The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-09-16

in the Geo. Arnold homestead.
Miss Berle Page has returned to
Belfast after a visit with Mrs. Ned
Reed.
Mrs. Emma Hanson Bartmess of
Yonkers, y Y. has been visiting
friends in town.
Mrs. Warren Brown and Master
Harold left yesterday for visit with
friends in China.
Mrs. C. NJ. Lambert has gone to
Mechanic Falls to visit her aunt, Mrs.
Hannah Stevens.
The young ladies of the Searchlight
Club have been acting as guides dur
/ ing the W. c. T. U. Convention.
The Ladies Social Circle will meet
Monday afternoon September goth
with Mrs. Vina Harville on East Lea
witt St. at 2 o'clock
The Skowhegan Water Company an
nounces that they are temporarily
pumping a part of their supply from
the Kennebec River.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Durrell, who
have been spending several weeks in
town have returned to their home at
Newton Upper Falls, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Weller and two
children of Lawrence, departed this
morning after ten. days visit with
Mr.. Weiler's brother, Richard Weller
Postmaster A. B. Clark and Mrs
Clark of Caratunk were in town last
week to attend the Fair. They were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Wes-
colt while here.
Miss Florence Nye, a we'll known
news writer of the Lewiston Journal
staff departed on the midday train
yesterday, being here to attend the w
c. T. U. Convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Jones have
had as guests during the past week,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Bottomley oil
Boston. Mr. Bottomley is sales sec
rotary of the American Wooden Co.
Mrs. Angie Stevens and son Master
Edmund, who have been at Bloomfield
since June, left yesterday for theil
home in Cambridge, Mass. DR.. ant
Mrs. H. E. Stevens will probably &C
Sunday.
A. B. Lamb is leaving today fol
Washington State, where he will joiI
Mrs. Lamb, who preceded him thithel
several weeks ago. They will take il
the California Exposition before theil
return to Skowhegan.
Among the valuable swine exhibit.
| at Fairview Park was the Berkshire
boar named Spencer Boy, which be
longed to T. E. Deane and which wor
a blue ribbon. The animal was breC
in Parkhurst, N. C. and is eigh
months old.
Charles Tarbell, who has been loca
ted in Mexico, but who has been pass.
i ing the summer with his mother, Mrs
w. E. Tarbell at Athens, has entered
the employ of Sampson & Avore as {
drug clerk. He will probably be re.
tanned there during the fall.
John Spaulding was in Municipal
Court yesterday charged with cruelty
to a horse belonging to Lee Kelley OF
J Cornville. He pleaded not guilty bui
was adjudged guilty by trial justice
Lancaster and was fined $40 and
costs. An appeal was taken.
Warren c. Merrill is one of the June
graduates who is to enter college this
fall. He will become a student al
Bowdoin and will leave for that place
Monday together with Arthur MeQuil-
Ian, a sophomore there. Maurice Phil.
brick will probably return today to
the same institution.
Virgil King of lockwood pleaded
guilty before Judge Brazzell yester-
day to the charge of common selling
of liquors. He was fined 800 and
costs, the execution of Jail sentence
to be suspended upon payment of the
fine. He was brought to Skowhegan
by Deputy Sheriff Laxon of Moxie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Kendall and son
| left here this morning for Boston
where they will pass a few days be-
fore leaving for their home in Oak
land, Calf They were accompanied
from here by Mrs. Kendall's mother
Mrs. Ellen Fletcher, who was going
to Wilton for a visit with her son.
The death of Glen Francis Bartlett
son of Mrs. Hazel Frost Of East
Rochester. N. H.. occurred Saturday
at the home of MIR. and Mrs. Nathan
lei Jackson, in a section of the town
lying between here and Canaan. The
child was nearly Ave years of age and
had been sick but few days. His
home had been with the family where
his death occurred for some time and
he Wan greatly beloved nv them The