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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-06-25
The News of Somerset's Busy Towns

tots before an audience a part of the
| program was doubly entertaining, and
all the little performers gave promise
of being great help to the Sunday
School in years to come. Opening
song by the school; invocation; re-
sponsive reading; prayer. song by the
school; recitation ION Children's Day
Ray Bigelow recitation The Fields
are White Louise Worthley; song
Miss Mildred Moore; exercise The
Children and the Flowers; song.
Dorothy Scott; exercise What the
Daises Spell; recitation. Rejoice"
Nina Grant; song by the school; reel
tation Scattering Seeds" INA Dever-
euX: recitation "A Daisy Chain" Al
nette Worthley; exercise with Hearts
of Cold; song Inza DevereuX and Au-
drey Scott; recitation. Breva Tracy;
offering; address by the pastor; song
by the school; benediction.
Mrs. Flavilla Salmon of Haverhill
Mass arrived recently called here by
the serious illness of her sister in
Starks.
Henry Pierce of Baltimore. Md. is in
town visiting his niece, Mrs. Sara
Frederic.
! Miss Elsie Savage visited relatives
in Madison a few days last week.
Mrs. Jennie Whiting returned Fri
day night from the Convention of G
A. r. Circle Ladies held in Lewiston
last week. Mrs. Whiting was the del
egate from the local Marshal ?. Hale
Circle
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Wells return
ed to their home in Arlington, Mass.
Monday, after spending a week visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. +. A. Hilton. This
was formerly MIR. Wells home and this
his first trip here for twenty-seven
years.
The food sale which the Junior
Glass of the High School held last Sat
urday afternoon increased the sum in
their treasury by six dollars and fifty
cents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cony Russell have
been spending the past week in Bos-
ton.
At the last meeting of Somerset
Grange five candidates received the
third and fourth degrees and refresh
ments of sandwiches, cake, doughnuts,
and coffee were served after the de-
gree work.
Mrs Roxie Carr and daughter Miss
Lila visited relatives in Pennington
Falls last week.
Cedar Chapter o. Z. S. held their
last meeting for the summer last Fri
day evening committee consist
ing of Miss Lila Carr, Mrs. Georgia
Farrand, Mrs. Ellen Pierce, Fred
Lawton and Fred Jewett were appoint
ed to arrange for a Field Day to be
held sometime in July or August. AT
ter the regular business meeting re-
freshments of ice cream and cake
were served.
The Whitney automobile party re-
turned home Sunday after making a
long tour through Canada. They re-
port having found terrible roads a part
of the way which caused them to have
a few bad accidents with their car,
but in spite of all this the trip was
thoroughly enjoyed by all
Miss NJ. Louise Carr and friend Miss
Charlotte Greenbank of Wellesley,
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I Dover Friday for visit with relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Smith of Dex-
ter are visiting Mrs. Smiths mother
Mrs. Betsey Conroy and other relatives
here.
Mrs. Thelma Lowell aud Mrs Jennie
Chadbourne spent the day Thursday
in Pittsield
Mr.. and Mrs. " \. Trip and two
children spent Saturday and Sunday
in brighton visiting Mrs. Trips aunt
Mrs. Loren Smith.
Cecil Iiulefield of Dexter was in
this place Friday selling the white
flame burner
The Ladies Aid Will meet with Mrs.
Olive Bunker Wednesday afternoon,
July /. All members are requested
to be present
Mrs Harry Kicker was called TO
Fairfield Saturday by the illness OF
her grandmother
Leo Chase is elerking in the store of
A. T. Marble at Harmony
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BLACKWELL,

Golden Glow Branch l. 5. 5. enter
tanned last Thursday the Rainbow
Branch of Madison at the home of Mrs.
A. W. Chapman A baked bean and
salad dinner was served by the enter
tanning branch. Nearly 80 were pre-
sent.
Miss Jennie Murray is spending sew
eral days as guest of friends and
relatives in Massachusetts.
A concert will be given by the chill
dren of the Sunday School at Black
well schoolhouse on June % at go
p. m. a childrens sermon will be
delivered by Rev. r. A. Rich. Sunday
School will be at the usual hour.
Misses Charlotte and Margaret also
Master Morris Gates spent the week
end with their grandparents Mr.. and
Mrs Morris Moore.
Mrs. Hannah Richards passed her
SSth birthday last Saturday at the
home of her son Wesley Richards.
Although Mrs Richards is totally blind
and in poor health, she still retains
her mental faculties, and enjoys relat-
ing incidents of her younger days.
She has had ten children five of whom
are living. She has 26 grandchildren
and 81 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Perley Adams and son Earl
returned home last week from Mon
mouth where she spent several days
with her sister.
David Clark of Oakland was the
week end guest at the home of Gard
ner Mason.
i Cleveland Dean was in Skowhegan
last Friday.
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ST. ALBANS

Lewis Johnson was in West Pownal
last week with Chester Hawks where
admittance has been secured for him
in the school for boys.
Alton Emery and family were visit
ing in Ripley over Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Bass of Antrim, N. H., is
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis John
son.
Stuart w. Goodwin of Norway and
son Norman arrived Saturday for a
short stay in the home of his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Goodwin.
David Braley and family of Ripley
were over night visitors at q. p En-
ery's, Thursday last.
Theda Emery entertained party of
her young friends Thursday evening
in honor of her sixteenth birthday
Dancing was in order and refresh
ments of ice cream and cake were
served
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
S. Goodwin of Winthrop, Mass, will
regret to learn of her suffering con-
dition as a result of being seriously
burned from the igniting of naptha
which she was using for cleansing
purposes. But for the timely assis-
lance of Mr.. Goodwin and friend who
was present she undoubtedly would
have been burned to death.
Children's night was observed in the
Grange Saturday evening, June 20 and
many children were in attendance
furnishing fine program of readings
and music. A collation. of ice cream
and cake was served to all present.
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Mass. have arrived to spend the sum
mer with c. L. Carr and family.
Miss Linnion Brown left Tuesday
morning for Milford y H. to act as
| bridesmaid for her cousin Miss Flor
ence Hall whose marriage is to take
| place this week. While away Miss
Brown will visit relatives in Massa-
| chusetts.
Miss Nina Hussey arrived Saturday
night from Campello Mass. to spend
| her summer vacation with her parents.
Rev and Mrs. Sheaff are receiving
visit from their granddaughter little
Margaret Sheaff of Skowhegan
Mr.. and Mrs G. .. carr spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. }. c. Par
lin in Albion. Mrs. Louis Whiting as
sisted in the post0liee during Mr..
Cars absence.
Frank Gage is very sick with pneu-
monia.
Quite a number OF the local Knights
of Pythias attended the Grand Lodge
| held in Bangor last week, among
those being Lauriston Lowe, Clarence
Stevens, Carroll Staples, Harry Bur-
CESS and George Harlow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Taylor have
| itNtully tHltl ldilltu vi .. iSiOo AioDDo,
Mr.. and Mrs. lothian Hobbs of Shaw
nut and Leon Taylor and wife and
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall OF North Jay.
1t is reported that work in the shoe
factory will commence again soon af-
ter the fourth
Miss Carrie Cleveland is in poor
health.
Milford Tibbetts received a slight
-, l. l. =.
Carr box mill recently, a lath bolt in
some way hitting him and making it
necessary for him to take a short va
cation.
The section men have been doing
some fine work lately IN the way of
improving the appearance of our town
along the railroad tracks. All the
rubbish has been collected and burned
and the land beside the tracks neatly
raked.
Clyde Bigelow is assisting at the r.
K. Station during the absence of Mil
ford Higgins who is enjoying his sum
mer vacation.
We are glad to report that Mrs a.
A. Cheyiot who has been so very seri-
ously i'll with pneumonia for a num-
Der of weeks is gaining and her COM
-slete recovery is looked for soon. DR..
Smith has been attending her.
Miss Adessa Spauding is visiting
her friend Eleanor Bruce at Belfast.
Arthur Merrill, BoWdoin 1914, has
been making his mother and brother
short visit recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Abel Chandler of New
Sharon are visiting their son George
and family for few days
Mrs. Rebekah Staples is spending
this week visiting friends in Madison.
Gladys Mitchell is visiting her
grandmother at Embden.
Mrs. Lewis Robinson has recently
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CAR MINK

! Sherman Bean and Tom LaurisoI
went to Jaekman after men one day
last week.
Mrs Mary Pooler 3ho has been Wis.
iting her neice Mrs Albert Clark re-
turned to her home in Bingham FRI
day
Graduating exercises occur June %
Mrs. Sarah Baker was called tc
Scion last week by the serious illness
of her mother Mrs Harriet Patterson
Ralph Sterling and George Chase OF
Scion went to Jackman recently for a
two weeks stay on business.
Mrs. Olive Carter Is the guest of her
son George Spaulding a present.
Charles Moore and wife of Groveton
N. H. and Dudley Healey and wife OF
Scion were guests of Mr.. Moore s
son Fred Moore of this place last week
Mr.. Moore has not been here for thirty
years.
w H. Clark and wife. Della Brown
and Imogene Merrill are occupying
their cottages at Lakewood They
intend to stay the rest of the month.
o. H. Clark and wife and daughter
Gertrude attended the graduation al
Bingham Friday night They went
from there to Lakewood Saturday to
attend the June meeting Sunday.
Mr.. Robson and family of Boston
are occupying their summer home an
Pleasant Pond. They arrived Wed
nesday in their Studebaker ear driven
by one of the young ladies'
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Miss Louise Corson closed last Friday
and in the evening a nice little enter
tainment was given by the pupils and
refreshments of ice cream and cake
served Mention should be made OF
the drawings exhibited on the walls
which were very we'll done.
Carlton Bicknell with his wife and
son are visiting at his fathers j. X
Bicknell's.
Galen Kincaid has been sick with
the grippe but is a little better at this
writing.
Roger Emerson, one-time resident
in the neighborhood. is visiting friends
here.
The next meeting of East Madison
Grange is to be an all day session
There is degree work for the forenoon
and the afternoon will be given to the
children. Will the parents kindly see
that their children have something to
add to the entertainment. A good
attendance is desired.
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EAST MADISON

The men that are interested in the
Skowhegan-Athens railroad are quite
conspicuous on our streets.
Mrs. Belle Nottage who has been
poorly all winter has gone to Belgrade
Lakes for treatment
Mr. and Mrs. McIntire and daugh-
ter Annie were callers at Valdus
Squire's last Sunday.
Mrs. Demo and children have been
visiting her daughters Maud Haryille.
Joe Haryille our new merchant is
having his share OF patronage
Blanche Jewett Of Skowhegan is
spending a few days with Bernice
Titcomb.
Fred Russell ard Walter Cronkhite
have commenced work with their well
drill
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MOORE'S MILLS-CANAAN

Mrs. Taylor, daughter of the late
Wallace Foster and daughters from
Windham were guests last week at her
late uncle Frank B. Fosters.
Mr.. Grindell who has been stopping
here short time for his health has
returned to Wateryille.
Mrs. jackson was called to Water
Vile last week by an accident which
occurred to the wife of her son Mrs.
Randolph Shores from which she is
improving.
have treatment for her sight.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Harris and Geo
A. Williams and wife took an auto
trip to Fairfield Sunday.
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MADISON CENTER

Mrs. James Steele was the guest of
Miss Olive Hayden last Monday after
noon.
Mrs. Hattie Blackwell of Readfield
was at II. E. Spears Saturday night
and Sunday. She came to attend the
Spritualist meeting at Lakewood
Mrs. Della Brown and sister Mrs.
lmogene Merrill entertained Saturday
night and Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Montrefore and Miss Eva Webster of
Waterville; also Mrs Sophia Williams
of Caratunk. All came to the Wander
bilt meeting.
w. H. Clark of Caratunk is enter
tanning at his cottage a family party
consisting of his two sons with their
wives and children.
The Spiritual meeting Sunday at
Lakewood was a success in every way.
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NORRIDGEWOCK

Mrs. H. w. Smith left Saturday for
visit with relatives in Bangor and
vicinity.
Mrs. Harriet Blaisdell and two chill
dren are visiting Mrs. Blaisdell's pa
rents at Munroe, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Farrand spent
the week end with relatives in Wa
terville
st. Johns day was very fttingly
observed by the Masonic Lodge and
Eastern Star Chapter by attending
church last Sunday and listening to
most interesting sermon by Rev. r.
L. Sheaff. About ninety were in the
line of march.
Haying just ahead CT us. Have
things ready. J. NJ Hilton can sell
you rakes, forks scythes, every tool
you'll need. 2w26
Last Sunday evening the members
of the Baptist Sunday School observed
Children's Day and gave the follow
ing fine program. AS this was the first
appearance of number of the little
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received visit from her father Mr.
Edwards of Danville Junction.
George Abbott of Kendall Green,
Macs, who has been visiting at w. r.
Whitney's returned to his home Tues
day
An automobile party from Farming
ton consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Sawyer and son Harold and Miss Nell
lie Farmer visited relatives in town
Sunday.
DR.. Fred Sawtelle of Providence, R.
|. is in town visiting his sister Mrs.
Maria Hopkins.
The High School closed Friday.
Mrs. Mahala McIntire spent several
days last week visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Campbell at their cottage at
North Pond.
Miss Annette Spaulding of the Mas
son Institute of Springvale and broth
er Frederick of Bates College are
home for their summer vacations.
Miss Lottie Grant of Rome has been
in town recently learning to operate
the switchboard at the n. f. Tel Cos.
Office, as a new switch is to be install
ed at Rome and Miss Grant is to be
/ the operator.
d. f. Taylor has sold his farm on
the Smthfield road to A. n. Avery
while Mr.. Avery has sold his farm to
Mr. Stevens. Mr.. Taylor has purchas-
ed the house and property on Water
Vile Hill formerly owned by the heirs
of the late d. j. Haynes.
Mrs. Ed. Vaughan visited friends in
Strong last week.
Mrs Sam Albee is visiting her sister
Mrs. Stevens in Unity.
George Lunt went to Portland Sat
urday to accompany his wife home
from the King Hospital. Mrs. Lunt
has returned improved in health be-
yond all expectations.
Miss E. Louise Clark returned to
her home in Oakland Monday for her
summer vacation from the Eaton High
School where she has ably served as
assistant during the past year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron johnson spent
few days last week at their cottage
at North Pond.
Philip Carr is able to be about again
after a short sickness with pneumonia.
The Congregational Sunday School
have decided to hold their Children S
Day exercises at the morning service
next Sunday.
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PALMYRA

Mrs. Y. E. Thompson and Mrs. o. B.
Cole went the 22nd to Parkman where
they intend to visit among relatives
/ for a week
Mrs. A, E. Smith of Pittsfield is in
town for few days.
Mrs. Loantha Miller has returned
home after a visit among relatives.
Miss Lillian Robinson is at home
for the summer vacation.
Mrs. Minnie Robinson of Newport
was in town Sunday accompanied by
her son Wallace and guest from
Guilford
Palmyra Grange held a regular
meeting Saturday evening with large
attendance. H. L. Goodrich present
ed first class entertainment CONSIST
ing of orations dialogues, readings,
drills and story. Mrs. +. L. HON.
sted will have charge of the program
next Saturday evening.
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WEST NEW PORTLAND

There has been considerable chang
ing property in this vicinity recently
Ed Thompson has sold his place to
a party from y. H.; the farm formerly
known as the Bill Luce place has
been sold to Stillman Walker of Mas
sachusetts Frank Jones has eXchang-
ed his blacksmith shop at the North
Village for the Asa Adams place and
Lynn Smith has sold his farm.
Mr.. and Mrs Joshua Jackson were
Saturday and sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Ghas Mckinney
Mr.. and Mrs. o. " Williamson en-
tertaned company Sunday.
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HEALTH PAST FIFTY

Careful diet is OF utmost Importance to
men and women past fifty years of age;
it keeps up their strength, and the oil
food in SCOTS Emulsion is a nourishing
food, a curative medicine and sustaining
tonic to regulate the functions.
1t contains the medicinal fats of pure
cod liver oil and science proves that they
furnish twice as much energy as other
foods-then too, it creates pure blood,
sharpens the appetite, relieves rheuma-
tism, strengthens the body and alleviates
the ailments due to declining years.
Scott's is free from wines, alcohol or
harmful drugs. Beware OF substitutes.
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NORTH CORNYILLE

Crops are looking rather small al
present.
Dan Collins, Roy Hurd Perley
Brown and Chas. Ambree went on the
South Branch of the Austin fishing
Sunday. They got some good ones.
G. w. Bates and family were up to
Eustis Sunday. Some fine roads
there.
Abbie Gale of Amesbury, Mass, ar
rived Monday on a visit to Lydia Cur
rier.
Blanche Mcdonald of E. Madison
visited her brother Oscar Kincaid re-
Gently.
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MERCER

A box sociable was held Thursday
evening in the Wiley schoolhouse and
a fine program was given by the
scholars which showed careful train
ing by the teacher, Miss Lottie l..
Scribner. After the entertainment the
boxes were sold at auction bringing
the neat little sum Of $835. Seventy
people were present and an unusually
pleasant evening was enjoyed by all.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09
ATHLETIC DANGER-SCALE
The Value to Health of Data on
 Sports Is Pointed Out

Commenting on the value of a danger scale for athletics. the Journal of the American Medical Association says:
 '1nasmuch as the fundamental aim ,f athletics is, or at any rate ought to be, health, it is not unreasonable to ask in what degree each type of game or sport approaches this ideal of contributing to a sound body and the enjoyment of it's physical resources. It will probably be found difficult to compare the health giving virtues of tennis and cricket, of skating and basketball, of rowing and tug g-of-war. The factors of enjoyment, of the special participation of definite or gans of the body, of opportunity. season, environment, etc., are too complicated to permit a very critical analysis.
 But Dr. Bartsch of Heidelberg has wisely suggested that it may become fea- sible to correlate the dangers attending the various athletic sports and to furnish a sort of ale-Gefanrenskala. as he naively terms it-whereby one could de- termine the relative Likelihood of damage or injury to be encountered in the prom inent athletic pastimes This is not unlike the condition in industrial occupations, for many of which the incidence of accident of harm is known If the statistics of ac- cidents in athletics. and the personal harm known to result all too often, could be gathered in some way for purposes of public contrast the physician and physi- cal culture teacher could advise more in- telligently regarding the desirability of participation.
 We believe, however, that the greatest advantage of this suggestion would lie in the reforms which the facts thus elicited would inevitably promote. A few we'll attested data regarding the undoubted d dangers of crew races, of football and some other much vaunted sports might serve to direct public attention to the abuses of athletics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09
AUBURN SCORES
 SECOND VICTORY

Auburn, May s.-(SpeciaI) )--In a sle1yy game Auburn today defeated Cumber,and for a second victory of the series /Rosou Kept his hits well scattered, wkile Bell was hit at opportune times
 The feature of the game. flor Auburn were Harris long hit ovsr the tall tim oers in right PrengergaSts throw to the p'a.e p,a., se'''ng huntsrand Louisers heavy Cumberland e, naun'eIA hitting featured fol
 Auburn scorsd two in the first on q has, ors a,,s aapr three hits, two more in tn, third on an error and two hits and on, each in fifth. seventh and eighth b, timely hitting and taking advantage o- Bells wildness.
 Cumberland scored one in the first or hit and an error and one in the fifth on base on balls and a hit. The final game of the series will be played Satur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09
VOTE TABULATED
 IN BOOKLET FORM

Montgomery, May S.-(Special.) )-For the information of the democrats of the state, Chairman Tyler Goodwin of the state democratic executive committee has pub lished small hand book containing the votes of each candidate voted for by more than one county in the primary election on April 6. The volume gives the vote of each candidate by county and the totals received.
 The first tabulation given is that in the senatorial race for the long term, and this is followed by a tabulation of the votes cast in the race for the short term. The governors race, the lieutenant-gov- ernor's race, and the various other races for state and congressional officers are also given.
 Chairman Goodwin had several thou- sand copies printed, and he announces that he will be gald to mail a copy to any democrat in the state upon applica- tion