Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-14


Judge c. o. Small presiding Sever
al wills were presented t"r pfot'le.
among them being the Will OF Dahiei
X. Williams. late of North Ahson'
BY the terms Of that document MS
widow Margaret Williams Is 10 re-
ceive his entire property ana az hc'
demise If any is left 1t is TO pc o.
vided between the sons. Chas. l.. Oh
Longmont, Col. Chester X. OF Emo-
den, Palmer A. Of Concord and Guy
If. Williams Of North Arson. Inc
will was made Dec. II. 1893. and the
widow is named as the executrlX
, Another will presented was that
OF Amanda Adams made Dec IT,
1917 She bequeathed to her daush-
| tiers. Alice L. Murtha of Los Anse
! les. Cal. and Estella NJ. TiboettS o.
! Bingham, 81 each and the same
| amount to her son. Fred J.. ADAMS
| Of Solon The remainder OF her e
! tate is bequeathed to another
daughter, Josephine Small Of Bling
ham. whom she named as executrix.
Among the out-of-town attorneys
present during the forenoon were Ell
iner w. Sawyer Of North Arson ana
J. Howard Haley Of Hartland. ~
wyn Grant Of ST Adams also had
business before the court
| Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Rogers OF Wa
tervillc were guests the first Of the
week of Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Whit
tier.
Mrs. Paulina Young OF Sidney has
been visiting here with her grand
son, Edward Tague and family
Mrs. Ethel S. ". Abbott has re
turned from a fishing trir TO ocaa
stream pond:
Mrs. Alice l.. Whorff II Middle
street left Tuesday morning itr
few weeks visit with relatives in
waterv.lle. Portland. Cumberland
Center and Gray.
Miss Lettie Rowe left Tuesday for
a visit in Lynn. Mass, and in tn"
vicinity Of Boston.
Mrs. George A. Moore with her
/ daughter, Ruth Litchf1eld moore
was in Waterville Tuesday to at
tend party at the Country ,iuo
| given by Nh and Mr1 =. 7, liars
ton in compliment to Their daugh-
ter and her young friends
Miss Fern Packard left Tuesday 70
visit her cousin in Oakland and her
sister. Miss Gala Packard. stem
ographer in Waterville.
, Mrs Matte f. Goodwin. Mrs. John
" Healy, Mrs NJ. W. Savage ana
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Mcguire nave
returned from Concord. y. H., whlth-
or they went by automobile to meet
Cant Coulter Of Concord, who Is just
home from overseas. Capt. Coulter
was in command of the New Hamp-
shire men Of Co. f until they 1nlneo
Co r at Westfield as n lieutenant.
Ho remained with the company until
the first of the present year. when nc
vas transferred into the intelligence
line OF communication and it is OF
particular interest to Skowhegan
people to learn that his messenger
BOY was Harold Perkins, son OF ny
and Mrs CharleG Perkins OF Lake
wood, it being the duty of this young
soldier to carry messages from thH
captains post to the line. He left tn
front lines July Ia, and is in the
United States having been ordered
10 go to Arkansas to be in charge OF
q company Of men whom he expects
to accompany overseas. Aside from
Harold Perkins, Capt. Coulter knew
two other Skowhegan men vel,
Capt. John W. Healy and Capt.
Sherman subway. the latter now
with Co H Ho reports both OF them
"A being in excellent health while
Capt. IIealy he stated was the only
man in Co. E who did not get a
he
as the reason for so many Co. L
men being killed the fact that they
took the place of the Marines and a
German machine gun happened to DC
stationed near them as they went IN
to the fight and literally slaughter
err those who were so unfortunate a.
to be in its wake. Another interest
ing statement was the fact that
there had never been any prisoner:
taken out Of the 103d Regiment. Capt
Coulter is Of the opinion that the
Americans are a great incentive &c
the allies. He brought to Mrs. Healy
and Mrs. Goodwin. the aunt Of Capt
Shumway some very interesting pic
lures and views. Capt. Coulter stat
ed that the Germans no longer used
rubber, supposedly because the sup
ply is exhausted. for gas masks, but
instead. used rubber which was OF
little value. as the Americans had a
more powerful gas.
Mrs. Bertha Duffy and Miss Duffy
her daughter Of Hallowell, have ar
rived at the Reformatory for Wo-
men. where the former will be ma
tron and the latter will be the teach
er. The school sessions are to be re
sumed in September. the inmates be-
ing busily employed in the fields al
the present time.
Two inmates of the Reformatory
for Women disappeared Monday ev-
ching and were not located for some
hours. They went into the woods
back of the Reformatory building
and eventually were appprehended
near the corn shop on Sprig street
by Sheriff Goodrich, who had been
notified. They were watched for
some time by the officer and when
they did not enter any Of the houses
of that neighborhoood the officer felt
sure that he was on the right trail
The women continued out to Madison
avenue and after short run, both
on their part and that Of the Sheriff
they were taken back to the Reform
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