Milford chronicle., 1918-01-04
PENNSYLVANIA
NEWS IN BRIEF
Interesting Items From All
Sections Of the State.

Reading has recruited 1882 mem
l bers for the Red Cross society.
Ice twelve inches thick is being cut
in rural sections Of Lehigh county.
Ten months for stealing ten chick.
ems was Jacob Haug's sentence at
J Lancaster.
His feet frozen in a blizzard, Alex
ander Covack, of Mt. Carmel. has lost
all ten toes.
At eighty-eight Mrs. Michael Spang-
leT Of Rheems, is an industrious to-
bacco stripper.
The state department of agriculture
has issued a warning against unli-
censed statesmen for nurseries.
Mr.. and Mrs. William C. Bratton
have celebrated the fftieth anniver-
cary Of their wedding at Freeburg.
Every resident Of White Haven,
which has 1000 inhabitants, has be-
come member of the Red Cross.
It is estimated that there are $4,000
persons in Northampton county who
will have to pay war income tax.
Perry I. Gilbert, a Chambersburg
machinist, has been appointed mer.
camille appraiser for Franklin county.
III on a trolley car, near Allentown,
Blanche Raydon. of Northampton,
was jolted of on a bridge and killed.
Game Warden Fenstermacher will
place a number of quail and rabbits in
the rural districts adjacent to Fleet.
Ywood.
John Farrell, for many years ia.
nous mine foreman. died at the state
hospital, Fountain Springs. aged sew
enty.four.
William H. Luden, of Reading, has
forwarded 1000 boxes Of cough drops
to Halifax, Nova Scotia, for free dis
tribution.
Robert Bingham and Ella Corwell
are in jail at Chambersburg, accused
Of passing a dozen forged checks on
merchants.
A candle setting fire to a Christmas
tree in the home Of John G. Spatz, /
Reading. caused damage of $1OO to
the parlor.
Dreading possible prohibition, the
purchaser of Chambersburg's Hotel
Montgomery got it for $4O,S4O. away
below value.
Rev. Titua A. Alspach, pastor Of st.
Johns Reformed church, Chambers.
burg, has call from Butler, and wili
dkely accept.
The 1918 budget of Reading coun.
ell calls for an expenditure of s1,0S4,.
797 SO and a ten-mill tax has been
decided upon.
A record-breaking year for shoplift
ing is reported for 1917 by Hazleton
merchants, and the offenders were all
boys and girls.
The strike of Carbondale tinsmiths
employed at the shops of the D. & H.
Railroad company yielded three cents
an hour increase.
P. J. Conohan, foreman at Mores
cOlliery, has been named inside super
intendent for the Dodson Coliery com
pany at Beaverbrook.
with 20 coal S2yh hand the o'ey
street mill of the Reading IRON com
pany, Reading, has closed down until
the second week in January-
Pickpocl1ets are busy iri Bethlehem
and James F. Kressleri has been re
lieved of $3.50 John Crush of $91 and
Albert T. Updegra4Ve Of 500.
The fuel administrator for the low
sr end OF Luzerne county will issue
,rdefs for "lightless" Thursday and
nights. to save coal at its
source.
Frederick Gena. an alien, Of Old
was fined Ss5 for keeping
dogs, and constables have killed forty
dogs whose owners had failed to pay
license fees.
The Meyerhoff Shirt company, OF
Pottstown, presented $5 and a box OF
candy to each of its 179 employees, end
The latter gave the firm a handsome
chime clock.
Hero letters" and IS each were
sent to James Steel and william and
Richard Ritter, Lewistown boys, for
a broken rail on the Penn.
Jylvania railroad.
Allentown's chamber Of commerce
vim protest against the proposed in.
,rease in fares from I'VE to six cents
N the Allentown and Reading Trac.
ion company line.
A son of Isaac Richards. of Port
Kennedy, was overcome BIZ the cold,
md was found by the side of the road
y ]. w. Walker, Just in time to save
he youngsters life.
There is a strong sentiment in the +
'anther Greek valley, including many
I the United Mine Workers, to in
rease the production Of anthracite
ight to nine per day.
BY a strange coincidence. Private
lobert Gaugler, Of the national army,
allied from IAN Atlantic port" at the
ientical hour his mother passed away
t the Shamol1in hospital.
In presenting Christmas gifts rang
lg from $25 down to each of its EN-.
loves. one-third Of whom have been
i the service Of the firm for periods
angling from ten to thirty years, Sot.
II Brothers, Pottstown manufactur.
rs, announced that the bonus system
II wage earners would be continued