4 CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA NEWS Program For Fanners' Meeting at Liverpool Liverpool, Pa., Dec. 18.—Follow ing Is the program for Perry County .Farmers' Institute to be held un-j tier the auspices of the State Depart-; ment of Agriculture at Liverpool, December 18 and 19, in the Lutheran church: Tuesday afternoon, Decern-j her 18, 1.30 o'clock, opening session, music; prayer by the Rev. Percy 1 Boughey; address of welcome, the Rev. C. M. Shaeffer; response, W.I >l. Patton, of Mosgrove, Pa.; •'Start ing the Orchard," F. N. Fassett, Meslioppen; "Lime For Wheat, How : and When to Use It," W. M. Patton;! address on Liberty Loan. 7.30 o'clock, "Country Home," Mrs. W. E.! Hebel; recitation, Eveline Spicher; | "Home Sanitation," Mrs. E. G. Bonn, of Williamsport, Pa.; recitation, Eli zabeth Charles. Wednesday—9.3o o'clock, prayer, the Rev. A. B. Coleman; "Pruning," I F. H. Fassett; "Potato Growing For' Profit," W. M. Patton. 1.30 o'clock,] prayer, the Rev. H. E. Bitter; "Peaches," F. H. Fassett; "The Pos sibilities and Realties of Grange Life," Mrs. E. G. Benn, Williams port: "Clover Growing For Profit," W. M. Patton. 7.30 o'clock, address,; Professor Paul Charles; recitation,, Arna Grubb; address. H. E. Bitter;; recitation, Mrs. Kathrlne Troutman; I "Morning Cloak Our Daughter's Pro fession," Mrs. E. G. Benn. Williams- ! port; "The Little Bed Schoolhouse.f as I Knew It," W. H. Patton. The Liverpool committee for farm- j ers' institute is J. H. Moretz, W. H. Leiter, W. G. Hebel, G. W. Crow, s David Long, Charles Deckard, H. E. j Bitter, John Buchanan, G. W. Wilt, | John Snyder, G. E. Beaver, John' Holman, Silas Snyder, Albert Gelnett, I D. H. Brookhart, J. C. McGlnnes, J.! B. Stephens, Mrs. W. E. Hebel. KILLED ssß-POUND nOG Marietta, Pa., Dec. 18.—Harry 8.1 Kame, of Kinderhook, slaughtered yesterday the largest porker kill ed in the county this year, tt tip ped the scales dressed at 568 pounds. Cures Colds in South America LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tab lets remove the cause. E W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c. tIP YOU HAD A NECK LONG AS THIS FELLOW, AND HAD ORE THROAT j DOWN INSILINE IUID QUICKLY RELIEVE IT. . tnd (Oe. Sln.s|. A| I. IMN|Ar.IT< i Rubber Goods Make Useful Presents GORGAS 16 N. 3rd St. Penna. Station. LLAI^NDS FOR GIFTS DIAMONDS are purchased at this estab lishment under the most satisfactory conditions. The implicit confidence, which it is quite necessary that you have in the concern from whom you buy diamonds, may well be imposed in THE HOUSE OF BOAS, whose career dates back to 1 850. tj Of the 67 years of business building, en gaging the thought and activities of four gen erations, bound to the ideals and ethics laid down by the founder of the business, Mr. C. Ross Boas, present senior member of the firm, has devoted 40 years to the selection and study of Diamonds. Cj The collections of Diamonds, unset, and Diamond Jewelry, is said to be the finest and most extraordinary to be found in this section of the state. In quality, both cutting and per fection of stone are of first consideration. Bearing in mind the foregoing one must readily understand it is not only safe, but economical to purchase Diamonds here. G. lioss BOAS 28 North Second Street TUESDAY EVENING, DRIVE FOB 100 PER CENT. ] Mount Union, Pa., Dec. 18. —Tills. town started a real Bed Cross drive, to-day with 100 percent, as the aim.] By to-night It is expected over half! the town will be enrolled. The high, school team claims that they will; get every member of the high school and they will, for they have the ; most patriotic bunch in the state, , as it will be remembered they en- j I rolled about 100 boys in the Y. M. j : C. A. drive. Circulars used In the Mount Union | ( campaign show originality and could i be used by every school in the state as a Bed Cross lesson. Superintend dent U. P. Harley, of the public, ; schools, one of the big leaders in, , the war work of Huntingdon coun-j ty, prepared the circular. WANTED NICKELS FOR PENNIES Sunbury, Pa., Dec. 18.—A party of! ten foreigners enroute for Shamokin; applied at a local railroad ticket of-i 1 flee for tickets to Shamokin. They, i cost 45 cents and each tendered sl. j They were given 50 cents change and then asked by the ticket clerk for one cent more apiece. When it was forthcoming each was given a | five cent piece in return. After a conference they returned with ten more one cent pieces and demanded that they be given a nickel for each i cent. CONTRACT FOR 200.000 SHIRTS Sunbury, Pa., Dee. 18. —The West Branch Knitting Company, of Mil-. ' ton, to-day was awarded a contract ? for 200,000 undershirts for the ma rine corps. This is the fifth con-! ! tract received for the government Iby the concern. They total 1,250,-j J 000 pieces. i COMBINE PRAYER MEETINGS , Sunbury. Pa., Dec. 18.—In order' j to save coal, Lewistown's six church es will hold union midweek prayer j meetings during the winter. CHOIR TO SING "CHRIST CHILD" Hummelstown, Pa., Dec. 18.—Zion j Lutheran Church chair will sing the ; secred cantata, "The Christ Child": , by Hawley, on Saturday evening, De j cember 23. The following chorister! will take part: Sopranos, Misses i Helen Shope, Esther Hummel, Alice; Suggett and Mrs. J. R. Martz; con ! traltos. Misses Maude Baker, Bar l bara Hummel, Catharine Crist, Sara j 1 J. Fox; tenors, Carroll Light, George ; Karmany, John Deimler, Robert! Fox; basses, Richard Earnest. Thomas Mitman, Walter Webner;! , organist. Miss Katharine Conrad. | PASSENGER TRAIN SNOWBOUND i Blain, Pa., Dec. 18. —Friday thej I Newport and Sherman's Valley Rail j a.ssenger train snow- j bound, making only t.-ip from : New Germantown to Newport and, ! return. The greatest delay was caus- i ed at the valley road near New ! Bloomfield Junction, where the train, i stuck in a six-foot drift which had i j to be shoveled out by the workmen that accompanied the train. It ar rived in Newport about noon. WANT NAMES OF SOLDIERS Blain, Pa., Dec. 18. —The executive 1 committee of the local Red Cross j Auxiliary are making every effort ! to get the names and addresses of all the soldiers who enlisted or were j j drafted from this section, in order! j to send each one a Christmas pack-| age. A number of the packages! : were prepared on Saturday by mem- I | bers of the auxiliary at the head-! j quarters' rooms and mailed to the ! boys whose addresses have been j learned. "Over the Top" Slogan on Sabbath School Poster > Liverpool, Pa., Dec. 18. —"Over the 1 Top" is the slogan of an up-to-date and snappy Sunday school poster which is being used by the Perry ' County Sabbath School Association' to advertise their county tour which will be made by a state Sunday! school specialist, W. R. Reel, of Phil-. adelphia, January 10 to 18, inclu-i sive. Sunday, January 13, is the date for! the Liverpool meeting which will be i held in the Lutheran church :it 9.30 a. m. All the Sunday schools of the town will unite on that day for ser vices and W. R. Reel will speak on "The Greatest Business in the World." MISS RAGLE HOSTESS Middleburg, Pa., Dec. 17. —On Sat urday the C. Sharp Club was enter tained at the home of Miss Edna Dagle. A musical program was len, i dered, and refreshments served. The I following were present:" Misses Beu lah Rathfon, Doris Wagensel'.er, Gladys Willis, Mary Ritter, Grace Snyder, Miriam Herman, Mary Goug ler, Mildred Snyder, Miriam Haeke berg and Joseph Fropiano. Suburban Notes LIVERPOOL Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Deckard. after spending several weeks at Harris- ] burg, have returned home. Mrs. Charles H. Snyder and daugh ter Frances are visiting relatives at Millerstown. Mrs. Hilda Murray and Miss Jean Kerstetter are visiting at Marysville and Philadelphia. Master Elmer Murray is visiting his grandparents at Harrisburg. Mrs. H. A. S. Shuler and two daughters, Mary Elizabeth and Gert rude, have returned from a two weeks' trip to Mlllersburg. H. L. Derr and son John, of Har risburg, were Saturday visitors here. Miss Irene Coffman is visiting at Philadelphia. Miss Caroline Mitchell, a student at Combs' Conservatory at Phila- j delphia, will spend the Christmas j vacation with her parents, Professor j and Mrs. H. O. Mitchell. Professor Paul Charit-. was at Harrisburg on Saturday. W. D. Hoover, of Winburne, spent i the weekend with Mrs. Hoover, who I has been in Liverpool for the past two months. Miss Elizabeth Coffman, a student at Irving College, Meehanicsburg, j will arrive here to-morrow to spent the Christmas vr.oation. Miss Hatei Chclar spent Saturdayl at Harrisburg. William Koons, of Carlisle, was a! weekend visitor at EdwaYn Shuler's. j Mr. and Mrs. Newton Miller and two sons, of Harrisburg, are visit ing Mr. Miller's sister, Mrs. J. J. Hamilton. NEWPORT Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Smith are vis-i iting relatives at Philadelphia. Mrs. Laura Flickinger is spending j the holiday season with her daugh- ' ter, Mrs. Hugh R. Magill, at Canis teo, N. Y. J. L. Haines, after farming for two years at Checotah, Okla., has return ed to this place and taken up his residence in North Fifth street. MARY S VTLIiE Miss Mae Aughe has returned to her home here .after visiting at Ickesburg, with her sister, Mrs. John Wolf. Miss Blanche Gordon has returned to her home here after visiting Miss Reisinger, at Donnally Mills. Mrs. Charles Shatto and son, Ralph, have returned to their home here after visiting with her brother,! William Bealor, at Harrisburg Misses Hazel Kessler and Marie Baker returned home from Eschol. Mrs. H. E. Kinzer has returned to her home at Oakland Mills, Juniata county, after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Flickinger. ~ LINGLESTOWN Mrs. Paul Getz, of Mount Joy, spent several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D .Koons Mr. and Mrs. Harry Koons and daughter, of Pleasant View, on Sun day, were the guests of friends here. Miss Marion Smith spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. Emory Has sler, at Palmyra. Miss Eliza Buck spent a day with friends at Harrisburg. Lieutenant George Hench left on Thursday for Camp Jackson, S C., after spending a ten-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Clellan Hench. Mrs. Matilda Shuey left for Enola to spend the winter with her sons. Mrs. Fannie Backenstoe spent sev eral days with Mr. and Mrs. Miles Backenstoe, at Mount Joy. Charles Urich and son, of Harris burg, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Zimmerman. Mrs. William Feeser and son, John, of Hainton, on Thursday were the guests of Mrs. Mary Feeser. Mrs. William Koons spent Thurs day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Sherk, at Hainton. Dr. and Mrs. Harry Mears moved to apartments at Harrisburg. The Red Cross Auxiliary will send forty boxes of homemade candles to the boys in the different camps for Christmas. C. D. Lingle, of Harrisburg, spent Thursday with friends here. Isaac Fox, of Progress, spent Thursday with his sister, Mrs. Annie E. Smith. HUMMELSTOWN Second Lieutenant Marlin B. Wen rick, who has been visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wenrick, for the past week, has gone to Camp Johnson, at Jacksonville, Fla. Miss Beatrice Zeiters has accepted a position In the Farmers' bank. Word has been received here of the death of Harry Strock, at Bead ing. Mr. Strock was a former resi dent of this place. He died on Wed nesday and will be buried at Bead ing, Saturday afternoon. Lillie, Helen and Walter Gresh spent a day at Harrisburg. Charles Lehr is ill with pneumo nia. Mr. Lehr was dismissed from Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.,s everal days ago on account of poor eyesight after being there several months. He was recently married to Miss Irene Gerber, of Hummelstown. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ritts enter tained a few relatives at dinner on Tuesday in honor of the nineteenth birthday of their daughter, Eliza beth Ritts. Ex-Burgess John M. Murray re turned Thursday from the Harris burg Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment for the past ten days. Miss Elizabeth Ritts spent a day at Harrlsburg. Lieutenants Paul J. Sykes and M. Ross Swartz have returned to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C. and Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., respectively, to which camps they have been assign ed after receiving commissions at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Miss Lizzie Baer has gone to Steelton, at which place she will re main until after the holidays s the guest of her sister, Mrs. Nlssley Mumma. HXRRIBBTTRG TEtEGMPS WM. STROUSE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS *~ i i Give A Man's Gift From A Man's Store It Will Please "Him" - There's one thing certain —and it's pretty generally sfS* known all over town —that Wm. Strouse's Store is not only full of the Christmas spirit, but is 'fig fpHfPfe brimful of fair play. Fair to our patrons 11118 tfw —whether they buy or not. •We are 'V s glad to have visit our store. ourselves, )J Wm. Strouse's—The Man's Gift Store of Harrisburg Fully Equipped to Serve the Public • Bath Robes, $5 to sl2 Mufflers, SI.OO to $7.50 Felt Hats, $2 to $5 House Coats, $5 to $lO Handkerchiefs, 10c to SI.OO Men's Caps, SI.OO to $2 - Sweaters, $1.50 to $lO Pajamas, $1.50 to $5 - Men's Mackinaws, $lO to sl2 Underwear, $1.50 to $7.50 ✓ Kid Gloves, $2 to $5 Boys' Suits, $5 to sls Monito Hose, 25c to SI.OO Comfort Kits, 50c to $6 Boys' Overcoats, $5 to sls Neckties, 50c to $3 Kid Gloves, $2 to $5 Boys' Mackinaws, $5 to $lO Shirts, SI.OO to $lO Men's Velour Hats, $5 to $7.50 Boys' Caps, 50c to SI,OO. Now Sir: ''£> And Then: Buy Yourself An Buy Yourself A OVERCOAT ' SUIT • For Christmas !eFor Christmas ---it's a wise and sen- /-\yirj ral —and wear it a long, sible thing to do—it's a[_ h/jf gl| longtime—up into the service to yourself and rLFi f AS ly summer days to it's putting money in a I I\ jf/n ' come. Your family will useful gift that you can • I WjTJlj J]B 1 be glad to see that you get big returns from as . iff A have thought of your the winter days come SMi (||| self as well as of them, along. - I Ey/M/'/im Pick one at *ls to $ 35 fP s ls to $ 35 Get It At J U Get It At ' Wm. Strouse's Wm. Strouse's The New Store of Wm. Strouse, 310 Market Street DECEMBER 18, 1917.
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