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PENNSYLVANIA
NEWSJN BRIEF
Interesting Items From All Sec
tions ot the State.
CULLED FOR QUICK READING
News of All Kindt Gathered From
Various Points Throughout the
Keystone State.
Shippton will have & shirt factory,
operated by women.
Newvllle wants to celebrate Its cen
tennial in May or June;
Byron Burd, of near Newport, cap
tured a white weasel on his farm.
Carlisle newspapers have added flftj
per cent to their subscription rates.
Ice on reservoirs through the Lehigh
coal field has reached twelve-inch
thickness.
Falling into a tub of scalding water.
Edward P. Long, four years old, Lan
caster, died.
For stealing auto tires, Hugh Bro
gan, of Allentown, got four years and
nine months.
Produce prices in general have
reached the highest point since 1865
In Pittsburgh.
With cows' milk at ten cents a quart
goats' milk is in demand at eigh'
cents in Hazleton.
Lancaster bank clearances ilast year
were $90,475,209.40, an increase of $5,
550,000 over 1915.
Five less applicants for liquor 11
cense have been made this year to
court at Towanda.
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Adams, ol
Beaver Brook, celebrated their gold
en wedding anniversary.
Thomas R. Lewis has been a.ppoint
ed chief of police of Bangor for the
fourteenth consecutive year.
Enraged by his reflection, an escap
ed bull at Carlisle, gored his way
through a plate-glass window.
Pittsburgh's board of education has
increased the salaries of office forces,
janitors and low-priced teachers.
Plana were made at a meeting held
In Pittsburgh for a campaign for state
wide prohibition In Pennsylvania.
Hazleton Poles will hold a mass
meeting in thonor of the late Henry
Blenkiewicz, author of "Quo Vadis?"
Lewis R. Anderson, aged sixty, was
found dead in his home in New Castle.
He leaves two brothers and one sister.
There were 396 violent deaths in
Schuylkill county In 1916, according to
the coroner, including eleven murders.
The Lehigh Valley and Pennsylva
nla railroads contemplate the erection
of a union freight station at Hazleton.
George Kntchner, aged twenty-four,
died in Rochester, of injuries received
at the Jones & Laughlin Woodlown
plant.
Cumberland county poor directors
have asked for a $19,000 appropriat'on
on account of the increasing cost of
poverty.
Nin° hundred miners employed at
the Four mines of the Pennsylvania
Coal and Coke company, at Patton, are
on strike.
The FUair county Patriotic of
America want congress to put an em
bargo on food exports and investigate
high prices.
The Lehigh Valley Coal company
will furnish goggles to its employes
whose work is such as to endanger
their eyes.
Reuben Lauer, son of Frnnklin Lauer,
York county commissioner, has been
appointed sealer of weights and meas
ures at $l2OO.
A bonus of a month's extra pay for
1916 started happily all salaried
hands at the G. B. Markle mines in the
Hazleton region.
Twentv-one applications for liquor
licence* been filed wi f h P'-othono
tarv vvter TT Ayres, In Ind'ana, far
hearing January 22.
Wanted in Jeanette, Pa., for felling
a man with a club and escaping from
an officer, Samuel Scnaeffer has been
arrested in Gilbert on.
Coasting at Mahanoy City, Anna
Starinsky, thirteen, ran into an auto
mobile and her shoulder and collar
bone were fractured.
Caught between cars at Centralis
colliery, James Burcell, aged
was crushed so badly he died at Foun
tain Springs hospital.
Five days after the death of his
wife, Oliver Dewalt, Churchtown,
Cumberland county, died of pneumo
nia, aged seventy-three.
A victim of spine-splintering In a
foot ball game a year ago, Arthur Nel
son, a former Cornell gridiron star,
has Just died in Pittsburgh.
Rev. R. L. Smith, of Chicago, has ac
cepted a call to become pastor of the
Bethany Lutheran church, in New
Castle, starting February 1.
The year 1916 was the best building
year In the history of Charleroi. The
value of business blocks and resi
dences built total $266,860.
P. C. Messersmith, secretary of the
Hazleton Y. M. C. A., has resigned to
become secretary at Denver, Febru
ary 1, at a much larger salary.
During the past year twenty-five
liquor licenses were transferred in
Carbon county, and this is the largest
number in the history of the county.
Because W. B. Spear's auto struck
and caused the death of Peter Wag
ner, at Lancaster, Spear has; been
held without bail for his appearance.
Employes of the American Cement
and Tile company, at New Castle, have
been granted a ten per cent increase
in wages. Six hundred are affected.
The past year wps one of the be •
for building operations Pcttstown has
ever had, the largest operation b?ing
the new million-dollar p'.ant cf Ihe Mc-
Clintic-Marshal Construction company
Educational inventory disclores the
fact that the two most pressing needs
in Cumberland county are consolida
tion of schools and closer supe vision
on a basis of forty teachers for each
supervisor.
Over 50,000 units of antitoxin <?or U m
were injected into Alfred Verg-y, a
Reading railway brakeman of Potts
town, who, for ten days, has been suf
fering from lockjaw, and now is ex
pected to recover.
Dr. A. H. Baillet, owner of tht Pas
time farm, Allentown, out of seventy
five entries at the Madison Sq'iar*
Garden. New York poultry show, ?o l
thirty first prizes, twenty-two seconds
and eighteen thirds.
The $7500 verdict obtained by
Jennie A. Eby against the Travel ?rs'
Insurance company, because her v us
band was killed by a hemorrhage
caused by a tooth brush bristle, has
been appealed at Carlisle.
Besides adopting an eight-hour day.
Pottstown bricklayers and stonema
sons increased their wage scale frrm
fifty-five and forty-five to sixty-five
and sixty cents an hour,, resspeetive'y
while plasterers raised theirs from
forty to fifty cents.
Abner Hawthorn, a B. & L. E. con
ductor, is quarantined in his *onrtfin<*
house in North Butler, a mile f~om
Butler, with smallpox. Ha' t crn'?
condition was discovered when & phy
sician was called to prescribe for what
was supposed to he °Tip.
A Pottstown counci'man has v a> vc
mass of statistics procured fr~m Ca
nadian cities with the view of h-v n 1
his colleagues consider the sy-tem of
assessing buildings about twenty-five
per cent of their value and un : m?rrv
ed land almost full vaJue as in vegue
in Canada.
John Tnnstall, aeed ninety, cv
Scranton's noted twin brother', John
and Stephen TunstMl, died. He ws
a native of PeeVsVill. N. Y., anl hal
voted at every
Polk elected in 1845. It i?
claimed that the Tnnstall twins were
the oldest in the United States.
Warren A. Wilbur, of South Bpth'e
hem. has announced an annual p-'z s
of $25 to the hisrh school pupil who
attains the highest yearly ave a<re In
the English course, and the E. P. Wil
bur Trust comn~nv will yearly give a
similar amount to the student who
stands highest in the commercial
course.
PENNSYLVANIA
NEWS IN BRIEF
Interesting Items From AH Sec
tions of ttie State.
CULLED FOR QUICK READING
News of All Kindt Oatharad Fram
Various Points Throughout the
Koyotono Btato.
Steve Masihla, aged six year*, sot
of Michael Masihla, of Indiana, was
drowned In Two Lick creek while
skating. The body was not recovered.
Audenried is slowly and steadily bo
ing improved and modernized and will
soon become one of the most up-to-date
towns in the lower anthracite region
Wholesale liquor dealers in Gartoon
county have raised the price of beer
delivered in barrels to saloons fifty
cents a barrel, making the price $7.50.
Paroled prisoners, when rearrested
under conditional release, must serve
full terms, without possible commuta
tion, the state law department holds.
Injuries sustained when he was
thrown against the boiler of an en
gine, proved fatal to E. C. Clawson,
of Greensburg, a Pennsylvania engin
eer.
M. W. Watson, fifty, telegrapher foi
Pennsy, suffered a stroke of apoplexy
while on duty at a Lewistown signa'
tower, and is in an unconscious coDdi
tion.
William Campbell, aged seventy
eight, of West Brownsville, is in s
critical condition as a result of burns
sustained when he fell into an open
grate.
George Michael, of East Lebanon, is
dying in the Good Samaritan hospital
from a gunshot wound, inflicted with
out provocation in a Christmas cele
bration.
A pile of 400 pine rails, valued at
$BOO, belonging to Dr. A. N. Miller, ol
East Texas, near Allentown, was de
stroyed by a fire started by mischiev
ous boys.
Conductors and motormen of the
Pottstown & Phoenixville Railway
company had their wages increased
from twenty-three to twenty-five cents
an hour. %
State Game Protector Charles F
Fenstermacher estimates that the rab
bits and birds killed during the game
season in Berks county had a food
value of $23,058.
A voluntary advance of ten per cent
In wages has been granted the 100 C
employes of the American Window
Glass company, at Jeannette, as a
Christmas greeting.
Because of a coke shortage, due to
railroad congestion, blast furnace No.
4 of the Shenango Furnace company,
at Sharon, went out of blast for an in
definite period. One hundred and fifty
men are affected.
For jokingly turning on the molasses
barrel spigot in James McMeen's store
and soiling and sticking all sorts ot
goods, Rovert Irwin, of East Water
ford, is in jail at Lewistown.
Customers of the Consumers Watei
company, of Montrose, are told to pay
their bills and the complaint of the
borough against the water company
adjourned until Wednesday, January
10, in an opinion filed by Public Serv
ice Commissioner Michael J. Ryan.
Mr, and Mrs. George D. Fahrenbach
of Bernville, celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary with guests pres
ent from Pennsylvania, Tennessee
Maryland. Virginia. Ohio and Nev
York, and the Berks County Agricul
tural society presented a beautifu
clock to Mr. Fahrenbach.
The Hotel Anthony Schultz and twt
adjoining houses in the center of Pitts
ton, were burned. The blaze threaten
ed to spread to other places in the
business district, but was checkeo
when fire departments of the surround
ing towns came to the aid of the citj
force. The damage is estimated al
$25,000.
Following an attempted holdup it
the outskirts of Midland, the body ol
John Ganvi, aged twenty-two, was
found in a field, and Macuro Magereto
aged thirty, Is in the City hospital
East Liverpool, Ohio, with a bullet
wound in his right arm. Dominicl?
Rumondo, aged twenty-five, alleged tc
have done the shooting, is under ar
rest.
Washington county wool purchasers
are offering the highest prices foi
fleeces in twenty-five years. Some
Donegal township farmers have ac
c°pted forty-el»ht cents, while others
are holding out for fifty Though
much wool ha? been purchased by the
large stocks are in the hands
of farmers who foresaw that the wa*
would bring his:h prices.
C. H. Miller, foreman of the Pennsy
at Lewistown Junction, has beer
pending retirement under th«
pension system at sixtv-five ve~rs.
Despondent, John TTrrh, an inmate
of the almshouse, ended h's
li f e by sending a bullet into Irs ' rain
Mrs. Catharine Forsy*he, sMy-foui
old. is dead at Lewistown, a?t c i
livine almo=t a quarte 1 * of a cen 4 u~y
in total blindness as the resuH cf t^e
A. William Daufenbach has resigned
his position as deputy warden at the
Rockview penitentiary, at Be'l'fonte.
He will be succeeded by Fred B. ftaaly
The annual banquet of tha New
Castle Chapter Sons of the Am r em
Revolution, will be he!d at t .e Law
rence club on the evening of January
Tutti i itmedi'
AL MOORE HOTEL D'INBIANA
Barnes
Specialists
Nuovo efficacissimo tratta
mento per i sofferenti. Special
ista per UOMINI e Donne.
Una sola visita di quest'esper
to specialista vi portera' a con
oscenza della vostra condizione
fiscia ed incaminarvi per la via
della salute.
Ricorendo a questo grande
dottore potrete forse rispari
miare le torture di un operazione
chirurgica. Centinaia di ope
razione a uomini e donne sono
state risparmiate dal pronto uso
di metodi scientifici modemi.
FATTO—I. Io ho molti an
ni di esperienza ed oggi ho una
grande pratica come speciali
sta e dottore di questa parte del
lo stato. E perche' cio'? sempli
cemente perche' tratto i miei pa
zienti onestramente.
FATTO—2. Io sono ben for
nito di tutto il necessario per
curare malattie croniche alle
quali sacrifico tutta la mia at
tenzione e tutto il mio tempo. Le
malattie non sono piu' problemi
implicati per lo specialista mo
derno.
FATTO —3. Ogni persona
sotto la mia sura sara' certo di
ricevere un trattamento con
forme agli ultimi metodi, e gli
verra' fatto tutto cio' che puo'
fare un dottore graduato, regi
strato e licenziato, con anni di
esperienza di queste malattie.
Quando si tratta di malattie ge
nerali, croniche e speciali, per
curarle con successo si richiede
molta coscienza, pazienza ed e
sperienza. Poiche' si richiede
quel campo di medicina e vi ci
sia specializzato.
Io credo fermamente di cono
scere e sapere queste malattie
e curarle con le mie specialita'
come qualunque uomo vivente.
Perche' non consultare subito
uno specialista coerente e sapi
ente e che vio conoscete essere
capace ed abile a guarire qualun
que vostro malanno?-
FATTO—4. Io vi posso dare
referenze di un numero infinito
di miei pazienti una volta am
malati di diverse malattie che
ho curato durante i miei lunghi
anni di pratica. Sia rigurado
alia mia onesta' come riguardo
la mia abilita'. Queste prove
saranno sufficienti di soddisfare
la persona piu' incredula riguar
do all'efficacia del mio metodo
di cura per tutte le malattie sia
del sesso maschile che femmini
le.
FATTO—S. Io non vado die
tro a nessuno, dei metodi scola
stici ed accademici moderni, ma
uso i miei sistemi allopapatici,
o meopapatic ed eletrotipici es
sendo questo i migliori sistemi
della scienza esculapica moder
na.
FATTO 6. Donne malate
intemamente trovano immedia
to fin dal principio della cura. Le
signore sono pregate di farsi ac
compagnare dai loro mariti o
persone di famiglia.
Gli uomini che soffrono di ma
lattie vengono completamente
guariti.
Malattie di debolezza negli or
gani della persona vengono gua
rite e ristabilite alia forza e vi
talita' primitiva.
A 1 Dußois Hotel in Dußois,
Pa., ogni mercoledi' dalle 9 a» m.
alle 8 p. m.
-
A 1 Panta' Hotel, Punxsutaw
ney, Pa. Orni martedf dalle 8
A. M. alle 8 P. M.
A Voter's Catechism.
D. Have you read tke Consti
tution of the United States?
R. Yes.
D. What form of Government
s this?
R. Republic.
D. What is the Constitution of
the United States?
R. It is the fundamental law of
this country.
D, Who makes the laws of the
United States?
R. The Congress.
D. What does Congreas consist
of?
R. Senate and House of Rep
resentatives.
D. Who is our State Senator?
R. Theo. M. Kurtz.
D. Who is the chief executive
of the United States?
R. President.
D. For how long is the
Pressident of the United States
elected ?
R. 4 years.
D. Who takes the place of the
President in case he dies?
R. The Vice President.
D. What is his name?
R. Thomas R. Marshall.
D. By whom is the President of
the United States elected?
R. By the electors.
D. By whom are the electors
elcted? e
R. By the people.
D. Who makes the laws for the
etete of Pennsylvania.
R. The Legislature.
D. What does the Legislature
consist of?
R. Senate and Assembly.
D. Who is our Assemblyman?
R. Wilmer H. Wood.
D. How many State in the un
ion?
R. 48.
D. When was the Declaration
of Independence signed?
R. July 4, 1776.
D. By whom was it written?
R. Thomas Jefferson.
D. Which is the capital of the
United States?
R. Washington.
D. By whom are they elected ?
R. By the people.
D. For how long?
R. 6 years.
D. How many representatives
are there? ..
I RECIPROCITY.
Thar* is on* word which may 5
Mrv® as a rula of practics for all §
ons's life —that word is reciproc- H
ity. What you do not wish done H
to ywurself do not do to others.— g
Confucius. 5
Napoleon's First Love.
The little French town of Auxonne
is not associated in the popular mind
with Napoleon; but, as Miss Betham-
Edwards reminds us In "Unfrequented
France," he spent some years of his
cadetship there. "In the Saone he
twice narrowly escaped drowning, and
here, too, as narrowly, so the story
runs, marriage with a bourgeoise maid
en called Manesca. Two ivory counters
bearing this romantic name in Napo
leon's handwriting enrich the Uttle mu
seum."
Too Sore to Shake.
"Did you take the mixture I gave
you?"
"To tell you the truth, I did not, doc
tor."
"Why not?"
"Well, I fancy you made a little mis
take. You gave me ague mixture. It
says, 'Shake before taking,' and my
complaint Is rheumatism."—Pall Mall
Gazette.
R. 435. According to the pop
ulation one to every 211,000, (the
ratio fixed by Congress after eack
decennial census.)
D. Which is the capital of ths
state of Pennsylvania.
R. Harrisburg. i
D. How many Senators has
each state? in the United States
Senate!
R. Two.
D. Who are our U. S. Senators t
R. Boise Penrose and Georgs
T. Oliver.
D. For how long are they elect
ed T
R. 2 years.
D. Who is our Congressman Y
R. S. Taylor North.
D. How many electoral votes
has the state of Pennsylvania!
R. 38.
D. Who is the chief executive
of tiie state of Pennsylvania!
R. The Governor.
D. For how long is he elected!
R. 4 years.
D. W T ho is the Governor!
R. Brumbaugh.
D. Do you believe in organized
government!
R. Yes.
D. Are you opposed to organia
ed government!
R. No.
D. Are you an anarchist!
R. No.
D.* What is an anarchist!
R. A person who does not be
ieve in organized government.
D. Are you a bigamist or poli
gamist!
R. No.
D. What is a bigamist or poly
gamist!
R„ One who believes in having
mors than one wife.
D. Do you belong to any se
cret Society which teaches to
disbelieve in organized govern
ment?
R. No.
D. Have you ever violated any
l.'ws of the United States!
R. No.
D. Who makes the ordinance#
for the City !
R. The board of Aldermen.
D. Do you intend to remain
permanently in the U. S.!
R. Yes.
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