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

Tionesta township, was appointed Mer-
camille Appraiser for the year 1910.
-Tnyitations have been issued for a
mid-holiday dancing party in Boyard's
hall, Tuesday evening, Dec. 2Sth. Cole
mans orchestra will furnish the music.
Besides the innumerable variety OF
useful articles for Christmas presents,
Hopkins Store is full as usual with toys,
books, games, dolls, chinawaIe. etc. 2t
The river was partially closed with
ice at this point the last OF the week, but
the heavy rain of Monday raised the
water and took out the ice Tuesday after
noon.
The Oil City Trust Company, in their
advertisement in this issue, suggest a
suitable and practical Christmas present
for man, woman or child, at cost to suit
yourself
The boys Of Room No. of the Tio-
nesta schools are priding themselves on
their record of attendance for the third
month of the term, 1t being an even 100
per cent.
Before you go out of town for your
Christmas goods take a look through
Hopkins Store. You will see just what
you are going after and at a money say
ing price. 2t
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. Il.
church will hold market at the home of
Mrs. j. G. Geist, Saturday afternoon, Dec.
things to eat will be on sale and you are
urged 10 come and buy.
The Presbyterian and Methodist
Sunday Schools of this place are prepar-
ing for Christmas entertainments, which
are planned to be given on Friday eve-
ming preceding Christmas.
The freeze-up of last week made good
skating Thursday on the back channel
and dam at the mouth of Tionests creek.
The young folk were enjoying it to the
utmost when the snow of Friday came
along and spoiled it.
The peculiar properties of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy have been
thoroughly tested during epidemics CT
influenza, and when 1t was taken in time
we have not heard of single case of
pneumonia. Sold by all dealers.
If you are thinking of making your
self or some one else Christmas present
of package Of handsomely engraved
calling cards. box of initiated stationery
or the like, now is the time to place your
order. The REPUBLICAN Office is the
place to get them.
The newspaper is the only legitimate,
sane advertising medium" says the En-
poria Gazette; "it is the only sort of paper
that, thrown onto the porch. is carried in
the house and read" The circular, how
ever, produces results-it makes people
swell up and get red around the gills.
We are pleased to learn that Mrs.
Sarah f.. Wilson, widow of the late John
s. Wilson, who was a member of the
late Capt. j. NJ. Clapp's company in the
l2lst Pennsylvania Regiment, has been
granted pension at sl2 per month, rat
ing from the Sth day of February, 1909.
the date of her application,
The Christmas stamps are making
great sales all over the United States.
This year the money that is realized from
the sale of the stamps in this county will
be used for the fight against consumption
in this district They are on sale in the
stores here, and every one you buy is
bullet spent against the white plague.
Buy them.
"Wednesday and Thursday last were
the coolest days of the season so far and
high wind approaching the proportions of
gale made travelling very uncomforta-
BILE. The storm appeared to be general
throughout the country and caught many
unprepared. There was no shortage of
were quite common.
Weather prophet Foster in his latest
bulletin promises us a good New Eng
land brand of winter for the holidays.
He says cold wave will sweep across
the country from the Pacific slopes about
the 18th and bring the thermometer down
to winter level, fixing up the weather
for Christmas more in accord with the
spirit of old Santa Claus.
The price of various grades of crude
oil was cut five cents per barrel on Thurs
day and the Pennsylvania product is now
listed at $l.43 by the Seep purchasing
agency. This makes the seventh straight
cut of five cents per barrel since the mar
ket started on the downward road, and to
the small producer the state of the mar
ket is assuming serious aspect.
Fire destroyed the First Presby yterian
church at Ridgway early Saturday morn
ing, entailing loss ofSlO,OOO, with an in
sursnce of $1,000 The firemen did great
work in saving the adjacent buildings
and combining the fire to the one building.
The origin ofthe fire is thought to have
been from gas jets which were burning in
the basement of the edifice. The church
will be rebuilt just as soon as possible.
-Messrs. Anderton & Putnam, the
paving contractors in this place, were
forced by the wintry weather to suspend
operations last week and have stored
their machinery for the winter in the
vacant lot next to the REPUBLICAN Office.
The Elm street pavement is now COM
pleted to the south line of the A. b.