ISSUED WEEKLY.
CENTRE HALL - - PENN’A.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1918.
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Lieut Keller Assisting in Final W. S.
S. Drive.
the week ending Nov, 16th, Cen-
had a per capita of $17.17 in
Campaign, retaining fifth
week has been designated
the To week, and if every
an and child in the County
e War Savings Stamps to
their i will reach
as
ability we
70,200,00.
y Keller, Jr., of Co. D, 111
A. BE. F.,
1 action in the ** Battle of
ust 12th, 1918,
1day, the 24th inst., and
Div., who
arrived
resent week, assist, as
in making this final
IcCess,
of Centre Coun-
ys who made possible
—in securing the Lib-
hat we fully appre-
i Let
nave done, t
S. S. drive the same
us put
nto the drive that won
Front. let us win
nds in government
and invest
Let us secure
n the t Club of the
ng 200 W. 85, 8. Help
ol Teacher and Is
safest
a
pup
irchasing 200 or more
* Certificate of Ser-
for your school,
r many years to come
to your
“Our
service
support of
‘ clean
campaign
us make
present
It is
us to do our very
=t busy and take our
1e Top ",
urs for success,
Harrison WarLker,
ings Committee
for Centre County.
THE DEATH RECORD.
At
rhteenth, of chronic
Pa.,
heart
Springchurch,
I. Frederick, aged
She was the
J. Frederick and
children, one of
cy and the other, a
age of thirty.four.
side her husband, Charles
Sarah E. Miller. Both
5 and reside near her late
be-
Frederick had the rare faculty of
good judgment with common
These characteristics added to
active personality male her a
wife of inestimable worth.
o made for her a host of warm
wherever her lot was cast, ** Oh!
we loved her ” is the common sen-
t of neighbors and letters of con-
She was a good homemaker
active christian worker in her
e church. She had the distinction
taking the initiative in many of the
church and Sunday-school improvements
which during the twenty-eight years of
her connection with the church at her
late home, have made it exemplary and
to some degree noteworthy,
Her influence as a mother is perhaps
t exemplified in the christian activi-
ties and general usefulness of her three
children and nine grandchildren who are
filling useful positions in the various de-
partments of the churclr and community
work. The aged husband has retired
from the active ministry and makes his
home with his only daughter,
Mrs, Frederick was born in Centre
Hall, Centre county, Pennsylvania, and
was the daughter of John and Sarah
Bitner,
“Though cast down, we're not forsaken,
Though afflicted, not alone ;
Thou didst give, and Thou hast taken
Blessed Lord—Thy will be done, " ®,*
They al
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of
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ENGINEERING
STATE COLLEGE BURNED. |
Complete Destruction With Entire
Equipment.—Loss Estimated at
$300.000.
Fire, which is said to have started in
the lumber storage room of the indus.
trial engineering department, was the
cause of the loss of the magnificent en
gineering school building of The Penn-
sylvania State Monday
night,
The heat, power and light plant of the
College,
on
college was put out of commission so
that virtually every activity of the insti-
tution will be ac a for an
definite period.
More than 6oo soldiers of the vocation.
standstill
al section of the students’ army training
corps are unable to continue their work,
and the students of the
school lost their drawing
and other valuable equipment,
engineer ng
instruments
In view of the inevitable shut-down in
all academic work, President Sparks and
1
Major Baylies, the military comand:
has asked the War Department
lough the 1300 members of the Students’
Army Training Corps f ds
Lis probable that
will be sent home until
made tot
ligh
The
parts of the
he water supply and
t plant,
fire
water pressure
student
d
fire-fi
epartment ineffective.
Help was summ
Bellefonte when tl
ened,
and
than half
tie)
A high wind
sent showers
a mile
1 N
town, The
street from the
saved thr
The loss is
The W. S. S. Meeting.
On a day's notice Chairman W
rison Walker held a W, S. 8S. m
Grange Arcadia, Monday evening
Mrs. Harry }
resented him and did so very cr
in his absence,
The meeting was |
citizens in the
War Work fund.
Robert Hun
gO d ont
War savings
of the
either small or
Keller spoke earnestly
Centre county t
sales War Saving
on. She paid
splendid eff
Li
sen
and was t
that accounts for his
He was
American forces at th
14 1 astra noe
a local audience and
this lime.
hear him. His talk was |
ing and instructive, and
with rapt at
audience.
SET CR
The Hunters Are Getting Ready.
Many of the hunting clubs in
Valley will devote the rems
ippin 4
Seven Mountains
stores of food, etc
the
next week.
deer season-—Monday
As early as Monday
week wagons wete
the Seven Mountains
ing outfits for the big-game
Thé Bradfords, of Ce
the oldest as well as the most succe
hunting clubs, will be ready for the first
chase on Monday morning with a gang
ot fifteen to twenty men.
quarters
Their
new
a substantial wood structure
—is ideally located, and will prove cozy
and comfortable even during
frigid weather,
A number of buck deer have recently
been seen by residents on the south side,
which indicates that the male deer is not
yet extinct, despite the fact that
‘‘casualty list” has been very heavy dur
ing the past few years,
the most
the
I — ot ————
Lieut. ‘“Ned'' Keller Wounded.
Lieut, W, “Ned” Keller, whose letters
from France have been appearing in the
Reporter fof some time past, has been
wounded in action and is now in a base
hospital in France. His mother, Mrs, J.
W. Keller, of Linden Hall, received this
intelligence from the war department at
Washington this week, The degree of
the wounds is not stated,
Mrs. Keller last heard from her son on
October 24th, and his letter expressed
the thought that he would soon be en-
gaged in the mighty drive which proved
to be the finish of the Hun,
I ——_— A ion,
The Highland Grocery at State Col
lege will buy and pay highest prices for
apples, potatoes and general country
produce, Call either ‘phone or write for
prices, adv, p'd,
aN HR I TAY SR RE TO Pe I HR nal 0 AOI AA Cl BE 5
eee weet eevee i we ae
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Committee Confirms Its Dicision to
Sell Only Course Tickets. — Finan
cial Success Assured.
Ata recent
Hall Lecture course committee its
meeting of the
course
It i
sion to sell no other than
was unanimously confirmed,
lieved that this plan will be
f all
who heretofore
interests o course tick
been more
had
disturbed when the best numbers in
course were being given, The
fee ite certain that
You
is qu
port wi
the new methods adopted to
This
other than course ticket
Il be given the movemen
financial success. plan of sell
has been adopt
the future in view, f
ed with
7 es |
that once course ticket !}
personal comfort
ing the doors on the nig
arising f
18 there will be little
ing renewed pledges as
by
Please keep in min
you is the
1
cted for
Some of the
hat seldom
Qae possible
the present course
C.
SWEATERS
Beautiful Styles
and
alia
M. SIMNITH
CENTRE HALL
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Held at
12 & 13.
State S. 8S. Convention to be
Sunbury, Dec
iy
TIME IS NOW
COMPANY, last
a wonderful oppor-
Treasury shares a
In our first advertisement of the BOSTON-KENTUCKY OIL
week, appearing in this newspaper, we drew sour attention t
tunity presented to you in the offer of BOSTON KENTUCKY
ten cenls per share,
WE CALLED YOUR ATTENTION
to the large acreage of the BOSTON-KENTUCKY OIL COMPANY
1150 acres in Rowan County. adjoining the Raglaz d Po and y 8
County, Kentucky, all carefully selected {Or vee
tance to you—ALL BOUGHT AND PAID FOR and ryiog
NO LEASES NO RENTALS AND NO ROYALTIES
The BOSTON-KENTUCKY OIL COMPANY wil for
the privilege of spending its shareholders’ nivney for ¢ le
not belonging to it! The BOSTON-KENTUCKY COMPA
holders’ funds to develop lands in which each shareholder
portion to his stock holdings and
100 PER CENT OF ALL OIL
of the dr
toreit
ribule #0 any one
f
© nt of O11 ian
NY
has an
will vse its share
interest in po
Oe
illing and
produced will be utilized for dividends and for the expansion
development program.
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM KENTUCKY
wells was comy 1 202
During September, 1918, a t tal of 232 new letedd of which
wells are commercially productive, indicating a successsul completion of 57 per
cent. This is a remarkable accomplishment and compares favorably] with the
most prolific districts in the world. On October 25 last, 5:8 new wells were in
process of drilling. For the week ending October 12, the ( imberland Pipe Line
delivered to refin ries 88,216 barrels of crude pr troleum, ¢ ran average daily run
ot 12,602 barrels, each barrel of which was worih $2 60 Indications point to the
production of Kentucky for the year 1915 execeeding FIVE MILLION BAR-
RELS, a marked increase over the year 1917, and the value ot the™gi8 production
will exceed
THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
We gave notice in our last week's advertisement that the price of BOSTON-
KENTUCKY Treasury shares would advance to fifteen cents, THE PRICE
HAS ADVANCED exactly in accordance with our announcement and we now of-
for the second allotment of BOSTON-KENTUCKY Treasury Shares at FIFTEEN
CENTS PER SHARE. To those who did not grasp the opportunity offered last
week at Ten Cents we say
DO NOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT ADVANCE
which in all probability will appear in our next week's advertisement. Send
your orders in at once. You may wire your reservations at our expense, but act
quickly, Remember that our acreage is unusually large and that our capitalization
is unusually emall, .
Address all communications to
E. P. GAGE COMPANY
Investment Bankers,
161 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass.
REFERENCES : Dun or Bradstreet, Hanover Trust Company,
Trement Trust Company, International Trust Co,
Registrar and Transfer Agent : Hanover Trust Company,
Aunditors : Bureau of Business Statistics,
"| SALE REGISTER
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There is a Hurry and a Rush on
Part of Everybody to Get Their
New Winter Clothing.
Every Man,Woman & Child
Must bz cutfitted right away with
Good, Durable and Warm
Clothing.
It Is the Greatest Need of the Hour !
NIEMAN'S DEPARTMENT STORE has it in
grea
Outer Garments of All Descriptions,
—AND GOOD.
As well as Shoes, Stockings & Underwear
Everything —plenty of it ; not merely something to
advertise and put in the window, but BIG SOLID
stocks of it, The real thing is to meet the people's
needs.
Come at once and choose from these great new
stocks which you know you can depend upon, and at
prices which are the lowest for which good merchan-
disc can be sold,
abundance. Men's, Women's and Children's
Department Store M