Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-05-10
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Improvement Society Monday even
ing, making total of twenty-four
new members.
VIM. Rogers of this place has the
contract foI building the new catho-
lie church at Eagles Mere.
Services at Methodist Episcopal
church Sunday evening at O'Clock
Theme "Creed.'
The choir for May 30th, will meet
at the home of Mrs. Virginia Brew
ster on Tuesday evening May 18th,
at O'Clock.
Mrs. A. j. Bradley and daughter
Edna were DushOre visitors Thurs
day of last week.
Miss Harriet Grimm has returned
from Portage, Pa, where she was
engaged in teaching school the past
winter.
Miss Winnie Eddy is attending
the centennial at WilkesBarre.
Atty. f. w. Meylert and wife
visited friends at Forksville this
week.
Four persons were received into
full membership of the Methodist
Episcopal church at the morning
services last Sunday.
Williamsport has contributed over
ten thousand dollars to the relief
fund for San Francisco sufferers.
Prothonotary Thos. +. Kennedy
is visiting friends in Lewis county,
n. ", this week. He equipped
himself with fishing tackle and a
spOrtman's outfit and will doubtless
have some fish stories at least when
he returns.
This pithy sermon is going the
rounds of the press: Our ingress in
to life is naked and bare, our prog
ress through life is trouble and care,
our egress out of it we know not
where, but doing well here we shall
do well there. l could not tell more
by preaching a year"
Avery T. Mulnix Sr. of Lincoln
Falls, died at the home of his son,
j. w. MulniX, Saturday, April IS,
at the age of IS yeaIs and nine
months. Funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon.
Miss Orrilla Neufer of fStrawbridge
died at the Williamsport Hospital
Tuesday afternoon of pneumonia.
Miss Neufer was well known in
this county, having taught in the
public schools for the past six years.
She attended summer school at La
porte, and will be remembered by
many of our town people Her sud
den taking away is mourned by a
large circle Of friends.
Mr.. John l.. Smyth has moved
his stock of groceries from south
Muncy street to the storeroom for
merly occupied by Jacob Herr on
Main stree t. This being Il more up
to-date stree room, Mr.. Smyth will
now be able to conduct modern
grocery store.
y large force of the members Of
the Village Improvement Society
turned out last Saturday in Il cru
SADIE against the rubbish and filth
that for years has been allowed 10
accumulate in the town park. The
women came armed with rukes and
the determination to make the park
the prettiest spot in the town, and
before night the workers had raked
and burned pile after pile of decayed
leaves and dead branches that had
fallen from the trees. Several men
struggled down To the park and join
ed the brigade, ''ut their effbrts were
so feeble compared with the encl gy
displayed by their fair co-aborera
that they watched their chance and
''took their sneak" ut the very first
opportunity that presented itself.
The town council on receiving II
petition signed by nearly nil tax
payers, voted ! 10 , in favor of pr,
hibiting cattle, horses, sheep and
swine fro u RAINING at large ON
the streets of lrportc, after June |.
1906. There seems tn he but three