hk 916 65,000.00 51,799.18 64.000.00 57,167.09 37,966.27 talking come in are here ities of 50 make ugs and ifill your may be. E aI, E, PA. — i IF 1 KEY juitable Life of the ance. (Good.) nore to your 3 to you. beral. In case >d either by remium then you an in- other hand if > will pay you ver paid for ts the home. NG SLATE ) ROOF GERD PENNA. arloads shipped station. ng, Nails and , LYMAN. myself a can- ation for the ubject to the t blican voters at to be held on 16. M. D. REEL E. Hammond of ent guests of the . Louise Slicer. of the Hausfrau- will be given in ~ Hood College, Frederick, Md., iting at the home of her mother, Mrs. ° Be— PERSONAL AND LOCAL Mrs. Marion Walker, of Pittsburg is visiting Meyersdale friends. Carl Leith of Pittsburg is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Leith. - Miss Elizabeth Payne, has returned to Hyndman, where she is employed as a milliner. Mrs. Herbert Leckemby was in Hooversville last Saturday attending the funeral of Mrs. Ray Leckemby. Miss Elizabeth Biesecker of Somer- set, spent the week-end as the guest of Miss Mary Black of Front street Mrs. R. Roy West of Somerset is a guest at the Meyers home on th _ avenue. Dr. Lloyd o. Loechel of Salisbury spent Saturday evening in Meyers- dale. Miss Lucile Lint entertained at dinner last Thursday in honor of her guest, Miss Leah Leydig, of Glencoe. Mr and Mrs. Barron Shipley spent several days of last week in Pitts- burg last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Cover and son, John, Jr., were visiting relatives in the Smoky City a part of last week. Miss Sadie Peck is visiting for a week with friends in Connellsville - and Pittsburg. J. M. Gnagy and Robert Miller are doing juror service at at Somerset this ‘week. Mrs. D. H. Weisel and two children spent over Sunday at the home of C J. Altfather near McDonaldton. Rev. Fr. Brady preached at Mid- land, Md., on Wednesday evening in the Catholic church. School Director E. M. Beachley is spending a short time at the Markle- ton sanitarium. A little baby girl arrived at the home of Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Hemmin- ger on Friday. James Gollen who has been visit- ing here for the past few weeks, has gone to Steubenville, O., where he is i employed. The Misses Nelle Hartley and Mary ¢ Schuman departed Monday for their | home in Beaver, Pa., after a week's visit with friends and relatives here. Miss Margaret Finz«l of Finzel, Md., spent several days recently vis- iting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. McKenzie. Mr. Chas. Younkin arrived home on Saturday evening last to spend several days with his Inother before assuming duties at Erie. Miss Clara Egerter, of Johnstown who has a class of vocal pupils in Meyersdale, expects to give a publie recital in! the near future. An Jad . Black return- mo ng “from a trip : Bast where they “took in” New York, Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Miss Leah Leydig of Glencoe spent several days of Jast week as the guest ‘of Miss Lucile Tint, of Beach- ly street. 3 “Mrs. ‘George P. Stein and dauhgter, Anna of Somerset were week- end guests at the Stein ‘home on North street. Miss Mary Wilmoth, a student at is vis- Jennie Wilmoth. : Mrs. I. Weinstein spent part of the present week in Pittsburg in the sel- ection of ladies’ attire for the Wein- stein store. Mr. and Mrs. CG. P. Meyers have gone - to Charleston W. Va. on ac- count of the serioue illness of a sis- ter of the latter, Mrs. Wm. Jones. Mrs. Annie Hady, who has been living with a widowed daughter Mrs. Lydia Bowser in the northern part of the county, has returned to Meyers- dale to make her home here. Mrs. Grant Tissue, of Morgantown, W. Va, is spending a few weeks here visitinggat the home of her son- in-law and d ghiet, Dr. and Mrs. M. R. Milne. The Rev. D. A. Shumaker of Johna- | “town is spending a few days here vis- iting relatives and attending to busi- ness matters. Mrs. Barney Wilmoth and her sisters, Misses Mary and Ruth Clark of Glen Campbell, are guests at the home of Mrs. Jennie Wilmoth. Miss Emma Gress of Stoyestown / was visiting her parents, Burgess and Mrs. Valentine Gress during the week. John Stacer returned from Cum- perland on Saturday where he had been visiting his friend, Michael . Ryan who was ill in the Allegany hospital. The widow of the late Simon Tress- der received a few days ago from the representatives of the Knights of the Maccabees, Messrs. W. H. Klingaman and F. A. Bittner the snug check of $2,000 insurance carried by her hus- band. Wm. Gray and son, Archie and daughter, Miss Aleda, and Jesse Clap- per, of this place, furnished the music at the I. 0. O. F. banquet in Lonacon- ing, last Friday evening. This was formerly the home of Mr. Gray and he enjoyed being among old associates once more. The former pastor of the M. E. Church of Meyersdale, G. A. Neeld, Ph. D., wife and little daughter are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Hock- ing, Meyers Ave. 'YAL BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure No Alum—No Phosphate ol AA INS Sl a eT 0 4 4 OPEKA GARDEN & L 5 Garden 1s the name serving room. it still more popular by Making it more cozy— Giving you a still bette MEYERSDALE, Opeka Garden is now. Meyersdale’s most popular soda watering resort and we are going to make And by continuing to:serve the best things obtainable. COLLINS DRUG STORE, The Rexall Store we have given to our ¥ r service— PENN’A, Mrs. C. G. Masters and daughter | Lydia, of Confluence, spent the week- end with Mrs. Masters’ uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs. H. C. McKinley of 203 Salisbury street. Samuel Hoffmeyer of Keystone St. a Civil war veteran, was taken se- riously ill at Sunday School, Sunday | yone week ago. He is much improved at present. The Civic League will meet Thurs- | day March 13th at 2:30 p. m. in Mun- | icipal Building. A very important meeting. Members and friends of the ‘league are urged to be present. Thos. Koontz, the mercantile apprai- ser for this year, was a caller at this office one day last week, while attend: ing to the affairs of his appointment. He then has his work nearly done. Mr. Koontz is for the present going into the butchering business in Somerset. Dr. J. Earle Dull, son of E. E. Duil of Rockwood, a graduate of the Uni- versity of Maryland, Medical Dept, has decided to locate in Somerset, mn “the former quarters of Dr. A. O. Bar- clay. Mr. and Mrs. John P:. Rhoads of “qear Friedens, celebrated: their gold- en wedding anniversary on Mar. 27 with their. eight children, grandchil- dren and many friends present. A bountiful old-fashioned dinner was a feature of the day. The Parent-Teachers’ Association .is pleased to ‘announce that at their next meeting, Prof. U. S. Hertzog of California State Normal School will lecture on “Preparedness.” Watch the Commercial for further particu- lars as to the date of the meeting. The Misses Regina Reich and Alta Siehl and Jno. Leibau, students aft the Indiana State Normal school, have arrived here and are spending the spring vacation with their parents and other relatives and friends. Rev. Sparling, pastor of the M. E. church at Salisbury came to Mey- ersdale on Thursday evening and at- tended the banquet given by the M. E. Brotherhood inhonor of their pres- i ent and future members. Joseph Mosholder, who up to two months ago was a long time resident | of this i Meyersdale for the past week and at. tending to business matters. He is stopping at the home of his daughtec- ! in-law’s father, Daniel Glessner. | Louis Schwarner is suffering from . blood poisoning from a wound caused (by one of his feet being rubbed. He is under the care of Dr. Lichty who is | administering the serum treatment. Wm. H. Stotler is back home from a two weeks’ visit with a son at Akron, Ohio. That city continues to flourish with its varied industries. ; The Rev. W. M. Howe, pastor of the Meyersdale Church of the Brethren, * has been elected to represent his con- gregation at the National conference ‘0 be held in Winona Lake June 8-16. The Rev. and Mrs. Howe have been elected to represent the congregation .at the district conference to be held at the Berkley Church near Scalp Le- vel Wednesday, April 26. Albert Ellenberger has been having [a siege of appendicitis. He was under the care of Dr. Hemminger and while he escaped the knife this time, he may ; be so fortunate at the next at- not “tack. Recently he was visited by his sister, Mrs. Hester McVicker, of Schellsburg and his nephew, Frank Zeigler, wife and daughter, of Mann's Choice. CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN, Rev. Wm. M. Howe, Pastor—For April 9, Morning subject, The Voluntary Slave; “evening subject, Up from Slavery; Sermon Lecture on Booker T. Washington. S. S. at 9:30 a. m. Christian Workers’ Meeting at 6:45 | p. m. Bible Class Friday at 7:30 p.| m. ' Jonas place, has been visiting in SUMMIT TOWNSHIP Roads seem almost bottomless at present. 1. A. Kretchman, Willis Duecker, Klink and Alvin Kretchman are serving as jurors this week at the County seat. Clarence Maust moved last Satar- SALISBURY | MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES ENTERTAINMENT| Wednesday Eve. April 12, 1916: Wanted—Several cabinet makers, wages $2.75 per day at the Humanola | Taiking Maching Works, Meyersdale. THE REGNIERS. | The program of the Regniers is one{FOR SALE—GOOD JERSEY COW that has been worked out along origi-| APPLY TO nal lines as adapted fo the two pre- | senting it. Mr. and Mrs. Regnier are '4-6-tf. entertainers. each one. but the clever | LEVI BAUGHMAN, Sand Patch, Pa. FOR RENT—Furnished Rooms for Light Housekeeping, 413 Main St; Also four unfurnished rooms in house ‘on same lot. References requird. LUKE HAY, 413 Main St. For Sale—one of two Jersey Cows. One now fresh and the other about March 10. Apply to John H. Dietls near Red Bridge, P. O. R.F.D. 1 ~ FOR SALE—Farm of 68 Acres Without Any Buildings With Timber and Coal. William W. Ringler Heirs Property in Somerset County, Pa. ‘Addison Township. ‘ LYDIA LYNCH 814 E. 157th Street. Cleveland, Ohio. 5 ROY J. REGNIER AND MERYL REG- NIER, ENTERTAINERS. and unique combining of their talents, as in this program, has met with a wonderful success. There are vocal duets, solos, imper- sonations, trombone solos and piano- logues, all hung together by a frame- work in the form of a conversational sketch. The variety of the whole arrange- ment is apparent because the two art- ists are remarkably versatile. But this framework connects everything, and the various parts introduced are not broken tp. There is just enough dia- NORMAL SCHOOL. The Meyersdale Summer Normal School will open on Monday, May 8th, 1916, and continue in session until the County Teachers’ Examinations by the County Superintendent .of Schools. For particulars apply to W. H. Kretchman, Principal. NOTICE. Application wanted for a police- man in Meyersdale Borough. Appli- cation to be in the hands of the Secretary on or before April 11, day from Summit Mills to the proper-! i | ty of the late Simon Nicholson in Elk | i Lick Township. Sylvester Maust is working for M. | J. Yoder at present. John Watson moved last week on the farm of M. W. Werner where he will be employed. John Countryman of Meyersdale spent over Sunday at the home of John Zimmerman. Mrs. Austin Miller attended the funeral of her nephew's wife, Mrs. James Leckemby of Hooversville last Saturday. Miss Bertha Miller spent over Sun: day visiting friends and relatives in| Greenville Township. a Elmer horses at the M. S. Helnbapgh sal Coal Run last Saturday. 4 Mrs; J. Cs Krotchman is sfiena La of Greenville Township. a few weeks in Pittsburg returned home last Saturday. | Prof. S. C. Witt is teaching school in Garrett at present, Joseph Shumac moved in his new residence on Monday. H. E. Hershberger bought the Mat- \ lick from J. A. Opel last week. This is the largest division of the eighth tract of land of the “Matlick” which’ «was formerly owned by the Wilhelm ! family and later willed to the Frank- lin and Marshal College at Lancaster, : Pa. 1 i | GLENCOE. Haze! Miller and Fred Delozier were he pupils from our town who took the Eighth grade examinations lon Saturday at Bridegam school. near Glencoe. Mrs. Goldie Shear and Lucey Trout: man of Dixo, Illinois, are spending a few weeks with relatives here and at Cumberland. An extensive feed was { given in their honor at the home of ‘I. D. Leydig on Sunday. W. H. Habel and wife coe callers on Sunday. D. U. Faust of Fairhope spent a few hours at Glencoe on Sunday in ; the interset of our district Sunday ‘School work. H Both J. K. Kessler and Arthur Raupach are “town limps” since the | falling on their good feet of rocks and cross-ties respectively. Messrs. J. H. Miller and Alfred Broadwater and I. D. Leydig repre- sented our local telephone Campany at Meyersdale on Saturday. The spelling bee was a hummer y.nd the last rose for the school year. Leah Leydig is spending the week ‘at Cumberland prospecting in lumber “and real estate. Tom Poorbaugh surprised the na tives by bringng a bride home from Akron. For this he was properly serenaded on Friday evening. The feed was deferred to Moday night at , N. B. Poorbaugh’s. Mrs. G. H. Cook was hostess of a quilting party at her house one day ‘last week. | Chas. W. Poorbaugh, the candy kid, | spent the week-end with parents. were Glen- | Mrs. W. H. Rutter returned to her !home in Somerset Monday after hav- | ing visited here for a week. She was | accompanied by her mother, Mrs. (Chelsea Slicer, who will spend the | Jummer in Somerset. i Engle bought a team of few days with her mother Mrs. Isaiah | number runs naturally into the other. Idiss Flora Faidley after spending Both passed as did. Mabel Bittner of | | By order of Council. ’ E. J, DICKEY, Secretary ‘C. H. DIA, President. Fresh Sal: Lake Herring (Jumbos) at $4.00 per 100 Ib keg at Habel & i | Silips | Lia | TAX NOTICE. | hereby notfy ali delinquent tax- | payers to pay tax in 15 days or there | will be costs to pay with the tax, as | the tax authorities are compelling me to collect at once. M. F. BAER, Collector. ' Meyersdale, Pa. April 5, 1916. i FORT HILL. ; Van Glover who had spent the win- ‘ROY J. REGNIER AND MERYL REG- | ter with his daughter in Uniontown NIER IN CHARACTER returned to “Fort Hill on last Sun- SKETCHES. | day. He expects to make his home all through so that each with Wis daughter, and son-in-law, Mrs and Mr. A. C Eicher. S. B. Keith, the blacksmith spent from Saturday until Monday with his | family at Stoyestown. Mrs. A. C. Eicher the sicklist. Mrs. W. S. Berkheimer and _ Mrs. | B. G. Tressler were in Rockwood on business a few days ago where Mrs. logue fmning | Mr. Regnier was the trombone solo- ist of a Chautauqua concert company first. and later he was made a mem- per of one of the leading male quar-: tets doing Chautauqua work. In this he was tenor, trombonist, reader and | all round entertainer. is reported on SHADY LAWN Charles Wellen of Vim spent Sun- at the Rockwood Hardware store. day with his cousin Mrs, Edna Shel-. Scott Smith has. resigned his posi- baer. : ' : i tion as sawyer for H. C. Livengood Mrs. Herly Fike and children of & Bros. He is in the portrait busi Meyersdale spent the wek end with ness: if any one wishes handpainted her sister Mrs. Rufus Tressler. ' pictures or photos enlarged, call or Mr. and Mrs. Robert Downey and write to Scott Smith, Fort Hill daughter Mr. and Mrs. Wm Robert- Mrs. A. J. Michaels is calling on son and family and Mr. and Mrs. Jam- old friends in our burg. es Robertson all of Meyersdale spent | 2 . Sunday at Alex. Downey’s. . MR. REEL ANNOUNCES H. L. Griffith was a business visit- FOR THE ASSEMBLY. ro at Berlin recently. ij Hon. M. D. Reeel, one of the two list : representatives in the, General As- pembly from Somerset county during the last session of the legislature, | has announced his candidacy for re: ' nomination on the Republican ticket. Reel stated his position when Alex. Downey is on the sick with Sciatic rheumatism. Sada Martz was calling at Eliah’s Fikes of Vim. Ruth Howe of Meyersdale spent | Mr S : h ¥ : ir. unday with her friend, Mary: Crit ‘he entered the race two years ago fith. ; ; % 4 in relation to issues before the people Mrs. J. G. to a few of her friends, those present jgiglature he reurned home with no ln Jos. Shelbaer, Geo-| apologies or explanations to make to ittie, Ezra Sipple, Hilary «Dawson, | any one. He has stood four square Orville Shelbaer, Ed. Shumaker, | in his public acts and he has a right Howard Fike and daughter, Pauline. | | to ask for his return to Harrisburg ‘A fine dinner was served and all had jn the. interests of Somerset county. A pleasant day. | ris record is one of which he may \ J. S. Miller spent Tuesday with his | justly take much satisfaction. daughter, Mrs, C. W. Stotler at Salis- | bury. D. E. FAIDLEY. Faidley *passed away at Maxwell, lowa, recently MRS. Mrs. D. E. her home in The last will and testament of the late Henry Ware, the wellknown ier an illness of nearly tree months merchent and postmaster of Wil gm paralysis. Sarah A. Meyers liams station, who was killed while pgiqley was born near Meyersdale walking on the B. &. O. railroad a few weeks ago, was discovered by the medium of a dream his widow had one night last week and Saturday the ag a daughter of Samuel H. and Bar- instrument was probated by OT-ipara Myers and the eldest of eleven phan Court Clerk Chas. I. Shaver. |cpjidren, all of whem are living and Diligent search for the will of Mr. | were present at the funeral. Mrs. Ware was made for a week or more | pajjley was a faithful member of the following his death and his relatives | Brethren church. She leaves to mourn finally decided that he had died integ- | their loss , her husband, five chil- tate. After Mrs. Ware had her | i dren, six brothers and four sisters, dream, they went directly to the spot | \ all living in the west. to which she directed them and | found the document. February 1850 and departed this life March 22. 1916, aged 66 years, one month and seventeen days. Deceased | AT THE WOMENS STORE ON SAT- URDAY ONLY—EVERETT SHIRT- INGS 10c VALUE AT 8c. At the regular monthly meeting of the W. C. T. U. at the home of Mrs. D. P. Ford on last Thursday evening tt was decided to agitate the mat- Council proceedings will be given jor of school savings banks in the ' in next issue on account of lack of i Meyersdale schools. | space. —————————————— ' Berkheimer bought a new steel range : PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. The undersigned by virtue of an or der issued out of the Orphan’s Court of Somerset County will offer at pub- lic sale on the premises on Saturday, April 22, 1916 at 3:00 o’clock, P. M. all that certain real estate, late the property of Elmer E. Conrad, de- ceased, situate in Meyersdale Bor- ough, Somerset County, Pennsylva- nia, particularly bounded and de- scribed as follows. All that portion of those two lots of ground known in the Olinger survey to Borough of Meyersdale, Pa., as lots Nos. 234 and 235, lying between High St. Center St. Summit St. and the right of way of the B. & 0. R. R.,, bounded on the north by Summit street, south by High street, East by right of way of the B. & O. R. R. and on the West by Center street, being the same lots of ground that Owen 8. Porter and wife conveyed to A. Chamberlain by deed bearing date February 23, 1880, recorded at Som- erset in Deed Book, Vol. 58, pages 250 and 260, and by A. Chamber- lain to the grantor, Elmer E. Con- rad, by deed dated November 24, 1894. There is erected upon this said lot a two story eight room dwelling house and a barn. The house is supplied with city water and heated by hot water system and contains the usual additional modern improvements. TERMS OF SALE: 10 per cent when the property is knocked down and the balance upon execution and delivery of deed. . IDA E. CONRAD, Administratrix Driving It Home Let us drive home to you the fact that no washwoman can wash clothes in as sani- tary a manner as that in which the work is done at our laundry. We use much more water, change the water many more times, use purer and more costly soap, and keep all the clothes in constant motion during the entire process. It's simply a matter of baving proper facilities. Neyersdale Steam Laundry VICINITY OF MEYERSDALE We are having beautiful weather at present. John Whisler is "working for the { Muncy Lumber Co. and boarding at Milton Mishler’s. Mr. John Countryman spent Satur- day and Sunday with his father-in- law Mr. John Zimmerman. Miss Elizabeth Beals, Clarence and Hobert Rhodes and Mr. Kyle Hash spent Sunday at Geo. W. Beals. The . Pain King Man was seen in this vicinity last week. The D. Hay School will lose Fri- day April 7. Dewey Herwig is Lloyd Hay. Mr. Edward Hay is making use of working for Mognet gave a Quilting ,¢ that time and at the close of the | his new automobile. Miss Nellie Beals night with her sister, Rhodes. Milton Mishler bought a fine cow and calf last week from Lloyd Hay. Mr. Cole, a new sawyer, has start ed to work for the Muncy Lumber Co. Jonas Maust has been very poorly the last few weeks. We hope for his speedy recovery. Matthew Fair spent J. M. Kretchman’s. spent Sunday Mrs. C. J. Tuesday at A marriage license was ardintod to Garetta Ray Shaffer ana Beatrice f. Lenhart, both of Listonburg on Fri- aay at Cumberland. A SPECIAL EVERY SATURDAY AT THE WOMEN’S STORE THIS WEEK—EVERETT SHIRTINGS at 8 CENTS PER YARD. Evangelistic meetings began in the Methodist church on Tuesday ev ening to be held each evening of the ‘week excepting Monday and to end with Easter Sunday. For any itching skin trouble, piles eczema, salt rheum, hives, itch, scald head, herpea, scabies. Doan’s Ointment is highly recommended 50c a box at all stores. Personal pride should offer suffi- cient incentive to a man or woman to keep in such condition that they can mount a flight of stairs without putf- ing or button their shoes . without contortions. :
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