Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-25

The influenza situation seems to
be considerably improved in various
sections of the county except per-
haps at Athens where recent deaths
have occurred. Mrs. Ernest Linklet-
ter, who lived on the Joe Hayden
farm in the Lords Hill section. died
on Thursday. five members of the
family being i'll at the same time.
The assistance of nurse was I'M
obtainable and Mrs. Lnkletter died
without the attention that her fam
| lily. would have obtained If money
could have procured the same. 1T Is
understood. Her daughter, who re-
sides in Harmony has been critically
i'll but she is now somewhat i'm
proved. The family came to Athens
from Canada several years ago.
Another fatal case is that Of Mrs
Richardson, who with her husband
was living in a small camp near
Benefits Camp in Athens. where
Mr.. Richardson was employed. She
died Wednesday.
Miss Lena Hinton, aged Is years.
junior at Somerset Academy at
Athens, has also died with the same
disease at her home near the Hart
land-Athens town line in the vicin-
ity of Corson's Corner. Miss Hinton
was excee 'ingly popular in the school
life of the town having attended the
eth and Sth grades with the class Of
which she was member in the
time of her demise. She was a MEM
Der of the Academy orchestra, hav-
ing been it's clarinet player. Puen-
monia is understood to have followed
the influenza. The funeral services
were held Thursday at the home, the
students and teachers sending flow
erS.
Ralph O'Iiara, station agent at
Deadwater and formerly a resident
Of Athens and Bingham, has passed
away with the disease. his step-son
having been buried at Bingham on
Saturday last Mr. O'Hara's widow
was formerly Mrs. Alice (Ward
Walker of Athens and Hartland. The
conditions in Bingham generally are
much better with no new cases re-
ported and similar reports are given
out from Scion and North Arson.
A death from the disease occurred
in Madison near the Blackwell sta
ton Thursday, the olderst son of Mr..
and Mrs. Cole Richards passing
away. Five of this family were sick
in bed at one time, including the
father. He is improving and was
able to be up Thursday.
At Canaan so far there have been
no influenza cases except one and
that was Eugene Fowler, who was
brought home sick from PittSfield.
At New Portland conditions are be-
lieved to be much better but at Nor
ridgewock there are thought to be
several cases still. In Skowhegan
new cases appear to be very infre-
quent although there is still consid-
cradle sickness. There was one death
Wednesday and Mrs. Ila Richardson
| Cavenaugh, one of the nurses at the
/ hospital. remains very low. Miss
t>yena Blaisdell. the other. nurse,
seems to be doing well.
A large number Of friends and rela-
| tives gathered in Skowhegar Thurs
day forenoon to bid farewell to an
other contingent Of drafted men leav-
ing for Fort Williams on the 11.45
train. The men Wee given L. S. n.
! arm-eta at the Red Cross rooms.
Abou. 8 o'clock the men gathered in
Gard Army hall, where they were
| entertained by songs, with Thomas
N III. <1o nc
| by Fr j. L. A. Renaud Of ST. Mary's
church. They marched to the train
without the band escort and there
were no other preliminaries. The fol-
lowin: men departed with Neil Har
low as leader: Arthur Roderick, Bos
to- homer DRAKE. Astubula. Ohio:
Thomas Vantoru, Madison; Annie j.
perrault. Skowhegan; Alex Rain
frette. Skowhegan; Ivan c. Small,
Pittsf.c!d; Alcie Jos. Cloutier, Madi-
son; Ernest Bolduc, Waterville; Ar
thur McCullum, Lowell, Mass; Mel
son d. Atwood, st. Adams: John Ev-
erett Luce, Fairfield: Bernard Frost
Nichols, Jackman: Willis Cherette,
Moscow: Peter Socie, Jr., Madison:
David Leamon Clark, Pittsfield; Neil
james; Harlow, Oakland, r. F. d. "a;
Verne l.rthur Merrill, St. Adams: AL
phee Laigle, Madison: Franklin Gu
key, Wlnslow; Edward A. Pelley,
Pittsfield; Alex Sochia, Madison:
'Vilfred Peppen. Jackman; Clarence
l.. Mingo, Fairfield, r. +. d.: Harry
Porter Brann, Pittsfield; Alva Mer-
ton Stafford, Jr., Dexter; Geo. NORM,
Jackinan; Ray John Lincoln, Flag
staff. Thos. Doyon, Jackman Station:
Floyd Alonzo Adams. Bingham;
Thos. Berube, lockwood: Percy War
rem Bragg, st. Adams; Willmint Run
nails L'oyle, Bingham; Albert Cham
pine, !ackman Station Walter Earl
Farrand, Norridgewock; Virgil /.
Campbell, Harmony; Hubert Adams
Emery, Fairfield: Frank B. Crummett.
Fairfield: Horace Watson. Starks;
Francis J. Theriault. Scion; Amos J.
Aubertin, Manchester, N. II. Arthur
3. Curtis of Scion, who was called,
has died and three men were too sick
to leave, Jos. Essiff of Arson, Cleber
Corson of Scion and AttiIis De Sen
It's.
Miss Georgia Hayden. who has been
passing the summer with her broth
err, Lawrence Hayden, returned to
Portland Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Spaulding re-
Gently became the parents Of little
daughter.
Attoyney T., T., Walton uas huu;