The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-12-05
Pennsylvania
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railroad between Mount Braddock and
Cniont0wn will be completed by
Christmas.
AllentOwn.-rAt the rate Of one 4
minute, Judge GrOman in the Lehlgh
county court granted seventeen dl-
vOrces.
Wilkes Barre. Believed to have
been deranged after suffering week
from influenza, George A. HOlzlnger,
aged thirty-five years, local barten.
der, slashed his throat with pen
knife. He died almost instantly.
Wllkes-Barrc.-Olve Claus, sixty
two years old, former postmaster Of
LehightOn, died here Of pneumonia.
At one time he was prominent in Car
bon county politics
WilllamspOrt.-lnsp from the
bureau of safety, United States rail
road administration and agents of the
Pennsylvania public service commits.
sion, reached De Wart to make lnves-
tigatiOns Of the accident which result
ed in the deaths of six railroad EN-.
plOyes.
Reading. ng.-COntentiO of friends of
DIR. William III. Straus, wet Democratic
candidate, that the soldier vote would
elect him over James f. Norton, dry
Republican. who had n lead of nearly
200 over Strauss, failed to hold true,
as the soldiers gave Strauss 20, and
Norton Gj, making NortOn's lead 225.
Huntingdon.-W. II. Jones, farm
or of Porter township, who disappear
ed from his home n month ago, was
found dead in the Juniata river near
Petersburg. II Is not certain whether
II was case of accident or suicide
New Castle.-A farm show will he
held on December 3. t. }. q and Z, un-
der the auspices of the Lawrence
county farm bureau, in this city. Corn.
potatoes apples, vegetables, grain and
greenhouse products will be displayed
and prizes awarded.
AltoOna.--n the united war work
campaign Altoona exceeded its quota
by raising S115000, which is $4,000
more than the allotment. The district
composed Of Blair, Bedford, Hunting.
don and Fulton counties was to raise
$3.50 000 and II Is believed that when
all the returns are In II will be found
that this sum has been contributed.
Readlng.-Several thousand work
men employed at the five plants here
of the Reading Iron company, had
their pay percentages advanced as
follows by The war board ruling: Pud-
dlerS. increased IL; puddler rollers
and bar finiSherS, s. all effective Aug
ust 4. Hammermen, fOrgemen and all
other tube workers. :; piece workers,
10: effective September 30.
Doylestown.-Fifte -year-old Ed
win w McKenna, living at TaylOrs-
vile, Bucks county, was accidentally
shot in the right hip by n shotgun
while playing soldier with friend.
John McClain. McKenna died shortly
after the accident from shock and
loss Of blood.
UniontOwn.- Pressed flowers pluck
ed near the grave of DOlbert Fake, the
first UniOntOwn draftee to leave this
city, have just been received by Mrs
John Brown, sister of the soldier
from Miss A. Winifred Allison. Red
Cross nurse. who attended Corporal
Flke from the time he was wounded
until he died.
Carlisle. Attempting. to jump
across a cut in advance Of train. a
young buck deer jumped partly
through the window of cab on the
and Reading railroad
near here. The engineer and fireman.
had narrow escapes from injury, the
ileer was dragged and killed, the car
cass being turned over 10 the local
hospital
Easton.-Property owners have
formed n taxpayers league and elect
pd DR.. VI. s. Scip, chairman: Elmer
e. Bachman, secretary, and s. J.
treasurer.
NaZareth.--Hereafte all school chill.
lrcn must he off the street at eight
o'clock, unless accompanied by their
parents or an adult the chief burgess
having issued an order 10 that effect.
Mauch Chunk.-Harold Swank Is
the first discharged soldider from this
town to return home since the signing
NJ the armiStice He reached here
from an Alabama training camp and
received royal welcome.
Bangor. - Harry Amy, treasurer,
leaned $500 of the funds of the East
Bangor Lodge Of the Knights of the
Golden Eagle to his brother, Cotton
Amy, and the latter died without an
estate. The lodge is out the money
md probably look to Amy'S bondsmen
10 make good.
UniOntOwn.-W short time
Clyde Il. Miller, city sealer of weights
md measures, has found about fifty
faulty scales and measures, all OF
which have been cOniiScated The
short measures for the most part were
used by hucksters, being Of the false
bottom varieties.
Scranton-An hour before he was
10 finish work for the day, Ralph
Oliver, of this place, was killed in n
mine by slide of coal.
Berlin.-R. ]. Bowman was appoint
I'd justice of the peace for Berlin
borough
Wilkes-Barre. Completing arrange.
mcnts for his brothers funeral but q
minute before, James Sweeney, aged
fifty, fell dead on the street here.
Harrisburg. - Representatives of
sixty tribes of Red Men of half