VOL. XCV.
SHOCKING TRAGEDY
IN POTTER COUNTY.
Will Meyers, of Carr's Corners, Kills
Two Farmers Who Respond
His Abusted Wife's Calls For
Help.
Will Meyers, resi
port, Potter county, who on Wednes
t and
ent of near Couders-
last week sho
night of
farmers who intervened when his
threaten
is still at
A
headed by members of the state police
beating
whom he was
with a revolver, called fo
large, according to reports.
force, is searching for him,
The
Barr's {Corners, a little
the northe
Archie C
srown,
child
shocking tragedy occurrec
community
astern part of Potter unt
Mark
Two
hi arlin, aged 45 years, and
arried and
3 hindu
both 1ndu
26 m
20, 1
having
en, strious farmers, were
e of the Meyers
walking in th
home when Mrs. Meyers called
for They
woman, asking
vicinity
to them
towards the
help. walked
was the matter,
Meyers started to with an
oath and a thr
He shot at Car
that the bullet,
just below t
A
entering his head alongside
his nose. farmer
hours but did not regain consciousne
Mey
i
ay
Cis i
wiie a
an
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OL LE TS A WR IE TIA AL RESTON
Timely Reminders from
i Fhe Pennsylvania State College
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HESSIAN 1
t water breeds «
give a bad taste
per cet
cent of
HORSES —During h
i be amply repaid for
ot weather driv-
ers wil their time
by watering their horses once during
the middle of each half-day. The
much mo:e work and do
more easily. *
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Young Man Commits Suicide.
Harvey Keaster, a young man resid-
ing at Penn's Creek, near New Berlin,
shot and fatally wounded himself with a
22 calibre r
6 o'clock.
Whil
placed the muzzle of the weapon to his
hor-
ses will do it
0 ? 4 1 Sata "
ifle Saturday ever about
e standing back of the barn, he
forehead and pulled the trigger, the bul-
let penetrating his skull passing through
the brain and lod in the back of his
head.
He was rusbed to a hospital, but
there was no hope of recovery and the
youth died at 1 o'clock Sunday morning.
The body was removed to the farm at
Penn's Creek.
Keaster was aged about 25 years, He
had shown signs of insanity, to which
is attributed his suicide,
or
ging
TEAM FOR SALE.-Sorrel horse
and bay horse, weigh 2800 Ibs. ; a good
work team, —~HARRY C, McCLENA-
HAN, Centre Hall, Pa. at,
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TWO CENTRE COUNT
Bodies of Charles F. Do
BrilliArrive from Fr:
Tu
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county’s soldier dead
neral services for t
to this country Fran
3
day
from
last Thursday and Fr
Military services with the
the Ameri
1eld for both,
‘hur
sday the funeral
Charles F, Doll, one of
whom the local post of
Legion was n
John's Cat
Rad
State
of Co
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the only great work for ¢
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awarded a gold medal
value at the Panama Pacif
This wort
On
al Exposition,
will be placed
Grangers Encampment an
Hall, iu the Wolf building,
are interested in examinin
it
exh
Good bargaius to be had
Y
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and Jacob
wo of Centre
ly returned
held
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of
the
the
mpleted by
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hild can ask
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in explaining
child is
~he 18 full
no matter
interested in
by
that
day and
TODAY
he
through his
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sted
will
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to be
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ternation
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at the
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for those who
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for
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THE DEATH RECORD.
KeLLer, —Judge Benj
Keller, a
at Atl
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native ot ¢
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Schneck
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Forestry Dept. Shows Big Net
» Foor $s 3
Figures ympiled by sa Pe
Gain.
ansyl-
vania Department of
jonwealt!
han $4
State {o
ps
he Department of
forest land,
improvement
total invest.
§7:200,01,
State forests
lion dol-
net gain has been
Commenting on this pro-
Forester Pinchot said it
conclusively that the State's forest hold.
th about twelve mi
shows
ings are an investment and vot an ex-
pense to the Commonwealth
Toe finavcial statement showed fur.
ther than the Department of Forestry
has paid for rcad, school and county
taxes $616,040.17 the
which the State forests are located,
fo counties in
aniassiamsnicinif otis
One Dead, 3 injured as Motorcycles
+Crash.
A head on collision of motorcycles at
Reedsville on last Monday, resulted in
the death of one man, and the serious
injury ot three others,
The dead man was Clarence Harbst
of Lewmstowh, Those injured are Wil-
liam Holt, of Burnham, who received a
fractured skull and is expected to die ;
Warren Snook, Burpham, both legs
broken and condition critical, and Ruse.
sell Eby, Lewistown, who will recover,
All the men are under thirty years of
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Teachers Elected in Gregg Township.
The following teachers have been
the come
I nary, C
Hov, Panl
Murray
Loga inson.
Beaver Carrie
Py ill, A
Decker, Rent
Heckman
Yo.
HK |
Penn Hall,
Cross R
Mary
EE — sR.
Eight in Auto Land in Bald Eagle
Creek.
ere a
passengers
went ove
Weaver
Hear
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Ee
— ec
Gasoline Fumes Cause Fire,
aE nr
xi
Lock
Haver
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i.ewistown,
Mrs, Cubt
Mr. and Mrs. Th mpson,
, Ohio.
Milroy,
"
ertson, Loyn
Robert Thompson,
Gene Aurand, ie
iss Mary Wion, Bellefonte.
F. P. Duggan, Lewistown,
H. H. Laub, ]Jr., ’
Walter Graut,
F. C. Bowersox,
Bob. Montgomery,
Tom Johnson,
Elmer Snyder,
Jonas Fretz,
William Otis,
Chas. Mendler,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hoffman, Boals-
burg.
Laura McGann, Lewisburg,
Mary E. Butler, Lewisburg,
C. E. Baker. '"
C. M. Orth, Lewistown,
EMrs, C. M. Orth, =
Miss Ruth Orth
Miss C. N, Orth, *
Miss C. Wheeler,
Mrs. Louise Harris, Bellefonte,
Mrs, George Van Tries, Pittsburgh,
Kobert Roan, Bellefonte.
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where a similar motorcycle accident oc-
age.
Jur late
lheim,
The accident occurred at a bad curve
curred a year ago in which two men
1991.
LOCALS DEFEAT HECLA.
Grange Park Scene of Slaughter
Saturday Afternoon, ~ Locals
cell in All Departments of
15-2 the Score.
ina record of
0 games Di
Esse ameliss
witve plitier “gy
A AAR
aseball Games in the Valley.
un Hall, on |
Hall's
games i
star left-hand
bo gn
without much wrangl
there were more cl
On
ban there were
a recent
team
baseball
Fyne
N
ascoreof 7 to « Aaronshn
Madisonburg
g played a game at the for-
mer place on
t
’
the same dav.
sonburyg
Uurg
der a 20 to 0 score,
he Aarons!
Berri
sunea i
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Auto Collides With Telephone Pole.
An automol
Thursday morning
above Blue Ball in
e accident
a §
which
dents of that place were injure
Mrs. Homer Cowder and daughter,
Kathryn, and Mildred Smeal,
aged 6 years, with Mrs. Cowder’s broth-
er driving, were on their way to Clear-
field and as they were passing another
car drove into a telephone pole, damag-
ing the Cowder car considerably,
The injured were quickly taken to Me
Cottage State hospital Philipsburg
where 1t was found that Mrs. Cowder is
suffering from concussion of the brain
and other injuries, while her daughter
was cut about the mouth and her teeth
were likewise hurt. Little Miss Smeal
was cut about the face and is suffering
other hurt. Mrs, Cowder and Mildred
Smeal will remain at the hospital for
further treatment, while Kathryn Cow.
der was permitted to return home after
having her injuries dressed.
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About a carload of ground may be
had by applying to Wm. McClenahan.
adv,
sister,
at
A MM MP 3 II.
Read Kessler's new ad. this week.
Special Organdie dresses at $2.98 and
$3 98.
A SH A MS UAB RO.
Harry McClenahan offers a team of
were killed,
OWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
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| HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL IN
i FFEOM ALL PARTS
TEHE
1
held at He
“ur
WW. Ze
ing.
entre
Dak
W. Henry Mitterling. a for
South
mer
ARNG i
Hall boy, now of Madison, ye
ta, is one of twelve representatives from
n bx
State convention to held
Hills, western, S. Dak. The B
country is one of the finest
of the United States,
mine in the United States
there. The trip will be one of
portunities to see the wonders.
All about us they are building swim-
ming pools, and what would the young
people—and the older ones, too-of Cen-
tre Hall enjoy better than to have an
opportunity to take a plunge during
the hot days of summer, It would seem
that an organization such as the Grange,
which has an ideal spot on its Grange
Park, would be the proper one tv build
such a pool. The pool would doubtless
pay for itself within a few years, Or it
might be built as a memorial to the one
who gave his all for the good of the
Grange movement the late Hon, L,
Madison American Legit
be
ve
nt
i lack
ck Hills
sce parts
The greatest gold
located
rare op-
is
good work horses for sale.
Rhone.