The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-13

ternoon for visit with her niece in
Bangor.
Clerk of Courts w T. Seekins has
been very ill during the present week
at his home on Leavitt st.
The Ladies' Social Circle of the NJ
E. Church will meet Monday afternoon
with Mrs. Frances H. Smith on Water
Street
The members of the Bethany Guild
were entertained Monday at the home
of their president, Mrs. Archie Arm
strong.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. Flynt and Mr..
and Mrs. John Steward were in Au-
gusta Monday evening to attend the
Stricken lecture.
Gala Kennedy has resumed her
duties as chief operator in the local
exchange after being out for three
weeks owing to illness.
A. X. Rowell, James Goodridge,
Ivory Goodridge and Alvin Glidden
left this morning for a weeks hunting
trip at Bald Mountain.
Mrs. Morrison w Eastman of Dor
chester, Mass. left yesterday after a
visit with Miss S. Madeline Ward at
her cottage at Lakewood.
Mrs. George Shaw of Boston has
been in town during the present week
having accompanied the remains of
her step-mother here for interment.
With her were her husband and daugh-
ter.
J. Wallace Blunt, State Insur-
ance Commissioner, left here yester-
day for Lewiston, where he was to at
tend a meeting of the Maine Fire In
surance agents. Mr.. Blunt addressed
the gathering.
Geo. H. Curtis of Lewiston from
whom Somerset County people have
bought many good horses has been on
a Western trip recently, buying for
the Maine market. He is expected
home Saturday.
Herbert Hanscom NJ. L. Greenleaf
and Charles Wendell have returned
from a hunting trip in the vicinity of
West Forks They brought home with
them some splendid specimen of deer
from the northern hunting grounds.
At the regular meeting of Carrabas
sett Lodge l. o. o. F. to be held We'd
nesday evening, Nov 10, the commit
tee on the new Odd Fellows Block will
give a final report. The matter of
having Carrabassett Lodge incorporat-
ed will be discussed and it is hoped
that every member will be present.
The regular meeting of the Town
Improvement Society will occur Fri
day afternoon in the Library parlors
at three o'clock The teachers of the
public schools are cordially invited to
attend. At this meeting Mrs. Daisy
d. Merrill will present a paper on
THE Montessori System of Educa-
ton"
A report of the Labor Bureau re-
ceived here, shows that the number of
male hands employed in Somerset
county manufacturing establishment
are 4206; female ga. In 1910, the
number of males were 1915 and the
number of females 1884. The report
shows that the number of manufacture
ing places in Arson are u, Athens 3,
Bingham 3, Cambridge 3, Canaan 8,
Concord /, Cornyille 3, Detroit 2, Emb-
den 3, Fairfield %, Harmony 7, Hart
land I, Madison 81. Mercer l, New
Portland 8, Norridgewock 10, Palmyra
8, Pittsfeld 10, Ripley 2, st. Adams
s, Skowhegan 81, Smithfield =. Scion A.
The body of Mrs Edna May Jones.
wife of J. r. Jones of Gardiner was
brought here yesterday for interment
The deceased was the step-mother of
Mrs A. NJ. Knight of this town and
removed from here about one year ago
to the town where her death occurred.
Her residence was not long in Show
hogan, her home previous to that hay
ing been in Brockton, Mass. The
funeral was held yesterday afternoon
from the Knight home on Water St,
Rev. George Merriam officiating The
deceased was a member of the Pythian
Sisterhood here and members of this
organization attended the obsequies in
body Mrs. Jones age was about AS
years and beside the husband and
Mrs. Knight there are three other
step-chidren, Mrs. Bertha Shaw of
Boston and Willie and Fred who re-
side in the West.
A very interesting session OF Show
hogan Grange was held last evening.
At the conclusion of the business
the meeting was opened to the public
and Alonzo Smith gave a talk on Bio
logy" which was very intelligently de-
livered and well prepared l.. L. San