The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-01-16

Mrs. John S. Murray of Pine street
left Saturday for Boston for a few
weeks visit with relatives and
friends.
Captain J. Howard Wyman NJ. c.
is stationed at T. S. Army General
Hospital No. /, Bronx, n. Y in charge
Of influenza cases.
Mrs. Stanley Chalmers of Fairfield
/ is visiting her son Earl Green and
i family of East Front street and other
relatives for few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs Basil Hodgdon of Win
slow left January for Maricopa, Cal,
where they will make their home.
Mr Hodgdon was a resident of this
town at one time.
Howard Steward, who has been
working for Kinney & Witham in their
meat market for the past few months
has resumed his duties at the Show
hogan Marble Works.
Mrs Marion Robinson. wife OF
! Charles Robinson of Winslow, has
been moved from the Somerset Hos
pital to the home of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Cole of Mechanic
! street At present she is getting
along nicely
Sales just completed by the Roder-
ick farm agency of Skowhegan are the
Exchange hotel in Pennington to Car
ret & Luce of Livermore Falls; the
Guy Smith farm of Pennington to C.
! Wyman & d. House of Springfield,
Mass; and the Fred l.. Perry farm in
! Norridgewock to Mrs. John Haines of
| Strong. All to take possession at
once.
George II. Weston made trade
with Joseph Turcotte last week TO cut
and haul timber from which lumber
is to be sawn for a set of buildings
at his farm on the River Road. Mr..
Weston expects to pat up substan-
tial house and set of barns there the
coming summer. This timber is to
be cut on Mr.. Austin's own home
farm about four miles from Skowhe-
han. It will be hauled up the Middle
Road to James Brooks saw mill.
DR.. and Mrs. Carl II. Hutchinson.
who have been making their home
with Mr. and Mrs. Abel Thompson of
! Mechanic street, for several months,
moved this week to Madison avenue,
to the house formerly occupied by
Sheriff and Mrs. John A. Mooers. DR..
and Mrs. Hutchinson came here to
reside in August 1917. Their pre-
vious home was in Augusta. Since
coming here DR.. Hutchinson has TAX
en- up the dental practice of Milburn
Fowler in the Dodge Block
The following new books have been
recently added to the Skowhegan
Public Library: A Short History of
France, Duclaux; Jungle Peace,
Bube A Writer'S Recollections
Ward Our Indian and Animal Trails
! Thompson; The Sacred Beetle, Fabre
Conner House Girls, Hill; The Day of
Beetle. Holman; Peggy Owen at York
town. Madison, Lands End. Steele /;
Daughter of Jehu, Richards; Bust
ness English and Correspondence,
Davis.
Private Paul Lessor, who recently
arrived here from France, relates
some interesting happenings while in
the military service He states that
while at the front, he was engaged
on several occasions as caterer, also
guard at times for the trucks which
transported the food to the soldiers
and was now and then occupied at en-
cheering. He tells of there being
several hundred German prisoners
stationed near his camp. He spoke
of working with them They told of
being pleased to be in France with
the American soldiers. On Decem-
Der S, he was among the three thous-
and soldiers to embark for U. S. A.
On December Is, at $3.50 in the morn
ing, a heavy storm came up and the
ship was nearly overturned. The
waves seemed to our Skowhegan boy
to be 60 feet or more high. They
washed over the vessel repeatedly and
she sprang leak to such an extent
as to cause the utmost anxiety to
those on board. Many of the SOL
diers, who were i'll, were thrown from
their beds. About nine died as a
result of the storm, which continued
for several hours. On December 90
the troops landed at Newport News,
Va, where they were mustered out.
When Mr.. Lessor left Skowhegan he
could speak no English. He had ex-
cellent command for the French Ian
! guage. however, Of which he made
good use, both for himself and his
companions when they landed in