Republican*News item| F, L. TAYLOR, EDITOR. ►Mb tlv >i*y I'aui'H.l vy Atceruoo 1 [sy The Sullivan Publishing Co A.t the County Beat of Sullivan County. t,a '••OK'.'K, PA. W i . MAS , : n'.ideii. TJIOS. J. '■ .11AM, Bcc'y & Trias. Altered at the Post Office at J oporto, as Bcroiti! class mail matter. F'LKST NATIONAL HANK ' OK DUenORK, I'ENNA. A PIT AO - - ,*50.000 I7KiM>TTB - • $40,000 Doe 1 a General Banking Business. I>. KTF.KIiiKHE, M. V. SWARTS. President. Casiiter per c ut intfivsi allowed on ccrlilieiilt.-. pRANGIS W. MEYLEtfT, A ttoiUfy-Rt-Law. office in lveeler's Block. I.APoTU'K, Sullivan County, PA. {\ JT& F. H. INGHAM, ATTOUHBYS-AT-LAW, Legal business attended to in ti.i.sand udjoiulng cotaHloj M'OR'I'E, I>A c_ J7 MULLEN, Attorney at Law. LAPORTE, I'A OFFICK IK OOPHTY BUILDIKO noosn. j 4 H. CRONIN, AT JOKN ET-AT -LAW, SOTAKY I'UIU.IC. ORRLOH ')« MAI!) SMUT. uusno&B. rA Fnst National Bank OK LAPORTE PA f.;,itar - - - *a5,000.00 \ Tmusnctn n general bankwire busim-NS. LLIN .J. O'OIIAM, i-.L'W I_\ I»I, I. \ 1 I'reaictont. Cashier. :3 pui' .•ent mti rtist pnid on time deposits, j ACCOUNTS SOLUTI Ki) 'l itis Kind of summer >- good ; ewiugh lor nny old Indian. ]•;. W. VauDyke of New Albany, a i rived in town Monday to work on I the bank building. Kev. H. L. Jarret received news i Thursday that his youngest brother ; is ill of typhoid fever at his homi in j Si 11 llsglOVO. Tli'.'-iron for our new bind-, build-: in.r has all arriv ed and now we may j expect to see the construction pushed rapidly forward. Edward P Kennedy of Kicketl.s, | wi - in Lnporte Monday and called j nt our office. lie will read the News | Item for the coming six months. We heartily thank the people of Lnporte for so generously responding 10 our request for news. They have lielpi il splendidly this week. Keep 11 up please. ** A ■ orrespondenl writ in ■: from Pow ell ?:iys: "A portion of the nion work in:, ■" tlu tannery in this place were niude glad on Saturday evening, Oc tober 2;!, by an increase of their wng'-s of from live to tweuty-flve cents a day, according to their work." I'. A. Bivin* received rush orders from the Itoek J-land I tail road at; <'hi' ..go to make railroad rceounais- j -■ime in the southwest:. The job j means going on foot and hor.-ebaek j for about a month. Mr. Bivius as sisted in the original construction of j fho \\\ A X 1'.., under Clayton Ma-1 son. Sn ;an Eve ret, is years old of Hun- j locks Creek, near WilkesTiarre was accidentally sliot In the side by her brnihrr, .Marvin, aged 11, Thursday. The boy procured a revolver from a bnn an drawer, and, thinking il was: not loaded, pointed it at bis sister and pulled the trigger. The girl fell • in u faint, on the floor, but the wound i i.s not serious. The Postottlce Dcpait incut has eg-} (ablished a daily mail route between j L cilesmere and Laportc. The sche- j dole of time i.s as follows Leave Faglesmere at 7:00 a. m.; arrive at I I.aporte at S:Fi a. m.!.• ave La poifeat 10:00 a. m ; arrive al 1 Ingle.-- mere at 11:-lo a. m. The ■ rviee is In begin Doc. 1 :i, 1000. i aiss ar rangement will be very s. iti-f'actory to the citizens ot Eaglcsmere and the county generally. s'ays the .tris". K. c. Mott'n iiieresiing and cm• • ini-iiiir • weekly: 'f tho MnterprLo do - i mi:.s its guess there will he a big Increase in the population of tfeshoppcu bor ough vim: the census is tak a by the enumerator next. Summer. Every !u use in town is now occupied and during the past six or seven years in jny new houses have been erected 'ince the last census taken in U»00, . :.ere will average two or three line, : ew housea built In Meshoppen every •ar. Four new homes have been built'here during the past Summer nd each of them will cost from sl, 500 to s3,ooo'' . -C il' - ■ W "HXj t i ij 'l•,■'L'h <' Vt •' ry». 1. * I, wi>vli«.jr | { Local rsr*d Personal Events | i Tei'sety Told. j WIU. Itogers has been on the sick list for several days. Theron Allen visited relatives in New Albany Sunday. We Ir s'e a few Trespass Nuliees at thisoflice. '2oc per dozen. C. lluntcr of Kieketts, visited bis family here over Sunday. iMiss Anna Ileum visited her par ents in 1 inshore over Sunday. I 'lysses Bird of Fox townshis uas business man in town Tuesday. Sherifi' Brown was a busiue,ss man at Sbunk Atonday and at Bernice Tuesday. Robert Little of near Xordmont, ha moved bas family into rooms iu the Storniont. building. >fis< I".lieu Bonier of 1 inshore, is tho guest of her aunt, .Mrs. A. 11. Husehli useii, this week. Miss < Iraee Minier who has been speuding -.mie time in \\ illiam-port, is visiting her parents in town. Tile Village Improvement Society will meet at the home of Mrs. Kel l er on Tu< day evening, Nov. Mrs. I'. A. Bi\in very pleasantly entertained a lew of her friends at a card party on Saturday afternoon. .Mrs llarley Edkins of Newberry j and Ben < 'rosley of Busliore, spent j Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. F. M. I < n -sley ind family Jlenrv I'pmann and Joe Wrede I who have been working at Eagles ■ M*re, -pent Sunday with f'rii nils in La porte. Fred F.ddv and wife of Wilkes j Bar re, spent Sunday with bis par ents, Mr. and Mrs. (~ F.ddy of 1111 i• pine". Mrs. ll:ti ry slialler received word : Tuesday of the serious illness of her I father 11. S Hakes who resides near : New Albany. Mi- < frace Minnier who has been jat Newb. irj for several months, i.-. j j visitinj;' ber parents .Mr, and Mrs. | i Ji liii Minnier. Frederick Miller and daughter j Mr-. Percy A. Bivins have eloped ' their collage and gone to New Vork } lor the w i uter. The mile .social given last Friday evening for'the benefit of the V. I. s , was largely attended and was a success M.vialiy and tinani iall.v. < laren 1 rye has moved into the : bouse formerly occupied by A. Love lace, and Mr. and Mrs Harry Knmm \s ill commence hou-t keeping in the IC.IISL' vacated by Frye. The Fake Mokoma Company t.- booking orders for winter shipments of ice. I'bey already have orders for a !:«!"*•«• amount of ice and are pi' paring for an active trade this winter. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Fries, Win. ; Friem and sister Theresa, attended | the wed'dng of their brother Leo to Miss M uvelln Farrell. The ceremony took place early Monday morning at 1 inshore. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lorah are I home ii>r a few weeks from Panama, I w lu-re Mr. J. ir di is employed a.- j civ il engineer on the big canal. They were guests of Mr. and Mrs. F W. Meylert the latter part o! last week. The Rev. Leroy F. baker, (leneral Missionary for the Ilioceseof Ilarris | btn-g, w ill conduct services in Saint ! Jehu's 1 piscopal church at I.aporte |on Sunoay, Nov. II; as follows: I Miiruing service with holyeommun ! ion at S o'clock, a. in. ; l-Nening :pi .y( r mid si rinon at 7:.'!0 p. ni. All j cordially welcomed. Services at St. I John's at Lagles Mere, at 11 ft. m, Ple.fsant Surprise Patty. A V'.'i' ,- pieasaut surprise party was : held at the home of Mr, and Mrs. A. Loveke Tuesday evening, in honor of their daughter Ida's 17th birthday. A very pleasant time was enjoyed by ail piv cut. Dainty refreshments j were ? "rved after which the guests idi parted leav ing many tokens, i The following wi represent—Frank Drake, Grant Carpenter, Nelson Lnwreii- at, Olivet Hose Floyd, Charlie, Bei)ecca, Carrie and Carl Lovela* Samuel Kennedy, liev I; My: Herbert Kecler, H ittie Trougli, Pe tri 11an'er, Ulivc Keelei, Mrs, John Lovelace, Mrs J. A. U >b ert-, T. .1. Kecler, I.sther X'ough, Ida llartong, Agnes I'pnuno, Alice Kennedy, Edith (iumble, Murguer it" Crossley, Maude Kpler, Susie lord, Julia Walsh, ticorge hold the atfeutiod oi l an audience. Four of the nine townships of j Sullivan county are dry. Forty i'our pledges were signed during! the rally. He ides recitations by Miss lluck-; ell and Mrs. Bryan, the following! people recited temperance selec-! tions : J'earl Snider, Mary Sick, | \ugusta King, Florence Peters, j Fay 11 ess. IJnrh Traugh. Charles! <«or man and Nellie llunter. After t!ie evening session a W. (".'I, 11. was organized having for its president Mrs. Joseph Traugh; Vice Pres., Mrs. J. J. Sick : Secre trry. Madge (oilman ; Treasurer, Mrs. Gorman. Superintendents were also"elected for the Flower, Uaiiri'ud, Press and Sunday School j departments. FLORA COOKE. Pre** Supt. Temperance Sunday. W'urkl's 'lVmpi'ranee Sunday oc cur- 11• ■ year mi Nov. lis. I earnest ly ni'v. 1 ' all oi the Sunday Schools of Sullivan unty to observe the day j willi a special feiiiperaucp Rally pro-j grant, copies of which will be sent to j ffie Superintendent of each Sunday j Si hoi-i in Ihe county. (Hit-rings should be taken on thi-| day and retained in each school to be I used iu purchasiifg Temperance lit- j erature, pledges, cards, etc., as the j amount appropriated by the coun ity Sunday School Association will j i.ot be sufficient to meet all there • <|nirenients of each school during the yen r. ESTELLA. > Hon. Rogers and lady, I>. j I', Mc('arty and lady, I>. S. Miller ami lady, < I». Lverett anb lady,! Mrs. KiTima lirown, Mrs, C. U. Lit! ; ties. C. Yargason aud C. Bird of Klkland (.srange, attended Poniwiia Grange at New Albany lufct Thursday and Friday. Horn, to Mi and Mrs. It. Rog ers, a son. At! smiling and happy. Mrs. Mina Kobbe (nee Reinlich) died Saturday morning of diphtheria, a-ied about Ci year-. Interment at the Reformed church cemetery. Tin school board deserve much credit for remodeling the high school building. It is now one of the best room-' in the county. K C. Mitsselman, the Overton eroanii ry man will start a ereanu ry in our township next spring. If K. Shadibick has i obliged bis black .niith and wagon -hop ai. ! put In a gasoline engine. J. F.llis Rrowu has moved to Mas ten .where he will reside with his! daughter Mis Mertou Webstei dnr i ing I be \vinter at least. Ibe (irangers will h:iv<- a rabbit supper Tuesday evening. all. Roboit Ramsay has opened a gro .l eery *tore in the ('ollins block, made | vacant by M . L'-verton. It must have been a bitter pill for the 1 >dn (critic v,.tcr- to swallow a ! Prohibition candidate. John ('. Schaad has moved into th ■ ! Raymond Meyer house. We areJ sorry to see John leave the hotel as' he was a model landlord, and it j leaves the Republicans of this place > like orphans without a home. \Vc predict a successful journey for the News Item with Brother Taylor at the helm. The mines are working full time. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Connors and i son Lewis of Dushoro, -petit Sunday j with Mr. and Mrs. James Connor- of | j Mildred. i Mrs. Catharine Schaad of Mildred, 'i* visiting her son Georgeot I'arsons. John C. Schaad and John Harney ' were Korksville visitors Sunday. Pomona Grange. : Ne\V Albany MUror, The Pomona Grange held in | this place Nov. 1 and 5, proved to i No.T ~ No man has reached the acme of business success. Heights that we do not dream of will be attained by twentieth century merchants I am one of those who believe that there is no limit to the possibilities I of human achievement. This is the frame of mind one gets into after looking at such stores I as Wanamakcr's in Philadelphia and New York, Siegel-Cooper Co.'s in Chicago and New York, Macy's and Bloomingdale's in New York, The Fair and Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.'s in Chicago. The vast scope of such en terprises, the magnificent system, I successes. Fifty years ago such fyi'.-j dreamed is in its infancy. It is growing in importance and efficiency every '"' hat u: " tk ' da) It used to be a speculative venture. Now it is a scientific certainty. Speaking ot B!ooniingdale Bros., I understand that -JV--"" during the first week of u certain " sale " they had ' recentiy, they spent S'S, OOO for advertising, and that the estimated profits on the week's busi i ness were $25,000. Bloomingdale's wasn't 1 \ always a big store. The brothers arc both Ig, youHg men. The business has been 1 H JpadfilßP built within twenty years; built by judi jr\ cious, persistent, truthful advertising, -' ust SiS *">" °ther business may be built. Jf Advertising is merely telling people a telling wa >* what you can do for them. If you tell them often enough and in the right way, there is 110 possi ><&vAatu*t ant*,/:*.■>! dm,-id diftit bility of fadure. Ixtrgxin: if km n of Hum i'* Copyright, Charlts Austin Butcs y New York. * ■ f - V Tomorrow's Breakfast— I Have it Shot from Guns Surprise your folks tomorrow morn- simple purpose of blasting the starch ing with a dish of Puffed Wheat or granules to pieces. Puffed Rice. But the result {is crisp, gigantic Then let them pass judgment. grains, made four times as porous as Go back to the old, foods if your bread, folks think them better. But we The result is unbroken, nut-like j know that you won't go hack. grains, ready to melt in the mouth. Foods that the children like. These are curious foods, but not They are liked so well that seven made to be curious. Ihe object was tejen million dishes were consumed to make them digestible. l ast mo nth. Now it is your turn to They are exploded by steam for the try them. Puffed Wheat —10c Puffed Rice —15c | These are the foods invented by Prof. An- Then the guns are unsealed, and the steam M derson, and this is his curious process: explodes. Instantly every starch granule is i i blasted into a myriad particles. Ihe whole wljeat or rice kernels are put into sealed guns. Then the guns are revolved for . Fhc £ r - ne sot * rain ar f c , x P and L ed , e '& ht . . . , . times. Yet the coats are unbroken, the shapes six v minu es in aita <> x">° 1 if, rcc *- una [ terec j \y e } iave simply the magnified That tierce heat turns the moisture in the grain, prain to steam, and the pressure becomes tre- One package will tell you why people de« mendous. light in them. Order it tuny. [Bl , ' Made only by The Quaker Oats Company IL . I j be a meeting of unusual interest |to nil Grangers in this section, i After the routine of business of I Thursday forenoon, the afternoon I session opened by a hearty address jof welcome by F. D. Lewis and response by Master Shaw. The question box was then conducted by Worthy Lecturer A. T. Lilley of L< rov. This was followed by a ">;li degree sessi >n. ! in the evening a meeting was | held m Kxchatige Hall, open to the public. A fter singing by the Grange and the New Albany Male Quartette, the large audience lis to an excellent essay bv Mrs. Louise Piolett. The speaker of the evening was State Grange Sec'v., J. T. Ailtnau of ilarrisburg. Ilis theme was: "Is The Grange Worth While?" He spoke of the : beneficial i,ej_ ; about directly ti ence of the (Jran rt tiie ianuing com in u. debt to the Grange, whic._ paid only by joining the ran. Hon. George Moscrip 1 lion gave a I abort talk on the corrupt methods ' of some of our politicians at ilar | risburg. Perhaps the most interesting session to Grangers wa> held in the ('.range hall Friday morning. Lively discussions followed the report on Alfalfa, and also on res olutions presented hy committee. The resolution that received the most attention was: Resolved—- j iliac the principles of Agriculture should be taught in the public schools. It was passed after the presentation of strong arguments on both sides. C. Laßue Munson, Judge Von Moscli zisker's Democratic opponent, ran fai ahead of his colleagues in nearly all interior counties anil greatly cut clown the Judge's plurality in Philadelphia as compared with that for Stober and Sisson. Munson carried a large num ber of counties that gave pluralities for Stober and Sisson. There was more cutting of the ten amendments than was looked for, but the best information at hand is that all of them were adopted. For a well Kept Up-to-date I Stock of General Merchandise | For prices that are j Right I For courteous treat i ment go to Buschhausen' Chippewa Ximc fktlns. Lime furnished .n car load lots, delivered at Right Prices. Your orders solicited. Kilns near Hughesviila j Penn'a. M. E. Reeder, MUNCY, PA. [ =«««*»,