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LET US GET ACQUAINTED
In one of the musical comedies
there was a song which began,
“Hello, People,” It was a friendly,
good natured ditty which extended
the glad hand punctuating the saluta-
tion with a smile.
In this our initial number
Commercial swe confess that we want
to send the hand shake the smile and
the breezy greeting out to you We
want more than a bowing acquaint
ance with each one of you. I want to
my list of friends.
be your friend. We want you to be on
We hope you will understand that
we are honest in our opinions and
philosophy of life, even though at
times you may not agree with all of
them and between you and me, we
hope you will differ with us at times.
This would be a very prosaie old
world if we all thought alike wouldnt
it?.
But there are two important things
4n which we think we will all agree.
Sacredness of the home and the un
derstanding that that there is not one
sxperience which comes to us as a
people which does not have its effect
upon home life.
No one believes
than
the welfare of the nation is born. We
of the
more thoroughly
shall always
mind and with the home as a starting
point try to formulate our exposition
of public affairs on this basis, rather
than from the opinion of interasted
parties or politicians for place.
In this connection, ia asw ag for a
continuation of your patronagz to toe
Couimercial, we may be like the noted
Biblical character who upon being in-
troduced to a noted person immedi-
ately .usked for the band of his daugh-
ter in marriage neverless we know it
is customary to ask for a continua-
tion of trade in cases like this and dc
so without hesitation, We hope we
will be naturally benefited thereby.
From our office deck, again we sui-
ute you and look forward to the time
when we shall be old friends, with a
full understanding of each other, and
a wholesome respect for all
makes life better and more worth
living.
LEGISLATION PROPOSED
The report of P. M. General
leson of the postoffice
Rur
letters when delivered within
limits of the postoffice where mailed
This would be a long step toward | troyer, the gentle and thes Ham" .ouesizin of their army, besides suf-
“penny postage” whicir has beea a | proacher in the pylin ‘an effort to fering casualties estimated at about,
desired benefaction for years,
jt is well to prepare for th
nw PrISOT
the
ne besan to entreat pardon of the!
Duke, fearing that the latter woula |
‘hink in some way he had mocked
him.
But his highness spoke kindly tell-
ing him it had been nothing but al
joke. y
“Thou art a jolly fine fellow, and
such a frolic, I think, was never play-
ed before,” he said.
Then the Duke ordered that a new
suit and cloak should be given him,
for the sake of the amusement they
had had.
“Nay, and thou shalt have £500,”
he added, “and 10 acres of ground:
and thou shalt never again have to
wander through the country crying
‘01d brass to mend!’ for I will be thy
ghall attend my Duchess.”
«wWhat?”’ cried the happy tinker, |
®must Joan veet wife,
3 of p 3? Shall
t we have
and
I thank your § race, and lovir
enter your >. 1 was never s
happy before in my life!”>—From a
book of Ballad Stories, by Mary Mac-
ood. {
’s Plea. i
“Mister Jedge id the old colored |
10 came inte the justice
111 negro boy by the
fister Jedge, I wish you'd |
give dis boy ten years |
te’ll furnish the vittles |
citizen, w
court leading a
coat colla:
please,
whar 4d
do you mean?” asked the as
justice. “What has he been
- we that it is in the home that
keep this thought in|
that
| crime with their victims outnumber-
department |
makes several recommendations, the |
most important one being a reduction |
of first class postage to one cent on |
the
and
now that the office is self sustai "six, into surrender, Patrolman Charles
- thAfied (0 Himebaugh at Meadville fatally shot
v er in the very! ihe man.
EER se where yesterday it had| after he had been shot.
seemed to him he was a lord, and| was wanted in Youngstown, O. for
| robbery and Jail-breaking.
| @40%ec.
$9.50@10; tidy butchers, $8.50@9.10; | Now the line across Rumania is only
fair, $7.50@8.25; common, $6@7; heif-
ers,
mon, $3.50@5; 1
| 7.26; 4 3%@
good friend, and Joan, thy sweet wife, | calves, $13@18.50; heavy
| calves, $6@9
ride in| heavy 1
and hes
land every day at our coni- | YOrk
Then I shall be a squire. Well, | roughs
258 |
gress: vetting, ae setaetend j
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Cenns 980s
VEN the jaded appetite
revives before N. B. C.
Graham Crackers. Irresistibly
Sc and @2ppetizing, with a wonderful
10c nut-like flavor, sustaining and
light are these crisp biscuit of
best graham flour baked to a
tempting goodness.
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ECCE HOMO! BRIEF DECISIONS.
Man is the only created being that
can live in comfort anywhere on the!
face of the globe. He is the only be-
ing to whom another life in anether |
vorld is promised.
| Does man appreciate the magnitude
and the meaning of his kingdom and
of his mission? There is no climate
in which man cannot live.
| onl; with a breech clout, he peoples
| the jungles of the equator, and wrap- |
| ped in furs he thrives in the arctics.
Trees, shrubs. and plants have their
zones of habitation, beyond the bor-
ders of which they droop and die.
Fruits and flowers thrive only in re-
gions adapted to their culture.
The fish of the sea perish on land
or when transferred to fresh water, |
and the fishes of the lake stifle in the h
| salty seas. Fur bearing animals them .
| flourish among the icebergs and shed
| thet coats if taken to the tropics.
Man alone is able to adapt himself to
yourself the most.
the wrong road.
| man is stip-end.
still wear a low-cut gown.
If we never made
| ing anything?
on duty.
| heat or cold, the jungle, the desert or
me Tegjons of perpetual snow. a self-starter—From Judge.
o han alon is given dorinion ov-
{ er land and sea. His eyes alone seek
out the wonderful secrets of the sky.
Man is the lord and master of the
world, the conqueror of everything
‘-t himself. ®
All the butchery of war, all the hor-
1. rs of human slavery, all the terrible
results of intemperance, vice and
way.
A man will write
“do.”
irg those of war, can be laid at the
door of man, the only being created
i the image of his Maker.
Behold the wonderful work of ail
| ere~tion—Man! The embodiment of
| £2 =eth and weakness, the hero and |
the coward, the unlifter and the des-
er looked for trouble and found it.
fifty. wre. Hie" war or about
300,000, writes the military critic of
the Overseas News agency in his re-
view of the Rumanian campaign.
Not only has this loss to the Ru-
manians resulted from the campaign,
continues the writer, but the Teutonic
victory has made possible the short-
ETE ‘ ening of the front by about 550 kilo-
! meters, or more than 340 miles. It
LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN is pointed out that the German-Austro-
Pittsburgh, Dec. 12. | Hungarian-Bulgarian front on Nov. 12
" Butter—Prints, 41@41%c; tubs, 40 extended 750 kilometers from the
Eggs—Fresh, 47c. | Predeal region in the western Car-
$10@10.50; good, | pathians to Orsova on the Danube.
of i 2-aul Weymmer, aged twenty-
Weymmer died an hour
Weymmer
Cattle—Prime,
about 200 kilometers in length from
$6@8.25; common to good fat Sinaia to the Danube. The area con-
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Usually it is when somebody else
makes a fool of you that you blame
The trouble with following your in-
clinations is that you so often take
Clothed | To many a wife the chief end of
A woman may have high ideals and
mistakes, how
would some people know we were do-
The stones that have the best ser-
| mons in them haven’t any moss on
Some people never loaf except when
Charity begins at home, but it isn’t
It is easier for some men to stand
upright than it is for them to act that
out a hundred
“don’ts” and not : mention a single
A black eye indicates that the own-
The Indian population of the United
States last year, totaled three hundred
and thirty-one thousand, {wo Bin¥e { Chamberlain.
$4.50@
304, west of the Meuse.
the Germans
r gf the
spring « lan summit of Hill
aris
£0
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had
he
Hogs- t
1
as for-
eles
| worth:
bulls, $4.50@7.25; common to good fat quered by the Teutonic armies is
cows, $4@7; fresh cows and spring- about £0,000 square kilometers or |
ers, $40@85. nearly 20,060 uare miles.
Sheep and Lambs—Prime wethers, On the 1wco-Belgian front the |
$8.50@8.75; good mixed, $7.16@8.35; only recent opcration of note has
fair mixed, $6.756@7.50; culls and com- been in the Verdun region, where the
Germans clainied pture of the,
s of Hil! | Morison, K. C.
|
. ed > ece in,
Cattle—C t 50 ni i munications if
25 1 e 3 § ers, : ¢ cl e entente.
$7.50 to good butcher The 1 1; vhich left
steers, ligl rt on 2
steers, € nd
$6.50@ ) the ves-
to choice co3 1 11 « . The Suf-
Her normal
men. She was
feet of beam. Last
n too
of the
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id dat ongod AMorri * Philadelphia,
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allowed Jo e
1 ter dat bc
ea : ts. Fer de Lawd’s
: State feed him 40@1015:
wi yuder chillun kin pick up 1.20: roughs, $9.50@
, Cattle—Native beef steers, $7@ ,
3 omen Folk. 12.60; western steers, $7@10.50; | W. Guthrie of
“No is ear of yours,” said the | gtockers and feeders, $4.60@7.85; | $4,000.
slangy I . “It looks all right, but | cows and heifers, $3.86@10.25; calves, |
ig it there?” | $9.50@13.25. 5.500950; Tamba | EE A
“Sui 1 1 the intermittent mo-| Sheep—Wethers, 98. 50; ; 2 7
torist. “Ilere, there and everywhere. $10.25013. Ohildrea Ory
I don’t ¢ 1ce to ride in it more | Wheat—Dec., $1.64%. Com—Dee., som FLETCHEP'S
than once or twice a week,” i 9030. Oats—Deo., b13ge. © A = T oO
part in the bom- |
Turkish forts at the |
board, Baron Rhondda.
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low for X-mas Shopping
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Gifts for men, women and children at
prices that cannot be duplicated.
We got in a bsautiful line of ladies coats, suits,
dresses. waists. skirts, skating sets, furs, sweaters,
oloves and handkerchiefs of all kinds. special for the
Holiday trade.
For Men and Boys
we have a full line of suits. overcoats, mack-
inaws. gloves, sweaters, dress shirs.neck-wear, hats,
caps. suspenders and handkerchiefs.
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Come in early to avoid the rush, you will then be satisfied with
the goods and very low prices.
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Sometimes the weather is too dry:
no cloud appears in all the sky, the
sun is blazing all day long, the heat
it sheds is fierce and strong, and farm-
ers view the baking plain, and swear
because there is no rain.
Is there no way of bringing show-
ers upon this thirsty land of ours?
Is man as helpless as he feels, when
he lifts up despairing spiels? Why
do we yield ourselves to gloom, our
minds too ready to assume, that Na-
ture’s doings can’t be switched, that
Nature's program can’t be ditched? If
we’d use methods safe and sane, me-
thinks they might produce the rain.
I’ve noticed when I buy a suit that
connoiseurs would call a beaut, and
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Choice Turkeys and Chickens, the best Oysters
and lots of them, fresh Fruits and Vegatables,
Dahl Brothers’ fine Fruit Cakes and all kinds of
drape it on my stately form, and am- Fi
ble forth, there is a storm. The thun- Biead, Fies, Rolls and Fancy 3 Pastry. Leave
der roars to beat the band, the rain your order for any kind of Christmas Spegrilles
comes down on every hand, and I am eal ude come
fails; I've tried it oft, and water hard |
and soft, and hail and sleet and other
suds, come slopping down to spoil r=
duds. I’ve heard soma’
caw that “or sate for India, Austen
soaked, from heels to head, before mmesilOh. 88 Product.
“Jack Robinson” I’ve said. It never NI £={1y Oli Works Co., Pittsburgh, Pos
oi independent Refiners
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Bittner Machine: Works, D. H, Weisel, P. J :.ver & Son
Meyersdale. Pa.
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\ boy sn gil an
opportunity to
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study easy and
effective? Give
them. the same
President of the local government
President of the board of trade, Sir
Albert Stanley.
Minister of labor, John Hodge.
First'lord of the admiralty, Sir Ed-
ward Carson.
Minister of munitions, Dr. Christo-
pher Addison.
Minister of blockade, Lord Robert
Cecil.
Food controller, Sir Joseph Paton | chances to win pro-
Maclay. ; motion and success
President of the board of agricul asthe lad having the
ture, Rowland E. Prothero.
President of the board of educatiozn,
Herbert A. 1. Fisher.
First commissioner of works,
Alfred M. Mond.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lawn-
caster, Sir Frederick Cawley.
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