Winter. If you put off buying the Winter Overcoat you may be caught napping. Good Clothing, neveras hard to get as now. Wecan show you in a few minutes what is cor- rect at any price you want to pay between $6.00 and $20.00. For the old or middle aged man we have the three-quarter length coat in black or oxford —mixed meltons with med- ium loose back, $10.00 to £15.00. The young men's stylish, tourist over- coats, loose back, can be worn with or without belt, cut 52 inches long, made by Rochester's Best Tailors, $10.00 to $20.00. We have no side lines, our business is Clothing, all our time is for the benefit of our customers. Some special values in Sujts. Come in and see. Aran pont shoes —, W ’ Fara z VA ; 3 Pa ses. LOCAL PRINTERS 0 /ELNIRA MAN WENT SECURE HOUR DAY WRONG IN SARE Understood That Nearly All Offi- 'Left Former Place on Thanksgiv- ces in the Valley Will Sign ing Day, Came to This Place, the Short Work Day Agree = and Has Not Been Seen Since ment This morning's Elmira Adver J. E. McLoughlin of New York tiser tells of a young man of that city, an organizer for the Interna- [SY who came to Sayre on Thanks- tional Typographical union, was in | 8Ving day to witness the foot ball the valley yesterday on business | £3M¢ between Sayre-Athens and connected with the eight-hour |All-Elmira and has not been seen movement, and attended a meeting | Since. The young man, who was of the local union in the evening, | Fecently married, 1s said to have at which several matters of interest |3/Ways borne a good reputation, to the printers’ trade were dis. | but the article in the Advertiser ATHENS. OUR STRONG POINT A SQUARE DEAL LET US SELL YOU YOUR COLD Weather Goods. Snow Shovels 25¢ to 45¢. Sidewalk Cleaners 25¢ to 35¢ Steel sleds 50¢ to $2.00. Flexible Flyer sleds $2 to $4. Boys' Skates 50¢ to §3 90, A Hockey Stick Free with every pair. Girl's Skates 75¢ to $3.00. 216 Desmond St., Sayre. 322 8. Main St., Athens. Goods at Reason able Prices L 138 Desmond Street. When You Are Thirsty and feel the need of a ; sop ntl you reath Driggs Soda Fountain, C. M. Driggs PERSONAL MENTION M. J. McNulty, county commis- sioner, of Troy, transacted busi- ness here last night, Mrs. B. L. Lewis went to Frank- lindale this morning, for a brief visit with friends and relatives, M. W. Biesecker of the Globe store, went to Scranton this morn- ing to purchase goods for the Store. E. B. Ashby, superintendent of maintenance of way of the Lehigh Valley, and C. C. Rosenberg, sup- erintendent of signals, were in Sayre last night on official busi- ness, W. E. Lane, who was appointed permanent receiver in the H. A. Kaufman bankrupt matter on Monday last, came to Sayre this momiog and took possession of the closed store on Lockhart street. Hon. Robt. S. Edmiston, state senator from this district, was a Sayre, Pa. SAYRE, PA. The Valley Record “All the news that's fit to print” THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1005. 10CAL BREVITIE Smoke Peer’s Straight Five, a fine fragrant cigar $1.20 buys a sack of good pastry flour at W. S. Wright's. t3 King of Tramps at the Loomis tonight. Prices 10, 20, 30 cents. Wanted—An experienced groc- ery deliveryman. Apply in writ- ing at this office. tf A few more of those northern spies at W. S, Wright's, Order now. ‘Valley phone 33x. t3 Jerry Farrell of Dushore, has accepted a situation with the Lehigh, and will soon move his family to this place. Holiday Market in the basement of the Presbyterian church tomor- row, Friday, afternoon and evening. Musical program in the evening. Nothing is better for breakfast than pancakes made from Signature buckwheat flour. Maple butter adds to their deliciousness. AtW. S. Wright's. t3 The regular meeting of Branch 96, C. M. B. A, will be held Friday evening, Dec. 8 at 8 o'clock. “All members are requested to attend. By order of the president. Dealers who have been appre: hensive of failure of the ice crop are now more hopeful. They say that if the present weather continues for a few days the harvest will be {alleges that he fell in with a crowd of fast young men in this place, since which time he has not been seen and his friends are unable to cussed. The eight-hour day for which the International Typographical union has been striving seems to be almost assured, in this region learn anything of his whereabouts at least. If is understood that|!t really seems too bad that 4 man about all the offices in the valley should live in Elmira, a burg which will sign agreements for the eight- | has heretofore tecemed with evil hour day, effective January 1, 1906 |and crime, all his life, and then During the past twelve years the | COME to a quiet little hamlet like printing business has grown rapidly | S3yTe (which by the way is not yet in this valley, and three times the |? city) and go wrong. What a pity number of printers are employed js. Four ycars ago a union was] formed and nearly all the journey- | SAN JOSE SCALE « men are members of the organiza- | a tion. The printers have been a| There will be a public demon- long time working for the eight stration of preparing and applying hour day. Nine years ago the | the best known remedy for San International Typographical Union | Jose scale and other pests on Tues voted to decrease the working day |day, Dec. 11, at 1 o'clock p. m,, in one-half hour. Employing printers the orchard of Smith Bros, ones offered but little opposition to this half mile north of Towanda; on request and the ninc and one-half! Wednesday, Dec. 12, at 1 o'clock hour day was established. Two|p mM. 1a the orchard of S A years later a demand was made for | Blanchard, three quarters of a mile a nine hour day. This demand south of Athens; on Thursday was also granted with but little Dec. 13, in the orchard of Mrs. J resistance on the part of employing G. Tracy, one mile west of Sayre printers, but when last spring the| The San Jose scale is destroying union voted the eight-hour day, to | millions of dollars worth of fruit go into effect the first of next [trees in our state. All persons month, there was vigorous protest | interested are invited to attend this from employers all over the coun- | meeting, bring specimens of fruits try. In the cities of New York, and twigs for examination, ask Chicago, Brooklyn, Cincinnati and | (uestions and receive the aid that other large places employers have |S thus being offered by the state refused to sign contracts providing | free of charge. W. B. Packard, for an eight-hour day, with the inspector and demonstrator. result that the printing industry in | BE the cities named has been in a Will GIVE CAME DINNER more or less disturbed condition. | : Strikes have been inaugurated and | James Adam, manager of the emissaries have been sent through | Sayre Brewing company plant, will out the country by the employing | 06 to Lockwood this evening to printers to secure men to take the | participate in a game dinneg which place of striking union men. Alis to be given by Landlord John few men have been secured in this | Quick of the Gilbert House. Mr manner but in most cases the| (Oyick recently went over into agents have met with rebuff, even | potter county, the land of the bear, from non-union men, who had|(he cotton tail rabbit, the rattle- every reason to believe that if they | snake and the leek. He returned, accepted situations their services | aus Mr. Adam, laden with game, would be needed for a short time | 4 tonight will serve the same to only. |his many friends in this section A great many of the big con~ | Several from Towanda, Waverly cerns in the country have signed | the cight-hour contract, and the printers insist that ecventually | every office in the country that has | heretofore carried the union label | will enter into the agreement, and | give the men what they been! striving for during the past nine | years. : | The printers were 2 long time | asking for a reduction in the hours | of ‘labor. Skilled workmen in| other lines, such as the cigar makers, bricklayers, masons, etc, | have long since been receiving the | benefits of the eight-hour day The printers have not asked for | anything unreasonable. They have | been patient and conservative, and | all fair minded people will wish | them victory. SERIOUS OFFENSE CHARGED John Royal and George Abbott, two young men, residents of Myersburg, are under arrest at Towanda charged with tearing down a mail box on a rural free delivery route. Both have given bail for their future appearance befors United States Commissioner Mix on Wednesday next. 1S NOW AN EDITOR L.S. Brown, formerly of Athens, and well known throughout the valley, is now the editor and man- ager of the Advertiser, published at New Milford, Pa. Mr. Brown was in the life insurance business when ia this section, Athens will also attend the dinner and a royal time is antici- pated. and rl A en WILL INSTALL SIGNALS In order to provide absolute safety to the traveling public and eliminate the possibility of acci- dents it is stated in railroad circles that the Lehigh Valley will con- struct new and modern signal tow- ers at Silver Brook Junctign and Laurel Junction, both to be con- nected with an system which will prevent trains from proceeding against cach other on the same track. The Packer hospital will receive a substantial sum as a result of the production of “Jeane's Triumph,” which was presented to two large audiences by amateurs at Towanda. The ladies of the Historical Club had charge of the enterprise, and they have turned the moncy over to the proper hospital authorities clectric rs sl es stan: COAL TRADE BRISK - Despite the scarcity of cars the anthracite trade is extremely brisk on the Lehigh, which in addition to the shortage of men keeps the force employed constantly on the move. The outlook for the accus- tomed holiday shut down at the mines is not encouraging at the present time. HAS BEEN SHORTENED Officials Change Its Eastern Ter- mink! From Welden to Ran- som By a recent order of the officials of the Lehigh Valley, which went into cflect yesterday, the Pennsyl- vania division of the road is two and one half miles shorter than it was heretofore. To people on the outside Coxton has always been looked upon as the eastern termi- | nal of the Pennsylvania but as a matter of fact Coxton never was the terminal. The real terminal of the division for years has been at Welden, a small station lying only a short distance west of Coxton. As the mistaken impres- sion which prevailed among the people at large could do no possi- ble harm the officials of the road made any cffort to correct the error. division, have never ed a large cold storage plant at Ransom, in which to store fuel that comes from the Wyoming Ransom is situated two and one half miles west of Welden. and in order to simplify matters the officials decided to change the terminal of the divis®n from "Wel- den to Ransom. The coal all comes from the Wyoming division and the cost of transporting it under the change all be charged to onc division, whereas with the terminal at Welden it would have been nec essary to charge part to the Penn- division. can sylvania division and the remainder to the Wyoming, ——— A fee B. F. Dunfee of Towanda, was in town today on business. Harry Peer, the cigar manufac turer, is ill mond street. Base ball has been called the National game, so is the minstrels the National amusement yesterday having been called there to perform a serious operation, eins in W. E. Hammond and family are moving into the vacant rooms on the second floor of the Richard's block on Desmond street. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Donovan of Sencca street, are the proud parents of a little son, the interesting event having occurred this morning. TO ———— John W. Vogel's Minstrels prides itself upon being absolutely ment, the excellence of its display, the real merit of its performance. tet A mn BUY AT HOME Be loyal to your home town and its merchants. Do not buy else- where anything that you can get in you own town. The prosperity of any community depends upon its residents. Spend your money in the place in which you live. You are not only helping the merchant but you are doing an inestimable service to yourself and your family, if you are fortunate enough to have one. — A ees LIBRARY PATRONS NOTICE The patrons of the Sayre branch of the Athens Library are notified that the branch will not be open for the distribution of books until further notice. The librarian will be at the branch on Saturdays, gth and 16th of the present month to receive books that are now out, All books should be returned not later than the 16th. el Asn are OWECO MEN FLIMFLAMMED Owego was visited by a short change artist the other day. The smooth gentleman AimAammed two clerks out of two £5 bills, and quictly departed. The police were notified but they were unable to locate the slick individual, “SIMPLE SINON SIMPLE | You are biscouraged! Simon and Mose, tho:e insepar- | You have taken most” able companions of, the Sunday | comic supplements, known from everything for your the east coast to the west coast have been dramatized and will be! Rheumatism the Loomis on Tuesday next. Have You Ever Tried Associated with these " lovable rascals are a host of other cartoon | characters, namely, Hans Spiegel- | \ P S Pains and Stiffness berger - r ger the butcherman, Tony De | 2 etn remove from Bumski the fruit man, Sig Saute | i the § nous Uric Acid the circus man, Judge and Mrs | that ca i ficring? Simple, and a bevy of pretty and | It is for sale by vivacious girls, H. L. GILLESPIE Simple Simon Simple was pro- | H . ~ i e will § Juestio duced last summer by the Nixon | to he ’ Blank & Zimmerman Operas Company at| FRIE al, TREATMENT iy iranteed to «if and ve Bi a fill out { Philadelphia and achieved instant The book is from the pens of Charles H. Brown and Otis F. Wood and its lively sallies and witty speeches evoke rounds of applause, while the ludicrous busi ness devised by these authors never fails to rouse Simon’ audiences to peals of laughter. Simple Simon Simple is splen- |didly staged and brilliantly acted {the music is colorful without being trashy, and the piece clean and sane to a marked degree. Its coming is an event in our theat ricals, Success clever el pm INJURED AT NEHOOPANY Harley Jenny, a resident of Ath- ens, while engaged in sweeping a roof at Mehoopany yesterday after noon slipped and as he shd toward the eaves he concluded to jump in order to avoid falling on the Lehigh |tracks. He miscalculated the dis tance, however, and landed on one of the rails, severely injuring his left knee and spraining the lef ankle. He was brought to his boarding place at Athens on th |8 o'clock train last night and is resting comfortably today. INOUEST ADJOURNED The .inquest into the death of Mary Shaylor and little Harry Whitmiller by burning in the South Towanda fire a week ago Sunday, has been adjourned until December Several witnesses sworn yesterday but there were no new developments. Jerry Decker, one of the men who was | severely burned, has as yet been | unable to attend the inquest. W. . TU. MEETING The Athens W. C. T. U. will meet at the home of Mrs. Butts, 212 Chestnut street, Sayre, next Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock | The subject will be “Purity in Lit- | erature and Art” Mrs. Vander | pool, the superintendent, will have (charge ot the meeting. ——— te m— HOSPITAL NOTES Jasper Bixby of Windham Sum- (mit, Mrs. Sillsbee of Alpine, and | Miss Edith Dunfee of Monroeton, | were admitted to the hospital to {day. | Mrs. Abbic Talada of | was discharged today. 20 Athens, TRAVELING AUDITOR HERE F. J. Beitz of Wilkes-Barre and formerly of Athens was a Sayre visitor yesterday. Mr Beitz is now travching auditor for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company and was ‘here yesterday on official business John Heeman and Simon John- son, two Towanda youths convicted of stealing coal from the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, were taken to the reform school at Glen Mills yesterday. ELECTION OF OFFICERS The Sayre aerie of Eagles will hold a regular meeting this even- (ing, at which time officers for the {ensuing year will be elected. There (will be no initiatory work. | - Read The Record, NT is HALF sven, Conn THE ATHL HOS O NewH mm Into paying a big price for a Roaster | just because they claim everything for it. We will sell you A Savory Seamless Steel Roaster for $1.00 It is the BEST ROASTER ON EARTH It Is Seamless, Sanitary, Easy to Keep Sweet and Clean. It will make a tough fowl or piece of meat tender and crisp, baste it perfect ly, brown it beaatifully and bring it ont of the oven fall weight and with every particle of the natural flavor and nutri- iment preserved. With proper care it will last a lifetime and give vou pleasure aud satisfaction every time you use it. If it fails to come up to our claims in any particular bring it back and get Your money. BOLICH BROS’. HARDWARE Desmond St Sayre. Take a Policy in the N.P.L. You Do Not Have to Die to Win It Protects You in Sickness or Accident Pays Dividends Each Five Years Has the Largest Membership of Any Lo- cal Organization in Sayre Paid in Sayre During Five Years: For Disability For Death For Dividends Assets Nov. 1 Benefits Paid ...$2,225,000 - 4,750,000 E. F. MERCEREAU, District Manager, SAYRE, PA. 112 Desmond Street VALLEY "PHONE 11 A Plumbers, Printers, PRESTO and Palaters. | It re noves all machine ink aud paint without 8 to | the hands. Price 10c. | Cures Chapped Hands | AN EXCELLENT SCOURING SOAP 4 the Best Soap Made For Mechanics, Ask your druggist and grocer for it. —_———— H. H. Mercereau, Attorney-at-Law Notary Public Special attention to Pension Valley Phone 11 X, 112 Desmond Street, Sayre. Bargains in Choice: Building Lots $500 buys a Stedman St, lot, 50x140, §500 buys a Hopkins St, lot, 650x150, Lot corner Stevenson and Btedman, cheap, Lot on Allison St, central, | $1500 buys new house and lot { silk mill, | $1500 buys a house and lot, { River and Lockhart, { $2100 takes new house, modern | provements, Madison street. | $2100 takes seven room house, No Elmer. | $2000 buys modern improved, | house, Frederick St, Athena, Lot 80x15 F. J. TAYLOR.
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