Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, November 27, 1917, Page 2, Image 2

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TIMELY NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM DOWN
MECHANICSBURG
HEALTH EXHIBIT
Dr. William C/Miller, of State
Department, Will Lec
ture Each Day
Mechaniesburg. Pa.. Nov. 27. —To-
morrow and continuing to and in
cluding Saturday, December 1, the
State Health Department exhibit will
bo in view at No. 63 West Main
street. Mechaniesburg. The doors
will open daily from 1 o'clock till
9 o'clock p. m. The object of the ex
hibit is to teach health conservation
and prevention of disease. Dr. Sam
uel G. Dixon organized the exhibit
and points out that in these days
when the country is at war. it has
added significance from a patriotic
standpoint.
The exhibit material will be changed
each day and there will be daily
lectures by Dr. William C. Miller, of
the State Health Department.
Wednesday's exhibit will em
phasize hygiene and medical inspec
tion. of schools. Thursday will be
devoted to communicable diseases.
Friday will have as its topic infant
hygiene, and Saturday will be de
voted ,to tuberculosis and housing
conditions. Physicians and nurses
will be in attendance to explain the
various parts of the exhibit. A cor
dial invitation is extended to the
public. Admission is free.
Jins. .1. 11. HOWEIIS DIKS M
Waynesboro, Pa.. Nov. 27. —Mrs.
John H. Bowers, of Waynesboro, died
at the Washington County Hospital. 1
at Hagerstown, of heart failure. She
was forty-nine years of age. She was 1
taken to the hospital several weeks i
ago and operated upon for gallstones. ]
She is survived by her husband and i
seven children.
i.
K REM) EH M.tXAGEHS MEET |'
Annville, Pa., Nov. 27.—Managers ij
of the distributing houses of the A.,
P Kreider Company held a meeting' j
ii the home office of the company
here. They went over the matters jj
rf future business. The managers ,
of the factories pr Elizabethtown, ,
Middletown .and Lebanon were also
here. The factory has distributing i
houses at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, j
Chicago and New York. 1
111 l Back and Sides Ached 111!
. i j, - j gladly add my mite of praise to Pe
-1 Cjladly j runa for what it has done for me.
I ! wo years ago a depressed feeling
Add Mv tool< hold of me- back and Bldes
rL : ached continually. My stomach got
... I out of order so that at times I could
Mite vJi not hold a glass of cold water. I
Praise TO s , a stoniadi would get sick. I have been
using Peruna for the three past
9 v f- WWs* months, and now I feel as well as
l eruna *. I ever did. My stom&ch is a? strong
Ir 1 Bllir life I i nave disappeared. I keep recom
-1" eel raeMBV | I mendtng Peruna to my friends who
• V; i ;ire troubled as I was, and I have
* \Y7 11 W^mat t\ & keen thanked for doing so.
As Ever Wm : 1 UeeP weU ' free 10 aU '
Jhosc who object to liquid nicli-
Mrs. M. McGough. No. 401 W.' cincs can now procure l'eruiia TMi
57th St, New York, N. Y., writes: "I let*.
J§> twe NAME ®OA <5
V tOUH BOND ■
We take pleasure in acknowledg
ing our appreciation of the
good wishes extended to us
by Messrs. Bowman Sc Co
upon the occasion of the opening of our New Store,
so kindly expressed in their advertisement of yes
terday.
As the business houses of the city reach out to
grasp hands in friendliness, the commercial atmos
phere of Harrisburg rises to a high plane.
The Public Is Respectfully
Requested to Attend
The Informal Opening
of our New Jewelry Store
28 North Second Street
Today
The store will be open evenings this week for
inspection.
Closed Thanksgiving Day, all day.
THE HOUSE OF BOAS —in its 67th year —wel-
comes you to its new home to view the stocks and
building and especially invites you to use the facili
ties of the establishment.
C. Boss BOAS
28 North Second Street
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TUESDAY EVENING,
SIX MEN PASSED
BY DRAFT BOARD
Of 37 Examined 28 Are Ex
; empted or Rejected; Three
in Military Service
Carlisle. Pa., Nov. 27.—Action on
the claims and various cases of the
men examined for National Army I
duty on November 14 was an
nounced to-day by District No, 1
board. Of the thirty-seven actually
examined but six were secured for
service. The following is the dispo
sition made: ,
Accepted For ' Service —A. S.
Brown, Enola; George M. Haver
stick, New Cumberland; Harry M.
gmynr, Mechalniesburg: Paul P.
Bair, West Fairview; Mervin H.
Shambaugh, Carlisle R. D.: Paul G.
Harbold, Mechaniesburg: claims de
nied.
Exempted For Dependency—Paul
H. Hastings, Lemoyne; Walter A.
Firestone, Bowmansdale; Earl R.
Kutz. Boiling Springs; the Rev. S. ,
Eber Vance. Wormleysburg; Charles
P. Case. Harrisburg; Charles E. ,
O'Hara, Carlisle R. D.: George M.
Mereny, Lemoyne; Jacob W. Starry, j
Mechaniesburg; Ralph E. Sadler, j
Enola: John L. Brougher, Camp
Bill: John W. Myers. Allen: Samuel
E. Barrick, New Kingston; Joseph
11. t'lepper, Mechaniesburg; Calvin
E. llefilttinger. Carlisle R. D.; Earl
R. Beam, Dillsburg: William R.
Rank, Allen: John R. Ensminger,
West Fairview; John A. Gouse,
Knola; Jacob Willis. Mechaniesburg: '
the Rev. Paul Y. Livingston, New
Kingston. _
Rejected Physically—William E.
Huber, Mechaniesburg; Walter H.
Gronbeck. Mechaniesburg: David 1-.
Quisley, Lemoyne; Oren W. Landis.
Coiling Springs; John Thompson,
Mechaniesburg; Edward L. Knack- ,
stedt. ('amp Hill; Edward P. Nick. ,
Lcimnne; Fieice S. Baker. Mechan- 1
lesburg; Howard V. Fishel, Mechan- J
iesburg: Clarence M. Boistline, Me- ,
chanicsburg; William 11. Browna- j i
well, Jr.. New Cumberland.
In Military Service —Earl L. Fox j (
West Fairview: Claude V. MeMeen, 1
Enola; Harry P. Myers. Mechanics
burg.
Wm. Henry Brown, "First
Pen Mar Srttler," Dies
Waynesboro, Pa., Nov. 27.—William
Henry Brown, a prominent and one
of the oldest citizens of Waynesboro
died at his home here yesterday of
general debility, aged 85 years. He
was born near Thurmont, Md., Marcn
8, 1832. He became a huckster dur- I
ing the Civil War and made several
trips to Baltimore on the old plank
road by wagon. In the latter seven
ties he moved to Friedley's Mill, this
county, and later went to Five Forks,
where he bought out a grocery store,
whloh he operated successfully until'
1890, when he moved to Waynesboro, i
He retired from active business sev- i
eral years ago.
Mi. Brown was familiarly known
about Pen Mar Par as "Father' \
Brown, a title given because he was
the "first settler" and the first local j
resident to es'bllsh a cottage there, J
some thirty or more years ago.
TEAM HASHKS INTO TRAIN
Waynesboro, Pa., Nov* 27. —Jaineß.l
Oden. of Waynesboro, driver of a
rnilkwagon, narrowly escaped death
yesterday when his vehicle came in 1
contact with a passing train at the
crossing in Main street. The train >
came along suddenly and as Oden j
was coming at a good clip on a down :
grade, he was unablo to stop his
horse, and it smasher" into one of the
cars, breaking a shaft, cutting a hole
In the horse's shoulder and injuring j
all of Its legs. It was thought at ;
tirst that the horse would have to be
killed,, but it is recovering from its !
injuries.
MONEY FOR RED CROSS
New Bloomfield. Pa., Nov. 27.
The New Bloomfield Red Cross Aux
iliary by the sale of candy and the ]
Martinette theater benefit on Wed- '
nesday evening, took in $59.22. I
SUBURBAN PERSONALS
BLAIN
H. H. Rice and William Baer, of
Lemoyne, vtsked E. M. Rice.
M*. and Mrs. Napoleon Peck and
son Ernest, of Harrisburg, visited
Mr. Peck's sister, Mrs. R. T. Booda,
at Stony Point.
Earl Williams and Mrs. Louisa
Comp have returned to their home
at Lancaster county, after a visit to
Perry county friends near Blain.
B. B. Baltozer and Mr. Wagner,
of Hardisburg, visited the former s
lather, D. K. Baltozer.
BLAIN
Mr. and Mrs. Israel Luper and chil
dren, Frank, Harry and Marv, visit
ed the family of Cambridge Minich,
in Ridgway, Pa.
\\ ild, turkeys were shot recently by
E. K. Weaver, A. D. Garber, M. D.
Ciarber and W. F. Gray.
Mrs. Roy H. Baker and son, Em
ory. and Miss Effle Baker, have re
turned home from a visit to the fam
ily of James Baker, at Harrisburg.
Mrs. W. G. Gutshall and James
Gutshall. motored to Middletown,
where they visited A. R. Kern and
family.
Mrs. G. H. Knox visited her daugh
ter, Mrs. Albert Seilhamer, at Har
risburg. -
Clarence Wilt, of Harrisburg, visit
ed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Wilt.
HIMMELSTOW.V 1
William Shuey is out again after
being seriously injured by his run
away team about six weeks ago.
Private Russell Stoner wiil arrive
home on Wednesday for a two days'
furlough from Camp Meade.
Mr. and Mrs. George Blackburn
and daughter, Pearl and Phyllis
spent a day in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Frank Strickler spent a day
at Harrisburg.
Martha Elizabeth Strickler has
been ill the past week.
Mrs. Harry Dicker and Miss Doro
thy Toole, of Reading, were Sunday
visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Le
van.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fox spent Sunday
at Lancaster.
Mrs. Annie Rousch and Miss Kato
Kautz have returned home from a
visit to Private Herman Rousch at
Fort Hancock, Ga.
Miss Jessie Ingram, of Trenton,
X. J., is spending several weeks with
Mrs. J. L. Cole, of East Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Martz has re
turned from a week's visit at Bethle
hem.
Howard Rassaman, of the Fif
teenth Field Artillery, Pine Camp,
Military Branch. Watertown, N. Y.,
spent a day with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. I. Sassaman.
Miss Caroline Schaffner, of Hood
College. Frederick, Md., will spend
Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Schaffner.
Samuel Wolf turned over sl6 to
the local branch of the Red Cross as
his contribution to the soldiers, being
two per cent, of his recent four-day
sale.
Mrs. William Fesser and children,
William and Helen, were guests of
Mrs. Grover C. Buser on Friday.
FLORIN
Clarence E. Musselman spent Sun
day at Camp Meade. Md.
Mrs. EUzaboth Sides and Mrs.
Lewis Nauman visited friends at Co
lumbia.. i
Clarence Ranck and family, of
Bareville. were the guests of Mrs.
Katie Gingrich and family at this
place.
The men's Bible class of the Unit
ed Brethren Church held its monthly
meeting on Sunday afternoon. An
address was delivered by Mr. 6a
shore, 'of Elizabethville, on "What
We Owe to the Sunday School." The
following officers were elected: Pres
ident", Roy Baker: vice-president. Al
bert Fike: secretary, Irwin KraybiU:
treasurer. Ephraim Hertzler; tejirh
er, the Rev. O. G. Romig; assistant
teacher, George Geyer. The class is
In a flourishing condition.
Victor Reibler, of Royalton, was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Shires.
James Sidney, of Williamsport;
F.li Tschudy, of Marietta, and 8.. W.
Grohs, of Philadelphia, visited
friends v here.
NEWPORT
Mrs. A. York Smith and daugh
ter, Miss Ruth Smith, of Stone Har
bor. N. J., Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Smith, of Philadelphia and Charles
R.irrick and John Schaut. nlso of
Philadelphia, have returned to .their
respective liomes, after visiting
here with the family of J. K. Saucer
ftian.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Floyd Davis, of
Mtfflintown, visited here while on
thoir way to West Point. New York
City, Baltimore and Washington.
Miss Margaret Bolze haß returned
to her home in Spring township,
after vibiting here with her uncle
and mint, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barn
heisel.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
'SOPHOMORE' AT
MECHANICSBURG
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High School Students to Pre
sent Edwin Bates Morris'
Play at Frank)'.n Hall
Mechaniesburg, Pa., Nov. 2 7:—Of
special interest to people of this lo
cality is the play to be presented by
the "Meehanlcsburg High school thlsj
evening at 7 and 9 o'clock, in Frank-!
: lin hall, under the direction of Miss
Edith E. Fegiey. T he Pla>' is entitled,!
| "The Sophopiore," by Edwin Bates 1
I .Morris and the cast of characters
| follows: Robert Stewart, the sopho
| more, star fullback on football team;
Mark Ulrich, '18; "Bud" Kennedy,
j captain of. football team; Robert
Berkheimer, 'l9; "Kink" Bannister,
: "Reddy" Simms, "Dutch" Hendricks,
1 more sophomores: Frtdley Schafhlrt,
'l9; Donald Brown, 'l9; William
Tate, 'aO; "Buster" Brown, manager
of the team; Gains Hertzler, '18;
Livingstone, head coach of the team;
Willis Arnold, '18; "Owl" Griggs, a
"greasy" grind: John Brougher, '2l;
Prof. Alden, M. A., B. 8., professor
ol" physics; Lewis Anderson, '18;
Hope Alden. his daughter, Elizabeth
Mumper, '18; "Aunt Mary" Scott,
"Cousin Matilda" Dwiggins, .relatives
ot Aldens, Gladys Ginger. '18; Clari
hel Geiger, '2O; Violet, servant at Al
den's house. Mildred Hollinger. '2l;
other sophomoros. Leroy McGuire,
'18; David Vogelsong, '18; Earl
Slieaffer, "19; Herman Marshal, 'l9:
Frank Hoffman. '2O; Lorenzo Stahl,
'2O; John Bentz, 21; Arthur Spons
ler, '2l.
, MIIXKRSTOWN
Miss Ella Tyson fell in front of
the home of G. M. Crane on Fri-
I day evening and broke her right
arm.
' Mrs. Edward Rumple and son,
I Harold, of Cardiff, Md., are visiting
; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
I I Rounsley.
Emory Fry is visiting friends at
tj Na'vark. N. J.
*t A union Thanksgiving service will
1 be held in the Methodist Church on
Thursday evening. The Rev. C. A.
Waltman, pastor of the Presbyterian
i Church, will preach the Thanksgiv
j ing sermon.
Mrs. Hannah Rounsley and
! daughter Ethel have returned from
I a visit with their daughter and sis
i ter, Mrs. J. O. Charles at Macungie,
Pa.
G. W. Fry was a recent visitor at
Harrisburg.
Mrs. Rolana Harrison and two
sons, of Washington, D. C., are visit
ing her parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. D.
Wingert.
WTLIjIAMSTOWN
William Bottomley has gone to
1 West Virginia.
Mrs. Randenbush, of Mt Carmel,
is the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Bowman.
Mrs. Sarah Hoover has returned
from a visit to relatives at Leba
non.
Mrs. George Mellon has returned
from a trip to Philadelphia and
Vineland, N. J.
James Watklns is seriously ill with ,
• pneumonia.
'l Miss May Schaaf, of New York,
' j is instructing the cast in a play,
"The Merry Traveler," by home tal
'! ents.
I Mrs. George Wren spent several
1 days with her son, Raymond Wren,
1 at Pottsvllle.
1 j Mr. and Mrs. Austin Shoemaker,
j of Halifax, were Sunday guests of
her parents, Mr. and- Mrs. George
I Kreiner.
; J Richard Edwards is ill.
• Archbald Walkinshaw spent sev
] eral days at Philadelphia.
Mrs. Elmer Paul and son, of Loy
alton, are guests of her parents, Mr.
I and Mrs. Adam Row. .
'j Mr. and .Mrs. Daniel Schoftstall
attended the funeral of their niece at
1 Harrisburg.
I i Robert and Harrison Mitchell, of
: i Minersville, were in town last week.
James Baird left with his son,
■ j Frank, for York, where he will make
I I his future home.
I Gordon Culton, who is employed at
■ I Harrisburg, spent Sunday with his
■ j parents here.
Mrs. Henry Klrchoff. of New York
"I City, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
• I Thomas Gallagher.
Abe Phillips received an Airdale
■j pup from his son Joe, who is sta
• tioned at Camp Hancock, Ga.
[! William Stokes is collecting pho
' i tos of all the boys of town that
•j joined-the Army. They will be plac
j ed in his cigar store.
' John and Paul Ebersole, of Har
-11 risburg, were recent guests of their
' grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
' i Machamer.
■\ HALIFAX
William I. Keiter, of Washington,
D. C., is paying a several days' visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Keiter, in Halifax township.
Mrs. W. E. Motter visited at Mil
lersburg on Sunday.
Halifax streets are now being
brilliantly lighted with electricity,
. 1 the first in the history of the town
! The lighting is being supplied by the
•! Millorsburg Electric Light Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Hoffman, of
I MillerSburg, spent Sunday here visit*
•i ing Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hess,
'j Mrs. Charles Poffenberger and
1 1 two children have returned to their
home In Marysvtlle, after visiting her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. H: Kline,
'j Harris Lebo, of Harrisburg, vislt
ed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H.
: Lebo, in Halifax township,
i Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Ryan, of Steel
ton, were guests over Sunday of Mrs.
Ryan's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
1 Gemberllng.
! Oliver Shott, of Hlghspire. spent
1 Sunday visiting relatives In thle vl
'! cinity.
MANNSVILLE
Miss Leah Shatto has gone to
Lancaster county to make her home
with relatives.
Miss Clafß. Hollenbaugh has re
turned to her home here after visit
ing at Altoona with her brother,
! Frank Hollenbaugh.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
;; Nicholas and children, after visiting
here for several weeks have gone to
Mechiinlcsburg to visit, before re-
I turning to their homes at Pottsvllle.
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Don't Use Any Other
Than Cuticura Soap
To Clear Your Skin
Olympian Hunting Club
Goes to Center County
Annville. Pa., Nov. 27.—Members |
of the Olympian Hunting Club ofi
this section, most of them ?rom \
Palmyra, including some of the besti
known citizens of the western part i
of Lebanon couny, who are inter
ested in hunting, have completed
arrangements for their annual hunt
ing trip which this year will again
be made into the mountains of Cen
ter county. , According to present
plans of the club members most of
them expect to get away on Thanks
giving day. and make the trip in
autos. Several others will follow by
train. The hunters expect to be
gone about two weeks. I
Among those who will accompany
the party are: Harry Millard, WN
liam S. Poorman, M. H. Snavely,
George W. Snyder, H. D. Speese, A.
G. Bowman, Amos Stover, George
Hetrick. Irwin Hostetter, Jacob
Miller, H. M. llartz, Christian Gin
grich, A. Dagneau, Arthur W.
Swartz, J. E. Gratch, and David
Early.
For a number of years the club
members have made their annual
hunting pilgrimage to the Center
county region 'and this season they
will again be camped several miles
south of Tusseyville, Center county.
SERVICES FOR SOLDIERS
Annville, Pa., Nov. 27.—Special
recognition services were held on
Sunday in the First Evangelical Lu
theran Church, of which the Rev.
Paul D. Wltman is pastor on .Sun
day in honor of the boys from this
Sunday school and church, who are
n the country's service. It was at
tractive and unique in character,
parents or a family\rcpresentative
°5.? a , these boys was presented
with a beautiful chrysanthemum. A
letter was read at the evening serv
ice, and a copy was at once sent, to
each hoy in the service. Each will
also receive a testament which was
wrapped for mailing at the evening s
service.
jy f To inautc Victor quality, always took for the famoua L V^*_
gj I trademark. "Hit Master's Voice." It is on sll genuine '■ >
il The Victor's service !■
fgj to the Nation at war H
IBf ' n *' le trenches
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Patriotisn. is three parts emotion is the language of the emotions. 11=1=31
: Courage is born of the heart and music speaks straight to the heart. . j:
In times that try men's souls, every force which keeps the nation's spirit bright is a great and f\
L.■-j jv positive asset. Every means of combating trial with happiness must be carefully conserved and fostered. ft -- -J
A natioß at war requires food for its soul as well as for its body. The morale of the fighting gj
forces must be maintained. The mental and moral resources of the people must be preserved at their £?.
-—]•? full vigor. Recre'ational and cultural activities must provide the needed relaxation, revive the droop
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;"j laughter must be heard in the land. *
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fs- all can understand, that nothing else can speak. It reaches down to the hidden springs of feeling, C'
- .; % replenishes and freshens them. To ihe mysterious power of music, the pulse responds and hopes run .•
■— ' high. Under its healing influence, gloom and despair lose their evil grip.
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- & a nation battling through the dark days of a prolonged struggle without the heartening comfort of musicl d=lllll
—The Victrola is literally the nation's chief source of music. More Americans —and Americans in
the making—have learned "The Star.Spangled Banner" from the Victrola than from any other ono
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f- - 5 ' pitals, the schools, and the churches. It is the principal source of cheerfulness and entertainment to S^= r ~ r '{
p-==p the soldiers and sailors of Uncle Sam. "Back home" among the folks behind the army —the farmers, j£^===i
the men and women in the fields and the factories, in city and in country, the Victrola is one of the fj'" "- 1
5 greatest—if not the greatest—means of diversion,
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Sixty-eighth Session of
Perry Teachers' Institute
New Bloomfield. Pa.. Nov. 27.
The sixty-eighth annual session of
the Perry County Teachers' Institute |
will be liled In the courthouse nero
December 3 to 7. Instructors forj
the week are: Dr. William D. Hen-'
derson, of the University of Micui-;
gan. at Ann Arbor; Dr. Chauncey p. i
Calßrove. president of the Upper
lowa university, Fayette, Iowa: Dr. \
J. George Becht, secretary of State j
Board of Education at Harrisburg, I
and Mrs. Harry G. Keffor, president
of the Harrisburg Story Teller's
League, Harrisburg.
The day sessions will begin Mon
day morning at 9 o'clock, and the
afternoon sessions at 1.45. Devo
tional exorcises will bo conducted
by the Rev. J. Thomas Fox and the
annv.a! address will be delivered by
James R. Magee. ,
Newport Women Receive
Red Cross Diplomas
Newport, Pa., Nov. 27.—Nine local
women have received diplomas from
the American Red Cross Society.
All were members of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Women's War Relief
Association and has attended the
lectures of Dr. A. T. Isenliurg, of
Reading, and had passed the exam
inations given by Dr. H. B. Ilellman,
of Harrisburg.
Tlio ,women to receive diplomas
were: Mrs. W. T. Hanley, Mrs. M.
D. Smith, Mrs. Charles S. White
kettle, Mrs. S. W. Light, Mrs. Guy
Matalack, Mrs. C. F. Hoke, Mrs.
David Howanstine, Mrs. Harry
Murphy and Mrs. C: D. Heisey.
WILD GEESE IX FIELD
Newport. Pa., Nov. 27. —While
working in his fields at his home
near Markelvtlle, yesterday. William
H. Hortlng noticed two wild geese
feeding nearby. .He went to his
home, secured his gun, returned and
shot one of them.
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NOVEMBER 2/, 19T7.
Mrs. Mary G. Boyd, One
of Sixteen Children, Dies
Mount Joy. Pa., Nov. 27.—Mrs.
Mary G. Boyd, aged 60, who lived
here the past five years, died on Frl- |
day. She was one of the sixteen |
children of the late Jacob H. Misse
ner. One daughter, Bessie Bflyd.
of New York, and one son, Howard
Get Yours For Thanksgiving
Big, Roomy, All-wool, Comfort-giving
Worthy Overcoats
that will make you laugh at this cold
weather-
Trench models, belters and loose back,
single and double breasted, in plain shades
and inixturcs, and a wide range of fabrics.
sls S2O $25
14 North Third Street
: Boyd, of Baltimore, sqrvlve, as do
also the following brothers and Bis
ters: Frederic G. Mlssener, of Sun
Francisco, Cal.; Mrs. William B.
Tliorne und Mrs. David B. Urundt,
j of Ellzabethtown; Mrs. Anna Wltmer
i and Mrs. Harriet Q. Sngle, of Mount
I Joy: and Mrs. Catharine Snyder, of
I Mount Joy township. Mrs. Boyd's
husband, before his deftth, was a
I storekeeper at Sporting Hill and
1 Manheim and lor a numbor of years
was proprietor of the \/ashir6ton
[ House at Manheim.