SRE EA HR EES
Meyersdale Qommgereial. [TE POTOW PICNIC,
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[Registered at the Postoffice at Meyersdale, Pa , as Second-Class Mail Matter. ciety met at Riverside Park on Tues-
: ’ Sl ad day. It was the regular quarterly
—e eee | meeting, but in addition it was an
THE MEYERSD ALE COMMERCIAL; outing for the medical fraternity and
A. M. SCHAFFNER, Editor and Proprietor. | their wives and friends. = All who
- | were present had an enjoyable time
®gblished Every Tharsday ip the Year at 21.850 Per Year Cash! and all relished the picnie dinner.
Phone No. 55. 110-112 Center Street. | Dr. Mason, of Roaring Springs, who
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| was expected, got stuck in the mud
THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1913. | and ‘was not preset, >
Dr. Cameron, of Pittsburgh, repre-
sented Dr. C. L. Stephens, who was
Mulhall, the Confessor. detained on account of sickness,
read a very interesting paper on
The business of lobbying at the nation’s capital has been a bus-| “The Medical Organization.”
iness of great undertaking and of wide ramifications, but the some| The paper was very well resived
influences which were at work trying to shape legislation at the |and highly commended, >
The society extended a vote of
capital, were at work directi mpaigns and spending mone lav- ®
s Dita. ea w directing campaigns Pp gl y | thanks to him for the excellent paper
ishly for the friends of a measure and against the enemies of Par-| me regular routine business Pont
ticular interests. Col. Mulhall, representing the National Associa- | transacted. In the morning the
cturers, said on the stand before the Senate Com-| weather was threatening, but later
tion of Manufa
mittee that the association had spent $60,000 to elect Littlefield to The x was clear and the sun was
right.
Congress from Maine in the campaign of 1906, and with this large| “5 ©. iuatterl : os
expenditure Littlefield carried his district by 1,500 votes. True yeid at a meeting will ts
. : . : : in October.
this was made a national issue, because the American Federation of
Labor made a stand against Littlefield because of his record against .
labor legislation. He says it was regarded all over as a national ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
- contest and the association staked its reputation on the result. The Commercial acknowledges the
President Taft, then Secretary of War, was on hand to lend his| receipt with thanks to Hon. Wooda
best service and the witness further said that former Vice Presi-|N. Carr, for the Congressional Direc-
dent Sherman was working hand in hand with Mulhall in several tory of the 63d. congress.
congressional districts. | Mada ;
There was bribery right and left according to Mulhall’s admis- | ot ele Tomy Reduced
sion, and on election day a widespread and successful plot to keep | : pie oyelty Co.
+he Democrats from the polls was by plying them with whiskey. REBUILT NIAGA
Thus we see how frequently elections are carried and how laws | RA |
are enacted, but we still boast of the free men of America who | STARTS ON TRIP. |,
choose their own rulers, and while the last generation has been gov-| * The Niagara,rebuit trom the bulk of
erned by an oligarchy, the future has in store the rule of the people. | the original flagship of Oliver H. |
m— Poyn Hebe of Lake Erie, Sept.
® s , left the port at Eri ws
R. R. Strike Averted. on Sunday ns and Te rei.
Capitai and labor have not yet reached a common understand- post on Monday whete tiie second
ing. At heart there is a wide chasm separating these two forces, | was Eros. §, victory, cesionninl
and will require much teaching and a great transformation of the| Preceded by the United States train-
heart of each part before they will view each other as friends and |ing ship Essex, the Niagara was tow-
establish relations of good will and generosity towards each other. ed by the U. 8. training ship Wolverine
This spirit of animosity has existed in the past and in the manifes- of Bae The Niagara is carrying a
tation of power, the one side or the other, frequently both sides gn 2mm Tas igs IB wl
__ have caused untold suffering to the many who in no way were re- | the schedule time had Ro ar be
sponsible for many understandings between the two forces in human | the trip over the great lakes. Late
society. The method in the past was oppression and suffering, | 2 September the Niagara will return
lockouts and strikes, bloodshed and sorrow, the struggle for ¥o x Hv It will renin,
supremacy, and the consequent disorder and waste. Toe fe Super g moved oo hei
The lesson has in recent years been learned that labor has rights | choppy waves uutil rain Rm
as well as capital, and that men are men, and that they have rights | up on the docks expected to see it |
and that their rights must be respected. This is a great advance jp | Ship water. Even though the lake
solving difficulties in the labor world, and that all reasonable diffi- enlmed to some extent Iter the Niag |
culties can be disposed of without stopping the wheels of Industry | fans a 2 Iie, bap ue spating |
and without the sacrifice of human hfe. This is done by arbitration | that none feared OREN Fie fact
of which so much has been said and written and whose fruits we| Working on the Niagara are six |
are beginning to reap right along. . naval experts from Washinton. |
On Monday afternoon, one of the most important conferences DEY TTT
in the interest of the common weal of the nation was held, when the Prop rty for Sale.
President of the United States, members of the U. S. Senate and Sixroom house with kitchen, Heth!
House of Representatives, members of the civil federation of the and electric light, No. 405 Broadway
railr ads and of labor were gathered together, coming to a common he Lot 66x120 feet, containing
uaderstanding with reference to adjusting the railroad difficulties, ons gi De Ja
aff 2cting 18 railroad companies, 50,000 miles of railroad and nearly | acre of ground on he Sea ee
100,000 men. It was a great achievement to avert the strike and |outside the borough line. For |
at the same time ofier a method by which the strike can be elimi- | ulars apply to
nated, and satisfaction be given to all inetrests concerned. | |
To paralize the railroads east of Chicago an indefinite length of |
time, would be a calamity of far reaching significance, touching
every branch of human industry.
J. A. POORBAUGH,
jul. 17-3t-adv. Meyersdale, Pa.
THE CASSELMAN
SPANNED,
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YOUNGEST RECUIT. | BAD HEALTH . While on the trolley from Meyers-
ale to Garrett, those accustomed to
CONDITIONS. | travel frequently from the former to
SOMERSET COUNTY MAN ENLISTED Ix |
CIVIL WAR AT THE
AGE OF 13 {
= | the latter place, about a mile west of
As the session of the National Edu- town, noticed a new over hanging
. | cation A iati i i > .
The youngest <oldier of the ‘Civil | gE Po ey at Salt | bridge over the Casselrion river, near
war was discovered on the 4th. of joq)p, AL om, the the John D. Guagey form, This
July, at Gettysburg, and he Ae le o Bre by Dr. | bridge is suspended over a span of 90
in Pittsburgh. The hero is Walter | Jority A 44 ~ umbia Unie oot, over the river bed a height ef
Sorber lacking but a few days of being | tans aw . . ,Corw in of | nearly twenty feet, securely fastened
62 years old, and living in Berlin. Te o y- jut hoi Sus by heavy cables with
. | an | Sux iy ;
According to records that were pro- | th y Soouions of the country | " roles 8 rength to bear a steam
L | the average rural school house in re- | traction engine. This bridge is one
duced Sorber enlisted at Old City Hall, | 1.45 Na {
Pittsburgh, in the First Pennsylvania | ation to its” purpose is not as well | of the latest efforts for the conve-
gn | kept or as healthful as a good stable, | nience and for the economy of time,
Artillery and was sent to Washington | dairy, barn, pigpen,or chicken house,”’ that has been made recently in that |
where his Bim was assigned t0| geclared Dr. Wood. | community. This bridge means a
the Army of the Potomac. Dr. Corwin said: ‘“What more conid] short cut to town to a great man
At the time of his enlistment Sor-|be expected of a government that | PEOPLE: 4
per was 13 years old. He put over a|creates a cabinet department for The cost of the erection of that
bluff on the recuiting agent that has animals but fails to recognize one for | bridge is in the neighborhood of about
since been productive of many a laugh. | man; that appropriates millions for | $200. The actual outlay in money for
At the time his enlistment Sorber | brute heredity and little or nothin the bridge is about forty dollars
stood 5 feet, 10 inches high and weighed | for human eugenics?’ £| which Mrs. John D. Gnagey met.
155 pounds. He served through the| Dr. Crowin gave figures on physical | The rest of the value is in labor. Mr.
entire war with credit along with W.|and mental diseases that caused a Wilson Miller, the hustling tenant on
A. Marshall, now postmaster of Beryl discussion. He said that 15,- | Mrs Gnagey’s farm, interested ths
| 000,000 out of 20,000,000 school in the | neighbors in the project and the
Gabe Ni so NT en ’ | 3 y
red and Sixty-Ninth Ohio Volunteers. | United States are diseased. ‘‘A cess- | gave their sturdy help, so that, that
| shade trees of Princeton and similar | bridge, and deserves much credit for
conditions exists in other States,’ he | the enterprise displayed in its erec-
Ralph, the six-year-old son of Mr. | said. ‘‘If for the next hundred years
and Mrs. WilliamfLenhart, was pain- | our schools would discontinue all | made of Mrs. Gnagey who guaran-
an auto in which he and other people | devote all their energies to improving | Mr. Miller who summoned the neigh-
auto at the WalnutjHill school, about century we would find the people not | pletion.
|
lin, who isa veteran of the One Hund- :
AUTO OVERTURNED. | pool of degradation exists ander the | entire section has the benefit of that
tion yet special mention must be
fully injured Mouday afternoon, when | higher and aesthetic education and | teed the cash outlay of money and
were riding was overturned by another | the human stock, at the end of the | bors and directed the work to its com-
one and one-fourthimiles from Stoyes- | only 100 years older but 200 per cent |
town. Others in the car were Lynn | better, stronger, wiser.” | JAILED FOR PULLING A
Patcher, Miss Edith Friedline, and |
Mgr. and Mrs. William Lenhart. | CARD OF THANKS | GUN.
The car occupied by the Boswell | . | is } SS ;
people Wore Tourn from Beatords| Mrs. Joseph Blocher and amity 1G . di 7 > pulling
when aRot uto, occupied by Se-| . y | Colts au omatic revolver upon John
wickley DP attempted t yoo gh the columns of The Commer- Anderson, Frances Rurke was arrest-
around it. he rear wheels of cia wish to return their thanks to | ed Saturday evening and pleaded
the Sewickley 1oht on a front) 2° neighbors and friends, for their guilty. In default of bail he was sent
wheel Be hine, turning | athy, during their | to jail to await trial at the Septem-
e road rec per term of court.
ne road.
| in the afternoon. By order of the
We are in the midst of the
summer season, and while
* many think this is the time
when business is at a stand-
still, that is not the case.
There is a reason. Our excep-
tionally good bargains are SO
attractive that those who are
interested in good bargains
come to our store and take ad-
vantage of the special offer-
ings we present for your in-
spection.
The goods are for you and
the prices are right.
EVERYTHING Your Money
TO WEAR Back With a
FOR Pleasant Smile
EVERYBODY, If You Want It.
| MEYERSDALE, PA,
am TPT
Notice.
The Larimer School Board will
meet July 21st at the Wittemburg |
School House for the purpose of |
letting contracts for fuel in the fore-
noon, and the selection of Teachers
5
WATCH FOR BILLS
OF
Board. pe
july 10-26 A. HORCHNER, Sec. | : iM
OIL! OIL!
al :
The Oklahoma City Oil Company 1
has paid the first quarter of an eight | | g = uU 0 | 0 N a Hd
per cent dividend. Tt is only a half (
a year old. Three oil and two gas
wells flowing. Two wells going down. IN
FEE EEE) SHOES AND OXFORDS
Sale Beginning Friday, July 18th.
H. ¢. MCKINLEY,
HARTLEY BLOCK.
june 26 tf Meyersdale, Pa. ad
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HORSES FOR SALE.
A good team of heavy work horses
for sale. Quick cash sale. See H.
Phillips, or call by phone.
may 22-tf ad 331 Beachley, St.
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MARKET REPORT.
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Corrected weekly by McKenzie 3 MN 2255555999
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Butter, per od Casaareees Gn 2 0-230 4 \ NEYERND ALK AUT (0 v
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Eggs, Per A0Z..ueierieneresenenieneess 18-20¢
Chickens, per pound....... yasess
Country Side, per pound...
Apple butter, per gal.......ueemeeees ( 0. C. GURLEY, Manager.
Shoulder, per pound... ...ociuesunnesenes NY
Ham.......eonneesss lath ike mese edna Vv
Corrected weekly by Becker & If you are thinking of buying a Vy
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Se a, a car, don’t forget to look our \W/
COIN, POT DUS..eeererieineesusnennenresees N stock over of the famous y
OLE) oon is cenavnensnassanse f) \ : 3
Wheat, per bus......... ee oye N04
Wheat chop, per cw / \ £4 yy Vv
Corn and oats, per cwt. home » E ! ! WV
grOTUN...veereessianssressssassrnenassss 156 4 : n WW
Flour, ‘Best on Record’ per bbl. 5 45 \ WV
PRD of i AE per cent ch IN 95 H. P. Touring Car, fully equipped. . $ 725.00 Y
patent, per barrel............ceeee A a5 H. P. Tourin rae .
3 . P. g Car, fully equipped Ng
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Executrix’s Notice. mn’ H. P. 6-cylinder Touring Car, fully equipped. $2,350.00 oi
In the estate of Henry J. Wilmoth, late of the A . 7
Borough of Meyersdale, Somerset County, he
Pennsylvania, deceased: 25 \ /
Letters i en above estate UN Meyersdale Auto v
haying been granted to the undersigned by the { 3
| proper authority all persons indebted to said
| estate are hereby notified to make immediate |
having claims against |
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| payment and all persons
| said estate are; directe i to present the same
| duiy authenticated for yment to the under- PY TIT ITLTITL PL
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| signed Executrix, at e residence of the
| deceased in the Borough of Meyersdale, Som-
erset count Pennsylvania, on Friday, the 8th
| day of August, 1913,
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