Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-10-07
BRIEF MENTION

Academy over forty years ago, visit
ed in town over sunday. BE found
tow of those who we're his pupils and
the town had 80 changed that hi
could not recognize a single building
except the old stone jail.
Ten miles Of the Panama Canal
are now open. Five miles on the
Pacific entrance are used by vessels
of all kinds aud Eve miles on the
Atlantic side are used for bsrges,
The Gatun dam and the great locks
are being finished and it is said
sh ps viii pass through the whole
length before 1915.
Holman Hunt the artist who paint
ed the wonderful picture "Light Ct
the World" is dead
Miss Lenora Degen, who is en-
ployed as teacher in Business Col
legA az Dover, n. j., spent Sunday
with her parents in town.
Montgomery Ward g. Co OF Chi
caeo have built up a large and sue.
cessful business and take hundreds
OF thousands Of dollars annually out
OF The farming sections of the coun-
try. Hpw they do II is shown on
aauii.er page of tins paper. Why
wOns home merchants counteract
thc efTeot of such medicine by giving
liberal doses OF their own.
Linseed oil is now 81 gallon and
because of shortage of about twg
million bushels in the crop this year
will probably be higher. 1t is pro.
posed to start an educa ticnAl niovs'
ment among farmers TO induce them
to raise more fax.
James Lauer has gone to Middle-
town, N. Y to accept position
Frank LeCompte and wife of New
York spent the past week in town.
Mrs. Henry Wilson of Hcnesdale
died suddenly last Friday Of heart
disease aged about II years.
Occasionally we hear of ripe straw
berries at this season and to prove
they grow Randall Sayre laid fne
one on our desk this week.
Hilliard Bruce, who has been edit
ing the CITIZEN at HOnesdaie, Pa,
has suffered a nervous break down
and resigned the position.
A youthful Goold Brown in the
Milford Schools gave this definition
of a verb aud Illustrated his mean
ing by The following; "a verb Is a
word used to help a noun ale ng. ="
Eximple The boy runs,'.. "The
snow falls
Judge Sadler in Cumberland coun.
ty decides that a home school dis
trict, having no high school, is Liable
to pay for the tuition Of children liv-
ing therein In another distTict. Par.
ents NAV pay and collect from their
district. but he suggests the better
way Is for the district TO pay direct.
The condition is that pupils must
be examined and found qualified for
high school work
$50 cases of infantile paralysis
have been reported in this state from
July lst to October lst.
c W Billings aud wife were
guests this week at Hotel Fauchere
Ezra Burdick and Mrs. Sarah
Fredenburg both Of Matanoras,
were married last Monday by Rev.
A. { Corey.
john H. Meyer died at his home
in Lackawsxen last Saturday. BE
was born in Germany and came &c
t''is codntry about 25 years ago
Eight adult children survive him.
La the race with death In the Van.
deIhiir Cup races held last week foul
were killed and several Injured, some
perhaps fatally. This should end
ihat kind nf sport "a
The Danphin County Court de.
oides thar state treasurer must b'
elected this year The question wal
whether C. f. Wright, tliu appointe'
Of Governor Stuart could hold the
Office for another year
N C. Detriok and wife of Atlantis
City spent the past week in town.
Edward Cahill and wife Of New
York arrived in town yesterday.
There are now SO boys and O.
girls registered rs pupils In ou
schools, total Of l6l. This is prob
ably the largest number Of pupils ev
eT enrolled in the Milford Schools.
Henry @. Bowen former Fesiden
Of the Couu y, who now spends Ia
winters in Nurlh Carolina and Il
summers in the Nurth visited Il
town this week.
DR. Kenworthey and family wi
g to their camp at Twin Lakes {,
morrow for a two weeks outing.
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