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THE CENTRE REPORTER.!
CHURCH APPOINTMENTS.
Evangelical--Quarterly conference at Centie
Hall, Saturday 2 p. m. ; sermon Sunday evening,
communion administered by Rev. E. Crumbling,
presiding elder of Center District ; Lemont,
morping . Linden Hall, afternoon, communion
also at latter places,
Presbyterian—Centre Hall, morning ; Spring
Mills, afternoon,
Lutheran--Centre Hall, momiog ; Spring Mills,
afternoon ; Tusseyville, evening.
morning ;
11, evening.
Reformed Spang Mills, Union,
al
afternoon ; Centre
[Appointments not given here have not been
reported to this office. ]
Pecht-Lonberger.
Charles C. Pecht, of Hecla, and Miss
Vira M. Lonberger, of Pleasant Gap,
were married at the Reformed parson-
age, Centre Hall, by Rev. Daniel
Gress, Friday afternoon.
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Mrs, Frank Bible Very Ill,
Mrs. Frank Bible (nee Florence
Smith,) of Centre Hill, is very ill. Bhe
suffered three hemorrhages of the
lungs within the past few days.
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The Veterans’ Club FPlenle,
The Veterans’ Club of Centre county
will hold their annual picnic at Hunt-
er’s Park on Saturday, September 10th.
There will be speeches, old fashioned
camp fires, and bands of music.
4 This method is taken to inform the
public that we have opened a bakery
and will supply bread at all times, and
cakes and pies when ordered. Your
patronage is solicited.
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New Bakery.
Harvest Home Services,
Harvest home services will be held
in the Auditorium at the Grange En-
campment on Sunday, September 18,
at 2.30 p. m. The Rev. G. W. Mcll-
nay, of the M. E. church, will preach
the anniversary sermon. All
cordially invited.
are
World's Fair Excursions
Low-rate ten-day coach excursions
via Pennsylvania Railroad, Beptember
7, 14, 21 and 28. Rate $15.95 from Cen-
tre Hall. Train leaves Centre Hall at
8.18 a. m., connecting with special
train from New York arriving 8.
Louis 4.15 p. m. next day.
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Potter Twp. School Meeting.
The Potter township school board
met at Centre Hill Saturday and con-
tracted with the teachers previously
elected to teach the various township
schools,
George W. Bmith, of Centre Hill,
was induced to take the Cold Stream
school, near Potters Mills
Miss Alif Btephens, of Lewisburg,
located at Centre Hill, Bhe is a gradu-
ate of Bucknell, and isa young lady
of fine attainments,
The teachers contracted at
schedule rate of $35.00 per month.
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Married at Boalsbarg.
A quiet little wedding took place in
Boalsburg, Wednesday evening of last
week, at 8 o'clock, when Miss Helen
I. Myers became the wife of Harry W.
Louoberger. Miss Myers is an accom-
plished daughter of Mr. and Mra. D.
W. Myers, and Mr. Lonberger is a
popular aud promising young man
and a teacher of public schools. The
ceremony was performed at the home
of the bride by Rev. J. 1. Btonecypher.
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Public Schools Open
The borough public schools opened
Monday with a very good attendance.
The schools have a corps of efficient
and enthusiastic teachers, and one
may reasonably expect that with prop-
er eficouragement on the part of the
parents the work during the school
year just opened will prove exception
ally beneficial to the students, without
regard to age. The teachers in charge
are :
High Behool, 8. Ward Gramley.
Grammar, James B. Strohm.
Intermediate, Rebecca J. Moyer.
Primary, Helen 8, Hosterman.
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From Illinois,
M. J. Stiffler, of F eeport, Illinois,
on his return from the 8t. Louis fair,
writes the Reporter thus ;
Phe drought has been broken ; rain
fell in abundance.
Corn is generally promising on clay
subsoils, whilethat on gravel subsoil
failed to ear. The corn is later than
usual, and a Beptember frost would
ruin the leading crop in the state.
Our canning factories here just com-
INCAMPMENT AND EXHIBITION
Interest than Heretofore.
of the Patrons of Husbandry at Grange
Park, Centre Hall, Beptember 17th to
23rd, inclusive, promises to be a large
aflair,
that of former years. Exhibitors will
be allowed to enter their names on ex-
hibits soas to bring them into direct
communication with buyers, giving an
opportunity for making contracts and
sales for future delivery. This has be-
come an important feature and advan-
tage to exhibitors.
The exhibit of the Biate College and
State Agricultural Experiment Hia-
tion has become an important feature
of the encampment and of special ad-
vaniage to the farmers and gardeners,
attracting hundreds annually, who
come to look up useful varieties of
grain and plant.
The stock and poultry exhibit will
be a valuable feature for those who are
engaged in stock and poultry raising.
The exhibits of farm implements
will embrace plows, harrows, culti-
vators, rollers, planters, corn-harvest-
ers, coru-huskers, potato
crea separators, sewing raachines, ete,
The in the Auditorium
will be of special interest as some of
the most prominent farmers and Pa-
trons will deliver addresses and
tures on questions of vital importance
not only tothe farmers but
fare of the entire people.
Dramatic entertainments
given in the Auditorium
ing, by a first class company.
A new merry-go-round will give an
increasing round of innocent pleasure
to the children and young folks alike,
aud when you get tired of this you cau
do the *'Pike’’ to see the amusing side
of life without any harm to yourself as
harvesters,
meetings
lec-
the well-
will bu
every even-
vulgar and gambling devices are strict-
ly excluded.
Those who come wholly for bargais
and the exhibitio:
buildings where they will find ou ex-
hibition and for sale clothing, domes.
busivess can visit
tic goods, groceries, notions, ete.
Then those who come especially for
an outing will find a delightful camp
with furniture and
every comfort to make camping a real
pleasure.
clean tents, new
There will be an ample supply of de-
sirable tents for all who wish to camp.
All in quest of an autumnal
will find the Grange Encampment the
right place to go.
No fair like it
miss it.
outing
~-you can't afford to
Railroads will sell excursion tickets
at two cents per mile, without card
orders.
trains on &
Special the IL.
Railroad.
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LOCALS
Mrs. William Bitner, of Tusseyville,
visited in Centre Hall for several days
last week.
Mrs. Thomas, wife of Dr. Austin
Thomas, last week went to Canton,
Ohio, to visit her sister who is ill.
Wm. Louck, of near Btate College,
was badly injured by being struck by
a large barn door the wind was slash-
ing.
Wanted — Ladies and
vassing ; send stamp for particulars
Puritan Mfg. Co., Worcester, Mass.
Mrs. Park, wife of Dr. W. E. Park,
val last week and will
after the Grange Encampment.
Park will also come here later.
Dr.
to the Williamson Free School of Art,
near Philadelphia, and has entered
special study.
and and William, moved from Chiea-
go to Omaha, Nebraska, at which
point the senior of the brothers holds
a splendid position with a board of
trade. The junior Kerr left Chicago
very reluctantly, as he had secured =a
position much to his liking in that
city.
Miss Cora Sweetwood, of Harris
burg, and Mrs Barah Tressler, of Cen-
tre Hill, were callers Monday. Misa
Bweetwood has in her charge the al-
tering department of the Imperial De-
partment store in Harrisburg. Bhe
held a similar position for several
years in a store that recently closed
out. Miss Bweetwood will return to
the state capital this week, “~
menced operations, and are canning
the immense acreage of sweet corn
This will continue until the frost limit
Great quantities of squash and pum
kins will be canned later,
Early potatoes yielded light, but th
quality was superior and the pri
fair, the producer realizing from fift
to sixty cents, Late potatoes prom
a large yield. There are no app«ar-
ances of blight.
The ont crop was rather light, but
the quality No. 1. Rust did consider-
able damage in some localities, The
price now is thirty-two to thirty-five
cents.
There will be little second crop hay
to put up, except where Alfalfa is
grown, The second growth of this
cfop is now about two feet high. Tim-
The Hagen Brothers, with their
force of half 8 dozen or more assist-
ants, are building a large porch for
Isanc Bmith, across the way from the
Reporter office, Last week they were
at work at Dr. Alexander's and built
for him the wo'd work of a large and
handsome porch. At present the doe.
tor is bhaviog a kitchen built, which
will be cased with brick.
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Lohr, of
Philadelphia, are here to stay for two
weeks. Instead of a vacation the rail.
road people, of whom Mr. Lohr is one,
term it & furlough, and it is a new ex-
perience the many hundred clerks in
Broad Street Btation are having.
Whether vacation or furlough, the
time spent in the country with its
healthful conditions is no less bene-
othy hay is worth $10 to $12 per ton.
ficial to the pent up employe.
SENATOR PATTON DEAD,
ded Monday
Followad by tiesmaorchages the Cause.
Alexander 14 Menator
| from the Thirty-fourth District, died
Lat his resid Clear-
four
o'clock, aged fifty-two years. He was
Patton, Bla
nee in Carweneville,
field county, Monday morning at
stricken with acute
day night
Hatur-
and hemorrhages in Lhe
lungs followed at intervals «
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Hi Buaday.
oh was the cond 8
the late ex-Congresstuan John Patton,
former United States
of
He was born
and a brother of
Patton,
Michigan,
vill
Senator Grand Rapids,
in Curwens-
sand spent all of his life there with
ple in
he
pursuils
| the exception of ag of
Iowa. During
Was very a
and at the tim
the
director of ti
years
the late
seventies
tive In business
e of his death was press
i dent of urwensville Bank and ¢
ton, Cambria
ness partoer MEressman
James Kei business
was cousidere Lie most su
ful B10 eH
He
men
bu
tal was elect
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Farm Notes
second crop hay is belug cut
housed,
The
heads are well filled with seed.
indications are that
The present dry weather is {
vorable to the wsturiong of corn.
Little or no r
tato fields. In
state rot is doing considerable damage
ihe
is present in the po-
some sections of the
Wheat seeding is in progress
tion for receiving the grain
several years,
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LOCALS
Miss Maude Hunter, daughter of
Cyrus Hunter, of SBtormstown, and
Clarence N. Goodman, were married
‘at the bride's home,
Mr. and Mrs, Janies P. Hering, of
Alioona, attended the funeral of Miss
Caroline Hering, of Bpring Mills, sis-
ter of the former, which took place
Tuesday. For several days last week
they were the guests of the brothers
and sisters of Mra. Hering, in Centre
Hall,
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm D. Flemivg,
of Washington, D. C., are visiting the
former's father, Jullan Fleming, of
thins place, Mr. Fleming bas charge
of a large tailoring establishment in
Washington, the firm having branch
establishments in a number of the
Inrger cities, Mra. Fleming, who is
an Ohio lady, is here for the first time,
and finds Central Pennsylvania quite
a contrast in many ways to ber tative
state,
K G E. AT LEWISBURG,
| Uentre County Largs
Annus! Assembly of the Order
There was gathered In Lew
¢ Golden Eagle that £4
fown has had Lhe
plensure of ¢
since the organization of the
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Castles and
ent from
spring is and other nearby
The
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the largest
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district, and the
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Lewisburg Jdeuten
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parade of
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Barber, « elfth
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his flue driving hors
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considerabie over y hundred dollars.
Fhe union Saud $00] pien i
in the
Haines
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township,
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Mra. Avia Bi
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velson aud
Le Keen and deughier
the greater {
Liaise
the summer, arrived io
Quite a number of the Lown
Eagle
th annual
of the
above named Order, al Lewisburg, on
Monday.
Sturgis, Randall Musser, Mr. and Mis
H. N, Meyer, and Mr. and Mrs. 8. M,
Campbell expect to leave for the St
Louis exposition as soon as Miss Stur-
gis recovers sulficiently from a slight
The laying of the pipes for the waler
plant is pearing completion, A test
was made Saturday and also Monday,
and it was stated by those who wie
nessed it, that the pressure did not
reach the expectations of the most san.
guine, and consequently the protection
against fire is not what might be de
wired,
John Baiith, of the firm of Bmith
Brothers, of Spring Mille, amd his
daughter May, spent Haturday even.
fog in thie place. Mr. Smith ealled at
the writer's place of business and a
half hour was pleasantly spent in con»
versatiou upon current topics, futer
mixed with not a little polities, as he
is a stanch L i, and a thorough
and pleasant es
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