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McKean County Miner (Newspaper) - December 18, 1919, Smethport, PennsylvaniaMew Hammy u Backus Ower. Mom k. Knapp yol Lvi sme1hport. A thursday dec. 18 is canopus club Branch formed in Smethport at dinner monday night fifty business representatives guests of organizers at Imperial hotel will improve Smethport dead but was the thought bound to occur to a finnet Porti Public by Trot in mind who attended the dinner Given at the hotel Imperial monday evening by the organizers of Uio Oono Pue club and before the even log Vas Over the desire to better suite port industrially and Civ Lily manifested to the Point of enthusiasm. About fifty guests were present representing almost every Lise of Endeavor in Smethport and the. Miner is requested to announce tint the invitation list was limited Only because of the comfortable meting capacity of the hotel dining Rubio As the desire was to bring to Gether All business representatives in Smethport but for various reasons was after enjoying the excellent dinner which . Geary had Allen s Browne of Buffalo n., y. International organizer of the Cuno put club explained to Tho meeting his purpose in coming to Smethport. The alms and activities of the Cono club Are altogether too Exten Cive to be treated in a single article in local significance cannot at be explained with much fee Titzl but the big object Here would be to act As a chamber of Commerce keeping in touch from week to week Lor the of Industrial con Deliotte. Through the great Clearing Howe of the organization where the Tiu of valuable information 13 Das mined this club would havoc constantly before it manufacturing. Interests Dpi ring suitable locations with their Tri fire of tool. Mator Field. The next meeting will occur monday noon at a luncheon at the grand Central hotel. The and viability of limiting the membership in Smethport has been discussed and seems to be regarded favourably. At present sentiment appears to i the and it is Likely that the Lull membership will be secured Belore the next meeting. Smethport enjoys the distinction at present of being the smallest town in the United states to possess a Cono pus club although it is the aim of in organization to its of torts the smaller cities of the coun try. At present Bradford u next smallest in Point of population. An Endeavor will be made to establish clubs at Kane my. Jewett and port Allegany giving Mckean county five of these Splendy organizations. No. Paper next week the Miner will not issued next week following the usual plan of Tak the closing week of the rear As a period to. Attend to the various tasks that generally need attention at time. The office will How Ever every Day except thursday and the settlement of accounts is especially desired during that week. The Miner has sent out numerous state ments during november and Decem Ber and the responses have not been As general As could be wished whole Sale paper houses and dealers in printers supplies Are clamorous for their Money every thirty Days and there is a big fat pay Roll to meet every saturday night if you owe the minor kindly come across a we need the kale. Census enumerators among the enumerators named in Moke an county for the 14th decennial census of the United Stales which starts next month Are the following Annin w. Abbey. Eldred Cotton. W. Ellis. Hamilton j. West Burg. Keating District s. D. Crawford second District John j. Connolly District Alfred a. Rylatt. Lafayette Anna Gates. Norwich township dlr Van Wilcox. Otto j. Kilbury. Purl All Gahy Bop ugh Aharry h a Florey s circus a Florey has come and is the evening pm with a dance also under the unction of us High school Moalc furnished by quirk s orchestra. The realism of the was helped ont not a by the Thouc of Thi Ballyhoo Era the use of Canon tents the Sale of peanuts Popcorn Coffee it. Over air was the Typ local cd runs atmosphere of take a Chance and fat Effort its spared to offer pews u spend Money and the crowd was in the. Humor to do that 4ery thing. Over were in Tendance and they spent enough to i Low the High school to Start Basket i ill in a proper there t a be found one who will not that every cent he spent came e to him in chuckles and made the outlay cheap indeed. Ath of or. J. A. Heath i last wednesday evening e. E. Heath received a message conveying it is walked a Colt Road on Way to citizenship thirteen italians hiked from Backus for first citizenship papers in to Taler Piaf Crayas to become eld my or us United Ste Tea thirteen who run Watt de nine unix through the snowdrifts thermometer hovering around Zero woodsy Tram Backus this place when they it mordred it the Kush Equa did not make the sual run. They were applicants or ret citizenship papers and prothonotary b. P. Starsky s office was a Busy Hind him he has left the of an honorable business Man or. Or Jeoffie a hath Oas was clearly evidenced by the sat 3 mfr a Long fied expressions on the of t of pc hundreds who attended his circus. Of age and a his one guarantee to give every Fly w known to Smethport Onago Optime Gascons Olenthous i by carried out. . The ath Letic Assoc ton of the High school. N under whose auspices the circus was Given Here. Is Richer by 11.0 for the por tract led a a married at it. Jewett. Quite a Surprise was sprung on the eople of my Jowett when a earned that or. Harry c. Williams and flu Bess c. Rebenack both of his place had been quietly United in Arr Tege at Tho Home of the Bride at a. M by. Rev. D. O. May Pas evening of entertainment Flor widow Defarra Pav Cleveland. Surviving Abd one tougher of Cleveland. E. A thur9day labor etc., so clearly set Forth to Gether with their financial standings. That the matter of bringing Smith port to their attention could be at tended to in a most comprehensive Onaner and without the delay usually attending such transactions. Kwh the canopus club us its re the Community could Art a unit thereby securing recon noun that is impossible in the Case , and Guy c. Dorman of. 3 Ufi Alor District manager of inv department related Sev eral instances where Public service Croumi colons were brought to the Point of correcting abuses which had been complained about by individuals for years by action on the part of Oono Pue. If a town knows that it is not getting us due in the Way transportation lighting Telephone or tilter up services it can voice its Greer. Frank e. Costello of Bradford District supervisor Calls attention to the fact that vacancies exist in Bradford port Unity to those wanted to solve the mysteries of the Sld Shova of which there were seven four on tha main floor and Iurii Oatha each appropriately tented and advertised by a vociferous Bally Boxer the Mere mention of the names of these shows will serve to recall for Ward. And 4, Foster township l.lam.-, those who saw them a pleasant Chu Len township Liberty township scr Cole up curiosity in the Geant township and Smethport Bor Ough for which be will receive applications also for substitutions in All , so As to be prepared for i Palace of strange human beings cases of emergency. With the wild Man from Borneo the i fat lady the Strong Man and the of few people in town who were not in attendance were the chamber of among them h Brors the coming Hume for Christ Mao. , Gregson went to bos-1 Sun. To be seen As All the other shows Ough the canopus club and As the offending corporation re Alises that the whole Community is a peaking it is bound to. Give a hear ing. Furthermore the hundreds of other canopus clubs throughout the country Are bound to give their Aid it upon the most beneficial scale for All the people to Fere is a charitable Side to Cono pus that especially interesting at thin of the year. Poverty Ani suffer. Are Arch enemies of organization. Thousands of Pool Jie Ople Over this bread ind will bless Oon opus this Christmas Over in Bradford with a membership of 75, Only established a few months ago Tho club has orphan boy and that youngster will have a Good Home food clothing and education Ond be cared for. In every Way until be is of enough to care for himself the custom is general in established Claus to provide a merry Christmas for poor children and inmates of or Phan asylums in various cities this year will find that. Santa clans has forgotten them. After listening to the remarks of or. Browne and or. Borman action toward the and temper try old cars were named As Tokio president Hon ii. It. Rcd iced vice president t. Secreu iry f. mrs e. A. Studholme Hon. Ton this week to bring Clarence Home to spend Christmas with he parents

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