The Conshohocken Recorder, February 5, 1907

              She Conshohocken Kecorfter
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AXD FRIDAY
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TOW.N NOTES
letters testamentary ou the estate
•t Francis H. Lubbe. liave been grant-ed
to David H. Ross.
Letters of Administration in the es-tate
of Mary Dugtiau liave been grant-ed
to Frank Uognan.
James Sweeney, arrested by Officer
Hastings, was Riven his freedom after
eornplying wlta the usual requirements.
John Loughrey, arrested by Officer
Ruth, was given a sixty-day sentence
Sy burgess Bloomhali at police court
yesterday .
One candidate was baptized in the
r'irst Baptist Church by Rev. Abner J.
. on Bundaj evi
a lodge of the Shepherds of Beth-lehem
will be started in the P. O. S.
of A. hull on next Thursday evening.
A. reception will be given in the
Parish House of Calvary Church on
konday evening ol as* week to the
congregation of the church.
Mrs. Thomas J. Butcher is In receipt
01 cablegram announcing an accident
to her husband in Cuba. He sustained
a fracture of the shoulder-blade by a
fall.
[n another column Burgess Bloom-hall
issues a proclamation requiring
property-owners to 'lean the snow
from their pavements promptly or he
will have them arrested and fined.
The funeral services of Mrs. John
S. Hippie were held at her late home.
Hector and Apple streets, on Saturday
aiternoon. Rev. A. J. Davies conduct-ed
the services, which were attended
by delegations from Vlda Lodge,
Daughters of Rebekah and Ladies of
the Qolden Ragle.
Warren, son of Wellington Fisher,
was hit on the temple with a enow
bail—a "soaker'— on Friuay anil Is
confined to his home in consequence.
The blow cause,] internal hemorrhage,
and the boy's condition Is serious. He
was serving papers Tor Graham &
Jonnson at l-e time on South avenue.
when another hoy tare w the snow ball.
A machine which autoniaticaly ahuf-
■ pack of cards in an Instant with
the cards concealed from sight and
which changes the position of nine out
or every ten cards is tne latest me-chanical
device for card players. It
not only protects the cards from Injury
but gives an absolute square deal shuf-fle.
The machine weighs four pounds
and attaches iu a moment to any ta-ble.
It is about twelve inches high
A comedy in three acts, will be giv-en
in the Parish House of Calvary P.
E. Church, on Thursday and Fridaj
evenings of this week, by the members
ef the choir. The choir have put forth
their best efforts to make the play a
success, and as it Is of an amusing
character, a very enjoyable entertain-ment
is promised to those who come
on either of the evenings. There will
be musical selections between the acts.
Tickets can be had from any of the
members.
At a stated meeting of Conshohock-en
Conclave, No. 288, Improved Order
Heptasophs. held last Friday evening,
at the office of Win. F. Smith, the fol-lowing
Officers were instilled by Dis-trict
Deputy Supreme Archon, Paul H.
Uerndt, of Norristown:
. ast Achon. John A. Weaver.
Archon, Will J. Davis.
Provost, H. A. Rigg.
Prelate, Joseph K. Moore.
Secretary, C. A. Ramsey.
Financier, Wm. F. Smith.
Treasurer, A. A. Lindsay
Warden, Robert R. Wilson.
Inspector, William Armitage.
Sentinel, Henry Redfern.
Trustees, Wm. Armitage, John A.
Weaver, Joseph K. Moore.
Owing to the storm the funeral of
Mrs. Jane Ryan of First avenue has
been postponed from to-day until to-morrow
morning, when services will
be held in St. Matthew's Church at
nine o'clock.
The greatest snow storm of the sea-sou
drifted into town on Sunday night,
and stayed with us urtll this morn-ing,
when the householder arose from
his bed th.s morning he saw three feet
ot snow to be shoveled from his walks.
Tne trolley track was the favorite
promenade early in the morning. The
trolley company having kept its sweep-er
at work during the night, but the
on the Conshohocken pike fin-al
ly put it out of business. No cars
have yet been run, aua nipel-led
tu drive have had serious troubles
ting along.
'- relief, from Dr.
Shoop's Magic ointment. Remember
it's made ALONE for Piles—and it
works with certainty and satisfaction.
Itching, painful, protruding, or blind
piles disappear like magic by Us use.
Ttv it and sec!
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DR. J. B MAHN
DENTIST
" HsyctH street
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Electrical Equipment.
Hours:—9 A. M. to 6 P. M.
Evenintrs by Appointment only. #
Bell 'Phone 01 W. ♦
A RARE TREAT
Mr. DdWard James CattelJ, other-wise
known as Francis Hard-, gave ■
most interesting and enjoyable talk
on Russia last, night at the monthly
meeting of the Men's club <>i Calvary
Parish. He spoke from flrst hand
knowledge. He opened up B new field
of thought and Interest to thi hearers.
A number said "Mr. Cattell is an ar-
TMl was true tor the informa-tion
was given in such a waj as to ap-peal
to all tuo different motives of the
heart. One moment would bring a
tear of sympathy while the next would
bring forth a burst or laughter. Mr.
Cattell is a great lover of America and
her ways and by contrast and sugges-tion
made all feel that we were glad to
be Americans and of a nation where
all are sovereigns, a native of the
people, by the people and for the peo-ple.
Mr. Clark was asked to give to the
speaker a vote of thanks. He did this
in a ujosl graceful manner.
Mr. Frederic Clark, as chairman of
the Free Library Committee, told of
His work. Consbohocken's need of a
public library as an educational c intre,
and asked the men to do all in their
power to bring it about The hearty
applause he received showed public
opinion was in the movement.
About fourty new members were elec
ted. Very near a hundred men were
at although .i war an awful
and the snow was falling in great
drifts. This speakes well for the in-terest
that is manifested in the club.
are-and light refreshments were
► erved. Some of the men gathered
around i..e piano and sang songs. It
was decided to start a glee club to lead
in the evening's enjoyment.
A House Committee was appointed
to fix up and look after a room in
the Parish House for the nightly use
of the club so the members can drop
In and have games, daily papers, mag-azines
and hooks. It is hoped this will
be B strong feature of the club.
The purpose of the club Is to pro-mote
good fellowship among men.
Any man, of good character and ac-oeptable
to the members, may be vot-member.
The dues are one dol-lar
a year.
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC SPRING MILL
There seems to be a report in circu-lation
that our late postmaster's ac-count
is not correct. As acting post- j
master I would state that the post of-
Mr. John J. McFarland is on tho
sick list.
Mr. John Skilton has been transfer-
! red from Bell's store, Conshohocken,
lice account is straight and all right, to Manayunk.
I would nrfso quote tin • {pre lion of
one of the Postal Inspectors that the
Conshohocken Post o.ace is classi I as
being conducted in excellent form, and
is :i credit to our borough.
JOSEPH C. JONES,
Acting Postmaster
JOHN NEIL,
The annual election for officers offour years, Will be a candidate for re
the Washington Fire Company will beelection. He has no opposition and
held on Saturday evening. John Neil,will be elected unanimously.
v.-uo has been president for the pa I
HARRISBURG LITTER
THE PROPOSED
FREE LIBRARY
BOROUGH PROCLAMATION
All property-owners are hereby noti-fied
that pavements must he cleaned of
snow within twenty-four hours of the
stopping of the snow storm. Tl 086
not doing so will be arrested and fined
in accordance with the provision- of
the ordinance
F. J. BLOOMHALL. Burgess
—It's a pleasure to tell our readers
about a Cough (Jure like Dr. Shoop's.
For years Dr. Slump nas fought against
the use of Opium, Chloroform, or other
unsafe ingredients commonly found in
Cough remedies. Dr. Shoop, it seems,
has welcomed the Pure Food and Drug
Law recently enacted, for he has work-ed
along similar lines many years.
For nearly L'O years Dr. Shoop's
ough Cure containers have had a
warning printed on them against
Opium and other narcotic poisons. He
has thus made it possible for moth-ers
to protect their children by sim-ply
insisting on having Dr. Shoop's
Cough Cure. Sold by all druggists
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TO THE MOTHERS IN THIS TOWN
Children who are delicate, feverish,
and cross will get immediate relief
from Mother Gray's Sweet Powders
for Children. They cleanse the stom-ach,
act on the liver, makiug a sick-ly
child strong and healthy. A certain
cure for worms. Sold by all druggists
86c. Sai iple FEE, addi •
■ tin end, I* Roy, N. v.
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'lo the Recorder:—
I wish to contradict and to protest
against an article In the Norristown
limes of Saturday in which there is
declaration that I am "foremost" In
•advocating" the project for a free
library in Conshohocken. and that
Councils will consider a plan for in-creasing
the taxes so that the library
may be supported with public money.
The library scheme is not mine. I
am not "foremost," but rather, per-haps,
hindmost, in urging it. It Is in
better hands than mine; the hands of
younger men.
Council, so far as 1 know, has not
the smallest purpose to increase taxa-tion.
They will not even be asked to
do it if I am rightly Informed.
The article referred to, althi
written, no doubt, with good inten-tions,
is wild of the facts, and may
HIT BEER AND STATE COPS
Mr Bprowls, of Washington, intro-duced
a bill in the House last night
prohibiting breweries ad distilleries
from having any agencies not separate-ly
licensed; also one providing that
employes of State reformatories may
be pensioned.
Mr. Craven of Washington, present-ed
one providing for local option.
Mr. Minehart, of Franklin, had one
repealing the State Police act. and Mr.
Hall, of Luzerne, one providing that
a helmet be substituted for the cap
BARBERS TRY IT Oi\ STUART
State Library at Harrlsburg, which can ,
be renewed at frequent intervals, thi
by enabling the public to obtain the ! ,low worn by th(> State ^y^ .„„, pro_
benefit of tht latest books Issued. j rtdJng that Dlstrict Attorneys may
That the purpose of all these laws ! mmmaa tno poline to a,,i ,„,..,, officers.
was to enable school districts all o\ r ;
tne State to start free libraries C
not be doubted. The legislation, which j
follows general public sentiment, 11 i
many years old. Conshohocken has not :
> I lowed the legislation. Let us
r.ope that the full benefits of the plan |
provided for us by our Leglslati re ;
soon will De enjoyed by the people of
our borough.
CITIZEN
Mr. Clarence Lodge left yesterday
morning on an extended business trip
tnrough the South.
Mr. Elwood Frankenfleld of Hors-liain
was visiting the Frankenfleld
home here on Frjday.
Mr. Christie of Roxborough, pur-
1 one of the horses belonging to
Mrs. Joseph Frankenfleld.
Miss Emma Trimborn fell last Sat-urday
morning and sprained her wrist,
irom which she is suffering Intense
pain.
The Misses Mary Crawford, Mary;
Peacock, Mamie Crawford and Mr. Geo.
McFarland enjoyed the entertainment
at Keith's Theatre on Saturday even-ing.
By the snapping of a bolt In the
I steam chest of the engine drawing the
4.:i'.i westbound Penna. R. R. express,
Saturday a.^ernoon, tho tran became
stalled a short distance below Spring
Mill station. A serious wreck was
avoided by the engineer, who.at once
brought the locomotive to a stop when
escaping steam gave indication of ad-verse
conditions. The westbound
trains were tied up until another en-gine
could be substituted.
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CHARMING WOMEN
Nothing lends more to personal
charm than a clear rosy skin and
nothing is BO sure to free the shin
from moth spots, sallowness and the
effects of chronic constipation as the
The State Board of Barbers' bill,
into which Governor Pennypaoker
threw the harpoon two years saro, WAS
again introduced in the Senate last
night by Mr. Kline, of Allegheny, it
i establishes a State Bo I Hart)0?*,
, wno hall be selected by the Governor
j rom 10 men recommended by the
Barbers' Convention, all of
whom must have at least 10 years' ex-perience.
This Board of five shall serve from
one to five years, and shall be paid
from fees paid by applicants for certi-ficates.
BOWLING
—To stop a Cold with "Preventics"
is safer than to let It run and cure
it afterwards. Taken at the "sneeze
■" Preventics will head off all
colds and Grippe, and perhaps save
you from Pneumonia or Bronchitis.
Preventics are little toothsome candy
cold cure tablets selling in 5 cent and
25 cent boxes. If you are chilly If you
begin to sneeze, try Preventics. They
will surely check the cold, and please
you Sold by all dealers.
t Dainty Laxakola tonic tablets, L'3
tend to discourage rather than to pro- ] cc])yj at Thos F McCoy's Drug Store.
mote the library movement.
CHAS. HEBER CLARK,
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To the Recorder:
It Is a common statement thai
Illation follows public sentiment. In
this connection the present movement
for a free library is interesting.
The old idea of a library as some-thing
perhaps desirable but not worth
very much effort to obtain was perhaps
justified by the old kind of library. We
could not expect the law makers of our
Stale to give much encouragement to
what was looked upon simply as B lux-ury.
When, however, the modern plan
supplanted the old, when the work of
the librarian came to be regarded as
a science requiring careful training,
I a consequence the free llbrar-
; the country enlarged their use-i
iany times, the people de-manded
the library as a nee.
parl II iii" educational system
li is not necessary to do more than
mention the fact that the children of
( ooshohot I.I n, after leaving v\
have no means supplied ibcn ni i Mi-ng
their education; thai the citi-zen
desiring to ascertain; that the citi-abOUt
events and movements of which
he hears las no place to .Inch hi may
turn for information, or that the
technical man, interested in his work
and desirous of enlarging his knowl-edge,
finds that his municipal govern-ment
has failed to provide the mi
to assist him.
Because these things WSTfl '■
nized by the public many years ago
the legislature responded to the de-mand
and made the public library a
part of the great scheme of public ed-ucation,
free to every citizen and 0P6fl
to all the people. Thus in 1895 school
boards were authorized to prw ;
place for a free public library, cither .
by using the school building or leasing •
or purchasing a building elsewhere, j
The library is under the control of
trustees chosen by the board. And in |
!897 school boards were authorized to j
assist by appropriations free libraries
not directly connected with the school. ;
The large powers given to tho school |
authorities by the several statutes j
referred to were further increased by |
extending to them the right to con- |
damn and take by eminent do
private property necessary for the
purpose of erecting a public library
l-T'ilicr assistance is i the
practical lj fre of
D large number of books from the
—If you are constipated, dull, or bil-ious,
or have a sallow lifeless complex-ion,
try Lax-ets just once to see what
ihey will do for you. Lax-ets are lit-tle
to Candy tablets—nice to
eat, nice in effect. No griping, no
pain. Just a gentle laxative effect that
is pleasingly desirable. Handy for the
vest pocket or purse, Lax-ets meet ev-ery
desire. Laxets come to you in
beautiful lithographed metal boxes at
25 cents. Sold by all dealers.
READ THE RECORDER $1.00 a yr.
Lee Company won from the P. C. P.
Whites Friday evening. The score:
Herron 184 198 167 549
Lee 141 167 157 465
Hallowell 176 146 171 493
Wells 173 204 123 500
Wright 131 173 179 483
Total 805 888 797 2490
P. C. P. BLUES.
Stroup 132 189 162 483
Bolich 18G 132 177 495
Bowell 187 163 156 506
Lowless 129 140 167 436
McMlchael 156 149 132 437
Total 790 773 " 794 2357
—Croup can positively be stopped in
20 minutes. No vomiting—nothing to
sicken or distress your child. A sweet
pleasant, and safe Syrup, called Dr.
Shoop's Croup Cure, does the work
and does it quickly. Dr. Shoop's
Croup Cure is for Croup nlone, remem-ber.
It does not claim to cure a doz-en
ailments. It's for Croup, that's all.
Sold by All dealers.
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In England and France the Sale
of Alum Baking Powder is pro-hibited
bylaw because of the in-jurious
effects that follow its use.
The law in the District of
Columbia also prohibits Alum
in food.
You may live where as ye1
I K
no protection st Alum
The only sure protection against Alum in your Baking Powder is to
mm-j:'m POW^DER
ROYAL is made from Absolutely pure Cream of Tartar,—a pure Grape
product. Aids digestion—adds to the healthfulness of food.
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