The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-03

Somerset County during the past
year.
January Organization OF
Maine Legislature with F. II. Holley
as Speaker of House. Hon. l.. K.
Folsom of Norridgewock nominated
Councillor. Plan storage site at
Dead River, concerns want water
power developed. A. NJ. Danforth
reelected manager of Farmers
Telephone Co. with W. c. Robinson
of North Anson as clerk. Death of
Perley York. Death of Effie Part
ridge Bracket in Boston. Death of
Mrs. L. r. Folsom at Norridgewock
Baptist Church at Norrfdgewock gets
bequest of $4,000. BPW Club in new
home. Death of Mrs Warren Far
mum in Palmyra. Death of Miss
Mildred Miller at Bingham. Death
of Frank T. Ross. Death of J. b.
Henderson. Death of Olive Carron.
Somerset County financial gain of
$3272.9S for 1922. Knights of Column
bus dedicate rooms. Death of Rev.
James a. Farley at Madison, Rev.
James Mullen his successor. Frank
A. Sayles will in Probate Court, es-
tate valued at $1,675,9 ,982. Death OF
Danville F. Fish Richardson farm
house burned Death of Mrs. Fannie
J. Brown.
February-Dedication of Maine
Spinning mill Mrs. Elizabeth Har-
vile dies in Solon. Fred Towle
buys Maine Central Hotel Death
of V. NJ. Vickery. Grange Hall at
Hartland burned. J. F. Phillips
dead. Death of Mrs. Clara Walker
Getchell at North Anson. Death of
Mrs. Florence King Burgoine in Wat
erville. Mrs Hiram Smiley dead in
Chicago. Burning of Tiffen bunga-
low eight miles from Eustis. Death
of Charles H. Moore at Larone Death
of A. NJ. Corson in Madison. Death
of Arthur c. Flanders. Death of
Joseph W. Judkins of Cornville
Death of Charles Green at East Show
hegan. Death of Rev. j. H. Little
at Bethel. Two horse load of liquor
seized at Pittstield. Death of Mrs
Frank Duley. Stread-Olsch wedding
Death of John Foss at Harmony
Death of Thomas Butler. Cox
James wedding. Father Farleys
will presented John Robinson dies
at Palmyra. E. Frances Hutchin-
son dead in Winchester, Mass. Death
of 0lin Bridges at Hinckley. Death
of Fred Bailey at North Anson.
Centennial celebration planned for
Skowhegan. Death of Mrs. Nellie
r. Copp. John B. Williams of Lex
ington Plantation convicted of mur-
der of his employer. Joseph W.
Thorne of New Sharon. Danyille
E. Gilman dead.
March-Mary Pugh, eccentric Skow-
hegan woman, dead Abel E. Thomp-
son dead. Death of F. S Kelley at
Mercer. Death of Joseph Pelkey.
Mrs G, A. Herrick {. w Green and
Joseph Thibodeau, all at Madison.
Death of George A. Tozier at Athens.
Deaths of James b. Weston and Mrs.
Sarah York at Anson, Mrs. Barbara
Phillips Foster, formerly of North
Anson, George A. Dyer. formerly of
Embden, MrsA Ella J. Foss in Boston,
formerly of Solon. Mrs. Elwood
Jewell of Canaan dead. Mrs. Sarah
Dugin Of Skowhegan dead. Mrs.
Emily n. Stafford of Dead River, Mrs
A. H. nillay of New Portland. Archie
NJ. Danforth. manager of the Farm
ers' Telephone Co.. dead. Fred J.
Bailey of North Arson dead. Liquor
seizures at Jackman and Dennistown.
Rupert Haley shot dead at New
Sharon. Golden wedding of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Partridge in Auburn.
Harry II. Steward dead in Madison.
Death of Mrs. Mary L. Lincoln in st.
Albans. George Soule elected First
Selectman at annual town meeting.
ROss-Liyeright wedding at Cleariield.
Pa. Culleton house burned at The
Forks Crosswell house burned at
Mercer. Consolidation of George
and Harry Smith. House passes the
Kennebec Reservoir Bill Death of
Nellie A. Groves, Charles \. Nc
kenney dead at New Portland Town
buys A. *. Butler estate for high
school building A. X. Butler buys
Leland property. Z H. Holley of
North Arson suggested as next gov
ernor Death OF r ~ Mills COM
mander of Russell Post De Molay
Commandery ladies night. Ffty-tifth
wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry s. Palmer Mrs. Cynthia
Smith dead at 90 in Bingham Deaths
J. NJ Narney in Mercer, C. W Morse
in Mercer and Mrs Emma VI. Watson
in Starks. United Shank and Find
ing mill burned at $l50,000 loss at
Bingham. Agnes SpauldinE browns
herself at Hartland. The Misses
Pooler buy old Bachelor homestead.
Deaths of l.. p. Gates al Scion and
Miss Elya Walker of North Anson, c.
II. Breton of Skowhegan. Mrs Elsie
Burton of Lakewood. Deaths of Hi
ram and Lydia Churchill Pease OF
Lexington. George S Morse of Mer-
Ger dead Mrs. Gladys Dexter dies
in Lexington Child of Fred Pinker-
ton dies from taking strychnine.
Mrs. Harold Dexter dead at Lexing-
ton.
April Roy w. Paddock dead Mrs.
l.. W. Chadbourne dies at Madison.
J. F. McGown of Madison dead. Mrs.
S, T. Goodrich dies at Bingham.
Death of Mrs Mae Wood. c. F.
Smith new manager of Farmers Tele-
phone Co. Mrs Wesley Bailey of
Canaan found dead in field ] "