Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-11-28
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the guest of Mrs. F. w. Meylert,
Saturday.
Mr.. II. j. Keeler came home Sat
urday from Roselle Park, N j., to
spend Thanksgiving with his family.
Miss Marcella Farrell will spend
Thanksgiving at her home in Du-
shore.
Services at the NJ. f. church next
Sunday as follows:
Sunday School 1l:00 A. M.
Preaching 700 p. NJ. Subject,
"Thanksgiving."
Mr.. Clayton Mason was Will
Transport visitor Monday.
Atty. Albert F. Heess of Dushore,
transacted business here Saturday
Miss Freda Crossley is spending
week with relatives at Benton.
Robert Mason is in a hospital at
Philadelphia, receiving treatment
for a serious case of kidney trouble.
Samuel Keltz of Canton has al
ready killed several bears this fall.
Mr.. Ray Kessler of Towanda, was
a Laporte visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. Ira Hamilton, aunt of Mrs.
Ed Potter, is i'll of typhoid fever at
her home at Marsh Hill.
The engagement of Miss Fannie
Tripp, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. II
p. Trip of Elmira, and Mr. Charles
Dean of the same place was recently
announced.
In last weeks issue we mentioned
that Mrs. #. F. Ripple was suffering
with an attack of grip, but later
developments showed that she had
typhoid fever. She is somewhat
improved at this time.
Mrs. William Laird, wife of the
proprietor of the Hotel Raymond at
Eagles Mere, died at her home in
HughesyilIe, last Friday. Mrs.
Laird was a sister of Milton T.. and
Charles w. Reeder, the former lum-
bermen of this county.
4 delightful surprise was given on
Saturday evening, to Miss Hazel
Newman of Hughesville, the occa-
sion being her 18th, birthday. Miss
Hazel is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Newman, formerly OF
Nordmont.
The directors of Mountain Ash
Cemetery Association have set out II
hedge of Arhor Vitae plants on the
north and west sides of the ceme-
terry. The hedge is set about two
feet inside OF the fence line which it
is expected to reach when the plants
attain their full growth and the fence
removed. The plants, 600 in mum
Der, came from Wisconsin and are
said TO be very hardy and well
adapted to this climate.
This work, together with other i'm
prOvpments, has made considerable
expense and the directors would APP
preciale it if subscribers Of stock
who have not already done so would
send in their subscriptions as soon
as possible.
The ladies' of st. Johns Episcopal
church will hold doll safe at j. L..
Smyth's st re on Friday and Satur-
day of this week. The collection I
dolls is immense and the prices are
reasonable. Here are dolls of al,
kinds, ages and races. Little dolls,
big dolls, blond and brunettes, talk
ing dolls and sleeping dolls. They
are beautifully costumed and you
can select from any co.or Of the rair-
bow, with the various shades and
tints.
a fund is being collected for the
painting of the church and rectory
! and the receipts are to be applied to
the fund. Buy "a doll snd help the
cause along.
Our townsman, Mr.. William w.
Loeb, who responded to the first
call for volunteers at the outset of
the Civil War, has just received one
of the medals granted by the State
of New Jersey to first defenders.
1t is a handsome medal about two
inches i'm diameter made of gun
metal taken from captured cannon