The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11

land.
Miss Carrie Wentworth of Clinton
was the guest over the 4th of Miss
Berle Nye.
Mrs. Myron f. Smith and daughter,
Norma, are visiting Mrs. Smiths par
ents in Greenyille.
Mrs. Carl Curtis arrived the first
of this week from a visit with her
mother in Portland.
J. H. Lawley of Boston arrived
Monday night for visit with rela-
tiyes in Skowhegan.
Miss L. VI. Forbes arrived Monday
night from a visit with relatives in
Efiingham Falls, y. II.
Mrs. A. E. Bison left Tuesday
forenoon for a two weeks visit with
friends at Old Orchard.
Misses Mary and Isabel Lyons left
Monday for China Lake where they
were to pass their vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hall of Hart
land departed Tuesday after visit
with Mr. and Mrs. David Lyons.
County Attorney J. Howard Haley
of Hartland was here to attend the
cattle poisoning case tried Saturday
j Mrs. Francis Briggs returned Mon
day to her home in Pittsfield after a
visit with her mother, Mrs. Edith S.
Shepherd.
Mrs. e B. Clifford of New Bedford
Mass, Who has been visiting at the
home of Make Jewett departed Tues
day morning.
The rear of the kennebec drive is
expected to reach Indian pond, Mon
day night, about three weeks ahead
of last year.
A daughter was born Sunday night
to the wife of Joseph Sincyr, and the
same night a son was born to the
wife of Charles Poire.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fl. Gannett and
party of Augusta were out-of-town
Automobiles registered at the CO.
burn the first of this week.
Dr. Oliver GAIA returned home,
Thursday, from a trip to Montreal and
st. Anicet. Mrs. GAIA and their lit
tie son are to remain until next week.
Mrs. Madez P. Hall and daughter
Miss Mildred Hall, returned Tuesday
morning to their home in Benton af-
ter a visit with relatives here and at
Madison.
w. H. Morrow spent July 4th with
relatives in Hartland. Accompanying
him was his brother, Master Ralph
Morrow, who has been visiting here
for a time
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lewis ar
rived home Friday from a visit with
their daughter in Wilton. Their son,
John, and the Misses Lewis remained
for a longer visit.
Mrs. C. F. Lathrop and Mrs. Anna
Birdsey, who came here from Bing
ham, Monday for a short visit with
friends have returned to their home
in Hartford, Conn.
Next Wednesday evening the cele-
brated cartoonist Pitt Parker of Bos-
ton will be at the First Baptist
church under the auspices of the
Christian Endeavor Society of that
organization.
Freight shipments from Skowhegan
during the month of June amounted
to 321S tons, or nearly 200 tons more
than during June of last year. The
principal commodity was wood pulp,
1105 tons; hay, SOS tons; lumber, 225
tons.
At the First Baptist church, Sun
day, the sermon was preached by
Pastor Osborne, the subject of his
sermon being THE Platonic Element
in Christianity" Miss Berle Nye
sang He Leadeth Me-" very effect
lively.
A horse which was running rapidly
down Elm Street, Saturday night ran
into E. w. Marbles team which was
being driven by Mrs. Marble and Miss
Marble and demolished one of the
rear wheels. The accident came near
being very serious one but neither
of the occupants of the team was in
jured in the least
Mrs. E. P. King of Waterville and
the Misses Alice, Therese and Annie
Donohue of Attleboro, Mass, who
went to Bingham Sunday to accom-
pany the remains of their mother
there for burial, departed from here
the first of the week. They visited
while in this town at the home of
Frank Fitzmorris.
County Commissioners Henry
Crowell of this town and Granville
Perkins of Madison, joined County
Commissioner o. E. Libby in Pitts