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MEYERSDALE, PA., JULY 4, 1018,
NO. 18.
: Fourth dt home. :
+ The boys “over there” will
celebrate it for the rest of us.
Rev. J. J. Brady spent Tues-
day in Johnstown,
Miss Ella McMurrer is visit-
ing relatives in Pittsburgh. :
Mrs. John Stacer returned
Monday from a visit in Cum-
berland.
Mr. Frank Lowery, of Boyn-
ton, was in town ‘Monday|
Mrs. Simon M. Bittner was
in Cumberland, Wednesday, on
business. Sh
Mr. D. J. Fike was a busi.|
ness caller
in Cumberland,
Wednesday. :
Mr. Charles Claar, of Gar-|
ret, was a business caller in
town, Saturday. ae wi
Mr. ‘Adam _ Robertson, ‘of
- Boynton, was a business caller
in town, Friday. # :
‘Mr. Blaine Sellers, of Bewis-|
town, Pa., is visiting
di | guests at the home of Mr. and
Make it a safe and sane
W. Collins.
Mrs. John Dixon and Miss
Elizabeth Nahon, who were
Tx
Mrs. James Dixon, returned to
Connellsville. R
"DEBS IN PRISON:
“Shorty”. Raupach, of Fair-
hope, the efficient second trick
| Veteran Socialist
=
and Labor
relatives |
Tw 0
operator ‘at. the “FO” Tower,
was calling on friends in Mey-
ersdale, Monday. =
ei
Miss Ruth Gloss, who attended
the funeral ‘of their relative,
Mrs. Howard ..Gléssner, have
returned to Versailles, Pa.» .
“Corporal Charles A. Shuma-| =
ker has returned to Camp Han-
cock, Ga., after spending a ten.
day furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Shumaker.
Eugene Victor Debs was
as theaters of the city.
ry *™e
" SIPPLEVILLE.
— | arrival in the city.
Miss-Kathryn Sipple visited several} AER
days at George Shockeys in Greenville. ;
Mr. and Mrs. John Tressler motored | '
to Cumberland, Sunday, ‘where they |
visited relatives. . *, sy
Mrs, W. A. Frease Has returned from |
Akron, Ohio, where she was visiting |
‘her four daughters. EP
hal
~~ good for something
er and chi off"
Mr. George Ries,’ of C
Run, was a business caller her
Monday morning.
Miss Daisy Ohler, of Sand i
Patch, visited friends here sev-
e visiting rela-|
r, of Pittsburgh, |
8 sister, Mrs. Sam-
eral days this week. ~~
Mrs. John Saylor and Mr.
t returned to C
h,
and friends here, Sunday. :
Miss Catherine McKenzie
visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. J. McKenzie, Sunday.
Mr. Simon Miller, of Springs,
was a pleasant caller at the
Commercial Office, Thursday.
Mr. George Growall, of Cen-
ter Church, was
caller in
day.
Mrs. Levi Deal and two sons,
Ross and Carl, visited relatives
in Berlin, Pa., several days this
Meyersdale, Satur-
Mrs. R. G. Hillegas, of Char-
lotte, N. C., is the guest of her
~~ Mr. and Mrs. Henry Younkin
and little daughter spent Sun-
day in Stoyestown visiting rel-
atives.
Miss Helen Lichty has re-
turned from = Cumberland,
where she visited relatives and
friends.
‘Miss Anna Graves, of Cleve-
land, O., is visiting her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Graves. i
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Black
and daughter, Miss Mary, re-
turned Wednesday from a bus-
iness trip to New York.
Mr. and Mrs. James Irwin
and little son, of Acosta, are
visiting the former's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Irwin
. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prov-
ence and son Charles, have re-
turned to Masontown, Pa., af-
ter a visit with relatives here.
Mr. William Martin, Gar-
rett’ss hustling cobbler -and
chief burgess, was a business
caller in Meyersdale, Monday.
Mrs. Edward Stahl and two
sons, William and Glenn, of
Akron, are guests of their rel-
atives, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Deal.
relatives
a business].
friend, Miss
Saturday last.
daughter, of Virginia, were re-
cent visitors
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Sipple.
as mail carrier in Mr. H. M.
Sipple’s place while the latter
: brotherhood to]
f the rs
Mrs. W. A. Frease is visiting
in Akron.
The frost did not do much
damage in this vicinity. i i
- Miss Margaret Shockey is] '
visiting at George Sipple’s.
Leader In Toils--
| Mrs. James Daugherty and| the Infamous :
i He is one of the World ’s Five
Fons Greatest Orators
‘Ohio, where he was scheduled to speak in one of the largest
oF The grand jury in secret session indicted Debs prior to his
The charge against Debs is th
for the Bolsheviki-meaning the Majority rulé-in Russia and radicals
+ + inthe American labor movement ina legtiare delivered at Canton two
“weeks ago at which time he is said to h
: e © more than cannon fodder, according to the press
reports. "The andience which had assembled to hear Debs lecture in
Oloveland, when informed that he was -
_ authoritie$ upon his arrival in the city, Tai
Iy address your scholarly orations on fre do
~ Debs must be given his freedom and the infamous espionage act drop-
; ped from the statute books of our country. * With Gene Debs under
lock and key no comrade can himself feel free. :
Eber K. Cockley, Business Manager,
- Commercial Co-operative Council.
Espionage Law
arrested Sunday in Cleveland,
E
at he publicly expressed sympathy
e remarked that men are
n/into custody by federal
d $1,000 00 for his defense.
resident Wilson:
>, Pa, July 2nd, 1918.
hington, D. C.
ns you cannot consistent.
liberty and a common
ea. Two thousand readers.
stile and fair play
+
home then’
ar
arity is to begin 46
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Sipple
returned from their wedding
trip, Tuesday. :
Mr. J I. Tressler and family
were the guests of Mr. Henry
Sipple, Sunday last.
Mr. Walter Fike is quite a
frequent’ caller at George Sip-
ple’s lately. We wonder why?
Misses Margaret and Lillian
Sipple visited their uncle, Wil-
son Weimer, of Meyersdale,
recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Vogtman
visited relatives and friends in
Cumberland and Frostburg,
last week. :
Miss Helen Lloyd, of Pitts-
burgh, was the guest of her
Kathryn Sipple,
COAL RUN.
Akron.
very ill for a few days, is improving.
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
C..R. Marlin, of Fairmont, W. Va.
While picking cherries last Thurs-
day Mr. George Ries had the misfor-
tune to fall from a tree, breaking sev-
eral ribs and being injured otherwise.
. SHADY LAWN
Miss Mary Fike, of Meyersdale was
a caller at H. L. Griffiths.
Mrs. Joseph Shelbaer and daughter,
Mrs. H. H. Saylor, spent Wednesday
at Howard Millers.
Mrs. Milton Bittner, of Meyersdale,
visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Downie, Wednesday.
Miss Florence Martz, of Keystone
Mines, was a Sunday caller at the
home of Mr. Orville Shelbaer.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Fike were visit-
ing at the home of the former’s broth-
er, Mr. Dennis Fike, of Meyersdale.
Mrs. Emma Lehman and
at the home of
Mr. P. C. Burkholder acted
Miss Madge May has returned to
“Mrs. C. P. Hersh, who had been
Mrs. Henry Hersh is visiting her
JOHN STEIN.
The community was shocked
after noon, Friday, June 28th,
that Mr. John Stein, one of the
town’s oldest and highly re-
spected citizens, had commit-
ted suicide by shooting himself
at high noon. He died at
12:45 o’clock. Melancholy is
said to have caused him to end
his life in this manner, and so
unexpectedly.
Funeral services were held
at his late home at 4:30 o’clock
Sunday afternoon, conducted
by his pastor, Rev. J. Luther
Frantz, of the Lutheran
Church. Interment in the Un-
ion cemetery.
His wife and the following
named children survive: Mrs.
Nora Winters, Mrs. Pius
Speicher, Mrs. John Ryan, and
Mr. Geo. Stein, all of Somer-
set; Mrs. W. C. Hatter, of Ni-
tro, W. Va.; Mrs. John Hewes,
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when it was learned shortly
was away on his honeymoon.
Stuart and Ora Christner at-
tended a farewell party at Ac-
cident, Md., in honor of Mel-
vin Hetz, who is leaving for
Camp Tulsa.
Rev. Dennis Sipple and fam-
ily, of Summit Station, Pa.
; | of Martin, Ky.; and Mrs. John
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Bonheimer
CONTROL OF VENERAL
DISEASES
Adopted by the
health of the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania on the twenty-
first day of June, 1918. By
authority of Act of April 27,
1905.
FIRST: Syphilis, gonorrhea
and chancroid are infectious
diseases, highly dangerous to
| the public health and a spe-
cial menace to the military or-
ganizations of the United
States in the time of war,
therefore, it is the duty of the
State Department of Health
and all public health authori-
ties to adopt and enforce every
precaution consistent with ex-
isting laws to prevent the
spread of the infection there-
from.
‘SECOND: The Commis-
sioner of Health of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania is
hereby authorized to prepare
and furnish to the practicing
physicians of the Common.
wealth circulars of instructions
advising persons afflicted with
any. of the said diseases as to
what precautions must be tak-
en in order to prevent commun-
ication of the disease to others.
THIRD: It is hereby de-
clared the duty of every phy-
sician when first attending any
person. afflicted with syphilis,
ghonorrhea or chanecroid, to
deliver to such person one of
the circulars of information
and instructions furnished him
by the Commissioner of Health
for the disease with which such
person is afflicted. -
FOURTH: Any person suf-
{fering with syphilis, gogorrhea, Mex... Dy Compton and Ms.
ON On q a Fd -
lar of instructions hos Bony
livered who shall wilfully fail,
neglect or refuse to practice
the precautions provided in
Said circular is hereby declared
to be a menace to the public
health, and the State Depart-
ment of Health or any local
Board or Deparment of Health
is hereby authorized and di-
rected to place such person un-
der quarantine, together with
the premises on which he or
she may have been found and
to continue sueh quarantine
until a certificate of recovery
or non-infectiousness signed by
a practicing physician is furn-
ished for such case to the said
health authorities, such quar-
antine to be established and
maintained in the same man-
ner that quarantine is estab-
lished and maintained for other
communicable diseases in ac-
cordance with the provisions of
the Act of Assembly of. May
28, 1915.
FIFTH: The Commssioner
of Health is hereby authorized
and directed to post notices in
all public toilets in the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania
warning the public of the dan-
ger from venereal diseases and
the necessity for prompt and
proper treatment, such notices
to be supplemented wherever
possible by directions as to
where and at what periods free
treatment may be had at a gen-
REGULATION S FOR THE
advisory
board of the department of
ST. PAUL,
Mr. Oscar Sipple, of Meyers-
dale, was circulating among hig
friends here, Sunday.
Miss Elsie Sipple entertained
a number of her friends from
Boynton, Sunday evening.
Mrs.- Calvin Rhodes and
daughter, Miss Edna, are down
with diphtheria at this writ-
ing.
The Lutheran Church pre-
sents a better appearance since
the old roof has been replaced
by a new one.
The Young Men’s Class will
hold a lawn fete at the local
Reformed Church, Saturday
night, July 13th.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Sechler
were visiting at the home of
Mr. and’ Mrs. W. D. Miller, of
Springs, Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. L. N. Wilson
and son Paul, attended the Re-
formed Sunday School Conven-
tion at Frostburg, last week.
b In last week’s items the typ-
ist caused us to say “Mrs. Sam-
uel Livengood” when it should
have been “Mr. Samuel Liven-
rood of Salisbury, assisted by
vlaying the violin in the Chil-
dren’s Day exercises in the Re-
formed ‘Church, Sunday.”
Mrs. W. H. McClintock and
Miss Pearl Hay were the dele- ".
gates of the St. Paul Reformed
Church Sunday School, and
der.
‘the two Organized Classes,
tothe Convention'held at Frost-
burg, Wednesday and Thurs-.
day of last week. : >
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Miller and
children, of Fentress, Va., and
Misses Ella and Esta Miller, of
Scottdale, were visitors at the
hothe of Mr. and Mrs. H. G.
Lepley, Saturday. Mr. and
Mrs. Miller and children ex-
pect to return home July 5th,
accompaned by Miss Ella Mil-
ler, in the latter’s Ford car.
WEST SUMMIT.
Our farmers are busily en-
gaged making hay by the ton.
Misses Viola Haer and Sadie
Baker have returngd from the
East. 3
Master Victor Snyder visit-
ed friends in New Centreville
recently.
Mr. Lloyd Vought was a bus-
iness caller in Meyersdale,
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Sanner
were guests of the latter’s par:
ent’s over Sunday. Pow
Mrs. John Heining and son
were business callers at Rock-
wood, Saturday last.
ito-urinary dispensary of the
Department of Health or other
free dispensary.
Messrs. Harvey Marker and
and daughter, Miss Evelyn, of Mey-
ersdale were calling at J. S. Millers,
Thursday evening.
Mr. H. L. Miller, Mrs. Orville Shel. |
baer and son Lamar, Miss Sadie Martz |
and Mrs. Clayton Stotler motored to |
Cumberland, Thursday.
Adamson, of town.
Tightwad.
“I understand that Mr. Pinchpenny
has been operated on for appendicitis,”
remarked Miss Cayenne.
“Yes. It's the first time any one was
Hostetler are employed at Gar-
and Mr. Robert Downie and family,
Mies : known to get anything out of him.”
Mr» William Robertson and family, “And even then they had to give him
chloroform to get that.”
wso have been visiting relatives
in this neighborhood, departed
for Frostburg last week, where
they will visit Mrs. Sipple’s
mother, Mrs, Mayer.
The main street of our vil- |
lage was closed to traffic sev-|
eral days while the old wooden |
bridge was being replaced by |
a ‘new .concrete structure, |
which is a great improvement!
and which adds much. to the
ral « ranea r +h DOTY
general appearance of the con
Mr. and Mrs.' DeForrest
Ludwig, of Pittsburgh, are vig-
iting at the home of the |
Mr. and Mr;
of'Meyersdale, visited at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Downie, Sunday.
daughters, Misses Lillian and Lavern, | Te . eo -
of Johnstown, spent Sunday at the | CAUSES of infant mortality are
home of Mrs, Courtney’s brother, Mr. (these two: Poverty and ignor-
Jonas Fike.
Sunday morning and evening |
Diehl.
SIXTH: All persons
hereby notified and cautioned
that the said notices provided
for in the above regulation are
placed in public toilets in ae-
cordance with a rule and regu-
lation of the State Department
of Health of the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania, and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Courtney and |
“It is manifest that the chief
lance. As the elimination of
m— | these would involve the sub-
CHURCH NOTICE. | version of our present social or-
der, it would seem futile to talk
There will
services this! . : Hie t
be services this of the reduction of the infant
rshall mutilate, deface
that any person or persons who
or de-
stroy any such notice will be by
so doing violating a rule -and
regulation of the State Depart-
ment of Health, and will he
subject. to the penalties pro-
vided by the Act of Assembly
of April 27, 1905, for such vio-
lation.
: . A NAR AAs
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are|rett shoveling black diamonds.
Mr. Irvin Baker and Miss
Elsie Walter attended the fes-
tival at Blackfield,
evening.
Saturday
The inclement condition of
the weather, which kept peo-
ple away from the services at
Center Church, Saturday even-
ing, resulted in the postpone-
ment of the meeting.
ROBERTSON-SAYLOR.
Charles Robertson, son of
{ Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Robertson,
of Boynton, and Jessie Saylor,
death rate to reasonable limits| ; bent He 'The | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har-
« . . 1 a VOl D J — 0 ’ - | z 1 r 1
{at the . Meyersdale Christian unless we can at the same time | an you: beat 1it—The ‘Com vey Saylor, of Meyersdale,
| vis} Had Mp Ten Sa a Emerci: veek $1.25 per oy Ql}
Church, conducted by Mr. do away with these great] CrCl P1.49 DPOr| woape nites ma Sat
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