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VOL. XIX;
MAPLETOK DEPOT, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1907,
NO. 24,
PERSONAL NOTES.
'"Welcome the   Coming, Speed    the   Parting Guest" '
—Mrs. Harry Stubbi and son Carlton are
"visiting her sisters in Mifflin.
—John S. flicks and family, of Granville,
are guests q£ J. Gt. Hicks' fariiily.
—Miss Vera Dougherty, of Altoona, is visiting tier grandmother, Mrs. Griffin.
— Mrs. L, L. Parker and children visited
-friends at Mi 11 Oreek Saturday and Sunday.
—Mrs. A. E. Shane, of Lima, Ohio, is a
guest at the home of her brother, 3. Gt Hicks.
—Mr. and Mrs. TJiomas Chileote have com
lnenced ho lsekoeping recently in the M. T_.
BeX flat.
—Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Rossiter. of Philadelphia spent last Friday .-with Mr. J. G. Hicks
•nnd family.
—Mrs. Martha Grady returned home Mon-
' day from a' visit to her husband and friends
.   at Pittsburg.
—Miss Laura Edgin. of Altoona, is the
guest of her friend, Miss Myrtle Wright on
Orant street,  -
—The Misses Caroline and Margaret Imhof
•of Tyrone, visited Mrs. L, M. Speer during
the past week.
—Mrs. Ella Weston, of Altoona,' has been
.'visiting among Mapleton *frioiids during the
*. past few days.
—Miss Grace Miller,  of Juniata, is the
guest  of Mrs.  Hattie Chilcote and other
'   friends in town.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Porter, of Tyrone
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ha -
Held over Sunday.
—Mrs. Lou. A. Dell and daughter went to
Trough Creek Valley Monday to spend the
. week with friends.
—H. S, Smith and family, of Huntingdon,
spent Saturday and Sunday with friends iu
and about Mapleton,
—Among our recent callers was E. 8. Chilcott, Esq., oue of the substantial citizens of
Trough- Creek Valley.
—James Montgomery, of Altoona, is visiting in town and doing the band shake act
with his many friends.
—Mr. Bell, of Loysvillc. [returned to his
home Monday after a week's visit with bis
son E. E. Bell and family.
—Miss Ethel Bratton, a very pleasant
young lady of Harrisburg, visited this week
at tbe home of S. P. Stubbs,
—Mrs. Catharine Beale, of Altoona, has
been the.guest of parents and friends in Mapleton during the past week.
—Misses May and Peail Horning, of MoVeytown, were guests of Mrs. Jennie Swope
from Saturday nntil yesterday.
—Mrs. Lizzie Hatfield, her daughter, Mrs.
Martin Eeisdorf, and family are visiting the
former's mother Mrs. Alfred Lamberson.
—Miss Anna Miller, of Tyrone, is a guest
at tbe home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. John JI. Miller, on Bailroad street.
—Mrs. Joseph Beam and daughters, i of
Pittsburgh, are visiting at;the home of her
sister, Mrs. John Heaster, on Main street.
— Miss Wilda Gillam, of Tyrone, 'has been
spending the post' few days with friends
in Mapleton, the guest of W. F. Gillam's
family,
—Miss Tillie Neice, who for several weeks
L past had been visiting friends in Elk and
Blair counties, arrived home last Saturday
■evening.
—L. B. Wagner aud wife, of Conway, have
■been enjoying the hospitality of Mr. Wagner's
parental home in Mapleton during the past
ten days.
—Mrs. lsenberg, of Johnstown, and Mrs.
Bay Hlggins, of Pittsburgh, Kansas, are
-guests of their mother, Mrs. Pringle, ai Hotel
'Clairndon.
—Mi*s. Metz and son, of Irvona, are guests
•at the home of her nncle, J.. L. Bex. Miaa
Maud Bex, of Glen Hope,is also being entertained by Mr*, and Mrs. Bex.
—Simpson A. Shoop, of Pittsburg, is visiting
"friends in and about town. We regret to
learn that his mother, residing in TJnion
township, is not in good health.
—Miss Dollie Himes and. 'her Sister, Mrs.
.Frank Moore, of Mount TJnion, accompanied
•by-the latter's daughter, Miss Irlene, spent
last Thursday afternoon with the family of
A.M. Parker.
—Newton Tinax, wife and son, of Clear-
Seld conn ty, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. C.
Fields over Suuday, having been summoned
<" tbis county to attend the funeral of his sis-
ler, Mrs. W.L, White of Mount Union.
—Hejjjry y/. Truax and ,wife, of Trenton,
N. Jersey, spent a few days of .the past .week
with tfie families of B. V. Fields and Mrs.
•Sallie Truax. Mr." Trtrax is assistant train,
master of one of the largest yards of the Peun-
... 1 vania company at Jersey City.
— Mr. Marshall, of Tyrone, who had been
summering at Hotel Clairodoii. took a notion
• ••try the Jersey beaoh .at WHdworid, New
-l»rae.y. but soon hied himself back to the
mountains wild, preferring our forest air and
ulS>'*tter to salt breezes and "Bkeeters."
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—John A. Briimbaugh and family, pf Wilkinsburg, who had heen enjoying a.two weeks
visit with parents and friends In Maplcto n
.returned home Suuday. Mr. Brumbaugh ig
a trusted employee iu the auditing depart*
ment of th e Westinghouse company.
—A, B. Baker, wife and daughter, of La*
trobe, arrived in town Saturday evening and
will remain a couple weeks with his mother
aud friends In MapletOu, Mr. Baker holds a
responsible deride position with the Latrobe
Connellsville coal and coke company. '
—James Ban ks, of Lewistown, and bis son
George, of Denholiu, were guests of H. H,
Swope's family Monday- evening. George ;s
the youngest of seven sous all of whom learned telegraphy and all of whom hold responsible positions with the 'Pennsylvania Bailroad
company. The. aged father bas reasou to be
proud of tbe hoys,
~F. D. Heeter, of Tyrone, who has been
Critically ill for several mouths was brought,
to Mapleton yesterday__o_'*itig aud taken to
Mapleshado cottage, reoently erected south of
town. He thinks it an ideal spot and believes
the fresh air and quiet surroundings will give
bim great relief. His many friends would be
glad to see him restored to health. His wife"
his father and Mrs. Minnie Palmer are giving
him the best of attention.
—Harry Bailey and wife ..spent a few
days of the past week with friends in
Huntingdon.
.—Samuel H. Pheasant, ol Trough
.Creek valley, who had been critically ill
for some time, was mluch improved last
week.
•—Ex-sheriff Thomas M.Oaks, of l Hnt-
ingdon, >vho reoeived ve^y serious in-
Juried a few.weeks ago by being thrown
from a buggy in Juniata township, is
able to walk abont. With the exception
of Ins broken right arm he appears almost recovered from his injuries,
—Mrs. Minnie Zeigler and son, ot East
Pittsburg, were guests of Mrs. Zetgler's
sister Mrs.- Lou A. Dell last week. They
left for their home Sunday evening. Miss
Emma Hooper, another sister, who .8 a
successful teacher.' in the Braddock
schools and who had been .spending her
vacation among friends in this county returned to her duties at the same time.
—It. Clyde Greenland, pt Bellwood, a
native of Trough Creek Valley, visited
•his aunt, Mrs. Jennie Swope,'in Mapleton
last Friday. Mr. Greenland was formerly-engaged "in business ih Bellwood
but owing to ill health was obliged to
relinquish the store for out-door pursuits.
At present he is traveling in the interests
ot the BeTh.ood Furniture Compaq***!
He was accompanied to Mapleton by his
wife and child.
Smith—Lynn.
Walfer Smith and Miss Alvernon Lynn'
both of Union township,' were united in
marriage in the Protesent Episcopal church in
Huntingdon, Tuesday August 13th., the rector
Bev. G. B. Bishop, officiating. Those young
people have a host of friends who join with us
itt wishing tbem a happy and prosperoi 8
journey through life. Tbey have taken up
their residence at 7th avenue and 4th street
AUooua.
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Items   of   Happenings   In   and About
the Town.
The    Limit   of     Life.
The most eminent medioal scientists
are unanimous in the conclusion that the
generally acceyted limitation of human
life is many years below the attainment
possible with the advanced knowledge
of which the race is now possessed. The
crs'ieal period, that determines its duration, seems tobe between 50 and (10, the
proper care of the body during this decade cannot be too strongly urged; carelessness then being fatal to longevity.
Nature's" best helper after 50 is Electric
Bitters, the scientific-tonic medicine that
ra vitalizes everv organ of the body. Guar
anteed by Wright & Dell.
Reduced Kates to Sarutoeu Springs Account
O. A. R. Encampment.
Por the National Encampment, Grand Army*
of the Republic at Saratoga Springs, N[V., Ser-.
tember _ to 14, the Pennsylvania Railroad will
sell excursion tickets to Saratoga Springs from
all stations ou its lines September 7 to 9, inclusive, good returning to leave Saratoga Springs
September 9 to 17, at reduced rates. Stop. oveYs
at New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington will bejgranted on tickets reading
via 'those cities.
Tickets via New York'Will be honored by Hudson River Boat lines between New York and Albany or JL*roy.
By detjpsit of ticket with Special Agent at Saratoga Springs and the payment of $ 1.00 an extension 'Ox the return limit to October 6 may be obtained.
For' full  information regarding    stopovers,
rates-of fare, conditions of tickets and train ser-V
vice-consult Ticket Agents.
"We never repent of eating too little,"
was one o__the ton rules of life of Thomas
Jefferson, president of the»United States
and the rule applies^ to every one with
exception during this hot weather, because it is hard for (ood even in small
quantities, to be digested when the^blood
is at high tempeiature, i At this season
we should eat sparingly and properly.
We should aiso help the stomach as much
as possible by tl** n»e nf a Utile Kodol
For Indigestion an d^ Dyspepsia, which
will rest stomach hy digesting the food .
itself,   Sold by Wright and D$&^     -21
iiMSr Tf f ii. _rhi_____^f_n <Tlffll_iiiB!i'ii i     __2i
Charles W. Weaver hns sold his home in
Union township to Charles Geissinger for
$500, and in a few weeks will move to his
house in Mapleton.
There will be no prayer-'moeting tn the
Methodist Churcb tbis Wednesday evening
on account of the Sunday School convention
in the TJ. B. Church.
A number of Mapleton people attended tho
P.O. S. of A. picnic at Latta Grove last Sat-
urdey at whloh the music was furnished by
tl__ Mapleton band, All report a pleasant
time.
The second Quarterly Communion service
will be held in the Methodist Church next
Sunday ovening at 7:'M o'clock. All are invited to this as to all the services of the
chureh. >
. Coun ty commissioners are sending out
notices to assessors for September registry
■Voters may be registered on September 3 or
_, If they desire to vote at the November
election.
Twenty of our people attended the old folks
concert in the M. B. Chnrch of Mill Creek
Saturday evening coming home on Philadelphia Express. All were well pleased with
their trip.
• The State Camp of the Patriotic Order Sons
of America is holding Its semi-centennial session in Philadelphia this week. Washington
Camp, Ho, 59. of Mapleton, is represented by
T.M.Wood. Mr. Wood aud daughter, Miss
Ethel, left Sunday evening for the Quaker
city. They will also visit friends in Harrisburg.
The change made in the appearance of
J. P. Wilson's home on the north side of
the railroad is striking and attractive.
The brickwork has been painted buff
and the trimmings green. The work was
done entirely by home talent but is none
the less a creditable job.
A game of ball was played on the Mapleton
grounds last Saturday evening between the
Mount Union and Mapleton teams resulting
iu a score of 8 to (i iu favor of the Mapleton
boys. This was not sucb a score as the visitors
anticipated hut was very gratifying tb the
local fans. The game was not as well played
as it might have been and some ofthe close
dioislens of tbe umpire did not receive
unanimous approval.
Old Homo Week at Alexandria.
Grangers' Picnic at Williams' Grove
this week.
A. W. Brenneman, of Grafton, was
circulating among friends in and abrot
Mapleton last Friday.
The tax collector of Lewistown tendered his resignation last week because
the premium on the required bond was
so high as to make tlie office unprofitable.
Saturday is the last day for paying
borough and school tales in this borough
to get the benefit of the fire per cent, re
bate.   Better see collector Toomey   this
week.
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The borough schools will open Monday
September 9th. At a recent meeting of
the school board Prof. Earl C., Beatty,
of Oanoe Oamp, -Pa., was elected principal and he has signified his acceptance
of the position.
Oharles W., Swope, having "been appointed substitute mail carrier at. the
Huntingdon post office, fast Thursday
moved his family to the county capital.
W. H. Mounts on Monday 'moved to the
house on Main street vacated by Mr.
Swope.-
Landis Himes, a fireman oh the Pitts-
burgh division, has been home since the
16th inst. nursing a mashed toe. /On
that day he was assisting a machinist lo
make some repairs to his' engine when a
heavy bar fell on the great toe of the
right foot, mashing it.
The campmeeting at Newton JHw-ail-
ton which closed last week was one of
the beet held in that beautiful" grove in
many years. About ail of the tents were
occupied and tlie transient attend ence on
each Sunday gave t_re grounds the appearance   of   the earlier   years.   The
preaching was good   and   the  meeting^
were spiritual.
The large number of deaths, reported
during the past month in the daily
papers from the use of headache powders
ought to be a warning to all people
against the nee of patent powders, pellets
or nostrums for ailments not properly
(liaghosed. We would not say tha^the
remedies are not good for the purposes
intended but one not skilled in medical
science is not competent to determine the
cause «f indisposition. Tlie only safe
rule to follow when really sick is to consult a reputablo physidto, "
The Shnday School Oonvention being
held this week in. the United Brethren
Church ought to be an attraction to every
person interested in Sunday School Work.
The writer recently had opportunity to
hear Rev. Irwin and Miss -Maud Baum-
gardner along their chosen lines and
knows the instruction imparted by them
to be practical, helpful and inspiring.
A man connected with a Wisconsin
paper mill claims to have discovered in a
waste product of the mill a preparation
which, will preserve ice indefinitely.
The compound, it is said, can* be manufactured at a cost of 47 cents for '1,000
gallons. Housekeepers with this preparation in hand can buy a cake of ice, coat
it and have no need to trouble the ice
man again all summer.
Those who have stomash trouble, no
matter how slight, should give every
possible help to the digestive organs, so
that the food may he digested with the
least effort. This may be done by taking
something that contains natural digestive
properties—something like Kodol For
Indigestion and Dyspepsia. Kodol is a
preparation of vegetable acids and contains the-very juices found in a healthy
stomach. It digests what ou eat, ' Soldy
by Wright & Dell.
Arrangements have been perfected for
holding the annual reunion of the
Wright family at Pine Grove, in Trough
Creek Valley Saturday September, ..7th .
Since the last reunion an effort has been
made to have statistics and information
concerning the family tabulated. The
work has progressed nicely hut much yet
remains to be done. • Tlie family has
been prominent in the affairs of this
region since before the organization of.
Huntingdon county.'
Deeds Entered For Record.
Margaret   Hawn   to  Jas. G. Hawn,
Oneida, $700.
Jno. Batiste nnd wife to David Emmert
Huntingdon, $320.
Frank O'Connor et al to H. M. Dunlap
Carbon. $300.   *       \
E_ra F. Heffner to   Hannah Forrest,
Alexandria, $1,000.
Lloyd S. Bare et al to Jas. Zeigler,
Shirley, $130.
Peter R. Miller to Ellis I. Miller, Henderson, $1.
Thos. H. Adams et al to H. V. Shaffner, Mt. Union, $6,500.
Milroy Neff and wife to George W. Fry
West and Logan, $600.
Jno. G, Rider et al to Abraham B.
Rider, Clay, $500,
Jacob L. Weber and wife to Jno. Sr
Bare, Walker, $400.
Robt. Mason and wife to Jno.  S* Bare
Penn, $250.
Peter Heffner and wife to Jno. S. Bare
Walker, $1,000.
Jas. H. McCracken,  to Jno. S.  Bare
Pe-in, $500.
H. H. Davis an'd Wife, to Jno. S. Bare,
Penn, $225.
Benj. O'Connor to Juniata White Sand
Co., Mapleton. $1,600.
.  Henry Hawn heirs to L. Frank  Hawn
Logan $4,000.
Henry Hawn heirs to A. Grace Hawn,
et al, Oneida, $5,833.33.
Thos. Wilson and wife to Coalmont M.
E. Church, Coalmont, $250.
Alexandria Realty Co. to K.  A*.  Maxwell, Alexandria, $150.
O. 11. Glazier to W. I. Rupe, Huntingdon, $350.
Frank Ehlen and wife/to Jas. M. Railing Union, $0.
Jno, A. Swan, Attv.   in fact To Grant
Bair, Shade Gap, $675.
Geo.. L. Smith to Etta Gutshall, Mapleton, $650. •.
Jno. L.  Garver nnd wife to  Rebecca
Myers, Shirley, $1650.
Death of Asa Chilcott, Sr. ,
The-following from the Fairfield, Iowa, vl
Ledger of Angus t,21, 1907, refers to a man \
who was burn and grew to manhood on
the farm now; owned by Sherman Mc- '.
Claln in Trough Creek valley:
Asa Chilcott, «r,,i.'<liei.l at his home hi   -
Salina Monday 'morning.     He had beeu
in ill health forjaft_jos_ a year past, but
hig flnal illness W«S of only a few weeW. 4|
duration.    Mr. '.Chilcott  was born   iu. I
Huntingdon county; Penn.,   April 4th,
1821', where he grew to manhood.    I! .
•came to this county, with his parent.,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard ChilCott, in 1844, '|jj
and wsts the last survivor- of the family.
He was married here to Elizabeth Park,  I
May 20th, 1847, and   the wife died in
1871.   Four children were born to them
—-CITirk, Miles, Martha. nowMrs.^Samufl
McMullin of Tekamah, ISfeb., and  M'<ffi I
ArabelleBalyeat of "this city.   Only the
daughters( are now livit.g.     July 22d,
1894, Mr.  Chilcott wa's married to Miss V
Jessie L. Hall,  who survives Jhim.    lie
was a resident of. this county from 184-1
to 1856, when he- removud to Nebraska,  I
located the first farm in the Arizona bottoms, Burt county, and was one of tie
early settlers about Tekamah.   He was
also .identified with  many of the early
events about Salina and was present at I
the meeting which selected a name for
the town.   Mr. Chilcott became a member of t.he Baptist  church in  1878, but
was a man of christian acts and practices--:;
all his life—kindlv, generous, charitable
and forgiving.   He was held in high es-1
teem in both, the communities in which
the later years of his   life   were .men..
There are  mapy   old   friends who will
sincerely   mourn .his  death.     A   brief I
funeral service was  held at the  home
yesterday by Rev. T. S. Pool, and tire
body was then taken to Tekamah, whee
other members of the" family lie, for interment.   T. B. Al lend, r, whose wife was
an  adopted daughter, accompanied it.
The pall bearers Were six nephews—M.
R. [Collins, O. L. Fry,  Asa Chilcott, jr.,
A. J, Green, Marshall Chilcott and Mar-
shall Miller.
Marriage   Licenses.
W. W. Smith and Al verna Lynn,* both
of Mapleton.
Loraine Mierley, W'illiamsbtfrg, and
Mattie Chilcote, Union Twp.
"Chas. Edgar Heaster, Mapleton and
Emma Myrtle Wilson, Mt Union.
J. C. Davis, Indiana county and Ella
Woodward, Juniata county.
J. C. Homines and Flora G. Black-
both of WateSrstreet.
Beujamin Gardner and Bessie Berstine,
both of Huntingdon.
James Gifford and Martha Morgan,
both of Black log Val lev.
C. S. Brpwn and Annie Taylor, both of
Maddensville.   .
FOR RENT—House *n  Mill   Creek.
Within 200 feet of station.   Three rooms I
Upstairs, two down, basement and ce lar.
$5.50 per mouth.   Dtiflk W; Siin^fevji i
Mrs. Martha Ann White.
Mrs. Martha Ann White, wife of W. L, I
White, ot Mount  Union,   and daughter
of the late Richard aud Missouri  Truax,.. '
of Union townsirip, died   Friday  morning, August 23, 1907, at 2 o'clook, after au
illnessolless than half au hour. Deceased
was a native  of  Springfield   township,■ '
and the family moved to  Union   town-   ;
ship iu 1856.    Mrs.   White was  aged 57  I
years,. 3 months .md 27 clays.   Since giiT- 3f
hood she has been a member Of the -Ma-./.''
pleton United Brethren church and her I
[life-was characterized by acts of Kindness, fl
toward those   wh'o   needed   her tni.iis-
trations. In, 1886 she was united in   marriage to   W.  Lewis White, since whicii
time.they have resided In Mount, Union.  I
Mrs. White'is survived bv one sister
and   three    brothers:   Mrs.    Robert Wm
Fields, of Mapleton,   Newton Truax,  of   '.
Brisbin,   Hi'.am.Truax, of Axtwell, Nebraska, and Heliry W. Truax, of* Trenton,   I
New Jersey.   The remainr vj-ere inte'rr_|B
at Mount Union Sunday afternoon,' -ser^;'!
vines being-conducted at the  late home
of thedeceabTp.d by  Rev.  AV.  C. Spayde,. |
of the Lutheran «hi_i'_h.
___!_- Mary E. Footer.
Miss Mary E. FoMcr, whose illness hud I
been not«1 in the It-ism, died at the home • f .12
her brother A. E. -'osier in Smith valley, I
August 15. -P..7. She was horn in Wayne -
township, Mifflin county, iu the year 1853.
heuce was aged 54 years.
Dec.uHOd'Imd been a member   of the jr.  E. -■;.
church for tliirly-fivo .yeais  aud -in her last
and trying bonis slyj. gave, evidence of not
being afraid to nicer" life  Grim Ilea per.    Shu- ',:
WHSquict in her nmiMitr mid  never lacked.-. .■•
for friend..    For tiro fi.'st twenty six  yeni. 9
sho hnd made lier'liovn*.-.   with  her bi-othi*i*..ir-'
There are  left  to   .egret   her   death  tinea-
brothers aii'd.i.ono' sister.    They  are   ..brain,
of Smith vfi.U-'yv,. with  whom -lie.made l.er -
home, And rewind - Xa_oi*p;o.   of Huntingdon,   I
and Sarah Coulter, of* Wayne   township, M if- «—:
.Iin coutitv.
Funeral services were conducted by 'Eev.  .
It. H. Stiiie, of Huntingdon, ber former pastor,
after which interment Was made at Bowman''..    '■
cemetery,   Thus another  one has gone out
from anions us to _l'cet> beneath the tongitele". 3,': '.-!
clay until  the Son. pf   Kij.hteousnc.s  sjmll;. j
eome with healing, ou His wings.
A FBI EX D.
Card of Thanks.
-Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Foster wish to say to'lift
triends ai d  neighbors that thev are v. .-v
grateful for the many  kind acts done iln.ing.$
the sickness aiid death  of  their _islei, Mary
E. _'u_u;l',   ';,
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