Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-05-28
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vile, is visiting her mother at this
place.
Editor Carol of the Dushore
Herald, paid this Office a short Wis
it on Monday.
Memorial services will be held
in the court house on Saturday a.
2. p. m.
A May snow storm in Montana
has killed 900, 900 lambs. This reads
the record of day in wall street.
Mrs. w. F. Randall and Miss
Josephene Swarts, of Dushore, left
Monday for a western trip to Chicago
and Minneapolis.
Henry Stepp was summoned from
his work at Ellenton to Pennsdale,
by the serious illness of his father,
on Wednesday.
The commencement program OF
Upsala College Of New Orange, N.
j., has Floyd Finkle, formerly OF
Laporte, as one of the graduates
in the book keeping department..
A new tent of the knights Of the
Macabees will be organized at
Muncy Valley, in the Canada Ho-
tel building, on Wednesday, June
8, at s O'Clock p. m.
Tonsorial artist J. P. Kennedy
is located in the village shop this
week, dispensing with boards, and
receiving his usual fee with COM
pliments for quick work.
Senator Deboe declares that Bryan
is the cause of the carnival of crime
in Kentucky. This is only one of
Bryan s crimes. His wrecking OF
the democratic harmony train is the
Mrs. G. S. Eddy who was reported
as convalescing after an operation,
suffered a relapse last Sunday and
for time her condition was very
critical. She is again improving
and friends are now hopeful of her
recovery.
The popularity of the News Item
throughout the county was empha-
sized in court this week, when in the
selection of jury for the murder
trial nearly every witness testified
that he read of the affair in the
News Item.
The rumor that found fits way in
to these columns last week to the eff
feet that the non-uniOn men at Ber-
nice were on strike, proved to be
untrue. Work is progressing as us
ual. AS we now understand no dis
tinction is being shown the union
and non-union men when services
are needed.
The stave factory closed for the
season on Tuesday, having complet.
ed the cutting of all the stock placed
in the yard last winter. The facto'
ry this year has turned out the larg.
oct ,,,,, or nf sfax,nc IN tbo chprtaSt
space of time yet accomplished
VIM. Sykes has been in charge OF
the work and the capable hands Ihe
selected accounts for the good results
The work of jointing the slaves an6
loading on cars, will commence al
once.
The court room has been uncom
fortably crowded this week witt
spectators to hear witnesses testify
to the ill treatment of an aged al
infirm woman by her son. Had al
these deeds been acts of kindness th'
case would not have been considered
interesting enough to have even at
tracted the attention of the jury
1t would have taken an endles
amount of good deeds enacted TO
VIM. Saam to have attracted sucl
wide attention and notoriety. Th'
public pays too high a premium TO
badness. Fact is, it's not popular t
be good these days. Virtue is onl.
a name.
1t is reported that Laporte vii
have a grand celebration on th
4th of July. Rev. j. A. Enrigh
will bring his annual church excur
sion to this place on that date,
rumor be correct. Further partie
ulars and announcement will b
published in later issue.
Cattle owners of this Borough ar
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