The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-21


f. planned los IHs eHid.ea ncSt SAT
ardar afternoon rem . 20 " in Frat
sfaitv Hal. There Hill be- small
Christmas tree
There viii he no tree in me Con-
gregg tional church this year bnf
roncert is % De E!fan on Sunday
evening to which ali ere cordially n
'.ited e.
next D. A. r. meeting which viii BE-
At the home Of Mrs Eva a Bachelor
There VIII be an American Legion
meeting IT the Legion Rooms tonig1t
at $50. Election Of officers viii b.
held for the coming year and il Is
hoped thare VII be a good attendance
What more useful Xmas gift tnan
one OF my new Mantle Lamps. You
get four times the light al one haI
the cost Of an ordinary kerosene lamp.
Burns 81 per cent afr and only 6 per
cent oil. Drop in and let me show
vor how it works f. H. C1sweil
Mr.. ard Mrs, Googing have moved
into the John Cahill. Jr., house and
MIR. and 7Irs. Sweet have given UP
their rent and stored their goods for
the present.
ETrs. Nellie Murray, Mrs. Viola Colby
Mira. Winnie Henderson ard Florence
TAYLOR, who have been on the sick
list are now reported rs gaining. Mr.
and Mrs. George Bennett, Mrs Joa-
nuiu and Mrs. Eva Hunnewell o.
Scion were IL town last weak.
NV residence, for sale. Price $500
DR.. \. c. Brown, Pittsfed--Adv.
r,.,fa vIpaIl H., o+o~fod Ia ~ r.
urday morning for California She
was cent for BY her ster w9o Is
IN poor health and whose husband
is soon to undergo serious opera
) ton. Before her departure Mrs
Webster gave to the library several
more useful articles including near'y
a dozen plated knives and forks and
other things for skitehen use.
Elmer T. Baker printed and gaze
one hundred t,ekets for the Library
benefit dance Of Tuesday night, Post
ers for the dance were made by Ed
gar s. Moore.
Mrs Mont Miller returned Satur-
day from Portland where she had
spent q few days with Mildred Mil
Ter.
Clinton Woodland and William Toss
OF II. Of NJ are now Mt home.
Laura Baker 's also ut home for the
HOLIDAYS end Geraldine is expected
this week
Mrs. Holbrook of Madison has been
"a guest Of Mrs. Mahlon Wentworth
for a fbort time
Mrs Della Webster has for sale 4
nearly new three burner oil stove with
oven and glass tank. price reasonable
also a bod couch which she will s"li
for five dollars. 2w50
Mr.. and Mrs Wentworth are to
spend Chr 'stmas with Mr. Went
worth's parents In Embden.
Mrs. J.. W. Goodrich returned Sat
urday from Boston. She was ac-
companied by Miss Mona Yerxa who
viii remain in town for q few daye
before going to her home in Bangor.
Mrs. Bent. Russell was called to
watervil'e Monday on account OF the
alarming illness Of Mrs. Emma Pierce.
Pennington sleighs for Gale. A. &.
Burke. 1w51
LIBRARY NOTES
From Alhro A. Baker of Minneapo-
lie. NJ nm, the library has received the
splendid gift Of twenty-five do lars. o
fine framed picture of NTinnehaha
Falls and an encouraging letter from
which we take the liberty to quote
the following: tYon, the good peo-
pie Of Bingham, WHO are working 30
hard to build up And maintain lib
rary are doing noble work, and the
coming generation will bless you for
It, When I remember the unsatis-
fed hunger for, books of my early
years, with al my heart ! wish you
success.' Mr.. Baker, now 4 success
full business man in Minneapolis,
is brother of El f. Baker Of Mos
COW end of Mrs. Alice Dinsmore of
Bingham. His good viii to the lib
rarV IS highly appreciated by his
friends here
Miss Emma r. Head of Washing
ton, D. c.. c'assmate in 1881 of Mrs.
Alice Goodrich at Arson Academy has
sent five dollars to Bingham Union
Library.
Saturdays food sale resulted in
about fifteen dollars for the library
Misses Esther Bickford and Rachel
SIX nner solicited and Mrs. Belle
Varghn and Mrs. Junia William con-
Quoted the sale. Those who contrt-
buted food or money were Mrs. Lila
Morrison. Carrie Colby, Kate Hume
well Gertrude Saoppe, Florence Ow-
ems, Nellie Murray, Margaret Hughes,
Maria Butter. BERTHE Sterling, Cora
Stoddard Mabel Cooley, Emma Clip
son, Lucinda Moore, Alice Goodrich,
Esther Collins, Clara Doc, Lena Carl
Eunice Baker, Helen SIN TIL, Sadie
Foss, Carrie Hilton. Nellie Robinson,
Sadie Andrews, ETa Skinner, Bea-
trice WATSON, Addie Jones and Alme-
da Spaulding.
Brairiard books placed in the iib-
rary lpst Saturday: The City of Stor-
les (BieknelD; Two American Boys
with Pershing in France; Two Ameri-
can Bows Aboard n Submarine (Croc-
kett); Helbeck OF Bann 'sdale, two vol
umes (Mrs. Humphrey Ward Woods,
Their Use and Abuse, tMathews);
Emersons Essays, two volumes; Liv-