Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-08-11
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Local and Personal Events
Tersely Told.
Meet me at the lawn fete.

Ia, II NlSitiiiS Nv UiV ASeo'S
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Higley are
visiting their daughter, Mrs. VIM.
Finkle, at ROselle Park, N. j.
Arrivals at the Mountain House -
Joseph II. Murrell, wife and family,
Sayre Pa, Miss Lula Mangold, Phila-
delphia, Mrs. Joseph Gregg, Sayre,
II. Harland Kerrett, Norristown,
Miss +. SouthwOrth, Philadelphia.
A lawn fete will be held on the
Rectory grounds next Tuesday even
ing, August l6. Surprise bags, ice
cream and candy Will be for sale.
All be there.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. b. Ritter and
family of this place and Mrs. Leo
Wrede of Satterfield, Mr.. and Mrsl
Sam Ritter of Muncy Valley spent
Sunday at Highland Lake.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Jackson died on Friday
of last week after and illness of Il
week. Interments ut DushOre Gem
etery on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kennedy
and family of this place drove to
Jamison City on Sunday to visit the
formers mother.
Mr.. Jacob and Simon Fries and
mother, and Mrs. John Frisby and
grandson Leslie Cowell, all of this
place took in the excursion to Har-
veys Lake on Thursday of last week.
Mrs. Edward Schrader and family
left on Tuesday for months visit
with friends in Bradford County and
York State.
Mr.. and Mrs. w NJ. Cheney have
returned from the big Fair at st.
Louis, where they spent about a
month.
Mr.. and Mrs f.. j. Mullen were
buolIpIt NiNitoIS 4hoiltttS.
Miss Eliza Shaut has returned
from visit with Mrs. J. w. Pier
son and family at Bloomfield, n. j.
Mrs. Burnley of Philadelphia, and
Miss Shank of Williamsport are the
guests of DR.. and Mrs. w. III. Ran
dali.
The Sullivan County Telephone
Co. now has its line completed from
Forksville and Estella to Dushore.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Walsh of Ringdale, died Sat
urday, August 9Th, after brief i'll
ness, aged five months.
The Laporte schools will open
August Both, with James M. Stroll
as principal, Miss Anna Burns,
teacher of the intermediate grade
and Miss Jessie Wrede, teacher of
the primary department.
Mrs. Leo Wrede and Mrs. Del Ben.
nett Of Satteriield spent Thursday Of
last week with the formers parents
Mr.. and Mrs. w. b. Ritter.
The Senatorial cOnferees of Snyd-
er, Union and Northumberland cOun-
ties met at Selingrove this morning.
| No action was taken until after din
ner, when fourteen ballots were TAX
en- ending i'm ii tie. On the fthtnen
tn ballot the cOnferees of FOcht vOt-
ed for Herman and the conferees of
Herman voted for Godcharles. This
made Godcharles and Herman 3.
On the sixteenth ballot Godcharles
was the unanimous choice of the
conferees Bloomsbury daily.
As the result of the general in
crease in business and consequent be-
lief that price of all commodities
will harden and then advance, the
railroads are already looking out for
rails for 1908 delivery. Three big
systems are in the market bidding.
There orders annually exceed 800,
600 tons,
Ira Irwin, II years old,Of Watson
town, who is a nephew of Mrs. M.
f.. Reeder, and who will be remem-
bered by many of the people OF
Laporte, having spent a summer
here with Mr.. and Mrs. Reeder, had
his left foot crushed so badly in at
tempting to board moving freight
train on the Reading railroad, that
the member had to be amputated
above the ankle.
Mr.. G.. II. Funston has rented his
lcottage overlooking Lake MokOma,