The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-01-20

Mr. and Mrs. +. ii. HOlley spent
Sunday in Lewiston.
An alarm of fire came over the
telephone. Saturday morning when
John Wentworths house in Embden
caught fire, but is was quickly extin-
guished.
George Clark was in Connecticut
the first of the week on business.
Linwood Berrys horses ran away
Saturday and as they approached
the store of Porter & Marston, they
ran upon the sidewalk and crashed
through into the empty cellar of the
grocery store and Waits store.
Mrs NJ. l.. French was visiting in
Oakland Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mrs Susie Webster. who was liv-
ing in Mrs. knapps house, has NOV
ed into Mr.. Goffs house.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our thanks to
our neighbors and friends. and the
members of Arson Grange for the
many acts of kindness and sympathy
shown us during the illness and
death of our dear sister; also for the
beautiful floral offerings.
c. p. MOORE
LORA MOORE
I Leslie Berry and Mrs. Eva Pierce
were united in marriage Saturday
and have begun housekeeping in the
upstairs rent of Walter Deane's
house.
Rev A r Bosen will preach in
the Congregational church Sunday
morning.
The Woman's Club will observe
Guest Night, Friday evening, Jan. q,
at 7.45, at the home of Mrs. Wallace
Emery. The president, Mrs. Annie
Bisbee of Portland will be present.
Mrs. Cummings and Mrs. Ethel
Robinson of Bingham were guests of
Miss Sadie Berry Wednesday,
Kate Hartwell is at Madison this
week visiting her aunt, Miss Annie
Hartwell
Miss Ellen French was visiting in
Lewiston the last of the week.
The Epworth League of the M. E.
Church held the third of its sociables
Monday evening at the home of Car
roll l. Caswell. when over rs were
present The principal feature was
an old-fashioned candy pull which af-
forded much merriment for large
number of young people. There was
an endless chain of games which was
broken only when refreshments of
cake, sandwiches and coffee were
served
Mrs. Walter Shaw has gone back
to her house and the family of Mil
ford Crosby, which occupied it, has
moved to Somerset.
Herbert Mitchell and Erwin Clough
went to Bald Mountain, Monday to
work for C. V. Bailey. Fred Fland-
ers who was at home for few days
from Bald Mountain, returned with
them.
Alfred Berry and J. w. Norton went
to New Portland Wednesday evening
to install the officers of Lemon
Stream Lodge. Mrs. Myrtle Cum
mings and Mrs Ethel Robinson of
Centennial Rebekah Lodge of Bling
ham went to New Portland Wednes-
day evening to install the officers of
New Century Lodge.
Owing to the desire of the company
to continue doing business here with
the farmers with whom they have
done business for many years, and
also owing to the desire of many of
the farmers to continue planting
sweet corn for the factory, as many
of them have been accustomed to do
for thirty years and more, it has been
decided to run the corn factory if a
sufficient number of acres can be Sc
cured, consequently the books are OPP
en- and acreage is being signed, some
of the farmers taking larger acre
age than last year. Every good
farmer knows that while sweet corn
is not always sure crop, it is as
sure as any other crop the farmer
raises. The farms up and down this
river, near this village. are adapted
to the raising of sweet corn and can
in the future, as they have in the past
produce large crops.
A novel sight upon our streets last
week was a house-sled fitted up for
housekeeping and drawn by one
horse. 1t was a unique outfit and
belonged to Henry Hammond and
Wallace Cook of Winthrop, two young
men in the laundry and livery bust
ness. who are out on a vacation and
,ame here by way of New Portland.
this being the fifteenth village visited
they were acquaintances of Mrs