The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-08-02

! Main street just as an auto backed
out and struck him, breaking his leg
near the body.
Attorney and Mrs. W. B. Brown and
daughters Misses Dorothy and Helen
were business callers in Skowhegan
one day last week.
Harry Brophy, who recently under
went a surgical operation at the Som
erset Hospital in Skowhegan, return
ed home. Friday.
Miss Mabel Mckinney, who has
been passing a months vacation with
| her parents at the Congregational
parsonage, returned Sunday to her
work i'll Boston.
Messrs r. NJ Walker, Frank Carl
son and Morrill, Paine, who have been
passing a months vacation with rela-
| tives and friends in Arson and vicin-
| ity left. town in their auto Friday for
home in Pittsburgh, Penn.
Miss Jennie Smell was the guest of
friends in Skowhegan last week
ID. w. Wolyerton has returned to
his home in Presque Isle after being
called here to attend the funeral of
his daughter, Mrs. Fern Wilson.
Miss Marie Goldanmer, who has
been attending Pennington Summer
School, returned home Saturday, for
visit at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Felix Godammer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Paine of Proc
tor, Vt, former residents of this place
are receiving congratulations on the
birth of a son, born July 49, in the
Proctor Hospital.
Somerset County Medical meeting
will be held today Thursday at
Lakewood. A banquet will be sery-
ed at the Tea Room. The speakers
of the day will be DR.. Moulton of
Hartland, president of the Maine
Medical Association and Dr. Edwin T.
Wyman of Boston. The ladies will
have a picnic dinner at the Sawyer
cottage.
Mrs Walter Till of East Orange,
N. J. arrived in town Tuesday and is
guest at the home of her parents,
DR.. and Mrs. X. G. StanwOod. The
Stanwoods plan to break up house
keeping and go to New Jersey with
their daughter about the middle of
August to make their home in the flu
ture.
Mrs. Frank Silver returned Tues
day from a few weeks visit at her
old home in Bellows Falls, Vt.
John and Paul Lombard, aged
eighteen respectively of Osceola.
Iowa, are guests this week of their
aunt, Mrs. Willis Viles and great
aunts, the Misses Fannie and Rennie
Tinkham. They made very econo-
mical trip. Purchasing an old run
down Ford truck in Osceola and set
out to visit relatives in Maine. They
bought the truck for $15, expended SIS
| for needed repairs, threw away 81
for license and set forth. They
slept in the truck. They broke a
spring in Schenectady, N. Y, sold the
car for $12, rode into Massachusetts
on the train and from there hoofed
| it to Brunswick, where they were the
guests of their uncle, Chief of Police,
William r. Edwards. They plan to
return to Osceola in time to enter
school in the fall, being high school
| students.
Mr. and Mrs. Byron stardeH are
passing a two weeks vacation at Old
| Orchard.
| Mrs. Charles Marden and son Ray
| mond returned the last of the week
from visit with relatives in st.
| Johns, N. B.
l. Mrs. Clara Adams Is confined to,the
home of her son Elmer on Park street
by illness
| Considerable disturbance was Great
ed last Saturday afternoon at the GER
ner of Main and Maple streets by an
Intoxicated Syrian. The Syrian at
tempted to assault another man, who
knocked him down. He then went a
short distance away and came back
with club and threw 1t at the oe-
cupants of an automobile standing
4 near by and who had nothing to do
with the row. Deputy Sheriff Harry
Merrill was called and arrested the
man, who was allowed to go in the
custody of friend.
As Albert Duckworth was talking
Saturday evening on the corner OF
Main and Madison streets with man.
he fell over without warning. Mr.
Duckworth was taken into Rush.
lworth's store and regained his senses
but as he attempted to get up he fell
over again. A physician was hastily
summoned and gave Mr. Duckworth a
powerful stimulant for his heart. then
he was taken to his home on Weston
avenue.
l. Mrs. Stella Baker Woodbury. and
children of Kansas City, Mo. are
guests this week at the homes of Mrs
Woodbury's aunts, Mrs. F. A. Gilman
and Mrs. F. D. Gilman.
William Dixon and Hubert Hilton
returned Sunday from a two weeks
trip to New York, Washington, ID. c..
and Farmsville, Va.
Warrants were posted Saturday for
a special town meeting to be held at
I;2.30 o'clock next Saturday afternoon
in Union Hall. Among the articles
of interest are to see If the town will
vote to build cement bridge over the
canal with the aid OF State road
money and to instruct the selectmen
ito issue interest bearing town orders
to pay for the same; to see IL tho town
will vote to discontinue Water street
or raise money for a retaining wal
to be built at the head of the street
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