THE OE
HTREDAY JULY 11, 1918
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a Pico
TRE REPORTER.
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Thirty-five Years Ago.
RS: ptember 6, 1883 —The Granger's
rext annus! picote will be held st the
old plece, on the mountain sbove
Centre Hall, on Thursday, Sept. 20'b,
The carpenters are now through
with their work on the Lutheran
church spire in this place, snd Jobn
T. Lee has begun the job of painting
it.
H. C Bhirk, living three miles south
«f Centre Hall, was the victim of a
swindler who represented himself as
James Santee, of Hazelton, He bar-
gained for two of Mr, Rhirk’s valuable
horses, giving bis check for $876 ob
the Lewisburg bank, Mr, Bhirk later
came to Centre Hall and telegraphed
to Lewisburg about the check and
Jearned that Santee was not known
there and had no tunds in the bank.
Mr. ~hirk at once set out to locate the
swindler and wit the aid of Julisn
Flemir g, caught up with Hantee at
Plywonih, pesr Wilkesbarre, still in
possession of the horses, He was ar-
rested but a comprise was ¢ff-¢ ed and
the culprit left « ff easily, Mr, Shirk
gold the horses in Ply mouth,
[A ull column is devoted in thie
je=ue to the railroad meeting held at
Mey+r’s hotel, called for the rarpose of
the stockholders voicing their indig-
nation at the Pennyslvania Rallrosd
Company's failure to bu'ld what ls
pow known as the L. & T. branch.
The railroad company, ten years pre-
vious, had collected upwards of $200,-
000 in stock aud was given the riebt of
way for building the road, but pot s
stroke hed been done toward starting
the road, A number of promirent
wen in that day—Judge Orvis, Gen-
eral Beaver, ex-senstor Alexander, J.
L. 8pavgler, L. Rhone, Col, Milliken,
and others were present,]
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Aaronsburg,
Esther Bradford has gone to stay an
indefinite time with her uncle, Rev,
John Bowersox, at Clintondale,
Mrs, Clsud Feidler spent a few days
with her parents, at Hsartleton, and
husband who i= emoployed at Milton,
Miss Msgdslena Weaver, of Hublers-
burg, spent a few days pleasantly wit:
her mother.
Mr, and Mrs. William Harter
brought! Mra. Victor Btover and baby,
of Akron, Onio, to the home of ber
father-in-law, Wilmer Btover,
Mr, and Mrs, Toomas Meyer, of Co-
burn, took Rev. and Mrs. Donat in
there Overland car to the bome of Mr.
Womeledorf, at Jacksonville,
Mr. and Mrs, Flickenger and son,
of New Jersey, sre plessantly enter-
tained by their parente, Mr. and Mrs,
Howard Acker,
Mr. and Mre, George Weaver were
to Yeagertown to see Mrs, Weaver's
giater, Mfe, Grenoble, who is on the
sick list,
After a few weeks stay with his
family Walter Orwig has gone to Mil-
ton at which plsce he has good
employment,
Mr. and Mre, Piercee, of New York
City, are paying their anpusl visit to
the Iatter’s mother, Mrs, Mayes, and
sister, Mrs. Anne Gul-ewite,
Adam Hostermsn snd son Henry
and family, of Boalsbury, were visit
iny the Haires sieters aud the Job
Hsipes family,
Prof, L. Bertlett retorned to bis
farmoily sf er bavirg fi iabed a term of
school in Perth Ambo, N. J. Heex-
pects to move his family at the ab ve
named place in Auvust,
Wendell Orwig, of Hartleton,
brought bis nephew, Bright O:wig,
bome on Baturday. Bright spent the
pest few mouth with his grand par-
ents, Mr, Orwig’s mother accom pan
fed them bome,
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Woooward,
Mrs, Ray Orndorf snd baby, from
Puiladelphin, are visitors in town,
Mr. and Mrs, Louis Sebel, from Cip-
cinnati, are spending their vacation a
the home of Andrew Moyer,
Mr, and Mrs, Hebastian Kaster, from
Reading, spent last week with ‘he
indy’s parents, Mr, and Mrs, James
Von N ids,
Mr, and Mrs, Robert Bmallwood,
from Prulsboro, New Jersey, are
guesta at the bome of the lady's par-
ente, Dr, and Mra, A. P. Ard.
Mr. and Mre. 8. J. Fiedler are re-
ceiving congratulations on the arrival
of a little daughter, Maxine Gertrude,
since the fourth of July,
Mr, and Mrs, Isasc Orndorf, from
Jersey Bhore, spent a few «ays last
week with the lady ’e parente, Mr, and
M », Jeckeon Bheesley,
Robert #n sliwood, wife and moth.
er, Mra, (Dr.) Ard, and nephew Wil
son Ard were entertained sunday st
the home of Irvin Dreese, in Lemont,
Mr, and Mrs. Dunoan and child,
and Mre, Martin, from Northumber-
land, were gu«sts at the J. B., Ard
bome on *unday,
Centre Reporter, $1.50 » year,
WEEKLY WAR
and on the Battle Fronts,
from Washington, D. C.
IMMENSE STORES
NEEDED TO FEED
MEN ON TRANSPORTS
An account of hw soldiers are fed at
wea Is given in the dally newspaper
rublished on transport :
“0 itaide of providing 210,000 meals
at ses, the mess officer of the ship bas
very little to do, V ‘ry little,
‘He is only oa led upon to provide
by the regulations, 180 4 flsrent vari -
ties of food, That's nil, Ever iry to
order 180 aifferent things to eat ? Yet
this is the suthen tic list,
“The food nerded to feed several
thousand men at sea ranges beyond
the glutton’s dresme, You get the
answer in the shin down below the
water line, wher+ 7,200 loaves of bread
bave been baked in one day, and
where you stumble over every variety
rom 60,000 prunds of beef t 132,000
eggs, Or » compartment of brick wo
cream in a 10-devree-above-garo vault,
“And if this doesn't sui’, you can
bump slong into 49,324 pounds of po-
tatoes, 7.100 pou «dx of vam and bscor
7,800 pounos of natrer, 9.200 or un. 8 of
rUwar, anc 61,600 p woos of fl ur,
“If you csn’c get a meal out of this
you can still fall back on 4,600 vounds
of sxusage, 8,400 pounds of s-uerkrau’,
26,000 pounds of apples, 18,8000 pounds
of oranges, and 4,200 pounds of onions,
And this lesves out 1600 pounds of
jsm snd 9400 pounds of lima and]
pavy beans’.
MONEY INSIEAD OF
MERCHANDISE SHOULD
BE SENT TO SOLDIERS
I'he original order that the spproval |
of a regimental or higher commander |
was necessary before pscksges might |
be sent to members of the expedition. |
ary forces has been modified so « flicers |
wito the rank of msjor apd higher |
may spprove shipments, The ap-
proval of a company commander is
not sufficient.
The question of the shipment of par-|
cals to Frapce first came to the atten-
tion of the War Deparment when the |
commanding general of the expedi-
tionary forces cabled tbat congestion |
of such articles bad reached such =|
point that French railroads were un-|
sble to bapdle the load, A board sp-
pointed by the Recretary of War and
the Postmaster General examined 5,-
000 escks of parcel-post ‘mail, snd
found that articles being sent not only
in the main, were absolutely unnveces-
sary, but undesirsble, The inveatigs-
tion showed that the amouot of such |
mail had reached a total of 500,000
pounds a week, and was steadily lo-|
creasing,
Relatives and friends, according to a
recent statement by the War Depart-
ment, will ind they often can do »
greater service to soldiers by sending
them moopey for the purchase «f arti-
cles in France than by forwarding the
articles, Tobscco is now being sup- |
plied se part of the Army rations, snd
merchandise of pearly all kinds may
now be jurchased in Fravee through
the ugh seperal store established by
the Querternpster Corps at Jower
prices tbsp charged by retailers here,
DENTAL CORPS OF ARMY
Lie Ovninl reguiremen & of an aro |
of more thar 5,000,000 men can now
be met by the present fore of the |
Dental Corps of the United Hiates |
Army, Examinations have been |
closed and no further additions will oe |
made to the corps for some time, The
pumber of dental officers hss + xpsncd-
ed since war wae declared from 68 U
5,810, Commissions were off-red to
5,467 dentiste ip sll parts of the couu-
try, ard all tu 271 were scoepted,
The average tLumter of tooth fi ling.
ir the Army rages from 225000 t.
250 000 a month, Hpeecial denial lie
fl aries have been established in the
camps and cantonments, to whios
newly inducted soldiers are sent fr
ex-mivation shor ly after arrival I
the camps, :
A school for dental Instruction ha.
been established, where 85 officers are
assigned each month to take the 2-
months’ course,
FOOD RATION
TO BE CARRIED IN
GAS-PROOF CONTAINER
Ihe Quartermaster’s Department ie
now supplying gassproof food ¢.nt ine
ers Lo the soldiers 10 the zoe of opers-
tions io Fraoce, These containers
prevent seepage of gas into the oon:
tainers snd guard sgainet contamans-
tion of food, The men carry thelr
emergency rations in the ocontalpers
snd all food brought up to the trench-
ea is carried lo the new tine,
After the food is packed In the cone
tainers they are hermetically sealed,
It i= planned to use paraffice for seal
ing aa it settles in such 8 way that §
must be out before the lide oan be tak.
en off, It can be applied by running
the containers through a parsfline
bath,
Because the supply of tin Is limited
and there may not be snough to supe
ply the needs of the Army the Quart.
ermaster’s Department is experiments
!
ing with the wax paper box, Tests
made show that thes boxes meet all
conditions satisfactorily, Toe tine
and boxes both are vermin and water
proof,
GERMAN FIRM
ADVERTISES PAPER
FOR VARIED USES
An advertisement in a Berlin news-
p-per, reported by the *‘ Information
Belges ’’ shows some of the many uses
to which psper ls being put in Ger-
many
+ Paper stuff for dresses and aprone.
“ Pape stufl for business suite,
“ Paper stufl for mapufscture
wile,
“ Paper stuf for upholstery and tap-
eutries,
“Paper stoff for trunks snd bags,
“ Pauper s'uff for bage, plllowces:#,
and matiresses,
“mplendidly assoried lot for sale, ’’
of
MANY ATTRACTIONS
STAGED IN THE «2
Viwrw wie 42 theaters, which cost
over $600,000, in operation in camps
and cautonments throughout the
cuotry, Nearly 100 vsudeville acts
hav« been brought from the large cir-
cuits to play in these theaters only ;
about A) «cts have been recured from
companies are paying Iv
hese thesters exclusively, Bome of
tedrde,
The camps have been divided into
two circuits. In ope the Liberty
theaters seat 3 000, in the other the
bouses are smaller, having a capacity
of sbout 1,000 each, It takes from 14
to 25 weeks for a production to be stag-
ed in each house of either circuit,
“HBmileage '’ books, ecld through-
out the eountry under the direction of
the Jommission on Training Camp
Activities, contain coupons good for
dmission to all attractions in camp
theaters,
RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
MAKE PROVISION FOR
WHEAT HANDLING
Ihe box-car situs’ion la betler at
duripg the last three ye re, sccording
to advice received by the Department
of Agriculture from the raliroad ad-
ministration,
On May 1 box cars began to move
into wheat territory, and = heat-carry-
ing roads are expected to have on their
lines more than the normal amount of
cars owned by them, Cars are being
parked in wheat-loading territory,
which was impossible last year. The
Raliroad Administration will contin.
ue to move cars into wheat districts se
long ss there Is any Indication that
additional cars will be needed.
Women stencgraphers and typists
are now being enrolled fo Naval Ree
Over 8000 women
pre duciion
are at work no
of une mesks at t' @
Lov g Taine d gasede fense plat,
Ata B50 subsistsre lvspectors of
he Army attended 8 school of ore
we Rk recently beld at Washington, D,
y O receive instruction In methods
to standardize the inspection of food,
Moothly mag: z'nes to be sent to sole
diers snd sailors should pot be more
han two months old, sccording to
the Post Office Department, and
weekly publications should pot be
more than three weeks old,
In answer 10 querries regarding the
protection sflorced against mustard
«a8 by Ameriosn masks, word has
come from the Expeditionary Foroes
that no information bas been received
that any box respirator of American
ov English wanufaciure has been pen-
strated in the fl«id.
Three temporary cffice Foildings,
providing working space fv 6,250 per
son+, have been bulit fv 10 weeks in
Washington, D, C, by the construc
tfon division of the Army, without
the employ vent of a constructor.
One Satory structure, 491 feet long,
260 f-et wide, with a floor space of
270,000 square feet, was ready for oc-
cupsncy 24 working daye after the
first spad ful was turned,
Forty-six societies representing 22
~ationalities of foreign-born citizens
prepa ed monster celebrations, page
ante, parades, and speech making in
the privecipsl cities of ‘the United
4tates for July 4. Represented in the
group were Armeniape, Assyrians,
Beigiaoe, Chinese, Czechoslave,
Danes, Duteh, Fione, French, French-
Canadisne, Germans, Greeks, Hangar-
ans, Italiane, Jepanize, Lithuanispe,
Norwegians, Poles, Portuguese, Ros-
sisps, Rouwasanisne, South Slave,
dwedes and Swiss, In May these so-
oletien appealed to President Wilson
to issue a proclamation oslling upon
all native Americans to unite with
the foreign born In observing the na-
tional holiday, snd plans for the
many celebrations developed after the
proclamation wa lsued
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local appilloations, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies
cenused by an inflamed condition of the mu.
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube When
this tube is Inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
uniess the Inflammation 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,
of the mucous surfaces
We will give One He=dred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure,
Bend for circulars, free
¥.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohlo,
Bold by Druggists, 76c
Take Hall's Family Pllis for constipation.
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. —
Letters of administration on the
deceased,
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 against
the same to present them duly suthenticated
without delay for settlement,
ADAM B BMITH, Administrator,
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