Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-10-14

ernoon at the home of Miss Hannah
r. Page, the president.
Webb Keyes Is suffering from the
effects Of a badly steamed hand. Mr..
Reyes, who IL q local restaurant
keeper. served q coon supper Satur.
day night to party. While cooking
these flesh danties Mr.. Keyes lifted
the cover of the dish in which the
parboiling process was in order and
such an avalanche of steam poured
forth that the back of the hand was
literally cooked.
Miss Alice Danforth. delegate
from Priscilla Rebekah Lodge of
this place to the Rebekah Assembly
in Portland. departed Monday on
the MIDI day train. Other Skowhe-
gan .ladies who will attend this i'm
portant convention are Mrs. w. A.
Bailey. Mrs. Frank Thompson and
Mrs. Hugh Hurley.
BY virtue of the dedication at the
Catholic Cathedral in Portland a
general holiday was granted Tuesday
for all Catholic schools Of the do
cese. This will occasion no school
sessions at the School of Our Lady
of Lourdes here.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Smiley Of Seat
tie. Wash. who have been guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Emery. started
Monday on their return trip by the
way of the South. Mr.. Smiley is ex-
tensively engaged in the salmon
canning industry and has been for
40 years. His Office is in Seattle.
Wash, but his factory is in Alaska.
He is a native Of Winslow, but the
family moved to Bloomfield, now
Skowhegan. when he was very young
and his youth was passed on what
was afterwards known as the James
Lord place. The family later moved
to Fairfield and then to Vassalboro.
Mr.. Smiley leaving that place for the
West. Mrs. Smiley was formerly
Miss Eva Black of Fairfield.
: A Forty Hours Devotion will be
observed at the Catholic church be-
ginning next Sunday at the 1890
mass with special ceremonies.
! Rev. Herbert L. Nichols. pastor OF
the Centenary Methodist church.
} preached Sunday afternoon at the
East Ridge church in Cornville. He
will preach there in two weeks from
that time.
The Canaan Grange Fair Awards
The following awards were made
at the annual fair of Canaan Grange:
Horse pulling-1st class, horses
over $500 lbs. 1st premium OF $40
given to Harry Austins; End premi-
um of IS given to David Austins.
Pulling by oxen-1st premium OF
IS on oxen given to Alton Good
ridge; End premium of SO on oxen
I given to Grey Mason.
Wheel barrow race, SO. Harry Jew
ell 1st. There was a potato race
and a so yd. dash.
Farm produce-Field corn. Guy
Kimball, 1st; NJ. F. Thing. End. Pota-
toes, Henry Manson, 1st. Hubbard
squash. o. A. Moody. LIST. Pump
kins, d. Nj. Foster, 1st: John Mason,
End. Monmouth pumpkin, Guy
Kimball, LIST. Tomatoes, Henry Man
son, 1st. Onions, T. ]. Moody. LIST.
Cucumbers, Arnold Clifford. LIST;
Henry Manson. End. Beets Henry
Manson, LIST. Apples. Edgar F. Mari,
1at; George Ames. End; Guk KIM
ball, 3rd. Grapes. Edgar Mari, lst.
Canned goods-Mrs. Nellie SAILS
bury list on the following: Berries.
corn, beans, squash. peas, jellies.
Sunflower head-Marjorie Hall,
list. e...
White rabbits--Fred Rolfe, LIST.
Fancy observation-disclosures hand
oI~ Nrc
tina Withee. LIST: souvenir OF france
embroidered silk handkerchief, Mrs.
Edith Tibbetts, list: embroidered Pill
low slips. Mrs. Martha Davis. list;
Miss Sadie Mason. End. Night robe,
Miss Sadie Mason. LIST. Embroidered
aprons, Miss Doris Foster. LIST. Lin
en- table runner with crocheted Dor
der. Mrs. Lettie Foster. 1st Linen
table runners.' embroidered in col
ors. Mrs. Amos p. Nelson. LIST. Linen
table runner. white, embroidered
Miss Sadie Mason, LIST. Piano scarf,
Mrs. Lettie Foster, list. Embrolder-
ed center pieces, Miss Lucie Burrlll'
list. Crocheted center piece. Miss
Nellie Tibbetts, LIST. Embroidered
center piece, Miss Sadie Mason. LIST.
Towels made from linen over Ia
years old. They were made and EN-
: broidered by Mrs. Sarah Drew in
her SOth year, from cloth spun and
woven by her grandmother. En-
broidered and crocheted center
piece, Mrs. Carey Thing. list; Miss
Sadie Mason, End. Crocheted corset
cover yokes, Encie Tibbetts. LIST.
crocheted yoke, Miss Sadie Mason
lst: Mrs. Bertha Withee. End. En-
broidered lunch set. Mrs. Mabel Bur-
; rill, list. Linen tablecloth with tat
ted border, Mrs. Mabel Burrill. 1st;
Table doilies embroidered in colors.
Mrs. Mabel Burrill. list. Linen and
, tatting platter doilie. Mrs. Mabel
Burrill, list. Flag sofa pillow. Mrs.
Mabel Decker, LIST. Sofa pillow. Mrs.
Edith Tibbetts, list; Mrs. Fay Bur
rill, End. Crocheted sofa pillow, Mrs.
Henry Manson, LIST. Cap and jacket,
Miss Verna Davis. list. Camisoles.
Mrs. Bertha Withee, list: Mrs. j. F.
Kane, End. Crocheted night robeb
yoke with sleeves. Mrs. ]. F. Kane.
lst Pink crocheted yoke. Mrs. Fay
Burrill, LIST. crocheted collar. Mrs.
| Isaac Bean. Bureau scarf. Mrs. Ma
bel Decker, list; "a tatted mediums.
: Mrs. Mabel Burrill, 1st. Tatting GEN.
ter piece, Miss Nellie Tibbetts, list.
I. Biscuit quilt. Mrs. Cordelia Reed. g
years old, 1st. Silk quilt, Miss Lucie
Burrill, 1st Uplined quilt most pieces.
Mrs. Eva Nelson, list; Mrs Frances