Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1905-09-28
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Local and Personal Events
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T.. ]. Mullen transacted business
at Dushore Monday and Tuesday.
Regular services at Nj +. church
at 7 o'clock next Sunday evening.
Theme: 1.-The Doctrine OF Hell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Eddy spent
a day last week with Miss Edith
Eddy at Mawr Glen.
After another pleasant season
spent IN Laporte, Mr.. Ellery p. Ing
ham and family left Wednesday for
their winter home in New York
Thomas f. Kennedy has been at
the home of his sister, Mrs. John
Gallagher at Jamison City, on ac-
count of the critical illness OF his
nephew.
Mr.. j. G. Culver who has been en-
ployed at Ridgway for the past few
weeks, returned home Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph McIntire
spent Sunday with his parents at
Overton.
Mrs. j. II, McIllvain and child
rem are the guests of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Funston ON
Main Street.
w. II. Helm who has been en-
ployed at Powell during the sum-
mcr has returned home.
Mrs. Muchler, wife of Harry
Muchler of Nordmont died Tuesday
night after an illness of several
months.
Invitations are out announcing
the marriage OF Miss Myrtle Bryan,
of Hillsgrove to Rev S. II. Engler,
of Medix Run, both formerly of this
place, at LaPorte NJ. +. church, Oct
ober ii, 1908, at high noon.
Williamsport will celebrate her
centennial in July, 1906. Although
IL hundred years old, the city puts
so much ginger into everything she
does that the celebration will be
worth going many miles to see.
After being idle nea. ly all summer
the tannery has commenced opera
tions, but for how long we cannot
state. A. w. Buckley, son Of Supt.
Buckley, is boss tanner. 1t is not
running with a full force Of hands
at the present time.
The Williamsport poStoffice re-
Gently cashed a money order that
had the original amount of twenty
five cents raised to $50, by a slick
swindler who it is supposed used an
acid to erase the % cents and sub
stitute $50 on the face of the order.
Poultry growers say that turkeys
have not been so scarce for years az
they are ut the present time, that
very few young fowls have been
hatched They say that very few Of
the tables of even the wealthy, will
be graced by this delicious fowl on
Thanksgiving or Christmas.
An exchange says ii is graceful
courtesy to the guests who may be
visiting you to see that their names
are furnished to the local newspaper
for mention in the personal column.
If the guest in looking over the local
paper see scores of other visitors
mentioned and his or her name ON
mittcd they are apt to feel sighted.
Four school directors in Wilkes
Barre township, Luzerne county. are
under arrest, accused of accepting
bribes to secure positions for teachers
and for having regularly received
hribes from teachers for years to keep
them in their positions.
No better investment can be made
by a town 0r city than that for
paved and clean streets. Give the
people along any throughfare nicely
paved and clean streets and they will
in few years return the cost with
interest in taxes. Noone will estab-
lish home along dusty or muddy
road if he can ind a nicely paved
street for the purpose. Improve the
streets and the builders will do the