The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-07-21
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Farmers are busy haying There
will be less than half the usual crop
in this VICINITY owing TO lack of rain.
The meetings of the Congregational
church circle have been discontinued
until September.
Mr.. and Mrs John Hardy have had
visitors the past week.
The Sunshine Society held its last
meeting at the home of Mrs. Lucinda
Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave Witham and
Sir and Mrs claude Witham OF Cara
'. were IL bingham last Saturday
D. IA Mrs. Frederic Beane have
ing siatiyes in town.
H!teHe f Kingfield has been
IN, Eis daughter, Mrs. Erwin
~ ne.
Tine pendent Reporter ID for
sale ut f. II. Caswell's.
Margaret Reynolds is at home for
q vacation from New Hampshire. She
is taking course to prepare herself
TO be trained nurse.
Mrs Ned Moore recently entertained
her brother James Vanderpool and
Mrs. Hulett of Lewiston.
Mrs Margaret O'Brien and family
recently spent week IN Quebec, max
ing the trip by auto.
Nj and Mrs. A A. Moore have a
new Ford automobile. With their son
Ned and his wife and Mrs. Alice
Goodrich they attended Lakewood
theatre last Friday.
There were % or more persons from
Bingham at Lakewood on Friday eve
ming.
Merton T. Goodrich was the guest
of his parents Mr.. and Mrs. w. b.
Goodrich last Saturday and Sunday,
He is school superintendent in Ken
nebunk and Kennebunkport and at
tended the Superintendent Copven-
ton held in Castine last week
We have Just added very complete
stock of sewing machine needles,
shuttles and bobbins for all makes OF
machines Let us know by mall what
you are in need of E. w. Moore,
Bingham.
Mrs. Abbie M Guild has presented
25 books to Bingham Library. The
most of them are books OF fiction by
good authors. Such gifts are a great
help to the library and are highly
appreciated.
Cedar wanted for posts, poles and
ties. Don NJ Towne, Madison, 4w27
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Coleman and
family spent Sunday at Lakewood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Lander passed
through town Monday on their way
IN THAR bOno in Maiden
Mrs. Beatrice WATSON with her
grand niece Beatrice Sawyer and An
ma Savage spent the day at Lakewood
recently. The girls enjoyed the bath
ing, and other sports provided at this
popular resort.
Mrs. Ed Small and Mr.. j. r. Palm
err who have been sick are both i'm
proving.
Daniel Holt has been i'll for num-
Der of weeks.
Paul Guild has new Dodge road
ster
Live Poultry Wanted-Harry Cohen,
Skowhegan tf29
Stanley Stoddard of Worcester and
his lady friend Miss Lillian Crossman
of Boston are guests of w. w. Stod-
dard and family.
Mrs. Mary Redmond, whose age Is
II Is not lacking In courage in an
emergency She lives alone near the
end of the Bingham and Concord
bridge. One night last week she heard
a noise in her henyard and upon in
vestigation found large hawk, which
had just killed one Of her chickens
Without hesitation Mrs. Redmond
seized the bird with her bare hands.
During the struggle that followed her
hands and arms were torn, but she
did not let go and finally killed 1t
with a glass bottle which she was
able to lay hold of during the fight.
The hawk measured so inches from
tip to tip of its wings Not very long
ago Mrs. Redmond killed raccoon
that was after her poultry.
Beresford Watson of Boston Is WIS.,
iting his great uncle F. 8. Gipson.
Omar Sawyer and family spent Sun
day with his parents in Medford.