The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
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STATE ITEMS

notwithstanding nearly a quar-
ter of a mile on his hands and knees
after breaking leg by a fall on Ice
near here, Harry Schatz managed to
reach the home of Henry Roth, where
he received Doctors aid.
Harrlsburg.-Menin in charge OF war
markets throughout the Lehigh valley
say they are being well attended by
faithful and patriotic housewives.
Harrisburg. - The 30 cows ut the
Berks county poorhouse farm produced
64,S60 quarts of milk last year and the
525 fowls 1,412 dozen eggs.
Harrisburg.-The ice crop through
out the upper section Of Carbon county
| is the best In the history Of the region,
ice measuring more than two feet In
thickness being housed,
Hazleton.-Helen, the two-year-old
daughter OF Frank Lukatch of Gran
berry, Is dead from eating strychnine
pills in mistake for candy. Her moth
er was Ill, and a physician prescribed
the pills, which were sugar coated. The
child found them and died in ten min
utes.
Hazleton. Only &C Of the present
list Of 75 saloonists applied for re-
newal of their licenses.
Altoona-Two hundred and thirty
seven students make up the senior
class in the High School, the largest
ever enrolled.
Tyrone.-Citizens and industries are
helping to pay S6,SOO for the city's new
motor fire truck, the first step toward
motorizing the fire department.
West Hazleton. - The council has
given So a month increases to Its chief
Of police and health officer, $40 to the
patrolmen and 2 cents more an hour to
street hands.
Wilkesbarre.-A mother, father and
| two children were sulrocated in the
kitchen of their home by gas from Il
broken main issuing through defective
sewer piping. The dead are Mr.. and
Mrss George Goodenowicz, aged about
forty, of Edwardsville and their two
Margaret, aged FIVE, and
| Anna, aged two.
Ouakerstown.- National Farm
| Loan Association elected these olli-
GERS: President, Theodore Il. Hoyt
vice resident, Ernest G. Meyer; secre,
tary-treasurer. Calvin +. Heckler.
Lansdale.-To aid the government
| in furnishing much needed stenogra'
piers and typewriters classes are be-
ing organized here, Sellersville and
other North Penn towns
TOhickon-New pews and chancel
are being installed in the old historic
church here, which is being remodeled
at n cost of several thousand dollars.
Grand View.-The hospital authori'
ties here are elated because of the Ad-
dtion of an ambulance, which has
been put into operation.
Altoona.-Six lightless nights q
week will be observed here instead of
two, as ordered by the state fuel ad-
ministrator.
Lattlmer.-Calvin Pardee, Jr., SUI
perintendent of the mines of Pardee
Bros. & Co., led the Knights of Co,
lumbus war fund donations with 500
Harrisburg. - Pheasants and quail
are starving In the forests of Clinton
county so heavy is the snow.
Harrlsburg.-Farmers institutes in
Fulton and other counties were Sc
riously interrupted by heavy SHOWS.
Harrisburg.--Notices of further in
creases of stock or debt, representing
millions of dollars, have been filed by
corporations with the Public Service
| Commission.
Lehigh. - Even though many Aus.
trlan and German Poles of the mine
field here We're caught unnaturaliLed
by the war, they protest against being
classed MS "encmy aliens"
Hazleton.-Milk dealers here have
increased prices from - to l3 cents a
quart and from 6 TO cents pint.
Harrisburg. - The G. b. Markle
| Company, largest individual hard coal
operators in the world, have started
the erection Of steel washery
through which a number of. culn
banks will be run
Hyde Park.-The United States gov
ernment will pay $4,000 life insurance
funds to Mrs. Sarah aust of this
place for the death of her son, VII
liam i. Faust, who was killed when a
| German submarine sunk the steamship
| Antilles.
Tamaqua. Smith employed
as a watchman at the Readings Rose
street crossing here, stepped out nj
the way of passenger train into the
path of n freight train and was de-
capitated. Smiths work day was al
most completed, and two of his chill
dren were in the watch box, close by
waiting to accompany him home.
Three Tuns.-S. II. Effrig, farmer
| here, slaughtered IL porkers and sold
them at 23 cents pound netting him
Il profit of $124.
Yomgstown.-This borough will pay
one-half toward a mile of Lincoln high
way within its boundaries.
Hazleton. - The Jeanesville Iron
Works, shell plant here, has dis
charged all its unnaturali1ed employ
ees of German or Austrian descent.
Harrisburg.-The new policy of the
state in regard to highway conStruc'
ton will be to build where essential
and where localities cooperate, bv,
the greatest attention will be given to
maintenance, which is provided for ou.
of the automobile license fund.
Hazleton.-This place lacks hou8lhg
for its new influx of munltion WORKERS.