The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-09
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Fare one way between Mer-
cersburg and McConnellsburg 30
cents. Sheets Stage Line.
Money to loan for clients, on
first mortgage, IN lots of not less
than $500. Call on M. r. Shaft
ner:
Mrs. Peter Kirk and Mrs. VIM
Tolbert, of Big Cove Tannery,
were IN town a few hours yester-
day.
Frank c. Bare and wife, of Ft.
Idttleton came to town IN their
Ford touring car Wednesday
morning and spent the day here.
In the congressional fight last
Saturday, Focht won seven out
of the eight counties IN the Dis
trict. and Endsley won all of the
three counties In the Senatorial
district.
George Everhart, accompanied
by his wife and her mother. Mrs.
Elizabeth Mock, and her sister
Miss Minnie E. Mock, went to
Philadelphia, Tuesday. For some
time Mr.. Everhart has been par
alyzed IN his lower limbs, and he
went to the City with a view to
consulting specialist and enter.
ing hospital for treatment. Mrs
Mock and Minnie will go on to
Allentown tovisit Mrs. Mock's
daughter, Mrs. Annie Kapp.
Candy manufacturers have re.
celved orders to cease vanishing
chocolates and other confections
with shellac or any other gum.
Several reasons are given by the
food bureau prohibiting the use
of gums. One is that the gums
are preparedln alcoholic solutions
and even wood alcohol solutions.
The other reasons are that the
coating conceals lnferiorlties and
enables candy to be kepJ in stock
for long periods of time, both un
desirable results.
A farmer, while on his way to
Chambersburg last Saturday
with load of eggs, got interest
ed in a horse race along the road,
and forgetting about driving slow
IN order to keep the eggs intact,
speeded up his horse and soon
out-dlstanced the other team.
But imagine his surprise when
he arrived at his destination and
beheld the condition of the eggs,
about thirty dozen beng broken
and what few had escaped break.
! age had to be washed before you
could recognize them.
Thirty years ago, Thomas
Gum, a contract painter of Al
toona, was working on scaffold
which he thought was going to
fall. Placing his hand against
window to steady himself the
pane gave way, and his right arm
was apparently slightly Iacerat-
ed. Recently Mr.. Gum has felt
sharp pains In bis right arm, and
Friday he was rubbing it wher
his hand struck sharp sub
stance protruding through the
skin. 1t proved to be a piece o.
glass, and it had been in his flesf
oii bil0S6 years.
Prominent citizens of Carlisle
are interested in an unusual I'M
provement for a town OF It's size
A project is on foot to build
boulevard which will completely
encircle the city, and which will
be especially adapted for driving
and motoring. This boulevard
will probably be about sever
miles long. BY the use OF certain
developed streets and roads com
paratlvely no grading will be r.
quired. The boulevard will bav
width of fifty feet, and will b
started at the beautiful Linde
Park in western Carlisle.
Piof. Ernest M. Gress, forme
'ly principal Of the McConnells
burg schools, but now at the hea'
of the Swissvale. Pa, schools, a
a salary OF fifteen hundred dollar
year, IS spending q short tim