NEWS:  Cambria Freeman; 1909; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 16 Apr 1909
Volume 43, Number 16


Local and Personal

Miss Eleanor Lynn Earnest, who has been spending the Easter vacation at 
her home in Knoxville, Tennessee, returned on Tuesday evening to the 
Ebensburg Elementary School at Hallesen Place.

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Davis of Pittsburg, accompanied by their big son, 
James, visited at the home of Jesse's grandmother, Mrs. Davis of the 
East ward.

George B. Delancey, an employee in this office, spent the past week at 
the home of his parents in New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pa.

Walter Marsh, who is now employed in Altoona, was here this week in 
attendance at the marriage of his sister, Miss Emma Marsh.

Mrs. George H. Boney of Ebensburg attended the funeral of Mr. Boney's 
brother-in-law at Kittanning last week.
  

Lilly Must Clean Up 
Board of Health Hints at Prosecutions if Notices to do so are 
Disregarded

Lilly, April 15 -- The Board of Health is about to inaugurate a 
cleaning up crusade.  A meeting was held recently in the office of Dr. 
Kress and steps were taken toward improving the sanitation of the 
borough. It is hinted that prosecutions will follow disregard of 
notices to clean up.  The board went over town a few days ago and found  
conditions which they expressed as very rank.

The visit of Dr. Bertha Caldwell of Johnstown to this place is having a 
good effect on the young people.

George Ehrenfeld of Gallitzin was in town last week. He had been unable 
to leave his home for three weeks on account of illness.

T. W. Hanna is contemplating selling all the stock on his father's farm 
and quitting the agricultural business.


Raid on Robins

Game Warden George W. Spangler of Johnstown has gone for a few days 
through mining settlements of adjoining Indiana and Westmoreland 
County.  "The foreigners in the mining towns," Mr. Spangler said, "have 
had a fashion of knocking over robins for use in potpie, but during the 
last year to two have discovered a new wrinkle in the robin line.  
Newly arrived foreigners have the habit of catching the robins and 
caging them.  Apparently they hope to train the red-breasted fellows 
into singing, which is hopeless and the act of shutting up the birds 
carries a $10 fine."


Aged Nant-y-Glo Woman Dying 

Mrs. James Cummings, wife of the well known mine foreman at Nant-y-Glo, 
is in a dying condition with blood poisoning, which has spread through 
her body.  Mrs. Cummings, who is about sixty years of age, was ill with 
diphtheria about six weeks ago and the infection went to her left leg, 
a large abscess forming.  Dr. J. W. Barr and Dr. D. S. Rice last night 
performed an operation, but it is doubtful the aged woman can recover.


Dilworth Car Arrives 

Mrs. Carrie Dilworth of Ebensburg has received her new Stephen-Duryea 
touring car. The machine is of the six-cylinder type and of 45-
horsepower.

During the last few days Isaiah Brown of Ebensburg has sold a Middleby 
touring car to Frank Killen of Barnesboro.


Going to Nebraska

Within a few days L. Z. Bloom, for a long time a resident of this 
section, will leave for Grand Island, Neb., with his family where he 
will reside permanently.  Mr. Bloom returned from Nebraska a few days 
ago after a short trip to that section.  While there he was offered the 
superintendency of a planing mill and decided to accept.


Back From Florida

Messrs. W. I. Stineman and A. M. Stineman of South Fork have returned 
from Orlando, Fla., where they had closed the deal for the purchase of 
a beautiful country home for their father, former Senator J. C. 
Stineman, the property having a large acreage and a handsome residence 
on it, fronts on Lake Sue, a very pretty body of water.


Went to Clearfield 
  
Mrs. H. A. Tompkins and Mrs. E. H. Davis of Ebensburg went to 
Clearfield Monday where on Wednesday they witnessed the ordination of 
the Rev. Mr. Reeves as pastor of the Clearfield Presbyterian Church.  
The exercise will take place on Wednesday.  The Rev. Samuel G. Craig of 
Ebensburg, pastor of the local Presbyterian Church, delivered the 
charge to the church.  Both Mrs. Tompkins and Mrs. Davis are natives of 
Clearfield and are well acquainted with the Rev. Mr. Reeves as is Mr. 
Craig.


To Be Near Husband 

Evidently fearing that her husband, Nick Cravatta, will be refused a 
new trial and that he will then be sent to the Western Penitentiary for 
a term of years, Mrs. Cravatta has moved to Ebensburg with her two 
small children. Cravatta, it will be remembered, was found guilty of 
murder in the second degree at the last term of court.  Attorney James 
B. O'Connor applied for a new trial and this will be argued at the 
session of court next Tuesday.

In the meantime the wife of the convicted man visits him daily at the 
jail, taking her two small children with her.  She repairs to the jail 
as soon as the doors are opened each afternoon and remains there until 
the close of visitors' time.