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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-07-06
OLD HOME DAY At
FLAGSTAFF
Sons and Daughters Re-
turn to be Reunited
Splendid Exercises and Sports with
Picnic Dinner We're Features
OF The Event

A genu lie Old Home Day celebra-
ton Was participated in by probably
fully 800 people in the little village
of Flagstaff last Monday. 1t was an
eycntful day for many former resid-
ents and the exercises were greatly
enjoyed as wei as the renewing of
Old acqua ntahccs and scenes of
childhood. The homes and public
buildings were especially decorated
for the occasion With nags and bunt-
ing an immense Welcome Home
banner being conap cuous in The dis
tance as the town was being ap-
preached. The Madison Boys Band
directed Ey Elmer e. Towne. gave a
splendid concert and the program OF
the day was carried out on the grounds
OF the old hotel property. This old
time hcs'elfy IS now closed to the
:ubl c but was in gala attire beGt-
ting the occasion. Prayer was oc-
cred by Rev. Mr.. Berry pastor of thl
Flagstaff and Strattan Churches and
and address wa8 delivered by Prof
Loveioy, former high school prin-
cipal. Various games and sports
were indulgcd in and picn c dinner
was served at neon, coffee being fur
nished by the townspeople. In the
afternoon a ball game was played be-
tween teams from Flagstaff and Ran
gelcy, the former winning the laurels
of the day and the program was clos
cd with a grand bali in tho ck kening
Spec al credit is due Miss Leah Viles
and Ralph Wing, descendants of two
of the leading families of that com
munity, for The splendid maturity OF
we'll laid plans, for which they were
ain ost entirely respon3 bic. Fully
fifty of the people present We're des.
eendants Of the Niles family Of Flag
staff.
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ter Perkins' horse took first money:
{. 4. Boone second and W. William
son, third. The best time made in
this race was 254ts. In the 40 class
the horse owned by K. T.bbctt5 Of
Ae@ Sharon won afst money; Allen
stanley second. and Seth Deyon Of
SkOwhegan, third The best time
made was 227i2. The free for all
was won by Hugh Hights ho-sc: \.
Moulton. second and ". l.. Ware Of
Skcwhcgan. faird. The best time
222i4 Three games of baseball were
pla. cd fa0 heing Ven by local teams
over 1519 people attended the races
IN the evening there wds fine dis
play OF lrewosKs enjoyed and the day
closed with a grand bali held n the
neW knights o. Pglhias Dance Hall.
over 100 ccuplfs beng in attendance
The following committee &re TO be
congratulated on the success of the
day: John Brown. president; vii
ar Soule. manager; Charles Gray
secretary: Frank Spaulding. trea3ur
er and these gentlemen were ably as
sisted by committees who did the
'lr4i 4 ~ -ileihI tilf 1til a AGu lNAtA4
day for Norridgewoek.
RACES DECLARED OFF AT
BINGHAM
Owing to The ba1 weather and con
iition OF he track the races at b ng
ham were declared of. Three ball
games were played. One of these be-
tween Bingham and Madison was
Won by Madison and the American
Legion Post OF bingham won the vic
tory over a &orth Anson team. In
| the afternoon + ugham and Madison
Town Teams played Il second time,
/ Madison again being the winner. The
/ bingham Cornet Band furnished mu-
and The program ended with
/ lance in the evening at HnnneWell
/ Hail.
! PITTSFIELD RACES POSTPONED
owing to thc bad weather and the
wet condition Of the grounds the 4th
Of July races at PajsGeld were post
! pored to Saturday. July S, with the
/ same entries and same music.
QUIET DAY AT MADISON
Fourth of July passed quietly n
/ Madison With the exception of the
usual night before festivities This s
one Of tarce days in the year when
all OF the Madison mills are closed.
Special show wtIe run II botn the
Past NE and Welfare moving picture
theatres Large numbers of citizens
russell tho day ii Lakewood and a
number 0I others attended the eele-
lr5tuns at bingham, Norridge~ock
and Augusta.
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Another Cleanup Meeting Tomorrow
Night

Another lean-up meeting Will be
held tomorrow, Friday evening at the
Municipal build ng. At the meeting
held last Friday evening with chair
man CLYDE IL. Smith presiding, Mrs.
Mabel ph llips Judkins acted as sec
cretary pro tenn in the absence OF MIS-
e. +. Danforth, the regular secre-
tary. Various matters for the mn
provement of the town were c0hsluer-
ed especially the street signs and the
matter of location OF new hlgh
school building 1t was suggested
that the lent policeman at the june
ture of North avenue and Water street
in Post Office Square be so situated
as to also signify the streets OF tnat
locality. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Marble
suggested as a favorable site for the
new school building the Marble, Ri
chards and Fa rbrother lots lhouse
occupied by Hiram Perkins) on
Spring street and T., I. Goodrich OF
the committee named to select suit
able location stated that the commit
tee had already considered somewhat
the lots ment oned by Mrs. Marble
nut tncy ndu dlSO Ih'i""N' Wv -
land and Creation properties on Mad
ison avenue, having the building lace
on the last metioned thoroughiare
Amog other matters considered was
the enforcement of laws with regard
to expectorating on the sidewalks
and that OF cleaning up the bog on
North avenue near Chestnut street,
Attorey Maurice p. Merrill to bea'
one-fourth of the latter expense. r.
r. Goodrich and W w. Creation were
appointed to look into the matter OF
parking grounds for tourists. Char
lev Turner reported that the clean
ing up of the m lis and manufacturing
plants was nearly completed j..
n. Murray reported that the hydrants
and fire alarm boxes had. been paint
ed and Clyde H. Smith stated that
the Farmers Cooperative Telephone
Company would paint their poles and
II was expected that the Maine Tel
a. Tel. Co. would do likewise. The
people of Skowhegan should make
extra effort to be present at these
meet ngs and each do their share in
improving local needs.
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WEATHER. RCOND|T|ONS MAR INDEPENDENCE
DAY CELEBRATIONS IN COUNTY
Crowds at Lakewood Successful Event at Nor
ridgewock--Fairfield Races Postponed to July 8

Cloudy ard threatening weather
preceded by heavy rain falls marred
the celebrations of Independence Day
in Somerset County TO a considerable
cXtent, but neyertheloss many Of the
planned for sports came Of SUCCESS
fully.
SkoWhegan had arranged no spec
ial celebration for the day but spec
al attractions were featured ut
Lakewood. The usual nigat before
celebrations began at fairly early
honr Monday afternoon End lasted
through until midnight -oung Amer
ic4 aBpareHtly doiug Aer be- to
typify her sp rit O. rs. Half hour
car service was in ORDER Tuesday be
tween here and Lakewood and taou-
sends Of people gathered n th.7 91p-
ular resort for dag in tho apcu
enjoying the Fairgrounds, fHr taau-
t * of the park and the pleasure OF
lpatng and bathing At the lake Thc
Lakewood Stock COMPANY PLAYED
Tile Sign en- the Door beth after
nooa and evening With splendid sue
cess to crowded houses. Fully one
'lo1S''iia peoiio ~ l'i,S'il "' ''l,Se
PERFORMANCES. 'li,.Se o''5',s' j. "
plsHe., Ill 'ne u'n''ns '"a III "3l M
ne altefh"oh ana II ti'e evening 'i'ei
me 'Aea''e 'e, y. name l.. ~. .ta''.
nan was c'o""Ci R"' '',e - 'tdiil' "
me &'od h'''ll VIZ I.1'i'' ." "l
''oou o5}'f WIS i'''o,, ''ea o.l 'He
GROUNDS, ana 'I'a -tIe9a'd le" RooAl
was 9asy place..
THE FOURTH AZ AofllDGEWOCk
NoYridccwocl's Fourth OF July eel
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GUY DEBE AND FAMILY
BACK TO ITALY
Boston Nan Takes Five Year Lease
Oi Fruit Store Business on
Madison Avenue

Guy Debe and family and Miss
Bragadera, Mrs Debe's sister, who
has been here for some time, left
Tuesday to visit with relatives in
Italy. They will probably be away
until fall and Miss Bragadera goes
there to remain On their return an
other sister Of Mrs. Debe will accom-
pany them, It $ understood. Stayit
of Boston has taken a five year lease
of the fruit business 81 the Dcbe's on
Madison ASendc ana VIII move his
lalnfl, mere. Mr.. atdyi1 was al one
tine located III Plttshe!d.
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NaShburn Reunion

" md a few of the descend
Hosea Washhurn, a Free Will
|hlnisier of Olden tines and
El OF Madison, met at Lake
Ffe guests of honor were, Mr..
frank Washburn, of Cum
NILS, Mr. Washburn is a
/ of HoYea Washburn and has
here for a number of years
PRESENT Wcrc, Miss Laura Fos-
cumberland Mills; Mr.. and
|h Nahoney, Miss Emma Ma
|f derle Mahoney OF Solon;
e walker Mrs. Binf Love
EeaA Aew Portland; Mr.. and
i'eft Walker and daughter,
ana Mrs Fred Young of
E.'n' Mr.. and Mrs. Cephas
AF and Mrs. Josiah Clark,
=. W Naahburn and daughters,
. >, Forest Ward, Mr.. and
atiase and daughter, Miss
't''R' Of Madison. At noon
!. " sanaw ches, salads, cake,
!, nd coffee was served
'.'' As for hoGc it was de-
y !. meet at Lakewood again
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Annual Meeting of Joint SchoolbOard

On Wednesday evening, June %,
the annual meeting of the Sko~he-
gan Madison school board was held
at Lakewood. The officers elect
ed for the coming year were; preI-
dent, Ernest c. Weston OF Madison,
secretary, Gertrude ). weston ol
Skowhegan. The joint board e@.
pressed much appreciation OF TIE
work done the past year by W. i.
Woodbury., who last year Was elected
superintendent of school for the t"f
towns for a term of three years
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] Hewett, Mrs. Emma ~.
hi Mrs Achsa Perkins. Old
b we're sung and at 5 p. m.
Iul picnic supper was served
bur sisters, Mrs. Spear. Mrs.
lghlon of " nthrop, Mrs.
|. Blackwell of Madison and
Inette E. lIewett of kenne-
The guo sts present were:
lma Folsom Clark, Mrs. Jen-
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R|NTENQENT WHITE
Jon THE JOB
Three Weeks Before the
Rery is Completely Installed
line Pulp 4 Paper Ompany

bnal machinery is arriv ng for
| Of the Maine Pulp & Paper
b. but will probably not be
Installed and ready for full
b for about three weeks yet.
fhte, the general snperintend-
arrived from Enfield accom-
BY Mrs White and will re-
pr in charge of the work.
lughtcr is remaining for a V s.
hgOr, whera another daughter
but will eventually come to
ban. Mr.. White is des rous
ping a home for himself and
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CHAUTAUQUA DATES ARE
SELECTED
PROGRAM Rc@inS nj Niagara Falls July
ID and tones 10 SkoNhcgan
September 2nd

The dates of Sentembcr :. 4, 5, 6, Z
and : have been selected for the
SkoWhcFan Chdutauqua The program
opens at Niagara Fails on July 10.
\ meeting ni The supporters will be
callcd about one month prior to the
time Of the production at which time
4 renrcscntat ve ot the Redpath COM
pany which presents the Chautauqua
will b. IN attendance
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North Anson Child Takes CamphOrat-
ed Oil

The two year old child of Mrs. Mi
dl Martin of North Anson got hold
of bottle of camphorated OIL Sat
urday morning, swallowing some OF
the contents. Mrs. Martin had the
presence of mind to give the child
some milk which to an extent neutra-
llzed the poisonous effect of the oil.
DR.. Marston was Immediately sum
moned. The child was reported as
alright by afternoon.
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Bingham, July Thuraday nurn
ing the sky was overcast by driving
fog masses rushing IN over the south
ern mountains. The wind was y.
W and tn piled the log into boil
ing black clouds. Then came the
ra n. From eight o'clock until
twelve. 50 thick and fast the dcluge
ihat umbrellas and raincoats were no
protection. Two and three quar-
ters inches of rain fell during the
four hours. l. title holloWs on the
hillsdes were made full, overlooking
into the brooks which soon became
raging torrents. Brooks and streams
were soon overlooking their regular
courses cutting new channels and
1ooding the lowlands. III Lapoints
house near Bingham Heights was
built partly across what is usually a
small brook. The rush Of water
dllrd his basement bursting out the
sides, running the lower part ot the
house to the extent OF five hundred
!o,lars hlst II Stream started a
ncw channel coming do"n back of
Iohdan lIpnncwells nearly running
,No gardens. At the /. c. Pierce
bridge Mill brook WAS over the road
from the foot OF the hill to the rail
road crossing. The highway over
MahoneY II II was made impossible.
n Pleasant Ridge Plantation the first
bridge on the rNCr road beyond the
Rob nson place was taken out and
he gorge across which it had been
made twenty-five fcet deeper.
On the Pleasant Ridge read both
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A California Engagement

Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Warren Cram
of Yarba Linta announce the engage
ment of their daughter. Laura Eta
to Thomas Carey Holyoke of Los
Angeles. The Grams formerly res d.
cd in Skowhegan and the foregoing
announcement will be read with
Measure and interest by their many
Skowhegan friends.
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HIGHWAY To TAKE
PLACE OF BRIDGE
Repairing Damage Done
by the Storm
Heavy Rains Caused Serious IIa}Ocs
in Somerset County Especially in
Up-ri,cr Sections

County Comm ssiOnors, l.. +. Good
r.ch, Henry CroWell and II. l.. Good
rich have been upriver iuYcslea
the serious wash-out conditions duc
10 the heavy rain of last week, " II
the result that yesterday work was
begun on the building uf y highway
up the Rowe Pond Road about one
fourth OF mile and thence aFprOXi-
matoly 1000 feet across 10 the carry
Pond road. This road will ldhc the
place of the bridge al the crotch OF
the roads leading to Rove Pond and
Carry Pond VIII ch caVcd IN during
the washout to the depth Of twenty
five feet and sixty feet in width ana
can be built at an estimated cost ol
between $500 and $400 while the Co.'S
of new bridge would be probahiA
$4,000. Another small bridge on tht
Ridge road was carried down onte
the meadow, but was So tile damds
ed that it was moved back to its form
er site. The "dugout' road lead
ing to Ed. neath's cottage where tree.
near the side of the road We're WASHED
out so badly that the road bed was
literally carried away, will probably
not be entirely rebuilt untl after INT
:omplct on OF the new road 2lrcad.
mentioned as in progress q building
Locally conditions due 10 the fresh.
t were not serious, part ally due t
the fact that damages from Il pre-
vious freshct had not been repaired
The report that large quantities o
logs came down from Madison ant
Norridgcwock appears to have beel
without foundation, One end OF TIN
boom at the Great Eddy was blown
out in order that might be removed
from the Wator but no damaging re
suits followed.
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..os of Mrs. Horace Spear
Ela.o ia.ors gathered at the Spear
sls'' !. y, lakewood Friday, the
!. a. nostponed from the day
~ og,ng 10 the rain. Here
,,'ors ~ thcse ladies' have en-
,Sair ,tqi former friends of old
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COURT MATTERSyES-
TERDAY
Assault Case from North
Anson
Shcrin Moncrs Does Quick Work and
Rounds Up Several CasrS

Sheriff MOOor8 was notified at 7 SO
Monday morning of the larceny OF
some tires from an automob lc be-
longing to Fred Parks, which was
ncar the Great Eddy woods as the re-
suit Of an gccidcnt caused by break
ing its steering gear. In searching
for the tn ewes, the Sheriff questioned
different parties and as the result OF
their answers obtained evidence
against two men in connection I'll
the larceny, and also evidence sufi-
cient to warrant the arrest in two
single sale cases. Edward Niguc was
before Judge Sawyer yesterday after
noon for the larceny of the t res and
pleaded not guilty Probable c1ns'
was found however and bonds in the
sum Of $500 were furnished for his
further appearance by Paul Murray
and Arthur Dore
TNo single sale cases resulted
against Seth Davis. David V gu
claimed that he went To the Davis
place with Edward Nigue by automo-
bile and that VIII le there purchased
cider which Mr.. Davis took from Il
barrel in the cellar, laying 81 90 for
fhc samc Edward Nigue also testilie !
that he went with David Nigue to the
Davis place where the cider WIS pur-
chased No defense was entered. In
thc second case against Davis, Ed
ward Niguc said he went again during
the II ght to the Davis place and pur-
chased three more gallons Of cider
for 500, accompanied by Jack O'ltiel-
ley, Fred Gilblair and David Vigue
40 defense was offered in tn case
and Mr. Davis was found guilty in
both cases He was fined 500 and
costs and sixty days in jail and sixty
days add tional in default of payment
on both charges. An appeal was en-
tered and bonds in III: sum of $500
each were furnished by Mrs. Davis
and Paul Murray W. IL. Hawes rep
resented Mr.. Davis and County At
torney Thorne appeared for the state
ASSAULT CASE
John Brown through his attorney
W. B. Brown, ESQ., Of Madison, plead
ed not guilty to assault upon Frank
Connor, Il North AnsOn storekCerer.
Both men live at North Anson. Mr..
Connor who in his 10th year and is
seriously afflicted with heart trou-
bic, claimed that Brown came to his
store on the 4th of July and had dis
cussion with h m about roofing
trade and finally Brown called him a
name, witness said and then struck
him Mr.. Connor fell to the floor and
while he was down ella med Brown
hit him the second time. Mr.. COnnor
claimed that he offered no res stance.
and that he did not str Ike Brown on
lhe mouth where bruises now seem to
exist. Mr.. Burns of North Anson
stated that he found Connor lying on
the floor Of his store bleeding freely.
In defense Brown ella med ConnOr re
fused check in payment Tor a lun
put up by him (BroWhl ns curtty
and mat he struck 1uIno II. set dc-
tense ItespCndent round s.mit. III
appealed.
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and Mrs. Emma Goodrich of Skow-
hogan and Mrs. Olive Gilman, Mrs
Gusta Mantor and the Misses Fannie
and Rennie T.nkham and Mrs. Della
ingalls, of Anson A S lver spoon was
g.ven to Mrs. Olive Gilman, the usual
prize for the model scholar while
the second prize, a cup was awarded
to Mrs Bettie Gilman. Souvenir
pencils were & ven to each guest,
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III lencertS at Lakewood
Next SUNDAY

'',..soh ". Boys Band has been
~. W. both an afternoon and
,,.,l Eoneert at Lakewood next
.rb'. ,rlF 9lh. at 80 and 7.3O
,srrg ,s,aa.' VIII be half hour car
'''0uslout the day and eve
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.'Ga C,.., oeVoll Of Norridgewock
$ NJ s's,es si peVoll and former
: l, showh whegan. was taken 10
n ''oaptal yesterday for an
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Brick nasons wanted. 1to also.
Company ga liz A-I..---., -sl.O wheban
1M27
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Inst DAY Of SCHOOL" WAS FEA-
TIRE Of STUDENTS REUNION
|,;;sods Gather for Annual Get-to- -Gether at
|uore Of Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Spear

ME Blackwell, Mrs. Sadie Ward, Mrs.
Luella Watson. Mrs. Clara Powers,
Mrs. Effie Weston, Mrs. Ellen Gee,
Mrs. Bette Gilman, Mrs. Achsa X T..
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IA Former Teacher
Tvs. Twenty-four guests
|bqrcd for the occasion apd
/ Day Of school, was the
Eent as usual, Mrs. Clara
n Mad son, acting as teach
Erinal poems read by those
4 do 50. Poems were read
| Blackwell, Mrsi Leighton
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koWhegan. Me. July S. la9-
New Britain herald., 1922-04-27

8 o'clock at night Various kinds O foodstuff will be sold and those plan ming the sale will place aprons o. the market. Tea will be served in tho afternoon.
 Funeral of Thos. Murphy. | The funeral of the late Thoma. Murphy who died at the St. Franci. | hospital in Hartford Tuesday after i noon will be held Friday morning al 9;oo o'clock at St. Joseph's church in | New Britain. MT. Murphy was wei | known in this place having resided i here for a number of years before moving to New Britain. He was A years of age and is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters. A number from this place will attend | the funeral
 l There was a very large attendance at the whist social held last evening at the home of Joseph Wetherill. A number of New Britain people were l present. The winners of prizes are as follows: l.adies' first, Mrs. Vernon Read: ladies consolation, Mrs. Arthur Lawrence; gentlemen's first, F. Nc Corkle; gentlemen's consolation, Rus sell Case. There will be a social at the home of Mrs. Belle Hazen on Fri day evening of next week instead ol Wednesday.
 East Berlin Items.
 The Parent-Teacher association of the Hubbard school will hold a meet ing at the school this evening at s o'clock. Several musical numbers are on the program.
 A. A. North left Wednesday after noon for Schenectady, \. r.. where he has gone in interest of the Skinner Chuck company of New Britain.
 The Ladies Aid society of the Methodist church will hold a food sale at the church Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 There will be dance and social at the Athletic hall Friday evening given by the East Berlin Improvement company. An automobile truck will run between New Britain and this place to convey those wishing to at tend. A return trip will be made to New Britain after the dance. Music will be furnished by McKoon's or chestra.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-27
Homemade Remedy
 Stops Coughs Quickly The hest cough medicine you ever used. A family supply ensily and quickly made. Saves about S2.

You might be surprised to know that the best thing you can use for 8 severe cough, is a remedy which IS easily pre- pared at home in just few moments. It's cheap. but for prompt results it beats anything else you ever tried usu- ally stops the ordinary cough or chest cold in "A hours. Tastes pleasant, too children like it-and it is pure and good.
 Pour 2ih ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle: then fill it rp with plain granu- lated sugar syrup. Or use clarified molasses, honey, or corn syrup. instead of sugar syrup. if desired. Thus you make a full pnt--a family supplv-but costing no more than small bottle of ready.made cough syrup.
 And as a cough medicine. there is really nothing better to be had at any price. It goes right to the spot and gives quick. lasting relief. It promptly heals the nflamed membranes that line the throat and air passages, stops the annoying throat tickle, loosens the phlegm, and soon vour cough stops en- trev. Splendid for bronchitis. croup, hoarseness and bronchial asthma,
 Pinex is a highly concentrated com pound of Norway pine extract, famous for it's healing effect on the membraHes.
 To avoid disappointment ask vour druggist for "213 ounces of Pinex" with directions and don't accept anything else. Guaranteed to give absolute satis- faction or money refunded. The Pinex Co.,, Ft. Wayne, Ind.