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H. A. Barr, Mount Joy, Penna.
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Everything for the Living Room,
Porch and Lawn--Low Prices
To-day we offer a delightful assortment of comfortable Rock-
ers and Arm Chairs, in bright and cheerful finishes. Choice of Reed,
Rattan, Fibre Rush and Old Hickory.
Settees, Swings and Tables.
USE OUR PROMPT SERVICE FOR
Awnings, Slip Covers, Window Shades, Curtains, Carpet
(compressed air) Carpet Re-laying.
TAEKING MACHINES
Come in and hear the ‘“Vitanola,”” the sensation of the Talking
Machine World. Prigés from $22.50 to $145.
REFRIGERATORS
Full assortment of all the latest improved Refrigerators; a
dozen different makes to choose from; $11.00 to $55.00.
Cleaning
Westenberger, Maley & Myers
125-131 East King Street LANCASTER, PA.
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Both Telephones MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
SOLE AGENT FOR CORE ROOEING. NO. 1 CEDAR
SHINGLES ALWAYS ON ND. ALSO SIDING, FLOORING,
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, LATHS, ETC. AGENT
FOR LEHIGH PORTEAND CEMENT, ROOFING SLATE AND
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Furniture
I will contistie the furniture
business on the second floor of the
Engle Building, with a complete
and. dp-to-date line of all kinds of
_fdrniture. Prices are very reason-
"able. When in need of furniture
call and see me.
Kopauing 20d Painting a Specialty
Special Attention Given to REMODLING ANTIQUE FURNITURE
H. ENGLE,
West Malin St.,
MOUNT JOY, PA.
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THE KODAK
Story is a continued and never con-
cluded story that grips and fascinates
every member o fthe family. Per-
haps it may be a picture story of the
home folks—of imteresting places and
still more intéresting folks. You can
make it" history with an AUTO-
GRAPHIC KODAK, for you date it
when you take it.
A FULL LINE OF KODAKS AND
KODAK SUPPLIES FOR SALE.
W. B. BENDER
MOUNT JOY, PA.
NURSERY STOCK AT ONE-THIRD AGENTS PRICES,
million trees and rome bush wc planter. Trees, Roses, Plants, Shrubs. shipped on aapravals
isco Suue buss prt oney saving catal and ides eis ou all about varie
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MOUNT JOY BULLETIN,
be made on the spot. The trucks are
equipped with electrie lights so that
the work can be carried on at night.
Many of the chemists and bacteriolo-
gists assigned to the mobile labora-
tories were formerly connected with
municipal water works and filtration
plants.
WEEKLY WAR
NEWS DIGEST
STORIES OF ACTIVITIES AND
CONDITIONS THRUOUT THE
U. S. AND ON THE BAT-
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Conscientious Objectors Decide to Go
Into Fighting-Branches
Conscientious objection to military
rvice may be brushed aside by
ndly argument and reason the
Department learns through re
Richard C. Stoddard,
Julian W. Mack, Chicago, and
Harlan F. Stone, Columbia
Law School, a board de
signed by Secretary of War Baker
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Inspectors Will Care for Health of
Women Workers
Health of women workers in muni-
tion plants will be looked after by
women health officers who are to be
trained under the direction of the
Women’s Division of the Industrial [to confer personally with such ob-
Services Section of the Army Or-|jectors at the training camps.
dnance Department. S " At Camp Gordon, Atlanta, there
An eight week’s course of study|was an unusually large number of
for carefully selected women health [hen segregated as objectors. Kindly
officers has opened at Mount Holyoke [|ogic used by the special board re-
College, Mass. The course is under |gsulted in 72 of the number accepting
the general direction of Dr. Kristine | noncombatant service, and 12 with
Judge
Dean
University
Mann, health supervisor of the|drew objection or announced they
woman's Branch of the Ordnance had misunderstood the original ques-
Department. The staff of lecturers| ions. )
and instructors include well-known The board accepted as sincere the
specialists in physiology and hygiene, [convictions of 23 members of re-
physical education, factory organiza-|ligious denominations opposed to any
tion, and labor. .. {form of military service and recom-
Women taking the course are col-| mended them for furlough at a pri-
lege graduates or of equivalent tech-|yate’s pay. There was doubt in four
nical education. Almost all of them [cases and the board recommended
have had experience in dealing with |the men be sent to Fort Leavenworth
working women. First requirement | for further examination
for admission to the course is Fifty-four men failed to convince
perfect health, and only those were|the board of their inability to take up |
selected who will inspire wholesome
living among the munition workers.
Navy Department Tells of Fighting
Near the Clouds
military service without violation of
their conscences and must accept ser {
vice specified for them by the com
manding officer or stand court
martial. Eight claimed to be citizens |
Ensign Stephen Potter Inite . .
x Sgt ep otter, L ted of enemy countries but had no way |
States Naval Reserve Force, killed in snbstantinti ) y |
] d 2 2 or | of substantiating their claims and it |
action with German planes April 25] ° :
; : = was held should mot be _so classed
last, was the first American naval The. board tailed: to. cain {
aviator to shoot down and destroy a - an examine Jou
) 4h ) others who were in hospital. |
German seaplane, according to a
Navy Department statement. More Small Arms for Expeditionary
Che report states that on March Forces; Production Cost Drops
1918, a long-distance reconnais-
German coast was made
American flying boats
operating from a British Royal Air
Force station. Ensign Potter was
one of two American naval aviators
accompanying this expedition, and
Potter was successful in shooting
down a German seaplane which at-
tacked the reconnaisance formation.
A second enemy seaplane found
safety in running away.
Potter’s death reflects credit on his
courage. He was killed in a fight with
seven enemy single-seaters. He was| quently continue in action effective-
second pilot to a British Air Force|ly The .45 caliber was adopted by
captain, who was with him when he | the nited States Army in 1911. :
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ance of the
by large
German timidity before American
pistol fighters armed with American |
15 caliber automatic pistols has |
brought about a change in the
equipment of the American Expedi-
tionary Forces by the War Depart-
ment, and the Ordnance Department
is rushing production of these weap- |
ons. About 3,000 are turned out
daily and production is increasing.
The impression exists that a shot
from an American .45 takes a man
out of action completely. Men hit
from the smaller German pistols fre-
shot down the German plane in Despite the heavy increased de-
March. Two British planes had flown | jand for these pistols the ammuni-
to a point 6 miles from Hinder|tion branch of the Ordnance Depart
when two enemy planes head-
ed toward them. The British planes
closed on the nearest German and
opened fire. Two more hostile planes
then appeared overhead and attacked
vigorously, while three other enemy
planes passed astern. The two British
planes dived and speeded westward
under continuous volleys from the
rear. One of the Germans disap-
peared.
Of the seven Germans in action,
four were attacking Potter, who fell
behind his eompanion and began to
zigzag. Potter dodged, but was
broadside to all the enemy machines| Government rifles now cost $29 each,
and under their fire only 50 feet|, peduction of $13 each
from the water. His companion, :
250 feet above, saw Potter’s ma-
chine burst into flame, come down
part of the way under control, then
crash on the port wing tip. Potter
was seen last on the surface of the
water amid flames, which turned sud-
denly to a huge cloud of smoke.
When the pall had cleared not even
wreckage was visible and the circling
enemy disappeared,
New Shell-Loading Plant Will Handle
52,000 Shells a Day
Quantity if not capacity shipments
will start soon from a new Govern-
ment shell-loading factory in New
Jersey, one of four such Govern-
ment plants each of which is larger
than any similar plant in the world.
When turning out 52,000 loaded
shells a day under full operation the
plant will use 2,000 tons of shells and |, oqinst private labor recruiting goe
explosives daily, the products of some |i ty effect on August 1 BE
75 factories. More than 5,000 work- at . |
men will be required. Plans contem-| Demand for Veterinary Surgons is
Light, ment has effected a saving during the
past two calendar months of nearly
$2,000,000, mostly on small arms am-
munition, such as .45 caliber ball
cartridge, .30 shells, and on clips and
Dando ions.
The total savings by
Department for these
through salvage, waste
and the utilization or sale
ed materials have aggregated
$8,757,025. Cost of Vickers ma-
chine guns has been reduced $322.35
each; Colt machine guns, $284.16
each; Lewis machine guns, $ each.
the Ordnance
two months
prevention,
of discard-
Demand for Labor to Result in
Nation-Wide Search
Every community will be combed
for war workers. War industries are
short nearly 400,000 common labor
ers, and lack of workers in the coal-|
mining industry is imperilling all war
production. There is also a serious
shortage of skilled labor. One of the
largest munition plants, turning out
heavy caliber guns, is short 2,000
machinists.
The United States
eSrvice will begin an intensive re-
cruiting of workers for war work
from the non-essential industries.
Employment offices will be increased
and the force of local agents and
traveling examiners will be enlarged
and sent into every community that
relief may be given before the ban
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Employment
plate the employment of a large num- Filled for the Present
ber of women. The marking of The Army has sufficient veteri-
shells to designate size, load, and|narians, Sure. Gen. Gorgas an-|
range will require 250,000 operations [nounces. Examinations for commis-
each day, sions in the Veterinary Corps have |
The plant has a total area of ap-|closed. There is a waiting list of |
proximately 2,500 acres. More than |those eligible to commissions, and |
100 buildings, with an aggregate [until this list is exhaused there will |
floor space of 1,300,000 square feet,|be no more examinations. The corps |
| will provide storage for shells and|has 1,700 officers and 10.000 en-'
parts and for material, A small city, [listed men on active duty. |
with heating and lighting plants, wa- Veterinary graduates called by the
ter and sewage systems, hospitals, |draft will enter the Army service as |
fire-fighting plant, and restaurants, |privates. Later they will be allowed
was built to house the employes. |to take examinations for veterinary |
There is equipment to protect the |oflicer commissions to fill vacancies. |
health of those who work with poi-|{Men over the draft age and under 40 |
sonous gases, and a school for in-|may enlist as privates and secure an |
= | struction in the loading of artillery [equal chance with selected men for |
ammunition with high explosives. commissions. One hundred men are |
The operating plant consists of 13|graduated each month from the
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training school for commissioned vet
erinary officers on active duty at |
Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga Park,
shell-loading units, each independent
of the other, with equipment for
loading 13 sizes of shells, ranging
from the recently developed 37-milli- | Ga.
meter to 16 inches. On two sizes of Every hour is valuable in farm |,
shells the propelling charge also|work this year, warns the Depart-
being assembled at the plant. All|{ment of Agriculture. Avoid delays in |
other shells are assembled in France. | thrashing. Every hour a thrashing |
In the construction of the shell- [machine is kept idle because of |
loading units the problem was far Jreakase or bad adjustment means
time lost in the work of getting food
for the soldiers fighting to preserve |
American principles and America.
Much Wool Will Be Demanded for
Use by Army A
requirements of the Army
for wool look large. Besides clothing |
for the soldiers in France and at
home a reserve must be accumulated |
greater than one of mere building.
Immense fans have been installed to
dispose of the poisonous fumes from
the high explosives. When a unit is
in operation the air in the loading
room is changed every few minutes.
Specially designed suits will be worn
during work with the explosives.
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Medical Department Has Mobile Ap-
paratus to Provide Fresh Water sufficient to take care of any eme r-|
The American soldier in France |gency. |
gets pure drinking from mobile wa- There are large stocks of manu- |
ter trains. The trains are under the |factured clothing and cloth on hand |
{adequate for essential civilian needs, |
jurisdiction of the Army Medical De-
but woolen suits will not be cheap or
partment, They are miniature wa-
ter works, which chemically treat, |plentiful during the coming winter
filter, and sterilize water, making it |season.
fit for consumption. What municipal Wool stocks from abroad to sup-
water works do to insure healthful |plement the domestic supply. is re-
| stricted by shipping conditions. The
Shipping Board states the movement
of Argentine wool will be heavier
the coming year than in any preced-
ing year. But a large portion of the
raw wool stock in this country and
water to the people of a city these |
trains do for the soldiers.
A number of purification units
with attached motor-tank trucks con-|
stitute a train. Each unit is a com- |
plete filtration plant including labora- |
tory. Arriving at a stream it sets|stock to be produced or imported to
hose into the water and pumps the |January, 1920, will be needed for
water through a pressure tank. [ military uses.
Before the water passes through a| The war service committee of the
sand filter it is treated chemically to | National Association of Woolen
rid it of disease germs. The pure | Manufacturers and the American
water is pumped into tanks mounted | Association of Woolen and Worsted
on trucks, which carry the water to |Manufacturers conferred with the
the soldiers. | War Industries Board and repre-
Each mobile | sentatives from the Shipping Board,
water unit carries an
Trade Board, and Army and
expert chemist, bacteriologist, and | War
pump man. There is a complete | Navy over difficulties in the wool
laboratory in the front of the ma-|supply istuation. The policy of the
chine for the testing of the water. | War Industries Board is to regulate |
Tests are made every two hours or | prices and distribution when a scar-
more often when it is thought neces- | city due to Government demands.
sary. The water is lifted into the| The Department of Labor reports
filter by a gasoline pump engine, and | adjustment of 39 industrial disputes
a complete supply of extra pipes and | during a recent week. This is a
tools are carried so that all repairs, [record. Eleven strikes and two
either from accident or shell fire, can threatened strikes were adjusted. In
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of machinists at the Curtiss
[ plane Co. plant, Buffalo, where 300
men quit and 15,000 were affected
indirectly.
Uncle Sam's training camp
the commission. Smileage coupons
to the amount of $355,000 have been | |
redeemed to date. |
Nearly 2,000,000 girls and boys|
have volunteered for the United}
States Garden Army in the Depart-|
| ment of the Interior. Their service |
flag bears a crossed rake and hoe
{ on a field of white with a red border.
| as may be
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MOUNT JOY, PA.
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MAYTOWN, PA.
Opened For Business March 31, 1914
Condition at End of 4th Year, Mar. 30, 1918
. $115,000.00
650,805.38
$765.805.38
Responsibility of Partners $2,000,000.00
Capital and Surplus.
Deposits .... A ....
J Jor cent Interest Paid On Time Deposit
M. R. Hoffman
President y Cashier
N. F. ARNTZ |
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Help Yourself
and Help
Your Nation
YOU CAN INCREASE THE |
VALUE OF YOUR CORN CROP,
FEED MORE CATTLE AND PRO-
DUCE MILK AT LOWEST COST
WITH AN
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RAW MATERIALS THE EARLY BUYER IS APT TO BE THE LUCKY
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Don’t discard that pair of old shoes until you first see whether
they can’t be repaired at a nominal cost. Bring them here and
you'll be surprised how reasonable | can make them look like new.
That isn’t the only surprise you'll get either. My charges are very
OPEN EVENINGS.
reasonable.
H. Laskewiiz
MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
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cluded in the strikes settled was that
Aero-
theaters wil ldo a $3,500,000 business
in the first year of operation under
the Commission of Training Camp
Activities if the people back home
will provide the soldiers with their
tickets by sending them Smileage
Books, says the Smileage Division of
of
with the letters U. S. S. G. in blue
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The enlistment entails a pledge on
the part of the child to use efforts to
increase food production by cultiva-
ting one or more crops under a gar-
den superior or teacher chosen for |
this work and to make such reports
required.
It don't keep away
the Hail~It keeps
away the loss !
em eal I er
2 Pennsylvania farmers, are asked to Hail is an uncertainty, but if it comes
‘go over the top with the 1919 there is no uncertainty about its power
wheat crop and every available acre of destruclon. Protect your tobacco
should be sown this fall. | crop with a
Farmers are es to place their |
orders for fall fertilizers as early as |
| possible and dealers are urged to get
Hartford
Hail Policy
early shipments.
Eighteen prosecutions for the sale
of unregistered fertilizers have been |
brought by the Pennsylvania Depart-
ment of Agriculture in Berks, Car
bon, Erie, Luzern, Blair, Cambria, :
York, Delaware, Dauphin and Lack-| No uncertainty about the Hartford Fire
Insurance Company, which has promptly
paid every just claim for over a century.
t us tell you what a policy costs and
t it covers.
awanna counties.
The State farm tractors are ready |
to start in with the fall plowing cam-
paign and there are many requests
for their services from the large agri-
cultural counties.
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Dairy and Food Commissioner] 48 North Queen Street |
Foust has sent a warning to all LANCASTER, PA. | 5
wholesalers and retail grocers and
druggists against the sale of the so- |
called egg substitutes.
Bradford county i
have organized and hope to show a| A
big increase in the sheep industry. | UCTIONEER
Fred Brediopd of Troy, is the presi- | MOUNT JOY, PA.
dent. fere’s a chance for other] . . _
counties. The country needs wool. |. Prompt dttention given to the Call-
Over 1,200 samples of fertilizers | ing of Real Estate and Personal Prop-
have been taken by the State agents] erty Sales. Terms Wajerate, Ph }
and are now being analized to see | - one |
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thal, ghey me et with the advertise« | OLD FALSE TEETH WANTED
EE Loan im DON'T MATTER IF BROKEN. We/|
yay up to 15 dollars per t Also |
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Cheek sent
10 days for der’s ap-
Lame Shoulde:
This ailment is usually caused by
rheumatism of the muses. All that
is needed is absglwt® Test and a few |proval of our offer Mazer’s Tooth
applicationg=0T Chamberlain’s Lini-|Specialfy, Dept. A., 2007 S. 5th St.,|
mepkeTry it july 3-5t | Philadelphia, Pa may 22-9t
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Everything that
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Gloves, Sweaters, Shoes
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Everything that
a Man mayneed-
Hats, Caps, Stockings,
Shirts, or Clothing. We
have some very specicl
suits at $15.00 that you
should not fail to see on
Saturday.
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$ for the Children,
Boys or Girls
Suits for Boys, and
extra trousers, shirts, hat,
and caps. And Dresses
for the Girls.
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& save more money than
vou had thought possible
n these day of inflated
® friends of the Country
People, and Donovans is
is the only store that ever
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