The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-02-05
Skowhegan Local News


first time in five weeks.
Albert +. Dyer. who has been ill
With an attack of pneumonia is report
ed as somewhat improved.
Mrs. Sac f. Clark passed the day
Tuesday in Waterville. visiting her
son. J. Max Clark and wife.
r. G. Bigelow took car load of
live stock to the Brighton. Mass. mar
kets the first of the week
Norris Glcdhfll of sykes,ille. Md
spent sunday N town. Skowhegan
having been his former home.
John Lewis IS expected home Thurs
day of next week for short visit. He
IS student at the Bangor Law School.
Mrs. f. w. Buchanan entertained
members of the Good Will Club at her
home on Madison Avenue Monday af
ternoon.
Preaching services were conducted
at the county jail Sunday afternoon By
Rev. }. G. Osborne Evangelist }. ".
Packard was also present and spoke
briefly.
While ehopping kndling wood the
other day. Fred Sanborn inflicted 4
wound upon one of his feet with the
axe which necessitated the taking OF
several stitches.
Three weeks elapse between the
last and next meetings of the Town
Enforcement Society. Its members
will hold their next regular session at
Library Parlors Friday. the 18th.
Everett Bacon and Walter 2. Ennis
visited the first of the week at their
respective homes here. The first men
toned is a student at Bowdoin Col
lege and the latter travels for a to-
bacco firm.
John Grant. who came here from
Florida, to accompany the remains OF
his wife here. departed Saturday on
his return to that State. He was to
visit en- route with his sister, Mrs. J
H. Clough in Augusta.
The subject assigned for the meet
ing of the Clementine Weston w. c
+ T. u. for Tuesday afternoon, February
! 10, is THE Progress of Temperance in
/ Asia Mrs Gertrude McGlaufin and
Mrs. Eugenia Osborne in charge.
The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the NJ. f. church is to meet
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock with
Mrs. Horace G. MacGlauflin at the par
sonage. The members will continue
their study upon immigration.
After an arrest for intoXication Fri
day. ]. Leavitt of Bald Mt. was tried
before trial Justice John H. Lancaster
! in Municipal Court Saturday forenoon.
He was found guilty and was fined So
and costs which amounted to about 50.
| officers were elected by the mem
bers of the Christian Endeavor Soci-
ETY. of the First Baptist church last
Sunday evening as follows: Pres,
Miss Harriet Marble; Vice Pres, Louis
E. Dow; Treas, Thomas Cockburn;
Sec, Miss Pauline Emery.
Judge Fred F. Lawrence will be the
speaker at the Turn to the Right
Meetings" in Waterville next Sunday.
His subject is to be Human Justice. =
These meetings which are being con-
Quoted in the before mentioned city
are arousing much interest and are
evidently a great success and bene-
! fit to the community.
Many friends here of Mrs. Chas. w.
Hayden of Waltham, Mass, formerly
resident of this town, will be panied
to learn that she has just had very
serious operation performed at a pri-
vate hospital in Brookline, Mass. News
has been received since the operation
to the effect that she was as comforta-
BILE as could be expected and that
hopes were entertained for her recov-
cry.
Herbert S. Hopkins arrived home
Sunday from New York, where he had
been for several days on business con-
nected with his duties as chairman of
the Board of Arbitration connected
with the O. r. c. Monday evening he
and Mrs. Hopkins were in Oakland,
where they were guests at small
gathering given by Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Wiltshire in honor of Mr.. Hopkins
birthday.
Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Grace Quimby of Boston, were held
Saturday afternoon at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Pitts,
Rev. Theodore Halbert Wilson otiiciat-
ing. The remains were inferred in the
Southside Cemetery. The daughter,
Miss Queen Quimby of Boston, and a
sister. Mrs. Carrie Hackett, accompa-
MED the body to Skowhegan, Mrs.
IIankatt having haan thprp DrpViOuS IN