C I Lacey was in Ulster on
business today.
Mr.and Mrs. O. L. Haverly
went to Philadelphia last evening.
Mrs. E. A Cole went to New
Albany this morning to visit her
Mrs E B Joachim and family
evening. xh
Mrs. G. H. Stimson and daugh-
ter Grace speat Sunday at the John
Struble farm,
M. W. Nevias is again on the
road canvassing for the Athens
Furniture Company.
F.E, Bidlack was home over
Sunday and returned to Wilkes
Barre this morning.
Charles Farr with his wife and
the news that's fit to print”
Free Free
A. GC, Tralnor, Colchester, Conn.,
} that a free sample bottle of
: when she was all
is a body builder
tonia of woaderfal merit,
relatives in Athens
If you love your wife, buy her
a Drop Light of the Gas company
Fifty per cent. off this month, sai.
Guy Perkins bas accepted an
office position with the General
Electric Company in Schenectady.
Mr. and Mrs, J.C Carner went
to Buffalo to spesd Sunday with
their daughter, Mrs. Harly Sutton.
Miss Ethel Rikert spent Sunday
at her home in Athens, returning
to her school ia LeRoy this morn«
ing.
E. J Denton with his wife and
daughter cf Sparrows Point, Md,
Eris Railroad Is again offering
Jow rates to the Pacific Coast and
western points. Inquirs of Erie
Agents or write J. H. Webster,
5 Agt, Blgira, N. Y. 99-0ct30
Sayre.
Miss Lillian Cortright of To-
wanda visited her parents in Ath.
ens over Sunday, returning this
morning
Jiy Harris came home from
Wilkes-Barre to spend Sunday
with his family in East Athens, re«
turning this mprning.
Miss Izora Osborne of Wyoming
Seminary was in Athens to spend
. and. Zill be in effect un-
ih. All desiring to get
far west take advantage
igs Call on Erie Tieket
8, or J. H. Webster, Div. Pass. Agt.,
#0-0ct30
vr Be
Falls and return
Tickets ood Sve
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a vesti cone y
e train one through to Jamestown
change of cars. 70
or Chautauqua
mote that
its and Furs, cotton
| wool, Blankets, Rugs,
Matting, Shoes and
bbers, Winter Under-
r of all kinds.
turning to her studics this morning.
E. A. Gillette went to Chicago
last evening to attend the American
Gs company convention. He will
stop over at Marion, Ind, to visit
George N. Tidd.
Mrs. Gottleib Essenwine went to
Towanda this morning to make ar-
rangements to move her house-
hold goods to Athens, where they
will hereafter reside.
Fred Hosmer is making arrange-
ments to move his family to To-
wanda, where he is now employed
in the Frost furniture manufactory.
He will move this week if he suc.
ceeds in selling his furniture
Mrs. Harry Stonier lost a valuas
able pin between the M. E church
and her home om North Main
strect last evening. It was in the
shape of a lily with a rhinestone
setting. Anyone finding it will
confer a favor by returning it.
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The fender of trolley car No. 53
struck Miss Stimson's little pet
white dog while passing the Stim-
son house about 9:30 o'clock this
morning. Oae hind leg was broken
twice in the thigh so that the bone
protruded out of the wound, They
were oblied to chloroform the dog
A letter from the chief clerk of
the department of the G. A. R.,
Philadelphia, states that Assistant
Adjutant General Seydam isin a
very critical condition from his fall
while attending the Ulster encampe
ment, He has not been able to go
to his office since he returned to
Invents Apparatus for Safely
Handling Heavy Ammunition
One of the most serious prob
lems with which the navy has had
to contend is adequate provision
for rapidly and safely handling the
heavy shells used in ordnance of
latge calibre, particularly projec
tiles for 12 and 13-inch guns,
These mighty shells are three feet
long and weigh about goo pounds
A premature explosion in the tur
ret of a battleship would certainly
kill many persons and might pos-
sibly sink the vessel. Hitherto
the navy has lacked just the right
mechanical devices to carry heavy
ammuaition from the magazines in
the lower part of a battleship to
the turrets where the big guns are
placed, Many of the brightest
minds of the world have been en-
deavoring to solve this problem in
mechanics, but it has remained for
an Athens inventor to work it out
to a practical conclusion.
Mr. Caid H. Peck, superintend-
ent of the machine department of
the Imperial Tool works, began to
investigate the matter last Febru
ary, and he has succeded in per-
fecting a machine that will do the
work and it has already been ap.
proved by some of the cfficers of
the Uaited States navy.
A Record representative had the
privilege of witnessing the opera«
tion of this machine Saturday and
as far as his observation goes it is
complete and does its work well
and satisfactorily. The machine is
set up in the rear yard of the Im«
perial Tool works and Mr. Peck
and C F. Kellogg gave a demon
stration of what it can do. Its
construction is a solid frame work
about 30 feet long with an upper
cable and carriage-way that car-
ries a grappling machine from the
magazine to a circular turret on
which a car truck is placed to res-
cue the shells and carry them into
the breech of the guns. The shells
are in three tiers that hold 84 pro-
jectiles and they pass down on ia
clined planes to a bed where they
arc held secure under the grappliog
machine. This machine is of
bronze and opens up like an im-
mense human hand and clasps it-
self around the shell, Then the
attendant mercly pulls a string and
the shell is raised up to the top of
the conduit and carried to the
place ot deposit, where by pulling
another cord the shell is lowered
and released into the carriage
where it is loaded into the gun.
The machinery is all operated by
compressed air applied to motors
of Mr. Peck's own inventions, and
the work is donc so quickly and
casily that it seems almost as if it
was done by aa unseen hand.
When Mr. Peck completed his
plans he sent them to the War des
partment, where the device was ap-
proved. He has since built a full
siz:d machine and a commission of
experts from the Navy department
will be in Athens in a few days to
witness its operation. The device
is to installed in two of the large
battleships now buildiag, if their
report shall be favorable.
Michael O'Hara of Athens and
Jobn Nash of Sayre went to Scran
ton today as witnesses against Wil-
liam Paul, who is charged with
robbing a registere ! letter of £80,
April 10 The mail agert cn No,
4 failed to catch the pouch at Falls
and it was thrown under the wheels
and the contents were strewn all
along the track. William Paul was
workiog for O'Hara at the time,
and in going along the tracks
picked up the registered letter and
took the money from it, returning
the envelope to the side of the
track. Mail Detective Lucas
worked the case up and finally the
boy confessed to taking the money,
The case comes before the United
States court at this session.
DR. A. G. REES, M.D.
100 Lake 84. West Sayre,
OFFICE HOURS:
11000 my ia ki, 10a 10
enally low prices on slightly used or rented
i The best part of it all is they
are such a3
pianos. Just at present we have several that
cannot be told from new, for thers are no mars on
to meet ths convenience of the purchaser. Read
$400.00 Oak Case, Cabinet Grand Upright
Piano, slightly used, no’ a mar on it, a beauti-
ful piano, sweet in tone, easy of as
tion, and a big bargain at the D. 8. S$
Andrus and Co. Sale prics 323
Pease Pianos are popular, and dsservedly so,
for there are none bsttar mide at the price.
This one cost new $350 00, bat has beea rent-
ed a few months and a £emyioe snap
for someone at ths D. 8, Andry $315
Co. Sale price now
Square Pianos are always in demand. Mare's
ons thatis in good condition, fine tone
and tune, worth $75.0), at the D, 8. $31
Andru; & Co. Sale price naw only
Good High Top Cabinet Orzan, a vary fine
tons instrument, worth $75.00, but
D. 8. Andrus & Co. will tell it now $3
for only
part permitted to be slighted.
are the product of experience, skill and science.
6 t; nots
aro aH expert musicians desire. They
home without one cent of expanse to you
DOROTHY VERNO
the pian) delivered to your
N WALTZES, 10c
dreamy, gliding “Dorothy Vernon" waltzes; a
catchy.
publications which are listad to sell for 50c per copy,
per copy; and 16¢ by mail to cover postaga.
Ths D. S. Andrus & Co. sale price is only 15¢
Established 1860.
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128 Desmond Street, Sayre.
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Girl wanted at once. A. M. ‘
singer, 320 Lincoln St, Sayre, 1
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block. nde
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Harry E. Meyers
during auction.
of Chicag
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