The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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lake and added to Wyomissing's park
ing system.
Three brothers-Clarence Arthur
and Milton Polk-of Reading, are sery-
ing in the army, all having answered
the first call for volunteers.
The Health Board of Pottstown
takes pride in the fact thH' there is
not one quarantined home there.
For selling hard cider that intoxi
Gated several men on the jag list in
West Chester, Joseph Pagnetto, a
storekeeper, has been fined $500 and
costs, though the jail sentence was
suspended by the Court.
Many young women are to be
brought from the plant of the General
Chemical Company in New York to
the works OF the concern in Marcus
Hook, 10 take the places Of young men
about to go to war, or who return to
colleges.
Charles Rockers perfect handling oi
a heavily loaded automobile truck
which ran unchecked down a mill at
Sellersville when the brakes became
locked, averted serious injury.
The "Potatriots" OF Wayne and st.
David's paraded in honor OF Labor
Day, several hundred strong, with
hoes and rakes at right shoulder
arms"
Colored Sons OF Veterans of West
Chester and vicinity held field day
in West Chester's athletic park, with
sports, drills, etc.
Mabel Reed, a 16-year-old school
girl, was arrested at Trenton when
she declared her intention OF commit
ting suicide by jumping into Sanhican
Creek The girl spent two nights
with soldiers and said she was afraid
to 90 home. She claimed she left her
home because her family was too
strict with her, and later she met the
soldiers. She has been placed in a
detention ward for investigation.
AS John Y. Guldin, of Yellow House,
was crossing a pasture, he was at
tackled by a bull, but rolled himself
under a fence to escape death after
FIVE OF his ribs had been broken.
German will continue to be an OPP
tional study in Pittsburgh's high
schools.
A roundup shows that Pittsburgh
Slavs bought s7,OOO,OOO worth of Lib
erty Bonds.
Fifteen girls have been employed in
the chemical laboratory of the Stand.
ard Steel Works, Lewistown.
Phoenixville is holding a Chautau-
qua in a large tent.
Bridgeport will honor drafted men
with a demonstration.
Many "war gardens" about Norris
town have been looted.
Fruit growers near Phoenixville
complain of grasshoppers ravages on
fruit trees, especially peaches.
The Reading Railway Company's
school OF telegraphy, Pottstown, has
AZ pupils, 20 of them young women.
Nearly 5000 was netted at a festi-
val for the tobacco Fund Of Com
pany A, Pottstown.
d. G. r. Wise, Birdsboro veteri-
marian, has been ordered by the War
Department to join the National Army
and go at once to France.
A few milk dealers in Reading have
notified customers that they will raise
the retail price to II cents a quart.
An unknown robber looted the home
of Howard f. Cox, OF Ants township,
and secured 1925 in cash. Mr.. Cox
sold quantity of wheat the day be-
fore and also made some collections
on farm machinery.
Planting OF potato parings, as sug'
gested by Governor Brumbaugh,
proved highly successful at Hazleton
in the experience OF Mrs. NJ. V. Parks,
who reported large yield, one tuber
Weighing three-quarters of a pound.
Other home gardeners announce SINH
lar results.
Edward Kriechbaum, formerly of
Chambersburg, aged 55 years, died
near Musselshell, Mont, He owned a
fine ranch of over LOO acres and his
estate is estimated to be worth $4,000
or more. As he was never married,
his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Kriechbaum,
widow. inherits all his estate.
A sordid story of degeneracy and
brutality was told by Mrs Annie Del
linger, in the York County Court, in
the course of which she frankly admit
ted the killing of her husband, whose
treatment she declared she could no
longer endure. She picked up his
shotgun as he sat in the kitchen with
his back toward her, she said, and
It went off" The woman, after vain
effort to arouse neighbors, remained
all night in the house with the corpse
and her two young children.
A grasshopper pest and white pota'
to grubs have ruined large percent
age OF Schuylkill's truck yield.
Fearing coal famine, florists OF
Philadelphia have written to Halle
tonians, asking them to use their in
fluence to have them supplied with
sufficient fuel.
A severe Wind, hall and rainsto-m
passed over Lock Haven and vicinity,
causing serious damage to growing
crops. particularly the tobacco Clin-
ton county tobacco growers were pre-