school
physician, gave a little talk at the
Teachers meeting in the Municipal
Court Room, Thursday afternoon on
Sanitary Precautions in the Schools
laying special stress on the contagi-
Gus diseases. This was a meeting
held for the benefit of the various
teachers in the town, for the purpose
of talking over general school matters
The selectmen, according to a pro-
vision made at the last town meeting,
have instituted a registering system
for the night Waterman, which in
cludes IL individual boxes with keys
that are placed at various points
around the town. The Waterman has
with him a clock which is made in
such a way that each key in the va
rious boxes will fit into the clock, and
each time he makes the rounds he
alton inside of the clock and registers
the time that he reaches each point.
This is the first thing of the kind
ever established in the town
There will be a Y. NJ. G. A. Convent
ton in Skowhegan beginning Saturday
and lasting through Sunday. Five of
the Y. NJ G.. A. students of Bowdoin
will be here and Saturday they will
take a hike with the boys to Bigelow
Hill. At 6 o'clock in the evening there
will be a banquet in the Congrega-
al parlors, which will be followed by
after dinner speaking Sunday morn
ing the pulpits of the various churches
will be occupied by these students, and
at o'clock in the afternoon a boys
mass meeting will be held in the Beth
any church, and in the evening a mass
meeting for everybody in the Metho-
dist church and in connection with the
speaking there will be special music
Two bogus checks have been passed
in Skowhegan in the last few days,
1t being alleged by one Harry Nelson
who gave his residence as Boston.
On April 10TH he went into the store
of the Direct Importing Company and
purchased four mounds of coffee civ