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Pittston Gazette from Pittston, Pennsylvania • Page 3

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TUESDAY i Tun piTTOTon razro APRIL 9, 1912. L'AOJTimm For AGE and 'WX3ST, mre while yoa mmj; No aorniac aaa lasts aO the day. 3dl Toimie bile a Then heed the advice and put Learn this rhyme so you'll never forget it. part of what you earn every pay day in Uhiiai J. Weber.

VA)z Matioital. If you do this, you will be prepared for AGE and WANT. is followed by harvest, so also will you garner a sure harvest if you plant your hard earned dollars in the Savings Bank. Plant One Dollar or mom in this strong bank today. Your money increases here at the rate of 3 semiannually.

Miners' Savings Bank, WE PAY 3 INTEREST ON AT A RECENT BUSINESS MEET Ing of the official board of the First M. E. Church the; following officers ware elected: Secretary, C. B. Smith; tr.wsurer, William Winters; chorister, Fred Fear; organist, Mildred Myers.

CARRYING OUT THE DIREC tions of Judge Garma'n who dnttructed The constables of the county on return day to notify the saloonkeepers of their bailiwicks to open their place to the public Raze on Sunday jtnd tfhat all who i fail to thus obviate suspicion Would not be granted licenses next year. Constable R. E. Bennett, of the Fourth Wand, has Issued orders to the proprietors of the twelve licensed places in his district that they must leave the curtains on the doors and windows of t'heir saloons up on Sunday. Last Sunday Constable Bennett Capital, (250,000.00.

Surplus and Profits, $150,000.00. Corner Main and Broad Streets. Pittston, Pa. LOOK HERE! Honestly Jiaye you ever had Oxford, trouble? The 0. P.

C. 0. does and will stop your trouble. There is no reason why we cannot put your foot into the newest style oxford and make it feel at home and as easy as the old shoe. We are pleasing men every day selling ties, too.

'fiTiilifSOa' THE REASON. We sell to you the oxford you want giving special attention to see that the oxford you select is properly fitted. Then, too, we guarantee our ties and save you money. Gould store serve you better? We honestly deserve your patronage. O.

R6C.Q will have charge of the services. Interment will be made in St. Peter's Lutheran cemetery, Hughestown. A SON WAS BORN YESTERDAY to Mr. and Mrs.

David Bryden, of La 1 grange street. THE TEACHERS' LEAGUE IS holding a meeting this afternoon in the Knights of Columbus hall. JOHN JAY M'DEVITT, CANDI date for Congress, will speak in Pitts ton Thursday evening at 9 o'clock from the porch of the Eagle hotel. He will speak in Avoca on the same evening. THE Y.

M. I. WILL HOLD A smokei1 Thursday evening. A MARRIAGE LICENSE WAS issued totlay to Oliver Jones and Lucy Shear, of Pittston. THE HENRY GRATTAN CLUB will hold an important meeting this evening.

Attorney A. P. Coniff, candidate for representative, will be at the meeting. THE FATHER MATHEW BALL held last evening in the Keystone hall was largely attended. The Elite orchestra furnished music.

THE DIVISION SUPERINTEND ents of: the Lehigh Valley Railroad are holding their quarterly meeting In Wilkesbarre today. A COTTAGE PRAYER MEETING will be held this evening at the home of Mrs. John Porteous, of Swallow street under the auspices of the First Presbyterian church. THE FUNERAL OF MICHAEL Stanton will be held tomorrow morning leaving the house at 9:30 o'clock. Services will be held in St.

John's f'huTrh and interment wWl be made in St. John's Cemetery. ALL MEMBERS OF FALLING Spring Lodge, No. 236, K. of are urcred to be present a.t tone regular meeting to be 'held tomorrow (Wed nesday) evening, when business of in terest to uil Pythians will be considered and a social session be hel'2.

THE REGULAR MONTHLY meeting of the Baraca and Philathea classes, of the Welsh Baptist Sunday school, will he held in the churcli tlbis evening, when Rev. Pr. Harris, of Ed will make an address on Sunday edhool work. There will I be special music. Afterward a social 'hour will be spent, flt which light refreshments will be served.

All friends are invited. A WARPED RAIL ON THE LE high Valley Railroad near iMeshoppen, was discovered just in time to prevent a passenger train from being wrecked. i MRS. PHILIP NOWACK, OP.UP per Luzerne avenue. West Pittston, wishes to thank the friends who sent flowers and assisted her in her late bereavement, the death of her seven year old son, Ferdinand, who was claimed by spinal meningitis.

THE FUNERAL OF JOHN WALSH, will be held tomorrow morning leaving Hie hous at 9 o'clock. A mass of requiem will be sung in St. John's Church and interment, will be made in John's Cemetery. TOO EATE FOlt CLASSIFICATION. FORSALE." FOR SALE Surrey, busffy.

'harness, blanket, robes, Apply 215 Spring street. 1 LEGHORNS. Wychoff Strain eggs? Weeper 13. Jas. Allan, S3 Crnurch street.

9a2t Shoe Store Tuesday, April 9 Central, Bar num and Kwen. Wednesday, April 10. No. 9 ThiWMlav Anril 11. CiA FVwa A Friday, April 12 No.

6. Saturday, April 13. No. 14. IIHlsiile Coal and Iron Co.

Tuesday, April 9. Consolidated Friday, 1 2 Butler and Fern wood. Jjrhigh Valley Coal Co. Wednesday April 10. Seneca, Stevens and Hei delbergs, at 9 a.

William 10 a. Austin, 11 a. m. personally visited the twelve saloons in Ms v. ard and founid that all font four of the proprietors were obeying his orders.

If these saloonkeepers again next Sunday refuse to comply with the ordor he intends to; report the names of the same to the court. t)VKRXOR TENER COMES TO Wilkesbarre this afternoon, and will be among the guests at the Chamber of Commerce banquet this evening. THE REGULAR MONTHLY meeting of the Y. M. C.

A. board of directors will be held this evening. THE REPUBLICAN DELEGA tion from Kings county, N. passed through Pittston on a special Lehigh Valley train yesterday afternoon. The delegates occupied seven i Pullman cars and a diner.

THE KNIGHTS OF THE MACA bees will meet this evening. THE VISITING NURSE Association will meet Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Y. M. C. rooms.

A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE official board of the Methodist Protestant Church will be held tomorrow evening, at the close of the prayer service. THE FAMILY OF THE LATE W. H. Helwlg wish to thank their many friends and neighbors for rniiuoh kindness and sympathy eh own them during the illness and death of their father. CLARENCE WEATHERS, OF Front street, reports a.

remarkable egg laid by an ordinary hen Ms flock. The gg measures 9x7 inches, there being two distinct eggs within the outer shHl. THURSDAY THE MANAGER OF Family Theatre will offer the greatest colored motion dramatic' war scene ever presented in this city in the "Siege of The picture deals with the war in the 14tih century and the strife of and for supremacy England and France. The costume and scenic effects of this massed ensembles including 2,00 men and horses is truly a groat achievement for the motion picture stag craft. This beautiful colored picture will be shown on Thursday and Friday at the Family only and will not be seen in this city agaiin.

THE AL OF JACOB Schmaltz will be held tomorrow after noon, at 2 o'clock, from the home of his sister, Mrs. Robert Lumley, of 25 Reynolds street. Rev. J. W.

pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran church, 4 LA VAN'S 4 We're showing the Newest Styles shapes and shades inNobbvHats, Caps, Shirts and Neckwear for Spring Wear See Them 4 j. leo iflvan I 2e J'amiy Pittston's Only Theatre Where Everybody Goes TODAY. Tempted but True. Our Poor Relations.

Winter Sports and Pastimes of Coronada Beach, TcmiK'raments. WEDNESDAY Special 2 Reel Feature "In the Days of '6 Nations." MATINEE EVERY DAY. 5 Adisloii 5c wash your PAnion CURTAIIIS UITII coijMkot pays. Pennsylvania Coal Co. NEW YORK UABKET.

Reported dally toy Brook ft Co, spruce stret. Hcranion. Am. Beet Sugar 61 2 5 81 60 24 421 87 128 43, 109 108 84 246 80 20 111 32 144 172 24 33 37 55 46 4 135 20 60 167 157 140 31 45 '29 58 113 40 64 2 5 83 61 24 44 87 128 43 109 109 84 246 81 20 111 33 145 172 24 33 37 56 46 4 135 20 60 167 162 140 31 45 29 58 114 40 114 Allis Chalmers 2 Allis pfd. ..15 Amai.

Copper 83 Am. Car Fdy. 51 Am. Ice 24 Am. Loco.

44 Am. Smelting 88 Am. Sugar 129 Anac. Copper 44 Atchison 110 Bait. Ohio 109 Bklyn.

R. T. 84 Can. Pacific 247 Ches. Ohio 81 Chic.

Gt. 20 M. St. P. iii.

112 Colo. Fuel 34 Cons. Gas .1145 Del. Hud. .1172 D.

R. G. 24 Dis. Securities 34 Erie 37 Erie. 1st pfd 56 Erie.

2nd pfd. 46 Goldfield Con. 4 Gt. pfd. t.

135 Inter. 20 Inter. pfd. 60 Lehigh Valley 168 Louis. Nash.

.163 M. S. M. .1140 K. T.

31 'Mo. Pacific 46 N. Rs. of Mex 2 29' National Lead 58 N. Y.

Central" i N. O. .1 40 Norf. West. .114 North.

Pacific ....1123 Penna. R. R. .1126 People's Gas .1108 113 122 123 125 1125 108 1108 Pr. Steel Car 37 36 36 Phila.

Read. 166 Rep. iron tSeel. 25 23) 24 Rock Island 30l 29 29 South. Pacific South.

Railway Union Pacific U. S. gteel U. S. vSteel, pfd.

Wabash Western Union Curb: Chicago Subway Internafl Salt Nipissing lib 31l'301 31 .1 72l 71T 72 113 112jll3 8L 8 8i 83 83 4 bid. 5 off. 3 bid. 5 off. 8 bid.

8 off, REI1XTER8 FOR THOSE WHO VISIT THE WOODS NEVER toss away' burning matches cigars, cigarettes, or pipe ashes. NEVER start a fire in the woods among leaves, dry wood, or against a log, or against any tree, whether it be dead or NEVER start a fire in the moss or peat of a dry bog. It may smoulder for days, and at last break out in open flame. NEVER leave a fire until it is entirely out. NEVER start to burn brush or stumps in a clearing in a dry time, or on a windy day, and never leave fire burning in a clearing.

Stay with it until the fire is completely out. A LOCOMOTIVE which throws out sparks, or drops live coals along the track, may start a bad fire. the number of the locomotive which does these things and send it to the division superintendent. He will probably thank you for the information. JUST' one match, one smoke, one live coal, one spark, one careless fool and then less water and no trees.

There ia one fellow who can knock out Jack Johnson even though he is the heavyweight champion, and if "Kid Uncle gets his left working it may cost the smoke $10,000. Our Popular Styles. nlmnHt here. a fence erected about your Drop Easter Millinery Additional help has been placed in our Millinery Department to accommodate the brisk Easter business we are having. ORDER TODAY Your Hat will be ready on Time William Joseph; Weber, one of Pittston's leading druggists and a man who was widely known and universally esteemed, passed away this morning at 1 o'clock at the family home, on South Main street The end came quite suddenly and the announcement of his death, this morning was a sorrowful surprise to many people.

Although it was known that he was declining in health, 'no serious results were anticipated; For the past few months. Mr. Weber had been complaining but he was able to be about his usual duties in the drug store until some two weeks ago, when he took to his bed. From that time on he gradually sank. The best of medical aid was of no avail and last evening his condition was so weak that it was realized the end was near.

At 4 o'clock this morning, surrounded by his wife and only daughter and a few intimate friends, he breathed his last In his death, Pittston loses one of its most respected residents and the pharmaceutical fraternity a worthy member. William Joseph Weber was a native of Cologne, Germany, having been a son of a prominent physician of that city. He attended school in his home city and at an early age commenced the study of medicine. Shortly after becoming a full fledged pharmacist he immigrated to America. A few weeks after his arrival in New York he secured a position in a drug store where he worked for several months.

After working in the drug store for a short time Mr. Weber started in business for himself. About this time he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Russell. After residing in New York for a few years he went to Scotch Plains, N. where he open ed a drug store.

He continued in business in that place and from there he came to this city about a quarter of a century ago, having resided here ever since, Shortly after coming to Pittston he opened a pharmacy in the Keystone building, on South Main street. Not only, was Mr. Weber a brilliant student of pharmaceutics but he also displayed considerable musical abil ity, having been an accomplished vi olinist. He was also a writer of no mean ability. He was an extensive reader and was well versed on the leading topics of the day.

He was conservative man and was very sel dom noticed upon the street Posses sing a kind and generous disposition he was admired and esteemed by large host of friends, who deeply re gret his death. Besides his wife, he is survived by one daughter. Miss El sie Weber. The funeral announce ment will be made later. Panlol Snyder.

Daniel Snyder, native of Blooms burg, and a man of prominence among the business men of that section, died at the home of his son, C. C. Snyder, 104 York avenue, West Prtteton shortly after noom today. Death was due to and followed an I'll ncsa of about a 'month. Had he lived ur.til the eighteenth of this month, Mr.

Snyder would have reached his eighty eichth year in life. Daniel Snyder was born in Bloom. burg, in 1S24, and most of his notable life; was spent in that locality. wag railsod on a farm and followed tha occupation during his life time, having held a prominent position among trie aprieultiirtsts of that section at the time of Ms death. Mr.

Snyder wag an active man until only a few years ago when he was obliged by advanced years to retire and for the last six yoars he has made his home 'with his son. C. C. Snyder, of West iPittston. Deceased had been In ill health for the past month, and a week ago his death wns hastened by a stroke or par lysis.

Since hen. his condition was considered serious, and last night it was seen that the end would soon come. His condition graiduailly weak ened until this fuftrnoon, when ciuietiy. passed tp his rewaird. He is survived by the one som, U.

(J. Snyder, and also two sisters, living in Blooms burr. The funeral announcement will be made later. RAILROAD STATISTICS. According to mosti recent figures the single track mileage of all Am erican railroads was 242,438.84 miles, The total number of employes being 1.69M20.

The total earning during the fiscal year were of which the freight revenue was $1, 925,553,036, and passenger, revenue $628,992,473. The total capitalization of railways on June 30, 1910 (the latest figures) was $18,417,132,238 (par value). Don't Worry About a Strike buy your Groceries at JJrury's and get the bene fit of the lowest known prices. Gold Coin Flour Sunlight Flour Cream Sponge Flour, $6.50 16 Gr. Sugar Potatoes, per bu.

Strictly Fresh Eggs, .25 Large rkg. Corn Flakes 7 Oatflakes .25 7 Oatmeal .25 Finnan Haddie 12 Home Cured Bloaters .06 Ciscoes, per lb. .05 Gold Star Butterine, .25 Just as good as the best Butter. Timothy Seed, per bu. .58.001 Clover Seed, per bu.

Lawn Grass Seed, per lb. .25 Onion Sets, 3 qts. .25 Full Line of Garden Seeds. Wm. Druryl Where It's a Pleasure to Trade II 6 13! NMAII $4.98 $1.8 to wear 98c Suit Beautiful line of Hats at Mannish Tailored Hats New style Sailors, ready Throbbing Head Eves are not the right equipment for a successful business man! Take time to come here for a searching examination that will reveal the cause of your tired eyes and when we prescribe and furnish glasses to correct the trouble you'll find the world looks brighter again.

TOM ETUI 22 N. over Tinker's Bell 'Phone 154 B. The Mirror, reflects the fine FIT, STYLE and QUALITY of our SHIRTS They are in fine Silk, Madras and Percale, with and without soft' collars to match.s The prices are from $3.00 down. a4e Jnutt 1o 71. Tllcufc 5u Easter Suggestions.

Rosaries Gold and Filled Crosses LaValliers Bracelets Ear Rings Latest Styles Gold Chains Veil and Ribbon Pins Mesh Bags Fobs LEVIS JEWELER 18 NORTH MAIN STREET, L. V. and h. W. R.

R. Watch Inspector. RRRR FAIir.lERsS "ALHAIJAC Mf mi laaw aad aMnai H4I wo will aara Hn aallfitai at LOWER PRICES HEBE TO BUYERS OF BUILDIDG MATERIAL Tins WEEK IT IS POULTRY NETTING. We believe in quality, talk quality, and when you buy from us you get quality in every line we handle. Even in poultry netting there is a ffrfference in quality.

When you buy poultry netting, ask your dealer what gauge the wire is and if the netting is GALVANIZED AFTER WEAVING. Insist upon getting the kind ttiat is made of heavy wire and galvanized after weaving. That is the only kind we sell because it is the best, it represents quality. REMEMBER We have a reputation of 60 years of square dealing to maintain. J.

E. PATTERSON CO. The Old Reliable Lumber Co." 17.50 i For A Place Iron Fcnco Ordoro Now Have You Been Paying; More or Less? To those who have been paying more We want you to see these $17.50 values. It will mean equal quality for you at much less price. To those who have been paying less You will find a big measure of increased value for.

a little bit added 1 to the price you have been paying. Come in today. placed with us NOW will receive At this season we do the Indoor ready to do the erecting as soon as should be an Iron one made by that One Snrlnir in If you want JOHtl U7IL0E FEHGE of erty, your order early attention. work and are weather permits. Your fence Alii woltnKlA Ann jbSpocial Prlcpo Nov.

Wyoming P. ILL MOM. Dr. O'Malley's Methods Have cured thousands of sufferers from Blood Poison Rupture Losses Varicocele Discharges Hydrocele Stricture Piles Quickly, Permanently, Reasonably. If youcannot call, write, and your letters will be held strictly eonflden tlal and receive prompt attention.

Home Offices: Wilkesbarre enly, 168 So. Washington Street 1 wash your dainty dresses, silks, laces, trimmings, in short wash any and every kind of washable clothes with HO KA. and it will improve them. No other cleansing or bleaching product compares with HO KA. for washing clothes.

AII Oc. SAIL t7ffi.ri;i cccnnzioou Usdrlssl QcntrcsZ CO CJ CTi CU Dr. Alexander O'Malley, (Specialist) Sirt 11.11 KSa KZ 11., KSSSkl I Uead tn PliJTOU wd Pcr.ci.

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