The Cedarville Herald, Volume 26, Numbers 27-52

}, ***** ; V\ , . \iC< ~K> r i#w*1Nr^tiNfii»<riHir^^ LOOi AhO PE#£ONAt * J f M r s v C t y d * Isonhtipt 9 boy %st Sabbath Mrs, CJ,H . Cttr^e, M r , Charles 4511* faugh and Mrs, BMtfij S3&h wrre & t>f«r&5gfjcl4tVc«|?it-s43>’, , The fcadifi* Aid Sodeiy of the C. f» churth will sett* tesicBfe RartsTs half duringthe Fstinjets* Institute, Tfec regular meeting <d council wa* held Monday 'evening, The monthly bills were ordered paid, Jfa special mattet*were brought before thebody, • The Greene County Medical Society was entertained by the Clark County So* defy Wednesday at rhe Arcade Hotel, Drs* Mi I, Marsh and Jf, O. Stewart were present, ; The ice men aie in their harvest at the present time. Mr, C, \Y. Crouse reports *that the crop tisis season is the finest ever housed. ■It is about ten incites in thickness. The Clifton Fanners'Institute will be held January 7 and 8. This jhstfurte is an independent one pud,gotten up by fawners in that vicinity, The}* always have good meetings which are attended by large crowds. College cloSes today for the present , year. Examinations have been {lxorder for the'past’week. The public schools will close Thursday, Dec, 24, for the holidays and will again open'on the first Monday In. January, IHUEBros, have purchasad the old dry house on the Tarbox. farm west Of town ■and are razing it to the ground. They ■are hauling the timbers to town, where they will erect .a large work-shop for the manufacture of different cement prod­ ucts. This firm is one that is doing an immense business in this line. |■ ‘ >iight Officer Kermon iff circulating a ipetition asking assistance for the pur­ chase of a fine bloodhound fordeteCtive work, He has a number of signatures of well-known farmers who are interest- :«d' in' the capture o f chickep thieves, Mr, Keiuion has a fair plan in looking after stolen property should a (subscriber be unfortunate in being visited by ‘ thieves. . The heavy wind last Saturday did con­ siderable damage to property in this section. The telephone lines in the •country were most all down and service was badly crippled. Parties having sale " bills posted also suffered. Mr. V, G. Ferrell, who resides two miles south of South Charleston, had posted a sale for V Pec.,S3, but by Monday could not find a , bill. In his travels, he says, he finds spmeof the H erald ' s safe bills still up, some of them having been put up six ‘ and eight wieks ago. The H erald got , got out Mr, Ferrell’s second lot, which .is proof that the quality of our stock is all that is claimed for it. A ' 4 V A . A 0 3 B M SA.A; tt'-'A »< #.^•‘1 Purs make ideal Christmas / ■ • ' ■ ' '■ '■ ■ . Few things m perfectly combine the useful and beautiful as furs-that one reason they’re so often given as Christmas remembrances. Oar store offers wonderful advantages to the intending purchaser advantages in the excellent qualities, advantages in the wide variety, advantages in pur expert knowledge of what we’re selling. The buying and ifae eell- tag of furs is no side issue with us,, but baa been a prominent feature o f our business for over a half a ce&turv* You sau absolutely depend that every purchase here is bound to m M . ^ b c . 4 h i # # give unmeasured satisfaction. We vejnever been so busy. .Tustjy,»too, tor furs atvfir were go fashionable, and we never had anything like our present almost unlimited assortment. You 1} find no odds and ends to pick from here. Why, ?n scarfs alone we received over 500 during the past week. The best we can do today is to pick at random and to giva^ou.an idea of what is making^, our store the ftir Mecca ofCentral Ohio. , : . Ii youre one o f the few who think “ Bancroft is high priced” just because we absolutely refuse to handle furs so poor in quality we cannot guarantee them, we want to extend you a cordial invitation to come and get acquainted with our etore, our one priceand plain figure methods. This certainty can cost you nothing, and judging by past experience will make you a regular customer. « - * v b ' ' > , .‘K f , River mink pelerline, 00 inches long, the tabs satin lined and fr)™med with six full fox tails, handsome cord fastenings, ‘A $10 feabella Australian opossum new shaped stole 60 inches long, lined “ ' ‘ ' wtb Siberian squirrel and finished with 6 .full.fox tails. Our price $6.50. ' >■■■ ffyY ■: . Isabella and sable fox scarfs made ojf the whole fox skin* an4 fih- Khed with large single brush tail at each end, $4 to $15. 45ray marten, new shaped flat stole, squirrel lock ■uij£f 87.oO. .■■■■■.. ", ■' Isabella Auetraiian opossum pelerine, 90 iuches ldug, SiBeriab squirrel lining, cord fastenings and 8 handsome tails, fi)r f 8,5d. Sable raccoon scarfs, rich full fur and JOOinches long, 810, Four-in-hand in sable squirrel, very choice and becoming, 815, Two skin sable and Isabellia fox scarfs, verv long and beautiful $12.50 to 40, * ’ ' ■ Two skin fox scarfs, extra quality and lined with Siberian, squirrel, Highest grade electric sedi coats, 22 inches long, lined withSkinners You. would be surprised to see the enorm­ ous number of scarft, muffs, coats, etc,, we have sold for 'Christmas delivery and 9 **3*5 oil which psymeUls have heen made. attn, flare sleeves, large reveres $25. Rich near seal coats, not electric seal called neir seal, kimim sle eves, made and fined as well as and $200 coat, only $35. Noveltygarments in blouses and fancy co its, trimmed with beaver, mink, Siberian squirrel,.marten, etc., $40 to $8Q. Genuine seal coats $110, $150j 8185, $235 and $275. From sttick or to your measure'with the exception dt the first two grdea. Our' reatouable prices havesold us more seal coats this year than ever be­ fore. > ^ Our assortment of brocade lining for special order coats is by far tlmmost varied and beautiful ever shown in, this city. . Neckties in tnink S15, $18 and $20. In ermine $25 and $33. In’ chinchilla, $25, 33 and 40. ' \ ■ . . Victorines in black marten, extreme, styles and beautiful qualities $35, 40 and 50. Mink long s olei (natural dark skins not blended} $25 and 40. Large pillow muffs in brown marten$ 6. In, natural black m irten $12. In Isabella or sable fox, $10, 15 and 20, 1• j ’ Round muffs in electric seal $3, river mink $3.50, brown marten $ You take no chances in buying for Christ­ inas here, as we’reglad to exchange any- thing afterwards id case it should not ex­ actly suit. % — .W- \ A s . I IS w IP ! m t 'iKJi mm V ¥ • Ignorant Suste. W - This is little Susie Bid/ns into town, Reading her a u r ‘s Upsidedim* This is Htue Tommy Slliins ‘cross the way, XAughfngr at her Ignorance, As Well bo may, -St, Nicholas. The Package dame. A good nmusejiienfc for a young folks’ party is thd “package'garae:” After the children (iro assembled each one, is givett a large, neatly wrapped package. Of course, it is Addressed to him or her to whom it h handed, The receiver opens it eaj»crty.'ojity to find that inaide is another'wrapper addressed to an­ other member of the party. This causes much fun in the exchange and iii the surprise. As many wrap* piugs tody ho Inside as the hostess mtm to have, but in the last ia a little gift appropriate to the real recipient, Kaeh wrapper hears a new name. The KMSsr snd the Child Musician, \ The jeoifior accepfitl the dcdieii* tioii of-u'inarch which the composer, * litf o HpiUii.t;It boy of six years', was perinHUd to pfet chf. to hint in per* i on, flift mainly received Ims little led most kindly and said, “My from* pturs phrv that for Tne-,' •• • •• ' ,y *, " . i■■■ *■ . ." ■. ; ' . , I * tt w as Keeaer's rreat. Congressman Reeder was in To­ peka not long ago. After dinner lie invited a crowd o f politicians up to have the cigars. •This particular bunch of politicians smokes good cigars as a rule. >Perhaps none of them has smoked less than a ten K 1 13 South Fountain .Ave.* Springfield, Ohio. C h ^ l r a a s J I a c d s ^ B o o k l e t s ^ D i a F i e s r ^ a J e n d e r s ^ r t e a t h h r O t y o x f e p P i c T i i r e s r t i Q S p Store Sparkling with newness gathered from e>erywhere worth while—teeming with suggestions of the joyous Christmas faestival so near at hand- its public. ■ .... ■ -it is more than ever alert hieet the expectations of " come up and taxb what you please ” cent cigar for ycars. “ Como up and take what you please, boys, said Reeder, -who doesn’t smoke. Turn­ ing to the cigar case, he spied some J stogies in a round pasteboard' box, and before the crowd could make i known their special brand he re- j marked, “ Them long, thin c gars in t that round box look pretty good,” And the politicians all took stogies* —Kansas City Journal. The Foolish Cocks. Luke- B. Wright, who succeeded William If. Taft as governor general of the Philippines, wrote to a friend in New York an intercsting descrip- tion of the habits of the Filipinos. He said, among other things, that some of the natives fight not only cocks, but crickets, bats and all man­ ner of strange creatures. He told a story, current in Manila, about a Filipino servant aiid a cockfight, This servant hud been delegated by his master to carry two cocks to a place where they were to figlsfc against two other birds. The man put the Cocks in a hag together, and When he arrived with them at the fighting ground and opened tho’hag it WAS found that they had killed* each other* His masterupbraided him. “ Why,” ho said, “ were you such tt fool As to put both cocks in the same hag?” “I thought/’ the servant answer­ ed, “ that of course they Would have sense ennugbt not to hurt each oth­ er when they were both going to fight on the one side” * Books FORCHRISTnAS We desire to cull special attention to our magnificent collection o f books for holiday gifts, comprising the larg­ est and most complete assortment ever shown in thfacity. Our Book De­ partment is on the second floor. We call special attention to the TOY,. LINEN RN 6 ' present. \ . v ’ „ ■ We take subscriptions lor all the . standard magazines, and have pre­ pared a neat card adaptable for the inscription of ■a personal greeting, which'will ba furnished for the pur* purpose, It read thus: . Witbthe Season’s •■ • 4r 4- ■ ..■$ Greetings ia One years subscription to ^—*> These are all beautifully illustrated in unersseable color, which are. non* poisonous, These books can be washed and ironed. Mother Goose Painting Books Complete With , brush and colors, Regular price $1.00] our price, 35c. Mr. Bunny's celebrated book, 26c. A year's subscription to a magazine Would make a mOst acceptable Xrmig Presented tu From Holiday Leather Goods There ]&. nothing more serviceable orlippropriate than a piece o f leather for a gift. Leather silk, silver and gold. They "have been beautifully combined this season by ingenious de* signers and skilled nrttisans. Our stock, wh' jh comprises many exclus­ ive novelties, is so complete that the most fastidious can be suited. ' ( Pocket books, card cases, hand bags, music rolls, photo frames, writling desks, addressMxVxes, collar and cuff boxes, purses, bill ‘ books, letter books, bills rolls, traveliogcasess t Game andGames Boards for Xmas jThis store has always been called the headquarters for games of all kinds and this season it is more worthy of the tittle than ever* Three new games—Trix, Panic Flinch. The new game ofTrix is the peer of card games. Two or mqre players can play. I( is as scientific as Whist and as e»Ry as the game Hearts. Don't miss seeing our stock of game boards—^carroms^arcbarina and cro- kinole boards. Prices range 20c to {3,io, . 4-surface hoards, on which on hun­ dred different games can hetplnyed. No. 1 Crown combination boards, on which sixty-four games can be ' played. Flinch—rhe new game, Panic which is causing a sensation in hun­ dred of homes. .It’s the games oi the year* Parchcesi, Tiddly Winks, and all the standard games. _ Engrved Cards Pictures Excelsior Diaries for I9O4. Calendars lc to $5. Christy Calendars $2.50. Box Stationery j PELOUBET’SNOTES On Sunday School lessons for 1904, Sectional Book Cases. In plain oak, quarter sawed oak or flemish oak finish: The above are but a few o f the many pretty, and gppropriate gifts to be found in our store. OPEN To-Day ........................................................................... li>iimiHWM>lJwwri#l i t s « 4 ■ ^ * rk will •w*** jheoldre Absolutely 1 ffltiiE IS N Q S U B THE CHILDREN’^ ' ■.• . s: f‘In the solemn midni ego,” W«Bhorh'araidhuu! Jugs, in an insignificant Inge, one whose life, de,! ^aye influenced the^ su . more than the ambition arch, the victories of > the diplomacy of any ‘ the wisdom of any phiiof centuries.. Believers 0 mitythink as they chop perhatural .features -eci •event, the fact'is Jiistori putable that the birth < which occured about { . dred and three, years I about vast changes in ti world. When the'followers etie first began the pra) memorating the birth 0:^ Of their religion Is utf, manner - of its comm);i changed' with the ages, y localities* but we , enough to the original ’ feast of the nativity” t<- simplest andTenderest h . memberanee and regard Yption, o f charity ana for children. The Ghrj hnd its origin i» the bij I p the' course o f time j| In thie country'ftflettstj children^ day, Krisa ,, ithe later form of the cl *'Jgood old Santa Claus, 1 to the hearth ot, every there is a child or bilk ■, come to wheVe he has h -HorTii^ributtbilrr^"^ .the Christmaa reunion the season, the Christa 'spread for the poor by tnnato clftBses,' Whil gift giving pedominati observarice oi this dn should allow the day t treating himself to the perience of doing somd'H the cheer and happine tute or unfoi'tuuate. A RECEPTION T jn . A reception was giv Milligau and wife in t room of the If. P, ehi day evening. Aboti were present includi the congregation and As the crowd aasembl traduced to Rev. Mi] Dr, Irons of the X< Seminary gave the come in ' behalf of Hr. Irons’ Was one fit cession, as he had bn hebeing his pastor days and was also hi mg his college da Middleton welcomed • in behall of the re Mr. Frank Hastings ■ of the congregation time presented the to cover his expense Rev. Milligan resp well choseti words, who spoke during tl Hr, Johnson and D Ntmaj Rev, David W, K, McGhesnOy nu of this place, ning whs furnished hquartette ennsittin Collins,. A1 SlotMon AndRalph Bull. Served during the gathering suMt* the Which thd pastor 0 Milligan and wife Albmofl, ant corned to par conm dobRrintiu/ol hi this office with j^aieh, Ac 1