Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-01
Section Men Of Somerset
Traction Co. Strike.
Inhabitants Given a Scare, Fri
day, by a Mad Dog.
Maine Central Employee Goes Sud-
denly Insane Because OF Heat.

The section men on the Somerset
Traction Car Line went on strike,
Thursday demanding more pay per
day They were receiving SLIGO per day,
but they contend that the pay will not
compare with the high cost of living,
and they ask for s1.75 per day. Mana l.
ger Herbert SWEET agreed TO take the
ma&fer into consideration and II he
found that he could not get men for
81 90 per day he would pay them what
they asked. In the meantime the men
are off duty.
william u Murray of Norridgewoek
has purchased the James Mcknight
farm in Skowhegan, and will make his
home there
The School Board has awarded vii
liam Stinchfeld the contract for fur
nishing the school buildings with coal
for the ensuing year.
After AZ years c. c.. Pratt and
Stephen Pratt of Oregon, with their
wives, have returned TO Skowhegan,
where they will pass the summer at
Hotel Cohurn. The men were born on
the east side of the river, then known
as Bloomfield, and after they had
served in the war they returned to
Skowhegan. but soon left for the West
to seek their fortune. c G.. Pratt has
been engaged in the lumber and bank
ing business in Illinois and Oregon.
and Stephen has been a railroad engi-
neer nearly all his life. They We're born
hero, being sons of Joseph S. and Han
nah (Wells) Pratt. They attended
Bloomfield Academy. C. G. Pratt has a
son, Robert, who is cashier in a bank
in Oregon. and Stephen has two boys,
f. W. and r. s.. who are prominent in
Wisconsin. The men state that Show
hehan has about tripled in size since
they left.
A lawn party was given at the home
of Mrs. Il. r. Buck. Thursday eve
ming. in honor of Miss Gala Kennedy
and 10 of her friends, including the OPP
orators of the Maine Telephone & Tele-
graph Co, were present. The evening
was passed in playing croquet and 9TH
er social games. which were followed
by refreshments. Those present were
Gala Kennedy, Lillia Pierce, Nellie
Reynolds. Mildred Totman, Ethel
Litchfeld, Vera Bearce Grace Jewett.
Lula Chapman, Mabel Ross and Anna
Kennedy
Many of the inhabitants of Skowhegan
in the vicinity of Baptist Hill We're con-
siderably frightened, Friday. when it was
learned that a collie dog had been af-
fiicted with hydrophobia, and was run
ming wild in field in the vicinity of s.
W. Gould's farm. Mrs. Laskee of Main
street, with her children and the dog
were in the field picking Strawberries
when the animal became mad. They no.
titled Sheriff Mooers and he with his rifle
went I'm search of the dog but without
success. In the afternoon the dog was
found under the barn at S. w. Gould's
farm and shot by Mr.. Clark
Herman Reynolds. bartender at the
denly and frantically insane, Friday
night. and several men We're called with
the sheriff to care for him. It was nee
essary to lock him up TO keep him from
injuring himself and property 1t is sup
posed that he had been overcome by the
heat and 1t had affected his head. He
weighs about 275 pounds and is unusually
strong. He is unmarried, and has been
boarding at the Maine Central hotel. He
will probably be taken to the Insane hos
pital at Augusta for treatment. Monday.
Manager +. E. Harris of the Skowhe-
gan Jersey creamery gave out a report,
Saturday of the total amount of butter
fat received by the creamery in the
month Of May, which shows a consider
able over the month before. and was
2i,45l pounds and in April it was 1855
pounds. The price paid per pound for
the butter was sc cents and the number
of cows was 957.
Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Packard went to
Vassalboro. Saturday, to attend the
meeting Of the Friends Society.