The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

The Queen Esther Circle will not
meet again until September.
Alonzo p. Merrill is reported as
being quite i'll at his home on Coburn
Avenue.
Mrs. Archie Danforth left Tuesday
for a few days visit with her parents
in Belgrade.
Miss Eva Knowlton of Swampseot,
Mass. has returned 10 skowhegan,
arriving Monday night.
Miss Gail Taggart left Tuesday on
the mid day train to visit for time
with friends in Caribou.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Pierce and two
children arrived Tuesday forenoon
from a visit in Hallowell and Fair
field
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Thibodeau LEFT
Tuesday forenoon for springyale
where they purpose to locate for a
time.
Miss Catherine Congdon of Cincin-
natl, Ohio, has been visiting in the
family of John w Steward on Madi-
son Ave.
Mrs George K. Robinson AMI two
children left Tuesday for a visit in
Buckfield. Mr.. Robinson accomp1ni-
ed them as far as Lewiston.
The regular meetings of the Boy
Scouts are suspended until September.
Pictures of the camping trip can be
secured through the Scout Master.
Joseph H. Lawley of Someryille,
Mass, arrived Saturday for visit
with his sisters, Miss Mary and Miss
Fannie Lawley, and his brother,
Thomas Lawley.
Paul Jones, student at the Til
ton, N. H.. Academy, who is at the
home of his uncle, DR.. Taggart, for
the summer, has accepted position
/ in Bucknam's Drug Store.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Abbey, Miss
Verna Abbey, their guest, Miss Kath-
leen Hathaway Of Brockton, Mass,
and Arthur McQuillan, have returned
from an outing at Pleasant Pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alphonse Either and
son, MIR. and Mrs Theodore Murphy
and Miss Elizabeth Merideth, who
have been at Lakewood, left here
Monday on the noon train for New
York.
Mrs. Clarence Hayden departed
Tuesday by early train for Proyi-
dence, r. /. She was called thither
by the illness of her sister and was
accompanied by her daughter,
Mamie.
w. D. Palmer accompanied by Mrs.
Palmer and their son are the guests
of his mother, Mrs. Sarah Palmer on
Pleasant St. The family reside in
Worcester, Mass, but Mr.. Palmer is
connected with Jordan Marsh G. Co.,
Boston, as an interior decorator
Mr. and Mrs. Eli w. Hall of Lynn,
Mass who have been visiting in the
families of X. A. Withee and 4. w.
Rowe, have returned home. Mr.
Hall, who is a veteran of the Civil
War, is president of the Board OF
Trustees of the Massachusetts State
Soldiers Home in Chelsea.
w. o. Wildes has returned to his
home in Passaic, N. j., after being
here with Mrs. Wildes, who has late
ly undergone a surgical operation.
She had recovered sufficiently, so as
to be removed from Somerset Hospi-
tai to the home of her sister, Mrs.
George L. H. Smith on Tuesday.
The insurance has been adjusted on
the Bethany Baptist church property,
which was recently Quilted by fire.
The Society was allowed $43S7 on the
building which was insured for $4,000,
while the total amount of insurance
$4,000 was allowed ON the organ
which was wholly destroyed by the
flames.
The Brown tail moths have arriv-
ed in Skowhegan in overwhelming
numbers. These insects have been
especially noticeable during the even
ings in the vicinity of the arc lights,
nearby posts being literally covered
with them. They have also taken
possession of the trolley cars in some
instances.
B. F. Bigelow. who has been in
Whittier, Florida, for the past two
years, arrived home last week and
will pass quite a portion of the sum
mer here. Mr.. Bigelow has taken
up 100 acres of land in that state
under the homestead act, and his title
to the same will be perfected by one
more years responsibility. His
land is in part covered with a very
fine growth of hard pine and the bal
ance is known as muck land, very
high producing soil for all crops