Bevel
‘Bellefonte, Pa., April 22, 1921.
THE VICTORY MEDAL.
As a token of the appreciation of
the services of men who served in the
world war, our government has
awarded to each of them, the Victory
Medal. Artistically, it is an exqui-
site thing.
The medal is of bronze. On its ob-
verse is the bas-relief figure of Wing-
ed Victory. On its reverse, the shield
of the United States superposed by the
words, “THE GREAT WAR FOR
CIVILIZATION,” and flanked by the
names of the allied countries which
united te crush the Boche and to
check Hun “Kultur.” :
The medal is suspended from a rib-
bon of rainbow tints, the blended col-
, ors of the Allies, and across the rib-
bon are fastened bronze clasps each
bearing the name of an operation in
which the wearer served.
But the real value of this medal is
in its significance for, by it, a man is
marked as one who came forward to
defend America in her hour of peril,
to champion civilization, and to up-
hold the laws of God Almighty.
To its owner, this medal should be
a priceless possession; to his children
and his childrens’ children it will be a
blessed heritage.
To facilitate the distribution of
these medals to those men entitled to
receive them, the War Department has
opened District Medal offices through-
out the country. In this District,
there are Victory Medal offices at:
Scranton, Pa., Postoffice building.
Harrisburg Pa., P. O. Box No. 173.
Pittsburgh, Pa., 431, 6th Ave.
METHOD OF OBTAINING THE MEDAL.
The medal may be obtained by call-
ing at any of these offices with the
discharge which is then stamped and
handed back. The application is sign-
ed and, if the medal has no battle
clasps, it will be given to the appli-
cant then and there. If the medal has
battle “clasps, the discharge is stamp-
ed and handed back, and the applica-
tion is forwarded to Philadelphia from
where the medal will be mailed direct
to the applicant.
If it is not practicable for the appli-
cant to call at an office, he may write,
requesting an application blank. This
he returns with his discharge. The
discharge will be stamped and return-
ed to the applicant, and the medal will
be sent him by mail. It is proper to
say here that this office has handled
about 13,000 discharges without the
loss of one discharge.
Should the applicant, however, not
wish to risk sending his doscharge
to a V. M. officio, he may request a
form for making a copy of discharge,
when he requests an application blank,
. which. form he may forward instead
of the original discharge.
In the case of a deceased man, the’
medal goes to his next of kin, who
should make the application. The
procedure in such cases is the same as
in the case of a living man, using,
however, a different form. It is not
necessary in such cases to forward
the discharge, instead of which may
be forwarded evidence of death, such
for example, as an official communica-
tion from the War Department, War
‘ Risk Insurance Bureau, Graves Regis-
"tration Bureau, letters from Chap-
lains, newspaper clippings, affidavit | 1
es > ! Runkle, tract in Benner township; $1.
. before a notary, etc.
BIRTHS.
Stephenson—On March 2, to Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Stephenson, of Boltz,
, Indiana county, a son, Arthur Ja.
Steele—On March 21, to Mr. and
Mrs. Miles Steele, of Axe Mann, a son.
marriage was Miss Connelly, of Belle-
fonte.
Witmer—On March 1, to Mr. and
Mrs. Paul S. Witmer, of Bellefonte, a
daughter, Blanche Olive.
King—On March 16, to Mr. and
Mrs. William J. King, of Valley View,
a son, Mahlon Ellwood.
Johnstonbaugh—On April 11, to Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Johnstonbaugh, of
Bellefonte, a son.
Bent—On April 14, to Mr. and Mrs.
James Bent, of Bellefonte, a daugh-
ter.
Real Estate Transfers.
John W. Walter to Samuel Kreger,
et ux, tract in Rush township; $125.
David L. Geary to Anna M. Treas-
ter, tract in Potter township; $2500.
F. I. Houtz, et bar, to John C. Ish-
ler, tract in Harris township; $2250.
Harry I. Griffith, et ux, to Harry C.
Smeltzer, tract in College township;
$9250.
John M. Dale’s legatee to Louise
Hoy Clark, tract in Snow Shoe and
Burnside townships; $1.
F. Q. Hartman, et ux, to Claude G.
Aikens, tract in Gregg township;
$650.
E. J. Williams, et ux, to Catherine
Flick, tract in Unionville borough;
$950.
Christian Doerr to Augustina Hin-
dle, tract in Rush township; $350.
H. H. Noll, Admr., to Florence M.
McClain, tract in Walker township;
$2000.
Sarah E. Homan to Charles F. Sto-
ver, tract in Millheim; $6000.
W. W. England, et ux, to Samuel
Gingerich, tract in College township;
$400.
I. G. Gordon Foster, et al, to J.
Howard Musser, tract in State Col-
lege, $1400.
I. G. Gordon Foster, et al, to Wil-
lard W. Smith, tract in State College,
$450.
C. O. Broome, et ux, to Wilson
Craig, tract in Ferguson township;
$8500.
Nancy M. Murphy to Charles Hart-
sock, tract in Patton township; $500.
A. L. Bowersox, et ux, to Boyd N.
Johnson, tract in State College; $5000.
Thomas Foster, et al, to Harry W.
Sauers, tract in State College, $550.
Wm. H. Corman, et al, to Annie B.
Garbrick, tract in Walker township;
$2200.
Daniel Purcell’s heirs to John S.
Ball, tract in Curtin township; $1.
Mary Murphy, et bar, to Francis O.
Wertz, tract in Huston township;
$1900.
i Chas. D.’ Bartholomew, et ux, to
| Foster V. Jodon, tract in Potter town-
ship, $15,000.
M. H. Smith, et ux, to F. W. Miller,
tract in Penn township; $10,000.
Ida M. Lucas to Edward O. Peters,
tract in Huston township; $3500.
| Sarah E. Townsend to H. J. Hoff-
man, tract in Philipsburg; $4500.
| Effie May Galle, et vir, to Charles
Wilcox, tract in Rush township; $125.
i J. B.Irish, etal, to BE. L. Files,
: tract.in Rush township; $480.
| Harry P. Kelley, et ux, to Thomas
| F. Kelley, tract in Snow Shoe; $110.
Thomas S. Hazel, et al, to Joseph L.
Amanda Lannen to Wm. H. Stere,
|
| tract in Union township; $1300.
|
Jennie Arstein, et bar, to G. Ste-
| phens Conrad, tract in Rush township;
$500.
Henry C. Ellenberger to Henry
Monsel—On March 8, to Mr. and | Sices, tract in Ferguson township;
Mrs. Budd Monsel, of Bellefonte, a
son, Donald.
Yearick—On March 23, to Mr. and
. John Richard.
Piper—On March 19, to Mr. and | g 5
Mrs. Malcolm Piper, of Nittany, a son.
Confer—On March 12, to Mr. and! B
+ Mrs. Donald H. Confer, of Nittany, a |
» daughter, Ruby.
Miller—On March 11, to Mr. and
Mrs. James E. Miller, of Bellefonte, a
. daughter, Helen Elizabeth.
Irvin—On March 2, to Mr. and Mrs.
Archie T. Irvin, of Bellefonte, a
daughter, Jean Edna.
Solt—On March 1, to Mr. and Mrs.
William Solt, of Bellefonte, a daugh-
ter, Emma Ellen.
Grubb—On March 23, to Mr. and
* Mrs. Nelson E. Grubb, of Bellefonte,
a daughter, Dorothy Bell.
Shaffer—On March 11, to Mr..and
Mrs. Wm. D. Shaffer, of Bellefonte, a
daughter, Jean Evelyn.
Simmons—On March 18, to Mr. and
Mrs. James Simmons, of Bellefonte, a
daughter.
Vonada—On March 4, to Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Vonada, of Zion, a daugh-
ter.
Spicher—On February 24, to Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Spicher, of Benner
township, a son, Boyd Wesley.
Runkle—On March 30, to Mr. and
Mrs. William Groh Runkle, of Belle-
fonte, a daughter, Janet Anne.
Deitrich—On February 17, to Mr.
and Mrs. James M. Deitrich, of Nitta-
ny, a daughter, Florence Dale.
Sweitzer—On March 26, to Mr. and
‘Mrs. Edward Sweitzer, of Bellefonte,
a daughter, Janet Isabelle.
Scitte—On March 27, to Mr. and
Mrs. Emilo Sciette, of Bellefonte, a
daughter, Esther.
Bloom—On March 21, to Mr. and
, Mrs. Harry R. Bloom, of Bellefonte, a
daughter, Anna Elizabeth.
Fromm—On March 19, to Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore L. Fromm, of Belle-
fonte, a son, Kenneth Elliott.
Beck—On March 17, to Mr. and Mrs.
John E. Beck, of Bellefonte, a son,
Glenn.
Bayletts—On March 13, to Mrs.
Daniel Wayne Bayletts, of Bellefonte,
a daughter, Margaret Ellen.
Belden—On March 1, to Mr. and
Mrs. Vincent Bolden, of Bellefonte, a
son, Rudolph.
Breon—On March 1, to Mr. and
Mrs. William P. Breon, of Bellefonte,
a daughter, Sarah Irene.
, McKee—On April 3, to Mr. and Mrs.
,George McKee, of McKeesport, a
| $7000. :
| Paul Jones, et al, to Walter M.
| Shaw, tract in Philipsburg; $1500.
Mrs. Alfred Yearick, of Zion, a son, |
John L. Holmes, et al, to Harry A.
Hoy, tract in Ferguson township;
Philipsburg Brewing Co. to Geo. A.
azilla, tract in Rush township;
$4000.
Ida M. Swarmer, et al, to Daniel
Buck, tract in Union township; $4850.
David A. Boozer, et al, to Nora M.
Cummings, tract in Potter township;
1 $18,000.
George G. Fink, et ux, to Walter R.
Heaton, et ux, tract in Huston town-
ship; $8000.
Amanda Mothersbaugh to John Ir-
vin Shuey, tract in College township;
$4500.
Mary E. Bright, et bar, to Oscar J.
Auman, tract in Haines township;
$2,000.
James C. Smith, et ux, to F. Q. Hos-
terman, tract in Millheim borough;
$4500. y
I. G. Gordon Foster, et al, to James
P. Waddle, tract in Ferguson town-
ship; $650.
Clayton Reish, et ux, te Alice E.
Herman, tract in Spring township;
$2500.
Philipsburg Coal and Land Co., to
Scott Wood Jr., tract in Rush town-
ship; $119.04. .
High Standard Garment Co., to es-
tate of J. N. Schoonover, tract in
Philipsburg; $1.
W. T. Charles, et al, to Rebecca
i tract in Boggs township;
125.
Margaret Potter Bixler, et bar, to
Mary A. Rogers, tract in Bellefonte;
Mary A. Rogers, et bar to Robert
F. Hunter, tract in Bellefonte; $1.
Mrs. Sarah E. Gfrerer to C. F. Em-
ery, tract in Centre Hall; $110.
Harry Dukeman, sheriff, to William
A. Lukens, tract in Philipsburg,
$12,700.
Wm. J. Dale to Elmer C. Musser,
tract in Ferguson township; $4000.
John W. Walter to Samuel Kreger,
et ux, tract in Rush township; $125.
W. Riley Jackson to Frank H.
Morningstar, tract in Philipsburg;
$650.
Mrs. Mollie M. Stamm, et bar, to
Mrs. Stella W. Dixon, tract in Marion
township; $1050.
Mary Garman, et bar, to Ruth N.
Bair, tract in Rush township; $1.
Ruth N. Bair to John Garman, et
ux, tract in Rush township; $1.
Mrs. Michael McTigue, et ux, to
daughter, Mrs. McKee before her
James McTigue, tract in Rush town-
ship; $400.
Allen Smiley, et ux, to W. A.
Aughenbach, et ux, tract in Philips-
burg; $1600.
Bertha M. Laughrey, et bar, to
Boyd L. Lucas, tract in Unionville,
$2200.
Blanche E. Hosterman, et al, to Da-
vid L. Geary, et al, tract in Potter
township; $5200.
J Whalen, tract in Rush township;
$450.
Michael J. Whalen to Elmer L.
Bowes, tract in Rush township; $450.
Ida L. Vonada, et bar, to A. C.
Mark, tract in Gregg township; $5500.
Mary Taylor to Evan L. Jones, tract
in Philipsburg; $4250. :
John A. Moyer, et al, to Rebersburg
National bank, tract in Miles town-
O. Heckman, tract in Potter township;
$12,500.
Monroe Armor, et al, to Minnie V.
Poorman, tract in Spring township;
$248.
Peter Beynak to Kondrat Jusick,
tract in Philipsburg; $1100.
David Robb to Clarence Robb, tract
in Liberty township; $2000.
B. W. Shaffer, et al, to Manasses
B. F. Booth, et al, trustees, to Geo.
D. Fink, et ux, tract in Philipsburg;
$6000.
Annie M. Beahm, et al, to A. J.
Beahm, tract in Haines township;
$12,425.
A. J. Beahm, et al, to May C. and
W. E. Braucht, tract in Haines town-
ship; $9744.
Wm. H. Musser, et al, trustee, to
ship; $600. Gilbert, tract in Miles township; | Harris Stover, tract in Penn town-
Elmer L. Bowes, et ux, to Michael Michael F. Rossman, et ux, to W. | $2000. : 1 ship; $16,000. / x n
PANN
Every Dollar you Spend in Bellefonte will ‘COME HOME TO BOOST
The Watchman’s Buy-at-Home Campaign
Read these articles with care. They may present something you hadn’t thought of before. Patronize the people whose
ads appear here. They are your neighbors and will treat you right.
culation in Bellefonte.
The money you spend with them stays in cir-
Everything in Furniture.
Phonographs and Records.
NAGINEY’S
Send Us Your
Grocery Order Today
It Will Pay You.
CITY CASH GROCERY
Allegheny St.
The Latest
in Dry Goods and Ladies’ and
Misses Ready to Wear.
The Headquarters for Athletic
Goods in Bellefonte. Smoker Sup-
plies. Barber Shop in Connection.
RUHL’S
Under First Nat. Bank.
Our Grocery
Line is always complete
and we invite your pa-
tronage. -
BROUSE’S
High St.
Willard
is the Storage Battery of Serv-
ice. Any make battery repair-
ed and recharged.
WITMER’S
Studebaker
Expert Repairing on
All Makes of Cars.
BEEZER’S GARAGE.
The House
of Service when it
Comes to Hardware
THE POTTER-HOY Co.
Our Meats
are always fresh
and wholesome
Phone Your Order.
ECKEL’S MARKET
We Do Not Recommend
Ford parts that are not genu-
ine. Make our garage your
headquarters, Ford owners.
BEATTY MOTOR CO.
This Week
A Special on Belle Meade Sweets,
Milliard’s and Lonis Sherry Can-
dies.
THE MOTT DRUG Co.
Gross Bros.
GROCERS
BELLEFONTE, PA.
LAUDERBACH-ZERBY CO.
Wholesale Grocers
Do Your Eyes
Need attention. Take
Care of them Now.
CASEBEER’S
Jeweler and Optician.
The First National Bank
invites your patronage.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF BELLEFONTE.
MANY PUT TRUST
IN THE UNKNOWN
Never Satisfied With Those
Things With Which They
Are Familiar.
INCLINED TO TAKE CHANCE
Curious Traits in Human Nature Have
Made Possible Growth and Devel-
opment of the Great Mail
Order Houses.
(Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
A curious trait in human nature
makes itself apparent very frequently.
That is an inclination to trust in the
unknown rather than in that with
which one is familiar. A person is
very apt to take a chance, even though
he may know that the odds are 100 to
one against him, instead of being satis-
fied with lesser rewards about which
there is no possibility of doubt.
It is, possibly, the flaring up of the
ever-present gambling instinct »ut
there is something more in it than that.
There is in it the unexplained ten-
dency on the part of most people to
reach for the chimerical and ignore
the tangible and subst:intial thing
which is near at hand. Man is sel-
dom satisfied with those things that
are within his grasp but is reaching
always for the unattainable. Too of-
ten, he loses that which he might eas-
ily gain by blindly pursuing that which
is always just out of his reach.
Why “Con” Man Thrives.
Coupled, in a way, with his faith in
the unknown is the tendency on the
part of so many people to place con-
fidence in a stranger in preference to
one who is known and has been tried
and proven. It is this tendency which
makes possible the operations of the
“con” man, the get-rich-quick artist,
the unscrupulous promoter and the
salesman of worthless mining stocks.
The man who would not think of
trusting Bill Jones, his next-door
neighbor and fellow church member,
will confidingly turn over his life’s
savings to a stranger who unfolds a
tale of riches to be won. Bill Jones
might talk his head off in behalf of a
legitimate proposition without getting
a dollar where the slick stranger with
the worthless propositica can get thou-
sands. ;
it is these two tendencies which, ap-
marently, are so widely prevalent
among all classes of people that have
made possible the success of the great
iaail order houses in the big cities.
A knowledge of psychology is as im-
portant to the mail order man as a
knowledge of business practices. He
plays upon these tendencies of man
to take a chance, to trust in the un-
known rather than the known, to place
confidence in the stranger rather than
the friend.
Hope to Draw Prize.
Those who buy merchandise from a
mail order house are moved partly,
whether they realize it or not, by that
trait in their nature which prompts
them to trust in the unknown rather
than in that with which they are fa-
miliar. They are hoping, it may be un-
consciously, that they will draw a prize.
They do not know what they will get,
for it is impossible for one to know
what he is going to get when he or-
ders merchandise from a picture and
a hizhly colored description in a cata-
logue. He is taking a chance on the
unknown.
Buying merchandise from the local
merchant, on the other hand, contains
none of these elements of chance that
enter into the dealings with the mail
order house. When one buys a stove
from the hardware store in his home
town, he may get none of the thrills
that come from taking a chance but
he will get a stove that will last longer
and keep him warmer than the one
that he might get from the mail order
house and to tie average individual,
these things are likely to be more im-
portant than the thrills.
Using Your Eyes.
When you buy from the local mer-
chant you see the thing that you are
buying, you inspect it carefully, ex-
amine the workmanship and the qual-
ity of the material of which it is made
and in many cases you have the privi-
iege of testing it before paying for it.
You have not only your own eyes and
knowledge of values to rely upon, but
vou have the advantage of the advice
of the merchant who has an expert
knowledge of the merchandise which
he is selling and who, in 99 cases out
of 100, can be relied upon to tell the
truth about it. Then you have the
guarantee that is backed not only by
the retail merchant, but in many cases
by the manufacturer. If the article
which you buy does not prove satisfac-
tory after it is given a fair test, you
can take it back to the store where
you bought it, in most cases, and get
vour money back. The retailer may
get his money back from the manu-
facturer but if he doesn’t, he stands
the loss. I
tected.
Why a person will place his confi-
dence in a stranger rather than a
friend or will trust in the unknown
rather than in that which is tangible,
is something that is hard te under-
stand. Even the mail order house does
not pretend to know why it is so but
it accepts conditions as it finds them
and makes the most of the oppor-
tunities that they offer.
"he man who believes all he says
fdcasn’t always say all he believes.
Books, Stationery and Post
Cards.
The Index Book Store
Special This Week
50 lb. Cotton Mattress, $10.75
50 1b. Cotton felt Mattress $13.75
BRACHBILL’S.
Everything in Electric Sup- |
plies.
THE ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO.
Have your
Now.
A full line of Tires and Acces-
sories.
BELLEFONTE STEAM VULC. CO.
Vulcanizing Done
This Market is now under New Manage-
ment and we Solicit Your Patronage
FRESH MEATS DAILY
KLINE’S
Formerly Lyon’s Market
Furnishings of the best for
men and boys.
Every line complete and up-
to-date.
WILLARD & SON
HABERDASHERS.
Alters & Stover
GROCERS
The Grocery Store of
Wholesome Goods and
Prompt Service
HAZEL'S
The Variety Store
SPIGELMYER & CO.
When You Want
Hardware of any description
call and see us. We invite
your patronage.
BELLEFONTE HARDWARE (CO.
Everything in Hardware
for Farm, Dairy and Home.
GLENWOOD RANGES,
SCHAEFFER'S
Clothing of the Best
for men who are careful of ap-
pearances. A full line of
Men’s and Boy's furnishings,
SIM THE CLOTHIER
The Watchman
has always advised buying at
home, and it
buys at home itself.
In any event, you are pro- |
If You Byy Out. of Town and I Buy Out. of Town, What, will Become of Our Town?
OPUS OSS Se
‘Shoes for the entire family
at right prices
YEAGER’S
The Rexall Store
and that means quality.
Special attention given to
prescriptions.
Runkle’s Drug Store
The Home of the famous
Butter Krust Bread.
Confectionery and
Goods.
The City Bakery
Baked
Everything in Lumber,
Sashes, Doors and Blinds.
The Bellefonte Lumber Co.
The Home of Hart, Schaff-
ner and Marx Clothing for
Men. Also a complete line of
Men’s and Boy's furnishings.
MONTGOMERY & CO.
The Edison
is the peer of Phonographs.
Come in and hear one today.
Records, Pianos, Player-
Pianos.
GHEEN’S MUSIC STORE.
We Are Still
in the Hardware business
at the old Stand. Every-
thing complete always.
OLEWINES
Wholesale and Retail fruits and
produce.
A complete line of imported. Ol-
ive Oil.
CARPENETO & CO.
When In Town
See the best in Motion
Pictures at the Scenic.
SCENIC THEATRE
Weaver, Grocers
Bellefonte, Pa.
The Best
in Dry Goods and
Ladies Ready to
Wear.
SCHLOW’S
The Bellefonte Trust Co.
Courtesy. Safety. Service.
The Bellefonte Trust Co.
COHEN’S
Complete Department-
Everything for
the family.
COHEN’S
The
Store.
A Special
Sale of all Sizes of Tires
for this Week.
WION GARAGE
W. S. Katz
DRY GOODS
Ladies Ready to Wear
Queen Quality Shoes for
Women
Regal Shoes for men
We ‘fit the Youngsters, too, |
MINGLE’S SHOE STORE.