The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-02-12

| Mrs. George Grover returned Mon
day to her home in Lynn, Mass, fol
I lowing visit with relatives in town
Miss Mabel Green has arrived from
/ Medford. Mass. to remain for a time
with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Green
Rev. George Merriam attended a
meeting of the executive committee
of the Maine Baptist Education Soci-
ETY. in WateryIlle, Monday.
i The {. (. {. c. was entertained Fri
day evening by Miss Gertrude Webb
at her home on Pleasant Street. A
dinner party was one of the features of
the event twelve covers being laid.
Thomas Dean, a farmer whose
home is on the Fairfield road had the
misfortune Thursday afternoon to
fracture his leg near the ankle The
accident happened while Mr.. Dean
was engaged in cleaning out his ice
house preparatory to retlling II with
ice.
A L. Bison, who has been in The
boot and shoe business on Water
Street for some time together with his
son. Sebastian Bison. under the firm
name of A. +. Bison and Son, has
sold out his interets to Sebastian Bis
son and Guy Conant. The new firm
/ will be known as Bison and Conant.
A. f. Bisson will still continue TO con-
duet the cut price shoe store as for
merly.
Miss Esther Gilman. field secretary
of the W c. T. L.. gave very pleas
ing entertainment of readings in the
Opera House Saturday evening. She
was assisted on the program by Ray
Kilgore with songs, the High school
Mandolin Club and a male quaTtette
composed of E. E. Harris. r. w
Leighton, J. Harvey White and Floyd
G. Nye. The accompanies were Miss
Airline +. Burnor and Miss Edith W
Lewis.
A large lumber of friends assembled
Friday afternoon at the home of the
late Augustus I. Sawyer to pay their
last respects to an esteemed citizen.
/ Memorial services were conducted by
/ Rev. J. G. Osborne of the First Bap-
fist church and there were also i'm
pressive Masonic ceremonies. An
abundance of beautiful flowers were
grouped about the casket and many
teachers of the public schools were
present in a body. The deceased had
been for a long period of years JAM
tor of school buildings in Skowhegan.
The Mission Circle of the First Bap-
tist church was entertained by the
president. Mrs f. w. Marble, at her
home on Spring Street Friday after
noon. There was large attendance
and a very interesting program was
presented. Incidents in the HE OF
Adiniram Johnson also of his vile
were told by most of the members
present and different Universities IN
the South for negroes were taken up
! including Shaw, Stellman and Mather-
A review of Mary Antins THE Prom
ised Land was given and an original
| article on the Russian Jew was writ
ten and read by Miss Harriet Marble.
Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Julia A. Getchell, who passed away
Thursday at The Oxford, were held
Friday afternoon at $50. The obse-
ouies were conducted by Rev. Theo-
dore Halbert Wilson of the Island
Avenue Congregational church and
were held at the hotel where her death
occurred. The remains were started
Saturday forenoon for Baraboo Wis,
her former home, and were accompa-
MED by Ernest C. Butler. The de-
ceased is survived by two nieces, Mrs.
/ E. s. Delano of Abbott and Miss Olive
| G. Hartwell of Boston, both of whom
we're present at the funeral. Mrs.
Getehells death was sudden. Her age
was 80 years.
larceny case was before Trial
Justice Lancaster in Municipal Court
Saturday forenoon. Lawrence Blu
teau, aged 10 years, had been arrested
earlier in the day for the alleged TAX
ing of money from the desk of II. l..
SWEET, manager of the Somerset Trac-
ton Company 1t seems that the lad
had been hired to sweep the Office, and
money had been missed for day or
two. The result was that he was sus-
pected and was arrested. At the trial
the boy pleaded guilty and was placed
on probation by the presiding official
with some sound advice delivered from
the same source. He was further or
dered to report to Sheriff Thompson
regarding his behavior, the first day
of each month for a year.
An examination of candidates u