The Democratic advocate., 1920-11-05
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Buckwheat cakes and sausage is bn
Pie menu card.
Everybody is beginning to dream Of
- eeChristmas turkey and most of us will
eat chicken.
Mrs. Charles Koontz, Of New Wind.
sor attended Gross-Smith wedding st
Libertytown October 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Myers and
son, Of Baltimore, were Sunday yis-
itors to relatives here.
marriage license was issued in
Towson Saturday to Harry L. Gettiar
and G. Marguerite Bufgoon, of Man
chester
Mr.. Geo. W. H0ff, East Main street,
sold his two stoFy brick property in.
Hanover to Frank G. Mckinney, of
that place.
The following losses have recentlv
/ been adjusted by the Westminster
Realty & Insurance Co.: George E.
/ Benson, automobile; William l. Daby-
lon, windstorm ]. w. Barnes. crops.
Twelve men were killed Sunday at
North T0naWanda, N. Y, when an ex-
plosion occurred in the Niagara Falls
Power Company The men We're in a
room inspecting a new machine they.
were trying out. 81
Westminster Realty and Insurance
CO., Mitchell e Crawford haze sold
the Chester F. Cook farm of y acres,
located on the UHiontown Road, to
Mr.. e. A. Newcomer AMI wife, of
Taneytown, Md.
In an effort to locate miligram of
radium valued at 1300O carelessiy
dropped by a woman patient in the
Paxton Hospital, New York, Workmen
began to dig uD the sewers In the vi
cinity of the hospital.
Charles j. Velnoskey has again
opened his shoe repair shop at his
home on West Main street, near Forks
0f-the-road. Mr.. Velnoskey lost his
machinery stock by fire some time ago
and has all new equipment to do
good w6rk
Miss Emma d. Zahn, having spent
the summer with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John T. ZaIln, East Main street,
4efts last week for New York Cry.
where she has accepted position
with the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Many farmers bought potatoes last
spring at $500 and $500 per bushel.
Now they are offered from 81 to $1.50
per bushel. Quite a slump isn't It.
The prices would be a fair one had
prices on things the farmer had to buy
taken a like reduction in price. But
such is not the case.
officer Bale was approached at the
railroad Saturday afternoon by COLI
ored woman and asked to arrest her
Ahusband She said that he contributed
Nnofhing to7her support. From the
looks of the husband he was perfect
ly able to keep his wife. She report
the same to Justice Walsh.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Barnes. Of
Marheldsburg, entertained Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Roby Williams, Mis-
Richard B. Owings, Mrs. Frances e.
Owings, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Owings
MISS AuTlEtlld OW1ASCtt is4%OA CNh5 eA4AtA
Gertrude Owings, Mr., William Proof.
Master B. Owings and Arthur Owsngs
Monday night young man by the
name Of Naylor, of ReisterstowrE.
mixed with Brown and Haines, OF this
city. After arguing over some trifie
METER they mixed again bus with
their fist. All were arrested and spent
the night in jail. They were released
Tuesday in time to vote after paying
fine to Justice Walsh.
Jerome King, 81 years old, a re-
tired farmer, crawled out of bed and
jumped from the attic window of his
home in Littlestown Tuesday night
last and was Killed. Kings body was
found by his son, who heard the crash
Last spring King trimmed a corn too
close, gangrine developed, ,sand his leg
was amputated. This worried him
and is believed to be the cause of his
suicide.
Thaddeus Bailey, colored, a lead
ing character of Charles street, was
arrested Tuesday for hunting without
license on charges preferred by
District Deputy Came Warden Dinst
\ On "Wednesday Justice Walsh heard
his case and fined. him SIS. and cost.
This should be warning to all gum
ners who like the hunting sport. You
can get a license from the Clerk Of
the Court at $1.10.
The large barn on the farm owned
by Jacob Stambaugh, of Bridgeport,
tenanted by Elmer Motter. was des-
troyed by fire on October 2S. The ORR
gin .of the fire is unknown. having
started on the top of the straw stack.
The horses and most of the farming
implements were saved. The crops,
including the wheat, new binder,
wagon and six pigs, were burned. The
loss is estimated Mat about $11s000. of
which $f2D0rfs covered ny insurance