Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-05-21
ALTOON M.

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where the springs of the Juniata
river start, hes Altoona. What the
smooth sounding word Altoona
means Is for Philologists to discover.
There are people who believe it to
b. IN Indian name meaning, "high-
llnt Of great worth, but when thev
are confronted with the fact that
awcr up IL the north Of Europe. IN
H'lst,iu. uu the lsw!auds near the
sea ,here is an Altoona. they shake
their heads IN doubt rs 70 its Indian
origin, Tor when were the Indians in
uGrtI EuruI-, OF who in the long pre-
historic time carried an Trdian high
land Came, and applied it 10 a place
in the far away lovlaud country
across the sea
Rapid as has been the growth of
the Pennsylvania Altoona, il was not
brought INTO being by the mythical
wand Of the magician, hut by the
systcmizei ceutraGzIug trade and
travel transportation interests Of one
of the most powerful railroad organ
izptIuus in the world The Penn
sylvaGia Railroad Comp ny is one Of
the great organizations that Is engag-
ed IN the herculeun struggle for the
mastery Of the through trade and
travel transportation of the CONT
uCut, and Altoona Is one Of the
points along its route wh.ra IT ex
peuds p. rtiou uf it, energy and
money for repairs aud transportation
supplies, and IL VIII continue to grow
during th" railroad age which Is
ye nm Its infancy or until some fu-
turo day new railroad directory,
my deem 1t proper To concentrate
the forl-s now at Altoona some
vh,rs else.
Such things take place.
Constantine moved the capital
from Rome % Cpustaufiuopie.
4 new directory or n new Pharonl ?
arose among the Egyptians who /
knew not Joseph. but Altoona is safe .
for generation to cDmc, after t.
tina. who knows
A WOMAN N II. !
1t l. only forty years Of age, and .
as everything Important must needs
have a woman IN T., 50 must Altoona. /
The woman appears at the beginning
when the brgain was made for the
first plot Of ground where the Logan
house stands and where the original
shops are located. \ Phila lelphIa
LAWYER had been sent to buy prop
ertv Of 30 acres owned nv De- ~
''-'''-' -. The owners price was
known To- bo $4,000. The railroad
Company was determined on acguir-
ing the farm, and To- provide against
all possibilities Of % failure of pur-
chase q letter was sent to the attoru-
cv 10 not miss huviug even if Lc had
to pay 10000 While the lawyer
was ut Robson $ house he had &C
casiDu 10 walk IN the ward and there
accidentally dropped the letter.
NIr~. Robson came that way, found
it, read it, called her husband out Of
the house, r,a it to him and said
There Is four thousand more YOU
can get for the farm. Get 1t, put
the sale off for dav and raise the
price" All, said Robson, ''the
bargain for $4,000 Is about com
plets, but the quick Wit Of the wo-
man was equal for the occasion.
Sand she, tell tho lawyer your wife
Will not Join with YOU in the deed.
That settled IT, They got tine SO,
600 Other farms have been alb
sorhci hy this railroad plant The
city ha, extended itself on every
side. aud new shops not vet com Plet-
eel, that will employ several thou
sand men hayc been built, miles
away from where the deal with RoL-
isou and his wife vas made.
THIS J7 rHE MECCA 1
to which thousands of men are flock
ing not for religious purpose, to bow
the knee to a new Prophet, but 10
catch thS American god, the al
mighty dollar, which tbs railroad
company ISSUES with Lavish hon.
every mouth to it, ..,por devotees
Iuete "r- many Juniltu county men
ere, aud tayy are getting their
share Of tn. dollars. but this Is not
only good place e. get dollars, but
1t Is n good place
FOR NNRRINGEAELE WOMEN,
who are candidates for matrimony
to get each u husband, and the IA
ther, who has family of grown .
daughters and desires TO have them |
married may d1 Vel G., move to the |
Mountain City. Non are plenty |
who get big wages and who are tired !
of boarding h'uS, and hotel life, and |
who ior4 for their own individual .
vine and liz tree habitutiou.
MICH MAY BE SAID
Of this young city Of 10000 people. |
There are few poor peopls within its
limits Ii draws its food supply
from the vallies that nestle between
the spurs Of the Allegheny range Of
mountains and reaches rs far down
the Juuiuta Valley as Mitfliu for
many of the good things to eat, thus
proving the general benefit that
arises from diversified industry.
If all the people of Altoona were
sent back to the farms to make their
living, the splendid home mark,
that Altoona now furnishes for hun
directs Of farmers would be DESTROYED
and the farmers would be out of that
much cash with which they now
supply their homes with the luxuries
of life
John Stahl from Bavaria, Germany.
built the first house. Shere the Red
I.vOu n ,tcI stands Ab,ut +ba tiu,a