NEWS: Cambria Freeman; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA; Oct 1908 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, 30 Oct 1908 Volume 42, Number 42 Local and Personal Allan Barker took his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Connie Barker and Mrs. Ossie Wilkinson and Miss Josephine Bailey to Patton Sunday afternoon in his high powered automobile. Mrs. Harry Benford and son, Harry Jr., of Johnstown, are spending a week at the Metropolitan Hotel. Mrs. Benford is a sister of Register and Recorder Arthur Griffith. Hon. Ed James has returned home after a visit to Lyons, Ohio, where he attended the funeral of a relative and also visited friends during the past week or so. Mrs. H. A. Shoemaker of this place is in Pittsburg where her daughter, Miss Bessie Shoemaker, underwent a serious operation in one of the hospitals there. Arthur Simler of Johnstown spent Sunday in Ebensburg. John Perry of Mansfield, O., is spending several days in this place. Clerk Greer Hile of the Metropolitan Hotel spent Sunday in Patton. William Peach of Altoona visited his old home in this place Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Reis of Barnesboro spent Monday in this place. William Mullenberg of this place went to Pittsburg Sunday on business. Attorney T. J. Itell of Johnstown was a visitor at the county seat Wednesday. Festus Tibbott of Barnesboro visited his mother and old friends here last week. William Kessler of Homestead was among the visitors to Ebensburg this week. Jeweler George T. Davis is confined to his home with an attack of stomach trouble. Justice of the Peace Adam Lieb of Nicktown was a visitor to Ebensburg Monday. Miss Maude Glass of this place is unable to leave her home on account of rheumatism. Fred Brickley, a well known citizen of Vetera, is dangerously ill with little hope of his recovery. Jack Finn, of South Fork, the coal town chief of police spent Thursday with his wife in this place. Max Schmidt of Hollidaysburg spent Sunday in Ebensburg. He registered at the Mountain House. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Mahaffey and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wehn of Johnstown were in Ebensburg and Carrolltown Sunday. Mrs. B. Griffith of High Street entertained a party of about forty of her friends at a luncheon Saturday evening. Dr. F. C. Jones, who has been confined to his home for some time with an attack of quinsy, is able to be out again. Squire C. A. McGonigle of Lilly, Democratic candidate for Poor Director, spent several hours in Ebensburg Wednesday. Gallitzin, seven-year-old son of Charles Moran of Loretto, is reported ill of diphtheria. There are no other cases in the town. Miss Martha Jones, who has been a student at Seton Hill, Greensburg, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tim Jones. Rev. Lloyd Morris, D. D. of Kingston, Pa., will occupy the pulpit at the Congregational Church, Ebensburg the next two Sabbaths. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Sharbaugh, Mr. and Mrs. Stoltz and Mr. and Mrs. Macklin, all of Carrolltown, drove to Ebensburg Sunday. Local Items Albert Nagle of Barr township, a well known fruit grower, was in Ebensburg Wednesday morning. He brought with him several immense apples which he grew on his farm. Judge and Mrs. A. V. Barker, accompanied by their daughter, Mrs. Frank Gates, motored to Johnstown Thursday morning, where they were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Zahm. A number of Kane, Pa., folks are visiting friends and relatives here. They are: Mrs. F. A. Lyte and daughter, Dorothy; Mrs. John Griffith, Mrs. Will Eckles, Mrs. Chalmers Jones, Mrs. Herchel James and Miss Linda Jones. Mrs. R. L. McMahon of Donora, who had been spending the summer at the Metropolitan Hotel in Ebensburg, returned home Wednesday. Mrs. McMahon received word that her young son was suffering from diphtheria. Mrs. Alice Jones of this place is in Johnstown with friends. Last Saturday she underwent an operation for the removal of a tumor of the jaw at the residence of David Davis of Grove Avenue, Moxham. Donates to Miners' Hospital James A. McCain, Cashier of the First National Bank of Spangler, who is at the head of the Miners' Home Hospital, has received from officials of the PRR the assurance that the company will donate to the new institution the sum of $2,500. This is the largest single donation yet received and the hospital people are very grateful to the corporation. The building will be ready for use about the first of December. New Esperanto Class Several days ago the Susquehanna Esperanto Class met at the home of Alfred A. Earle at Barnesboro for the purpose of organizing and electing officers. Mr. Earle was chosen instructor for the first period. Anyone interested in Esperanto who desires to join the class should write to G. E. Meisel, president, or A. A. Earle, Barnesboro. Found Glass in Foot Unable to account for severe pains in his foot since the fire of several weeks ago, Herman Burns, bar clerk at the Mountain House, Saturday evening went to Dr. Bennett for an examination. The physician lanced a wound on the injured member and took therefrom a piece of glass, almost two inches in length and a quarter of inch wide. It is believed that Mr. Burns, who was one of the volunteer firemen who did such good work at the recent fire, stepped on a quantity of glass, a piece of it penetrating his foot. Arrested for Odd Threats Osman Claims the Horans Declared They'd Separate Him from A Mole Alleging that they threatened to separate him from a mole on his face and other and sundry evils to him, O. H. Osman of Nant-y-Glo has had Monroe Horan Sr. and Monroe Horan Jr. arrested on charges of assault and battery and surety. Both have given bail before Squire Evans of Ebensburg for their appearance at court. The trouble which ended in the arrest of the Horans, father and son, and during which the threat was made regarding a mole which decorates Osman's face, arose over the arrest of a young son and brother of the Horans. Osman had this young boy brought to jail in Ebensburg on a capias secured from the courthouse last week. When he got back to Nant-y-Glo, Osman says, the two Horans "jumped him." They made all sorts of threats, he claims, in addition to handling him with their hands in a not too [sentence missing]. Osman hurled a chair in the direction of the two Horans. The chair didn't hit them, but banged against Proprietor Flick of the Flick & Curry Hotel in no gentle way. After the arrests of the three Horans, the younger boy for slander and the two older ones for assault and surety, Osman himself was arrested. He gave bail in the sum of $300 for court. Creditors Look for A. Summers Alex Summers of Barnesboro has been away from that place for several weeks and during his absence five or six attachments have been issued against him. The sheriff of Cambria County has levied on his bank account in the Spangler National Bank. Summers conducted a steamship agency and foreign bank. It is alleged that money given him to send to the old country never reached its destination. When Summers left Barnesboro he went to Pittsburg, it has been learned. From there he went to Butler, then to New York City and finally to Altoona. Letters received from him during the last week were dated New Haven, Conn. Although he writes numerous letters to Barnesboro, Mr. Summers refuses to go there himself. People who gave money to Summers to send to foreign relatives have had the attachments issued. The money attached in the Spangler bank was placed there by his clerk after Summers left. Mrs. Summers disposed of all the household goods last weak and went to join her husband. Attorney Dill of Barnesboro is representing a number of people who have claims against the missing banker and who have resorted to the courts to get their money. Hon. Jas. Kerr's Friends Alarmed Patton, Oct. 30 -- Friends of Hon. James Kerr, who is ill at his home in New Rochelle, N. Y., have word that his condition is quite serious. It seems that Mr. Kerr was overwrought by the visit to his bedside of Mr. Bryan and that he was unable to stand the strain. After Mr. Bryan left, he became worse and it is feared that he will have to undergo an operation. Mr. Kerr is connected with extensive interests in this town and has a host of friends who deeply regret to learn of his serious condition. Dr. Hagey in Serious Condition Dr. A. R. Hagey, who was for a long time assistant to Dr. Rice in Hastings and who worked in a strenuous manner during the recent typhoid fever epidemic in that town, is dying at the University Hospital in Philadelphia of Bright's Disease. Dr. Hagey left Hastings four weeks ago a very sick man and since then has been in the hospital. There is little hope for his recovery. Dr. Hagey is about 32 years of age and was very popular in Hastings. Situation in County Pleases Dr. Matthews Health Conditions Remain Excellent Despite the Continued Drouth (sic) Dr. W. E. Matthews, the county medical inspector, stated this week that considering the general weather situation, the sanitary conditions of the county remains very satisfactory. The typhoid fever situation at Bakerton has not improved during the last week, neither has it grown any worse and the precautions being taken there are expected speedily to rout the disease. About a half dozen new cases of typhoid fever developed around Bakerton last week. The list of contagious diseases reported from the townships and boroughs to Dr. Matthews and dispatched by him to Harrisburg Monday totaled about twelve. One case was that of Edith Butterbaugh of Gallitzin Township. The girl is suffering with diphtheria. Left All His Property to a Child of Four Attempts Made by Relatives to Have Will Set Aside Fails Because James Ballentine of Tunnelhill borough left all of his property to a boy less than four years of age and no relation whatsoever, relatives of Ballentine Wednesday attempted to have his will set aside. Judge Arthur Griffith, register of wills, decided that the will to which the property was left to the child should be admitted to probate. James Ballentine lived with Thomas Fitzsimmons of Tunnelhill borough at the time of his death and for some time prior to it. The Fitzsimmons have a son, Collins, who is not yet four years of age. This tot was a constant companion of old man Ballentine and Ballentine held him in the highest affection. In a will dated June 20, 1908, and witnessed by Squire R. J. Plunkett and Robert Troy, he left all his property to Collins Fitzsimmons. The property consisted of two lots, a house and some personal property. A distant relative, Boggs, by name, sought to have the will of June 20, 1908 set aside. Boggs was a legatee under a will dated in 1904. In a caveat filed by his attorney, T. J. Bell, Boggs alleged that undue influence had been brought to bear on Ballentine, who, it was alleged, was of testamentary incapacity. Mathiot Reed and F. C. Sharbaugh represented Fitzsimmons at the hearing Thursday morning. Mr. Sharbaugh for attorney W. A. McGuire. New Pastor for Christian Church The Rev Henry Mahon of Indiana, Pa., has accepted the call tendered him by the Christian Church of Ebensburg and will preach his first sermon in the edifice next Sunday morning. His morning subject will be "How the Christian Grows," and the evening subject, "A Night in Jerusalem." Until about a month ago the Rev. J. T. Klucker was pastor of the Christian church. About that time, however, he secured a three-weeks' leave of absence from his congregation and left Ebensburg. Within a short time he wrote back to the congregation, saying that the letter was to be considered his resignation to take effect at once. Mr. Klucker announced that he had quit the ministry and had embarked in business as an optician in Kane, Pa. Celebrate Wedding Silver Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Bishop Observed Loretto, Pa., Oct. 30 The silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Bishop was the occasion for holding a large and happy gathering of relatives and friends at their home in Cambria County, Sunday, Oct. 25, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop were the recipients of many handsome and useful presents from their friends and relatives. Those present at this celebration were: Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Strittmatter, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Biller, Mrs. Mary Strittmatter, Mrs. Margaret Yost, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Vaught, Mr. and Mrs. Tomlison, Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Farabaugh and the Misses Emma Strittmatter, Tillie and Cecelia Conrad; the Messrs. Benjamin Anderson, Bert Conrad, Raymond Eckenrode, Thomas Monhan, Agatho and Clarence Strittmatter and Clearance (sic) and Cletus Bishop. A reception was held in Empire Grange Hall Friday night in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Bishop, who have lived in Allegheny Township for 25 years. Mrs. Bishop before her marriage was Miss Dorothy Strittmatter, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Strittmatter of Carrolltown. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop are the parents of eleven children, all of whom are living, namely: Grace, Andrew, Fannie, Marie, Ruth, Agatho, Harry, Bernard, Dorothy, Geraldine and Beatrice. Wedding at Gallitzin Gallitzin, Oct. 30 -- The approaching marriage of Fritz Kesh and Miss Clara Howe, both of this place, was announced in St. Patrick's Church Sunday. The wedding will take place on Nov. 10. The attendants will be Miss Mabel Boland of Lilly and Mr. David Bradley of Gallitzin. Spangler Banker to Wed Prominent Bellefonte Girl Spangler, Oct. 30 -- Friends of both parties in this place have received invitations from Col. and Mrs. Jackson L. Spangler of Bellefonte, to attend the wedding of their daughter, Miss Emma Alvina Holliday to James Augustine McClain, of Spangler. The ceremony will occur at high noon on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the beautiful house of Col. Spangler on Allegheny Street, Bellefonte. Thos. A. Sharbaugh of Carrolltown and Miss Holliday of Bellefonte will be the attendants. Mr. McClain is cashier of the First National Bank of this place and one of Spangler's best known and most popular citizens. His bride has visited in this part of the country and has a host of friends here.