a — | The blunders of the printer, unlike N U those of the physician or lawyer, have ap AY ’ an extraordinary long life. Often -Lr7 Fublished Bory Thureday. an omitted letter in an advertisement wy sng Rditar pr, or a story will bring the ad story to Thos. § Owens, dior & Prop. the attention of millions of people whe i F. Brac ley, Associate Editor would otherwise never have seen it. Entered im the Post Office at Patton, Pa, For instance, this classified ad re- as Second Class Mail Matter. cently appeared in a daily newspaper: Subscription Rates $2.00 per year in Ad- “For Rent—Room with one large vance. Single Copies 5 Cents, widow.” Reprinted in other newspapers = TN Ter othe ad with its ‘one omitted letter RATE CARD—Lesal Notices, 31.80 Der jrought chuckles to many more than inch, or fraction thereof, for 3 insertions > y 4 Card of Thanks, 50c; Business Locals 100 the readers of the newspaper in which per line ; Business Cards, $id 00 per year it originally appeared. Dispiay ppg pth LL nr, Occasionally in the attempt to cor- $1.00. Cash must fccompany @il erders foo rect a typographical error an even Ov Lave Wednesday worse mistake is made. A newspaper to insure insertion. Unsigned ecorrespon-| once described a colonel who fought lence will be lgnored at all times |in the Civil War, as a “bottle-scarred veteran.” In a subsequent edition it tried to correct the error, but the re- PAGE sult was that the correction read a “battle-scared veteran.” Another editor was made to say that at a wedding the “roses were punk.” When he tried to explain later that he didn’t mean to cast aspersion on the 5 roses, the intended correction read as A printer has one advantage over follows: “We didn’t intend to say the those of other occupations. Through ce were punk. What we meant was his mistakes the printer may achieve (pot the noses at the wedding were something very near to immortality. jin» The editor is reported to have (Mr. Compositor, please don’t drop the left town. “6 When Brete Harte was editing a Robert Barker and Martin Lucas; newspaper in California, a prominent the two King’s printers in the reign| woman of the town died, and in writ- of Charles I, will'live on in story be- | ing her obituary he said of her, “She cause for some reason or other the was distinguished among the ladies of word “not” was omitted from the Sev- this city for her charity.” When the enth Commandment in the so-called | proof came to him it read, “She was Wicked Bible. It may have been an distinguished among the ladies of this innocent mistake or it may have been city for her chastitiy.” Instead of cor- impish humor, but the edition was recting the error, he queried the error promptly suppressed and the printers and sent the proof back to the com- fined three hundred pounds by the posing room. When the paper appear- Court of High Commission. Six copies ed, the friends of the woman read that of the edition are known to have es- “She was distinguished among the la- caped. One is now safe in the British | dies of this city for her chastity?” Museum, another in the University An undertaker in an Ohio town left Library at Glasgow, and the others the end of a rough box fall on his secluded in private libraries, where foot, and the newspaper report said, they cannot spread their wanton “Mr. Mann had to employ a doctor to gospel. reduce the smelling. THERE'S MANY A SLIP IN IN THE PRINTED And Many A Time It Causes Much Embarrassment, Hamor, and Also Downright Trouble, Mayor Mackey, Orator at Romagne Cemetery Chief Executive of Philadelphia Pays Tribute to Soldiers of Keystone State Who Fought in World War—Speaks in Largest American Cemetery in France Paris, May 30.—In the pres- ence of thousands of American and | durance. French soldiers, who participated in | “IT am proud, indeed, of Pennsyl- the Meuse-Argonne battle of 1918, | yania’s representation at these ser- and a host of men and women rep-| vices. Go where you will and by resenting the United States and | 5ny method of selection you may European nations, Mayor Harry A. ! choose to employ, there cannot and Mackey of the City of Philadelphia | will not be found, collectively or i individually, men who will eclipse or excel the soldiers of the Key- stone State of our country, who were chosen to participate in the exercises and services arranged to take place in the Republic of France by the Pennsylvania State Battle Monuments Commission. “When Marshal Foch arranged for the supreme effort that turned the tide of the war, he ordered across the apex of the Marne an untried unit of soldiers. Eight weeks before that eventful order came from general headquarters, | these boys had never witnessed a maneuver of real war and had never heard a shot fired in anger. They had been in France less than two months, yet they were selected out of a group of 7,000,000 trained fighting men to meet the brunt of the enemy attack. “Their conduct upon the field of battle and their contribution to the pages of world history are written in the blood of the men buried in this cemetery, and it is a glorious tion, and physical activity and en MAYOR MACKEY today delivered a stirring address in the Romagne Cemetery, wherein . lie approximately 14,300 American | record of accomplishment. soldiers. “General Pershing, who saw how Mayor Mackey paid a glowing the Pennsylvanians met the shock tribute to the part played by Penn-|0f the spearhead pushed toward sylvania soldiers in the World War. | Paris, said: ‘These are not sole He said: diers; these are iron men,’ and a “We are assembled on sacred | historic name was born and the soil among the sepulehres of our Pennsylvania unit became ‘The countrymen, who bravely went to|Iron Division’ Who were these their deaths espousing the cause of | Iron Men, these typical Pennsyl- human liberty. This is an interna-|Vanians? A roll call would reveal tional occasion, because the liber-|the names of those springing from ated peoples of many lands are re- | every land in the world. united today in consecrated places| “In the Iron Division were sol- and are paying tribute to those |diers of English, Welsh, Scotch, whose ashes are beneath the|Irish, French, Italian, Scandi- ground upon which we stand, and | navian, Polish, Greek, Slav, He- who gave their all for a great|brew "and Magyar extraction. cause. There were many whose ancestors “The events of a decade have | went from Germany to America in been written into history since our |Search of the things our country fellow-countrymen fell upon the |has to offer; and these men, of Teu- field of battle. They were cru-|tonic origin, stood shoulder to saders for the freedom of the|shoulder with their brothers in world.” They fought and died for [arms and pushed back by relent- the emancipation of the people of | less attack, by the flow of blood this continent, and while render-|and by death itself, all who op- ing a noble service to all humanity. | posed them. “In 1917 there came to France| “We will return home inspired the flower of the youth of the State |by all we saw and all we heard of Pennsylvania. They came here, here, and we will never tire of in response to the clarion cry set| telling our fellow tountrymen of up by their brethren in Europe, | the great reverence with which our that the principles of democracy | Soldier dead are held in the breasts and freedom for which their fore-|of the people of France. We will bears fought and died in the days | return home with emotions stirred of 76 were in danger, and unless [and our hearts thrilled by having succor were imminent the ideals|come into such close contact with guaranteed in the charter of Amer-| our war heroes who are resting in ican liberty—the Declaration of | cemeteries such as these. Independence—would perish feom| “I present the felicitations of the the earth. War Mothers of Pennsylvania to “There came with me, on the |the War Mothers of France. Many so fittingly named Steamship |of our noble women offered, in the George Washington, to take part |hour of need, their dearly beloved in the dedication of war memorials | sons, who came here in defense of at Fismes, Varennes, Nantillois,|a great cause and fought and died and here in Romagne Cemetery, [for their native country and for two hundred and six picked sol-| France. diers of the Pennsylvania National “The bodies of many of these Guard, representing every unit in | brave boys are interred in this very the Twenty-eighth Division. ground, but their spirits are with : Each of these veterans was|us. Their mothers in our Com- picked by his unit commander on | monwealth have sustained with re- the basis of long and faithful ser. | markable fortitude their loss, and vice, military bearing and neatness, | hold high their heads in the knowl- attention to duty, knowledge of edge of the sacrifices made were military courtesy and customs of | not in vain, and that they made the service, excellent character, | the greatest of all contributions tg value and loyalty to his organiza-! world democracy.” A small wedding took place in a New York city, and after giving a full re- port of all details of the event, one newspaper said, “The wedding break- fast was survived by"—and then fol- lowed the names of the young ladies who had served the refreshments. CAT SHOW T0 BE A NOVEL FEATURE At Big Industrial Exposition at Ebensburg the Week of the Fourth of July. Inquiries from many places far and near coming to the management of the Cambria County Industrial Ex- position, to be held at Ebensburg, Pa., the week of July 4th, as to the con- ditions for entries in the various con- tests to be held during the week of the show. This is particularly true regarding the cat show. While some of the very best cats and champions in their various classes will be view, it will not be merely a long haired cat show. Any person who has a fa- vorite that seems to be all “real Cat” from stem to stem, black or white (that is solid color), tabby o.* brindlea red, yellow or otherwise, can Goil up their pet and enter it in the show, Thursday and Friday, July 5 and 6th and stand a good chance of finding out that he or she is the possessor of a real prize dimestic cat. At a recent cat show in New York, a gentleman entered a cat he had found in an alley and taken in, when it had been fed ing that, more as a joke than other- wise, he entered it in the classy New York cat show. It won the champion- ship in its class. The owner found that he owned a valuable cat. The judge at Ebensburg, Rr. Frances McCracken, is an authority on cats ang may discover your cats has all points of a chompion. Few ordinary folks know much about cats, except that they are all just plain cats—long or short haired. So fuss up your cat. It will cost you $1.25 for entering and haveing it registered, whether male, female or neuter or a kitten between four and eight months old. You will be assured it will be well taken care of for Spratt cages are provided for every entrant. Send in your entry to Mrs. Gertrude Taylor, 706 Henry Clay Hotel, Detroit, Mich. with fee. If you have a good saddle horse hunter, or jumper, or if the children have a pony don’t for- get that there is a horse show, at the Exposition, July 5, 6 and 7. If you are a dog lover there is a dog show Tuesday and Wednesday, July 3 and 4. Fancy dogs such as Chow and Pekiness, hunting dogs, police dogs, terriers of all Kinds, big dogs and little dogs will be among the ex- hibits and all entries are welcome. The show is Licensed by the American ken- nel club and is authorative. The cat show in under the rules of the Cat Fanciers Association and is also an official cat show. There is also to be a first aid contest for the Champion- ship of Pennsylvania, Saturday July, 7 and already twenty-eight firms have teams entered from mine companies, steel and tin plate plants, railroads and power plants. If you are a mem- ber of a first aid team that has not entered, get busy. Remember, howerer that only the best will stand a chance for the classiest teams in the state, from Allengheny county to Schuykill county are entered, already eleven counties are represented and The jud- ges will be the cheif mine inspectors from Pennsylvania, West Viriginia and Maryland, men capable of judging closely on points. If you are a race horse owner there will be races every day of the Ex- position week, with good purses. Be- sides all this there will be free vau- deville on the stage in front of the grand, stand and also daylight fire- works on opening day fireworks every night, dancing nightly in the pavilion, a boxing contest the opening night, July, 2, Rinards Seven rides on the midway, “Wonderland” which is a complete show in itself, band con- certs and a convention on the grounds Friday July 6. GASOLINE TANK EXPLODES AND FIVE ARE INJURED Five persons were slightlp injured at 2 o'clock on Friday afternoon, when gasoline fumes ignited, causing an ex- plosion which demolished the office of the Crystal Oil and Gas Company ser- vice station in Johnstown, causing pro- perty damage estimated at $1,000. The injured. Ralph W. Varner, aged 30, millwork- er, of Conemaugh, R. D., nacerations of the left hand and left side of head, left leg and left arm. Patient at the Memorial hospital. Frank Forn, aged 44, of Franklin, lacerations of the nose, chin and the cheeks, Roy -McDowell, aged 21, of Johns- town, driver of a gasoline truck, lacer- ations of face and righ hand. John Costlow, aged 20, of Oakmont, manager of the Service Station, lacer- ation of the wrist. Courtney “Holley, aged 18, Johns- town, cut about face and right. ear, Fire and police officials are of the belief that the explosion was caused from a short circuit in wiring or a spark from a light switch. John Cost- low, manager of the service station, told officials that he pulled a switch controling four lights in the lubricating and wash room and immediately there was an explosion. Roy McDowell, the truck driver for the company, had just completed the work of unloading gas from a tank truck into the storage tanks underneath the office. The hose had been taken from the inlet and the driver was preparing to drive away from the place. Fumes of the gas, it it believed, fill- ed the space under the floor of the of- fice and made their way up through the partitions of the office walls. The switch box where Costlow pulled the switch, is on the wall of the office, in the lubricating room. Costlow is of the opinion that a spark or short circuit caused the explosion. m—— and cared for it proved so good look-| THE PATTON COURIER FATALLY INJURED WHEN AUTO | . STRIKES A STONE CULVERT | | Jean Reynolds, aged 5, daughter of | Mr. and Mss, Harry Reynolds of Ac-) osta, was fatally injured on Sunday af-) ternoon on the road between Summer- hill and Wilmore when her father’ automobile crashed into a stone cul- vert near the Reynolds Gasoline Sta- tion. The child sustained a fracture of the skull and, after~being given firs aid treatment at the office of Dr. B. Jones at Summerhill, was ¢ a Johnstown hospital in the : of C. O. Diamond of South F th occurred while the ambulance passing through Elton. Elmer Reynolds, fafher of Harry Reynolds, conducts the gasoline sta- tion of the Summerhill and Wilmore road, and it was there that the Acosta family was visiting on Sunday. The Harry Reynolds family was on home when the accident occurred. In addition to the parents, sean Reynolds is survived by several brothers and sis- ters. t- i to ance Dea- was ANTONY MOLESKY Anthony Molesky, aged 14 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Molesky, died of heart trouble at the 1 in Hastings, Wedne 3 vices were held Frid: nard’s Catholic Church, with the church cemetery ital home Every 40 seconds= of every working day somebody buys a Buick —Yearafteryearit wins twice as many buyers as any other fine car. Buy your Buick with the knowledge that the over- whelming majority of America’s fine car buyers are making the same wise selec- tion and enjoying the same wonderful satisfaction. This most brilliant of fine carsenjoys two-to-one leader- ship in its field and has main- tained its leadership, not for a week or a month, but year in and year out since the early days of the industry. Buick excels in beauty—it excels invibrationless performance. And when you compare values, you’ll have the full story—for nowhere is there a car so fine and dependable at a price so remarkably low. The judgment of America is mighty good judgment to bank on. And America, bya two-to-one vote tells you to buy a Buick. All Buick models have Lovejoy Hy- draulic shock absorbers, front and rear, as standard equipment. PATTON AUTO (0. PATTON, PA. REUEL SOMMERVILLE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Pupils (a) TRIUMPHAL MARCH.... (b) SPRING’'S APPROACH .... Rythym Orchestra. I'riangles: Florence Ratowsky, Aaronson; Castenets: Betty Hornauer, Nehrig; Drum, Kenneth Blankenhorn. SONG OF THE SEA SHELL .......0...... William Williamson ALPINE FLOWER .. Florence Ratowsky WI'RE PLAYING TOGETHER (Trio) THE LITTLE DANCER .... SWISS IDYL SIGNS OF SPRING (Duet) ... WHEN DOLLY SLEEPS .. Sara Sperry MESSAGE OF THE FLOWER .... Margaret Sims PASTORALE (Duet) CHIMING BELLS Doris Nehrig GONDOLIER’'S SERANADE Betty Aaronson IN RANK AND FILE . WATER NYMPHS Josephine Galiardi Piano, Helen Bender. Tambourines: June Rowland, Rachel Gregg, Betty Aaro son; Bells: Margaret Sims, Winifred Montieth, Helen Smith; Dorothy Sara Sperry, Dorothy Grant, Claire Winifred Montieth Gilis | tieth, Florence Ratowsky, Helen Smith; Triangles: Anne | Sims, Rachel Gregg, June Rowland; Drum, Kenneth Blank- Doris Nehrig, Rachel Gregg William Williamson, Kenneth Blankenhorn I'HE CONTENTED FAIRY (Trio)... Florence Ratowsky, Helen Smith, Margaret Sims PYROLIENNE Liat a ii Rachel Gregg Kenneth Blankenhorn of Miss Brown Give Pleasing Recital ... Kroeger | n- | June Rowland, Anne Grant, Victoria " : Anne Sims, Doris | FLOWER SONG | SUNBEAM CAPRICE Ketterer ’ { POLISH DANCE ... - Piano, Mary Stoltz; serunsirintise Spaulding | ty Hornauer, Dori | Margaret Sims, Dorc Behr | enhorn. READING ........cooen | . Hackh | ARAGONAISE |TO A WILD ROSE THE BROORDBET. (TTI0) cine isis ais Zilcher | Betty Aaronson, Victoria Aaronson, Josephine Galiardi | RUSTLING OF SPR HAUNTOF THE PAIRIES . Crosby | SOUVENIR . Rolfe | MINUET | IN THE PROCESSION (Quartet) ........ YMELODY OF LOVE nuvi Victoria Aaronson The following is -the program of a pleasing recital given by the pupils of Miss Helen i you, local music teacher, in the Community hall on Monday evening last. A good crowd attended. . Oesten | INNOCENCE ............. tes Rhett re setae A skein ten T. Maxson Viola Callahan warts oh Hewitt Sims, Betty Hornauer, Viola Callahan . Engelmann VE DERI, Veaares Lange June Rowland Virgil jetty Hornauer tress rrsstiniivturissinesBiviassinsinintasinreses Scharwenka ythym Orchestra Tambourines, Victoria Aaronson, Bet- Nehrig; Castenets: Betty AaTenson, thy Grant; Bells: C. Winifred Mon- PART TWO. Selected Marguerite Sharbaugh LAWSON [SONATA IN DD ...cnmmnmsnimsirivemmisinisessonsrise Hayden Mary Stoltz Aina Clo Massetret Jarolyn Weakland .... Bachmann | BARCAROLLE ...........ccccoviiiui Cre sedans seas Lack h . Helen Kollar seid RCISSUS hana As tense Nevin SE - A. Trojelli Raho Margaret Debulis TARANTELLE ........ “ i Heller . Engel Helen Bender | VENETIAN GONDOLA SONG ....cccovvveernnnnnn Mendelssohn erissiesnsanerss Spaulding Mary Anna MELODY IN F (Duet) ........;ccaciimmomibss Rubinstein eet Rummel | » Margaret Debulis, Elizabeth Debul JIDILLIS: ..ovvvrititasssiessissssstssismersssrissesssusissssssstssssssss nsspsssssssasssnsasssses Lack Lange MacDowell Mary Westrick ING cisciarion inion diminispiisinie: Sinding Delores Lowman siertintives Drdla . Boccherini Cyril Wirtner DECISION OF REFREE IS RE- VERSED BY BOARD The decision of Refree Keefer in awarding compensation to Dr. D. J. Hopkins, of South Fork, has been re- versed by the workmen's compensa- tion board. Appeal to the board was taken by the Burkett Coal Co. of South Fork from the ruling of Keefer. Hopkins claimed that while lifting a car back on the track Feb. 19, 1927, he suffered frcm a sudden develop- ment of hemorrhoids, due to the strain he underwent. The board in its re- v of the case said it felt Hopkins iled to show that the injury was directly due to the strain. As a fe- ult of that finding the board reversed the refree’s ruling and denied the man compensation. DEER FLEE FOREST FIRES CONTRARY TO TRADITION The statement that deer invariably run into forest fires instead of away from them has been disproved, accord- ng to a statement recently received by the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters form District For- ter Paul H. Mulford of the Tioga 'o district, with headquarters ag Wellsboro. During the Woodruff Hollow forest fire in Tioga county this spring, deer fled from the forest and sought refuge in an open field. They were observed to come out of the burning forest area in groups of three to five, and at one time district forester Mulford counted twenty deer standing in the center of one field. In an adjacent field twelve deer had congregated. MITRO STAKA KILLED IN STERLING OPERATION Mitro Straka, 37, married and the father of four children, was instantly killed Friday morning by a fall of rock in Mine No. 6 of the Sterling Coal Co. near Bakerton. Straka, who was taken from the mine with the left side of his body and his head horribly crushed resided with his fam- ily at Spangler. BY-PLAY WHEN PA IS SICK. When Pa. is sick, he’s scared to death, An’ Ma an’ us just holds our breath. He crawls in bed, an'puffs an’grunt, And does all kind of crazy stunts. He wants ‘Doc’ Brown, & mighty quick For when Psa’s ill he's awful sick, He grasps and groans, an’ sort o’ sighs, He talks so queer, an’ rolls his eyes, Ma jumps an’ runs, an’ all of us, An’ all the house is in a fuss. An’ peace an’ joy is mighty skeerce When Pa-is sick, it’s something fierce 'N MA IS SICK When Ma is sick she pegs away, She's quiet, though, not much ’ say, She goes right on a-doin’ things, An’ sometimes laughs, or even sings She says she don’t feel extra well, But then it's just a kind o’ spell. She'll be, all right tomorrow, sure, A good old sleep will be the cure. An’ Pa he sniffs an’ makes no Kick For women folks is always sick. An’ Ma, she smiles, lets on she’s glad- When Ma is sick it ain't bad. IT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY. To apologize, To begin over. To admit error, To be unselfish, To take advice, To be charitable, To be considerate To keep trying, To think and then act, To profiit by mistakes, To forgive and forget, To shoulder a deserved blame, BUT IT ALWAYS PAYS. Xe Eb mn Office in the Good Building. aI] IM] 1 I 0 Arm { Parnell, Cowher % Co { TUT WTA fd 666 tour of construction inspection, really Cures Malaria and quickly relieves Biliousness, Headaches and Dizziness due to temporary Constipation. Aids in eliminating Toxins and is highly es ———— > ; teemed for producing copious watery evacuations, : | FRIGIDAIRE | The Electric Refrigerator made and | guaranteed by the Great General Motors Corporation, Four out of every five El ectric Refrigerators is a FRIGIDAIRE More than 450,000 satisfied users. Priced from $180 up. | L. E. KAYLOR, { Dealer, 4 EBENSBURG, PA. ARR seeking ideas for a proposed home of his own. At sight of this house he stopped. That is the sort of house it is. It hits you right be- tween the eyes with its impressiveness. It has variety far above the so small, the interest, there ture. And no monotony. The brick used in this particular home .-. The Common Brick Manufacturers’ Association, on brick construction sent upon request, OH Bome ik A A Al. HIS home was added to our collection in rather an unusual however, of the house itself as it ap- pears amid its sister residences of frame construction in Shaker Heights, Cleveland, The man who discovered it, or, more properly speaking, to whom it reached out compell- ingly and stopped, was driving around on a ] is patternwork. in the paneling, and stucco with English timbered treatment to complete the very effective pic- DC re TET - ¥ E THE Tt SCUMBIA—DESIGN A470 were run of kiln maMner, typical, clinkers, and all stood « ut in its s pleted. ose Appeal Is fncia delicate touch of fire flashings. common’ brick, varying in colors «ccording to theiy exposure to the fire in the burning, with here and there a few of them enlivened by the : The house urroundings like a fire bush in a thicket and sold long before it was com- One can readily see why, Its interior ar- rangement is just as delightful as its exterior appearance. There is consider- usual in a home . There is stone tossed randomly into the common brick walls and, adding to living room, well fast nook and ki the living room, ( the second floor rooms, an ample easily room. be conve Cleveland, Ohio, can furnish complete ably more living Space than one would expect in a home of its size and the arrangement is most convenient. An exceptionally large lighted dining room, break- tchen, with a sun room off ‘omprise the first floor. On are four comfortable bed- bath and a dressing closet over the sun room, y hich, if desired, might rted into a cozy sewing drawings for this design, Leaflet EGENT D INT Folks In the N munities Wh ed the Ur William William Davidso: former South For! the County Home 7:30 o'clock on TI last week. Death w mona. He had beer The deceased was County Home in 1 married. The body was « Fork friends and w funeral services air Mrs. Rach Mrs. Rachel Wag two year sof age ar ber of the Brethrel bria county, and Wagner, died at the ter in Jackson tow She is survived children and grand neral services were | of the Brethren at on Monday afternc was in: the church ALTOONA LA Ferle Wesner, age Wesner of Altoona day evening in Sou was struck by an a been visiting his gra is suffering of concv and is a patient at hospital in Johnsto Mrs. Hannah | Mrs. Hannah Cro aged 60, wife of Isa of Ehrenfeld, died la at the home of a « ham. She was born is survived by a nu € in th m ev ur wi an CO ca ch th. pe ru cal of co CO! cal
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