The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-06-05
SkOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

from a visit with Mr.. Flagg in Burn
ham.
Mrs. Emma Dyer of Salem, Mass,
has been here visiting Mrs. w. R. NAL
bon.
Evangelist J. w. Packard conducted
preaching services in Cornville Sun
day last
Mrs. Clifford Jewett and son have
returned from visit with relatives
in Augusta.
The Parish supper at the First Bap-
fist church has been postponed and
Will instead be held June 18th.
Archie B. Armstrong has been en-
joying several days vacation with
relatives in Portland this week.
Mrs. X. A. Withee left this morning
for Medford, Mass, where she was
called owing to the illness of rela-
tive.
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Levi Currier his house on East St,
and has removed from Middle St,
there.
Repairs are shortly to be made upon
the Centenary M. E. Church. Teams
have already begun to draw the stone
for the underpinning
F. w. Briggs of Pittsfield who has
been on fishing trip to Moosehead
Lake spent Sunday with Mrs. Briggs
who is summering here.
Pennington High School won out
yesterday in baseball game with
/ Skowhegan High School at the Park.
/ The score was II to g.
The w. C. T. U. meeting which was
to have been held June 10, is post
poned until week later on account of
the Congregational Association
Mrs. Geo. Tilton left on the noon
train Tuesday for Boston accompani-
ed by her granddaughter and grand
son, Miss Glydis Smith and Master
Everett Small.
The members of the Missionary
Circle of the First Baptist Church
have postponed their meeting until
Friday, June 10, when it is planned to
have an echo smeeting of the Kenne-
hao
Sherman Shumway, who was taken
sick Friday with an attack of appen-
dicitis was taken to Somerset Hospi-
tai Sunday and operated upon that
same day by DR.. Cousins Of Portland,
assisted by DR.. Wadsworth. He is
convalescing repidly and is now en-
tirely out of danger.
The members of the knights of Py-
thias will attend divine service at the
Bethany Baptist church Sunday fore
noon, June Is, the day to be observed
as Ole of memoriam. Next Sunday
the Lodge will go to Madison and at
tend the Lodge Memorial exercises
there. The Skowhegan Military band
are to accompany the order from here.
Russell Relief Corps wishes to
thank those who contributed flowers
for Memorial Day and especially the
little children, the pupils of Miss Ger
trude Townsends school, who SO
thO,nhff,.J1x -,
that heavy rain and brought them to
the hall That was an example of
patriotism, we'll worthy of us older
ones, and it was thoroughly appreciat-
ed by the members.
The Senior essays for Commence
ment week at Colby College have
been chosen for excellence in English
Composition Miss Sarah Pencil of
Skowhegan wrote on the Modern
Woman's Need of Education" and hers
was one of the essays chosen to be
delivered at Commencement Beside
Miss Pencil, two other young ladies'
and three men of the Senior class
were given similar honors.
There was a lively runaway on
Madison Avenue and Water st. yes
terday afternoon when the horse be-
longing to Gene Burns of Athens
broke loose from it's hitching place,
as the result of broken bride; horse
wagon and harness got pretty badly
tangled up once or twice and the an
mal finally cleared itself in Rail-
road Square. The wagon was con-
siderably demolished and the horse
received one or two cuts out of the
fracas.
There has been an increase of about
1000 sheep in this county during the
past year, according to the State As
SCISSORS annual report. There are
now 1897. But there has been a
, decrease in Skowhegan of about $50.
There has been decrease in oxen in
the county The indication is, that
farmers throughout the county have
sold their hay and kept less stock.
There was a falling off of cows, in
: the last year, through the county over
1000. Hay has been high, during the