Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-12-05
County l~a.
Local and Personal Events
TerScly Told.
Court next week.

MS parents at ESteila.
Miss Agnes Upman is spending
the week with Hughesville friends.
Miss Grace Minnier spent Tuesday
with friends at Muncy Valley.
Miss Edith Maben who was very
i'll last week is much improved.
Walter Hoffman of Hillsgrove,
was a guest at the Laporte Hotel
Tuesday night.
Mr., and Mrs. HI. c. Allis and
Mrs. G. A. Towner of Rome, Brad.
ford county, are the guests of the
ladies' sister, Mrs. w. J. Higley, of
this place.
Mr.. Frank Shoemaker who is at
tending Bucknell University spent
Thanksgiving at his home in this
place.
Evening Prayer and Sermon ev.
cry Sabbath evening at 1870 in st.
Johns Episcopal church.
Sermons appropriate to the church
year. Everybody welcome.
Thurlow Washburn Null, rector.
Stephen G.. Albro of Monroeton,
died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Newton Cramer in Laquin, on
November 26, after an illness of two
days. He was a veteran of the civil
war.
Mrs. j. l.. Smyth returned last
week from visit to her brother
Charles Lauer of Lock Haven, and
her sister Mrs. f.. A, Helm of Bal
timore.
Mrs. &. S. Eddy is very i'll from
heart trouble brought on by pneu-
monia On Tuesday her condi-
tion was so alarming that her son
Fred of Wilkes Barre, and daughter
Mary of New Albany, were sum
mOned to her bedside.
Don't fail to attend the entertain
ment at the Court House, Monday
evening, given for benefit of school
building fund.
a, NJ. Nardine of Philadelphia,
and his father-in law Mr.. Shollen-
berger of Shanokin, are spending
few days with thelformer's parents
at this place.
DR.. John Corr, the herb doctor,
who is known to nearly every one
in this section, on Il postal card to
this paper, announces his candidacy
for the presidency of the United
States, to succeed President Roose-
welt. Towanda Review,
The ladies of the NJ. f. Church
will serve an oyster supper on Fri
day evening, December 6, in the
basement of the Ingham mansion.
Everybody cordially invited.
Thousands of foreigners who have
been at work on the railroads and
in the mines in this country are re-
turning to their native lands for the
winter. BY industry and frugality
many of these people are enabled to
go back to their homes to spend the
winter with their families, and
where they can live much cheaper
than they can ia this country.
The Altoona Gazette says its ridic-
ulous that the congressman elected
last year are only just taking their
seats. Still, they have been draw
ing pay since early last march, and
they have earned it by not doing
anything to the country in the
meantime.
a. c. Jenkins of Celestia, recent
ly killed mink in his chicken coop
after the small animal had caused
the death of a number of fine mi
morca hens. AT first Mr.. Jenkins
was unable to account for the death
of his chickens and thought it some
disease, but when he went to the
coop one morning and found five of
his prize hens lying dead, he thought
that some animal had caused their
death. Accordingly he set trap
and the next night he had the cul-
prit.
The large mail order firm Of Sears
Roebu k & Co. of Chicago, has been
indicted in the United States courts
upon the charge of using the mails
for fraudulent purposes. The MEM
berS of this firm must now answer