Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-11-07
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f.. V. Ingham of Atlantic City
spent Wednesday with his parents,
Hon. and Mrs. 4. J. Ingham.
benjamin Speary of Sonestown,
spent last Thursday night in town.
Max frankie came over from Mas
ten on Tuesday to cast his vote.
Several bears have already been
killed i'm the vicinity Of NOrdmont.
Rev. II. F. Ripple is holding re-
vival services i'm the NJ E, church
at Nordmont.
Mrs. +. w. Buck visited relatives
at Hughesville last week.
An American born Chinaman of
Reading was recently granted full
citizenship and admitted to the vot-
ing list. He still wore queue but
was was willing to cut it off after
being admitted to citizenship He
decided to be Democrat, and was
the first Chinaman to vote in Read
ing.
Mrs. James Resh, wife of Rev.
James Resh at one time pastor on
the Muncy Valley Charge, has just
recovered from an operation at the
Koser sanitarium at Williamsport.
When the new high school build
ing at Sonestown is completed, that
village will be able to boast of one of
the finest school buildings in the
county.
The Tunkhannock Republican
says: In the absense Of Judge Ter
ry at the jamestown exposition this
week we may remark that thus far
in his judicial career thirteen of his
decisions have been appealed from,
but in all cases but one his judgment
has been affirmed by the higher
courts. In that particular instance
he followed what appeared to be a
precedent from the Supreme court,
and taking it as a guide other Com
mon Pleas judges have ruled the
same in similar cases. That is rec
ord of which no man need be asham-
ed.
i uf n
minister of Williamsport, before
election wrote :" letter to each of the
candidates for District Attorney CT
Lycoming county,,,a asking them what
they would do, if elected, to prevent
street walking and corner loafing.
He received answers to both letters
and read them from the pulpit.
Both candidates promised to do all
in their power to suppress the OBJ
scene postcard evil, but in the mat
ter of corner loating and street walk
ing they had no power to act.
Other District Attorneys might do
we'll to follow their example and try
to put an end to the sale of postcards
of such ch racter that are unfit to he
displayed or to pass through the
mails.
Recent demands for heavy bounty
payments in number of counties
have given rise to the suspicion that
hunters have not entirely forgotten
the practices that prevailed under
the old bounty law of 1885. In a
number of instances payments for
suspicious heads have been refused
by county commissioners.
1t NAV be worth remembering
that when splinter is driven det p
into the hand it can he extracted by
steam Nearly fill a wide mouthed
bottle with very hot water, place
the injured part over the mouth and
press it slightly. The suction thus
produced will draw the flesh down
and in n inmate or two the steam
will extract the splinter and infIa-
nation together.
The Womans Christian Tenn
perance Union will hold the first
of IA series of Co. Institutes in the
Wesleyan Methodist church at Mill
view Friday Nov. l5, 1907.
Afternoon session commencing
at 1880 Evening at 1880.
A special effort will be made to
present practical ideas along the