The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-05-15
r., Interesting News of
son,srset's Busy Towns
MADISON
orRIEs OF FIRES

, SERIES OF Fires
,anea owned and occupied
The isag Greenleaf in Arson about
bnasa' rom this village was burn
Bur miles = a'clock Thursday morning.
ab sNa i + believed to have caught
he IRE ~ = chimney. Most of the FUR
pound , tns removed from the house
|ture was srn was saved. The Arson
|pd me u rtment responded to the call
s dep ,Ia do little as there was@no
t coulu ai r and chemicals were
pier . aod' The loss is estimated at
kefeclua,r.t iealy covered by insur-
Fe0' pa Tbe house was known as the
bf, .nore place and was a land
p in tbe vicinity. 1t was built
|arS IL ago Those acquainted with
years 's say the house caught fire
p hlSndTed years ago but was saved
u u l'' tnson fire alarm was sounded
l ~, o'clock Friday night. 1t was
90 = renorted that the blaze was
als' -seidence of Gardiner Ingalls,
la' mile and a half from this VII
0u the river road to North An
4 u On investigation it was found
\ cbopping was being burned
d The fire department after
n,s their apparatus about two
l ~. ~ The distance found they were
fa so ., The fire made a big
- and lit up the sky for miles
pa a,p night about eleven an
.m ra If fire was rung in from box
nr fire in the Outlet, the dry
~ store in the new Christopher
~ By some oversight the cleo
/, iton which they had been using
.he earlier part of the evening was
Connected and started a slight
tasgration. The fireman respond
h their usual prompt manner and
the fire soon under control. The
haze was mostly from smoke and
important real estate deal was
,nIated last week by which the
gpsrty including the house and
H. and four acres of land owned
II v Jones on Old Point avenue
! Pine street will become the pro-
W. nj the Great Northern Paper Co.
| honse now occupied by Superin-
[dapt Ingleton Schenck on Head
Ii and an acre of land will be-
II tbe property Of Mr.. Jones, who
seqs 10 move to this location some
! in the near future.
r Harriet Hamilton was in
svhegan, Sunday. to call on her
shter Janet, who is a patient at
Somerset Hospital.
meeting of the Madison Village
Wing Ground Association was held
EDexlay evening of last week at
office of the Madison Water Co.
warrant was read and DR.. w. G.
|er was elected moderator. The
(frs elected We're: President,
res W. Dyer; clerk and treasurer,
frank Withee; directors, DR.. w. G.
tyer. f. NJ. Fletcher, B. K. Ed
is c. W. Dyer and Mrs. Mae Ran
1t was voted to pipe the city
g supply so that faucet would
VALUABLE in the cemetery. 1t was
voted to use some of the funds in
treasury for the general improve
Of the grounds.
few of the young people of the
AsBapiist church are to give
it the church this evening. The
Te. Mrs. Tubbs, Vivian Wat
clinging Vine, an old maid,
nor Smell; Mrs. Hickey, one who
b gossips, Pearl Hapworth:
denne Campbell, a pretty school
her, Edna Hilton; Tom Riverdon,
census taker, Robert Smell; Simon
bes, a grocer, George Yelling
Scufflers Tubbs, Arthur Monroe;
Fnle Sheba Tubbs, Alberta Lang
Billy Blossoms Tubbs, Charles
H. Victoria Hortense Tubbs, Bar
GOlding; Elmira Hickey, Mar
Smell; Jimmie Tubbs, the last
Raymond Sawyer.
rs Estella Fogg, who has been
ined to the house with a severe
Is gaining.
and Mrs. Harry Gee left Satur-