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FOR RECORDER OF DEEDS. :
JOHN E. CUSTER, |
Of Hooversville Borough
John E. Custer, of Hooversville
Borough, one of the most popular can-
didates for Recorder of Deeds, was a
visitor to the Commercial Office this
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week.
Mr.
on a farm in Quemahoning township
Custer was born. and reared
He received his education in the
schools thereof and at State Normals.
Mr. Custer has a large acquaintnce
throughout the county and is well
known in educational circles, nav-
ing been a teacher in the schools for
a number of years and has served
continuously for the past eight years
as a member of the school board >f
Hooversville borough.
Mr. Custer is an example of the
self-made country boy. He is a young
man who wins position by true merit.
He has been capable, obliging and
honest in doing all the work the pub-
lic has entrusted to him with, and is
therefore worthy of the support oi
the Republican voters, Tuesday, Sep-
tember 21st. next.
JOSIAH WALTERS
Injuries received Monday morning
of last week when he was run down
by a motorcycle proved fatal to Josiah
Walter, of Jennertown 72 years old
He died early Wednesday morning,
without regaining consciousness. He
received fractures of the lower jaw |
in three places and also suffered oth-
er injuries. Eye witnesses to the ac-
cident declare that the driver, a man
from Wilkinsburg, was not to blame
as Mr. Walters became confused as |
he crossed the road, stepping in
front of the machine. Funeral service
were conducted in the Jennertown :
Luthrn church at 10 o'clock Friday
morning, with the Rev. Elmer E.'!
Rice officiating. Burial was in the
Lutheran church cemetery. Mr. Wwal- |
ter had been a lifelong resident of
that town. The following children
survive: Marian of Westmoreland
county and Annie, Robert and Flor- |
ence, all of that place. He was a
brother of Jacob Walter of Napoleon
street, Johnstown; Mrs. Belinda
Korn of Jennertown, Mrs. William
Weighley of Meyersdale, Mrs. W. H.
Walter of Erie street, Westmont, and
Mrs. Frederick Border of Davidsville.
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VIM.
Mrs. Albert Wahl of Woodlawn and
Mrs. Wm. Smith of Keystone Mines,
visited at the home of William Shuck
last Wednesday.
Homer Vought, son of J. L. Vought
deceased, of West Va., visited his sis-
ter, Mrs. Milton Fike several days
last week. Miss Grace Fike acccmpa-
pied him to Salisbury last Saturday
where they visited over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Parker of A-
valon, Pa., are visiting the parents of
the latter, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mey-
er.
Charles Corfield and family, of
Johnstown, are visiting Mrs. Cor-
field’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm Fike
D. M. Lee and his son, George,
spouted a house for J. E. Geiger, at
Wittenberg, Fridtay and Saturday
last.
Mrs. Bennett and Mrs. Smiley. of
Meyersdale, spent Friday at the home
of C. R. Marten.
Mrs. Wilson Ringler and daughter,
Emma, and Mr. and Mrs. W. W Nich-
olson and son, Cyrus, spent last Sun-
day in Salisbury.
Zed. Hoar and family, of Meyers-
dale, were Vim visitors, last Sunday.
Misses Ruth Detman and Mary
Johnson, of Berlin, spent several days
at the home of C. W. Tressler.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Meyers and
son, Harry, and Mr. and Mrs S. W.
Parker spent Sunday in Bothersval-
ley twp., with Milton Meyers.
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BIG STOCK OF FRUIT JARS, TIN
CANS, JAR CAPS, JAR
at HABEL & PHILLIPS. ...
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! merman home in that place. She was
| 1866, to which union four children
survive, as follows: Mrs. Michael
| Nicholas, of Meyersdale; C. Frank
ing in Ringer’s grove, Monday even-
RUBBERS, '
BERLIN. |
Edward Krissinger died at his |
home at South Bend, Indiana on Mon- |
day and the remains were brought to
this place for interment on Wednes-
day, the services being held at noon
and were conducted by Rev. Stephan.
The deceased was aged about 55 yrs.
and was survived by his wife and two
daughters. He was a painter by occu-
pation and left this place about eight
years ago. :
The anual meeting of the Somerset
County Civil War Veterans’ Associ-
ation will be held in Berlin, Thuvs
day August 19th in the Opera House.
The sessions will be held at 10 a. m.
and 2 p. m. A free dinner will be ser-
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ved the old soldiers at the Central
Hotel.
Mrs Mary Zimmerman Benneft
died July 11, at the home of her sen,
C. F. Bennett from the infirmities
due to age being 72 years old.
Deceased was a daughter of the
late George and Catherine Zimmer-
man, of Jenner, being born October
12, 1842, and was raised on the Zim:
married to Franklin Bennett in May,
Bennett, of Berlin; Mrs. John Rick rT,
of Watson, W. Va., and J. S. Bennett
of Homestead, Pa. Two brothers sur-
vive—Michael and George Zimmer-
man, of near Listie. The funeral was |
held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock, the Rev. F. A. Edmond, pas:
tor of the Methodist Episcopal church.
efficiating.
Rev. L. S. Wilkinson, Pastor of the |
Friendship Park M. E. church, Pitts- |
burg and a son-in-law, of Dr. Herry
Garey, a former Berlin physician, re:
ceived the degree of D. D. at Grove
City College, recently
The Brush Creek Fishing Club has
just returned from its 11th annual
fishing camp on Brush creek, the
camp this year having been nomed
“Camp Muhlenburg.” The party was
composed of the following: Major
Philip A. Shaffer, Messrs. Robert M
Walker, C. W. Saylor, J. W. Gardill,
C. W. Krissinger and Don M. Kimmel
of Berlin and F. J. Engert and F. L
Grigsby, of Cleveland, the latter two
gentlemen being guests of the club. |
The club consists of Berlin business
men who appreciate the annual out-
ing fully and all are loud in their ex’
pression of the benefits derived from
the life in the open. They have three |
tents and a complete camping outfit]
and do their own cooking. With good
fishing, groundhogs being shot, and |
chickens purchased from farmers,
they fare luxuriantly.
CONFLUENCE.
Misses Jeannette Krebs and Laura
Jean Cuppett, of Perryopolis, is here |
for a few days visit with Miss Louise |
Augustine.
The Boggs & Cobb
ceiving consignments of bark
hides daily.
John Kregar has gone to Somerset!
where he has secured a position.
E. S. Bowlin, who has been ill with
tonsilitis, is able to be out again.
The free show given by the Y. M.
C. A., of McKeesport, who are camp-
tannery is re-
and
ing, was much enjoyed by our people.
E. R. Brown is very ill at present,
| being confined to his bed.
The school board met Friday even
ing and elected the following teach-
ers: Miss Allie Dull, Miss Alice Ream,
Mrs. Roy VanSickle, Miss Mary En-
gle and Miss Julia Liston.
Mrs. Maude Sheriden, of Ohiopyle,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. L. L. Fer-
rell.
Ira Bailey, who was visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bailey, has
returned to his home at Pittsburg.
Rev. Lawson Campbell, state evan-
gelist of the Baptist denomination, at
Pittsburg, was here recently on his
way to Addison to hold revival servi-
ces.
Rev. J. P. McDonald has returned to
his home at New Florence.
C. O. Burnworth is building a new
barn on his farm at Johnson Chapel.
Rufus Augustine has begun the e-
rection of a fine residence on Yough
street West Side.
| Blanche Kurtz, recently, by her S. 8.
class. i
CHURCH NOTES.
EVANGELICAL CHURCH—Rev A.
G. Mead, Pastor. Sunday, July 26:
Sunday School at 2 p. m. Young Peo-
ples’ Alliance at 7 p. m. and preach-
ing at 7:45 by Rev. Rhomesburg of
Garrett. Everybody welcome. The
Homelike Church.
Brethren Church: There will be
{ preaching services on July 25, at Sum-
‘following an
A surprise party was tendered Miss |
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ROCKWOOD.
Mrs. Ella Vought, of this place, died
CORNER IS LONG DISPUTED
Thursday morning at her home here | Battle Over Tract Waged Before Res
illness of several days
from gall stones. The husband and
‘three children survive.
Preparations have been begun for
the annual Harvest Home picnic of
New Centreville, which will be August
28.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Otto and
days recently visiting Mrs. Otto’s par-
ents,Mr. and Mrs. Guyer, of Fort Hill.
Chester Souser and his four sisters,
children of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Sou
ser, of Johnstown, are the guests of
their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
John G. Miller.
The school board, of Casselman at
their last meeting elected Miss Ada
| Shultz principal and Miss Nan Hay
as vice principal of the Casselman
schools for 1915-1916.
Mrs. Sarah Pyle who now resides
$5 Y Dvr 3 4
with her son C. G. Pyle of Somerset, | ward in a straight line parallel with |
spent several days visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. R. H. Schrock of Rockwool
the past week.
James Ferrel, of New Centreville
who has been critically ill for the
past few days is reported to be slow-
ly passing away. »
Hillian Grim, while picking cher-
ries at his home in New Centreville
fell several feet from a cherry tree
and factured his ight arm.
Earl Miller, son of Hon. and Mrs..
E. D. Miller has gone to West Virgin-
ia where he has accepted a position
as clerk with a large coal company.
Mrs. G. L. Miller of Black township,
was sudenly stricken ill with paral-
ysis a few days ago. Her condition is
not regarded as grave and her physi-
cian thinks that she will recover.
E. H. Miller of the Rockwood Hdwe
Co. who entered the Baltimore Gen-
on Wednesday last for hernia is re-
ported to have stood the operation
and he is rapidly improving.
GLENCOE.
Eleanor Alston, of Pittsburg, is vis-
iting at Harry Beachy’s and A. Broad-
water's.
Mrs. Linnie Bosley and children, of
Connellsvile, spent a week with rela-
tives here.
Mrs. W. Schrock spent last
visiting friends in Garrett.
Dr. Spicer, in the Dodge, acted as
van guard for the Ford enroute from
Cumberland last Friday. That combi-
nation sure enough got the juvenile
Leydig house party home in fine shape
The W. H. Miller family enjoyed
last Sunday at H. M. Poorbaugh’s.
“Bill” is on his vacation now so he
seeks the finest houses and the larg-
est shade trees.
A crowd of young folks, headed by
Alice Webreck as the honored guest,
spent Wednesday evening at A.
Broadwater’s.
week
Bob, the racer, tore his rompers on
Saturday night. That was a gala time
for this town as all the “gents” will
testify.
The school board elected the fol-
lowing teachers on July 16: C. B. Bit-
ner, Southampton; Ruth Bittner, Rod-
dy; Ruby Poorbaugh, Brush Creek;
Nora Keefer, Bauman.
Ruth Bittner and Ruby Poorbaugh
left on Sunday night on a western
trip. They will remain until the
school bells call them to duty.
W. H. Haselrode and wife motored
to Frostburg on Sunday to call on
Harry Delbrook who recently was op-
erated upon for appendicitis.
Mrs. W.
| mit Mills, in the morning; Salisbury
in the afternoon and Meyersdale in
the evening, by the Rev. H. M. Ober-
| noltzer, pastor of tt Aleppo, Pa,
! Brethren Church. Sunday school and
Christian Endeavor at usual hours.
All are cordially invited. H. L. Gough-
i nour, pastor.
tne
berland.
| Leah Leydig sepnt Wednesday in
Cumberland on a dental mission.
CARLOAD BARREL AND BAG SALT
at HABEL & PHILLIPS. ,
eral Hospital where he was operated
H. Raupach is spending |
| some time with her mother in Cum- |
bellion and For Years
Afterward.
In the early colenial days, when
Puritan commonwealth of Massachu-
setts claimed “everything from Cape
Cod westward to the western ocean,”
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them money as we have had
since our Red Letter Sale
continue until July 31st
Don't fail to call in during
gains.
Come and see for yourself
We mean business and are giving immense bar-
HARTLEY & BALDWIN,
MEYERSDALE,
IF IF UF UF IF IF IF 4 UF I 6 OF UF UA OR AR A
Hartley & Baldwin’s
Red Letter Sale
We are glad to know that the people appreciate
our effort to give them special bargains to really save
unusually good business
commenced which will
this sale it will pay you,
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WANTED—Girl for general house-
work. Apply to Mrs. William Hocking,
Main Street opposite the Methodist
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. | i
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the Churche
WANTED—To buy farms of 20 to |
160 Acres In Summit Township, as |!
| there was a little tract known as Bos- we have prospective purchasers for
ton Corner, over which a question of same. Answer quick. Address or call
jurisdiction was waged by New York. 5, Meyersdale Real Estate Co, F. W.
Ten years before the revolutionary war pg, .. Mgr
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the two colonies appointed commis-
sioners to fix upon a mutually acecpt-
able boundary lire, but after long ne-
gotiation, while they came near enough
to acred upon a starting line, they town, W. Va..
\ could not decide whether or not it
should parallel the Hudson river, and ESTRAY—Notice is
finally gave it up. After the war the that a white sheep came to the prem- |
controversy was renewed and was Tre- | jgeg of the undersi i
t : 5 gned on June 25. | L@ tii : :
ferred to Congress, and this time & ounen will prove property, pay il $2.00 additional, tickets will be
| boundary was definitely fixed, begin-
| ning at a point on the Massachusetts-
Connecticut line, twenty miles from
the Hudson, and extending northwest-
| the general trend of the river. This
| line followed clesely the western slope
' of the Taconic mountains, leaving the
valley lands in New York state. At
the southwest angle, however,
mountains receded and left about 300
acres of bottom land in Massachusetts. | above estate having been issued tol
This section was inaccessible from the | the undersigned, notice is hereby giv-
eastern side of the mountains, and in
time its people bore an unenviable rep-
utation for lawlessness, and Boston
Corner, as it was known, became the
resort of all manner of lawbreakers.
Its inhabitants did not vote, and the
tax collector left them severely alone.
Matters grew worse till 1853, when
John Morirssey, the famous pubilist,
afterward serving in congress, fought
weight championship of the world.
There was a general melee over the
result of this fight. Puritan Massachu-
setts rose in indignation. The state
| assembly had been considering the
organization of a special police for
Boston Corner, but in 1854 the knot
| was cut by the legislature ceding some
| 8,000 acres of lang, which included Bos-
ton Corner, to the state of New York.
And New York accepted the gift. Bos-
abiding, a different class of people hav-
ing replaced those of the '50s, and the
only evidence remaining may be seen
| by noticing the map of Massachusetts
which shows the southwest corner
chopped off at an angle.
Anclents Knew About Mustard
Mustard is one of the most ancient
medicines. Pythagoras, who flour-
{shed between five and six hundred
years before Christ, mentions it. Hip-
pocrates, who was born in 460 B. C.,
employed it. Pliny, the elder, writing
in 77 A. D., describes three different
kinds of mustard and says the seeds
were imported to Italy from Egypt
originally.
The Romans used it as a stimulant
after a cold bath; they mixed mustard
ofl and olive oil in equal parts and
used this as a liniment for stiffness
of the muscles. They knew the vir-
tues of mustard poultices and of mus-
tard as an emetic. As a remedy for
the stings of scorpions and serpents
they pounded it, mixed it with vine-
gar and applied it to the wound.
They also made a drink out of it,
fermenting the seed in a flery spirit.
The liquor thus produced they called
mustum ardens, which means burning
wine. The word mustard is probably
derived from this.
Dancing Men in Demand
«We never knew what to do with
grandpa before.”
“And now?”
«31¢’11 be a big help to us socially.
We're having him taught all the new
steps.”
The Opportunist
He—I love the true, the good, the
beautiful, the—
She—Oh, George, this is so sudden!
Two ounces of fresh white hellebore
steeped in one gallon of hot water,
| used as a spray, is the best remedy
| or ourrant and gooseberry worms.
| But it must be used early, when the
first worms appear.
ERLE
|GET YOUR CUSTOM
| CHOPPING | eombustion.—John Burroughs, in Hat |
yat HABEL & PHILLIPS.
. so that they can be listed on our next
ton Corner is now peaceful and law |
‘Hay & Hay, Attorneys.
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Wanted— Girls to roll stogies.
Write to Claude Phillips, Morgan-
hereby given : t
ges, or same will disposed of accord: |
ing to law.
C. F. SMITH, Meyersdale. |
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Elmer E, Conrad, late of
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Baltimore & Ohio
16-DAY EXCURSIONS TO
NORFOLK
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OLD POINT
COMFORT
VIRGINIA
JULY 15 AND 29
ALGUST 12 A D 26
$8.80
ROUND TRIP
GOOD IN COACHES ONLY.
good in Pullman cars with
Pullman tickets.
more ar d delightfu <reamer trip
to uestination,
Full Information at Ticket Offices.
AANA SSAA
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the | ty, Pennsylvania, deceased.
Meyersdale Borough, Somerset Coun-
Letters of Administration in the
en to all persons indebted to said es-
tate to make immediate payment, and |
those having claims against the es- |
tate may present them for settlement |
to the undersigned at the late resi- |
dence, of the decedent on Saturday |
the 21st day of October, 1915, at one
o'clock, P. M.
Ida E. Conrad, Administratrix.
July 3—6t
ON SATURDAY, JULY 31ST.
There will be another Community
Sale held First Floor of the Candy
Factory. Do not fail to bring in your
goods on or before Tuesday, July 20,
sale list, as we positively will not ad-
vertise any article not actually
brought before the list is gotten out.
By the amount and the quality, the
articles listed the sale gives promise |
of being a bumper Mid-Summer sale. |
So kindly help it along by sending
in anything you have to dispose of
and attending the sale and getting
just what you have been looking for.
J. M. COOK & SON,
GANDY FACTORY
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Our Chemlcal Relation to Life
Our most constant and vital relation
to the world without is a chemical |
one. We can go without food for some
days, but we can exist without breath-
ing only a few moments. Through |
these spongy lungs of ours we lay hold |
upon the outward world in the most
intimate and constant way. Through |
them we are rooted to the air. The
air is a mechanical mixture of two |
very unlike gases—nitrogen and oxy-
gen; one very inert, the other very
active. Nitrogen is like a cold-blooded,
lethargic person—it combines with
other substances very reluctantly and
with but little energy. Ogygen is just
{ts opposite in this respect; it gives it-
self freely; it is “Hall, fellow; well
met!” with most substances, and it en-
ters into co-partnership with them on
such a large scale that it forms near]
one-half of the material of the earth’
crust. This invisible gas, this breath
of air, through the magic of chemical
combination, forms nearly half the sub-
of its affinity for carbon, or substitute
pitrogen or hydrogen in its place, and
the air would quickly suffocate uf
That changing of the dark, venous
blood fn our lungs into the bright, red,
grterial blood would instantly ceads.
fancy the Bensation of inhaling an
ddorless, nobn-poisonous atmosphere
that would make one gasp for breath!
We should be quickly poisoned by the
| waste of our own bodies. Al thingh
$hat live must have oxygen, and afl
| things that burn must have oxygen.
| Oxygen does not burn, but it supports
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stance of the solid rocks. Deprive it |
Joseph L. Tressler
Funeral Directo and Ewbalmer
Meyersdale, Penn’a.
Residence : Office :
309 North (reet 229 Center Street
Economy I'hone. Both Phones.
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The Home of Quality
Groceries
We are the FAMILY CELLAR, .the
CENTRAL PANTRY, so to speak,
to which a large number of families
turn at meal times for their eatables.
DO LIKEWISE.
We do not give away groceries, nor
does any other grocer, but we give
you th best money can buy.. ......
Our stock of COFFEES is large and
varied, and we are in position to give
you bout what you want. Try our own
blend. esis susan
You will profit by buying your PEA-
NUT BUTTER, OLIVES and CHIP-
PED BEEF from us. ..... .cssest sor
These prices will save you money:—
25 c jar best SilverPolish for 15 cts.
3—10 c cans Milk for 25 cts. ... ....
1 can good Pears or Peaches for 25cts.
25 c can best Apricots for 20 cts. ...
2 bottles pure Lemon Juice for 25cts.
Salmon at 10, 18, and 25 cts per cam
Sardines at 5, 10, and 15 cents per can
6 bars good Toilet Soap for 25 cts. ..
6 bars good white Laundry Soap for
25 cts..
3 doz. best Jar Rings for 25 cts. ....
6 small, or 3 large rolls Toilet paper
for 25cts.... ...... cess
Both Phones. ... ..Prompt Delivery.
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Goods Delivered Promptly.
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| F. A. BITTNER,
142 Centre St. Meyersdale, Pa
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SUNDAY, JULY 25
A Grand Cuting for the Family.
Special Train Leaves Meyersdale 8:20 A. M.
Returning, Leaves Pittsburgh 7:30 P. M.
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