The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-16
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS


E. +. Haines was in Gardiner one
day last week.
Mrs. Edgar c. Dunton has been
passing several days in Chelsea. Mass.
George Hurd departed Thursday Tor
New York. He will probably be alb
sent from Skowhegan about four
weeks.
Mrs. John Ayore has been visiting
with her sister, in Boston, She was
accompanied by Mrs. J. \. Ayore and
Miss Mabel Butler.
One day last week Mrs. coney San
born picked one pint of ripe raspber-
ries and found plenty of the bios
SONS and green berries.
Hon. Samuel ". Gould delivered a
lecture, one evening last week, in Nor
ridgewock to a large and appreciative
audience. His address WIS upon the
Panama Canal.
The degree was conferred on two
/ candidates at the regular meeting OF
the Blue Lodge last week. Following
the work banquet was served under
| the direction of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. Stephen II. Knowles of Bould-
err. Montana. who has been visiting
/ her sister, Mrs. Emery Adell left here
last week to visit in other Maine
/ towns before her return home.
Mrs. D. ". Colby with her daugh-
ters Charlotte and Priscilla, who have
been passing the summer at their Wes-
serrunsett Lake cottage, returned to
her home in Maiden, Mass, last week.
Mrs P. b. Bray, who has been pass
ing the summer with her daughter.
Mrs. William Holmes, at North East
Harbor, arrived home last week. Mr..
and Mrs Holmes are at present on
vacation tour in the White Mountain
region.
Miss E. Olney of Providence, r. l.,
gave the first of a series of five lee
lures Thursday afternoon of last week
at the home of Mrs. S. w. Philbrick
on Coburn Ave. The titles of the lee
lures indicate that they are descrip-
tive of England and English people.
E. A. Moore left yesterday for Lex
ington, Mass, and expects to pass the
next three months at that and other
Massachusetts cities. This has been
his custom for more than twenty
years. He has an established trade
in that section for nursery stock and
ornamental trees, which require spe-
cial attention during the winter sea-
son.
Miss Pauline Oak who passed the
last college year at Wheaton Semin-
airy, Is to study at the Leland Powers
School of Oratory in Boston the com
ing winter. She and her mother, Mrs.
]. p. Oak. were members of the au-
tomobile party with Mrs. Briggs i'll
the f. w Briggs car, from here to
Boston last week. Mrs. Florence Wy
man Diller, who had been spending
the summer here was in the party aud
has returned to her home in Philadel-
pha.
1t has been reported that the home
of w. E. French on the Madison road
was entered one night during last
week by some unknown person. One
member of the family was sleeping
on the first floor when awakened. by
the presence supposedly of some per-
son nearby. She hastily quilted her
room and notified other members of
the household. Search was instituted
but no one was discernible although
window was found open and tracks
both inside and out were plainly Wis
ible.
James Galway has completed his
season of fairs, exhibiting his noted
mechanical clock and has arrived
home. He exhibited at Lewiston, Wa
terville, Augusta, Skowhegan, Madi-
son, Pennington, Mercer and Starks.
He reports in general way having
found the smaller fairs the most prof
table Pennington and Skowhegan
among the larger ones were his best
stands. He further reports that no
fair outside of Skowhegan presented
any thing in the way of attractions
aside from the strictly agricultural
exhibits and the horse races.