The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-10-22

George Moody and wife are visiting
friends in Augusta, today.
Maurice Bracket is on a hunting
trip in Flagstaff and Kingfield
Mrs. A. r. Smiley returned to her
. home in Kenduskeag, today, after a
visit here at the home of F. L. Flynt
and with other friends
The marriage intentions of Albert
W. Getchell and Mrs Eva NJ. Frazier
both of Skowhegan, are recorded at
the Town Clerks office.
! The Skowhegan Farmers Union has
taken over the potato house on High
Street, operated for several years past
by W. r. Whitney & Son
A meeting of Golden Rod Branch
l. s., Sc. at which there is sewing to
be done will be held at the municipal
building, Thursday of next week. IA
An EMPTY Place at the Kings Table
will be the subject Sunday morning of
Rev Mr.. McGlauflin's sermon at the
Centenary Church. Other services
for the week as usual
John NJ. Little, who has been
spending the past month at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward J. Quincy on
Mt. Pleasant Avenue is now on a visit
with friends in New York City and
Brooklyn.
Mrs. j. H. Wood of Bingham is in
town and will be the guest of Mr. and
Mrs Dexter Rowe over Sunday She
will speak at the Adventist Mission,
Saturday. (Sabbath) afternoon at 2
o'clock also Sunday afternoon at 2.30
and at 100 Sunday evening.
The Skowhegan Farmers Union.
successors to w R. Whitney Son,
will buy potatoes from outsiders as
well as from union members. The
Union will carry stock of grain, feed
and -four at their storehouse near
French's five cent stable Open
every day.
In connection with the item pub
lished elsewhere in this issue, an
nouncing the success of Clarence B.
Hight in passing the Civil Service eX-
animation, it follows that he has re-
ceiyed appointment of general clerk at
: the Skowhegan postoffice and will
commence his duties in the immediate
future.
Mrs Oberlin Ueo) Carpenter
died at her home ON North Street,
yesterday afternoon, aged 81 years.
She was a native of Canada and her
maiden uame was Choniuare. She
is survived by her husband and nine
children, five boys and four girls The
funeral will occur tomorrow at St
Mary's church.
Mr.. and Mrs E. A. Bailey, formerly
of Hartland and Harmony, arrived in
Skowhegan last week. Mrs. Bailey
has been in Clinton during the past
summer and Mr.. Bailey for quite d
part of the past six months in Mas
sachusetts. He is the brother of
Willis A. Bailey of this place and may
permanently locate in Skowhegan.
Charles E. Oak of Bangor brother
Of JOS p Oak of this place, has been
chosen a director of the Bangor &
Aroostoo5 Railroad. Among the
other members of the board is Henry
p. Binney, the Boston banker, who re-
Gently paid Skowhegan q visit 1t is
. understood that Mr. Binneys firm are
majority stockholders in the b. & A.
Angler Hill brings to our office four
magnificent specimens of the Maine
apple. They are AleXanders and the
largest measures four inches in dia-
meter The circumference of the
four apples is about fifty inches and
the total weight three pounds and nine
ounces These are from the trees
which were in bearing on the Sam
Fogg farm in Cornyilla when Mr. Hill
went there twenty years ago He
has just packed and shipped nine bar
refs from these trees, and some idea
of the size of this fruit may also be
gained from knowing that only eleven
apples could be put in the outer row
| in facing the barrel In previous
years Mr.. Hill has often shipped his
, AleXanders in October and received
i. S420 a barrel.
For a few days users of safety