The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-12

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Have you glanced over The Cit
liens pages of late and noticed the
number of new advertisements we
are printing?
A. b. Transue, the obliging
Union station ticket agent, is enjoy
! ing twelve days vacation. Ray
mond Dibble is looking after Mr.
Transue's interest at the depot.
Jenkins Boy band, of twenty
! two pieces, will play at Harrisburg
on August IA, at a celebration of
the Harrisburg Fire Department.
| There will be a dance and picnic.
Some people who are known to
! own dogs, disown them now be-
| cause they are compelled to pay the
tax. If a dog is not worth the
price of the tax, he is not worth
much to the owner.
Ben White was released from
Jail on Tuesday on bail furnished by
w. J. Barens, w. b. Lesher and At
! torney C. p. Searle. The bail bond
amounted to $500. Ben will ap-
| pear before the October term OF
Coutt.
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Wyoming Division of the Erie sew
eral coal cars were derailed Tues
day night. The Port Jervis wreck
ers were called and replaced the
cars on the tracks. The damage
was slight.
The quarterly meeting of the
official board of the Methodist Epis-
copal church was held on Tuesday
] o. n n oh r1n
trict Superintendent l.. c. Murdoch
of the Scranton district of the Wyo-
ming conference, was present.
Gilbert White, one of Homes
dale's most highly respected citi-
zens and early manufacturers, was
| receiving congratulations from his
many friends on Wednesday, the oc-
casion being in commemoration of
his S0th birthday. May he live to
enjoy many more like events.
The annual outing of the Lack
awanna Chemical society will be
held in Carbondale this week and
also at Farview on Saturday. At
the latter place the party will in
spect the State Hospital for the
criminal insane there which will be
followed by a program of athletic
events in the Farview picnic
grounds.
The town council has authoriz-
ed Commissioner l.. Weidner to
narrow Main street at the intersec-
tin of High and Main streets. A
culvert has been built over the gut
ter, thereby doing away with another
bad, and dangerous place in the road.
The improvement will be extended
from Clark & Bullock's store to
Park street.
At a meeting of the creditors
of the B. L. Holbert bankruptcy
sale, Tuesday, an order was made
directing the sale of Mr.. Holbert's
automobile, which is claimed to be
the property of Mrs. Eliza Holbert,
his wife. Evidence was also taken
regarding the opposition of B. L.
Holbert as a bankrupt. The meet
ing adjourned until July %.
The ladies of the German Lu-
theran church gave an ice cream
and cake social at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John Carmichael on West
street on Wednesday evening. The
social took place on the lawn, which
was beautifully decorated with Ian
terms. A large number attended
and the ladies are more than pleased
with the result. The money will be
used to help pay for the new church
organ.
Lake Huntingdon, Sullivan coun-
ty, n. Y, popular summer resort,
was formally opened to the public
Tuesday evening of this week. Mr..
and Mrs. c. l.. Dunning, daughter
Laverne, and Mr.. and Mrs. Hergott-
and Frank McKanna and party mo-
tored from Honesdale. In addition
to several hundred summer board
ers, many people from points in
Wayne county were also in attend
ance. An excellent time was enjoy
ed by all present. 1t was a brilliant
affair.
There were ffty-four appli-
cants in the Honesdale teachers ex-
animation for provisional certifi-
Gates on Tuesday and of that num-
Der only three were young men. 1t
seems that the young men are be-
coming fewer and fewer every year
in the teachers profession. The ap-
plicants represented nearly every
school district in the county The
next teachers examination will be
held on July 29 for provisional GER
tlncateS only. Ihe examination
will be held in the Honesdale High
school building.
The Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey, announced Tuesday that
it had found it necessary to advance
the price of gasoline from fourteen
and one half to fifteen and one-half
cents, wholesale, the highest figure
this commodity has brought in this
country since it was placed on the
market. The advance in price is
having its effect on the automobile
owners of the country who are fore
ed to bear the brunt of the ad-
vance. The price is higher since
the dissolution of the Standard Oil
Company by order Of the Supreme
Court than it was before.
A. NJ. Stevens, who has been