The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-03-28
N0RRIDGENOCK.

Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Gibbs were in
Augusta last Wednesday,
Nicholas Miller. who spent the win
ter in Mass, returned home last week.
Miss Edisn Collie is al home after
having spent the winter in Portland.
Miss Lizzie HoXie. who has spent
the winter in town. has gone to visit
friends at Wateryille and Skowhe-
gan, before going to her cottage In
Smithfeld
Mrs. George Smith of Smithfeld,
passed Thursday with friends IN
town.
Mr. and Mrs Leslie Jones of Angus
TIA were calling on friends the first of
last week
Fred Witham. who sold his property
on the Smithfield road a few months
ago. has moved to Sanborne, Iowa.
Fred Tobie. who has sold his farm
TO Chester Haynes is about to move
to ST Louis.
Among those who were visitors at
Wateryllle the past week are Mrs. c.
j. Nancy and Elsie Savage. on Tues
day; Mrs. II. g Hussey, Mrs. Charles
Russell on Thursday, and Mrs. Frank
and Annette Spaulding and Helen
hfAC Oli Il ldbg anu i~iAhAN'A
and Fay Barker on Thursday.
c. J. Savage has returned from
visit among friends in the Northern
part of the State.
Fred Tibbetts of the Iongley dis
trict, who has spent the winter lum-
bering in Larone, has returned to his
home.
Lester Woodsum spent the week
~ A.,
Miss Nettie Briggs. who has been in
attendance at the Kicker Classical In
stitute OF Houlton, is home for her
mid winter vacation.
Miss Rena Shores of Oakland, junior
at Colby, has been engaged to teach
the spring term OF school at the Cor
son district.
Mr.. and Mrs. Graft who are in at
tendance at the Sunset Hill Springs
Sanitarium, were visiting friends in
Skowhegan one day last week.
r. T. Knowlen is under going treat
ment at the Sunset Hill Springs SAM
tarium-
On Saturday, Alfred Cloutie under
went successful operation for appen-
dicitis at the above institution.
Mrs. A. w. Merrill has returned
from Boston where she was In attend
ance at the spring millinery openings.
DIR. j. ID. Ames was at Augusta last
week attending the special session of
the Legislature.
Mrs. L. f. Barker returned from
visiting friends in Boston, Monday.
Almon Blaisdell has had installed in
his stone working establishment, a
motor OF 10 horsepower, which will
considerably increase the amount of
work possible in the same time.
The High school opened for the
spring term on Monday.
G.. o. Normandy was in EllWorth the
last of the week to look after the in
terests of the new shoe shop being
established in that town.
MIR. and Mrs A. b. Everett are to be
congratulated on having had very
fine piano added to their home furni-
ture-
MIR. and Mrs. C. A. Whiting spent
Sunday with friends in Waterville.
Ivon Watson has taken up posi-
ton at the Simmonds Hotel at Smith
field for the summer.
Mrs. w A. Moore is receiving a visit
from her father of Augusta.
A very sad accident occurred at the
home of Sumner Soue of the Madison
Road on Saturday, when Daisy, the
four-year- old daughter of Mrs. Flora
Sawyer, domestic in the family, ate
strychnine pills which had fallen from
a shelf to the floor and were picked
up by the child Medical aid was i'm
.mediately summoned but the child
died in twenty-five minutes, after hay
ing had number of commissions. Fu
neral services were held on Monday
at ten A NJ. Rev Wyle H. Smith, Of
Floating.
Charles Cross of the Madison Road
has sold his property to John Lloyd of
Aroostook County.
Frank Aiagee of Houlton has bought
the farm of the late DR.. Lancaster,
and is to move into his new home the
first of April.
At this writing Enos Gilman Is con-
siaered III very critical condition.
He has been ailing for a week with
a cold and cough that led to fears of
pneumonia, but the result was a
shock which occurred on Sunday eve
ming parayzing one side and render
ing him semi-conscious.
Mrs. II. N Carr is announcing her
millinery opening for Wednesday,
April g. She is showing a complete
line of Ncw and up-to-date hats and
trimmings. Everybody cordially in
vited to attend.
Among those who attended the per-
Torrance of the Colby Dramatic club
at Madison, were Sadie White, Goldie
Blaisdell and Roy Kelley.