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THURSD AY, JUNE 27, 1s,
Thirty-five Years Ago.
August 80, 1883, —Bpring Mills ls
about to add a drag store to its enter
prises, in a new buildiog to be put up
by Mr. Grenoble. Mr, Auman will
be proprietor of the drug store.
Farmers sre raising their potatoes.
The yield is large, but there are many
complaints of rotting.
The telephone leading into Wolf's
store was struck by lightning on
Thursday afternoon and silenced.
Notice, ¥, 0,8, of A,
On account of the Fourth of July
coming on Thursday, the regular
meeting night of the local Camp, the
pext meeting will be held on Wednpes-
day evening, July 3rd. Iostallation
of officers will take place at that time
and a full attendance is desired.
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Snyder—Deltrich,
F. 8nyder, of Bunbury, and
Deitrick, ot Bellefonte,
Charles
Miss Bertha
of the bride’s parente, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Deitrich,
five o'clock.
of F. M. Fisher, of Centre Hall.
sm fe A
11,000 Pheasants for Penna,
son of 1918-1919,
oongiderable care.
18 C
Are fami
wiil be liberated.
the winter,
as in good shape.
WEEKLY WAR
and on the Battle Fronts,
NEWS DIGEST
from Washington, D. C.
ARMY BTORE IN FRANCE
SELLS GOCDS TO SOLDIERS
BELOW RETAIL PRICES
Prices quoted for June on merchan-
dise in the huge general stores operat-
ed by the Quartermaster Corps in
France show that members of the Ix-
peditionary Forces may secure goods
at prices lower than retail prices in
effect in this country.
June quotations are:
package chocolate, 11 cents; can of
cherries, 24 cents; can of cocoa, 14
cents ; pocket combe, 6 cents; can of
corn, 10 cents; shaving brushes, 15
cents ; tooth brushee, 12 cents; can
stringless beane, 10 cents; bottle gio-
ger ale, cents; can plum puddiog,
82 cents; standard $5 safely rezore,
$1.75; pair shoe laces, 3 cents ; can
taloum powder, 5 cents; pound cut
loaf sugar, 10 cents; spool cotton
thread, 4 cents; 2-ounce package
smoking tobacco, 7 cents ; hand soap,
1 cent ; can lobsters, 25 cents ; shaving
soap, 4 cents ; bottle Worchestershire
sauce, 20 cents ; linen handkerchiefs,
16 cents ; pint bottle oliver, 23 cents;
can green peas, 10 cents ; shoe polish,
® cents. '
Although the men are issued ample
rations, the quartermaster stores are
opened to the enlisted men for the pur-
pose of permitting them to add to
thelr menu or to satisfy individual de-
Half-pound
awarded for exceptionally meritorious
service to the Government in connec-
tion with operations against an armed
enemy.
EMERGENCY BUILDING
TO PROVIDE FOR BOLDIERS
COSTS $1,170,619,000
The total cost for National Army
cantonments was §$140,726,473, accord-
ing to a statement by the War Depart-
ment, The National Guard camps
cost $38,375,272,
Emergency work to provide for sol-
diers in this country and to provide
buildings for the manufacture and
storage of material both here and
abroad undertaken by the construction
division of the Army, which has been
executed or is under way and in pros-
pect up to June 1, will cost about ¥1,-
170,619,000. This total is exclusive of
three operations occsting $106,000,000,
under the direct control of the Or-
dnance Department.
Up to June 1 the construction divi-
sion had completed 53 jobe, at a total
cost of §202,2560,000, It has 244 opera-
tions under way, which when finished
will cost about $270,369,000, Prepar-
ations are belng made to start work on
117 new operations which are expected
to cost $700,000,000.
sires for dainties or delicacies, The
be sure of having the best,
in rations or extra supplies.
Meats, groceries, flab, vegetables,
notions, tollet articles, smokers’ ar-
ticlee, and scores of miscellaneous
items are included in the published
price liste, These lists are made avail-
may be made either for cash or ob
credit.
Among the staples to be found in
these chain stores are: Fresh beef,
GENERAL PERSHING
INSISTS THAT LETTERS
| BE WRITTEN HOME
*“ Duty to one's country does not
| end on the parade ground, nor even on
the battle field, but consists In doing
everything in one’s power to help win
the war,’’ says an order issued by Gen.
Pershing, a copy of which has been re-
| ceived by the War Department.
“To write home frequently and reg-
ularly to keep in constant touch with
family and friends is one of the sol-
dier’s muost important duties. Mothers
and fathers will sufler if they do not
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
y local
ise as
mmiy one Wi
pulioations, as the y cannot reach
portion of t} CRY
0 cure dont nena, und that is
remeaodies Denfness Is
ied condition of the mu
cous lining of the Eustachian Tubs When
this tube Is Inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when 11 is
entirely cloged, Deafness is the result, and
unless the Ir fia gam atio n can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi-
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten sre caused by Catarrh,
which Is nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hpndred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Bend for circulars, free
¥F.J. CHENEY & CO,
Bold by Druggists, Tic
Take Hall's Family Pllis for constipation,
There is
Toledo, Ohio,
A DMINISTRATOR'S KOTICE, ~~
Letters of administration
John William Smith,
deceased,
on the estate of
late of Potter township,
Letters of administration on the ‘above estate
having been duly granted to the undersigned, he
would respectfully request all persons knowing
themselves indebted to the estate to make imme-
diate payment, and those having claims sgainst
the same to present them duly
without delay for settlement,
ADAM B, BMITH, Administrator,
Centre Hall, Pa. R. 1,
FOR BALE — Acetylene light plant,
forty lights: pipes, fixtures, chandaliers, etc
complete. Fine lor farm, residence or church,
In Al eondition, Price $00.00,—W AL LACE
THOMPSON, Milroy Pa. “020
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Furnishings
for Men and
Young Men
including some Extraordinary
Values in SHIRTS, SHOES,
NECKWEAR, HATS & CAPS
Endicott-Johnson
SHOES
“America’s Standard”
at
Popular Prices
CYRUS BRUNGART
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
AMES W, SWABB
JUSTICE OF THE PPACE
CENTRE HALL, PA. IIRL C0
Bpecial attention given to coliecling,
writings of all classes including deeds, mortgages re ns Estatin ’ eh
Agrocments, ete. marriage lloenss and hunter's bile Licensee snd a
consos secured, and 11 matiers portal ning 10 the Blanks kept on hand,
Moe attended W womolly janl, 191%
Legal
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You Can
Cet
Laks
RR RE
AWS
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commission bas sent out over 10,000
egRE.
The interest in the plan to close the
state to the hunting of ruffed grouse
has progressed #0 well that in a num-
ham, bacon, turkey, potatoes, rice,
bominy, beane, onions, coffee, les,
sugar, cheese, cocos, butter, and evap-
"orated fruits, The canned fruits and
vegetables include: Apples, peaches,
This st
and Friday evening at 6 o'clock
H. F. Rossman
bear often from sons fighting In Tuesday
France. In the present large com-
panies it is not possible for officers to
write letters for their men, and every
man must do it for himself,’
we will close every
ber of counties requests
made for extensions of the time fo
filing 1 and this
done,
etitions
S22 ATE AGRICULTURAL NOTES,
There
the nna
ti8 Dur
per of lambs in the state, sta
wowing a two per cent,
"TREE Years,
tistics sl
IVE RAVE
Iti
holding for their own use about 380,
411 tone of the last hay crop.
An
to the cold we
time,
One of the finest
IADY
gections of the Niate,
Crawford c«
Hysag
fine onditio D.
The
Ntate is estimated
at 9,000
All
fal.
layed corn planting in some sections
and caused severe washouts in others.
the farmers with dairy herds areusing
cream separators,
It is estimated that the peach crop
in the State will be less than 60 percent
of normal production,
It ia estimated that 1,125 965 acres
have been sown to oats this year as
compared with 1,071,700 arces last
year,
FOLKS WE ALL KNOW
Gangway! The firebell has Just’
Rung and the Vojunteer Fireman is
en route from the Barber Chair to the!
Fire with his Shave only half done.
After he helps drag the Hosecart and
ruins his Clothes at the Fire, he willl
have Nothing to Do but og back and!
jgut the Rest of his Sha
A SOAS. , 3. i J
apricots, pears, cherries, currants,
f | pineapples, prunes, asparagus, aweel
corp, tomatoes, mushrooms, aweel
potatoes, spinach, squasb, turnips,
and beans. Included in the list of
canned mests and flsh are : Lobeters,
oysters, salmon, mackerel, cod, sar
dines, shrimps, herring, deyiled crabs,
sausages, tongue, turkey, deviled ham,
corned beef, corned-beel hash, roast
beef, and miocemeat,
. For the man with a sweet tooth
there are: Jams, jellies, preserves,
ralsine, apple butter, maple sirup, mol-
asses, cranberry sauce, citron, nuts
candy, etc. The smoker may pur-
chase smoking aud chewing tobacco,
cigarettes, pipes, cigarette papers and
matches, The incidental needs of all
the men are supplied with reszore,
combe, brushes for all purposes,
buttons, sosp, shaving sticks, shaving
muge, mirrors, rezor strops, shoe
polish, shoe laces, toilet water, talcum
powder, tooth power, witch-hszal,
towels, handkerchiefs, pocketknpives,
needles, thread, candies, and playing
cards,
ODDLY SHAPED FEET
NOW GET FITTED
IN ARMY SHOES
Two out of every 1,000 men In the
Army have to have their shoes made
to order, In several camps entire reg-
iments have had their feet measured,
and hundreds of drawings were made |
of odd shapes and sizes. At the pres- |
ent time the Army uses between 2
000,000 and 3,000,000 pairs of shoes al
month,
Facts brought out in tests seem to]
prove that men io the present Army
are larger than those serving in prev.)
jous wars, Not only ls this shown by |
the larger sizes of shoes called for, but |
by the larger sizes of outer clothing |
that is belog required. Records in|
the Quartermaster Corps show that a
size larger, on the average, Is being de- |
manded in blouser, shirts, and breenh-
es than have ever before been used.
i
TESTS FOR AWARDING
MEDAL OF HONOR
NAMED BY GFN. PERSHING
These teats are applied to cases re.
commended for the medal of honor,
according to iustiuctions issued as a
guide to cfMoers by Gen. Pershing :
Men who have performed In soction |
deeds of moat distinguished personal
bravery and self-sacrifice above and be- |
yond sll call of duty; so conspicuous |
us clearly to distinguish them for gall-|
sotry and intrepldity above their com-
rades ; which involve risk of life or
the performance of more than ordinar-
Hy hszardous service, the omission of
which would pot justly sutject the
person Lo censure jor shortcoming or
failure in the performance of his daty.
The distinguisbed-service eroes lo
awardcd for gallantry in ge fon to any
one who may distinguish himeelf in
action by (xtreordipary berolem in
gonpection with military operations
against sn srmed enemy. under clr
foumetances which do not jostity the
award of the medal of honor,
MORE RAILWAY
ENGINEERS TO GO
TO FRANCE
When the 5 new regiments and 19
battalions of rallway engineers now
being orgsnized are put on duty there
will be 50,000 Americans engaged in
railroad construction and operation in
| France,
After the United States entered the
| war ope of the first requests transmit-
ted to this Government hy the French
mission was for assistance In strepgth-
ening the French rallways, Nice reg-
iments of raliway engineers, whose or-
ganization was started before Gen.
Pershing salled, were in France by Au-
gust, 1817. Bix of them have been en-
gaged in copstruction work, tullding
and rebuilding rmilwaye, building
docke, and rearranging terminal facili
ties. The other three regiments have
been engaged in operation, and some
of the railway troops have been on the
fighting line. The additional troops
will be used partly for construction
and maintenance and partly for opera-
A total of $160,000,000 has been
{ epent on railway materials alone, Io-
| cluded in the purchase are 1,727 loco-
motives, 22630 freight care, and 3%9,-
000 tonsa of steel rails.
REPAIR OF CLOTHING
AT ARMY CAMPS SAVES
NEW EQUIPMENT
Through the operation of repairs
considerable saving in release of new
camps, One camp quartermaster est
mates the issue of new clothing has
| decreased one-third, and of shoes 40
per cent.
At a base repair shop for clothing
an aversge of 2 881 garments were re-
paired daily doring the first 18 days of
of May. In addition to the work
| done at base repair shops, many thou-
{sands of garments are repair d at
each large camp.
During April nearly 170,000 pairs of
shope. At present practically all bat
the
ptice varying from 60 to 90 cents per
This work is in eharge of the Con-
| of the Quartermaster Corpse, which has
| been In operation only during the last
four monthe,
A
CHILDREN'S BUREAU FINDS
MANY BABIES SUFFERING
FRUM LACK OF FOOD
Reports are reaching the Children’s
Bareau of the Department of Labor
from the hundreds and thoussnds cof
women who during the last 60 days
have been weighing 5 000,000 onildren
of Americs, and the way in which
permanent poverty menacea the
healthy growth of the children of the
Nation is being revealed ae a result of
the weighing and messuring osm-
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