Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1905-06-15
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School last week, and was class poet
of the, graduating class.
Mrs. Harry Spencer of William
sport, is spending few days with
friends in town.
Mrs. Henry Tripp of Elmira, is
visiting her brother, G. l.. Wing,
and other relatives here.
Miss Edith Eddy of Glen Mawr,
was here to attend her brother )
wedding on Wednesday.
The p. O. S. of A. will have a
grand Fourth of July celebration at
EstelIa. Good speakers have been
secured for the occasion.
Mrs. Harriet Wagner Of Wyalu-
sing, was Il guest at the home OF
Judge lngham, Monday night,
while on her way to Eagles Mere, to
visit her sister, Mrs. +. V. lngham.
Judge Reescr has purchased the
interest of Samuel Cole in the
Dushore Silk Manufacturing com.
panv.
Work has again been resumed on
the Binghamton Williamsport raii.
road west of Sugar Run, sixty men
having started to work Monday
morning. Fast of Wyalusing work
has continued right along, notwith.
standing the report that the company
was to dissolve.
The Rev. Eugene A. Helm is at
tending the Diocesan Convention
which meets at Harrisburg. lie
will also spend Il week with his par
ents at Lancaster. Pa.
There will be no service in the
Episcopal Church next Sunday.
There sre few luckiermen in the
State than Henry Dahler, a farmer
residing three miles northwest OF
Ridgway. Dahler is enjoying a flow
ing oil we'll on his farm that is spout
ing out amber riches as fast as an inch
pipe can emit it. And, best of all,
the well diden't cost him a cent.
PENNSYLVANIA oil is now selling AT
81 81 per barrel, and inasmuch as
Dahler's gift well is producing about
20 barrels day he is reaping a profit
of about $25 daily.
The rigid enforcement Of the facto-
ry inspection law is turning loose
hundreds and even thousands of boys
and girls who have hitherto been
employed in factories or around
mines. The compulsory school law
will pUt these youngsters into school
when the fall term begins, and viii
put them i'm way to get their just
dues - an education, or at least Il start
toward 1t.
Mrs. G. G. Meyers died June 10
at the home of her son-in-law, VIM.
l.. Jennings, at Lopez. The Meyers
have been among the earlier settlers
and Influential families of Mehoop-
any. The husband died about a
year ago. Mrs. Myers was 81 years
of age and has suffered greatly from
a tumor which was the cause of her
death. She leaves two daughters,
Mrs. j. |. Cole of New York City
and Mrs. VIM. Jennings of Lopez to
mourn her death.
AS the summer schedule of the
w. Il n. b. railroad now goes into
effect, the following changes will
take place: IL. A. knipe superin-
tendent of the Eagles Mere road,
will return to SonestOwn, where he
has offices for the summer; ID. *.
Townsend will have charge of the
main line and G. M. Case will he
freight and passenger agent.
A series of four experiments look
ing toward eradication of the San
Jose scale and other insects, pests
and plant diseases in Pennsylvania
is about to be undertaken by the
State under the law passed by the
last Legislature, which appropriate
$50, 600 yearly for the work.
Probably the most important ex,
pertinent is that with San Jose scale
in orchards. This is to be conduct.
ed in Bedford county by r. f. Lee
trained in the work AFT the Apricult.