VOL. XCIII.
WASHINGTON WEEKLY CHAT.
Important Matters at the National
Capital.—By a Special Correspon-
dent.
CHILDREN PETITION CONGRESS.
Congress is accustomed to receiving
bulky petitions in various forms and on
behalf of many different bills and mea.
sures that are before it, but since the
opening of the present session it has fair-
ly been swamped with pleas and prayers
asking that repeal be made promptly of
the tax on ice cream, soft drinks and
sodas. No petitions like them have ever
been presented to Congress before, be-
cause the majority of signers are chil
ren. They do not understand why the
simple luxuries like ice cream cones
should bear a tax of 1 cent each. They
tell of their disappointment in asking
Father or Mother for a nickel to buy a
cone, only to learn from the ice cream
man that he wants a penny or more for
this popular and generally recognized
healthy article. And grown-ups, too,
protest the tax. It is rougly estimated
that more than a million signatures are
on the lengthy sheets that are wouud
into rolls many feet in length, some of
them so heavy and bulky that it 1s a task
for one man to carry them.
And Congress is heeding the cry of
the children. The ways and means
committee of the House will bring in
bill within sixty days to repeal this tax
and several score of other taxes. I
recognized that these taxes were laid for
war purposes at a time when Congress
had to reach out and capture every
penny that could be overtaken by tax
gatherers. But experience has proven
that these taxes did not produce
money to compensate for the trouble and
O~-
a
a
$
{ 18
el
1
is
enough
expense in collecting them, in some i
stances, and certainly not enough to pay
for the annoyance and vexation caused
the people, so before long words will be
sent out that penny taxes are of the]past
and that the ever-popular nickel will
buy full value in ice cream, pop and soda.
HIGH MEAT PRICES,
If the Howse Committee on Interstate
Commerce has its way, it proposes to
lend a hand in trying to chop off a few
cents per pound, at any rate, on high
meat prices. It plans to insert a clause
in the railroad d
under the Interstate Commerce Commis-
ion the privately owned stock cars now
used by the big meat packers, as it has
been claimed that the monopoly of these
cars induces tothe high cost of meats.
It is admitted that little has been accom-
plished by legislation to
prices during recent months, but evident-
ly Congress still has the matter io mind,
and if it cannot beat about the bush one
way, it will get there in time in several
ways, so as to show the people that there
is some thing in the motto that ''Keep-
ing everlastingly at it brings success.”
isposal bill, to place
”
jee
wen
reduce meat
So many bills have been introduced in
Congress asking that captured Germans
cannons be distributed to various cities
and towns throughout the country that
if all are to be supplied it is estimated
that another war with Germany will
have to be waged.
At the beginning of every session of
Congress the old blue law that has repos-
ed in the archives of the Capitol for fifty
years and which, if re-enacted, would
make Wasington city a ‘‘goody-goody”
town on Sundays, is revived and propos-
ed for passage. This time Senator
jones, of Washington State, fathers the
bill. The citizens of the Capital City
would have no say in the matter, as they
have no vote in any of their local affairs,
but if the bill passe there will be no
Sunday moving pictures, no baseball, no
theatres, no stores of any kind open on
the Sabbath, and none will be permitted
to work, with the exception of news.
paper men, men in the public service,
charity workers and members of relig.
ious sects that obse rve another day as
Sunday,
The Teasury Department has maoy
knotty problems to solve, but usually
gets away with them, sooner or later,
Since the war revenue tax bill went into
effect May 1 the question has been as to
what constitutes a ‘union suit,” whether
it is a one-piece garment or one of two
pieces, The decision has been rendered
that it is a one-piece suit, and when sell
ing for more than $5 a tax must be paid
on it. Many merchants have been
evading the tax by hpiding that a union
suit is two garments—upper and lower.
—— A AA,
Big Bequests for 8. 8. Associations.
Last week the will of the late H. J,
Heinz, was filed for probate in Pittsburg.
The estimated value of the estate is $4,
000,000. Relatives are given lifetime
es ranging from $1,000 to $25,000
a year, while employees are remember.
ed with lump sums ranging from $iov
to $20,000, Other bequests, payable in
five years are :
To the University of Pittsburgh $250,
000 ; to the heny county ool
000; to the Pennsyl
vania State Sabbath School Association
$18.000 and to the World's Sunday
tion $100,000,
*
'
WEDDINGS.
Slutterbeck-Klinefelcer.
Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock, at
the Reformed parsonage in Centre Hall,
Rev. R. R, Jones united in marriage
Charles E. Slutterbeck and Miss Dora
K. Khnefelter, both of Tusseyville, The
bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
Samuel Kligefelter and the groom a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Slutterbeck, and
assists his father on the farm, He is a
young man of strict integrity and stands
high in his home community. Their
many friends wish them much happiness
and prosperity,
Luse-Long.
Ralph F. Luse and Miss Mildred E.
well-known young people in
this section, were quietly married on
Sunday at the noon hour at the Reform.
ed parsonage, by Rev. R. R. Jones.
The groom is a former school teacher
and the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Per-
ry H. Luse, of near Centre Hall. The
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Long, of near Penns Cave.
The Reporter joins the many friends
of this young couple in extending
gr ations,
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Scholarship Examinations
A competetive examination for the
Mc Allister Scholarship and also for the
Mrs. M. Elizabeth Olewine Scholarship
in The Pennsylvania State College wil
be held at the Court House in Bellefonte
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on Saturday, June 21, 1919,
M. Thesu
algebra to quadratics, plane geometry,
civicsand U, 8, Government.
The McAllister Scholarship, paying $90.
e, 1s open to both
The Olewine Scholarship, pay-
in college,
Inquiries may
be adressed to County Superintendent
D. O. Etters,
a
ects will include arithmetic,
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tinh
engisn, m
for first year in collag
sexes,
ing $100 for the first year
a
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18 open to women only.
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Centre Hall to Have Rare Treat,
Tre Mifflinburg Dramatic Club will
present ‘Isabel the Pearl of Cuba,” a
picturing the
The scene of
the play is laid in and about Havanna.
The costumes are elaborate and picture-
melodrama in four acts, r
Spanish-American War,
o
esque,
This
wher
tion of Sara
E.
*
¥
has received
v is under the direc-
V. Strunk, B. O., and Grace
Struble, A. B. are thirteen
>eople in the cas
Th
ib
play been well
ver en. It
{
There k
it.
e play will be given in the Grange
Hall Friday evening, June 6th, at 8:00
Bs JU
Admission, adults joc, child
g
,
o'clock.
rem isc.
Special vaudev
No war tax,
$
:
lle between acts
adv. | »
RE ———
Lighting System for Lutheran Church
At a congregational meeting of the
Lutheran church, lon Sunday morning,
the hight queMion was taken up, and it
complete the lighting
system begun a year or more ago, A
committee recommending a chandelier
was instructed to purchase same and
have it installed.
t
fw
mld
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to
was declded
t
r
§
The whole cost of |.
lighting will be a little over $400.
Enlarging Business Place.
D. A. Boozer is enlarging his place of
business by extending the building at
the rear for a distance of about ten feet.
A cellar is also being excavated under a
portion of the old building in which will
be installed a beating plant and other
conveniences. A part of the new sec
tion will be set off for an automobile
show room. J
New Bounty Law.
Governor Sproul has signed a bill
which makes effective, June 1st, 1919, a
new bounty law. Under the provisions
of the Act a bounty of $8.00 will be paid
for wild cats, $1.00 for a mink and $2.c0
each for foxes and weasels.
The skins of all animals for the kill-
ing of which a bounty is claimed, must
be sent to the office of the Board of
Game Commissioners, at Harrisburg,
by the claimant, just as they are now
sent when the affidavit is made before a
Justice of the Peace. The skin must
not be mutilated and the affidavit must
clearly state when as well as where the
animal in question was killed if the
claimant hopes to profit by the increased
bounty on wild cats and weasels as pro.
vided for in this bill. Special deputy
game protectors are authorized to take
affidavits of this character and are en-
titled to the same fee that a Justice
could claim for like services. but must
supply himself with a proper identifying
seal at his own expense, A paid game
protector is not entitled to such fee. All
individuals in the State authorized to
administer oaths can take such affidavit,
Any effort to secure the increased
bounty on either a wild cat or weasel as
provided for by the Act through the pre-
sentation of the skin of an animal killed
before June 1st, 1919, is punishable by a
fine and imprisonment, and a false affi-
davit in this regard is perjury.
News Agency for Sale.
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‘The yadorsigtied offers for sale the
for the Philadelphia dail
y pa
tre Hall, Good haanon 100 Lely.
uring
AEMORIAL DAY OBSERVE
Unite in Honoring the Soldier
Dead.
The ranks of the * ‘boys in blue,” those
1onored veterans of the war of ’61, have
These took part in the Memor-
al Day exercises in Centre Hall, and
hey were the following : B. D. Brisbin,
+. M. Boal, W. H. Bartholomew, James
Durst. Iu automobiles they
1eaded the parade which took form at
School children,
he Red Cross, the boys in khaki, and
he various fraternal organizations took
art in the parade. The Woodmen band
of State College was also in line and
ipon reaching the cemetery played a
lirge while the flowers were placed upon
he graves,
The “vets” of the war of 61, one vet.
ng the exercises. Capt. G. M, Boal
thirty-six in number—while a drum-
ner sounded taps after the cplling of
ach name. After the singing of sever.
+3
ul
e speaker of the day, Rev,
iis address was fitting to the
imes and made a profound impression
ipon the
most
made to
it
3
forth in
I
ee the fruitts of
he dark days of the War of
weir efforts pu
’
: WE
the
call-
this
Among other things, Rev. Jones
of
t which the men who wore the blue and
he men who are wearing the khaki par-
Continuing, he said they have
right to stand together on this occas.
ght for {the same ;
he men who wore the
icipate,
yo
in-
iple. blue
acy. and the men who wear the khaki
ight to make the World safe for de-
th
Lik
laid
the
a Germans,
ui
i
ver wan
when
in 1918,
ty years ago,
one nation. Had they
ailed there would have been no men
haki crossing the Atlantic in 1018 to
A
been
ndle
into
he great work to be done,
You men in blue, continued the speak-
r, and you men in khaki, are builders.
structure--world de.
You builded larger than you
You thought that you were only
democracy,
you were laying the foundation,
he very cornerstone, of World democ.
acy. You men in khaki placed the key-
tone in the first arch of that magnifi-
ent structure,
“I am glad,” said the speaker, that
“You men in khaki are builders. You
It
You
the
safe for
eligion, so that a government of the
The committee in charge of the prog-
sion. John admitted that facing an
The following poetic lines in the poem
With no regret to yield to them our place !
Bat now we feel we've almost ren our race,
These lads who stook the five from German
day,
While they were foroed to deal with ruthless
Huns, ©
Bios
back for the Khaki Boys,
The line of Is very thin at best,
down the hill,
The Khaki Lads have hardly reached the crest.
IURSDAY. JUNE
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C. H. H. 8. COMMENCEMENT
Ten in Class of 1919 Receive Diplomas
for Faithful Work.— All Deliver
Fine Orations.
If the outpouring of citizens at a High
school commencement exercise may be
taken as a criterion, then the interest ir
education on the part of residents of
entre Hall and vicinity might be
said to be waxing —net waning, Long
before the hour appointed for beginning
the exercises the Grange Hall was filled
to its seating capacity and before the
first number on the program began the
hall 5]
being occupied, many standing through.
out the exercises
Promptly at eight
r
was crowded, all available Ace
o'clock the ten
by their
marched
Miss Adeline Mc
n, Miss Marga
] Ww
i
rraduates, preceded teacher,
4 i
Prof. N. L.. Bartges,
stage, in this order
onto the
¥
v ret
Clegahan, Floyd Jorda
imery, Miss Belle Meeker, Miss
E y. M B M r., Miss
Heckman, Boyd Jordan, Miss
ine Bradford, Miss Miriam Huyett,
Mamie Brooks, Harold
They looked handsome~—boys
%
bi}
Alexan
and
ana
alike—in their gowns and
ladies
lovely
of the young
been made especially for
10T
suits, those « having
the occasion
oid rose
Everywhere the class colors,
ver grey, caught
the rear of the stage was
§
and sil the eye, wh
1
83% ve
A BOUG THAEsS
§ »
P LE BT . Foss
Oi + ILLAD moun
spruce, taken from
tain. Roses and other cut flowers, and
potted plants formed a beauty spot t
.
t
the front of the stage, giving the atmos-
phere a del
Miss Adeline
exercises with |
tion, and ‘Harold Alexander
the Fr
wroved &
rel
na
valedictory
end the excrcises I
audience
Years
ably spe
Prof. Bart
teachin
The variou
in #3
ia Re
ui,
ges, who closed
or
of ina credit
were with
interspersed
Bellefonte High school orche
}
torch i
ership
ow f
the able
Weik.
Pro
dress on the work
a
f. Bartges delivered a short ad.
lone during the term,
and good percentage of a
the term, despite the fact that
g { tt
f {
3 SCHOOL Yea
4
ance,
demic at the start t
Fol-
present
played havoc with the atten
)
lowing
the class with
bh
his talk be proceeded to
di
had
their diplomas, the goal
which they been
4
:
{ at 5 oF
for il 54
ohot
ghout
school work.
throu the three years of theis
The graduates delivered ora
oy Pet
the following ¢
Centre Hall.’
‘Patriotis
of
Household Poet,”
come
Heckman ; *
on the Farm.” Boyd
10jecls
Adeline
Floydtjorda ’
Margaret Emery
t3
Beile Meeker ;
34,
Nature,”
“Wel
soldiers,” Fernie
©
Rural People
Je : “The Red
Work,” Catharine
Bradford ; “Girls of Olden Days and
Girls of Today,” Miriam Huyett ; *'Be-
youd the Rockies Lies the Golden Gate,”
Mamie Brooks ; Harold
Alexander. Margaret Emery delivered
the mantle oration and Ruth Bartges,
president of the junior class, made the
response,
Because of the local interest which at-
taches to Miss McClenahan's paper, the
Reporter decided to print it in full, It
is here given :
i
“ P
1,
waan
Cross—Origin and
mi
mi
valedictory,
HISTORY OF CENTRE HALL.”
The commencement of the village of
Centre Hall proper dates from the year
1846. At that time there was no build.
ing here except an old log school house
which stood on the corner where the ho-
tel now stands, and on the opposite cor-
ser, where the bank building stands,
there was a blacksmith shop. After the
school law was passed in 1834 this school
house was converted into a dwelling for
a blacksmith,
All this time Mr, Christian Hoffer was
trying to get a town started. He owned
much land and thus could offer building
lots for sale. He was anxious to have
some one come and build a hotel and
start a store, as he believed it would be
a good place for both and a great con-
venience to the farmers, as all on this
side of the valley had to go a long dis-
tance for anything they needed. Mr.
Henry Witmer, a brotherdn.law of Mr.
Hoffer, lived in Aaronsburg, where he
conducted a store and hotel, Thru the
influence of Mr, Hoffer, Mr. Witmer
made up his mind about the year 1844 to
come to this place and build, At this
time there was not a house here, but
when Mr, Hoffer was certain that Mr,
Witmer was coming, in order to encour-
age the movement, went to work add
built the first house. This was used as
a boarding house for some time, but as
late as 1902 was used 4s the printing
office of the Centre Reporter, and stood
between the houses now owned by Mr,
Fisher and Mr. Brisbin,
In the fall of 1846 Mr, Witmer had his
hotel about completed and he and his
family and Mr. William Wolf, his clerk,
moved to this place and they had a
grand opening. Hereafter. the people
Those lade so keen, so wideawske alive
They')t not forget the Boys of Sixty five |
did not have to go all the way to Potters
(Contiousd ou lnmde prge. )
»
/4 The Flower Contributors.
The following children contributed
flowers for decorating the deceased vet-
erans’ graves io the Centre Hall ceme-
tery, on Memorial Day :
Algie Emery, Adeline Dinges, Helen
Brown, Ruth Brown, Margaret Delaney;
Agnes Geary, Curtis Reiber, George
Reiber, Ruth Reiber, Mary Reiber,
Charlotte Keller, Grace Brubaker, Eliza.
beth Charles, Meredith Coldron, Jack”
Coldron, Grace McClenahan, Anna Ga.
ris, Florence Zettle, Vianna Zettle, Lila
Stover, Miriam Moore, Louise Smith,
Eugene Colyer, Russel Colyer, Wilbur
McClellan, Bradford,
Martz, Catherine Martz, Paul Smith,
Ralph Martz, Frank Gross, Catherine
Smith, (Byers Rip Helen Runkle,
Margaret Luse, Catherine Runkle. Ruth
Runkle, Elizabeth Bartholomew, Edit
Moltz, Ruble Ruble,
Miriam Gross, Elizabeth Gross, Mildred
1 %
merick, Madeline Eme-
Isabelle Father
tee
wa,
+
Stella Grenevieve
Bitts, Dorothy
Marion Meyers,
School Classes Enjoyed Themselves.
The Centre Hall grammar school
py
a
vacation on the
where they
Isabel Rowe, th
14h
4 VIC B
~
3 y
CRO0I,
to
Big
the
spot on
eir dinne
.
Li Tr
and ate
anc ale :
riges was along with the
1g with th
Seniors con
£m
Bellefonte
ure lagen.
attendin
Wife of Reformed Minister at Aarons-
burg Dead.
Rev. W.
Reformed «
Mrs
wd
Ha,
Do-
at
home
D.
aur
wife of
y
ional,
r of th 3
tor of the cil
pa
Aarousburg, passed away at her
in the sn Thuredas 1
in that pace onl i hursday ast
havi
night of
ng t ifferer from tuber-
$ Ber husband she is sur-
Nevin,
ev lf
Wau
by one
2h
3
son, aged
worker
we missed,
ten
years f i for
her Ma
1
e Was a
1
.
will t
ster, am
he remains Were taken to Wanamak
er, Lehigh county, on Tuesday, for
burial.
Death of an Infant,
i
M Louise Hubler,
teen days,
argaret
ar
aged one
{ intest
ils parents
. and iv
5 A0G Din
sid
e £
i
| 1
nai ire »e atl th in
9Y Fr
lock Haven, TIM
May 2 ;
Beliefonte May 3r«
>a,
day afte
oy
a
quad. "1 irl was born in
8, its parents be-
ing Madeiene Hubler,
the father
of
an age where it
in the home,
sunshine
and turally the parents
hearts are heavy.
fonts
POEL,
The corpse was tak-
and on Sunday the fu
neral wok place from the home of the
mother’s parenty, Mr. and Mrs, William
Is A AO ABI,
Gehret -r
Record Price for Bull
Ragapple the Great, a two year-old
Holstein bull, was sold for $12¢, 000 at
the dispersal sale of the stock farm of
Oliver Cabana, Jr., near Buffalo, New
York on Thursday. The price is said to
be the highest ever paid for a sire.
Robert E. Pointer, of Detroit, was the
buyer,
Another record was made when the
cow Fairview was sold to John T. Shan-
ahan, of Buffalo, for §35.000. About
four months ago the cow was bought for
$18 400,
Mr. Shanahan obtained the cow after
spirited bidding against A, W, Greene,
of Ohio, a representative of Coleman T.
du Pont, of Deleware.
en to Belle
he
al
ur
State Agricultural Notes.
Sheep restore fertility to neglected
farms while making a profit for their
owners from the sale of wool, lambs and
meat,
Do not shear sheep on cold, windy
days, as it is very severe on the flock.
Wait until the weather is settled and
fairly warm.
The silo is the most economic equip-
ment for storing {orage. When space is
considered, eight times as much feed
can be stored in a silo as in a haymow,
If you have a farm that 1s worth liv.
ing on, you ought to give it a name.
Have some letterheads and gnvelopes
printed at your local ®newspaper office.
Farming is the best business of the age.
and the good farmer should show him.
self a business man by the appearance
of his stationery.
The primury gbject of the cultivation
of corn, potatoes, and other cultivated
crops may be classified under four heads,
as follows : *
1. Ty conserve moisture,
2. To unlock plant food,
3. To aerate the soil.
4. To kill weeds,
out the State. Truck crops and tobacco
Re NO. 23
OWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
————
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTERERT
FROM ALL PARTS
Millbeim has oiled her streets,
Henry Brown, in France over a year
as a member of an engineering corps,
has arrived from He
Millbeim boy.
Prof. D. O. Etters held a teachers’ ex-
amination, for provisional certificates,
in Centre Hall High school roor
terday (Wednesday).
Overseas a
in
1
3
o]
yes-
I am ready to do repairing and paint.
ing of automobiles, as well as a genera!
line of 1 work,
call.—W. A. Henny, Centre Hall,
The week commencing June
William “I Brown, the
negro murderer of
his death in the electric
view,
acksmith Give me a
adv,
16th
2 on jy *¥ %
dush convicted
Woodland, goes
chair
Cooties, the real, gennine
ably sent hom Huon helmets as a joke,
in Conn
h elisville
ave gained a foothold
and half of Fayette county is squi
tie
aun
The pests are said to be
The Reporter was pleased to
f
i
receive
C. Has-
he Milton
x
i
editor
ard,
Frederic
of
Memorial Day.
a fraternal call
tings,
Evening Stan
He was one of a par
here by auto,
rom
ng
Q
1
managi
sey
and
beauty of our town,
Just 26 years ago on Memorial
Mai
Gown the moun
Day
the Walter 1., n circus train, going
tain toward Tyrone after
showing at Houtzdale the day before.
ot away from th n and jumped
the track near Vail, piling
and liberating
menagerie.
¢ trainm
nm
up
a good portion
nag
nag
5
A baby boy, wei
1,
ix
shiny
ghing
was born
Miller at
>
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ain
and three”
nd
nd
e
quarriers pound t a
Mrs. Raymo
1703 Lrreen street,
ih
41h.
nd 1
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HG J .
7 }
The mother was for-
merly Miss Elizabeth Saunders, of Cen-
tre Hall. Miss Carrie Sweetwood, an-
other Centre Hall lady, is in attendance
as private nurse,
biladelphia, on Sat-
urday, May 2
will be
g Toes-
wae 0es
aiinm
Farmers’ Week
College, beg
¥ ng. June 17th,
:
til Thursday eveni
A Summer
ievwn svn
inaln
held at State
aa and oO
.
cven: ng
3
+4 ‘
un une 1gth, with
All the dis-
tdoors
+
two sessions each
cussions will be hek at the
onstration work under
cated,
to ten sections, each dealing
particular { agriculture.
the
wad Hs 3
The program will be divided in.
with some
Thous
he state are
phase oO
ands of farmers througho
planning to motor to the College at that
time,
Ww. Walker, chairman of
Group 3 of the Pennsylvania War Sav-
-
a
Harriso
ings, on Thursday of last week address-
ed the students of Mansfield Norn
School in the interest War
Fully one thousand students and otbers
listened to Chairman Walker make bis
pleas for the littie green sta the
best securities now offered by the na-
tional government. Today Mr. Walker
18 in Philadelphia to consult with his
associate group chairmen, Messrs, Geo.
E. Lloyd, of Carlisle, and J. N. Schroed-
er, of Lancaster, and State Director E,
McClain Watters, who just returned
from Washington.
A new Nash sedan, purchased by S.
Ward Gramley, of Millheim, was com-
pletely stripped on its way from the fac.
tory to Bellefonte, to which place Mr.
Gramley went, one day last week, for
the purpose of driving the car home. It
was discovered that the railroad car had
been tampered with. Both seals of the
box car which were sealed with seals of
the Nask Motor Co. had been broken
and railroad seals used to close the doors
again. When the car was opened it was
discovered that thieves had stolen about
everything that could be taken off the
car, Tires, headlights, storage battery,
generator, horn, speedometer and clock
were taken. A touring car in the same
shipment suffered a similar fate, and in
addition the two plate glass windows in
the rear curtain were cot out with a
knife. It is estimated that it will cost
about $800 tu replace the stolen parts.
Ira Confer, storekeeper at Yarnell,
met with a horrible accident at the
Pennsylvania depot, at Bellefonte, Tues
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