The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-18
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Altoona insurance Offices arc em
ploying women as solicitors.
Drought has compelled the Green
Mountain colliery to put on the water
train.
Army enlistments have created va
cancies in the four troops Of State po-
lice.
Lebanon county's 272 teachers are
in annual institute in the county
Courthouse.
Commission government has re-
duced Altoona's city debt $1s6,50O in
four years.
Ed Jenkins, McVeytown, caught 400
Juniata salmon in the Juniata river
this season.
H. F. Schneider, OF Old Zionsville,
raised 1,700 bushels OF potatoes.
Berks Red Men will raise $4,000, by
each giving 81, to purchase war am
balances.
The schools OF Emaus have been
closed on account Of an epidemic OF
diphtheria.
Absolom Yergey, "a, of Fox Hill,
procured a gunner's license from
Pottstown magistrate.
The 1877 acre farm Of the late Joel
Long, OF Upper Bern township, Berks
county. was sold to Mrs. A. j. Haag, OF
Shartlesville, for s6,423.72.
"Out of town buying" is ascribed as
the reason for ten tenantless store
rooms in the neart of Royersford.
Valley Forge Chapter, Daughters OF
American Revolution, has decided to
adopt French orphan for a year.
John w. Balthaser sold his 120 acre
farm in Tilden township, Berks coun'
ty, to Jacob l.. Balthaser for $7,lOO.,
Altoona Y. w. c. A. has raised
$4,000 of the $4,000 it set out to
raise a week ago.
Lack of milk threatens to close
Hobbie Creamery, farmers cooper
ative plant, north Of Hazleton, after
ten years operation.
Three thousand, four hundred and
sixty-six bank accounts, for total OF
s267.09, were opened in Hazleton's
newly organized school thrift system.
Vegetables riased by seventy pu-
pills of the Newport public schools
sold for s91.05.
Fifteen cases of diphtheria rave
developed in Martinsburg, all the
schools in the borough are closed and
no services were held In the Sunday
schools.
A French language class in the
Altoona high school is patronized by
forty-two graduate nurses in local
hospitals, anxious to prepare them
selves for possible service in France.
The last toll turnpike in Blair
county is thing of the past, the
Duncansville and Newry Turnpike
Company, after a years pickering,
having decided to accept an offer OF
$4,000 for the road, to be paid equal
ly by the state and the county.
Franklin county farmers have paid
as high as 81 a day and board for
men to cut corn and do other rush
work, and much farm work was done
by moonlight. Men who worked all
day in shops went on the farms and
worked until midnight cutting corn
and husking. Women also worked
by moonlight on scores Of farms.
Seventy draft soldiers left Bridge
port for Camp Meade, while massed
bands played 1.-The Star Spangled Ban
ner." There was the usual weeping
and cheers Of the assembled parents
and populace. Five left from Norris
town, 20 from the First district and
43 from the Third district.
A new use has been found for old
newspapers by David Armstrong, oi
Fairview road, Leiperville, who has
newspapers wrapped around the stalks
of $500 celery plants growing in his
truck patch in the rear of his home
Armstrong is using the newspapers fol
blanching the celery.
Notices were posted at the mills oi
James Lees & Sons Company, Bridge
port, announcing an increase OF 10 pei
cent in the wages of all the 800 EN-
ployees. This will mean an added pay
ment Of between $4,000 and 100000 g
year.
A large number Of shell making ma
chimes were installed in Jeanesvillt
Iron Works, which is being altered tC
handle a 100000 order for the United
States government, after turning ou
100000 shrapnel for the Russians.
The time for paying taxes to enable
soldiers to vote has expired.
Encouraged by getting work thi!
fall in the farming districts, the Drawn!
wives of Polish, Austrian and Italian
miners up state now seek employment
in the timber yards of the anthracite
collieries.
Using their husbands passes, wive,
OF the Juniata Valley Railroad mel
are cutting the cost OF living by trip
to the farms for produce.
II cost Henry W. Heidenreich $3.50
to be elected Mayor of Hazleton b.
getting more than 81 per cent OF tn
vote at the primaries.
Charles E. Jefferies, who obtaine,
the Democratic nomination for Count.
Controller at the primary election, al
ed an unusual expense account. In
letter to the Pr Monetary he said
ITO secure 1896 votes and the Demo
cratic nomination for County Control
Ter in Blair county cost me rs cents.
Tho harvest home and farmers pit