The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-04-08

mill operatives of the apparatus close
at hand the blaze was under control
when the village fire department ar
rived. The damage was small and
will be covered by insurance.
An Easter sale was held by the
ladies Aid of the Methodist Church
in the Grange Hall, Friday afternoon
and evening. Fancy articles. mill
aprons and candy were on sale at
prettily decorated booths. A hot
meat and salad supper was served in
the Grange banquet hall from $50 to
8 o'clock. The net proceeds for the
benefit of the society from the supper
and sale were $50
Mrs. T. II. Mitchell left town Friday
afternoon for Lewiston, where DR..
Mitchell has recently opened dental
Office and she will make her home in
the future.
D. Foster Faulkner of New York
City was the guest of DIR. and Mrs.
w H. Kennison for several days the
last of the week
The first baseball game of the sea-
son in Madison was played Saturday
afternoon on the Old Point Avenue
grounds between the teams of the
Madison Boy Scouts and the North
Arson Boy Scouts The game result
ed in an overwhelming victory for the
Madison boys. The score being 81
to s.
Mrs. T. H. Spear who has been
confined to her home for the past
week with a sprained ankle is now
able to be out
Master Clyde. the fourteen years
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Mon
roe was taken Friday afternoon to
the Central Maine General Hospital
in Lewiston, where he underwent
surgical operation for appendicitis.
The operation was successful and at
last reports the boy was as comfort
able as possible under the circum-
stances.
Try an ad in Everybodys.
A cooked food sale was held Fri
day afternoon at the Cooperative
grocery store under the auspices of
the women of the Arson Baptist
Church. A small sum of money was
netted for the benefit of the church.
Rehearsals are being held for a
minstrel and musical entertainment to
be given in Union Hall Thursday
evening by local talent under the
auspices of Madison and Arson So
cialists.
The new house which has been in
the process of construction for the
past six months on Head street for
the Great Northern Paper Company,
Is now completed and Superintendent
c. II. Burr of the Madison plant NOV
ed In the last of the week Early
last fall the old boom house owned
by the company was moved from the
bank of the Kennebec river to the lot
on Head street. The house Is fitted
with all modern conveniences. in
GLIDING bath room. electric lights.
hardwood floors. and was built by the
company carpenters under the direc-
ton OF Harlan Haynes.
The following vital statistics are
shown by the books of the Madison
town clerk for the month OF March
Deaths, March 3. Edward +. Rowell.
aged SO years. 2 months and % days
Births. March 2. to the wife OF John
Deschene. a son; March .. to the wife
OF John Dagko. a son. March 10. to
the wife of John DeRoche. a son: to-
the wife OF Lewis Therean son
March 10. to the wife OF Albert Blu
reau. a son March 81. To the wife of
Edgbert Butler. a son.
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