The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-01-04
IIRYOF IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS IN
s8 ERsET COUNTY DURING 1922
~ HIVE Come to Many Residents De-
|vIrliv< Fires New Building Happy Events

Der. Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Sawyer
fifty years married. Line House be-
ing rebuilt. Ansel Corson murders
wife at Athens than suicides. De
Molay Commandery entertained at
Waterville. Two men and woman
killed at Anson C. r. Miller sui
cides at Madison. Mary Ella Dun
ton dead. Isadore Trial, dead. S.
H. S. graduation. Mrs. George
Charles dead at Madison. A. s. NC
Dougal manager of Farmers Union
Sarah A. Goodwin dies. Vital Boil
due dies. Rodden-Ames wedding.
JULY-Flagstai has old home day.
Somerset Fortress organized. Knights
of Columbus organized at Jackman.
Hale Smith drowned at Bingham.
Roullard -Groder wedding. Mrs. John
Green dies. Consul Mooers trans
ferred to Lisbon. T. A. Anderson
appointed judge. Damon Club has
new quarters.
AUGUST-Hiram Bigelow suicide,
| Norridgewock. w. F. Hendrick suicide
at Fairfield. S. W. Gould marries
Miss Grace Cain. Mrs. Vitaline Cow
cite dead. Lottie Wheeler suicide at
Reformatory. Camp Modin fully
equipped at Lake George. Proven
cher GAMER wedding. b. w. Jewett
dies at South Solon. George Wyman
dies In New York. Malcolm Reed
suicide. Raymond l.. Bragg found
dead. Mrs. Alice NJ. Briggs dead.
Frank Morse OF Pittsfield dead. Show
hegan- Fairfield road opened. John
B. williams OF Lexington admits mur-
| der of ]. NJ Thorne. Fairfield
Kilgore wedding.
SEPTEMBER-Blan Bixby mar
ried C. J. Abbey retires from Cen
tral Maine Power Company. Thorn
son-Blunt engagement announced. Re
publicans lead in Somerset County
election. Gladys l.. Berry dies in
Embden. Somerset Central Fair.
Agricultural club convention. Bing-
ham buys library.
| OCTOBER-Harry Williams build
ings burn in Hartland. Tapely-Nut-
| ting Wedding. Bouchsrd harm burn
!, ed. Twenty-ope jary trials In Su-
/ preme Court. 8. RsssskOk buys half
l.Hotel Oxford property. Skowhegan
j l1oAarvs .ohessss ssalas sisss night. Coun-
tttSs Ss1UN6ynyvp.s' |. s'.s- e "a IJdIefs find me body
/ or man above 8 lockwood. Olson
marriage vows annulled. G. H..
| Whittter dies In Florida. w. E..
Adams new landlord at Hotel Oxford.
Heavy frosts causes loss to fruit
growers.
NOVEMBER Melissa Parker
dies in Auburn. Ralph Gledhill
dead. Annual meeting of Farm Bu-
reau. Mrs. Cyrus Walker dies at
Anson, following suicide attempt.
Three men returned to County Jail
after escape. Clarence K. Edwards
in Skowhegan. Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Jewett married fifty years. Il. b.
Chase buys l.. E. Jacobs interest in
Blunt Hardware Company. Simon
Peters Post observes Armistice Day.
Mrs. Louis c. Britton on hunger
strike. Easier farm buildings burn
ed. Carpenter-Nelson wedding in
Des Moines. Skowhegan high loses
to Cony high in football Death of
Mrs. W. f. French. $4,000 fire at
Jackman. Granville Storer of Nor
ridgewock suicide. Herbert Jones
browns at North Hartland. Mrs.
Horace Spear dead Maurice Pro
vencher dies.
DECEMBER-Frank s. Wade oil
NOrridgewOck dead. Federated Church
re-dedicated. Methodist Church i'm
proved. Death of Mrs. Temple Cut
Ter. Mysterious fire at Dennistown
Cyr-Mathers wedding Arthur Pa
geau brought to Skowhegan, thought
to know something of missing game
wardens Brown and Johnson. Mrs
Hanson Hilton dies in Wisconsin
Mrs. A. Fl. Foster, district nurse tt
! leave Skowhegan. r. s. Reed ap
} pointed deputy sheriff at Harmony
Nora A. Withee dead. Donald Newell
accidentally shot at Norridgewock
. Alumni Ball. Milton Phillips deat
= at Madison. Re-trial denied Mer
J tie M. Dore. Stillman Gordon ar
rested in connection with local fires