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PERSONAL AND LOCAL HAPENINGS
Items Pertaining to the Town in General and
Prepared for the Readers By
> Our Busy Staff,
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James Spangler is visiting tetonds
at Fair Hope.
Mrs. Perry Yindeman, of Somat
Mills, is quite ill. J
Leave your, order for urine
trees at the Commercial. td
. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert ¢ Sho
asker, December 7th—a som, +
Miss Agnes Shannon was a Cum-. 4
berland visitor on Wednesday."
Homer Suder was calling, on Wib-|
tembnrg friends over Sunday,
. Rev. Father I Brady, wi 3
Somerset visitor on Wednesday..-:
All hats to be reduced one-half ag]
the Diehl Millinery on Saturday. ad
A daughter was born to Mr. ‘and|
Mrs.. Chasigs Sanders, Friday, De-
cember 4th.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F, Reich, and Mrs.
M. Carey were Somersed visitors on
Friday last.
Rev. E. P. Skyles, of Cumberland,
Md,, was a town visitor with friends
_on Tuesday.
Mrs. E. E. Boger, of Hays Mill, is
visiting with relatives in New . York,
for a few weeks.
Mrs. Tillie Vought, of near Pine
Hill, visited" relatives and friends in
town on Sunday.
Mr. Wm. Oates, who is 91 years|
of age was seriously ill a few’ days
but is now better.
The Meyersdale schools will close
December 18th for a two Weeks’
%’ Obristmas vacation. -
Mrs. ‘George Siehl, visited relatives
and friends in Cumberland, Md., on
Saturday and Sunday. green
Miss Ida Pfahler has returned
home from Oonfluence where she
had been employed as a milliner.
M. A, Shultz, of Oklahoma, was a
visitor a few days ago at the home of
his brother; L. A. Shultz, at Glade
oity.
Fred Weimer, of Somerset, visited
his sister, Mrs. OC. P. Large, of
Meyers avenue, a few days this
week.
Jno. Domer was a recent visitor to
Pittsburg, where he was delighted to
hear his formar pastor, Rev. Neeld,
preach. eR Beek
Dr. snd Mrs. F. B. Thomas, re-
turned home on Sunday eyening from
a visit with relatives 5nd friends ab
Johnstown.
Mrs. Lloyd Mountain, of Conflu-
ence, visited her mother, Mrs. Catha~
rine Groff, of Meyers avenue, a few
days this week.
The Masonic ' banquet on New
Year’s night will be served by. the
Methodist: Aid ‘Society in the social
room of that church.
. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Shultz, of Glade
City, are spending a couple of
weeks at the old . homestead of
the former, beyond Rockwood.
Miss Oatharine Leonard, who had
been spending several weeks visiting
relatives and friends at New Cum-
berland, W. Va., has returned home.
Mrs. Chan Fisher, and little daugh-
ter of Somerset, are visiting the form-
er’s brother-in-law and sister, Dr. and
M's. O. P. Large, of Meyers avenue.
Miss Lucille Conrad yery pleas-
antly celebrated her birthdayanni-
versary Friday evening by entertain-
ing about a dozen of young friends.
Miss Emma May, of the May
Millinery establishment, has returned
home from a very pleasant visit with
relatives and friends in Connellsyille.
Mrs. J. D. Spaugy, and children,
Edgar and Nellie are at the home of
Mrs. Spaugy’s father, Chauncey
Engle, of St. Paul, the latter being
quite ill.
Miss Ellen Lint, one of the grade
- teachers in the Meyersdale Pablic
School, visited relatives and - friends
in. Greenville township, Saturday
and Sunday.
The raincoat came back to the
editor. The man who stole it raised
$1.50 on it. This amount redeemed
it to the original owner. It paid the
editor to advertisd. =
Mr. and Mrs. John Crowe, of near
Frostburg, Md., spent Friday last
here at the home of the former's
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Crowe.
Rev. Father J. F. Looney, former
pastor of 88. Philip and James Cath-
olic church here, but now of Tyrone,
arrived here on Wednesday for a few
days visit at the home of Mr. Michael
Shannon.
Because of the falling off in rey-
enues of the B. & O R. R. Company,
the B. & O. Employees’ Magazine has
suspended publication.
zine had a circulation of
The Maga-
28,000, and
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FIRE COMPANY FORMED
AT HOOVERSVILLE.
The Hooversyilie Fire Co., was
organized recently. The oTRARIZE:
| tion is not yet complete, but the
‘officers elected to date are the
following: President, Clyde Berkey,
retary, Lloyd Dull, Treasurer,
and Solicitor, Espy Ringler. Mr.
Ringler will solicit funds. The com-
pany will’ ‘endeavor in many. ways
to make money, affer which some
‘apparatus will be purchased.
nly Are. fighting apparatus
and water from the Bionycreek.
‘There are no fire plugs in the bor:
ough. Some time ago the Hoovers-
ville Water Co., offered the bor-
ough five hydrants at $16 each per
| year, _ and the borough. would not,
aecept the offer.
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For big bargains go the the Diehl
Millinery on Saturday. All hats re-
duced one-half. rads
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ARM TORN OFF
BY CORN SHREDDER
' Roy Oolflesh, 20 years old, who
lives on the A. J. Case farm near
Ursina, was terribly injured Friday,
when the glove of the left hand be-
came entangled in the mechanism of
a mew corn shredder. The entire
arm was mangled up to the elbow
and had to be amputated above the
joint. John Oolflesh, the young man’s
tather, and Dr. 0. W. Frantz of Con-
fluence accompanied him to the Cot-
tage State hospital at Connellsville,
where the operation was performed.
The shredder head of the machine,
into which the arm was drawn, was
going at the rate of 1,000 revolutions
a minute and it was impossible to
stop it in time to save the arm.
Keep your eyes on our windows,
they will contain just what you are
wanting, Holzshu & Weimer. ad
“PLL SHOW EM,
_ DURN ’EM.”
I’ve stoped the paper, yes I have,
I didn’t like to do it,
But the editor he got too smart,
And I allow he’ll rue it.
I am a man who pays his debts,
And will not be insulted,
So when the editor gets smart
I want to be consulted.
I took the paper ’leven years
And helped him all I could, sir,
But when it come to dunnin’ me.
I didn’t think he would, sir.
But that he did, and you can bet
It made me hot as thunder;
I says, #‘I’1l stop that sheet, I will,
Af the doggone thing goes under.”’
I hunted up the editor
And fer his cunnin’ caper
1 paid him LEVEN years and quit!
Yes, sir, I stopped the paper.
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Checks Croup Instantly.
You know croup is dangerous. And
you onght to know too, the sense of
security that comes from haying
Foley’s Honey & Tar Compound
in the house. It cuts the thick mu-
cus and clears away the phlegm,
stops the strangling cough and gives
easy breathing and quiet sleep.
Every user is a friend.
Sold by all Dealers Everywhere. ad
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CHURCH SERVICES.
88. Philip and James Catholic
church, Rev. J. J. Brady, pastor.—
Mass next Sunday at 8:30 and
10:30 a. m. Rosary and Benedic-
tion, 7:30.
Chureh of the Brethren—Preaching
10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
School, 9:30 a. m. Christian Workers
Meeting at 6:30 p. ‘m. Bible Class,
Saturday evening, 7:30 p. m. Teacher
Training classes meet Monday evening
7 and 8 o’clock, respectively: Sunday
School Workers Meeting, Friday
evening, 30th inst., at 7:30.
Methodist Episcopal church ser-
vice, Rev.J. OC. Matteson, pastor—Ser-
vices at10:30 a. m. Sunday school9:30
a. m. Epworth League at 6:45 p. m.
Evening service at 7:30.
Brethren Church, H. L. Goughnour
pastor—Services are being held on
December 13th, at Summit Mills in
the morning, Salisbury in the after-
noon and Meyersdale in the evening.
Sunday school and Ohristian En-
All are cor-
deavor at usual hours.
dially invited.
at Hooversville now has is buckets |
“| ‘company of 'Pittebi
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
A SUCCESS.
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in name only—as long as only one-
half of the people have a share in the
government. These principles are
eternally true. No anti would deny
that two and two make four. No
Anti-Suffragist would deny that wat-
er seeks its own level. They ac-
knowledge and respect natural law in
these departments of life, but they
fail to see that there are laws govern-
ing social, evolution, that the social
body moves on with irresistible power
toward complete democracy, and that
the enfranchisement of women is an
inevitable part of it. However bright
land quack witted Miss Price may have
been, she did not and could not meet
the fundamental principles of the
woman suffrage question.
Avice F. KIERNAN.
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OLD PAPERS CHANGE
TITLE TO PROPERTY
The supreme court of the United
States has just banded down a deci-
sion which places more than $500,000
worth of timber lands in the owner-
ship of the Babcock Lumber and Land
biirg; ‘the principal
owners of which until recently operat-
ed in the Paint and Shade township
gections of Somerset county, cutting
out all the available timber in the
neighborhoods of Arrow and Ashtola.
| The lands are located partly in Ten-
nessee and partly in North Carolina
and the case, which has been pending
in the courts for 20 years, was finally
settled on some old records found in
an ash barrel and an anviquated desk
in the state house at Nashville, Tenn.
These documents had been used away
back in 1821 by the surveyors appoint
ed by the respective states to settle
the boundary dispute between these
two states, but somehow all trace of
them had long ago been lost,
Charles Hebard claimed ownership
of these lands, which: comprise some
10,000 acres of the finest timber lands
in the United States, and likewise did
a man by the name’ ‘of Belding. Heb-
ard brought suit against Belding and
after running the gamut of several
courts Hebard won. Hebard thinking
his title secure, sold the lands to th
Smoky Mountain Land, Lumber and
Improvement company, who in turn
sold it to the Babcock Lumber and
Land company.
MRS. LEROY BERKEBILE.
Mrs. Leroy Berkebile, wife of a|
chauffeur for the Hooversville Auto-
mobile company died at her home in
Hooversville, Nov. 30th. The de-
ceased formerly resided in the Ama-
meh Lohr family, and was a native
of Bakertown, this county.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always | bears
Signature of
Always Leap Year.
A most extraordinary custom pre
vails among the Vizrees, a powerful
tribe occupying an extensive district
in Cabul, among the mountains be-
tween Persia and India—a female pre-
rogative that has no parallel among
any other people of the earth. The
women, in fact, choose their husbands
and not the husbands their wives. If
a woman be pleased with a man she
sends the drummer of the camp to pin
a handkerchief to his cap with a pin
ghe has used to fasten her hair. The
drummer watches his opportunity and
does this in public, naming the wo-
man, and the man is obliged to marry
if he can pay the price to her father.
Grow Trees Around Your Farm.
Well ‘grown trees about the farm
house give it character as nothing else
can do. Every older tarmbouse nas
them if the owner has not cut them
down. If one wants to sel! hix farm
patriarchal trees work toward high
prices. In the iminediate vicinity of
the house deciduous trees are prefera-
ble to evergrecus, especially in win:
ter Farin and idireside
LOST TIME. et
The most reckless spendthrift
1s the one who squanders time.
Money lost may be regained, friend-
ships broken may be renewed,
houses and lands may be sold or
buried or bumed, but may be
bought or gained or built again.
But, what power can restore the
mument that has passed, the day
whose sun has set, the year that has
been numuvered with the ages gone ?
Two Wishes.
Author's Nagging Wife—1 wish you
got a dollar apiece for every word you
writel
Irritated Author—I wish I got haif a
cent for every word you speakl—
18 18 the
Piano We Give Away
when placed iz nomination.
4. Every contestant get-a: number.
weekly.
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on May 29.
+ ENROLL NOW.
To the next few persons who enroll as contestants will be given
a souvenir and 5,000 yotes. Come in at once and let us explain how you can win.
This is the Last Week for Recording Blue Votes,
Accepted After Wednesday, December 16th.
RULES OF CONTEST
’ 2. No name of’ contestant will be published: ‘8
3. Every contestant is credited with 2 ,000 votes 9.
5. Standing of contestants num ber published
. Contestants having the Jtgest Sumber of votes 12.
; on ‘May 29, 1915. win the piano and other premiums.
13, ‘No chnroh, ‘school, lodge, society or public institution can become a contestant directly or indirectly.
Value $600.00.
What seemed tous to
be a question is now a
Gratifying Success. It
pays to be liberal with
our trade.
Since we first announced that we
would Give Away This Beautiful
Claxton Player Piano to some of
our customers on May 29, 1915, our
business has shown a Big Increase
Of course the
unusual values which we are offer-
ing haye helped to make this in-
‘ crease and we shall continue along
these lines. © Oar stock of Holiday
Goods is exceptionally strong at
this season of the year, showing
new things in leather goods, toilet
8 sets in. silver, ebeny, and ivory
Fe jewelry, art goods, etc , ete.
Be Sore and Ask For Your Piano
Votes with Every Purchase.
"in all Departments
No Blue Votes Will be
All votes must be in Wednesday for Recording.
Votes cannot be solicited in or about the store.
Tie votes in packages, with your number and amount
. on top slip only.
10. Color of votes will be changed monty and must be
recorded weekly by coupt.
11. Votes not transferable only before yeeordibi,
All parties to a tie will participate equally.
Hartley,
| Ha rtlev Block,
THE WOMEN’S STORE,
y, Clutton Co.
Meyersdale, Pa.
GLASSES
sight testing and examinations
are applied to your “Eyes,
they at once reveal with cer-
tainty and precision.the nature
and extent of those eye defects
which are. the cause of your
Eye-strain trouble thus assur-
ing you correet eye glasses to
alleviate ‘severe
Optical Defects :
aches or pains in the eyes which you
never thought due .to your eyes?
Let Me Decide This for You.
Eyes Tested Free,
H. M. COOK,
OPTOMETRIST OPTICIAN.
Dom's forget you can get the great
est WEEKLY farm journal in the
world, ‘‘The National Stockman and
Farmer,”’ the price of which is $1.00
per year, “The Woman’s World,”
and Kimball's Dairy Farmer, all
three with the Commercial, for $1.85
per year.
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For RENT—Nine room house, or
would remt part of same, on Main
street, above B. & O. Also one-half
of house for rent, of four rooms, rear
of 418 Main street. For Sale—Good
ter and other articles.
LUEB Ha¥
41 Main Street.
sized double h
Apply to
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The Home of Quality Groceries.
The top notch in Groceries we strive to attain.
As we succeed our patrons gain.
When it comes to selling things to eat,
In Qnality and Price, we’ll not be beat.
Give us a trial order and we will convince you that we do as we say.
‘We sell the best 25 cent coffee on the market.
Have you tried Ward’s Famous Cakes? Seven different varieties.
It will pay you to look over our stock of Christmas Candies.
We will be in a position to quote you some interesting prices.
We have in stock a Fancy High Grade Line of Canned goods.
The quality and price is right. Very low prices on case lot.
‘We quote the following prices for this week;
1 can Early June Peas 10 cts. 1 can Wagners Sauer Kraut 10 cts.
1 can Lombard Plums 10 cts. 1 cangrated or tiny bits Pineapple 10c
. Fancy Golden Dates fulllb. pkg. 10c 1 package Pitted Dates 15 cts.
1 can Qarmello Tomatces 18 cts. 5 lbs, Oatmeal for 25 cts.
. Fancy Chocolate hydrox Cakes for 1 dozen cakes of Fancy Toilet Soap
25 cents per pound. for 50 cents. :
GOODS DELIWBRED PROMPTLY
Meyersdale, Pa.
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% ' Do your eyes tire easilvl: Poe: your Ly
‘vision blur when you read any lengthofit:
time?; Or maybe you experience head-
Whp not make your mother or your wife
happy with a Useful Christmas Gift?
Nothing adds more to the appearance of
a home than a nice Electric Portable Chande-
lier-
Portables from $3.00 up.
Chandeliers from $1.50 up.
Come in befere purchasing elsewhere and
let us show you our line, They are sure to
please.
We also carry X-mas Tree Outfits.
BAER AND CO.
FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS
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