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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-11-07
Napoleon Il. Gould

The earthly remains of Mr. n. p.
Gould, a former resident Of New Port
land were brought for interment at
East New Portland, Oct 90. Mr.
Gould died at Belgrade where he had
been staying with his sister Mrs e.
W Rogers
The deceased was born on New
Portland Hill. 81 years ago He was
the son OF Mr. and Mrs Elbridge
Gould With the exception OF two
years spent in the West he lived
mostly in New Portland Mr.. Gould
was twice married. His second wife
was Miss Willett from Aroostook
county. Several children resulted
from this union: Margaret, who
died at the age OF two years; Lois.
who survives and two sons who are
in overseas service; Garrett and Ed
ward The latter served on the
Mexican border and has won distinc-
ton in the present war for display
ing courage and calmness upon nu-
merous occasions and especially for
the rescue OF a badly wounded SOL
der while under heavy bombardment
Besides his sister the deceased is sur
vived by many more distant relatives
OF whom the following were present
nj tho ntbar Dl,ipf
Mr.. j l.. Quint, Mr. and Mrs Jones.
Mrs Edna Norton and Mr. F. W Rog
ers. A short service was held at the
cemetery. Mr. Gould came OF an
old and good family. He had travel
ed much was Well-informed and pos
sessed many good qualities
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Obituary of IYon j. Watson

The remains of lyon } Watson
arrived here last Tuesday noon from
Daytona, Fla. where he passed away
last Thursday, after an illness of
about one week with influenza He
| left Winthrop about two weeks ago
for Florida and became employed for
C. w. Bingham. an undertaken. Mr.
Watson worked only four days when
he was stricken with the disease above
mentioned. He was about thirty
years of age and was born in Mer-
GER, the son of Mr. and Mrs Alfred
Watson, who recently purchased the
Charles Russell place in Norridge-
wock and when twenty-one years of
age, departed for Boston. where he
entered the Dodges Embalming
School A few years later, he was
employed in Lincoln, Mass, for an
| undertaking firm, then he went into
! business for himself at Winthrop.
While he was engaged in this enter
prise, he also established printing
! office. AT the time of the organiza-
ton of the Junior Volunteers, Mr..
Watson was elected captain, which po-
sition he held until the clubs were
disbanded, when he left here for
| Florida.
The funeral services were held yes
terday afternoon from the home of
his parents Interment was in the
family lot at East Mercer. Mr.
Watson is survived by his father and
mother previously mentioned two
sisters, Mrs. Fred Weston OF Skowhe-
gan and one who resides in South
Carolina; also two brothers, Wesley
Watson of this place and Carroll Wat
son. who resides on the Norridgewock
/ road.
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Both telephones

WHEREAS Emore l. Tracy by his
mortgage deed dated the second day of
February A. D. 1912 and recorded in
the Somerset Registry of Deeds Book
305. Page 81, conveyed TO me, the un-
dersigned, u certain parcel OF real es-
tate situate in St Adams in the County
of Somerset and State OF Maine
bounded as follows Beginning on
the northeast corner OF Lot No. Il
Range 4. in said town OF St. Adams
thence west on the north line thereof
fiftytwo rods to a stake and stones.
thence south parallel with the east
line Of said lot about two hundred
and fifty rods to land OF Hiram Halves.
thence east on said Hawess to said
east line. thence north to the place OF
beginning. containing eighty acres
more or less
Also another parcel OF real estate in
said town OF St. Adams and being the
north half Of the Edwin Cook Lot. so
called. as divided by the line run by
S. Lothrop. Also another parcel OF
real estate in said St Adams and
bounded on the east by the first men
toned parcel Of real estate above de-
serihed: on the south by land of T. 2
Emery being twenty-five rods north
and south by sixty rods east and
west. and whereas the condition OF
said mortgage has been broken.
Now. therefore by reason of the
breach Of the condition thereof I
claim foreclosure Of said mortgage
October a. A. Z. 1918.
3w43 ORIN A. PARKMAN.
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to enter the grammar grade which
she did at the school on Baptist Hill.
From this time on, she made her home
with her aunt, Mrs Charles A. Mars
ton on Baptist Hill until her gradu-
alton with the class of 1911. The fall
following her graduation, she entered
Gray's Business College at Portland,
and Immediately upon completing the
course entered the employ of the Cum
berland Light & Power Company, be-
coming stenographer to Mr.. Berry the
treasurer of that corporation. She
held this position for five years, leav-
ing last February to accept a situa-
ton in the War Savings Office in Port
land. She was thus employed at the
time she received her appointment to
go to France for service with the Red
Cross. She left Portland September
Is for New York, thence to sail for
duty overseas.
In August 1913 her father Joseph
L. Steward accepted position with
the Henry g. Boyer Stock Farm at
Scarboro, near Portland, the best
known Holstein Breeding establish
ment in Maine. and producing milk of
the certified grade. At that time,
nearly 300 head OF registered animals
were kept. The Steward family oc-
cupied small cottage near the dairy
plant.
Joseph l.. Steward was born in
Adelong, New South Wales, and came
to America when he was nine years
old. He married Miss Elsie Boyd of
Peele n. B. His brothers are Nahum
S. born in Tumbarumba, New Yea
land and Benjamin T, native of
SkoWhegan A sister, Sarah (now
Mrs Sarah Marston, widow Of Charles
A. was born at Beech worth, Aus
tralia. Their parents were Philand-
er c. and Phebe Gouden) Steward,
who were married in WoOlshed, Vic
toria. New South Wales The moth
er, Phebe Louden) Steward was the
daughter OF shipbullder, and was
born in Newcastle, Durham Co, Eng
land. The father. Phlander c., a
native OF Skowhegan, was the son Of
Asa and Sally parker Steward.
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lard of Appreciation

In our two recent bereayements
We have received great sympathy and
many acts OF kindness We appre-
ciate these more sincerely than We
can express. We wish. however. to
convey a double measure OF our graf
itude to DR.. l. A. Dascombe for his
untiring efforts 10 assist; TO Or o
II Tracy for his kindly ministering
to Lawrence Cockhurn for his
thoughtful assistance and to all other~
who remembered us either in word
or deed, and to those sending flowers
Mr. and Mrs NJ A Cavanaueh
Winfield W CavanauFh
SkowheRan Me. Nov T. 1919
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Mrs. Bessie Chandler Kilgore

Mrs. Bessie W Chandler Kilgore,
who passed away at her home in Nor
ridgewock, October &c. of pneumonia,
was the daughter of Thomas and
Olive (Tripp) Chandler She was
born May Il. 1885 in South Solon and
the youngest of eight children, and
while there she attended the Som
erset Academy for a few days. Later
she was located in Saltwater, then
moving to Brighton. where she taught
school for several terms. few
years afterward she moved to Nor
ridgewock July Il, 1873, she was
married to Frank J. kilgore of that
place. They have made their home
in Norridgewock for the past fifty
years Since Feb 16, 1875, Mrs, Kill
gore had been a constant attendant OF
the Advent church in Norridgewock
She leaves to mourn her death, her
husband above mentioned, several
nieces and nephews
Last winter Mrs Kilgore knit &c
pair of stockings, 25 sweaters, s pair
of wristlets, 45 squares for a quilt
for the Red Cross besides caring for
her homework and making butter.
For good many years, she has been
known to send clothes for the child
rem at various charity homes and also
to Belgium.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-11-07
Reads EYerybody'S Column

Our faith in the efficiency Of Every
body's Column is unbounded, 1t Will
sell, let us tell it, sleighs and hand
sleds in May or Concord wagons in
December and January. We would
admit the adyisability Of advertising
the runners in the fall and the wheels
in the spring. but if the owner of
either makes his desire to sell known
through Everybody's column. he will
find a customer, no matter how care
lessly he selects the season for his
advertising.
Ninety per cent Of the readers of
The Observation-Disclosures live in
Somerset county; the rest are scatter
ed through the United States and in
small numbers to the very ends OF
the earth. Ordinarily, however, we
do not look for patronage for our
Everybodys column advertisers
much outside of the kennebec Valley
When these little ads produce results
100, 200 or 500 miles away, we like to
have people know about it. The fol
lowing letter brings to light an in
stance OF this kind
Independent Reporter Co,
Skowhegan. Me
Gentlemen:
After studying the North Arson
column of your valued Independent
Reporter. | always search through the
Everybody's advertisements. and on
one or two occasions have advantaged
by so doing, The reason | am now
writing to you relates to an item in
that column, to wit: Three feather
beds for sale at Bragg & Varney's"
Won't you please visit this firm and
ascertain the price of the best one?
1t has been years since I visited your
town and | cannot at the present mo-
ment recall an acquaintance whom |
would like to ask to do this errand.
am sometimes UP here in the win
ter, and a good feather bed would
add greatly to my comfort when the
temperature fingers around zero.
Thanking you in advance, am
Very sincerely yours.
BEN FOSTER,
West Cornwall, Conn
The writer of the above note is
famous son of North Arson He is
an artist whose canvases have sold
for striking figures and have been
seen and admired in the great art gal
leries and exhibitions OF Europe. 1t
is interesting to recall that North
Arson has produced at least two men
of this class The other two being
Charles Foster, also landscape and
figure painter and elder brother OF
the foregoing, and Franklin Sim
mons. Ga cousin Of the late Judge Au
gustine Simmons) the sculptor who
lived for so many years in Rome and
became famous in his chosen work
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Gard of Thanks

We are very anxious to acknow-
ledge the many courtesies received
during our recent bereavement, and
to thank our neighbors and friends
for them. While everyone was
thoughtful, we wish especially to
mention Mrs Ellen Smith and
to thank Mr. Lang and Miss Coburn
for aid and for the use OF their au-
tomobiles at the funeral
Mrs. Grace Tolman
Miss Jessie McGregOr
Miss Margaret NcGregOr
Skowhegan, Ne. Nov 7, 1918"
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A Double Wedding

A double wedding was solemnized
at the Methodist parsonage last Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock, with Henry
Clay Turner officiating. The double
ring ceremony was used The CON
tracing parties were Omar Dwight
Hurd and Marguerite Frances Barley,
Leon Ray Noble and Vida May Tay-
lor, all of Madison. All have been
schoolmates and intimate friends and
decided that they would get married
at the same time and at the same
place, After a short wedding trip,
the couples will reside in Madison.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-11-07
War Workers Will Confer Tomorrow
Evening

The County Committees which are
shaping the United War Work Cam
paign are to confer at Skowhegan,
Friday evening. the occasion being a
banquet at Masonic Hall at $50. The
object is to get In the reports as to
the work from all parts OF the county
and to lay plans for the activities OF
the next few days All members OF
the county organization. local com
mittees and active workers are invited
to be present
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{ ard Of Thanks

We wish Ia thank our kind neigh
bors and friends who so kindly assist
ed us in our late bereavement. Is
pecially Mrs u $ Witham Mr.
Marian Young and AlvaDo Felkcr for
their constant help Thanking the
l. o. O. r, Modern Woodmen and the
Alumni for their beautiful pillows ].
class OF 1915: class Of 1919 and friends
for the beautiful flowers
Mr. and Mrs Fred Curtis
Scion. Me. Nov :. 1918.
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SkOWHEGAN WATER COMPANY
NOTICE

The following firms have been Il
censed to work on the services con-
nected with the mains of this Com
pany,
Charles a Ross
Nash Niles
Fred a Wood
Steward q Marston
All changes To be made only on writ
ten permission Of the Water Company
signed by the Manager or Treasurer
The above restrictions have been
made necessary owing to the many
unauthorized connections which have
been made and never reported to the
Company.
SKOWHEGAN WATER COMPANY
3w45 A b. Lamb. Treasurer
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Two Tons of Tobacco For Sale

| am Offering 100 quarts pure Italian
Olive Oil, two tons of tobacco, all
kinds, 100 dozen peaches, pears and
other canned goods, 10000 cigars,
100000 cigarettes, one ton SOAP and
washing powder. Very low prices.
GUY DEBE,
Madison Ave. Fruit Store
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Card OF Thanks

We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to our neighbors and friends
for their kindness to us during the
sickness and death OF our son and
brother and to the employees of the
North Arson Manufacturing Com
pany. We feel deep gratitude.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlow c Stetson
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert c. Reynolds
Mr.. and Mrs Paul p Conroy
Miss Ethel l. Stetson
North Arson, Me Nov I. 1879
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Good Things 10 Eat at The HetropOli.
tan Cafe

We have the following good things
to eat at the Metropolitan cafe: Ber-
wick Pound Cake, Brown Bread Oys-
ters, Butter, Eggs, Cream, Cheese,
Doughnuts, Turnovers. Apple Pie,
Roast Chicken, Roast Lamb and Pork,
Parker House Rolls and Panama Bis
cults and all kinds OF fancy canned
goods. Ice cream is served at all
times
Proprietor
GEORGE f. THOMPSON.
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Ten per cent discount sale on at
Stewards.
Ny residence for sale. See Every
body's adj ]. H. Murray.
Social dance. Town Hall, Norridge-
wock, every Saturday night, com
mencing Nov 9th 1918. at $50 sharp.
Music by Jones orchestra, Refresh
nents on sale Everybody come
and have good time
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Appreciation

wish 10 thank the public very
heartily for their loyal support Of my
new enterprise. The Metropolitan Cafe
and especially for their liberal attend
ance and patronage on my opening
day Doors always open Visitors
welcome
GEO e THOMPSON
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Card of Thanks

We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their kindness to us
during our recent bereavement; also
for the many beautiful FLORAL offer
ings.
A. II. Fowler and family
Canaan, Ne, October 81. 1918
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Card of Thanks

We wish to thank all of our friends
and neighbors who were so kind and
generous to us at the death OF our
little daughter and sister Bernadette.
Mrs. Elmina Lacroix
Miss Marieange Lacroix
Miss Irene Lacroix
SkOwhegan. Me, Nov s, 1912
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Earl Hamm Good Will boy who
is now in France, is reported as
wounded in action, but now on the
road to recovery The wounds are
about the head
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Pomona Postponed

The meeting OF Somerset Pomona
which was to have been held at North
Arson next Tuesday, has been post
poned to Tuesday, December 10
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Keep ysur subscription paid mp.
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GEO E THOMPSON
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
MANY WOMEN ATTEND
CANNING CLUB DEM
ONSTRATIONS IN CITY

Forty women attended the can
ming demonstration given by Mrs
Minnie B. Church, county demon
station agent, and her assistant
Miss Leona Abercrombie yesterday
afternoon at the county courthouse
There were twenty-nine quarts oi
beans and one quart of beets can
ned. This is the second in a Sc
ries of demonstrations conducted
by Mrs. Church. The first one
bread making and baking, was held
last week.
Mrs. Church and Miss Abercrom-
bic will go to Guthrie tomorrow 10
attend meeting of the home dem
onstration agents OF the entire state.
Instructors from Washington will
be in attendance to deliver lee
lures and give demonstration OF
new methods OF food conservation.
Upon their return, Mrs. Church and
Miss Abercrombie will Immediately
organize classes throughout the city
i'll an effort to reach every woman
in Ardmore in this work.
Read it in the Ardmoreite first.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
CARTER COUNTY TO
! HAVE RURAL MAIL DE-
LIVERY AT EARLY DATE

The efforts OF the farmers living
northeast OF Ardmore TO secure the
establishment Of a rural free deliv-
ery mail route for that section IS TO
be crowned with success.
The petition of more than 3Oo
names which went into the poStof-
hce department has resulted IN the
referring OF the proposition to The
postmaster at Ardmore, c. l.. Byrne'
who has carefully Investigated the
route suggested and will approve It
sithout delay.
Che greatest factor in the seeur-
ing OF this first route has been the
Improvement of the roads in Com
missioner Toung's district and IT IS
probable that after the other road
work in the county is completed that
other routes may be secured.
! This is a great step forward in
Carter County. as almost all other
counties at all populous have from
one up to 32 routes in operation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
Nine Couples Out of Ten
Furnish Their Homes on Credit

Credit is so universally used, so
necessary to modern business, and
such an aid to everyone in purchas-
ing the needed things for the home,
that there is no reason for anyone
denying himself the needed furni-.
ture that makes home the best place
on earth. We have helped hun
dreds use their credit to the best
advantage and we can help you.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
MANY MINOR CASES
HEARD IN POLICE
COURT THIS MORNING

D.. Mayor Roberts is still confined ,c
his home by illness and there has
been no session of police court since
Saturday morning until this fore
noon when Commissioner Fraley
held court. There were, all told, u
cases on the docket. Rex P-ovine
and Ernest Enloe, charged wi;h
speeding, and j. V. Baker running
car with the mutfler open, did not
appear and their bonds were for
feited and alias warrants issued.
CLYDE McCarty, muffier; !. w. Blev-
ins, parking car next to fire plug :;
W. G.. Gill, parking a car on t1e
wrong side of the street, and W. H..
Poulter, muffler. were each hned
$3.50. Robert Lewis, country
youth who had a good time speed
ing over the asphalt Sunday, was let
off with a fine OF s..
]. A. Penny, charged with being a
vagrant and dope hendS. was
transferred to the county. His wife
has been in the county Jail several
days on a like charge.
Pink Combs. a 20O-pound negro,
told the court he was sitting IN
front OF his place OF business when
two white men came along and one
OF them drew gun on him and
made him drink whisky. He plead
ed guilty to being drunk and was
fined $50. /. II. McKbben was
fined 50 for disturbing the peace.
Fletcher Davis had been arrested
charged with being vagrant and
Hdope hend.' He was not in court
and the officers said he took to the
tall timber. Sheriff Garrett said the
man was so badly frightened that
he did not think this county would
be bothered with him any further.
Hugh Killian entered a pleas OF
guilty to having possession OF
@choc' beer and was fined SIS.
King Lindsay, charged with dis
turbing the peace, forfeited his bond
and an alias warrant was issued tor
his arrest.
Fred McKibben was fined $50 for
speeding.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04

the store and recovered the beling.
The Jew tried TO search Evans
pockets and get back his money.
Evans tried to strike him and the
sheriff held him. While the sheriff
was holding Evans, Fishman struck
him in the face and ran behind the
counter. Holding the prisoner with
one hand, the sheriff reached over
the counter with the other and
dragged Fishman out. Fishman in
his kicking and struggling broke one
OF his show cases. Fishman was
charged in police court this morn
ing with an assault on Evans and
with receiving stolen property. He
was fined $40 in the first case, and
the other was transferred to the
county. He had purchased new
leather betting valued at $l7.50 for
81.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
| |G HTS OUT is
NEW YORK ORDER

New York, June 4.-The police
department today issued an order
that all display lights in New York
/ City at night are forbidden until
further notice.
No reason was given for the or
der, but the presumption is that be-
cause the presence OF enemy subma-
rines in American waters the au-
thorities are taking precautions
against the possibility OF air raids
launched from U-boats. The order
does rot apply to ordinary street
lights, it was explained.
Both the police and fire depart
ments, it is known. have made prep
arations for an air raid. The poli:e
department has organized emergen-
cy relief units of policemen, voun-
teer physicians and nurses.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
MANY DEGREES TO
Be AWARDED At
STATE UNIVERSITY
GRAND TOTAL OF 213 d.
PLOMAS FOR 1ol8-MED-
AIS AWARDED.

4 total of lS7 degrees will be
awarded today at the State Univer-
sity at Norman, and 20 additional
degrees will be granted at the close
OF the summer school, making a
grand total of 2l3 degrees to be
awarded this year.
The annual commencement ad
dress was delivered this morning by
DR.. w. O. Thompson, president Of
the Ohio State University. The
first event OF the exercises was the
commencement recital of the grad
uating pupils OF the school of fine
arts. The recital was given June |,
and on Sunday, June 2, the bacca-
laureate sermon was preached by
she Rev. |. Frank Roach OF Okla
Aoma City.
Monday, June g. an exhibition OF
drawings and paintings and war
posters was made. The feature of
this exhibit was collection of pho
tographs by pictorial photographers
OF America. According to O. B.
Jacobson, associate professor OF art,
Oklahoma will be the only univer-
sity in the United States that had
this exhibit.
Monday reception was held by
President and Mrs. Brooks to SEN
iors, their parents. faculty, alumni
and friends. Luncheons and reun
ions of the various alumni classes
were held later in the afternoon.
The classes of 1898, 1908 1908, and
1913 held their special fiyeyear re-
unions at this time.
The commencement exercises
proper were held today. Following
a procession OF the state board OF
education, faculty, alumni and the
graduating class, DR.. w. O. Thomp-
son delivered the commencement
address. After the graduating ad-
dress degrees were conferred and
prizs and medals awarded.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
TELECRAPHERS TO STRIKE

Washington, June As. ]. Ko-
kencamp, president of the CONNER
cial Photographers Union, today an
nounced he would call strike of
telegraphers after he reached CHI
cago, whence he will go tomorrow
The strike call he said, will go out
by mail, which probably will take
three days for its delivery.