The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-09
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Mrs. Jessie Clark of Winthrop was
the guest OF her cousin Mrs. Lsdia
Rowell a few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Young ana
daughter OF Skowhegan were the week
end guests Of Mr. Young's parents MI
and Mrs Marley Young.
Harold Mcclellan of Oldtown Is the
guest Of his cousin Clarence Soper.
Mr. and Mrs. P f. Priest and fam
ily spent Sunday at Long Pond,
Smithfield. Several OF Mr.. Priests
relatives we're present and it was in
the nature Of family reunion.
Rev and Mrs. II. c. Glidden and
family are spending the week with
Mrs. Gliddens parents at East Liver
more Mr. Glidden will return Sat
urday and will hold the usual ser
vices next Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs E. W. York, Mrs. Alice
Lombard and son Leonel were IN
Skowhegan on shopping trip last
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs Ardelle Moore of Portland Is
In town visiting relatives and friends.
Eldred Head has finished his work
In the store of f. L. Paul and Walter
Drew Is taking his place. Mr. Head
had been in the employ OF Mr.. Paul
a little over O year and was well liked
by Mr.. Paul's customers.
Ralph Whitney, Misses Eunice
Moody and Mabel Cross went to Jones'
boro Monday. Mr. Whitney, who has
been working for A C. Head for the
past few years, goes at this time to
visit relatives and friends and is ac-
companied by the two young ladies
above mentioned.
In the account that was given last
week of the heavy thunder shower of
July 80, while mention was made OF
considerable damage that was done by
the rain and lightning, we did not
learn until too late for the issue of
the paper of last week that o. O. Wit
tum & Son lost a steer by the light
ming.
Mrs. Dudley F. Greeley has recently
received word from her grandson,
Archie Greeley, who was here with
his mother from California nine years
ago, that he has enlisted in the United
States Light Artillery and is station
ed at Angel Island, San Francisco
Bay. His address is Private Archie
B. Greeley, Company G, Fort Mcdowell,
Calf.
Miss Laura Davis of Hartland is in
town visiting her father Turner Davis
and other relatives and friends.
l.. w. McIntire and daughter Clair
spent a few days last week at Fall
mouth Foreside the guest Of Mr.. Nc
Intire's mother Mrs Rose McIntire.
BENZ. Ballard of Dorchester, Mass
was In town for few hours Tuesday
inspecting poles for the New England
Telephone Co. and calling on old
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs Marcellus Irvine, Mrs.
Alice Lombard and Mrs. W. Fl. Soper
were in Madison Friday afternoon on
an auto ride.
o. o. Vittum & Son have recently
sold twenty beef steers to II. l.. Brock
way of Exeter, who is buying beef
cattle for the Great Northern Paper
Co. These steers together with about
forty others that they have been buy
ing were shipped by cars to Rock
wood Station, Thursday. From there
they were conveyed up Moosehead
Lake to Grants Farm by steamer
The Great Northern Paper Co. employ
a large number of men in the woods
In that vicinity and these steers are
killed at the rate of one a day to meet
the demands of the men 1t was
quite sight as these cattle were driv-
en- thru the streets to the station as
1t is not often that one sees so many
cattle together Several snap shots
were taken Of them by the local cam
era artists
,f
gan Is the guest of his aunt Mrs Julia |
d. Vittum.
What came very near being a bad
accident happened about $50 Satur-
day evening at the corner of Main and
Ferry street. A Ford car belonging
TO Allen Hodgdon of Embden, and
driven by Miss Bessie Ward had just
reached the corner near the Azel
Jones shoe store and had just turned
the corner onto Ferry street, when |
Il Is supposed the stearing gear gave |
away, or the axle spindle broke which |
rendered the machine unmanageable |
causing 1t to crash into the stairs |
heading to the tenement above the
store. The wind shield was broken
and a flying particle struck Mrs
Hodgdon in the forehead cutting
cash which required three stitches to
close It, Directly after the collision
q tire blew out, but beyond this and
some damage to the front end of the
ear no other trouble resulted from the
impact.
D. c. Ward who is the acting treas
urer or the Scion Creamery Co., is
taking a two weeks vacation which
ne Is spending in Cornville, Christmas
Cove and Lincoln, Mass. His place
Is filled during his absence by Miss
Esther Manson.
NEW PORTLAND
Albion Walker, who fell from a load
OF hay q short time ago nassed AWAY !