Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-04-21
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Judge and Mrs. f. M. Durham
are in Tunkhannock this week.
Mrs. F.. +. Wrede and daughter
Bessie spent Wednesday in William
sport.
Herman Green of Hillsgrove, Wis
tied his sister, Mrs. l.. Il. Gumble,
this week.
Miss Emma Spencer is spending
week with relatives in William
sport.
Mrs. b. S. Cowell returned Satur-
day after spending week in To-
wanda.
Mrs. f. III. Cook returned to her
home in Athens Saturday after
spending week in town.
A. e. Trip has been awarded the
contract for erecting dwelling house
at Jamison City for the Elk Tanning
Company.
DIR. and Mrs. w. III. Randall left
on Tuesday for a ten days visit with
friends in Williamsport and Phila-
delphia.
Miss Name Fries returned home
Sunday after a few weeks visit to
her sister, Mrs. j. l.. Farrell at Du-
shore.
Miss Josephine Hamman, of Mar.
tinsburg, w. Va, spent Sunday with
her cousin Mrs. G. l.. Wing.
The Laporte High School COM
mencement exercises will be held in
the Court House Friday evening,
April %. A cordial invitation is
extended to the public.
George Craft of Shrewsbury town.
ship, who was candidate for the
Democratic nomination for sheriff
several years ago, suffered paralyt-
ic stroke last Sunday.
With the thermometer nearing
zero Tuesday night and a rough
blizzard Wednesday, drove the early
robbins from our midst and set the
farmers to meditating on their spring
planting.
Sheriff Cott in company with +.
NJ. Crossley conveyed James Shev-
cling to the Danville asylum the
early part of this week.
Mrs. Wilcox and daughter Miss
Eva, of Buffalo, n. y. were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Culver,
the fore-p part of this week.
Mr.. Walter Lowe of Laporte Twp.
recently left for the state of Wash
ington where he will join his brother
Parker who went west several
months ago.
The entertainment given at the
Methodist church last Saturday even
ing proved a success in every way.
A full house showed their apprecia-
ton of the efforts of those who took
part in the amusing farce. Over S26
was realized from the sale of seats.
Hon. Fred p. Vincent the newly
appraiser of the port of
Philadelphia received happy sur
prise as he reached his Office to en-
ter upon his new duties. a recep-
ton was rendered him by the en-
ployees of his Office. Flowers of all
kinds filled every nook and Granny
of the appraisers office. Behind
Mr.. Nincent's chair was a horseshoe
of roses intertwined with green, his
desk was almost hidden by an i'm
mense boquet of American Beauty
roses, palms and carnations filled
every available place in the large
office Concealed among the flowers
were cages of singing birds. AS Mr..
Vincent entered his Office, the sur
prise was pleasing. The entire Office
force was Immediately marshalled
in from another door, and passing
in review rendered their congratula-
tons.
Andrew Carnegie's establishment
of a fund for the benefit Of heroes
who save life and suffer injury in the
act and for the benefit of their depen-
dents if they suffer death is some
thing new in the pensioning way.
Nothing of the kind has ever been
undertaken before. Hundreds of
lives are saved each year by brave
rescuers. Often the rescuer receives
permanent injury. Occasionally he