The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-23

! ives.
Mrs. Nellie Goodrich of Canaan was
a caller at Mrs. T. b. Barrett's, Sat.
urday.
Mrs. Clyde II, Smith went to Angus
to, Tuesday afternoon to visit with hei
/ aunt.
Mrs. Frank Emery visited Mrs. Ell.
win Drawn in Canaan, several days
last week
Mrs. Thomas Rollins and daughter
Miss Christie, were visitors Monday
in Fairfield
Mrs. A. f. Moore left for Belfast
Tuesday after a short stay in towr
on business.
Edward F. Merrill, Esq, has hat
business in Portland a portion oil
the past week.
Miss ARA NJ. Pike of Wateryille was
among the out-of-town people to wish
Skowhegan, Tuesday.
/ DR.. and Mrs. Kleber w. Smith went
! to Portland, Saturday forenoon to at.
tend to business matters.
E. J. Quincy, a local brakeman has
been off duty a portion of the pres
ent week owing to Illness.
Mrs. F. E. Sanborn of Portland was
guest the first of this week at the
home of her brother, Herbert S. Hop
kins.
Lester Bragg was detained from his
duties as news agent on the local
trains the last of the week owing to
illness.
Mrs Helen Bradstreet came up
from Wateryille, Tuesday to Whit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Steward.
Mrs. II. X. White who has been
seriously i'll for some time at her
home on Madison Ave, is not report
ed as improving.
Miss Harriet Simpson of the pub
lie school teaching force went to Win
slow, Saturday for an over Sunday
visit at her home.
The meeting of the Somerset Co.
Poultry Association was postponed
from last Friday evening until to-
morrow friday evening.
John Dwyer was arrested Sunday on
charge of vagrancy and was before
Trial Justice o. A. Priest, Monday.
He pleaded guilty and Justice Priest
gave him 80 days in Jail.
E. E. Fairbrother has purchased of
e. j. Mitchell, the large amount of
sawed pine, cut from his wood lot a
year ago, and the same is being ship
ped here from the Hinckley station.
The Pythian Sisters will install the
officers of their order next Friday eve
ming. Mrs. Annie Arnold, grand mis-
tress of correspondence, and Mrs. Jen-
ME Lowe of Portland, grand chief, are
| to conduct the ceremonies.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Avore went tc
Portland, Friday and attended re-
union that evening of the members
of the st. Adams Commandery who
took the trip to Canada last fall. The
affair was held at Riverton.
! At the last meeting of Russell Post
G. A. R., held Friday evening, it was
voted To hold the meetings of the Posi-
Saturday afternoons for the present
The next meeting will be held Satur-
day. February 1, at 2 o'clock, p. m.
The next regular meeting of Court
will occur in Heselton hall, Tuesday
evening, January 2S. There will be Q
semi-public installation of officers
which will be followed by an enter
tainment, refreshments and hop.
Miss Matte Downes and Miss Pear
Thomas of Fairfield returned Tues
day morning to their home after 6
visit with Miss Caddie Brown. They
had been here to attend the Sunday
| School Convention and Miss Marion
Horne and Miss Murray also returned
Tuesday to Fairfield, having beer
here for that same purpose.
Miss Lula l.. Smith left Monday fol-
Boston where she will visit relatives
in that city, Cambridge and Framing
ham. Then she will continue hel
journey to Aspinwall, Pa, where she
will make her home for several
months in the family of her brother
Carl ID. Smith, who is employed by
the government in a gas producer
plant located in Pttsburg.
There were no sessions of school
in the l., IL and III grades, Tuesday
forenoon. The signal relative to the
school sessions are as follows: one
blast of the whistle at 730 and an
other blast two minutes later, means
no school for the |, III and III grades
during the forenoon, while two blasts
at 7.30 a. M, repeated after an inter
l.