Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-04-23
Columns Of Interesting
Items Gathered by Our
Special Corps Of Hustlins
Correspondents III
Many Towns.

er Of Hughesville, and it will very
much strengthen the staff fer thu
greatly increased business of thu
looming season.
Chief Burgess Pealc has the log
train at work on the Eagles Mere r
r. and is doing rushing business
He will have a full stock for this
season.
The new wing added to John
Haymen's cottage is completed and
is decided improvement.
/ Contractor A. G. Little has great.
ly added to the looks of Mrs. G. G.
McCormick's cottage by placing an
addition to the eastern end and by
putting the entire inside in thorough
repair. Frank Little is in charge of
the work.
The improvement committee of
the Eagles Mere Land Company, has
not yet been up to lay out the work
for removing their old ice house
from the hundred foot reserve to a
more convenient and less CONSPICUOUS
place. Truth is, those fellows "down
country" don't think that we have
yet thawed out. This is to notify
them that we have, and that we are
willing to stand around and watch
them make Improvements on the
boat and bath houses, or on any
other cold thing" they may feel
able to.
A number of the head men of the
Eagles Mere railroad were in town
the other day, planning what to do
in the way of fixing up things apout
the railroad station etc. We have it
on good authority that a',e station
Improvements promised the Business
Mems League last fall will be carried
out. A member of the Post Office
Club came back from watt ching the
railroad gentlemen walking around
the station while planning the inn
provements, shaking his head and
looking very glum. When asked
the trouble, he said: "Well, if l
ran this dinged town / would have
that depot chained down and keep er
couple of fellers with loaded shot
guns around that air depot night and
day. That's what l would. Just
mark my words / believe we will
lose that air buildin'.
If it wasn't little sad, it would
really be amusing. We mean the
position many country newspapers
are taking on the Salus Libel bill.
The big dailies of the city are print
ing right out in big letters the
names of the country newspapers
which will say something mean
about the bill, and in return they
say something nice about the country
editor and tell what great influence
his paper has. In ordinary times
this quoted below is what the city
editor teaches his readers about the
kind of news the country newspaper
furnishes it's readers. We quote:
"The following items recently ap-
peared in the weekly-'Jane = has
purchased new red parasol with red
silk tassels which look very pretty
when she walks along the street and
the wind is blowing hard enough to
make them wave.-Jake b is
building new pig pen. Bet his nice
white Chester pigs like Jake better
than ever.-Who WIS that fellow
sitting on the church steps Sunday
night with a bundle of calico in his
arms. The yearly donation party
to Rev. p who is so we'll beloved
by all christians here amounted to
four dollars & something. Little
Willie dead and gone, And poor
poor papa is all alone, oh all wick
ed things is wrong, And we must
all atone"
This is good example of the way
the country newspaper is quoted
when its influence is not wanted.
Then again the daily helps (?) the
country newspaper is another way.
1t selects from its pages throughout
the week all articles likely to be OF
interest to the country man, and
sells him a l6 page paper of well
selected reading at price per yeal
below what the country newspaper
, man has to pay his "devil'' for roll
: ing forms for one issue of his paper
Why a respectable country news