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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-14
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

Whereas Guy L. Scott of Norriage~
wock in the County of Somerset and
State of Maine, by his mortgage deed.
dated the Sth day Of April, 1914 re-
corded in the Somerset Registry OF
Deeds, Book 315. Page 495. conveyed
to the American Agricultural Chemi-
cal Company certain lot or parcel of
land with the buildings thereon, To-
Gated In said Norridgewock. on the.
road leading from Norridgew ock to,
Smithfield. bounded and described as
follows: being the homestead farm
of the said Guy L. Scott. bounded on
Field: on the East by said road: on
the South by land OF Frank J. Kill
gore and on the West by land or
Clarence Carr. Said premises are the
same said Scott bought of Anna b
Rogers, said premises containing
about seventy acres. more or less:
and whereas the said American ARPi-
cultural Chemical Company, by its as
signment. dated the Goth day of Nov.
1916, Recorded In the Somerset Regis
try of Deeds, Book 3S9. Page SO.
transferred and assigned the said
mortgage deed and the debt thereby
secured to me: and whereas the con-
ditions of said mortgage have been
broken. NOW THEREFORE. by rea-
son of the breach of the conditions
thereof I claim a foreclosure of said
mortgage.
Dated Nov. rs, 1915
3w4S LEROY r. FOLSOM.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-14
DATED 1873
RECEIVED
Many Changes In Firms Since 1879

Two old copies of the Somerset Re
porter have been sent to this office
By Frederic T. Boothby. Mayor OF
Wateryine, Ex-Mayor of Portland
and for long time general passen-
ger and ticket agent OF the Maine
Central Railroad, who, noticing the
historic reading matter in the col
umns OF the Observation-Disclosures,
,indly sent some copies Of the edi-
ion of July 3, 1879.
The advertisements, perhaps, are
the most interesting. for since that
Fac many firms have gone out OF
business, members of the firms dead.
7tc. There appears an ad of the
Sawyer House at Norridgewock,
which was burned about seventeen
years ago. W. F. Fellows, NJ. D.,
who had an office on Court street,
Skowhegan, is now a prominent ply
stefan in Bangor. c. V. Richards
dentist, who had Offices in the Co
burn Block, is still living and is con-
tlnuing a small practice at his home
on Spring street.
DR.. W. f. Tarbell is dead. His
son Charles is now at Sampson q
Azores drug store. George II. Flagg'
who had an Office in Morrison &
Drow's Block, is dead. The firm OF
Loring Short and Harmon in Port
land is still doing a flourishing
bus ness. OF the local marble firm.
Baker & Marble. both members are
dead. Levi Greenleaf, at that time
an attorney in Pittsfeld, is now
we'll known Portland lawyer. John
|. Tenney, contractor at the North
end of the railroad bridge, is dead.
His daughter. Mrs. J. l.. Holt, re-
sides on Alder street.
James Otis Bradbury, a lawyer in
Houlton, Is now the leading lawyer
in York County, and resides in Saco.
f. Corey & Co, of Portland. still ex-
lists altho both partners. then living,
are now dead. DR.. S a. Patten'
who had an Office in the house for
merly occupied by the late John w.
Weston, died about 1900. Henry
Leavitt. dentist, in the Leayitt Block
has died and Dr.. G.. f. Haynes IS
probably not living.
]. +. Holman, an Athens attorney,
is still doing business In the same
place and still adyertises in the Re-
porter. Emery & Turner, Show
hogan firm, is out of business, both
members being dead. John W. Per-
kins & Co. of Portland, is well
known establishment still doing a big
business but the partners at that
time have died. Woodbury. & Moul-
ton of Portland are also no longer in
business.
The paper contains the account of
the big convention at Bangor con-
corning which Mr.. Boothby writes;
"the law being different then from
now, and not happening to be dele
gate from Portland. l was pressed
into service as a delegate from Otis
field. The Otisfeld delegation voted
steadily for Hon William Writ Virgin
(then judge for Governor"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-14
Woman'S Club Observes Children's
Day

Last Saturday afternoon Library
Parlors were taxed to capacity when
the Club observed Childrens Day by
giving a Puritan Party. Mrs. Daisy
d. Merrill, president, directed the ar
rangements and it was chiefly due to
her untiring efforts that the affair
was the great success it was.
Nearly all the children who were
guests, as we'll as the officers and
those taking part in the program,
were in Colonial or Indian costume
and each one had Puritan name. At
the conclusion of the entertainment
refreshments were served, Mrs.
Edith Philbrick and Mrs. Lola NJ.
Blunt being hostesses, assisted by
young Puritan maidens.
The following program was car
ried out Piano solo by Christine
Pooler, who represented Humility
Cooper; Story of the First Thanks
giving by Mrs. Alice E. Mitchell as
Mistress Leonard; song. Mary Mer-
rill as Celia Standish; Dorothy Nye
as Lora Standish and Phyllis Whit
ing as Betty Alden; violin solo, Mas
ter Hector Chabot as John Alden, &C
companied by Virginia b. Stinchfield
as Betty Alden; piano duet, Virginia
Ames as Elizabeth Zane and Lois NJ
Patten as Rose Carver; Story of
Pocohontas by Mrs. jeanette Merrill
in Indian costume, representing
Laughing Water; doll song, Margaret
Sheaff as Desire Minter, accompanied
by Virginia Stinchfield; original en-
core song, entitled The Dance of the
Fairies. by Margaret Sheaff aged
seven years; piano solo, Dorothy NJ
Nye as Lora Standish; recitation
David Halves in Indian costume
story, Hope Desires Thanksgiving by
Miss Sarah Snow as Susan Smith
whistling song by William H. Halves
Jr.. representing Yellow Feather
song, Virginia and Smith Ames and
Helen and George Halves as the
Brewster children; and reading The
Courtship of Miles Standish by Miss
Molly Blunt as Lucy Downing.
The next meeting of the Club is to
be held Wednesday evening, Dec. 90
in the Congregational Church Vestry
when the Sorosis and Town Improve
ment societies will both be enter
tanned, each member of which has
the privilege of inviting one guest
There will be an address by Profess
sor II. w. Brown of Waterville.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-14
CElTI9 Schedule, Pas
lGz4s.& senger Trains



Trains Leave skowheEan Week Days
500 "a. m. for Waterville. Belfast.
Harmony, Dover and Foxcroft. Bangor
Oakland Lewiston. Augusta; Bruins
White Mountain points and Boston.
sos a. m. for Waterville, Belfast
Bangor. Oakland, Kineo. Pennington
ton, Augusta, Brunswick, Bath, Port
land, White Mountain points and Bos-
ton.
Bar Harbor Calais, Vaneeboro, st.
John, Halifax Except Saturdays)
Oakland, Lewiston, Augusta. Bruins
wick. Bath, Rockland. Portland and
2.25 p m. for Waterville. Belfast
Harmony, Dover and FoXcroft, Ban
gor MattaWamkieag B9eksP9rt An
Portland and Boston. Connects at
Portland with through sleeping car
train to New York.
Trains Leave SkowheGan sundays
S.45 a. m. for Watervine. Burnham.
Pittsfeld, Bangor, Augusta, Bruins
wick. Lewiston, Bath, Portland and
30 p. m. for Waterville. Burnham,
Pittsfeld, Bangor, Augusta, Bruins
wick. Portland and Boston. Connects
at Portland with through sleeping car
train for New York.
Trains Arrive SkOwheRan Weeks Days.
7.50 a. IN. from Waterville, Augusta,
Gardiner and South Gardiner.
1915 a. m. from Waterville. Belfast
Pittsfield, Harmony. Dover and Fox
croft. Bangor, Bucksport Mondays
only. Oakland Bingham. Pennington
Strong. Phillips Lewiston, Augusta,
Brunswick,, Bath, Portland. Boston,
and New York.
$50 p. m. from Waterville. Belfast.
Dover and Foxcroft, Bangor, Bucks
port. Bar Harbor, VancebOro. Calais
st. John, Halifax. Oakland. Augusta.
Lewiston, Brunswick, Portland. Bos~
ton.
S.25 p. m. from Waterville, Oakland.
Lewiston Augusta, Brunswick, Bath.
Rockland. Portland, Boston.
Trains Arrive SkowheGan Sundays
1853 a. m. from Waterville. Pitts
field. Newport. Bangor, Augusta.
Brunswick Bath, Lewiston. Portland.
New York.
415 p m. from waterville. Pitts
field, Newport, Bangor Augusta,
Bath. Brunswick. Lewiston. Portland.
Boston.
d c. DOUGLASS. General Manager.
H d. WALDRON, Gen1. Pass. Agent.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-14
SkoW hogan Women Have Acquired
the Right to Vote

The recent marriage of Miss Lou
Cass to Emery Fletcher and the fact
that they will reside in Nevada will
give Mrs. Fletcher the right to vote,
Nevada being a suffrage state. This
privilege probably would have been
acquired sometime had she remained
a citizen of Maine, altho there might
have been several years delay
Among other former Skowhegan
ladies who now live in suffrage
states Aye Mrs. Bertha Steward, Miss
Blanche Bixby, Miss Lucy Kendall
and Mrs. Nora Spaulding. all of Cali
fornia. There are doubtless many
more but these, at least, are living
where women share with men the re-
sponsibility of government
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-14

away last Thursday at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Charles Rollins,
after several weeks illness
Mrs. Eli Steward has been on the
sick list for the past few days.
Master Merle Andrews spent few
days last week with his sister Mrs.
Harry Greenlaw in Bingham.
Miss Bertrice Bickford left town
on the noon train last Thursday for
kittery, where she viii be employed
for the winter.
Fred Baker returned home last
week after visit with relatives in
SkoWhegan and Scion.
Three of the children of Chris Roll
Inns are i'll with chicken-poX.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bean, who were
recently married, held their reception
Saturday evening at the home OF
Mrs. Eyander Andrews. Refresh
ments of assorted candy and peanuts
were served
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-14
PLEASANT RIDGE

Mrs. Ola Lake is the guest of rel
atves in Madison for a few days.
Mark H. Bean went to Portland
last week and returned home We'd
nesday with his little daughter. who
has been in the Childrens Hospital
there for several weeks, recovering
from a broken limb
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross c. Berry spent
Thanksgiving with Mr.. and Mrs. II.
W. Maxfeld at Rowe Pond Camps.
Ernest Andrews recently shot a
fine pointed buck
Miss Christy Bickford spent
Thanksgiving week at her home.
Miss Alma Bloom spent several
days last week with relatives and
friends in Bingham.
Mrs. Harriet MoClintick passed
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-14
Town Improvement Meets

The Town Improvement Society
held its Christmas meeting Friday
afternoon in the parlors of the Pub
lie Library A large number at
tended and the hostesses were Mrs.
Maora Sawyer and Mrs. Izzie Will
liams. An excellent program on
Community Music, arranged by Mrs.
Florence " Danforth, opened with
singing Of Pines of Maine by mem
bers. This was followed by a roll
call. each member responding with a
stanza of Christmas Hymn y
pleasing vocal duet christmas
Greeting" was rendered by Mrs. Wal
lace Lashon and Mrs, Mamie Wat
son. a magazine article entitled
"A Thrill for Your Town suggest
ing ways of organizing and conduct
ing community chorus, was read by
Miss Emma Hall An exceedingly
interesting paper Community Sing
ing, written by Mrs. Harriet Phil
brook of Castine. was read by Mrs.
Mae Allen. Mrs. Philbrook gave
this paper before the Maine Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs at Kneo in
September and was in part as fol
lows: In order to accomplish sur
prising results in music, there is
need of little else than leader
and some people with faith in the
musical value of the unmusical
There is no place in the country so
small that it may not enjoy good
music; and no individual but may
feel its transcendental influence
With these ideas in mind. some of us
purposed establishing community
music in our village. We were
fortunate in having an excellent
leader who was a thorough musician
and willing to give his time to the
cause our first effort was a com
munity sing held i'll our town hall on
Sunday evening The Normal and
High School choruses and choirs
Joined in leading the audience, and
solos were introduced. This prov
ed to be a great success and result
ed in having a musical association
organized to which every one was
admitted, who was interested in the
development of music in the town,
whether he was a performer or not.
We purchased collection of unison
songs. gradually introducing part
songs. and in May had chorus of
so voices | consider unison sing
ing invaluable, as it develops the
voice thru the whole range. Then
Ill, cd
and finally we had an organ recital
in which all the organists Of the
town took part. A splendid concert
was also given. Thus, we are recoy-
ering the almost lost art" of music
for all the people. by all the people"
After this paper chorus Of children
from the room of Mrs. Alice Mitchell
in the Park School sang three songs
In most inspiring manner Gloria
in Excelsis. Little Town of Bethle-
hem and Joy to the World All
joined with the children in singing
the latter. Another musical number
that added much to the afternoons
enjoyment was the four selections
rendered by a double quartette of
young men under the leadership of
Rev. C. II. Mckinney. Two de-
lightful songs were sung by trio Of
little girls composed of Dorothy Nye,
Phillls Whiting and Mary Merrill.
Mrs. Dora r. Nye played the piano
accompaniment. Mrs. Mary S. T.
Burns read a Christmas story. The
closing number on the program was
a beautiful vocal solo by Mrs. Wal
lace Lashon. The next meeting
will occur January 18th, in the par
lors of the Congregational Church,
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derful tri-weekly.
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Please note the date printed on the
paper or wrapper following your
name, each week. This indicates to
what date your subscription is paid
The figures following the months in
dictate the year, NOT the date of the
month as might easily be supposed
All subscriptions run to the FIRST
day of the month named.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-14

The clock in the tower of the
Prescott Memorial" at Good Will
has been telling the community the
time of day for several weeks; but
it was not intended that the clock
should strike the hours until the
building had been dedicated. But
the exact date of the dedication was
so uncertain that the desire for the
striking so general that it was decid-
ed that the clock should toll the
hour of the day, officially, for the
first time at twelve O'Clock, noon,
September l, 1916.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-14

The implement, machine or mer-
that is useless to you would
be useful to someone else. Get the
cash for it by advertising in our
Everybody's Column.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-14
Copy of Somerset Argus Wanted

Someone who has a copy of the
Somerset Argus can confer favor
by bringing or sending the same to
this Office. OF the papers that have
been published in this county, in
former years, the Argus is about the
only one of which we have not a
copy on file.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26
YORK TROOPS
STARTING SOUTH
Movement of National Guard of the
Empire State to the Border EX-
pected to Begin Today.

New York. June 26.-Movement Of
national guard troops from the de-
partment of the east toward the Dor
der will begin today in response to the
appeal of Secretary of War Baker to
Major General Leonard Wood urging
him to start them south as soon as
they were reasonably ready.
Fourteen regiments, including in
fantry, cavalry and field artillery, to-
gether with signal, hospital, ambu-
lance and engineering units are under
orders from General Wood TO start
before night
In all about $4,000 troops in New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Yer
mont and Massachusetts had received
orders to start Immediately. Addition
al regiments from Pennsylvania, Mary
land, Virginia, Delaware, Florida,
Maine, New Hampshire and the Dis
trict of Columbia were ordered to start
south at the earliest possible moment
and are expected to leave either to-
morrow or Wednesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26
10000 IN EXPEDIT|0NARY
COMMAND ARE KEYED UP To
FIGHT POINT; AWAIT WORD
MORE Than 10000
At CAMP OF STATE
Population of Mobilization Site AS
Stunning Vast Proportions
Rush Orders Arrive.

Springfield. H.. June 26,-Adjutant
General Dickson, in command of mob
ilization camps here, received the fol-
lowing telegram today from General
Barry at Chicago, commander OF the
central department, l. 5. A:
On account Of the imperative neces-
sity of rushing troops TO the border,
expedite in every way possible the OBJ
tanning of the equipment and the pre-
pairing for field service of all organ
izatiOns now in camp.
The population of the mobilization
camp of the Illinois national guard,
already exceeding 10000, will be aug
mented today by the arrival of approx
imately 500 men who have been re-
cruited since the departure OF the va
riOus regiments from their nome
towns together with a recruiting de-
tail from every company and OF lio
men representing the reOrganlzed A
battery from Danville.
Beginning today recruiting through
out the state will be carried on by Off
GERS of the regular United States army
only.
boJn NdnpS buLhe duu 1lHColh WI
humming with military activities OF
every sort today. Vaccination against
typhoid and scarlet fever, medical ex-
animation incidental to mastering into
the federal service the actual muster
ing in Of several regiments and the
distribution of five carloads OF ord
nance were among the events of the
dav scheduled in addition to the regu
lar daily field drill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26
THE WAR TODAY

The Austrians have definitely
abandoned their offensive in the
southern Tyrol and are falling, ac-
cording to today's reports from the
Italian front. Evidences of de-
cided tagging in the Austrian ag-
gressive. which began to appear
when the Russian offensive in the
east got under Roadway, are now
supplemented by ROme's an
nOuncement that the Austrians are
retreating along IA front of some
twenty miles in the AsiagO sec.
tor. The Italians are keeping up
vigorous pursuit.
The Verdun battle, by all ac-
counts now in crucial stage, was
continued last night with new as
saults by the Germans west of the
ThiaumOnt works, north of the
town. The French artillery and in
fantry fire. however, completely
stopped the German attempt to
advance down the FrOi de Terre
ridge, according to the Paris war
Office.
The French themselves claim to
have captured portions of trenches
between the Fumin and ChenOis
woods northeast of Fort de Sou
vile.
Probably preparatory to an ef-
fort to bring their lines west OF
the Meuse up to those on the east
bank the Germans are vigorously
b0mbarding French positions in
the former sector. The artillery
fire is especially vigorous in the
neigbbOrhOOd of Dead Mans Hill.
The Russians have captured all
OF BukOwina from the Austrians,
who are retreating toward the Car
pathians' passes. Along the river
Pruth the Russians also inflicted
heavy losses upon the Austrians
in men taken prisoners and in war
stores left behind in the retreat.
The Russians also report the re-
pulse of attacks southwest OF Lutsk
and an advance north OF Radziyil-
of, while Berlin claims 10 have put
down Russian attacks east OF Nlad-
imir.VOlhynia and west OF Dubno.
Heavy fighting continues through
out this region. The greatest bat
tie of the present series on this
front seems to be developing in the
Lutsk region, according to Petro-
grad. The key to the whole situa-
ton is the k0yel junction, and ire.
mendous efforts are being made by
the Germans to safeguard this vital
point.
The general opinion in Paris is
that the establishment OF the Ger
mans at Fleury is -regrettable'
owing TO the close proximity OF
that point to Verdun. Activity OF
the artillery Is very active between
the British and Germans on the
Belgian 'front.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-26
TEXT OF PRESIDENT
WILSONSULTIMATUM
TO MEXICO'S CHIEF


WASHINGTON, D. c.. June 26-The
text of the note to the Mexican de facto
government, transmitted yesterday to
James Linn Rodgers, special repre-
sentative of the American government
in Mexico City, says:
! Mr.. Arredondo yesterday delivered
/ to this government the following COM
muniCation:
! Il am directed by my government to
/ inform your eXcellency, with refer
ence to the Carrizal incident, that the
! chief executive, through the Mexican
war department, gave orders to Cen
eral Jacinto B. Trevino not to permit
American forces from General Perish
ings' column to advance further south,
nor to move either east or west from
the points where they are located, and
to oppose new incursions of American
soldiers into Mexican territory.
These orders were brought by Cen
eral Trevino to the attention of Gen
eral Pershing, who acknowledged the
recent of the communication relative
thereto. On the 22nd instant, as your
IexceIlency knows, an American force
moved eastward quite far from Its
base. Notwithstanding the above or
ders. and was engaged by Mexican
troops at Carrizal, state of Chihuahua
AS a result of the encounter seVera
men on both sides were killed and
wounded and II American soldiers
were made prisoners"
You are hereby instructed to hand Il
the minister of foreign relations of the
de facto government the following:
The government Of the United
States can put no other construction
upon the communication handed to the
secretary Of state Of the United State!
on June "a, by Mr.. Arredondo, undel
instruction of your government, thai
that it is intended as formal avowa
, of deliberately hostile action agalns
the forces of the United States now il
Mexico, and of the purpose to attacl
them without prOyocation wheneVe
they move from their present position
in pursuance of the objects for which
they were sent there, notwithstanding
the fact that those objects not oni,
involve no unfriendly intention to
.: wards the government and the peopl
of Mexico, but are, on the contrary, IN
: tended Only 10 doSlSt lIdt SONt ILL II
in protecting itself and the territor
= and people of the United State
against irresponsible and insurgen
bands of rebel marauders.
) Il am instructed, therefore, by m
t government, to demand the immediat
release of the prisoners taken in tn
encounter ct Carrizal, together wit
r any property Of the United States tax
t en- with them, and TO inform you tina
5 the government of the United State
y expects an early statement from you
e. government as to the course OF actlo
- il wishes the government OF the Unit
), ed States TO understand it has detern
- ined upon, and that it also expect
that this statement be made throug
a the usual diplomatic channels and ne
4 through subordinate military CON
manders."