The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-10

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Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Merle
Mitchell, of Damascus, Pa, a daugh-
Ter On Wednesday, May s.
--Rehearsals for the Amity Min
strel started Wednesday evening and
will continue for the coming two
weeks.
The Orson Cornet Band played
for the drama at Pleasant Mount on
Tuesday, given by the Pleasant
Mount ball team.
Miss Jarvis will give a demon
stration of the Postum Cereal goods
at j. II. Stegner & Sons store on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
We understand that this summer
Is to be a very busy one for the
Gurney Electric Elevator Works, as
they have many contracts ahead.
The Honesdale base ball team
will hold a benefit dance at the
Rink on Friday evening, May II.
Everybody come. Tickets fifty cents.
Rev. DR.. j. w. Balta, of st.
Mary Magdalen's church, will de-
liver the address at the commence
ment exercises of the White Mills
school house on June 5.
On Fiday night all members of
the Orson Epworth League are re-
quested to be present at the church.
business meeting and election of
officers will take place.
Among the catches of big trout
on May | was that of a California
speckled trout weighing 219 pounds
and measuring 1872 inches caught
by Miss Edith Barratt, of CocheC-
ton.
The Scranton Knights of Col
umbus are making preparations to
attend the celebration in Washing
ton on June s, when President Taft
will unveil the Christopher Columbus
monument. A banquet, which will
be held in the convention hall, will
he in charge of the knights of Co.
lumbus.
A bill passed by the House
Monday providing for the coinage of
one-half cent pieces. Not a member
of the House opposed the measure
This new coin will be similar in size
to the present one-cent piece, but
will have a hole in the middle to
distinguish it. In appearance it will
not be unlike a Chinese cent.
Three candidates received the
first degree in Anthony Wayne Chap
ter Royal Arch Masons last Tuesday
evening, namely, Homer Sander
cock, Harold II. White, and Howell
to attend the lodge meeting from
that place were K. P. Jones and
County Commissioner Earl Rock
we'll.
The 41st annual convention of
| the Bethlehem diocese of the Pro-
testant Episcopal church will be held
in South Bethlehem May 21-22. 1t
will also be the 25th anniversary of
the conservation of Bishop Ethbel
! Talbot as bishop. Rev. A. l.. Whit
taker and delegates from Grace
Episcopal church will be in attend
ance.
Pleading guilty to having exc
cuted false pension vouchers and
making a false affidavit to obtain
the pension money, William e. Ham
ilton, alias William E. Mason, of
Scranton, for seven years a United
States soldier, was sentenced Tues
day by Judge Charles Wilmer, in the
United States District Court, Harris
burg, to pay a 500 fine and the
costs or serve one year in the Dau-
| phin county Jail. Hamilton took the
latter. He is 80 years old.
Relatives and friends in Homes
dale are the recipients of cards sent
out by Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Spruks,
of Scranton, requesting them to be
present at the marriage of their
niece, Miss Alta Blanche Spruks, to
Malcom Benson Richardson, on
Thursday evening, May %, at $3.50
o'clock in the First German Presby-
terian church, Scranton. A recep-
tion will follow the ceremony at the
home of the bride. Until two years
ago Miss Spruks was a resident OF
| Honesdale.
The ReorganiZers nominated the
following ticket at Harrisburg on
! Wednesday: Auditor General, Robert
Cresswell; treasurer, w. II. Berry;
congress at-large, George b.
Shaw, Joseph HOwley, George r.
Mclean, E. e. Greenawalt; dele
gates-at-large, A. Mitchell Palmer,
Vance c. Mccormick, l.. w. Reiff,
| Roland S. Morris, Geo. w. Guthrie,
4 Charles S. Duncan, w. w. Bailey
f. j Lynett, Charles r. Kurtz, John
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| c. Kirkendall.
In an opinion handed down by
the supreme court and written by
Judge Robert Won Moschzisker, al
Philadelphia, the new school code is
declared constitutional. Justices
Brown, Mestrezat and Stewart filed
dissenting opinions. The opinion is
the result of the filing of an injunc-
tion by Jacob Minsinger against the
Mount Washington school district
restraining it from spending $6,50C
for a school site. The injunction
was dismissed by the lower court
whose action has just been affirmed
The Board of Fire Insurance
Underwriters of Philadelphia, who
insure properties in all of the min
ing towns of Lackawanna county
have issued ruling that the proper
ties may be insured for only three
fourths of their value, or if insured
for a greater proportion, the com
panies will be liable for only three
fourths of the loss The action il
taken following several fires II
towns throughout the valley, and i
ic cold that MANY nf tha ri SkC Warl