davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-03-13
"a Fair Offer
Your Money Back if You're
not Satisfied

Ne pay forull medicine used
during the tral if our remedy
fau- to completely reiieve YOU
of constipation We stake AN
Tho risk Nou are not obl-
gated tous iu amy way What
even u you accept our offer
THAT'S ID mighty broad state.
ment 0ut we mean every word
ofit Could anything be- more
fair for you
A MOST scietifc, common
seuce treatment lis Rexall
0rdorlies, which are eaten like
candy Their active principal
is d recent scientific discovery
that is oderless colorless, ana
tastelcssi very pronounced, yet
gentle and pleasant in action,
and particularly agreeable in
every way They do not cause
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
ANNUAL BANQUET OF The
EXCHANGE
Held in Lyric Theatre Last Thurs
day Eyening-Good Speech
making and Singing.

The annual banquet of the Ex-
change and Literary club was held
last Thursday evening in Lyric
theatre. Covers were laid for 100
members and guests. The tables,
which took the form of the letter
e, were placed upon the stage of
the theatre. Palms and cut flowers
formed part of the decorations.
Before introducing the tosat-
master, Attorney Charles p Searle,
President Thomas NJ. Fuller made
few appropriate remarks. Mr..
Searle then graced the toastmaster's
chair, doing justice to the office to
which he had been appointed. He
made an ideal toastmaster. Mr..
Searle told a number of entertain
ing stories about the club members
and dwelt upon the duties of the
community and the State.
After singing by the club men,
I bers, Rabbi Anspacher, of Scran-
ton, was introduced by Toastmaster
Searle. He gave a forceful and in
spring address upon the Ultimate
American" drawing an eloquent and
characteristic picture of the Ameri-
can of the future.
| Singing and music furnished by
| Sonner's orchestra was again en-
| joyed after which DR.. William E.
Griffis, of Ithaca, n. Y, was intro
! duced by the toastmaster. DR..
Griffis told in an entertaining way
of the great men he had met. He
spoke also of Japan and it's relation
! to America and described the jim
! goes who would send us to war with
Japan.
Homer Greene followed DR.. Grif-
| m
full of good cheer and inspiration,
urging the club members to work to-
gether for the common good. He
spoke of the great development of
the club in the past twenty years
and stated that Honesdale was on
the threshold of it's greatest pros
perity. His address was full of en-
thusiasm and inspiration, character
istic of our poet-lawyer.
The banquet hall was tastefully
decorated with palms and flowers
and Sonner's orchestra furnished
music for the occasion. The cater
ing was done by Mrs. Martha Hoch-
reider of Wilkes-Barre. The ban
quet was enlivened by songs i n
which all the members joined.
Harry Madden, of Scranton, sang
several solos. 1t was generally vot-
ed one of the most successful BAN
quets that the club has ever held.
The banquet committee was COM
prised of j. A. Bodie, Jr., and Ed
ward Katz, to whom is due great
credit for the success of the affair.
Among the guests present were
Franc Won Voltaire, of Chicago;
Harry Madden, of Scranton; Walter
Scurry, of Carbondale; R. w. Muir
ply, V. A. Decker, Homer Ames,
, Charles Robson, and w. F. Suydam,
Jr., of Hawley; Rev w. H. Swift,
Rev. A. L. Whitaker, Rev. c. G..
Miller and Fathers j. j. O'Toole and
j. w. Balta, of this place.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
WAYNE COUNTY APPLE CROP
IS GOOD
Farmers by Pruning and Spraying
Trees Receive Larger Crops.

The most cheerful outlook for
years is claimed by farmers in re-
gard to the present apple situation.
While year ago the crop in Wayne
county was generally poor there is
evidence that the crop is far above
an average year and that the supply
is of better quality and will last
longer than a number of years.
Not only has the weather during
the spring, summer and fall been
more conductive to apple growing,
but there has been a distinct i'm
provement in the methods of apple
cultivation employed by the farmers
and orchardists of Wayne county.
A number of younger men are COM
ing into the field, many of them
graduates of agricultural colleges,
and they bring with them advanced
ideas which they have been apply
ing to farms with gratifying results
Some years ago it was taken for
granted by farmers that Wayne
county conditions could not bring
forth the high grade quality Of ap-
piles that are grown in the New Eng
land Western states, but the ad-
vanced ideas of young men coupled
with the extraordinary soil condi-
The old-fashioned farmers of
former times were accustomed to
turn their cattle loose in the apple
orchards, spray the trees once a
! year and more often not at all, and
trust to Providence that the crop
would be good enough to dispose
of to some indiscriminating middle
man. This was all well enough for
the time being, but times have
| changed and to-day the farmer who
! employs such slipshod methods is
! pretty doubtful of finding a market
for his apples.
Before another year rolls around
! there will undoubtedly be an or
ganization of some kind whereby the
| farmers will find a direct market for
his apples and other farm produce
| There is no better place in the
! United States for raising apples than
in Wayne county. This statement
is backed by an agricultural state
ment made by the State and federal
departments.
Farmers interested in greater
production should attend the farm.
ers' institutes to be held in Wayne
county in the following places and
upon the dates mentioned below:
Farmers institutes will be held il
Wayne county as follows: Honesdale
Dec. 2S; Aldenville, Dec. 30th ant
31st in the Baptist church; Pleasant
Mount in high school, Jan. 1st ant
End; Lakewood Methodist church
Jan. 3rd and 4th. Robert S. Seeds
will give at Aldenville, pleasant
Mount and Lakewood his lecture OF
Mistakes of Life Exposed" 1t is /;
humorous lecture and can not be ex
celled.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
RAILROADS CALL MAILS A LOSS
Strong Protest Against Postmaster
Generals Attitude.

That the POstmaster-Gene has
ignored the essential elements of the
postal service and expense and the
fundamental element of a return on
the value of railway property is
charged by the railroads in their an
swer to the Cabinet officials recon-
mendation for change in postal pay
laws which, the carriers say, will
still further decrease their revenues.
The committee on railway mail
pay, representing 26S roads, with
214,275 miles of line, is undertake
ing Systematically to answer the
ostmaster-GeneraPs report to Con-
gress, wherein he stated that liz
1909 the roads were paid about 49,
100000 too much for carrying mails.
An official statement is being issued
in order, the roads say, that they
may lay their case before the pub
lie. In the course of a statement to
the public they say:
The fairness of railway mail pay
can be tested by apportioning oper-
ating expenses between passenger
and freight traffic and then making
a secondary apportionment of the
passenger expenses between mail
and other kinds of traffic carried on
wolves charging directly to each
kind of traffic all expenses pertain
ing exclusively thereto and the ap-
| portionment on some fair basis oi
those expense which are common
to more than one kind of traffic.
In accordance with the request oi
| the Postmaster-General the railways
estimated the cost of conducting the
mail service in this manner, anC
1856 railways operating 1870 mai
routes with a total length of 176,
716 miles ascertained and reported
that for November, 1903, the op
Grating expenses (not including
taxes) for conducting the mail ser
vice were $4,OO9.184. The Post
master-General states that all tn,
railways represented in the forego
ing and enough others to increas,
the mileage represented to 1874, 81
were paid for the same month onl.
S3,6O7,773.13. 1t thus appears tina
the pay was far below the operating
expenses, without making any allow
ance for taxes or for a return upol
the fair value OF the property EN-
ployed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
MOTHER Accidentally SHOT
BY DAUGHTER.
Another Instance Where IL Wasn't
Know That Gun Was Loaded
Mother Dies Instantly.

Without a minutes warning, Mrs.
ERNEST Hess, of Blooming Grove,
pike county, was accidentally shot by
her eleven-year-old daughter in
| their home shortly before noon on
Thursday last. The bullet was from
Ia Winchester rifle. 1t entered the
1woman's mouth, penetrated her
brain and came out back of the ear.
Death was instantaneous.
William, son of Mrs. Hess,
| had been hunting a few days ago
and when he returned he hung the
{gun upon a peg in the living room.
Mary secured the gun and with her
bother brothers and sisters com
menced to play with the deadly
weapon. The son forgot and left
the cartridges in the rifle when he
returned from hunting.
The mother was pairing potatoes
and when discovered by neighbors
| had the knife in one hand and a
potatoe in the other. The children,
i it is stated, ran from the house af-
tier the shooting. 1t is also stated
that the rife was picked up outside,
4it first being feared that the shot
was fired through the window as one
: of the panes was broken. No cred
!ence, however, was given this
story.
DR.. G. T. Rodman, of Hawley, was
called, who summoned the coroner
from Milford. The later decided
that an inquest was unnecessary, as
the shooting was purely accidental.
Mrs Hess was aged 40 years and
was twice married, being separated
= from her first husband about /
&years She leaves her husband anC
several children. The funeral
which was largely attended, was
. held on Sunday.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
CHARLES COLEMAN MEETS
UNUSUAL FATE
ChOkes to Death by Falling From
Seat-Whirled Between Spokes-
Was Driving Home From Union
dale-Brother of Eugene V.
Coleman of This Place.

The Scranton Tribune-RepubliCa
of Tuesday morning contained an ac-
count of the sudden death of Chas.
Coleman, brother of Eugene V. Cole
man, of this place. Eugene Cole
man left Tuesday for Uniondale af-
ter hearing of the unhappy fate of
his brother. The Tribune-Republi-
can has the following to say:
Failing out of a buggy while driv-
ing from Dundaff to his home in
Uniondale, his head falling between
the spokes of one of the wheels,
causing him to be strangled, was the
very unusual manner in which Chas.
p. Coleman, of Uniondale, met death
at a late hour Sunday night.
Coleman spent Sunday with his
brother, William, in Dundaff, and
about 10 o'clock that night started
to drive to his home, distant about
three miles. 1t is presumed that the
young man was doing as the buggy
was going along over the rough road
and that he fell from the seat in a
somersault fashion. From the ap-
pearance of the body when it was
discovered along the roadway Mon
day morning there is every reason
for the belief that the head fell be-
tween the spokes of the wheel and
that the horse kept on going, whirl-
ing the driver to his death with each
revolution of the wheel.
This theory is borne out by bruises
and lacerations on the neck, which
it is claimed, would not be sustained
in any other manner. That the horse
endeavored to free itself from the
incumbrance to one of the forward
wheels is shown by the impression O
a horses hoof upon the neck of the
dead man, pressing upon the jugulal
vein. 1t is believed that the MAJ
was dead within a minute after fall
ing from his seat.
At an early hour Monday morning
a man named Burdick, driving to
ward Uniondale, found the deaC
body lying in the roadway, about
mile further on he came across tn,
horse standing. The body was tax
en- to the home of his father, Charlie
H. Coleman, at Uniondale.
The victim of this accident wa
thirty-four years of age and hat
been a resident of Uniondale, for
number of years past. He is surviv
ed by his father, two sisters, and tn
following brothers.: Harry an
Douglas, of Uniondale; Eugene, o
Honesdale, and William, of Dundaft
The funeral will take place from tn
home at 10 O'Clock Wednesda
morning and interment will be mad
in the Uniondale cemetery.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
BOROUGH FATHERS TRANSACT
BUSINESS.
Work Light-Sewer Committee Re-
ported and Bills Paid-AdjOurn-
ed Early.

The December meeting of the bor-
ough council was held on Thursday
evening of last week. All members
were present except H. C. Rettew.
Burgess C. A. McCarty and Street
Commissioner Weidner were also in
attendance. The minutes OF the last
regular and two special meetings
were read and approved.
Treasurer G. w. Penwarden made
the following report; Balance on
hand at the last meeting, S6,377.OS;
received from Auditor General A. E.
Sisson, 20 of Fire Insurance COM
panies doing business outside of the
state, $255.64, making a total of
S6,632.72. Paid out since last
meeting, $2,312.29, leaving bal
ance of $4,321.16 in the treasury.
Street Commissioner l.. Weidner
reported that $50 feet of sewer pipe
had been laid. The pipe cost soc
per foot. The total amount for la
Dor and material is $19S. Commis-
sioner Weidner was instructed to
proceed with the sewer up High
street from Main until prohibited by
weather or deep frost.
! Bills amounting to 81 ,3S9.93
were ordered paid.
Business was exceptionally light
and the session adjourned at 9:45
! to meet again at the call OF the
president.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11

sections, making the first stage to
Salem, and from there, by next
year, we will build the second six
mile stage to Lake Ariel, and from
there again to Hawley.
" The plan Is to build branches off
of this main line to touch the many
smaller towns. We will be practi-
cally the only railroad within reach
of thousands of farmers and that
there is room for it is shown by the
fact that committees for farmers
have called upon me, urging me to
extend the road.
" cant say when we will meet
with the American Railway company
to straighten out some of the details,
but | am trying to get matters fixed
up so that the work can start very
soon"
Can Build It Himself.
Asked if the route had been map
ped out or if engineers were at
work, Mr.. Burke said:
{" built the Moosic Lake road
myself, with the assistance of one
engineer, and think l can get along
pretty we'll with the extension with
out much trouble.
Practical builders can see with
their eyes, sometimes, what engi-
neers cannot see with their instru-
ments. The country through there
won't present any difficulties to us
| in a construction way, and there
won't be any franchises to have any
trouble with as the right of way will
be largely through private prop,
| erty."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
neath of Nicholas Loris.

Nicholas Loris died at his late
home in Scranton on Saturday, aged
81 years. Mr.. Loris had been blind
and subject to nervous spells for the
past four years. Prior to his illness
he held the position of shoe sales
man for Durland-Weston Shoe Com
pany. He is survived by his wife
and one son, Paul, and one daugh-
ter, Margaret. He also leaves three
brothers, Benjamin, William and
Phillips, and two sisters, Mrs. p. ]
Sullivan, of Brooklyn, N. Y; Mrs
VIM. H. Halter of Baltimore, Nd
The remains were brought to Homes
dale on Saturday morning. The fu'
neral services were held from st
Mary Magdalens church at II
O'Clock that morning. Interment
was made in the German Catholic
! cemetery.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
PERSONAL MENTION.


atives at Laurella.
James Burnett, of Waymart, was
a caller in town on Friday.
Mrs. E. W. Burns entertained at
her home on Friday evening.
Charles Jay, of Pleasant Mount, is
guest of relatives in Honesdale.
Mrs. F. B. Whitney is visiting rel
atives and friends in New York City.
Mrs. Charles Hudson, of Carbon
dale, spent few days in town last
week.
Mrs. D. Woodard has returned
home after spending a few days in
Hawley.
Lawrence Weniger of Main street,
is confined to the house by a severe
attack of rheumatism.
Mrs. Emma johnson, who has been
in Scranton for the past few weeks.
returned Monday much improved in
health.
Hon. E. B. Hardenbergh attended
business meeting of State Hospital
| board of trustees in Scranton on
| Tuesday.
Mrs. Anna Schoonover and Cora
Barlow have returned home after
| spending a few days with Mrs. E. S.
Uglow of Main street.
Misses Elizabeth Tembus, Mary
Haggerty, Mary O'Brien and j.
Ackerman and NJ Tembus spent Sun
day with friends at Egypt.
Mrs. J. L. Oakes entertained a
number of ladies at her home on
West street Monday afternoon at
cards. Dainty refreshments were
served.
Herbert Bassett spent Sunday
with relatives in Scranton and re-
turned Monday afternoon, accom-
panied by his wife who had beer
spending several weeks there.
Judge A. T. Searle, who is pre-
siding over the new Common Pleas
Court in Philadelphia, spent the
weekend in Honesdale, returning tC
Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Richards are
packing their goods preparatory tt
removing to Wilkes-Barre, wher'
Mr.. Richards has secured employ
ment. The family has resided il
No. 6 Durland block for g years.
w. H. Hall, who for the past TIVE
! years has been travelling in the in
terest of the Painters Magazine,
New York publication, has returned
| and is now able to take care OF tn
| interests Of his friends and patrons
. Charles w. Elmendorf, who ha
been the proprietor of the Hote
Wayne for the past year, will sci
his goods and depart from our mids
about December 20, his lease havin
expired. John II. Weaver, forme
l proprietor, will again conduct tn
hotel.
w. B. Lesher, Register and Re
corder, returned to his duties in tn
court house Saturday morning afte
spending a week at his former HON
: in Sterling. While there he accom-
. panied hunting party into the Pix
: county woods and succeeded in xii
ing fine buck.
J. Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Eek, who fc
A several years have been residents {
/, White Mills, expect to leave fC
y Scranton this week, Mr.. Eek havin
secured employment in that cit,
- He has been foreman in the BLOWN
y department of the Dorflinger plaI
= = for eleven years.
a Alva NJ. Harding, aged eighty-tiN
n years, died on Thursday last at h
n home in Hamlin after a brief IL
n ness. He is survived by two daugl
ters, Mrs Amos Oliver and Mrs, Inc
y Curtis, both of Hamlin. Mr.. Hart
a ing was one of the best known res
J. dents of Wayne county. The fune
q al was held at Hamlin on Saturds
v morning at IL o'clock.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
ONE OF OUR RURAL CARRIERS
DREAMS,

The parcels post goes into effect
January 1st. One of Wayne coun-
tvs rural delivery carriers recently
dreamed the following:
"Mr. Postman: VIII you please
get me a piece of beef, not bone,
| want it for soup, y pounds, one
pound hamburg steak, two punches
celery, one quart of oysters, one
pound of crackers. / enclose a
bill. Please take out your pay.
Get the balance in one dollar bills
or change and oblige. A soc pack
age of instant postum, a 10c pack
age of dates and little fresh fish. +"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
Death of George Polly.

George Polly, former resident of
Honesdale, died in st. Louis, Mo-, on
Saturday where he had been employ
ed in the Prendergast Lumber com
pany He was 5 years of age. The
remains were brought to Honesdale
Monday. He is survived by
several brothers and sisters as fol-
lows: Benjamin Polly and Mrs. C.
A. Purdy, of Seelyville; Miss Flora
Polly, of Lake Ariel; Mrs. George
Franc and Ernest Polly of Dalton
and Amos Polly of Scranton.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
Death of Grace l.. Dunn.

Miss Grace L. Dunn of this place,
died at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Wedge on Main street Sat
urday, following a long illness of
double pneumonia. She had been
employed as a glass inspector at T..
B. Clark's glass factory up to the
time of her illness. She was thirty
two years of age. The funeral ser
vices were held at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Wedge at half-past seven
o'clock Monday evening, Rev. w. H.
Swift officiating. The remains were
taken to Calkins where interment
was made in the Calkins cemetery.
Her father and mother preceded her
in death.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
Death OF Mrs. Leila Simons.

Mrs. Leila Simons, OF Arlington,
wife of VIM. Simons, died Tuesday,
Nov. 12, at $3.50 p. m, aged "a
years. The funeral was held at the
home. Rev. Treat officiated. Burial
was made in the Hamlin cemetery.
Mrs. Simons leaves to mourn her
loss her husband and five small
children, her aged mother and five
sisters, also two brothers and great
many friends. She was good
mother and a kind neighbor.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
Live Stock Markets.
Pittsburgh, Dec


CATTLE - Supply, 100 cars; market
strong and higher; Christmas cattle, t9,7
alO25; choice, 50. 4Oa9,6o; prime, SS6oas Is
good, S. 9OaS5O; tides. i6.sOa7.7S; fair, $50
a6.5O; common. s450a550; heifers, A.l0a
7.5O; fresh cows and springers, 33a75.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Prime wethers,
a. 8a4.5O; good mixed. $S.75a4l5; fair, tS. q
aaT5; lambs. $5aS; veal calves, NO6Oall.eO
heavy and thin calves, $7as.
HOGS-Receipts 100 double decks; mar
ket higher; prime heavy. y.76a7.s0; heavy
mixed, mediums and heavy Workers.. t77(
ais; light Workers.. t7.toa7eo; pigs. t7s
71; roughs, ts7bs7.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
SCHOOL NOTES.

The Freshman class Is studying
the local newspapers. On Monday
afternoon, upon invitation of Prof.
II. A. Oday, E. b. Galloway of the
Citizen office, gave a short talk up
on the history of the newspaper and
the art of printing. Each member
OF the class was presented with a
linotype slug upon which was their
name.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-21
SUGAR TRUST TRIAL
MAY LAST A YEAR
ALI Actions of the Trust During
Twenty-one Years to Be Investi-
gated to Prove Monopoly.

New York, March 2.-By attempting TO
prove through the testimony OF Charles
r. Heixe, former secretary of the sugar
trust, that the trust has been engaged
since its organization in 1892 in practic-
ing monopolistic tactics, United States
Attorney Wise to-day very materially
broadened the scope of the trial OF the
sugar trust magnates. The attorneys for
the trust endeavored TO prevent the tes-
timony from being submitted. but were
overruled by Judge Hand.
The trust lawyers say that the trial,
which was scheduled to last two weeks
may now extend from ten months to two
years, as they will be compelled to dis
pute every inch Of the ground In order
TO prove the monopoly charges false by
showing that the purchased refineries
were not closed for the purpose OF re-
ducing production. but that their best
machinery was transferred to other re-
fineries under the company's policy Of
concentration and increased efficiency OF
production, which, IL is claimed, has re-
suited In cheapening the price to con-
sumers.
Mr.. Wise declares his action will not
materially extend the trial, and that the
defense is only ''bluffing'' when IL claims
otherwise