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POCAHONTAS. | FAIR HOPE.
Institute. | We are having zero weather at this
The following is the program for writing.
an institute to be held at Pocahontas Mrs. A. F. Berkley has returned
school on Saturday evening, Jan. 22.
Song, “America” with band accom-
paniment. Mrs. Walter Gaunar spent over
Value of a Common School Educa- Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Walt.
tion—William Miller. ' Kennell.
Recitation. 3 | James DeVore and Mrs. Mary
Duet Emrick spent a few hours in Meyers-
value of Cheerfulness—Wm R. Sny-
der.
Topic—Luella Baker.
Recitation—Mary Dickey.
Band Selections—By Baer Band \
Value of Text Books—Minnie =H.
Rembold.
is Corporal Punishment Necessary?
E. F. Hosteitler |
Opportunities—D. C. Baer |
“Topical Talk—Charles Durr
Quartet
Debate: Resolved that war is justifi-
able—Affirmative: Aug. Sass, BE. J,
Loraditch and Wm. Miller; Negative:
Dp. C Baer, Minnie E, Rembold and '
J. M. Yutzy, ;
The program will be interspersed
with queries and Recitations. Every-
.body cordially invited to attend.
Minor Mention. t
Business is slow in our burg the past
few weeks.
Monday last was the coldest day in
this vicinity so far this winter. :
La grippe has cavght some of our iyisited
people the second time besides new '
ones right along. '
Harry Yaist is suffering with a pain-
ful hand at present. the result of a
torn cord in it.
W. R. Snyder spent Saturday, and !
Sunday at Eckhart Md. !
Everybody is invited to attend the!
Institute at Pocahontas on Jan. 22nd '
1916. |
Quite a numebr of people are suff-
ering with the grip at present.
Harry Yaist was a welcome caller
_at Samtiel Clark's last Saturday night. i
Austin Friedline spent a few days
with friends and relatives in Mey-
«argdale last week.
Clarence and Elsie Sipple of St.
Paul were the guests of J. H. Snyder
last Sunday.
Millard Steinley made a business
trip to Frostburg Tuesday last.
A. E, Baer attended to business
affairs last Tuesday in Somerset.
Henry Baker will move to within
the city limits of Pocahontas in the
near future.
A New Year's Resolution: “Get
wise and subscribe for the Commer-
cial.”
WELLERSBURG.
Mrs. Angeline Glesnner of Mt. Sav-
age spent Sunday wtih relatives near
town.
Miss
Woolen Mills of Cumberland spent
Saturday and Sunday with her ‘par-
ents, Mr and Mrs. F. O. Robinette.
Miss Carrie Robinette, employed 1u
the Cumberland Woolen Mills, spent
Saturday and Sunday with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Robinette.
Mrs. Mary Haugemeyer of Frost-
burg is spending a few days with
friends and relatives in town.
DeSales Shaffer of near Deal spent
Sunday evening in town.
Miss Susan Wilhelm, a student of
“Beall High School, Frostburg, spent
from Friday till Sunday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wil-
helm.
A very delightful Leap year party
was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Nevin Shaffer, Thursday evening, Jan.
413th, when many interesting games
-were played. Refreshments were ser
ved. Those present were: Homer
and Ellsworth Beal, Cecil Long, Earl |
Reginald Shaffer;
and Guy Witt,
“Misses Elthea and Lillian Wilhelm,
Helen Wingert, Bertha and Loretta
Beal, Nora Sturtz, Dorothy Shaffer
and Edna Witt. One of the young la-
~dies, having in mind that it was leap
year, asked to escort her gentleman
“friend home which he accepted gladly
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. . GLENCOE.
Guests at the hotel this week-end
were: The Misses Vesta and Annie
Sharp, of Sand Patch, and ‘Doc” De-
‘lozier of Salisbury.
Ben Leydig spent a few days in
Johnstown returning home Sunday to
await orders for future employment in
* the Flood City.
home after spending two weeks with
her son at Somerset.
dale on Thursday on business.
Miss Ruth DeVore of Cumberland
is the guest of her sisters here.
Ralph Kelly and James Martin of
Cumberland was visiting at the home |!
of Harry Markle over Sunday; some
attraction evidently, girls.
Ben Maust was a business visitor |
in Cumberland, Monday.
Eyes! Eyes! Eyes!
My subject matter in this little talk will be on the
EYES as this is my SPECIALTY. I love my work
and this is why I am so SUCCESSFUL in giving
my PATRONS ENTIRE SATISFACTION.
I am contiually studying this line of work and the
SCIENCE of REFRACTION or GLASS Fitting
has become a FAD with me, In other words I am
FANATICAL along this line -t
White
Two Big Sales at the
Red Letter Sale
at
THE WOMEN’S STORE
tically every article in the store reduced.
Sale
same time. Prac-
few days in Cumberland.
Carrie Robinet of the Union *
J. M. Lowry left last wek for Mont
Alto.
Mrs. Wm. Smith was visiting her
daughter at Glencoe over Sunday.
J. A. Lowry was a Hyndman visit-
or on Thursday.
Mrs. Wm. Richardson is spending a
Henry Dively from the Slope was in
town Friday on business.
Mrs. J. M. Lowry and daughter, Ml-
dred returned home Saturday from
CONSULTATION FREE
Mont Alto.
Are Your Eyes giving you trouble? -:-
ESTER LE TRE
COOK, The Optometrist,
Eye Sight Specialist
“ie COME TO SEE ME
Ms. A. F. Berkley and Mrs. Redhead
were Hyndman visitors, Tuesday.
Miss Emma Perdew of Glencoe was
her mother here recently. |
Harvey Poorbaugh spent a few |
hours n Cumberland on business, on
Tuesday.
Wialter Kennell was a Hyndman vis-
itor Saturday night.
Those among our sick: Jesse Der-
ner, who has been very sick, is now
improving; Ray Baker is not improv-
ing very much; Mrs. Lous Miller is
very ill with diphtheria; Hazel Low-
ry is very sick at present and Miss
Stella Emerick is hivng 2a siege of the
measles.
LARIMER
Lewis Mankamyer Jr. spent Sun-
his grandfather, Nathaniel Bitt-
it Pleasant Union.
with
ner
Mr. Chas. May is working for the
Wilmoth Bros. at present.
Miss Lucile Conrad, the Geiger
sehool teacher. spent Sunday at Rich-
ard Mankamyer.
Francis Smith the western Mayland
section foreman bought some young
cattle from John Jackson last week.
~ C. S. Mankamyer made a business
trip to Meyersdale last Friday.
{ John Geiger is workking at Howard
| Mazer at present.
| Rev. C. L. Miller preached a very
! able sermon to his people at the Ev-
{pngetical church on Sunday.
Elmer Chrissinger and wife spent
i Sunday at the home of Joe Bittner.
Margaret Mankamyer was the guest
‘of Mary Mazzer last Sunday.
{ Samual Bear of Greenville attended
the Communion service at the White
Oak Sunday. :
Miss Mary Murray was visiting at
the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Owen Murray and left for pittsburg
Sunday where she is employed in a
restaurant.
Calvin Weimer is seriously ill at
| present, suffering with the grip
and quinsy. :
, John Fair is hauling Props from the
| Gomer hollow for Mr. Kelly at Deal.
, Mrs. Chas. May is spending a few
days with her cousin, Mrs. Wm,
Housel of Florida Hollow.
| What is the matter with our corres-
i pondent from Pleasant Valley. We
have not seen his items in our good
| paper, the Commercial for some time.
Wakeup, brother, give us the news of
the woods.
Miss Grace Murray spent a few
days at Rockwood visiting her sister,
Mrs. Robert May, returning home on
; Sunday.
| P. H. Ohler, a few days ago hauled
' some coal for Jacob Sturtz.
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8T. PAUL.
| The thermometer reached 10 de-
gres below zero on Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Rhodes were
j called to Pittsburg last week to at-
, tend the funeral of Mr. Irvin Rhodes,
i a brother of Calvin Rhodes.
| Rev. Joab Kombar, from Armenia,
| conducted services in the Reformed
church at St. Paul on Sunday. His
plea was for the coming of the King-
1
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Wil':am Diest is home again after | dom of God. He showed his opposi-
an operation in the Western Mary-
land hospital at Cumberland. “Bill”
1s much bandaged but still a brave 12d | xingdom come, Oh, Millionaires!
Ralph Poorbaugh and chaffeur John
would say:“Thy
Thy
Thy
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| sin to those who
i kingdom come, Oh, Business!
kingdom come, Oh, Militarism!”
rattled into our Burg Sunday morning | \anguage betrayed a foreign accent,
in The Ford. Who says Northampton : put his sermon Was appreciated by !
isn’t on the motoring map even in mid (pe audience.
winter!
Harry Smith and bride of
perland spent Sunday at
Smith's where on Saturday night they | gigeration on the first of April
were serenaded.
The loading of potatoes and apples
by our farmers was the | commonwealth which would collec
on Monday
leading social event of the day.
Mrs. Samuel Frey of Washington
tion is spending a fort-night with
r sister, Mary Stoner.
ir
is seeking
a job in
We understand the miners and Op-
Cum- orators of their region have adjusted
|
Herman ' ir difficulture pending further con-
We
trust will be no further trouble.
Why not work for the co-operation
| tively own, operate and administer
the industrial affair of the country for
the benefit of all, making things for
use and not for profit?
: she went to a hospital and when she |
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ADDISON. :
Mrs. Annie Kurtz has returned
her home at Ridge View after af-
er a month spent vist ing relatives a
Swissvale.
Mrs and Mrs. Mlovd Hilom sn are ill
with la grippe, threatened with pneu-
monia. ;
Clarence Turney caught the larg-
est red fox ever seen in this locality.
Our new schoolhouse is completed
and is surely a fine structure and is
quite a credit to the builders, Wright
Bros. i
Two-thirds of the people of Addison
are down with the grip.
H. L. Dean an old veteran is not |
expected to. live.
James Rush, our popular landlord
received a message from Uniontown
last week to come at once as his fath-
er was very ill.
Mise Julia Augustine, an estimable
lady of Addison,
aged 50 years, 10 mecreths and 27 da.
She had been a sufferer for two yeais
with cancer. About four motnhs ago
to
|
returned it was hoped that she was |
cured but in vain. She was prepared |
to meet her God. She was a faithful .
member of the Lutheran church. She i
leaves two sisters and one brother:
Mrs. Dr. Jacobs, Robert Augustine,
both of Somerfield and Miss Ella at'
home. The funeral tok place on Sat-
urday afternoon. Rev. Boyer of Con-
fluence preached (the sermon, taking
as his text, “Thywill be done”. In-|
terment in the Addison cemetery.
The pallbearers were C. H. Bird, H.!
Witt, George Mill, Harvey Diehl,
Chas. Nedrow and James Hileman.
The floral emblems were many and
beautiful.
Rev. O. Rishel is holding 2a series
of meetings in the M. E. church but
owing te so much sickness and in-
clement weather it is not well attend-
ed.
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SALISBURY
Other items on Another
Salisbury
Page.
Mrs. E. H. Miller and son, Darby,
went to Clayville on Thursday, Mrs.
Miller having been called there ‘ bY
the serious illness of her mother, Mrs.
Sawhill. She will also visit in Pitts-
burg before she returns.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Menhorn,
last week, moved into the Anderson
house on Ord street recently vacated
by ‘the Beahm family who now ocel-
py the Chalfant property.
J. W. Corbett was called to Massi-
lon, Ohio, the latter part of the woek
on account of the death of his sister,
Mrs. Minks. -
George Riley, of West Salisbury:
celebrated his twenty first birthday
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Gasolines, Tllumi
Soicants, Parafine Wax.
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‘Tows Park spent Sunday with friends
t ‘in town.
were business callers in Cumberland
Thursday.
baugh spent part of Sunday with the
| formers sister Mrs. Frank
of Mt. Savage.
(were
pairing and changing lines.
died on January 13, yheumatims, is still in a verv weak
fwere callers on Mr and Mrs.
e this kind of light, but
PITTSBURG, PA.
Refiners,
FREE 23%. 3 Favouton
ORITE OIL
WELLERSBURG
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Damm of Nar-
Mrs. Levi Beal and daughter Bértha
Miss, Edna Witt and Ralph Poor-
Delbrook
linesmen
doing re-
A number of telephone
in town Wednesday
Mr. and Mrs. James Reddig and
family were business callers in Cum-
berland Wednesday. :
Miss Ella Troutman of Kennells
Mills is working for her sister Mrs.
Wm Sturtz.
Mr. Lewis Neubeiser of Cumberland
was a caller in town recently.
C. H. Long, who has been com-
olaining for some time of muscular
SALE CLOSES JANUARY 29th
This is the final
men’s Garments.
garment along.
Children’s Coats Reduced fo
Ladies’ Suits and Coats Reduced to Half Price.
Look at the price
on the tag, pay us half and take the
ALTERATIONS FREE
Are You Walching the Dutch Auction?
HARTLEY, CLUTTON CO,
‘THE WOMEN’S STORE
clean-up on Wo-
Half Price.
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That Hartley
unary 29th. A
condition.
_ Mrs. Wm. Sturtz and Mrs. Russell
Kimmell have been ill with La Grippe
for the past week.
FORT HILL.
J. A. Merrill of Addison township
was a Scottdale visitor on Friday.
B. G. Tressler was u Confluence
EVERYBODY
REMEMBER
Red Letter Sale will con-
lit tinue until Saturday, Jan-
tunity for special bargains.
.... COME IN ....
& Baldwin’s
great oppor-
T0 GIVE 6,000 ACRES
FOR HOME FOR BOYS
visitor Monday.
Mrs. W. J. Woods has returned from
several weeks visit in W. Va.
It is reported that a general store
will be built here in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. P. BE. Vincent
Lloyd
Bird of Addison Twp. on Sunday.
Mrs. A. C. Eicher is now improving.
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FORTY-NINTH STATE URGED.
Upper Peninsula cf Michigan Seeks
Entrance as Superior.
Calumet, Mich.—Plans for a cam-
paign to carve the forty-ninth state of
the Union out of the “upper peninsula”
of Michigan. under the name ‘‘Supe-
rior,” were discussed here by Roger M.
Andrews, proprietor of the Menominee
Herald-Leader. at the annual banquet
of the Calumet Business Men's associ-
ation.
' He asserted that the assessed valua-
tion of the district exceeds that of any
one of seventeen states which he
named and laid stress upon the fact
that it is isolated from the rest of the
state.
part, Best Man at Wedding.
Lacouture at his marriage to Miss De
lina Harpin in order that his
should be able to distinguish him fron
his twin brother. Narcisse L.acouture.
Narcisse was his brother's best man
SIGNAL TO KNOW HUSBAND.
Brother of Bridegroom, His Counter-
Brockton, Mass.—A secvel identifica-
tion signal was adopted by Evangelist
bride
The brothers were dressed alike. as
they always have been. and their cios-
Kansas Ranchman Working Out
a Scheme of Philanthropy.
BUY CENTRAL CITY
LOTS
If you want Sure Profit—
Strayer is back on the job.
Write him; address
JOHN E. STRAYER,
Topeka. Kan.—John Marriage, own-
er of the Eagle Canyon ranch in Mul-
linville, is going to turn his 6,000 acre
ranch over to a home for orphan
and neglected boys as a training school
in farming. Marriage told of his plans
in a letter to Governor Capper. He
wants the governor to help.
He would make the Kiowa county
ranch a big home for boys. where they
may go to school, learn to farm. live
right and become honest and indus-
trious farmers. |
“1 have a ranch of 6,000 acres, fully
equipped with machinery and stocked
with pure bred cattle.” the letter said.
“It is excellent land. 2,400 acres de-
voted to farming and 3,600 acres in
pasture. For years I have been oper-
ating it with hired belp. but 1 want to
get different helpers and co-operate
with thém ¢n’'4 profit sharing plan so
they can have a good living and com-
fortable home here so long as they do
right and are satisfied to remain.
: “This property never is to be sold.
but is to be made into a training home
for orphans and neglected boys. There
will be three trustees to have the gen-
eral management of the property and
pine co-operators to do the work and
live Christian examples. /We are non-
- | sectarian, but take the whole Bible as
our creed. Each co-operator will be
1 | permitted to draw cash each month
for his living, also be credited Jan. 1
. | of each year for a share of the ranch
profits. We have good schools and
Sunday schools on the ranch. No one
est friends have been unable to tel
on Friday, January 14th.
Miss Susan Younkin,
sixty years, died at the home
George Younkin, Sunday night.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Pat- |
i
ton on Thursday, twin girls.
The family of J.
been sick with grip and whooping | WILL BE
cough. The baby, Evelyn, is improv-
{ing after a long siege .
aged about
of |
A. Beachy have | GEORGE RANDOLPH
OUR NEW SERIAL TO |FULL LINE OF PRATT'S POULTRY
THE | AND STOCK FOODS
them apart.
many of the osculatory congratulation
| from fair guests
brother.
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..A TALE OF RED ROSES,
START SOON. DON'T MISS
PAR
| OPENING CHAPTERS.
At the reception Narcisse
enjoyed himself thoroughly, receiving
intended for his | conditions they are to be permitted to
CHESTER, |
1 | who uses liquor, tobacco, vuigarity or
profanity will be tolerated.”
Just how many boys or what sort of
s | boys are to be taken and under what
R. F. D., Cairnbrook, Pa.
PARSON'S FAMILY TREE.
Branches Out Considerably In Two
Years—May Receive a Raise.
Boonville. Ind.—I'ive children in two
years is the record made by Mrs. Har-
ry O. Simmons. wife of the pastor of
the Yankeetown M. To. chrrrh of this
county.
Twins were born : weeks aR0,
Triplets were born two years ago. two
boys and a girl, the latter surviving.
The twins. a boy and a girl. are healthy
youngsters. It is understood that the
M. B. church congregation is planning
to increase the Rev. Mr. Simmons’ sal-
ary.
OSAGE INDIANS CITIZENS.
2,229 Added to Oklahoma's Population
by Court's Decision.
Pawhuska, Okla.-~Oklahoma recelv-
ed a gift of 2,229 citizens, each of
whom is worth about $30,000, when
Federal Judge Henry Hudson handed
down a decision holding that all Osage
Indians were full citizens of the Unit-
ed States and as such were entitled
to all rights granted in the Fourteenth
amendment.
The decision gives the members of
the tribe complete control over their
personal property, but does not affect
thelr real estate holdings.
fen
Red Heads Good Citizens.
| enter the ranch school has- not been
| worked out. Mr. Marriage is consult-
BY | ing other philanthropists.
|
AT HABEL & PHILLIPS
Evansville, Ind.—Neal Kerney, coro-
ner, has added to the weight of testi
mony as to the good citizenship of red
| headed persons. None of them is in
| Jail here or in the divorce courts, and
| the coroner says he does not recall
that any red headed person has ever
committed suicide here.
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