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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-14
Family Reunited

A reunion Of a family of children
who have not seen one another for
IL years took place last week, un-
der circumstances that are somewhat
remarkable. About II years ago a
Mrs. John Leahy died in Boston, leav-
ing five children: Mary, aged 10
years; Elizabeth, aged seven years;
Sarah, two years and six months;
John, two weeks old Fourteen
months afterward the father of the
children, John Leahy, also died Two
of the children went TO live with rela-
tives, one with the grandparents and
the other with an aunt, and the three
others were placed in the Home for
Destitute Catholic Children in Boston.
The children later found homes in
various families, Sarah being received
into the family of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
A. Brown of Fairfield, and James to
Mr.. and Mrs. Travers of Biddeford.
Something over six years ago the sec
ond oldest sister, Elizabeth, began a
search for James and Sarah whose
whereabouts were unknown to the
other brothers and sisters. After
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County News
ssssesssssssssssesssessss,
JACKM

H. A. Young and crew have gone to
make repairs on A. a. Crafts house.
Mrs. Hannah Barney and son Harry
of Fairfield are visiting relatives in
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Murtha went to
Quebec last week, making the trip by
auto.
Mrs. r. L. Kimball and grandson
Howard Bass returned home from
North Harpswell, Thursday
Miss Helen Newton returned home
from trip down river Thursday
The Golden Glow Club entertained
friends at a whist party Friday night
held in the banquet hall A very en-
joyable evening was passed by all
Mrs. r. r. Johnson of Brownville
Jet, spent few days with her moth
er Mrs. NJ. J. Armstrong last week
Mr. and Mrs. Z. Loyett and Mr.. and
Mrs o. Patterson of Lowelltown, were
in town Saturday.
Mrs Andrew Holden who is on tne
sick list is little better at this writ
ing
The ball game Saturday between
the Jaekman and Lowelltown teams
resulted in victory for the home team
Mrs. M. E. Holden, Mrs. o. ]. Moore
and Arthur Holden spent a few daye
in Wateryille last week.
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CarIeton--Dayis Wedding

Sunday, August 8. there occurred in
Harmony the wedding of Mr.. Daniel
Carleton and Miss Hazel B. Davis
both of this town. The bride
was charmingly and beautifully
gowned in white and the groom in
navy blue serge. Only immediate
friends were present. The single
ring service was used. Merle Her.
rick and Guy Downs stood with the
groom and Vonnie Stevens and Viola
Flagg with the bride. The young
couple, after receiving the congrat-
ulations of those present, departed
amidst a shower of rice by automo-
bile to parts unknown. They in
tend to make their home in Harmony
Mr.. Carleton contemplating the cree
ton of a new house on his lot above
the village.
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politics a stanch Republican; is serv-
ing his tenth year on the Republican
City Committee, was three years Vice
President and two years President,
declining q reelection to that office
! last January. Voted last year for
Taft and the entire party ticket and
is proud of it.
Mr.. Keene writes: Since moving
from Palmyra in 1875 l have lived in
several splendid towns and cities in
| Maine and Massachusetts and have
been honored with many offices of
various kinds. l have met and
known some fine, noble, men and wo-
men, but never have | lived in more
beautiful residential town than dear
old Skowhegan, Maine. My know
ledge of the town and her splendid
people is not wholly confined to my
fifteen months residence there in
1873. My good aunts, my mothers
sisters, were Mrs. Edward Smiley and
Mrs. Humphrey Lambert, lifelong
residents of your village. Many
times as boy have l visited them
with my father and mother, my cou-
sins c. Milton Lambert and Albert
r. Smiley with their families are still
! highly respected residents of your
village.
Skowhegan, can see her now as
I she looked in those days, twenty-five
years ago, her handsome streets and
! beautiful shade trees, her well-kept
lawns, with the three best hotels be-
tween Portland and Bangor.
boarded much of the time at the
"Heselton", since burned l believe.
How we'll | remember those five boys,
Frank, William, AL, Ed, and M. B.,
and many of the old-time citizens of
that day. | could give a lot of hap
penings of that time but space will
not permit | would advise the boys
and girls of Skowhegan, as far as
possible, to live and die right there.
You may see more sights (many that
you ought never to see) in the great
cities, like Boston, New York AMI
Chicago, but you will mostly be better
off even financially, you will live in
far more healthy atmosphere sur
rounded by the open country, the
woods and green fields and mingling
from day to day with some of the
most cordial, courteous, kindly peo-
pie that you could find anywhere on
earth. 1 often long to return to
your beautiful village to live the re-
naming days of my life with you.
Only recently l wrote to my old
friend and partner Alfred H. Lang,
telling him | wanted a farm in or
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Mrs. Bachelor and son Frank and
niece Mrs Hattie Dore of Harmony
have been stopping at Annie Camp
bells cottage for a few days.
Thomas Padham who has been
working for Henry Crowell got his
hand hurt last week One finger was
broken and his hand badly damned.
Virgil Hall and daughters, Nancy
Morrison and Virgil Written have
been visiting their old home here.
Among the many callers in town
Sunday of last week were Peter Null
hern and wife and Jim Mulhern of
Brighton, They came in their new
Ford auto.
Will Small and wife and daughter
of Guiford were in town last week.
An auto party from Scion consist
ing of Allen Clark. Mrs. Charles Clark,
Mrs. Bertha Libby, Mrs. Kleber Camp
bell and little daughter Vina have
been visiting at a l.. Flanders.
Read the business announcements
in the Bingham news this week.
Ethan Buzzell and wife and daught-
er of Wellington were here fishing
last week
Among the Saturday fishermen of
last week was Lawyer Holman of
Athens
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FORMERLY OF Sk0WHt.
GAN AND PALMYRA
Leslie F. keene and Something OF His
Life. Pays a Glowing Tribute to
Sk0whegan

We have news of another former
somerset County man and are privi-
legged to print something of his life
Leslie F. Keene Of Boston.
The subject of this sketch was born
in Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine,
December II, 1856, the son of Norris
and Sarah Ann (Nye) keene, one of
4 family of eight children, four boys
and four girls. He was educated in
the Common School of his native
village and at the Maine Central In
stitute at Pittsheld. worked on vari-
GUS farms until Is years old. In
1873 his father moved with his
family to Auburn, Maine, lured there
nv the prospect of work for two of
tbe boys and two girls in the shoe
factory of that city. Leslie F. learn
ed the art of shoe making there in
June 1875 and followed that trade in
Auburn, Buckfield and South Paris for
seven years, going to Boston in the
spring of 1882, having charge for the
next FIVE years of the wholesale shoe
store on Pearl street of Charles w.
Clement. also a native of Palmyra. In
the fall of 1887 Mr.. Keene moved to
Skowhegan and became a partner in
the shoe firm of Lang & Keene, 103
Water Street, the new firm buying out
the stock of L. J. Addition & Co. He
remained there only about Is months.
the business not being sufficiently pro-
titable to satisfy him. He again re-
turned to Boston where he has re-
NAMED up to the present time, being
engaged in the Shoe and Leather
business as salesman and manager.
AT present he is the N. E. agent for
the Chicago Tanning Co., headquar-
ters in Chicago with a branch leather
store in Boston, 128 Summer ST. He
has been a resident of the city of Mel
rose Mass, for several years, one of
the most healthful, finely situated AMI
beautiful cities in the State, eight
miles from the State House, on main
line of Boston R. R.
Mr.. Keene has been very active
there in politics during the last dozen
years, is now serving his eighth year
in the Melrose Board of Aldermen. In
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-14
MERCER

DR.. Warren Jones returned to his
home in Cornell. Ill, last week. after
a very short visit to his fri6pds here
on Hampshire Hill.
Oracle Smith from Portland is
visiting her grandfather S. j. Presley.
Farmers are working early and late to
harvest the hay crop.
Hazel Rowe is working at Charles
Jones for few weeks.
S. J. Pressey and wife have re-
turned to their home~after being in
Rome since last fall.
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CONCORD

c. S. Humphreys, wife and family
were in town Sunday.
Lincoln Atwood is on the SEX list
Clifton Higgins is at work hayine
for Ray Nye.
Eli Steward was in town one day
this week on business
Mrs. Amos Hunnewell and children
We're the week end guests of her pa
rents Mr.. and Mrs. Nathanial Healey
Mile A. Berry of Concord writes
Il saw an account in a recent issue
of your paper of a man in Skowhe-
gan who had an old New England
Primer | also have one of the same.
Mine was issued by the Massachusetts
Sabbath School Society and has the
date 1886. 1t has the prayer Now |
lay me down to sleep, the Catechism
the account of the burning of John
Rogers, The Greed, The Song Hush
my babe lie still and slumber' and
such easy words for spelling as abom-
nation, benefcially, continuation, de-
termination, etc"
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NORTH MADISON

Selden Kincaid took a party of
friends to Watervile last Wednesday
in his new auto, there were Lester
Savage and family. Mrs. Ansel Salley
Master Cony and Mrs, Salley to con-
suit DR.. Hill in regard to their eyes.
Mrs. Lille Dean was the guest of
her cousin, Mrs. Abbe Salley several
days last week.
Charlie Dean who has been work
ing at North Arson has finished work
and returned home.
Dana Robbins made a trip to May
field last week blueberrying; he re-
ports them not very plenty.
Mrs McAlister is caring for Mrs,
Olive Spaulding, who is in very poor
health.
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Lawrence IS The Man !
He CAN Beat Pattanga|I
Peters Can't !
THINK TT OVER

continuous searching through CORES
pondence covering six years, both
have been located the brother in
Biddeford and the sister in Fairfield.
Elizabeth has just completed a short
visit with her sister Sarah at the
home of Mr. and Mrs Brown in Fair
field and the two have gone to Port
land to meet Mary and TO Bddeford
to meet James, thus reuniting the
family.
About the SkoWhegan High School
To all young men and women desir-
ing to become proficient in the studies
in a Commercial Course but living ia
town where the High School offers
no such preparation the Skowhegan
High School presents fine opportu-
nifty. This course in the local school
includes penmanship, commercial
geography, law and arithmetic, To-
gether with a thorough drill in book
keeping, typewriting and shorthand
covering a period of two years. AL
students who have properly completed
two years of a high school course
may enter this course. For such
young men and women who for one
reason or another have been unable
thus far to take up high school work,
l. 10, ~ fsv
the Commercial Course as special
students, with this provision how
ever that they have reached their
eighteenth birthday on or before
September s, 1918. In addition TO
the commercial course, the Skowhe-
gan High School offers manual train
ing and domestic science TO its stu
dents. The principal of the High
School solicits correspondence from
prospective students.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-14

around Skowhegan and asking him
to hunt up one for me.
My father and mother both died In
Somerville, Mass, in 1896 and my
youngest brother, Fred L., was killed
in a railroad accident in Brockton in
1891, the other three boys and the
four girls are still living in Massa-
chusetts.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-14
An Old-Time Haymaker

Concord has one farm where the
hay has been harvested the present
season in the good old-fashioned way,
being mowff entirely with hand
scythes, raked with hand rakes and
carried with oxen.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-14
PALMYRA

Mrs. Mary j. Towle and Messrs ".
II. Towle, Frank Towle and Andrew
went Monday morning to Roxbury,
Mass, where they were called to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Clara (Towle)
White. The sympathy of their Pal
myra friends is extended to the rela-
tives who were so shocked by this
sudden death.
Miss Mildred Thompson of Auburn
is a guest at the home of her grand
mother Mrs. V. E. Thompson.
Miss Josephine Miller is in Bangor
for a few weeks.
The Woman's Wednesday Club held
a picnic August 9th on the shore of
Hicks Pond. Mrs S. b. Millett was
the hostess and entertained the club
at her cottage. She provided a deli
cious fish chowder, which with the
picnic lunches made a bountiful din
ner. Boating, fishing and delight
full outing was enjoyed by all A
vote of appreciation was extended to
Mrs. Millett for her kind invitation
and generous hospitality.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peasley and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Bradford were in
Skowhegan Sunday making the trip in
Mr. Peasley's automobile.
Mrs. c. F. Holway and Harry Hol-
way intend to go Tuesday the 18th,
to Etna for the purpose of having
the roof of their cottage repaired
Mrs Minnie Robinson, Wallace Rob
inson, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Thompson
and Mrs. A. c. Bradbury all of New
port were calling Sunday at Mrs. V.
E. Thompson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Furbush. Mrs.
John Furbush, Mrs. f. C. Leavitt and
Mrs. V. f. Thompson were in Bangor
August 9th.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. c. Davis with a
party of relatives from ST Adams are
occupying the Parkman cottage for a
week.
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On the 1st of August little boy girl will become the
the hansomes pony outfit that into Somerset
County.
Votes issued upon cash purchases by Blunt Hardware
Co., Smith Bussey South Side Grocery, A Bison Son.
John D. Symons Lashon & Butler the Star Theater and
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Sometimes the symutoms of kidney
and bladder trouble are so plain no ore
can mistake them. Backache. weak
and lame back with soreness over the
kidneys, sharp pains, rheumatism, dun
headache, and disturbed sleep, are all
indications of a trouble that Foley Kid
neg Pills will relieve quickly and per
manently. Try them. For sale by
Sampson & AVore.
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" There's a Reason "

Thousands visit the GrapeNuts factories each year and
watch the interesting process You most welcome
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Your Part is Easy


made from choice whole wheat and matted barley.
Medical investigation has found the
coat of these grains be rich
in 'phosphates which 60 to make up
body and nerve tissues
In making GIapeNuts the whole grains used including
the of the wheat with of natural Phos
phate of Potashso essential for the we'll balanced nouhment
of muscle brain and
Hosts of active thinking people who enjoy their Grape
Nuts and for breakfast every morning and keep we'll
and happy, know
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J. l.. HackL sl5 Eighth St. Lincoln,
H., was recently cured of bad case
OF kidney trouble that started with q
lame back. and says: II am certain.y
thankful in getting a cure of my kid
ney trouble by using Foley Kidney
Pills" Try them yourself. For sale
by Sampson & AVore.
The Washington times., 1913-09-19
Virtually Raised on Trapeze,
and His Debut as Clown
Was by Accident.

quiet, serious man. though no one
would believe 1t to look at him. He
is interested In all sporting matters.
and takes life easily. He likes Amer
lea for the reason all foreign artists
like this country-that Is, the jingle
OF the American dollars as they fall
into his palm.
When you get people spread all
around you, way to the front Of the
parquet, around the sides of the bal
cony. and up in the other balcony, IL
is a real pleasure to pull off some
stunts to make that whole body of
people laugh. You can just see that
laugh spread like a wave and sweep
all over the audience" Marceline
says.
Marceline's entertainment is one of
the novelties Of the theatrical world.
Not only is it an indoor circus. but a
performance in which the audience
assists in the production Those who
attend will be introduced to circus
life as 1t is lived back of the scenes.
and will be initiated into the mysteries
that have heretofore been a sealed
hook to the public.
80 JULIA MURDOCH.
The Washington times., 1913-09-19
Army and Navy
ARMY.

Second Lieutenant HOMER NJ. GRON-
NIGER. Fifth Cavalry, Is relieved
from treatment at the Walter Reed
General Hopsital. and is detailed
temporarily for general recruiting
service He will proceed to Harris
burg. Pa, n time to arrive at tnat
plaC. on october 4. 1913. and assume
charge of the recruiting station
thereafter during the absence on
leave of Captain ROBERT e. WILL
LIAMS.
Leave of absence for one month, to
take effect october 4, 1913, is granted
Captain ROBERT C. WILLIAMS, U.
:. A., retired. recruiting officer.
Captain WILLIAM H. MONCRlEF,
Medical Corps. is relieved from duty
as attending surgeon IN Phlladeiphla:
Pa, to take effect upon the arrival
al mat place of Major THOMAS l.:
RHOADS. Medical Corps. and Will
ther. proceed TO the Walter Reed
General Hospital.
Captain THOMAS u. WOODSON, Med
ical Corps. now at San Francisco,
cal, is relieved from duty In the
army transport service and will pro-
ceed to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
First Lieutenant GEORGE d. GRA-
HAM, dental surgeon, upon arrival
in the United States, will proceed to
Fort Ethan Allen. Vermont. =,
Acting Dental Surgeon HARRY NJ.
DEIBER, L. 5. A. Is relieved from
uuty at Fort Thomas, ny, and will
proceed at the proper time to San
Francisco, Cal, and take the tran
sport to sail from that place on or
about November ), 1913, for Homo
lulu, Hawaii Territory.
Capt. JOHN y. WAGNER. Quartermas-
ter Corps, will report to the COM
manding officer, Fort Hutchuca,
Ariz, for assignment to duty as
quart.rnaster of that post, reliev-
ing Capt. EDWARD S. WALTON,
Quartermaster Corps.
The Washington times., 1913-09-19
MarceIine's. capers Are Big
Feature Of Indoor Circus,
Amusement Novelty.

HOSE who have seen him say
that as he walks down the street
ii would be easy to mistake him
for butcher off duty. He is
rather tall. fat faced: and IT is hard
to believe that he is engaged in any
pursuit other than a quiet, easy-Solng
one. But the last name-MartInez-su
gests something perhaps a little out
Of the ordinary, and when one hears
his first name-Marceline-th secret
is out. The quiet appearing. fat. butch
er-like person is the man whose occu-
patton In life Is to make people smile.
He is the Spanish clown whose capers
are a feature Of the indoor circus, and
who has presented to the amusement
loving world something entirely new In
the way of entertainment a circus,
extravaganza, operetta. and melodrama
all in one, and; this under a roof.
In front Of the footlights this odd
person is a clown, dressed in baggy
evening clothes. and wearing a tile
hat that shows evidence of many.
many hardships. His face is weird
smear all over. a different clown make
up than any that has ever been seen in
vaudeville or in. the sawdust ring.
There is not much chalk. and the eye
brows are not extravagant. Neither
are there the grotesque marks about the
mouth.
They say that ,Marceline is a wonder
at work. In all of the time he was
feature Of the New York Hippodrome,
he was never late at a performance,
The Washington times., 1913-09-19
NAVY.

Lieutenant Commander +. L. OLIVER.
commissioned. from July |.
Ensign q. +. HOWELL. detached Min
nesOta; to Naval Training Station,
Great Lakes, Ill.
Passed Assistant Surgeon G.. Is.
TRIBE, detached Naval Hospital,
Washington. ID. G; to Solace.
Passed Assistant Paymaster j. Z. Nc
Donald. detached Navy Yard, New
York. \. Y; to Navy Yard. Nor:
folk, Va.
Chief Boatswain ". a. MACDONALD.
detached Navy Yard. Norfolk, Va; to
Guam.
Chief Boatswain J. w. .STOAKLEY. TO
Navy Yard. Norfolk, Va.
Chief Boastwain J. ID. WALSH, de-
tached Guam: TO Receiving Ship,
Mare Island. Cal.
Cablcgram from Chief,
Asiatic Fleet. dated Shanghai. China.
September u.
Lieutenant Commander p. B. DUNCAN.
detached Saratoga: to staff CON-
mander in Chief hsiati" Fleet.
Ensign V J. DIXON, to Saratoga
Assistant Paymaster J. l.. CHATTER
TON. detached Pompey; 10 home and
wait orders
Assistant Paymaster J. J. GAFFNEY.
To- PomDey.
Naval Constructor J. II. WALSH. to
OlonGapO.
Chief Machinist II. |. LUTKEN, to Ca
vitc, i.
The Washington times., 1913-09-19

he well-SiOomed woman is al
ways careful that her feet are
i well shod. Shabby or inappro-
pirate footwear will ruin the
general appearance of a costume quicker
than anything else.
Walking shoes for walking costumes
thin-weight soled shoes for indoor and
afternoon costumes, and SLIPPERS for
evening wear are an absolute necessity.
Footwear this season is not greatly
d1nerent from what it has been in the
past. with perhaps the exception that
heels are inclined to be a little lower
and more sensible looking.
In fact, the dancing shoes which Are
pelng worn by those who indulge freely
In the tango and other ultra modern
dances, are without heels entirely. inst
plain heels trcIch dancing slippers
heid In place by laces which go up over
the ankle Not so extreme in style and
little more comfortable for general
dancing and evening wear are the plain
pumps with the low broad heel MANY
prefer these TO the heelless slippers
All walking shoes are we'll made and
very heavy, preferably high. with broad
10" heels and sensible toes Thin weight
shoes Tor house and carriage wear are
OF patent leather. and some have cloth
tops to match the costume. These are
very smart, but are too warm for some
ankles. 1t is a great mistake to wear
cloth top shoes and then put on pumps
through which the icy breezes can
blow.
Rubber sole shoes will be worn this
winter. but not so widely as last. The
weather of this city is very bad, and
the muddy ooze on the pavements in
the mornings after fog is slippery for
leather shoes. not to mention rubber
sOled ones.
The department store at the corner of
Eighth and Market space, has devoted
much OF lis shoe department to women
wear. and shows many late and attrac-
tive STYLES.
The Washington times., 1913-09-19
Mrs. Champ Clark and Miss
Clark Here, After Latter's
Arrival From Europe.

Mrs. Champ Clark. accompanied by
her daughter. Miss Geneieve Clark.
Joined the Speaker and their son, Ben
nett Clark. at Congress Hall yesterday.
coming from New York Immediately
after Miss Clark landed from a visit
Of several months in Europe.
g.
Mrs. Delos Blodgett returned to WASH
ington last evening from tar summer
place IN Michigan, and will settle her
home in the Avenue Of the Presidents
for the winter season. She came to
Washington alone, but will be Joined
here on September 26 by several mem
bers Of the family, including Miss Biod-
gett, who will be a student at Mrs
Somers' School.
Senator William p Jackson, of Mary
land. has taken a house in New Hamp-
shire avenue for the winter and. in
company with Mrs. Jackson and their
little daughter, will leave Loon Lake.
where they spent the summer. for this
city, travelling by atomobile. They
will arrive in Washington on Septem-
Der 3S. and probably will divide the fall
season between Washington and their
home at Salisbury, Nd. =
-
The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall,
who are taking their first real vacation
Of the summer. and enjoying an auto
mobile trip. will not return to Wash
ington until the first Of next week
-
Mr. and Mrs. Frank NJ Lloyd, o.:
Brookland, D. c., have visiting them
their daughter, Mrs. n. A. Winn, and
their little grandson. of Macon, Miss.
Mr.. Winn is in Chicago, attending the
refrigeration convention.