Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-10-31
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Local and Personal Events
TerScly Told.

Butcher Henry krauS Is spending
few weeks in Philadelphia.
Miss Dolly Crossley spent Sunday
with Mrs. A. 2. Weiland, at Savre.
J. V Finkle has laid new tin
roof on his residence on Muncy
street.
Mr-. w. p. Shoemaker has return
ed from months visit with her
mother near Dushore.
Mrs. Mary Bennett of Elmira, is
the guest Of her cousin, Mrs. F. w.
Meylert.
Two Italians working near Cam
ton, were arrested last week charged
with the murder of a boy at Bridge
port, Conn, in the early part of Oct
ober.
There are 75 eases of scarlet fever
among children at Glen Lyon, l.u-
zerne county. Most Of them are for
eigners and have no doctors, twenty
three have already died.
Hereafter the Ladies' Aid Society
of the NJ f. church will meet every
Friday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Electa Mead.
Now is the time to watch those
unsightly ash piles and keep them
Off the street, as the law requires
you should.
There will be meeting of the V.
l. $. at the home of Mrs. keeler, on
Tuesday evening, Nov. 9th. A full
attended is requested, come-rain or
shine.
Mrs. j. l.. Smyth left Monday for
an extended visit with her brother,
Charles Lauer, at Lock Haven, and
with her sister, Mrs. T. A. Helm, at
Baltimore.
The services at the Methodist
Episcopal church next Sunday will
be as follows: Sunday School at 10
a. NJ. Preaching at P. M Ep-
worth League 7:I5 p. M.
The old wood stoves in the Meth
odist church have been replaced by
two large coal stoves, which will
add greatly to the comfort of the
congregations during the winter
months.
Mr.. A. z. Weiland who was in
town last Friday with IL large stock
of dry goods from his department
store at Sayre, disposed of a large
amount of goods. The large variety
and splendid quality OF his mcrchan-
disc made quick selling.
Emerson Wilcox, business man
of Canton, Pa, was badly injured
last week by falling from an apple
tree in his yard. Mr.. Wilcox was
standing on II limb of the tree when
it gave way. lie fell ii distance Of
II feet and striking squarely on his
feet, broke both ankles.
The Ringdale Hunting Club left
Monday morning for a weeks stay
at their cabin At Ringdale, sullivan
county. The member, of the club
each year spend "a week at their cab
in and return with their game bags
full of trophies. Tho following
members constitute the party which
left here: John Berry, Valentine
Wei-, Herman Schower, George
Elder, William Wurster and Frank
Costello. -Williamsport News.
Omaha, Oct. 29.--Omaha packing
houses have reduced the prices of all
kinds of meat 10 per cent. and eX
pect astill further reduction. The
Cudahy packing company expressed
the belief that the prices of all COM
modi.ies would be materially reduc-
ed, aud that the present financial
furry would result in general re-
duction in values.
Farmers in many sections of Peni-
syivania,. according to the agricul-
tural experiment station have du:.
ing recent weeks found thread
like yellowish vine growing with
their clover. This plant is generally
know as ''clover dodder" and also as
strangle weed. 1t kills the clover
on which it grows by sending suck
ers into the clover stem which sap
the vitality of the latter. There are
many ways to eradicate the dodder.
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