5 ALY va PRE 4% rea oA) ———— (l= ¢ byb\«nr 3\L 1 + gC ma mr Fp - . » ais wk ¥ CAAA RSNA SEETHING E S ARIA, LOCAL AND PERSONAL. and William students In John Reish Potters Mills, burg Academy. are Mercers- p— Mrs. Henney eastern citles for off goods is now the fall will return by October lst Lacy to her and — week many sil The ditto During the Of filled past with the work. were fine and kind of Corn. crop was weather for that — D. J. the thing merchant, announce$ that his store will that day be- Year, Nieman, Millheim cle next Saturday, New closed the be ing Jewish and Mrs, H. J. two Mr. have turned Lambert motor rip they from a weeks’ state which Mrs to New Jersey, in their daughter, Erdman at visited West, Keansburg. . Alfred Crawford, man, and one who was gassed, ha Penn State under Government He is a WwW. Crawford, entered gon of Mr and provision, Mrs. R summer parted for for several Saltsburg to resumds industrial in an A Sunday excurs / Mre., Emma Missouri, came to spend some tine Mrs. R D. Fo making Mrs. G. 1 reman states tha Strohm Margaret campment t Chicago and rad and expects or more. He student and the gest in situation is pre ral State Nor- Haven. the number 200 About heretofore in att have enrolled for the fall term It is this | enrollment The num- school is the proper opportunity for practice teac h- ing. It is this in Arge that is ma ¢ the trouble ber of RO pupils the training affording in small that 4t dis not will like similar feared condition ultimately this school, those at result other conditions prevailed, points where being moved to cities of larger population. » ten cents agd felt he had saved more than a dollar in wear and tear on his car by avoiding the miserable detour, While Mr, Klinger is rendering a good service to the public, would it not be fitting too for the State Highway De- partment, or whatever authority fs In control, to furnish such detours when it can so easily be done. There is no sense in chasing automobiles over long and rough routes when a twenty rod detour might be obtained at a nominal cost. Again, what ls the sense of giv- ing a contractor three months time to build a bridge that could easily be con- structed. in one-third of the time? Hii 2 LUCAY, AND PERSONAL, ——————————— The Presbyterian Manse was rep int ed, pearance. making it greatly improved in ap — Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Belle Whiteman, Newport, where they Mrs drove 1 Geary and on Sunday, visited relatives — Miss Rebecca Derstine left on Satur- day for Philadelphia where he will again be employed for the winter months. After than a year, suffering more taken Miltheim, was hospital, Danville Bettie aged two months, daughter George Norris, seven yearw children on 1 tinavoidably hit badly head pretty but bout he and face A were made at the Px lead to thn unsucceasful Discoveries ters Mills school house that belief that had been made to destroy it ing. south-edst corner of the building nes d- ed repairing, and when the loose brick away it that an attempt by burn- A portion of the brick wall atthe wore cleaned was found paper had stuffed between the outer wall and the studding, some the paper that it had been on fire. The opening thoroughly that there was no draft and this condition is thought to have prevented the flames from performing the intended purpose. large quantities of beer of showing had been so closed Cider Press. Notlee. Beginning next Tuesday, September 26th, the cider press at Centre Hall will be operated Tuesday and Thurs: day of each week. during the season. George Shawver Emily M Anna M ¥ ‘ | 1 | | Haar ¢y DD | Freda M. Gilson LOUAY, AND PERSONAL. Mr. and Mss. C. A. Smith, Mrs Smith garet spent Sunday 3 [ » formed BOY HAD QUEER ASPIRATION California Youth Believed He Would Make an Ideal Lady's Maid, but He Weakened. “Bo A. Baldwin, lady's maid.” Sounds funny, doesn't it, especially as Bert is a farmer's boy, but the po- lice vouch for it, Here's the story: Detectives Joseph Lawrence and David Broderick, being of an inquisi tive ert as he saunt- ered him go in two heavy and watched him come out. In went nature, sighted with Joe and Dave to find out about it. “What did the young fellow want in here?’ they demanded of the pawn broker. “Wanted to sell a complete outfit of women's clothes, cors—— well, every. thing,” replied the shopkeeper. That was enough for Joe and Dave, They get sall for Bert and corralled 1 Off to jail went Bert. Then » the story: Bert blushed, stammered and con fessed. He had ordered the women's attire so that he could lmpersonate a lady's maid. He longed for adven ture. He heard there were lots of jobs for lady's malds. Hadn't the boys back at Sioux Falls told him looked like a girl? Hadn't he a girlish face and couldn't he talk Hike a girl? Sure he could, he concluded However, his nerve failed him, so he tried to pawn the cldthes.—Los An geles Times. SOON he Use for Unneeded Explosives. Prof. de Quervaln, the well-known Swiss seismologist, has made a sug gestion which deserves the yery care ful attention of our military authori ties and of scientific men in this coun try. There are at present large stocks of high explosives in every country which cannot be preserved and mus! be denitrated or exploded. He gests that 50 tons should be exploded at times and under ys atmospheric conditions and that ob all surround area requested to listen the { Such tests could not fall, says Nature, to throw far more light thgn accidental unprepared on the many problems presented by the transmission of sound-waves by the atmosphere, #Ug definite vari the for explosions Postage Then and Now. thought the raise in the price of letter postage from two to three “big Jump,” at the time of our entrance Into the war, should consider the colonial and early government rates of postage, On March 8, just TZ years ago, the United States issued its first just geven years after England had adopt ed them, These first American stamps were of the 5 and 10 cent denominations, and naturally enough bore the likeness of Washington and Franklin. Previous to this time postage was paid in cash, usually by the receiver of the letter, The earliest rates were from 8 to 23 cents. Persons who cents a postage stamps, Poisonous, but Valuable, Before America went into the way there were discussions with reference {6 the cultivation and sale of medic nal herbs : afterward the interest paled before the necessity of raising vege- tables “to beat the kaiser.” So many weeds are sold to be made into medi cine that it would be difficnlt to name them all. Even the jimson, short for Jamestown, called also devil's apple end several other names besides stramonium, has its value. We re member how as children we were warn- el in a loud, stern voice: “Don’t touch that weed, it's poison!” It is still as poisonous as It ever was, but the leaves sell from 2 to § cents a pound, and the seeds also are used as medicine. , Crzwing an Audience. Professor Le I'm delighted to soe so large a gathering in the house 1 nesyr snoke to an andience of more i helore, Your towng- men are interested in geionce? The Local Editor—<Not much, But my compositor in setting up the ad of your lecture on the “Cosmic Forces” left the “s8” out of “Cosmic” ——————— Sw —— tteok ink than Her Suspicion, Mr. Gotham--1 see a Brooklyn wom. an hag applied to the courts for help from being loved to death by her hus. band, who, sie says, kisses her 500 times a day. Mrs, Gotham—Can't understand how a man can do So many wrong things that he has to apologize ps much as that. - & Hil RAR 5 PUBLIC SALE REGISTER. », bank of Mifflinburg south « SEPTEMBER 40th, same Lime LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. “E3XECUTRIX 8 ROTICE~ Letlers testamentary on the esate of MATTRIAS WEAGLEY, Iste of Gregg Town. Centre County, FPernsylvanis, decessed, Smith’s Garage POTTERS MILLS. Letters testamentary in the above estate have ing been duly erantsd to the uncemiznes she wotild respectindy request any Petsous gnowing themselves indebisc to the cstate (9 meke im mediste payment apd Whose Daviug claims awainst the sama to Present toe duly suthen tieated, for settlement, MRE Give Me an Opportunity to Do That Next Job of Re- pairing on Your Car. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED GENUINE FORD PARTS OIL FOR SALE MARY WEAGLEY, Execulrix, oll Bpring Mills, Pa, 4 JERSEY RED PIGS FOR SALE. | These pigs are about 9 weeks old and in fine condition and eligible to regis- G.F.SMITH tration : two are males and two females | — Geo. L.. Horner, Pleasant Gap, Pa. The Centre Reporter, $31.00 a year. i materials shown here, > * Paige New Line most individual style. and Shoes. store. MILLHEIM PENN, DEPARTMENT STORE Letterheads Envelopes Bill Heads Give Us Your fy WEY Orders for Printing 8 “When | feel like this— dizzy, black spots before my eyes, bad tastc in my mouth, stupid and lazy—1 know what's the matter. I'm bilious, I just take a couple of They fix me up in short order. Why don't YOU try these little wonder workers? You'll ofind them easy to take and mild but effective in opera- tion. Your Druggist sells Dr. Miles’ Preparations, ‘ DR. E. A. ROUSE -Eye Specialist of HARRISBURG, PA. has taken over the interests of Gohl & Poor in this territory, and will be at At Centre Hall, (CENTRE HALL HOTEL) WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27 9 A.M. TO 8 P. M. A SPECIAL REDUCTION of $2, $3 and $5 ON ALL GLASSES NO CHARGE FOR EXAMINATION DR. E. A. ROUSE 2401 Main St. HARRISBURG, PA. ===
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