The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-12-15
PERSONAL.

Ben Felt was home from Franklin
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Attorney A. G. Brown was business
visitor in Warren, Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. Earl Knox of Oil City
visited relatives here over Sunday.
Thomas Sibble, of Green township,
was pleasant caller at this Office satur-
day.
Mrs. Charles Hunter went to Rolfe,
Pa, Friday, for short visit with Mrs.
Fred Calm.
Mrs. VIM. Smearbaugh is paying a
visit to her daughter, Mrs. d. II. Ed
wards, at Washington, Pa.
H. NJ. Zahniser returned yesterday
from pleasant visit with friends in
Mercer and Butler counties.
George II. Dawson of Collingswood,
N. j., is minglng with Tionesta friends,
expecting to remain a month or more.
Miss Csribel Kshle, ofoil City, is a
guest of her cousin, Miss Glare Henry,
aud will remain until after the holidays.
Lee Thomson went to Youngstown,
Ohio, Saturday, where he will be en-
ployed in the plant of the Standard Cas-
ket Hardware Co.
"A daughter was born December 10th
to MIR. and Mrs. Fred SlocuLn, of Erie
Pa, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. f.
Watson, in Tionesta.
Mrs. Henry Sibble of German Hill
has our thanks for the usual good mess of
excellent sausage that comes around as
regularly as butchering time.
The nom ination of John W. jamie
son to be postmaster of Tionesta was sent
to the Senate for confirmation at the
opening of Congress, December 7th.
Jacob and Caldwell Overlander of
Pittsburg are here for visit with their
father, j. F. Overlander, who has been
quite i'll during the past week but is now
improving.
William Richards of Msyburg, was
in the city Thursday overseeing the erec-
ton in Oak land of a beautiful and costly
monument to the memory of his wife,
The shaft stands l3 feet high and is beau
tifully carved, an ornament TO Oakland
and fitting memorial of noble life.-
Warren Mirror.
The Clarion Normal School Enter
If LOT iuo fl,ac c,ll lOr In,
pleasing reference to one of its graduates,
who is son off. W. Baxter, of Gilfoyle,
this county; "Johu Baxter expects to go
to Washington, D. g., in short time to
take position as Department clerk at a
salary of$l, 900 a year."
Arthur Blum, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Blum, of Newtown Mills, re-
turned home Friday from Durbin, W.
Va, where he has been employed for the
past year in the lumber woods. He has
entirely recovered from a nine weeks
siege of typhoid fever, in the Eikins hos
pitsl, having been at work for the past
two months.
w. s. Brown and family are in Car-
ion today attending the birthday anniver-
sary of Mrs. Browns father Porter Haskell
who has reached the nonagenarian mile
post. Mr.. Haskell lacking but a briefdec-
cade of the century mark, is said to be as
active, both mentally and physically as
he was at so, and has no intention of
slack ing up in the matter OF attending to
business.-Punxsutawney Spirit, Friday
"A private letter received from Hon.
John Fl. Robertson, who has resided in
Seattle, Washington, for some time, states
that he has purchased an interest in
general store at numbering plant at Ash
ford, Pierce county, Washington, and
has removed to that place. John is
thoroughly familiar with the mercantile
business and his many friends here are
sure he will make it success and become
rich as the proverbial Jew.
The death of S. B. Hamilton, of P Pitts-
burg, on the 9th inst, will bring sorrow
to the hearts of many people throughout
this section, where he was fainiliarly
known. Mr.. Hamilton was for many
years connected with Arbethnot, Steven
son d Co., of Pittsburg, and travelled for
that firm in this territory. His genial
good nature gained him friends wherever
he went. His death was sudden while in
the discharge Of his duties in Indiana
county, but the cause is not given. He
was aged AZ years, and is surv iyed by his
wife.
Mrs. Sabilla RecK, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Mary Gsskill, in Alliance
Ohio, reached her ninetieth birthday on
November Goth. AS has been the annual
custom for number of years the event
was celebrated with dinner on Thanks
giving day, at the home of her daughter,
at which Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. w. Reck, OF
this place, we're in attendance. Mrs.
Reck received 126 souvenir postsls and a
number of handsome presents on her
anniversary and desires to thank her
many friends for their kind remem.
brances. She is yet hale and hearty and
bids fair 10 exceed the century mark.
She is planning visit here the coming
spring.