THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, MEYERSD ALE, PA.
Condensed Statement
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
OF MEYERSDALE, PA.
At close of business, March 4th, 1918.
RESOURCES
Loans and Investments
$1,014,765.06
U. S. Bonds 214,070.00
Banking House 30,200.00
Cash 58,906.33"
Due from Banks and Reserve Agents .... 351,394.10
$1,669,335.49
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock $ 65,000.00
Surplus and Profits... Sa. 149,292.75
Circulation 65,000.00
Deposits 1,390,042.74
$1,669,335.49
The Citizens National Bank
“The Bank With The Clcck With The Million”
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Your Savings
Will get in the BANK whether
YOU put them there or not. If
you SPEND ALL your income
SOME ONE else will deposit
YOUR money.
It is better to do your OWN
BANKING.
We have modern
facilities, COME IN
and see us TODAY.
CITIZENS STATE BANK of Salishury,
ELK LICK, PA.
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RESPECTFULLY
INVITED. A
: Francis Sipple’s.
: ‘ Charles Wilhelm, of Addi-
The First National son, ihe Eh om of oh io
Bank of Salisbury,
Va Harvey Engle, over Sun-
ELK LICK, PA.
Driving It Home|
Six automobile loads of peo-
ple from Boynton and vicinity
passed through our village en-
route to Addison, Thursday.
Let us drive home to you
the fact that no washwo-
man can wash clothes in
as sanitary a manner as
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Comp-
ton and son William, of Pitts-
burgh, were visiting Mr. Comp-
ton’s parents during the week.
Guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Sechler, Sun-
day, were Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
. ert Fresh, Mr. and Mrs. How-
that in which the work is || 3 Fresh and baby.
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.
Clyde Sipple, of Meyersdale,
spent Sunday with his St. Paul
friends.
A crowd of St. Paulites spent
the day fishing at the Galdes,
Thursday.
Mrs. Hampton McClintock
and Pearl Hay: were d:legate
from the Reformed Sunday
School to the District Conven-
tion at Garrett, Friday.
Mrs. Diana Engle was taken
to the Western Maryland Hos-
pital, Cumberland, for treat-
ment of a dropsical condition
of which she is afflicted.
Mrs. H. G. Lepley and Miss
Louise Compton, of the Re-
formed Sunday School, were
delegates to the County Sunday
School Convention held at Bos-
well this week.
The Men’s Bible Class gave
a banquet to the Young Men's
Class of the Reformed Church,
Thursday evening, as a result
of a contest which culminated
some time ago in which the
boys came out winners. It
was a happy occasion for the
members of both classes. Such
occasions will mean much in
It is simply a matter of having
proper facilities.
Meyersdale Steam Laundry
Joseph L. Tressler
Funeral Director and*Embalmer ¥
Meyersdale, Penna.
Residence:
the lives of these young people
because of the spirit of co-op-
eration which is fostered by
229 Center Mree
Both Phones.
309 North Street
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WHAT YOUR
DOLLARS DO
One Hundred Cents’ Worth
of Mercy and Relief for
Every War Fund Dollar.
a San — {WA RA Sc—
Your Red Cross dollars—every cent
of every Red Cross dollar—actually
relieves suffering—actually goes as]
you give it, for war relief. Not one
cent of any contribution goes into ;
Red Cross administration expenses— |
the overhead of War Fund adminis-}
tration is more than covered by the |
interest accruing from the banking of
the funds. All relief work not per-
taining to the war is amply covered
by the normal revenues of the Red
Cross through membership dues.
Your answer to humanity's cry—
your donation to war relief—includes
not only the care and restoration of
the wounded. It is a mission of mercy
to the famished, the homeless and
helpless, the lame, the halt, and the
blind—all the victims of war that ap-
peal to the heart of mankind.
The relief of invalided soldiers, re-
lief of the mutilated and blind, train-
ing of crippled soldiers for useful pur-
suits—relief service for the care and
revival of sotdiers on furlough from |
the front—relief of children through- |
out devastated territory—relief of de- |
pendent families of soldiers—relief to
prisoners in Germany—relief among
repatriated people returning to France
—children’s. refuges and hospitals—
these are among the divisions of or-
ganized work that carries practical aid
to its every object in a wide field of
activity. Its scope embraces Russia,
Roumania, Serbia, Italy and Armenia
—besides the great fleld of France.
Your donation makes this great mis-
sion of mercy your own.
The Red Cross carries 100 cents’
worth of aid for every dollar donated.
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THIS IS THE TRUE
RED CROSS SPIRIT
A Little Story With a Big
Thought in It.
A wonth ago the Red Cross chapter
in Bay City, Mich, received a hurry
up call for 150 dunnage bags. Troops
were about to move, and through an
oversight their equipment was not
complete. The bags had to be made
and sent within 48 hours. A request
for help was sent over the town, and
the stores were searched successfully
for the right materials. Among those
who quickly responded and came to
the chapter workrooms to help were |
two little girls, sisters, about ten and
twelve years of age, each eager to lend
a hand and do something for the boys
who were going to the front. All day
long the fingers of the women and
the little girls were fairly flying. Bag
after bag received the last stitch un-
til scores were piled up ready for
shipment. Closing time came, and the
woman superintending the making of
the bags counted those completed and
announced that if every one of the
workers could come early the next
morning and work all day the bags
would surely be finished in time for
shipping by evening. Two crestfallen
little girls, the little sisters, were wait-
ing for her at the door as she de-
parted.
Red Cross Dunnage Bags.
“We are awfully sorry, ma'am,” said
the older of the two, “but we can’t
come back tomorrow. You see tomor-
row we have to—" And, without fin-
ishing the sentence, she looked back
wistfully at the pile of bags.
“It is too had you can’t come back,”
said the superintendent, “but I want
to thank you, and we all thank you,
for the work you've done today. You
two have Leen a wonderful help, and
that pile of bags wouldn't be nearly so
nig if you hadn't been here. Good
ight.”
The next morning when the super-
antendent came down to unlock the
‘orkrooms for the day she was aston-
shed to see the two little girls stand-
ng in the cold by the locked door.
“Oh, I'm so glad to see you!” she
ud. “I thought you said you eouldn’t
ome?”
“Oh, we knew those Red Cross bags
ust had to be finished for the sol-
iiers,” exclaimed the little one, with
listening eyes, “and we got up at
hree o'clock this morning and got the
v-ashing done early!”
SUPPLYING FRENCH HOSPITALS.
The Red Cross hospital supply serv-
ice in France has 16 warehouses filled
with drugs, medicines, surgical instru-
ments and dressings. It serves 3,423
French military hospitals.
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‘WHEAT WILL
WIN THE WAR
Eat If, and You Help the Hun;
Save it, and You Fight
For Freedom,
— a ——
THE WORLD FAGES A CRISIS
America’s Problem is to Feed Her
Allies—Her Own Food Supply is
Already Safe.
“Not less important than the mili-
tary crisis in Europe is the food sit-
uation in the whole world and the
entire food problem centers around
the wheat supply. Wheat will win the
war—or lose it,” is a terse and point-
ed statement of Howard Heinz, U. S.
Food Administrator for Pennsylvania.
It has now become a race among
three factors, with the odds against
our side. These three factors are the
approach of the next harvest, the
rapid diminution of wheat stocks
among the allied nations and the con-
servation measures put into effect by
the patriotic people of the United
States in their efforts to piece out a
narrow surplus for an anxious world.
Among these factors the next har-
vest creeps forward all too slowly;
the supply in the bins of the Allies
is. sinking rapidly. If the situation
were limited to these two—if it were
a competition between them alone—
the race would already be lost. It is
only increased conservation in Ameri-
ca that will keep starvation from be-
ing the victor.
The Allies must and will be fed.
America must and will save.
Our food supply already has been
protected. There is no danger here.
But the time has come to shovel the
wheat by carloads and shiploads into
the transportation channels that lead
to Europe. America can live on the
plentiful remainders, the cormmeal,
potatoes, meat, all of which by grace
of nature and careful conservation are
abundant,
The Food Administrator for Penn-
sylvania has recently put forth some
stirring calls for wheat saving. Amer-
ica as a whole must cut her wheat
consumption in two, and more than
in two. From 42,000,000 bushels a
month she must cut consumption to
20,000,000 bushels. To accomplish
this, each American must cut his indi-
vidual consumption to six pounds per
month; Out of the limited stocks in
the’ country we must save stocks for
seed, some 80,000,000 bushels, we
must retain a safe carry-over, we
must feed our own citizens; and the
United States with Canada must send
to the Allies 40,000,000 bushels of
vheat a month,
The moral is plain. Large numbers
of our people must eat no wheat what-
ever for three months or this great
task we have undertaken is doomed to
failure. Already the great hotels have
taken the pledge, men and women of
independent means have fallen into
line. .
Which would you prefer—to eat
bread lavishly and live in a world
tributary to Germany, or eat no wheat
until the next harvest and be free?
POTATO FLOUR
~ COMING INTO USE
Even Cake That “Melts in the Mouth”
Can be Made by Using This
Product.
To most people Potato Flour is a
brand-new commodity, utterly un-
known until the Wheat Substitute
Ruling went into effect. Potato Flour
has been known in Europe for years |
previous to the war; quantities were
imported from Germany, and sold at
-a fancy price for various baking pur-
poses.
One woman, near Philadelphia, es-
tablished a reputation for cake bak-
ing by her use of potato flour. For a
long time she had to get all of her
supply from Boston, but finally she
found it could be purchased in the
leading retail stores in Philadelphia.
She used potato ilour in a sponge
cake recipe and for eight years car-
ried off every prize at the county fair.
This sponge cake is of the most deli-
cate texture, literally “melts in one’s
mouth.” Any one can make this cake
by ‘using potato flour. This potato
flour can now be purchased in most
any grocery store and while it is not
a cheap article, it is sufficiently in-
expensive to be worth while for cake
baking.
Some of our mothers tell how, dur-
ing the Civil War, one of the weekly
duties of some households was to pre-
pare potatoes so that starch could be
readily obtained. The potatoes were
washed and when thinly sliced in a
tub, covered with water and after
some hours of soaking quantities of
pure potato starch could be found at
the bottom. However, because it is
nearly pure starch, a little bit of
potato flour goes a long ways. In
cake and fancy pastry its use should
be encouraged and increased by the
careful housewife.
There are -many substitutes for
wheat flour, but no substitutes for
peace.
* ® *
Silent pro-German appetites are as
hostile to the Allied cause as dis-
loyal utterances.
THE COMMERCIAL’S UP-TO-DATE BUSINESS
GUIDE AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
These Business and Professional Men Contribute to the Sup-
port of The Commercial; Commercial Readers Contribute
to the Support of These Business and Professional Men.
List under this heading your
busines name, location, tele-
Phone number and a brief gen-
eral description of goods car-
ried in stock, or of professional
services available to the public.
No single ad listed to contain
more than seven printed lines.
The cost is 50 cents per month.
MEYERSDALE, PA.
R. REICH & SON, 130 Centre
St., Furniture, Carpets, Wall
Paper, Stoves, Pianos & Mus-
ical Goods; Undertaking .a
Specialty; all phones.
W. B. COOK & SON, Fire,
Automobile, Compensation,
and Plate Glass Insurance.
WILLIAM C. PRICE, Success-
or to W. A. Clark, Funeral
Director; Business Conduc-
ted at the Same Place;
Prompt Attention Given All
Calls; Both Phones.
MEYERSPALE’S LEADING
DRUGGIST, F. B. Thomas.
Drugs, Me=dicines, Cigars,
Perfumes, Toilet Articles;
Graphopheones and Records.
Both phones.
LUCENTE’S GROCERY, All
kinds of Groceries, Fruits
and Viegetables; Olive Oil
a Specialty; Centre St., op-
posite the Bijou Theatre.
MEYERSDALE MARBLE
WORKS, A. H. Johnson,
The Monument Man, Prop.
MEYERSDALE ‘AUTO SERV-
ICE CO., Dealers in Buick
and Dodge Cars; Lee Guar-
anteed Puncture Proof Tires
and Goodvear Tires; Acces-
sories; fully equipped Ma-
chine Shop. Both phones.
DONGES MEAT MARKET,
Meats, Butterine, Butter,
Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Both.
phones.
'W. L. DAHL BAKERY, Fresh
Bread, Cakes and Pies. Both
phones.
GARRETT, PA.
WILLIAM MARTIN, Shoe and
Harness Repairing; Shoe
Shine.
G. S. BURKE, First National
Bank Bldg., Up-to-date
Shaving Parlor.
THE ANGEMA LABORA-
TORY, Manufacturers of
Medicines, Toilet Articles,
Extracts, Soap, etc., Main
office Pittsburgh, Pa.
BEAL’S RESTAURANT, Short
Orders; Cigars and Tobacco;
Groceries; Ice Cream; and
Justice of the Peace.. Econ-
omy Phone.
W. H. CLEMENS, Notary Pub-
lic; Ice Cream, Soda Water
Confectionery, etc. Economy
phone.
F. E. JUDY, General Merchan-
dise and Country Produce.
Economy phone.
WALK KISTLER, Shoes, Hats
and Tailor Made Suits a
Specialty; full line of Dry
Goods and Notions.. Next
Door to Postoffice.
HOLLSOPPLE, PA.
ANDREW LINDSTROM, Gen-
eral Blacksmith and Practi-
cal Horseshoer. Johnstown
phone No. 20.
WILSON’S MEAT MARKET,
Stanley Wilson, Prop., deal-
er in all kinds of Fresh and
Smoked Meats; Butter, But-
terine, Eggs, Cheese and
Poultry; Fish and Oysters.
County phone.
F. S. SCHMUCKER GARAGE,
Ford and Overland Agency,
Qil and Gas. County phone.
HOOVERSVILLE, PA.
C. A. LOHR & SON, News
Agency; daily papers, late
magazines; Candy, Cigars,
and Soft Drinks.
HARRY ISAACSON, Water
street at corner Bridges
Clothing, Shoes, Gents’ Fur-
nishings. County phone 18,
JOHN E. HAMILTON, Maj
St., Drugs, Soda Water, Ci-
gars. County phone.
J. C. DULL, Water St., Shoes,
Gents’ Furnishings; Bicycle
Supplies.
F. W. MENSER, Plumbing,
Heating, Tinning.. County
phone.
W. E. DOYLE, Main St., Bar-
bering, Shampooing, Mas-
sage.
HOOVERSVILLE GARAGE,
P. M. Boyer, Prop., Succes-
sors of Autos. Both phones.
ROCKWOOD, PA.
ROCKWOOD HARDWARE
CO., W. Main St., General
Hardware and full line of
Mining Tools. Economy
phone.
J. J. KARR, Farmers’ and Mer-
chants’ Bank Bldg., Tonsor-
ial Artist.
E. A. MALSBERRY, W. Main
St., Jewelry and Watches;
B. & O. Watch Inspector.
FRITZ MACHINE SHOP, All
Kinds of Repair Work; Pipe
and Pipefittings. Economy
phone.
THE HOME MADE BREAD
MAN, J. D. Snyder. County
phone No. 26; Economy
phone No. 15.
Z. ED. MILLER, W. Main St.,
Fruit and Groceries. Econ-
omy phone No. 87.
PETE MANCUSO, W. Main St.
Merchant Tailor; Cleaning,
Pressing, Repairing; Work
Guaranteed. >
PHOTOPLAY THEATRE, Geo.
Ridenour, Prop., W. Main
St., First Class Pictures;
Change daily.
MEYERS’ HARDWARE &
MEYERS’ VARIETY STORE,
N. F. Meyers, Prop. Miller
Bldg., General Hardware,
full line of Variety Goods.
Economy phone.
MILLER & WOLF, Successors
to John D. Locke, Miller
Block, Clothing, Shoes and
Hats for Men.
MILLER’S HOTEL AND RES-
TAURANT, Rooms, Meals,
Short Orders; Tobacco and
Cigars; full line of Grocer-
ies. First Class Accomoda-
tions.
SOMERSET, PA.
W. CURTIS TRUXAL, Attor-
ney-at-law; prompt attention
given to all legal business.
WINDBER, PA. :
FRED BRUMBERG, 911 Gra-
ham Ave., General Black-
smith and Horseshoer. Local
phone.
GEORGE RUDOLPH, 132%
Midway, Custom Tailor.
Local phone.
TORQUATO BROS., 1317 Mid-
way, General Contractors.
Bell phone No. 107-J.
SOL BRICKER, 1320 Graham
Ave., Clothing, Shoes, Gents’
Furnishings.
C.D. NUPP, 1214 Graham Av,,
Newspapers, late Magazines;
Candies, Cigars and To-
bacco.
T. H. VAUGHN, Dealer in
Fresh Roasted Peanuts and
Buttered Pop Corn; opposite
Windber Opera House.
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