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Franklin Repository (Daily) from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania • 5

Franklin Repository (Daily) from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania • 5

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franklin RgoaroRT cNAMBERgRUBG fa PARE FTTfi jEWiWlnRtpfcsttorjj OBITUARY AMBASSADOR FLETCHER from Page One) 3 PERSONALS THE WHOLESOME BAKING POWDER 3 FREDERICK'S WORDS Put iny pride In Illy pocket and ask WORRY BARBARA onc or two nuesiiniw ''Tell me ubout tliul Sir tbe mnn Inlercxled In Mexican CHAPTER XXXVIII mines" I spoke os casually aa I Why had Payne Orton had to die? could Had he lived Blanche would still ho i "Do you know bound Dead it left her free to he dined with us one triguc my husband iffbt" 1 1 "I shouldn't say he was your heard hls vcl but did not gisp Not 'IsM anything he saying My aome things go but he the thought thathrdt1? a 1 ld want t0 meet 1 The words had scarcely was numb with bad come to me left Ills ilMFiM! Is wholesome and -always gives good is- uniform in value and inexpensive Editor of America! Cookery to his birthplace and tho friends of bis boyhood The old adage prophet ia not without honor rave in his own doea rot hold good in the caae of Henry Pratiher Fletcher for it ia In his old home among his old friends that- he receives the moat sincere respect and admiration The -honors that have come to him have not in the least changed hta attitude to Iheae old friends During hla visit over the week-end every man woman and child of hla acquaintance waa greeted with a hearty hand shake -but not only did he warmly greet those whom he met but there was rot a boy that he played- with not a girl that had been a schoolmate or-' man or woman that had ben Identified with hla eaTly life tha-he did not in: quire after And iii-reminiscing with 'these old friends nearly evsry sentence began with tbe question "Do you remember which waa followed with some amusing incidents of bla boyhood One of iheae stories that ia still laughingly recalled by several of the participants is a prank of tbs school days One of the boys in the school was a great favorite- with the- girls because bis father poeeesed an old time in those days considered almost as luxurious as a modern "Pierce This unfor- Closing Out Sale Still in Progress Solar Rolar editor and business manager of the Bhlppensburg Chronicle died this morning at 1:45 o'clock of pneumonia after one week's Illness He was a son of William and Mary Rolar and was born near Roxbury December 24 18(9 He taught school in Lurgan township for twelve years and in Greencastle for live where he was also associated with the Echo-Pilot He afterwards was employed with the Pennsylvania Steel Co at Steel-ton He is survived by his wife who waa Miss Elisabeth Glass and these children Erma Mary and Donald Mrs Powell of 8hippensburg and Mrs A Gabler of Lurgan are sisters He has been connected with tbe Chronicle for five years He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Shippensburg Funeral on Friday at 2 Interment at Spring Hill cemetery Frank Warren Frank Warren sn of James Warren died at his home in Middle Spring 'at o'clock yesterday morning after a ten illness with flu and pneumonia He was aged 24 years and is survived by hla parents and ten brothers and sisters Robert Yocum Robert Yocum of Doylesburg died at the Chambersburg Hospital yesterday morning Mr Yocum waa in a very serious condition when he was admitted to the hospital on Sunday and was immediately- operated on for reiflpvlng pus from the pleura cavity He had been ill for nineteen days with flu and pneumonia He was aged 28 years and-is- survived by his wife and one child The remains were taken to Doylesburg for interment Mrs Catherine Jackson 'Mrs Catherine Jackson died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter Mrs Edward McCurdy in Harrisburg following a three illness with Bright's disease liged 74 years' She is survived by the following children: Mrs Ed ward McCurdy of Harrisburg' Mrs John' Slerer of Glen street and Georee 8 nupert son of Mr and Mi Crawford Rupert of East Queen street who baa been In the regular array for two year and noe December with the motor transport corps In Washington is pending" a brief furlough' in town M1m Pauline Oruver and Paul Graver son and daughter of Rev Dr Graver of Martinaburg Weal Vap visited 'hero the latter part 'of last week Dr Graver and wife have Just returned from -Florida where they had been risiy'ng their son Joseph Rv- Mudge 'lias gone to Atlantic City to with Mra Mudge for a fev 'days who to there recuperating fbm recent illness Mrs Bp'Kennody of Roanoke Va is vlr'ng at Ragged Edge Lieut itt F' Carl of Greencastle gyat 'at'-the home' of Mr and Mrs Ihrry Rosa 212 Pine street Hirry Norton- formerly of -town of Philadelphia who had 'Ae misfortune some weeks ago to fall from- a high building which he was engaged in painting and aus-talned serious injuries has since heenin-'a hospital in that city He has Improved s'ufflclently however to be' abdiit indoors He is a (On of Norton of South Main street The Miasei Ella and Grace Trltle of East Washington street are recovering from a several illness with bronchitis 1 Russell has returned to his home on South 'Second street after a visit to -relatives at Y6rk tester Oyler Snd wlfe of Fayetteville visited friends in town Saturday Mrs' John Schaeffer: has returned to her home on Broad street after aivlslt to friends ip York Miss Helen Guthrie is confined to her home on Broad street by sn attack of tonsllltla Casper She 11 hgse Js suffering from an attack of grip' at' his' home on Broad street' Evelyn '-slid daughters of Warren Zullingsr of Lincoln Way East- have recovered from a several illness with flu Had Payne- Orton before he died known of the intimacy of hla wife and Nell And had it made him careless of hla health? It was an hysterical woman's thought but it gripped me That he bad been ill for long that scarcely ever had be been able to accompany his wife anywhere since I had known them that this illness might have been' caused by an added cold' nerdr occurred to me As nearly all women would have done I took hla sudden death to mean something to me simply because my husband had shown a preference for tbe man's wife are you thinking of that you speak to Mr voice brought me back to a realisation of my rudeness me I waa so shocked what ypu told me that I was most impolite It is dreadful! Payne love for hla- wife a matter of common comment among hla friends Could it be possible that because of some intrigue be wanted to die? Was Neil the other party to the Intrigue! i tortured- myself with the thought Mr Frederick was a shrewd -man and doubtless under--derstood mors of the cause of my answers to his questions than real- i- Finally he commenced to talk of Then I pulled myself togethr Anything pertaining to my hua was vitally Interesting tp me "He has wonderful staying pow-' Wcalj haveto-handit to him tor- one said Mr Frederick be makes up hla mind to do any thing' he will go through Are and Off on All Woolens lips before he flushed and itammer-ed an apology: "I had no' right to say that! Your husband is the one who has the right to aay who you Shall or shall notmeet Forgive "There is nothing to forgive Neil Mr Forbes la connected in some business "matters with Mr Beott and that ia the reason he brought him home with him But he seemed such a different type from any man I have known that 1 was As usual I had not the courage' to-go on with anything that looked like criticism of Nell I often used to wonder if all wives were as fearful of doing anything to lose the' Jove of the man to whom they were married -as was I I seemed to realize from the first days of our life ItoffetUer that Neil wopld brook no questioning of himself his affairs Every time I had attempt- '-ed to get closer to him in this way it had resulted disastrously had been the cause 'of the only- quarrels we ever haid bad 'He' is different type Coarse i common bgt-' absolutely straight In business And hard as nails with those whp are' not-' I have always said that I should be very sorry for anyone ngsirikt whom Scott had a grade flay them alive" la the way he Impressed I returned then changed the subject But in my mind was a new undercurrent of fear 'Suppose this Mr Scott should get a grudge against Nell because of some -business they had in common suppose because of that mlninfc stock Nell had persuaded him to buy? my thoughts went no further Mr Frederick commanded my attention Tomorrow Mr Frederick Offers to' be Barbara's Friend (To be continued) Our men's blue and black serges are are real values Buy your'woolens now and save money Colonel Edward Seibert of Wash- Lyle Jackson of North Sixth street Home Woolen Mills Co Chambersburg Pa ttoodoooooodi water to accoinpllah it I thought' detected some 'subtle desire to 'oOrofort' me by this praise Nell-i-K it were praise I woiild 0 Two brothers John Fennell of Cleveland Ohio and Lewis-Fennell of town and one sister Mrs Sites of town also survive Mrs Jackson was a member of the First United Brethren' Church The funeral will be held from the home of Mre Sierer in Glen street on Thursday afternoon at 2 Services will be conducted by Ilev Dr Walter Luts Interment at Cedar Grove cemetery Krs Joseph Hiller Mrs Joseph' Miller- died at her home near St Thomas yesterday morning from a complication of diseases aged about 77 years She is survived by her husband and the following children: George Jacob and Joseph Mrs John Rots and Mra' Smith Armstrong all of near 8t Thomas Funeral Thursday morning at ten I'clock service at her home era- ducted by her pastor the Rev Mr Slifer Interment in the Reformed cemetery at St Thomas AFTER SICKNESS Cousins Tells What She Did To Renin Strength Coateerllle Penn "The grippe me with a bad ccugbt and In a weak nervous run-down condition tried Emulsion Cod Liver Oil without benefit I read ebout Vinol riny cough disappeared appetite improved and I galled strength and flesh by Its Alice Cousins We wish every person In this vicinity who suffers from weakened run-down nervous condition would try this famous cod liver and tonic recommending it years and never knew it to fail- Slop scratching ouJ Saxol Salve stops itching' We guarantee It' D- Greenawalt and all Adv' 1 i GOOD DIGESTION WAITS ON APPETITE ingtoh1 has been -visiting his lsters Mrs-Howard -McNulty Qf West -Queen street and Miss Rebeccia Seibert of Nelson stroct Miss: Helen Lovmm 'of Martins-bUrg Va has returned to that city after a vjsltto hpr mother Mrs Leah Lohman-of GarJeld street James McCurdy of Philadelphia hasvbSeni visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Charles McCurdy of Lincoln Way East for some days Bhatxer wife and daughter' Leila have returned to their home at Housum after a visit to the family of J' Detrioh of Lincoln Way Weat- Harry Roasman and wife formerly well known residents of South Second but now' of Hagera-towm have returned home after a visit to' the latter's father Frank Lanti gf South Second street Mrs 8 Stevenson of Mt Pleasant is a guest in the home of Supt 1 Ik Gordy on Philadelphia avenue -J William Rodenhaver and wife of -Harrisburg have been recent guests of the mother Mrs Theresa Rodenhaver of Lincoln Way West Smith Is very ill at his home on West Washington street Mias Blanche Tritt of- Scotland avenue deputy -clerk-of the -courts ia spending a tew days in Harrisburg with her unde -J Tritt and famliyi Miss Nell Potts of -Altoona- former chief operator of the Bell Telephone Company here has been' called home on account of thq serious illness of her father O' Shearer cashier of the Dry Run Bank' is the guest of his sifter Mrs Margaret Kolb North Federal street H- Karper of the Farmers and Merchants Trust Company and Chad Haney are spending some time in Atlantic City -They will also visit in New York and Philadelphia before 'returning home tunate youth was always called on when any of th boys' or girls wanted to go to-1 a -country nr ''spelling One py enlng a 'party was arranged in which the' owner 'of the Dayton wagon waa to taka seven i girls to the country to see another girl friend The -maids end their lone started off tn hlih glee but on their- v-iay home- their spirits fell for they had to pass a "Haunted Lime Wheri they neared the' lime kiln they cast many furtive glancea ln its direction and ope the brivest' lassies In tbe crowd egcisimed you love to fee" a Ghost?" While -the others with abated breath were offering many silent petitions that nary a ghost or ffobUh worild tripled their-way Just as-the 'wSgnif reached the other side of the1 klip two ghost -like- figures-sprang Opt Into the -road' and shot up into the air Although 1 'haye never before or since heard of a ghost that car ried flre'armq With1 cry- that Pandemonium- was let loose the girls fell upop the poor lone youth and -begged1 him' to save 'them hut Jie'too was- fr ghtened out of year's growth' and coiild only beat up his poor old horse until when Greencastle was reached the animal "xs ready to fall down in the shafts While aromatic spirtts had to he ad ministered to all the girls For several days not 'a word waa epUken about the appearance of the war like and then leaked out that Dr Paul Cort a well known Trenton physician a hoy of town and the ambassador had arranged the whole performance and had re-ped a great deal' of enjoymanf ut of its successful termination when' taken to task about the affair by the much harassed school master Ambassador Fletcher con-feroed hie guilt in bis usual straightforward honest manner In those days winter was always "snowy- reason' and a favorite pasttime of the young folks wa sleighing and sledding The Fletcher boys possessed a pony but they had no sleigh so tbe ambassador with t-he same resourcefulness that he uses In political affairs today bargained for a pair of much used sled runners and borrowed large store -box for' the of his improved sled WKh this unique vehicle be took the girls sleighing many times' but the invention bad its disadvantages as well as -its utility Tbe store box was very high and to get into it required tbe feat of an acrobat Then when you had at last lueeeeded in getting into the box there waa no'plaoe to sit down so you took your sleigh ride' like a soldier standing at attention before the atars and etripes But to youth these were very trivial Inconveniences and many of the most enjoyable rides taken by the girls of Greencastle were In the "Store Box and the Fletcher pony-will go down 'Into history with the same fame as It was- on this pbny -that the- ambassador bad hla' first rldlng leasonii and he became efficient in the art that he was one: of the Rough crack horsemen i There was perhaps no other young man so cloaeJy related to Colohp) Roosevelt as the' ambassador He visited at Oyster' Bay viY frequently and was treated like one of the family and he and the late Colonel Rooeevelt has so much In common that they could not help but prove Mildred spirits While Greencastle for a 'small village has more than her quota of men who are today sitting in the world's highest places there is not one of them that has touched the lives of 1 1 his old friends with a stronger tie of genuine friendship than Henrv i Pratber Fletcher If the future hes In rtore for him (which we dop not doubt) still greater honors toil not any town or places will there by 1 was of And lyed Neil er band era "If of Mr left I tried my Mrs Iron we box by FIRST AIRPLANE FREIGHT MEETS WITH ACCIDENT Philadelphia March Engine trouble forcing the huge Handlcy-Page machine wlllch was to tske a grand piano from -this city to New York to land just outside Elisabeth forced the postponement of the stunt for several days The heavy flying machine was to prove the commercial possibilities of the airplane by carrying a 1200-pound piano' from the John Wanamaker store in this city to the Aero Show in New York It had been planned for tho machine to leave New York Sunday and take the piano from Buitleton Aviation Field to New York in time for the afternoon opening' of the show The wet weather prevented the trip Sunday and It was poetpond until yesterday And Health' on Roth An old saying is usually pretty true' Good digestion means appetite health and happiness that's sure! One BA-HA-NI with your evening meal- soon gives you that "freedom" that is so good at the dinner' table No more indigestion biliousness and' similar- ailments when have BA-HA-NI on the job to keep the bowels' dnd stomach strong and Get' a '25c or SOc today and enjoy your' food 8old Haller Drug Co and leading druggists Adv BANISH CATARRH ATARRH BOARD WANTS NAMES OF DISABLED SOLDIERS Washington March 11 Some thirteen thousand disabled men were diaebarged from the army before tbe federal board for vocational education was permitted to'eatabliah contact with auch men in army hospitals in order to deal with their cs The board now desires to' get in touch with-these men' so as to acquaint them with' the benefit which congress has- provided fbr them The hoard in a statement today asked persons knowing of any such disabled soldiers to send their names and addresses to its headquarters In Washington Breathe Hyomei for Two Minutes And Believe Stuffed -Up Head If you want to get relief from catarrh cold in tbe head or from an irritating 'cough iff the shortest time breathe--Hyomei It' BhOuld clean out your head in two 'minutes end allow- you-1 to breathe freely Hyomei often- ends 'a cold In one day jt will relieve you of disgusting snuffles' hawking spittink and of tensive -breaWi' i a-week Hydmel Je- triads chiefly from soothing healing ahtieepttc that cornea from the- eucalyptus forests of Inland Australia where catarrh asthma and consumption were never known to exist Hyomei Is piesssnt end essv to breathe Just pour few drops 4ntothe hard rubber inhaler use as directed and relief is almost cer- tain A complete Hyomei -outfit -in 'eluding inhaler and one bottle Hyomei coals but little at drug-data everywhere and at Creaaler Drug Store If you already an inhaler you can get an extra hot tie of Hyomei at druggists Adv DEAR FRIENDS The style of buildings is shown above and the plans hate been eni times We have an option of seventeen lots near Wolf Lake We shall build in other putarf later Our scheme is not a new one but has been used all over the United States in Umw Chambersburg More dwellings must be built or we shall lose people who live hew now as well our chances to get new people to move to town If business and professional men do not want mow tronage then let us remain as we ere even go to lew population We are getting letters from ell over the country wanting to submit propositions to sell bndi ber and other materials showing that other people are keeping paw with our proposition citizens are not so much fexcited It would be a burning shame if our money men would let a good thg get away from them anel permit outsiders to take advantage of certain investment right here 'LL We now want $50000 to start with not as gifts but as sure investment V1 ment bonds Those who help this much heeded enterprise will not only reap a satisfactory return hut will help to improve the condition of the town and their neighbors Yon know that in every mmm fr thew are calamity howlers and people who love to have increased tronage hut who never contribute cent poefcetbooks We will then know who lore his good old town Bo patriot and come across After the needed money is secured we shall incorporate and directors from among the stock subscribers and they may change our plans and style of buildings yet we doubt it very much for matters of cost have been figured to a minimum Realty Development Company BALSAM for Coughs and Sore Throat GUARANTEED honors bring much real gratifi- I cation as the little town that gaveit him birth and so proudly calls him her son SPRING KHUXBBY Showing of Johnson hats Thursday at the French Shop 184 ffW WS: HWt.

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