on lay. n . pm—— © revesons “owen MEYERSDALE BROOKLYN BRIDGE | MINE EXPLOSION UNDER Miss Me: MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL i E a Focent _————————— COVERN NT 4 Miss Ha PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY . " Hi S U PER ISl | ® Va. id AT MEYERSDALE, PA. | Editor in Chief—Jerre Beachy. > 5 ny W ! Agent § ¥. Cleaver, Editor Assistant Editor—Lenore Collins MEMBER SANK UNDE o aves : ; 7 : - AL RESE n When paid strictly in advance $1.00 Brooklyn Commandant Asks More Than 100 Men In Penn FEDER. Tedbels Sa: Elizabeth Bolden ’16 . . . . . ing dot. ¢ When not paid in advance © $150 HCE Protection for Gruiser sylvania Colliary Accident ing But H. Gress ’18 ——— : 0 y pb B ’ k Al NOTICE—is hereby given to those Miriam Glessner 19 - : ; . . penal Subscribers who are Goring PAL aria Glessner 1 FALSE ALARM IN SUBWAY GAS POCKET IS BLAMED | Spirit of ’76 | who ed bills sent to them from this office EarF Opel ’16 a : - The piri 0 ar. i Meyersdale Wins from Alle- ol § 9 E, sue that we will be compelled to Plage y gheny High School. | Police Guard Brooklyn and Manhattan Accident Was One of Worst Disaste~s sony mt : ci 3 [Ee : their accounts in the hands of collec- . ‘Mid howling cheers and yells Mey- Bridges and Ali Subway Terminals, of Recent Years in Bituminous Coal In the days of er TR er Tr i } es tors.. ersdale High School basket ball team Searching Packages of Passengers. District of State—Three Injured. leaders, The Tel Bos! tion eat of 1 Pre Arm rue fF : FANGS. : TOSI TITS | triumphed over the Allegany cage When the cruiser Washington, just With twenty-five men dead, one un- the times. and frien A LONG LIFE PRESCRIPTION. crew on Reich’s auditorium floor last | i; trom Haiti, passed under the Brook- | oocounted for any three others in the Whe Sgiith of 1018810 donisuds tontets. Lead te, Ci Thos. A. Edison, the great inven. | Friday evening before a large crowd. lyn and Manhattan bridges over the| pogpital the explosion in mine No. 2 ers in the world of business, agriculture, politics ville, is for, ssishuaisd his 00s histhiay 8 SW | Te Sus] SORE SR Al Ee Tu She Was Wr] of ihe Jefferson and pleargeld. Coal and finance, and the great denisnd : hm ve and frien : : : d the closest of gu . com at Brn Pa., has iftv. men who have practiced in | gal fn A > i ii; “Warnings from New York citizens a agi of ey dis- ab gob home and in their business. Are ; i x gd : . w f : 3 gE Gn A a loDg | soon on the local floor this season, | that cranks or conspirators might &i-| psters of recent years in the bitum- you ready. ny rol » ‘| tempt to drop bombs on American | yong ooal district of the state. ; reiy iss Savings Ac: [ii6 “Gut ont Poors Sai oat less At the end of the first half the SCOT®| gp pips passing under the bridges| me dead are Norris Allen, aged De er : Open one here for a Mr. anc At his age the majority of persons, | stood 18 to 16 in favor of the visi-| ... 4 the navy department to re-| yhirty.two, wife and one child, an gous’ Ne es prin: from: ere Jor E sh when they have enough to live om, | ors but at the begining of the second | yest the New York authorities tO| American, residing in Indiana; John So or poundl toserest. Mr have retired from active business or | half, the Meyersdale boys got togeth-| place extra police guards on the | goppally, thirty-seven, American, wife Miss S arg planning to do so but Mr. Edison | er and before the Allegany crew | bridges Sunday when the Sainar and five children; J. William Ball, bookkeep has great work in view for the United | knew what had happened they had | Washington passed through the har- thirty-six, American, wife and five ls > ] B k Co., in 1 i i i The te: ork | bor. children; Jaul Taggare, thirty, loader, C tizens Nationa an : States in the line of protection from | been left in the rear. e team w ot the: request of Reargddnizel] po pis aon 1 Hy : hi : rican child; z recen foreign foes. : by our team was Spey $e Usher, commandant of the navy gard, Schmidt,’ thirty-six, American, loader; “The Bank with the Clock” Mrs. H Mr. Edison’s father, grandfather, of their opponents, although a i guards we-e stationed at all bridge | yonec Herman nineteen, loader, mar- Cn 6 the A uncles and other relatives have been ° the Maryland boys showed up well entrances to prevent the entry of any ried, no children; George Bunton, Jr., Meyersda e, Pa. land, Md noted for their longevity and it is all This was the first defeat that the | ,orgon carrying bombs, rumors of a| twenty-five, motorman; Alex Broskin, Joperatior ascribed to their abstemidus eating. Allegany boys had met this year sui thre os a trey ip ines She forty, wife and three children; Bred ink The little son of Mr. Edison, it is said besides they sare leading the Upper a dor the br.dge ulVing Barcella, thirty Fue onl fom oun Bedford is following the seme plan and would Potomsc with & thousand per Cem} receives =~ Hiug for particuia Yroni Lg Tt irene Statey Val she expe think it almost u cme to overeat. Every viuyes on fhe Mey ws gem protection or the two big brd rey fo atotwe single; James millinery : Foie i ; two, TE Ne Te i a iri oe and to sae; ard the washing 1s give | Camorratte, forty-five, wife and five The I til our years extend into the nineties, | tain of the Allegany Ive play particulor :.gaifcance because it 15) a Clicrise Strandquist, thirty: Hee of we all wish for health while we are | for the visitors. The lineup and SUW-| |,yq so clo ely th ac'ion taken Sa-| gue gingle; Frank Bonofhoski, thirty, last eve alive. : mary follows: urdav night to protect the und-r- wife and three children; James Bar- : tod This great man has no use for pub- 'M. H. 8. 47 Position A. C. 28 ground raiicoad system of New York | gong NS 2nd ive cuit The VM : lio afeners ung fp mmany ‘societies 3 Orn, OAM Fi octal. police wore detallon Into S05 AUSLE MOSSE. ANS eu sold a that would wish to fete him are dent- | C. ii v. alii gaterony rail to guard not only the pis 4 I Salders, twenty-seven; = model, ed that privilege for Mr Edison re Oriam S ane Capt terminals of the city’s subways and George Gurrena, twenty-six, single; and a VN gards it all a great waste of timeand , Siehl a ’ tubes, but also to watch all of the| 4 4onig Pauli, twenty-three, single; N. Schr upon the rare occasions he accepts W. Stotler G. Cromyall stations and scrutinize every person | you. agtek thirty, wife and four chil d : Mrs. 1 such invitations he eats scarcely any-, Field Goals—Grier 15; Smith 4: | antering who carried a package or anv | gran; Roth Arturn, thirty-two; Tony |& an \ Pa. sper thing. Much food, particularly meat, Fike 3; Cromwell 3, Deetz 2; Zimmer- | sort or handbaggage.. There were re-| (oct’ name unimown); Dominick |# od is poison for those going down the {| merman 2: Kline 11; Griffih 1; and | ports that this action had Deon ken Pana, thirty; one man missing. Ber nie 1 i at f ot agains -1 & farther slope and he that is wise will | Siehl 1. Foul Goals—@rier 6 out of | following threats of 3 Dlol_Bgan®.| Every embalmer in that part of In Qe ado heed the many warnings along this | 16; Siehl 1 out of 2; Deetz 4 out .ot | its property, but the bi S 2 air diana county assisted in caring for J 00 yw 5 ’ ? ery. : 14. Feferce, P. D. Clutton; Scorer, 0. | surrounded with uch mystery the dead. : resto line, 3 Te ford —— I, The seat of the explosion was the ‘ : Ta Orifith; Timer. Benford, CHURCH NOTICES. fifteenth right room of headings threc l city fir DOES AS HE PLEASES. 3 TT —— . BRETHREN CHURCH, Rev. H. L.| 354 four, about a mile and a quarter FEBRU RY 12 t 26 1 91 6 license President Wilson has hosts of peo- Our Bright Boys and Girls. _ | Goughnour, Pastor—Services for Feb. | from the entrance. Ordinarily forty A 0 9 | false p! le to give him adyice on all subjects | One day last wook Someons hear) & 20, preaching at Salisbury in the | three men worked in this section, but There pie in oy end always follows his own | sharp report in one of the cloakrooms. orning: Summit Mills in the after-| on account of the funeral x ae in interest : At first he thought a 99 centimeter : in the ev-| the crew in Indiana only thirty min- For jotio the ! n and at Meyersdale © > . 4 x convi Ctions, One of the mont noteble BOO ers were at work in the room. Every . ttn coe of this occurred recently | German shell had Pra oath? ening. Sunday School and Christian man on duty nearby was killed in. | A Special Sale Each Day During These Sules. Loonse when he appointed a Jew, Louis p. but just as he was apout to turn i | Endeavor at the usual hours. All are tantly. The three injured miners in| 2 uence Br i one of the most brilliant | the alarm he discovered that it was cordially invited. the hospital were some distance from | D week t dig that e to the Supreme | nothing divided by two. —— the heading when the explosion oc- 3 Podce. AWYers at race, nr : : i 4 s The president is certainly Earl Stotler is a great admirer of CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN-— | curred. . o RTLEY CLUTTON CO ; Bosses ig 2 ie. | Domestic Science. We don’t know it| go "yy Mm Howe, Pastor. Services| More than 100 men As = eo i 9 "y ; ‘Hard not narrow-minde | : . . . : 5 ccurred. Most of | ll : : i oks that have } : when the explosion o cc yi 2 a 4 for next Suniay, Dreade 8 19:8 them were working several hundred| THE WOMEN’ S STORE ; Shiple; UNION VALLEY. \ won his On. | a- m. and 7.00 p. m. by : € : feet from a sub-entrance to the mine. | 2 Penns; ios the grip! | The Classical Seniors say Sool 8 Blough of Johnstown. “ "| The thirty-seven men who Were § or Small 3 Hard ! y € : i is 2 = s | CRRA RR SR CR REC ORCR0R08C, CEL ERI RARI RSIS, Everybody — ed ov fue ! Bye to Dear Solid Geometry this week semis? trapped by the explosion were work Se er a i Loroy Caesey . gue in the Only a few could not restrain themi-, gy ANGELICAL ASSOCIATION— ing in a side entry some distance > rr rs ar mmr : Siond J porker last week weig g | setves and wept. for joy. Rev. Clewell Miller, Pastor. Preach- | the main entry. Scores of pen o NOTICE TO OWNERS OF DOGS— The Home of ualit BD neighborhood of 500 Ibs. Chas. Fike has started a collection ' ing at Meyersdale at 7:30 p. m. Re-| lowing the explosion reached safe y. A IV Fé i Simon Keefer is hauling props for > > s t The report of the explosion was WHEREAS, An act © ssembly S ! f relics. Last Thursday he appeared iva] gervices are in progress & s 1. ‘ i hal ’ ing alt the Suder Lumber Co. They load a! of relies g : He y rvices of the heard a half mile surrounding the vil-| requires Assessors when making thalr ng dav | in school with his pockets bulging. Coleman. The other servi to be | lage of Ernest. The wives of miners| oo aesessments to collect the TOCeT1eS ig car Hg > 4 wife were callers began to show the contents and a Very | (pe different appointmetns are to and their children hurried to the mine ie erating yaar and cil Frank Ba = - White one day | interesting collection it was. AMONg .1q at the usual tie. seeking inf-rmation about their loved make a return of the same and the attend be it hn ra ollie Hing Ee ey 2 gia iy Tn 'FARMERS ig ya ay a Se names of the owners of dogs for WE DO NOT GIVE AWAY GROCER- Longw BSL Wook, the fashioned kind, some- TENTION, FAR explosion scores o i I y } F ANY OTHER GRO- Bi Zac. Keefer, was injured a few days one of We odd In a clock. a AT : AND TEAMSTERS— | rushing from the main entry. Several which the license, was not paid and | IES, NOR DOES AN > pres : ge fyi what smaller than gn slat OlovR ] ] REAS, the Assessors have made | CER, BUT WE GIVE YOU GOO Fairch by a sledge flying off the handle advantage to call | reported that section of the mine was| WHE . . ge % mployed on the B. & chain to match, a pocket compas8i jt will be to Jour | f Team and burning, but rescuers who later en |their returns, the County Commis- VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY AND 2 Osc: Sy : ar I to be out which may be handy on ons DO and see oy Fine Ling 5 surthasing tered the mine reported that therelgioners hereby notify the owners of | GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Satisb : : in pen of which he expects Buggy arness e i i i as not ing u goin, and anos iS Work, pg use; a glass cutter com-|e|sewhere, as my harness is all made | Waa rio ici 2 dee, a a Just zessived 3 lot of fresh Bun i i 2 . been pai Our peliool teacher, Misy Te ‘bined with other tools; a tuning fork | to order; therefore can give you bet MARKET QUOTATIONS > bes ctcracide of the shine Cakes and Crackers. iby nay oo Po Lion us A venti swee! Ss [ior paness HD Vo ORL NA Pitted PT ective districts will be given the| We are offering special prices on Wrigh With lige parents a) Gurrelt., a roll of Red Cross plasters for em-!puy ready-made Harness. | also carry | © er uo) hg 2 which ne re- | Mince-Meat this week. fairs i i d Hames. Am | Butter — Prints, 3 | lis ) a Ie a ~ srgsacies; Sn Severs) _ = ful fine of Se work also | 34% @35c. Hggs—Fresh, 27% @28¢. - | mains unpaid and ordered to proceed It will pay you to buy your Lake oe Nell Ravenscraft, Elizabeth Brac pu He expects to add a tommyhawk to giving attention to ! e 21294 Suttle—cnoine, $8.50@8.75; prime, forthwith and kill all such dogs and Herring from us. Wright rq otaen, ovine og tiny ; $8.25@8.50; good, $7.85@8.20; tdy| yoo wherever found not wearing! In spite of an upward tendency in “Wright Jr. spent Wednesday evening at the Harvey Meyers was seen the other D. » Ee toraed Church | butchers, $7.60@8; ar a0 the proper tag and collar. License |the prices of Coffee We have some re ime ‘was : - . osite Re 80; ce heifers, } home of hr I ne rr day with yang paper. We are sur-} Centre St ii Jeg 30; 5 gis heifers, may be paid at the County Commis- | bargains this week. , Lavar very enjoyably jal Z . ou, Harvey. : B50; | ; motiey. for : Owing to the illness of H F. Habel Pi yy what made Guy Floto| Three Somerset County oftiviale $450@6; common to good fae bulls, | gjoners office where tags and receipts Thane print bi: rg y Mon i : - e surcharged in the report o Be 50@7; common to 8 COWS, | will be issued. y . k ii Ei . pp — £0 aeitaiea Whos he fo Vy id ey Alexander King, who was appoin- 0650; fresh cows and springers, MALES $1.00 |8 cans Omega Kidney Beans for 28 2nd | Meye ale,made a nu b ing: “And deep his midnig ’ . ’ , a iH as i : s to audit the account? | g40@886. ; FEMALES $4.00 cents. this place on Thursday night enartney’s hazel | ted by the Court a % NE er ; meds In done. W i of the public officials. The officials | Sheep oad Lan Dy Bibilpt | Commissioners’ Office, Somerset Co. | Large Can Spinage for 15 cents. no Miss Mary Brown, night Hello- shude a : mat- | Surcharged and the amounts against j2400 cod $6 50@17.50; culls and com: | February 14, 1916 | 3 cans Lombard Plums for 26 cents. ed Gi fone th Somerset Telephone Co Prof. Weaver Munk > oe y. {thom ore as follows: Recorder 2G: $4@5; lambs, $7.560@11.76; Wm J. GLESSNER, 150ne half oz. Jar prepared Mustard sons] irl of the : its for an army. | > ; mon, ; ’ : ; : : who ; i ter to gather recrui | mmerick, ¢708; Register B. F. Landis, $6@8.50 for 10 cents. spent Friday night with her sister, Art Stu- | Ee ’ > Jai heavy and thin calves, -60. C. H. SHOCKEY, : ni H. F. Habel Several of the Housgi other $191, and Prothonotary A. sfeiple, Hogs—Prime heavy, heavy mixed, Apricots ten cents while they last. meas. H. 8 . tok dents were seen chasing e bad for | $143: mediums and heavy Yorkers, $8.65; Jos. B. Mijller. Florida String Beans 10 cents (this Mr Miss Edith Sey of Say = x with brooms. This is pretty o The the shoemaker, | i8ht Yorkers, Ja260840: Hes i stent: eck Oly) over i ding a few days a - F. r. Henry Miller, ’ . 65; stags . : Habel home ge se evening Mary io; Broadway who has been ill for i ise ? : L. M. PHILLIPS, Chief Clerk. | muna Fish 10, 15 and 25 cents per can. hii : : 3 25. 8 —- Siehl lost her tobogan and had to go nearly three months, does not, im- Cleveland, Feb. 16. | 2-17-3t. 1 1. good mixed Tea for 40 cents. ie ot VIM. home with a boy’s cap on. ‘prove much. Oattle—Cholce fat Sigers, Jr 200 20 cents Jar Chopped Beef for 16 wos Mrs. Wm. Ray of Meyersdale spent Our representative from Ireland i he Fool 10 Shakes ou her inal FORT HILL cents, or a 30 cent jar for 25. an Tuesday of last week with her daugh- states that the vacant lot recently Highest Grades for Fifth Month. Ten yo cs. heifers, $00 The revival meetings in the Fort|; pw oo (oo prong Baking Powder ter, Mrs. Lawrence Gisbert. pought from the Sophomore by the| (lassical Seniors, E. Opel 92.8 and 7.25; ood to choice butcher bulls, $6 Hill Methodist Enisern lic ae for 20 cents. it B Mrs. W. W. Nicholson was a guest Freshies is flourishing with or Beachy 92 per cent. ] @6.76; good to choice cows, $5.50@ not progressing ory = > Sali Try our 20 cent Prunes: they are re cota on Tuesday of last week at the home try prodacts. Comercial Seniors, M. Dickey 6.25; fair to good Sous: $4.60@56.50; | and Rev. Pn wii arg peaters. char; of Mrs. Askey. «Stay in Meyersdale”, is the advice | 92.8; F. Boucher 90.3 per cent. common cows, $3.256@4.25. services. are invited. Yi oti vey you to buy your Olive off Shav : ; i } : i iffith, 93.5 and Lambs—Good to choice : vi will pay ¥ Elmer Walker of Larimer township given by Prof. Weaverr. Wm. Me Clasical Juniors, Geo. Griffith, 93. wei dh 95: fair to good, $950] M™ A. C Eicher is Improving}! ous Ti ic 3) y : s 2 a - % ” - > ’ . i . was a Vim caller on Tuesday of last Millan states that this is not his place. ' and BE. Zinn, 90.8. cod 321 By: good to choice wethers, $7550 slowly from a recent illness. ect ons Pease Deliveries week. : . The Junior Class Day held on Feb- Comercial Juniors, M. pe 3 yy good to choice ewes, $7@7.50: | John A. Gosner of Addison was a | Th Mrs. Lydia Bangard spent W Moe | ruary 11 was a success and everyone | M. Damico 90.4. ft Mosers mixed ewes and wethers, $7.26@7.50; | Somerset visitor one day last iid —_— of D day and Frmssoy last Oe who witnessed the program declared | Whaat Sore - Meyers} ns. $5.:5006.50. oh sBta, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd N. Vought ars | FA BITTNER, i \ : Jomeiof Ananias Hooyer B® it to be very well rendered. The assem-, 91.1; I Gress 91. Calves—Good to ¢ ; and | the happiest ts in Addison town- . Mev : er ii 4 : ; 4 | the happiest paren 1142 Centre Mey:rsde trip ve i ith lagrippe | PY hell was beautifully qecortated n Commerod rea hig Bo Eo HouM; ren = | ship, their home having recently been 141 Centre St. Ney rsd le, P: M: ETE [tte oss sons, Drow Gi Lap . SE Baker 89.4 SE grkers, mediums, mixed, blest with twins, a boy and a girl. | acci last week. al. T. D. of Meyers | ach member of 17 wore the oe Cr a 5 al go $8.70; pies, $7.76; roughs, $7.50@ | Lloyd says that if Dr. Frantz intends | MINER ELECTROCUTED. prop Rev. A. BE. Truznal, 3D, > “ | flower, a Tose. and H. Ag y og n L. Glessner | 7.60; stags, $5.756@8. to handle twins he must get a large | s t of in the ing Wednesday. : 1ke their class day a success. |90.1 and R. Bown 2. ogs—Bulk, $8@8.25; light, $7.76@ to | Merchants a Mrs. Andrew Stein and children, to make 1 the cloak room— Household Arts, M. Baer 85.3 and Ay sl $7.90@8.30; heavy, $7.90 Mrs. P.-E. Vincent has returned 0 | poswell Friday night Peter Benciak at t Mis John Saylor, all of Meyersdale, | Oe = hee, go away |S. Ford 848. @8.35; roughs, $7.90@8.05; pigs, $6.25 | her home from a Ti With friends | got against an electric wire and was Prid the former visited at the home of On : : i Parents’ Day. @7.40. Jat Cook's Mills, Bedford eouniy. | electrocuted. He was 42 years old M Mrs. Mary Seggie and the latter at | fn : icious.| Parents’ Day will be observed in Cattle—Native beef steers, 38500 | Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Beachy of | \nd is survived by a widow and child burs Cre hh re of Eugene Weller, Thursday. | We must say this ie - for the schools on February 256th. All| 8.65; cows and heifers, 33@8; calves, | Confluence spent from Saturday tll|;, {po old country. Funeral services rege thehiome =~ ee Prof. Weaver has for The past So il ts ave urged to visit the schools $8.50@11.50. 7.60@8.35; lambs | Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Mc | were held at Boswell Sunday, when Mi; f Jerome visited | days, been reading 10 ro see what we are dong. Especially] Suesp—3 Bthars, $7800 31 “| Clintock of Addison township. | he dortakor Seladiine intertod the To ing : {to test the High Sel hore ® pro-| 38 OM v. $1.27%. Corn—May,| H.C. Livengood is suffering from | mains in the Greek Catholic Church Sun I nmit town- by | grar after | gqagc. Oats—May, 48%¢. | blood poisoning in his right arm. | Cerpetery ents
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