THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA, Pictures STATE NEWS tveni BRIEFLY TOLD n This Department Our Readers In Fulton Around the World Alth the of History IVlalclns bounty andi Elsewhere May journey Camera on the Trail apponlngs. he Latest Gleanings From All Over the State. TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS SCHOOL FOR FOREIGN EMPLOYEES OF HOTELS NIAGARA FALLS ILLUMINATED AT NIGHT 1 Harrifiburg's now hotel la to b call ed the l'enn-HarrlB. C. M. Schwab Is having a nw private car built that will-cost GIOuO. Tl a vnta rt thrpn In tvra CheBtef voted to borrow$rj00,000 for new (school buildings and equipment for lews ; U f f f It ; ,,aj: i, -,v.. ill if : - . mi V 'v "' . ' i-IA HV;&:' i 'Yr I ' .VI hJfaVl I : - -v s - v .a. , - - ::v,i,.,,.v,,v,r.. if ....I,,, i ifrfnM,i,m.(.ifn rritinnmnrnixiii -i nr i..r..iM..n..l,nrnnnri...i.ii i n ! l-yftiim.p-iha ,i nffVi' fniliT tin dlrt'Ptlnn of Hih board of edunitloii, a scliool to Miniate the foreign bus buy, kitchen men und wall ers of the lnrse hotels, has been opened In New York. Mrs. Florence AiikIo, a teacher In the public schools, Is In clmrgo. It Is the purpose of the board of education to trnln them In ull brunches of English, particularly elementary gninmiar. The class meets dully In a room In the Hotel Majestic. centenariansTborn IN SLAVERY HOLD REUNION Former sluves held their tlfty-foiinh annual reunion lit WushliiKton the other day, nnd former slave owners met with them. In this croup, from left to right, ure: Luis Martin," one hundred yenrs old, born In King nnd Queen comity, Virginia; Martha Kllzabeth E. Ranks, one hundred nnd four years Virginia, and owned by the lute Jim Trlbble; Amy Ware, one hundred nnd county, Virginia, and Itev. S. P. W. GREEK A drink of cool, fresh water' often hi'lps In the midst of battle. As about the only drinking utensils nre Instru ments of war, the soldier Isn't particu lar whnt ho uses, Tho old shell case lliat this soldier Is using answers the purpose very well. Contentment Contentment with our lot too often appends on what It Is a lot of. Youth's Companion. , . $ mwm ' few i rRs ftr I .Greek tehel troops, dressed In French uniforms und currying French rllles, inarching through a liialn street of ' ' IAv! " J Saloulkl to meet the king's loyul forces. ' . ' ft srK Drew, born free, REBELS IN FRENCH UNIFORMS The Itelglim government, to show Its appreciation of the acts of kindness that have been bestowed on the war-ridden country, has created a new war decoration to bo known na the Queen Elizabeth medal. The government states. In announcing the Issuing of a new. medal, that It will be conferred without any distinction of nationality. r 1 f f old, born In King nnd Queen county, three years old, born In King George I III ! 1 Magnra Falls In ull Its beauty Illuminated at night. The picture was taken brink of the American fulls. The picture Is considered a remarkable photographic achievement. ADout .x) leei be hind the position of the camera Is o bank the fulls, there nre two banks of lights. MRS. THOMAS A. EDISON New nnd hitherto unpublished photo graph of Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, wife of the "wizard of electricity," taken at her homo at Llewellen I'ark, N. J. B THE NEUILLY HOSPITAL ,A scene In the American nbmulanco hospital at Neullly-sur-Selne, France, showing n wounded French soldier tak ing his first steps after a long con valescence, under the direction of one of the many charming American nurses who nre performing their mis sion of mercy In the French hospitals. There Is a crying demand for more American girls In these hospitals. Unforeseen Accidents. Two true types of near accidents nre mentioned In a recent Issue of the Natlonnl Safety council. One can be mnde harmless by proper safeguards; the other type Is seemingly unforesee able, nnd unpreventnble. The first Is tho bursting grinding wheel, which In jures no one been use of the use of safety flanges. The second was nn actual necldent In a manufacturing plant, In which the head of a sledge bnmmer, long In use. broke In two lengthwise nnd flew off violently, nar rowly missing a man's head. In this Instnnce there was no tlnw visible on the outside of the hammer head, and although the surface of the break thowed the rust of time, nil along Its edges was a narrow margin of clean gray metal. C -. tS 'ft I ' I :. . " ' x I tf " . '' i l I . f , ' : . I 'VX pv I - . 1 ' " T ' , ... V''..iW.Ji4.i.'1 . km- l -.O '.. , . 2 'l of 30 arc lights, nnd to the left of DESTRUCTION OF ZEPPELIN OVER BELGIUM This picture shows how Lieut. L. Is alleged to have destroyed a huge scout dutv. Hlchards discovered tho Zeppelin over the German lines, and, rlS' Inir lileh In the nlr. he cave chaso to tunk of his victim. The picture Is alleged to have been inaile from an airship belonging to tho allies that witnessed PREMIER HUGHES f f . ''Urn An attempt was. mnde recently to assassinate William M. llu'lies, the Australian premier, at his homo In New Victoria. While the premier and bis family slept It Is said a ninn forced the window if the bedroom und tired q shot.. The bullet did not take effect. The assassin escaped. xiHtst 1 .. ...L. . I , from (iout Island, and shows the tho picture, directly at the toot ot .1. Diehard of the K.iyul Flying corps Zeppeliu over llelgliiin. V line uoin, It and managed to explode the petrol the great battle In the air. AND HIS FAMILY The Stale Treasurer received a check for $108,000 from James B. Sheehan, Register of Wills of Philadelphia. The weather through the Lehigh coal Melds has been so abnormally warm for this time of the year that May flowers are again In blossom. Golden Thompson, employed at tho P.aker quarries, Billmycr, was badly Injured when he was caught between cars. The bond Ishuo to increase Ma- hanoy City Indebtedness to $70,000 to quip the fire department, carried by a 2 to 1 vote. r.v a vote of 4 acalnst to 1 for, the voters of Toiiton opnosPd a loan bill culling for $23,0ii0 for erecting a new town hall, water and electric ligm plants. Beuben E. Miller. 78 years, a retired drover, is dead at his home at Packer- tnn. after a llncering illness. He was one of the wealthiest men In Carbon county. While Mrs. Rudolph Granzow was M-onine- the Htairwav of her husband's shoe store, at Ashland, she tripped and was precipitated to the bottom ot ma stairs. She was killed outright. Mrs. Frank Tardee, of Hazleton, wife of the retired millionaire coal operator, has inaugurated a series of brldgo parlies to raise funds for Red Cross war relief in Europe. A largo addition is being built to the Mauch Chunk Silk Mill, one of the bust, ness Industries in Carbon county and which has been running night and day for many years. The State Industrial Roard Ap provals Committee at a meeting re ceived numerous applications for tp proval of safety appliances, a number being for moving picture machines. A fatal gunning accident occurred near Townville, when Frank Wood re ceived a charge of blrdshot In his left side from a gun fired by his brother oa attempting to Bhoot partridge. Statistics prepared by the Anthracite Rureau of Information show a decrease in anthracite shipments for October, this year, as compared with the same month last year. The number of subscriptions f ecured In the Cumberland Valley practically have assured the construction of the new Dickinson Law School Building. Ground will be broken this fall and the building completed In time for a dedication next August. With the lighting of the fires at North Cornwall furnace, the last of the nine blast furnaces In Lebanon county, was put In operation. North Cornwall stack was virtually abandoned fifteen years ago, when the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company took over the three furnace plants of the Freeman estute at Cornwall. Mrs. Rachel Smith, the widow of the late Peter Smith, of Lansford, who died on October 1 as the result ot being struck by an automobile occupied by George, James, Charles and John Dres lln, of Coaldale, had warrants sworn out for their arrests. She charges them with deliberately running down her husband with their auto. Out of sixty-three members of John M. Good Post, No. 502, Grand Army of the Republic, organized at Elizabeth ville, only three remain. The Post was chartered November 12, 18S5, and the survivors nre Dr. Nisslcy, H. C. Reem and G. M. Hornaflus. The Tost was named after John Good, who wa killed In the battle of Petersburg. Amos Frederick, while In the woods near Dalmatia bunting game, was about to climb over the trunk of a tree when a squirrel appeared In front of him. Before he could bring his gun to action another hunter close1 by opened fire on the squirrel, most of the shot striking Frederick. He was removed In a critical condition to tho State Hospital. The turkey crop In Berks county Is normal. Farmers have been selling a few during the last week at prices ranging from 30 to 35 cents live weight and 40 to 42 cents a pound dressed. The turkey crop fared well In their growth during the dry fall months, but the wet weather during spring was rather hard on the young birds and quite a few died. Those that survived are nice and fat. The Hon. William D. B. Alney, of the State Tubllc Service Commission, will be the principal ppeakor at the tenth annual meeting of the Cumberland Val ley Federation of Women's Clubs, which will meet In Mechanicsburg, November 16. Farmers near Conlport say that many elk ar visiting their farms dally, and feodinaon their crops. The eJk are supposed to be those placed In the State Game Preserve at Hickory Run. which frequently pcn'o the en closure and rosra about
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