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Mops, Mop Sticks
Wash Boards
Wash Benches
A Full Line of
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‘Wear “Peter's Custom Clothes”
Modjeska at the Loomis this even-
‘Ballentine’s Celebrated Ales on
at the Wiibar House Cafe. tf
V8 your spring sult made by
P. Murphy, Sayre's leading tai-
Valley Record has a larger
‘cliculation In Sayre than any
SRWapaper,
and Sisson at 110 Hospital
Valley phone 244y. 247-26¢
received a complete line of m-
-and domestic woolens for (he
trade of 1907. Frank P. Mur-
proverbial lion. We hope it may
assume the role of the proverbial
. merchant who does not adver-
“The Valley Record clearly does
for the patronage of its mul-
of subscribers.
D. Vincent, inspector of trans-
for the Lehigh Valley Rall-
Company, was in Sayre this
on official business
96 C. M. B. A. will hold a
. after their next regular meet-
ay evening, March 14th
rs Are requested to be pres-
of The Record, buy from
janis who have enough
ask for your patronags
columns of your faverits
_ Mewspaper—The Valley
da Daily Review speaks
terms of the performance
" given by Modjeska and
company in that place
The opera house was fill-
ity and the performance
respect a most finished
322 S. Main St, Athens.
Gs we both lose money.
The Record for mine.
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The bartenders of New York city
are prepering to go on a strike
Workmanship tells the story—get
vour job printing at The Record
Eugene Smith,
high engineer,
Chestnat street
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The Valley Record fills orders for
Job printing on shorter notice than
any other printing house in this valley
We bave a reputation to sustain
the well known Le-
is {ll at his home on
There have been over one hundred
cases of diphtheria in the city of Itha-
ca this winter, and the disease has not
been thoroughly stamped out yet
The borough council holds a special
meeting this evening According to!
present plans the sewer question will
be let. There are several bidders and
the job will be let to the lowest and
best
The spring coal trade opens with
stocks of anthracite above ground
smaller than for several years A
year ago the coal combine had piled
up millions of tons in excess of the
actoal demands as a precaution
against a strike. [It was disappoint-
ed in not getting a strike and held
the men out of the mines for a month
as an excuse for limiting production
The trade is able to take all the coal
this year as mined and this will be!
a busy season
iid the job
Maroney returned from Towanda
4 thirty days sentence for drunkenness
and Jisorderly conduct. Early this
morning he went into the Sayre house
Anthony Hyrke,
gave him a drink, Maroney declariug
thai he was broke. Maroney
into the office of ihe hotel
down in
meantinie (wo strangers came
the hotel and asked for a room
bartender left the barroom
went
to show
bed during nis absence
Burke returned to the barroom Ma-
roney
i
{Failure of Two of the Members fo
Comply With the Law Has Got Mat-
| ters in a Mix-up.
§
Section sever of the Aét to regulate
{nomination and election expenses, and
to require accounts of nomination and
lelection expenses to be filed, ahd pro-
{viding penalties, etc, reads as fol-
lows
it shall be unlawful to administer
ithe oath of office lo any person elected
to any public office, until he has filed
an account as required by this act,
ithe duties of his office until he has
{filed =uch an account, nor shall he
receive any salary for any period prior
to the filing of the same
Falinre on the part of two council
men elected at the recent election in
Sayre borough to comply with the
provisions o' the foregoing section has
cause a large sized doubt to arise in
the minds of the legal talent here
abouts as to whether the acts of the
new council are valid It dppears that
{when Councilman Williams of the Sec-
|ond ward and Keene of the Third
later Burke went to the cash register |
when he discovered that it had been
tampered with. He made a few fig-
ures and found it was $860 short
Burke notified Officer Julius Voge! and
after that official had learned the facts
he started out after Maroney
learned fromm a Lehigh Valley engin-
eer that Maroney had been at the de-
pot and had exhibited three or four
dollars in money. A search “vas made
for _him but it proved futile. Chief
Walsh was called up and he notified
the police at Waverly to be on the
lookout for Maroney as It was belley-
ed that the latter knew something of
the robbing of the cash register at
the Sayre house. .Aboul seven o'clock
word came from Waverly that Maron.
¢¥ had been placed under arrest in
that place
Burke went before Justice Carey
and caused a warrant to be issued for
Maroney s arrest, charging larceny
Maroney has been In trouble sev.
eral times during .the past two years
but each time has succeeded ju escap-
ing, having settled up several traus-
actions with which he had been con- |
nected. About a month ago he went
int¢ Honold's barber shop on West!
streel and created a dis |
turbance
Towanda for thirty days
burglary in the third degree, and will
be held for requisition
Car Seal Broken.
The seal on a Lehigh Velley freight
car was found broken at this place
yesterday morning and when the of-
ficers entered the car they
child's slipper and a shoe
footwear came in the car is not
{known but they are presumed to be
WILL BEGIN BALL\STIMNG
MIDDLE OF APRIL.
Lehigh Preparing for a Large Amount |
of This Werk During Coming Sum-
mer.
The Lehigh Is making preparations
to resume the stone ballast work
about the middie of the coming mouth
There Is still considerable work of |
this character to be done on the Penn-
sylvania division of the main line and
also on the Ithaca branch. There are
also eight miles of new ballasting to
be done between Skinner's Eddy and‘
Mchoopany. The new stretch of road
near Towanda will be ballasted this
summer, and about the usual force
of laborers will be employed. It is
expected that the entire summer will
be consumed In doing the work
Demand for Farm Lands,
There i8 a great demand just now
for farming properties, the frst of
April being the time of transfers of
tenants and owmers, and there is a
probability of many old farms being |
worked again as well as the cutting |
up of larger farms into smaller plots, |
This large increase In the price and
demand for farms Is because of the
farmers are sald to_be making more |
money these days than ever before
in the history of the country. Farm
jands were quite a drug on the mar-
ket up to recent years and could not
be sold at any price, lands that were |
from $20 to $50 an acre have very
largely increaesd in price, so that it
is a poor contract that Is not quoted
at from $60 to $100 an acre. Farm-
ing pays big these days and the far.
mers are all properous
Petty thieving is giving the special of-
ficers of the copgipany considerable an
noyance of late and It Is believed that
the work Is being done by an organ-
ized gang who are
cessful In keeping their identity con
cenled
exceedingly suc
A Real Farewell.
“farewell tour” Is at last
significance Madame
Helena Modieskka is nov in ine midst
of a tour that is a farewell in the most
unqualified sense of the word. Nev-
er after this season will she appear
on the public stage in America. She
has given her word to her manager
Mr. Jules Murry, and all who are ac
quainted with this great actress know
bond
The term
has been violated by actresses and
singers,
farewells, has made Madame Modjes-
ka all the more careful that hers will
be kept to the letter. Her final ap-
pearance at Loomis opera house to-
night will be made the occasion of a
grand testimonial of esteem by the
many admirers who will bid her an
affectionate and sorrowful adieu
Give the News.
Help their
When
the reporters in wild
news your
goes on a visit or when your friends
If a little
heir arrives or you are going to make
If your wife
sympathize with you Ir
Where to Find Them.
Pianos and Organs are sold on Easy |
it known and you will feel al) the bet-
and lame back
kidneys
Kidney and Bladder
[the amount of their expenditures for
ie nomination and election. The sec-
itlon quoted above would seem to indi-
jcate that they were not legally entit-
{led to the oath of office until they bad
[frst complied with this provision
They were sworn In, however, at the
I noon day meeting held on Mdnday of
| last week. They voted on questions
{also contended that they had no right
{to be sworn in. and therefore had no
right to vote. It is also contended
[that the acts of the whole council
have been Invalldated from the fact
that the two membe™s were not legal-
Iy entitled to exercise the functions
of the office
i The situation has been presented
{10 the best legal talent in this section
of the county, and they
‘all at sea
appear to be
unalter-
{ably against the two councilmen be
The law would seem to be
ing sworn In until they had complied
with the provisions of the act, but
{councilmen who had an indisputed
{right to vote Is another matter, and
|one which will be thorQughly discuss-
ed at the meeting which Is to be held
this evening
ISUICIDE'S BODY TO
SENT TO NEW YORK.
Who Hanged Herself Here
Yesterday Will Probably be Buried
in Gotham.
[Woman
| The body of Miss Rosie Greenfield
the demented woman who committed
sulclde by hanging at the home of S
|S. Jettles, on West Lockhart street
yesterday forenoon, will probably be
{shipped to New York this evening
{Miss Greenfield had lived with the
Jettles family since last summer, hav-
(ing come from u private
in New York ci
e She told
treated in the
ties had her
iSince coming to Sayre she has acted
strangely at times and recently she
left the house In the afternoon and
falling to return when evening came
a search was made for her. She was
found wandering about the Westbrook
farm. Since then she has been closely
watched by the family, as she had
threatened several times to kill herself
Yesterday she galped entrance to the
second floor of the Jetitles home. She
sanitarium
of her belug ill
anitarlum and the Jet
brought to their home
stories
(astenede a rope to a hook in the cell-
ing and then standing on a high stool
laced the rope to a hookipliup pi
{placed the rope about her neck. She
Stand As a Star Witness
tonians foolishly invested their mon-
New York city within
23000 hard earned cash
T. Haviland in
in that city
iframn New York city
{H A Kaufman & Co, who have of-
fices In Scranton. The company se-
cured clients for Haviland to
the money investment
But at the heariog yesterday Hl ap
pears that Haviland did pot invest the
money sent in by Kaulican & Co hat |
that he paid dividends from
{eecured (rom new clients
{ At the direction of Haviland all |
moneys were sent directly to
Rich,
solidate stock exchange and Haviland
~ hom
was sent for
money
expected that he would do
however,
rat when Haviland sent a letter to
to protect thelr margins
man visited New York
an attorney with the
plan was laid to get
Pennsylvania. The
& charm and within a few hours after
Haviland’s arrival at Scranton he was
placed under arrest. A hundred or
more thoroughly incensed “investors”
hungered for Haviland's scalp and it
Was necessary to place a strong police
guard about the prisoner in order to
Then Kauf-
He consulted
that =a
Haviland
result
violence
citizens have been victimized by the
get-rich-quick that
{wil also swear out warrants for Hav-
{iland, who chief
| consgpirat rin the concern
The Scranton Times gives the fol-
{lowing account of the
{held yesterday before the
Scranton
| “At the hearing Kaufman was the
first witness. He was greatly excited
|and glared at Haviland,
small, smooth looking individual about
5 years old, as though he would like
to lay hands on him. At times Kauf
man became so flustrated that the al
derman had to interpose and calm
him. The whole crowd was In no
mood to be trifled with
Mr. Kaufman, what is Haviland's
business” asked Attorney O'Malley
Robber,” came the answer from the
witness
‘Who Is Aquila Rich?
‘His partner in robbery.”
The crowd delightfully moved for-
ward and murmured (no approval as
Kaufman rubbed it in
The gist of Kaufman's story was
that he first met Haviland in Rich's
office in New York
he had received literature from him
In telling what took place in Rich's
Kauhoan sald: Haviland sald
“You place with me $100. 1 buy ten
shares of stock and protect them bs
ten points aud charge five-elghths per
cent. against it to protect my clients
from loss [| only trade once a week
and you more than $620
a week and it would take me fifteen
weeks to lose the entire $100 at that
rate, something which had not hap-
pened yet, and will not happen in a
thousand years’ -
On Haviland's Instructions Kauf
man sent all the money to Rich, who
account in the
scheme and thes
appears to be the
proceedings
Aldeman at
office
can’t lose
later opened up an
{Covnty Savings Bank in Scranton, but
{Haviland did the trading in the stock
[market ou margins For this Kauf
land when found was dead Strangu-
tion is given as the cause of death
Farmers Organize.
Probably the latest thing along the
{line of organized labor is a farmer's
union, which 1s now in process of or-
ganization. In Western Pennsylvania
and the middle west It is known as
the American Society of Equity, and
hoasts of a membership of $00,000
The main object of the society Is to
of thelr labors; in other words, to
cut the commission merchont and sell
direct to the consume; In the wes-
tern states {t has a market exchange
in various cities, where the products
of the faim are distributed. The far-
mers can sell directly at the homes
If they so desire. but all is sold at a
figure established by the union
Switeh Tenders Receive Increase.
The switchmen in the employ of
the Lehigh Valley Rallroad Company
have heen notified of an increase of
$5 per month in their wages
| DeWitt's Little Early Risers scatter
the gloom of sick-headache and bil-
Bold by C. M. Driggs,
{per cent of the profits of which he
[would give Kaufman 12% per cent
Clients got their dividends all right
Ibut the
[$100 to protect their holdings aroused
{suspicion and Kaufman made a
ito New York, He demanded that ac
|counts amounting to $3,300 be
Haviland told him that the
right and showed
that If Kaufman
would come back in the afternoon he
When Kauf
letter calling for $20 on every
trip
closed
{at once
{accounts were all
the profits, and
{would get his money
{the money had been invested in cop
per Kanfman then that he
| w as satisfied that the game was crook-
ied, and he accordingly laid planz to
[ret Haviland over into this state
| Kanfman swore on the stand
{Haviland, when he saw that he
la trap, said
The game Is up 1 never made any
investments Then he offered (o set.
{te for $11.600. Then he wanted to
states
that
Gentlemen, | am caught
g0 back to New York city,
tee a se'tiement
Both offers were refdsed
On cross examination
and guaran-
cent, although his clients had sent
Haviland about $30,000,
Haviland was held to court in the
sum of $23,000 ball, which he was un-
DD
Mattresses.
205 Desmond street
LN
3 \
ETRE
Comfortable
Furniture
You will find at-
tractive pieces for
every room in the
house among this
collection, what
you lack in assort-
ment will be more
than made up in
price, for we are de- _
termined to make & ©
prompt clearance of
all small lots.
Valley Phone 191 a
0
and gets benefits of 17
NOW,
TEACHER APPLIED
ROD TO SEVERELY ~
So Say Parents of 11-Year-Old Girl
Whe Was Flogged By a Third Grade
leacher
Yesterday Morning Sap.
erintedent Seler Denies Tha Girl
Was Whipped Beyoid Reason.
Because she falled to satsifactoriny
Ethel Hassler
daughter of Council
recite
the 11
tian Coleman Hassler, is
a4 music lesson
year-old
allegd
have Leen chas
tised with unusual se
| verity by a teacher in the
in the Sayre
{fact the scholars who saw the rod ap-
plied say that when the teacher had |
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CONTRACTING.
J. Il. Snell, Athens, Pa. Contractor
aud Builder. Also buildings moved
on short notice, 241-3m*
WANTED, :
shirt factory. Inquire
At the factory in the Talmadge bulld-
ing, Eimer avenue 255-¢*
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Wilbur ave 2588
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A girl for general house
family, good wages. Ap-
ply Unger ——— Waverly 258-3
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A good girl or middie aged woman
housework. Small fam-
ily. Inquire at once at 201 Hayden
Wyre, Pa.
Girls at the
Wanted A
fre (: —iG
Wanted-
Wolk mall
for general
her wrath was
i stand
sceracely able to
Two rulers are
been broken over the little girl's legs
jand then a switch was secured
which to Anish the
Fhe whipping
forenoon
punishment
occurred during the
esterday, and when the iit
tHe gir! went home to
her father and
dinner she told |
mother The father
‘haz himself been a wielder of thi
and at first he was not in-
clined to give his daughter anv of his
sympathy, saying that she had receiy-
{ed only that which she deserved
The mother of the girl,
Italled to take the
father. and she conducted an investi
~ation She is
hirch rod
however
same view as the
alleged to have found
the child's legs
in the afternoon the
the high
viewed he
father went to
building and
teacher It Is said that
discussed and
affected In
recourse to the law will Le
school inter
the malter was fully
that a settlement wus
which
avoided
Thi= afternoon a Record
tath'e ta'ked with
user the
represen
Stetler telephone and that
ollicial tells
He states
another side to the story
}
the girl's legs, but they not of |
character He says that the
girl had been
were
i serious
asked to do certain
refused
things and being s0 persist-
ent in her refusal as to make punish-
ment a necessity tie denies that the
sith was whipped beyond reason, and
= that It was no
receive in thelr homes at the
of their
Superintendent
parents
that failure to recite music lesson sat
Isfactorily was not the cause of the
child being whipped, but it was be
cause she persistently refused to obey
taken to
the superintendents room for him to
her teacher She was first
puni£h but he was out and she refused
until he came
in Then it was that she
in charge by an
to stay in hig room
was taken
under teacher and
Superintedent Stetler also lenie
that two rulers were broken in whip
avs that a ruler
Lreak, but
used in the
ping the girl He
which was an old one, did
{that un switch was
of it
The whipping of the
has been the
p! Cy
Hassler gird
much talk
among the scholars at the high school
subject of
and many stories of a viuylog nature
to the effect that
the Hassler girl will draw the teach
which Is
teacher had
have hen told. One is
er's salary for this mouth
that the
consideration to settle
an intimation
the matter
Superintedent Stet'er, however, sive
that he Knows nothing of an arrange-
ment of this kind.
The Valley Record has a Iarger
PAID circulation In Sayre thar soy
Jou sewsprper.
|
To buy a horse, delivery wagon, bar
Inquire of
. 506 Lincoln street, Val«
257-6¢
lohn Grimley
ey phone 393a
|
er. Address 16 South street. Waser
ly. N. ¥ 254
To Reat a a suite of rooms with
care of Record. Beg
Wanled—A good girl or r middle aged
women Small family. Address or
call, Mrs H L Wolcott, No. 101,
North street
. Athens ~~ Bit
Girl Wanted for general housework.
luguire 109 Packer avenue, Sayre,
Pa 209-¢
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Fuk SALE.
For Sale Four striug base, a fine
toned Instrument at a bargain. LJ.
Willow street, Athens,
Pa 256-8
House and lot, 129 El
Athens, ten room house
For Sa'e
|
acres of i, fruit ete Inquire on
1656-¢°
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For Sale—Fine driving horse, solid
bay, sound, kind and fearless of “all
objects. Also. rubber-tired top bugs
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nesses. robes and blankets. Hargaln
to quick purchaser. Both phones. J.
I. Cerbin, Athens, Pa 61
m—— reeset
For Sale— -Fine Euglish Pointer;
small size, female, 4 years old, thor
broken, pedigree. Cost $50,
vill tuke $10 W. H. Lockerby, Way-
For Sale—A No. 1 rubber-tired run-
about wagon, In excellent condition.
Bargain for wn early purchaser. Ens
quire of Paul E Maynard, M. P,
Llock, Sayre
At Waverly, N. Y., building loi,
venient to car line, large enough fof
double house or 2 single houses. F
particnlare, Apply at 125 Chem
street, Waverly, N. Y 230-1m
SS
FOR RENT.
Three rooms for light
Inquire at 102 Miller
256-6
For Kent —House with all the mod-
ern improvements at 612 South Wik
bur avenue, corner Madison street,
rent §20 including water. Inquire of
( W. Morse, 129 North Elmira stroet,
Athens or F I _Taylar, Sayre 2.66%
“Mouse for rent on Park Place, Way-
erly, April 1st. LD Atwater, Firat
National Bank, Sayre, 253-8 :
LOST,
A gold hunting case watch between
Stevenson street and Elmer avenue ont
For Lent
housekeeping
sireet