The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-01-14
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Fine china dishes at Il. G. s. 1t
-Oil and gas leases at this office.
Walton leads the II all. Il. G. S.
-HopNin ins sells the Douglas shoes II
Lots of remnants at Heath & Feit's.
All winter hats at cost at Joyces mil
inery. A nice lot to select from. 1t
1.-The skating on lhe back channel is
fine and is being well patronized.
Nov is the time to buy your jacket If
you would get it cheap. Just u price.
Heath & Felt. 1t
1t is pleasing to note that the days are
growing perceptibly longer, especially at
the latter end.
The Sires Studio in this place will be
open on Saturdays only until further no.
tice. J. W. Sires, Prop. 1t
The prices on shoes, underwear,
shirts, capes. jackets, and iurs are inter-
esting. Come in Hopkins. 1t
The Epworth League will have a
dime social at the home of County Treas
urer +. A. Keller this Wednesday eve
ming. Everybody invited.
Hon Joseph c. Sibley, our dis
ilnguished Congressman, has the thanks
oIthe REPUBLICAN FIR number of valu-
able pubic documents recently received.
Your grocery bill is the important
item these days. Call on us and see il we
can't save you moneYa as well az supply
you with the best to be had in town.
White Star grocery. 1t
a Free Methodist quarterly meeting
will be held in the church here beginning
Friday evening, Jan. %, and continuing
over the Sabbath. Rev, NJ. b. Miller,
presiding elder, will be in attendance
and cona1unE Meetings.
"A rabN khn Library has been es-
tanlished at Endeavor and is proving a
decided success. Mrs. N. p. Wheeler,
with that generosity so characteristic of
her. presented a large number of year
memberships in the library as part of
her Christmas gilts.-Tidioute News.
The Warren poultry and pet stock
association is holding its annual exhibit
this week, and Tionesta is represented by
County Treasurer Keller, James Haslet,
Fred Rsib and Archie Davis, who have
each number of fine birds entered and
will no doubt bring home their share of
prizes.
To the newspaper man the difference
between advertising and news is as per-
cepiible as that exi ting between sin and
sanctity. His bread and butter depend
upon this difference and he is as little
justified in giving away his advertising
space rs would a merchant in banding
out a suit of clothes.
The first sleighs to be used on our
streets this winter came outon the Sth OF
December, and there has not been day
since that the sleghing has. not been
good, making over five weeks thus far
of SOLID winter weather and fine going.
Who would hav, the nerve to tell us this
isn't one of the old fashioned kind?
Tobacco dealers are receiving checks
from the Secretary of the Treasury for
the amount due them as rebate on their
stock held on July lst last, when the war
tax was abolished The dealers sent in
their claims during the month of July,
but the department has just gotten around
to paying them off. Ea h dealer was al
lowed 3-S cents per pound on all tobac-
co in stock on July lst.
For years IL has been the custom OF
the people ofCorry to run to the depot
when passenger train was due. This
was resorted to in order to give paSsen-
gers an idea that Cory was lively city.
Now the railroad detectives are breaking
up the practice Simply because Perry
Conley refused to remain away from the
depot at Cory Justice sent the poor ie'-
low to the Erie Jail for 30 days.
1--WE wish that some Of the officials,
whose duty it is to see that the ordinance
requiring property owners to clean the
snow from the sidewalks Is complied
with, had to ilosRder through the huge
drifts of snow fhgT'Ape sections of the
town, Then ~ Vld undoubtedly
endeavor. to enloru. the ordinance .
That's whit the Kane Republican wishes
but of course the item would not fit any
other town. No, Of course not.
The newspapers in this vicinity com
mented some of them at length upon the
tramp nuisance that is bothering the peo
pie of their towns. The people of War
rem have had little trouble with tramp'
within the past year and it may be truly
said that the establishment of the ston'
pile at the Jail has had good effect
Other towns than Warren have founC
that the policy of making the Knights o
the Road work before they eat work
well.-Mirror.
Rather tickle weather we have had il
the past week. Saturday evening tn
thermometer registered down close to tn
zero mark. Sunday evening about tn
same hour it rained a little. Monda!
morning the mercury had dropped agaiI
u within two degrees of the cipher AM
at 10 o'clock the same morning was dow
two degrees below. But why get uneas.
when the coolest weather is yet TO come
In two short psohably-su
making will be here, aud with that even
robins and bluebirds come, and the
spring, gentle spring, will he here. We'r
bound To take the rosy side Of things, ,ra
or shine, freeze or thaw.