The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-08
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urday was the most severe winter day
! for some years. The thermometer
at o'clock in the morning stood
from 20 to 80 degrees below zero and
at noon it was 10 below and continu-
ed cold thruout the day and night.
Monday. the 5th. was an extremely
stormy day with a high wind, snow
ing. blowing and drifting with the
| thermometer down towards the zero
mark. 1t was a genuine old fashion
ed winter day. In old England Feb
ruary is considered the toughest
month of the year, perhaps it is gen.
orally so in America.
Mrs. Mary (Towle) Marston died at
her home in this village Monday even
! ing of pneumonia after an illness of
few days. She was the widow of
Harrison Marston who died several
years ago. Mrs. Marston was wo-
man of beautiful character and had a
great many friends who mourn her
loss. She leaves two sons, with
whom she lived, Herbert Fl. and DR..
f. H. Marston, and one daughter Mrs.
Mabel NJ. Porter. all of North Arson.
The funeral will be held Thursday
| Uoday). Rev. c. W. Rogers and Rev.
A. T. Boisen officiating. Her age
was 20 years and nine months. The
remains will be taken to Newport for
| burial. Friday.
Fl. B. Ellis, secretary of the Maine
Grange Lecturers Conference, Mrs.
Daisy Barron, lecturer of Arson
Grange and Mrs. Stella Ellis, lecturer
of Bingham Grange. went from here
to Waterville, Wednesday morning to
attend the Grange Lecturers Confer
ence.
Representative F. H. H0iiey was
confined to the house for several days
the first of the week by illness and
was unable to go to Augusta, Friday.
Miss Edna Robinson returned Tues
! day from Scion, where she had been
| for week on account of the illness
Of her little niece, Edella Murphy.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. p. Lincoln have
been sick with the grippe for several
days.
Morris Weinberg received tele-
gram Tuesday afternoon of the death
of relative in Boston and went from
here by team to Wateryille to take
the night train.
Chester Williams of Embden lost a
valuable horse Tuesday while break
ing roads. The horse was walking
along and broke its leg in the smooth
road.
The Woman's Club held a very en-
joyable meeting at the home Of Mrs.
st.iIie Dick Friday afternoon of last
week. The meeting was in charge
of the literary committee with Mrs.
Mabel Porter as chairman and the
following program was given: Roll
call, Funny Anecdotes paper Ameri-
can Humorists by Miss Mary Porter;
recitation. One Hose Shay by Mrs.
Nellie Dick; sketch A Brielless Law
yer by Mrs. Jennie Sawyer; and read
ing, Mr. Dooley on Gold by Mrs An
ME Gilbert. After the program de
licious refreshments were served by
the hostesses. The next meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Elizabeth Emery. Friday afternoon,
February sixteenth.
When every product OF the farm is
the highest ever known and still GO
ing higher. with ready market for
everything that can be produced, why
is it that young men on good farms
with large families leave their
homes and move into the small town
or city when the cost of living there
is 25 per cent higher. at least? There
are several families in North Arson
village who have left good farm
homes within n year.
For the first time in many long
years, if ever. the road along side the
old trotting park has not been broken
out this winter Deep drifts formed
there early in December and the
travelling public has sheered to the
right and to the left of them ever
since
The Arson Town Meeting will be
held Monday, March 5th. at North An
son village. Let the townspeople get
out i'm good numbers. There is to
be a new list of town officers elected
and money appropriated for various
things and much other business that
will be of interest to every taxpayer
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