Montrose – Does Montrose want a factory that will provide a pay-roll of from $25,000 to $30,000 yearly? Such a proposition is now advanced to the people of the town by a silk mill owner, now established in the city, who wishes to increase his output by erecting a branch factory in Montrose that will employ at least 50 persons at the outset. The proprietor was in town and impressed his audience with his thorough knowledge of the business, having started in a small way and now is operating a plant with 72 looms. He outlined the building’s needs which would cost about $10,000 and it would manufacture two kinds of silk, which in commercial use would be used to line caskets, jewelry boxes, etc. Beginners are paid $5 per week while learning and experienced girls can earn $2 and upwards per day. A committee was selected to visit the mill owner’s plant and investigate the proposition. ALSO Don’t throw away your magazines when you have finished reading them. Send them to the free library, to be forwarded to army camps, the front and hospitals.
Lymanville – James H Bagley, another one of the Civil War veterans has fallen. He was a member of Co. H, 141st P. V. in which he enlisted in 1862, and from which he was honorably discharged on June 30, 1865. He was born in Dimock, Jan. 20, 1826 and answered the last roll call at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S. J. Hitchcock, near this place, July 29, 1917. He was the son of Thomas and Abbia Bagley, who moved to Auburn township shortly after the birth of James.
Susquehanna – Dr. H. W. Brandt has received his commission as first lieutenant in the Dental reserve corps of the U. S. Army.
Elk Lake – E. E. Stevens and Bert Carlton, of Kasson Corners, made a trip to the huckleberry mountains last week. They report a large crop of berries but a scarcity of pickers. They kindly shared their pickings with their neighbors. The wholesome blueberry is selling at “two for a quarter” in the Electric City.
Silver Lake – S. S. Raynor was greeting friends and acquaintances in town on Saturday. Mr. Raynor, who has charge of the gardens and grounds at Sheldoncroft, says the work has been much delayed by the rainy season. The great lawns, which have usually been cut with the horse drawn mower, have been cut by hand mowers instead, to avoid defacing their smooth surface.
County Jail – Sheriff H. E. Taylor and six deputies went to Huntingdon Mills reformatory yesterday morning with six young men sentenced during the week to that institution. The deputies were: Bruce B. Lott, Lewis Hart, Edson Barnes, E. G. Foote, Otis R. Cook and R. H. Donlin. The boys who they accompanied were: William Paugh, Harry Louden, Amasa Lee, Daniel Craft, Alfred Lynch and Howard Pettis. The youths were “some bunch” at raising a racket, and made the nights hideous with their noise at the jail, and other inmates were glad to see them depart.
Harford – Some of the city dailies have been printing pictures of the famous Lafayette Escadrille, which is doing such effective service in France against the Germans. There are about a score of members in this noted aviation squadron and it seems quite singular that both Susquehanna county and Wayne county, neighbors in the “old Keystone state,” should both be represented. Henry Jones, son of Hon. E. E. Jones, of Harford, and David M. Peterson, of Honesdale, Wayne county, are both aviators in this squadron.
New Milford – O. C. Whitney loaded two cars with crates here the first of the week. These crates are to be used in the South American trade, and Mr. Whitney says there is a big demand for these crates at this time.
Tunkhannock– Thomas Morris, although 33 years of age, registered under the draft on June 5 and was the first to be called for examination. Morris wasn’t sure how old he was, so decided to register and be on the safe side. Now he has obtained positive evidence that he is 33 years of age. His number, 258, was the first drawn.
Thompson – Mrs. J. W. VanHorn has just purchased a new washing machine of D. D. Moore, the Maytag Multi-Motor, which she thinks is very fine. She has a good Majestic machine with wringer and folding bench, which anyone desiring something in that line might strike a bargain with her. ALSO J. S. Mulvey installed a Comfort Chemical closet in the M. E. church at North Jackson.
Herrick Center – John J. Campbell was in Forest City yesterday. Mr. Campbell is a veteran of the Civil War and is past 82 years of age, but is still active.
Forest City – Martin Gerchman will attend the sessions of the examination board at Montrose to act as an interpreter. ALSO John Churney has opened a cigar and confectionary store in the Muchitz building. ALSO The Y. M. I. team went to Olyphant and defeated the Leaders of that town. Score 15-2. Koplova pitched for Forest City.
Uniondale – Miss Jennie Rounds has returned to her home here after operating the N. E. P. Telephone company’s exchange at Jackson.
200 Years Ago from the Centinel, Montrose, Pa, August 16, 1817.
*GREAT FRESHET. On Saturday, last, the rain began to fall about 6 o’clock A.M. and continued until about sunset. A more stormy day we do not recollect to have ever seen. The quantity of water that fell in twelve successive hours was by far the greatest ever experienced by the oldest inhabitants. The creeks, as far [as] our knowledge extends, appeared like mighty rivers, carrying destruction in every direction—Mills were started and much damaged—dams swept away--hay and grain situated on fields adjacent to the streams was greatly damaged. The bridges in all directions are carried away and the roads greatly damaged. The weather since that time has been continually wet, and fears are entertained that the grain will receive serious injury unless there is a change of weather immediately.
*MARRIED. In this township on Sunday last, by the Rev. Davis Dimock, Mr. Mathew Baldwin to Miss Betsey Vaughn.
*OBITUARY. On the night of the 9th inst. David Harris aged 56 years, was drowned in the Wyalusing creek. The circumstances are as follows: The creek having been raised by a heavy rain was flowing in every direction across the meadows, wheat fields, &c. of the deceased. He arose about midnight, with the avowed intention of going to a neighbors, on the opposite side of the creek, with a full knowledge that the bridge had been carried away—He was found on the morning of the tenth at 9 o’clock, under water, thirty rods below the road; and it is somewhat singular, that having been kept 30 hours after taken from the water, there was no other appearance in the body that that of a man in sleep.
Fane Lozman is a retired Marine Corps officer who lives on a house boat in Riviera Beach, Florida, in a municipally-owned marina. Lozman has a long standing dispute with his landlord, the City Council of Riviera Beach, which had intended to use its power of eminent domain to seize the property surrounding the marina where Lozman’s house boat is moored in order to redevelop the waterfront area. The City Council had been working with a private developer in connection with the proposed redevelopment plan. The Florida Legislature stepped into the mix and passed a law that prohibited the use of eminent domain by a local municipality where the purpose was private development of the property.
The evening before the Florida Governor was going to sign the new eminent domain legislation, the City Council convened an emergency meeting to approve their waterfront redevelopment plan with the private developer, i.e., attempting to get it done before the new law took effect. Lozman then filed a lawsuit contending that the City Council had violated the Sunshine Law as there was not reasonable notice provided to the public prior the “emergency” meeting and, as such, Lozman contended that the action taken at that meeting was not lawful.
Thereafter, the City attempted to evict Lozman from the marina, but a jury found in favor of Lozman and determined that the City’s eviction proceeding had been motivated by Lozman’s opposition to the City’s eminent domain plan, i.e., that the City had been retaliating against Lozman for exercising his First Amendment rights
After losing in their eviction proceeding, the City Council then decided to utilize admiralty law to attempt to seize Lozman’s house boat, but this attempt proved unsuccessful as well when the United States Supreme Court ultimately determined that Lozman’s house boat was not a “vessel” under admiralty law. Lozman had prevailed again.
In Novembe 2006, Lozman appeared before the City Council and utilized the public comment portion of the meeting in an attempt to make a statement. Lozman began to discuss the public corruption in Palm Beach County. The City Council attempted to cut him off, but Lozman continued to speak. Thereafter, a police officer was summoned, Lozman was removed, handcuffed, taken to the police station, briefly held in a holding cell and ultimately cited with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest through nonviolent means. When the prosecutor reviewed the charges, they were dismissed as the prosecutor determined that there was “no reasonable likelihood of a successful prosecution.”
Lozman then filed a civil rights action contending that he had been arrested in retaliation for his legal battles with City Council and his public advocacy against what he perceived as government corruption. At trial, the City came up with another statute to justify Lozman’s arrest, namely, Disturbing a Lawful Assembly, which it contended better described Lozman’s conduct. Even though he had not been charged with that particular offense, the jury was instructed that if there was probable cause to arrest Lozman for that particular offense, then he could not succeed in his lawsuit. The jury returned a verdict for the City.
Lozman appealed to the Court of Appeals of the Eleventh Circuit, which affirmed the jury’s verdict. The Eleventh Circuit concluded that whenever probable cause exists to support an arrest, it constituted an absolute bar to any false arrest claim regardless of any other evidence of a retaliatory motivation related to the arrestee’s free speech rights.
The federal appellate courts are split on the question of whether the existence of probable case for an arrest defeats a retaliatory arrest claim. Lozman has petitioned the United States Supreme Court to hear his case in the hopes that the Supreme Court will declare that the existence of probable cause to support an arrest does not defeat a false arrest claim where there is the evidence demonstrates that the arrest was actually made in retaliation for the exercise of a constitutional right to free speech, political action, or prior litigation.
The fine – and sometimes fatal – art of napping
Mr. Johnson handed new prescriptions to the pharmacist and said, “Give me a call when these are done. But don’t call me between 2 and 3. That’s when I take my nap. Do not wake me unless it’s really important.” “What would you consider important?” inquired the pharmacist. “You remember when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor?” Mr. Johnson asked. “Well, that was close!”
People covet their nap time. Studies indicate that about 7 out of 10 oldsters take a daily siesta. But babies have naptime too. Even housewives will catch a quick catnap now and then. Daytime napping is considered to be a healthy habit and linked with good health. A short afternoon nap of less than 30 minutes is considered to have an invigorating effect, can restore wakefulness, and boost performance.
However, recent evidence has revealed that longer or frequent naps might be associated with overall worse long-term health. Daytime napping may be a risk factor for morbidity and mortality, especially in the elderly population. Particularly, these persons requiring naps might have an unrecognized disease or nighttime sleep deprivation. Many studies have suggested that daytime napping may increase mortality. One study indicated that the greater risk of death related to napping was only significant in night sleep of more than 9 hours. An analysis of 7 studies that looked at daytime napping showed that study subjects had a 15% greater risk of all-cause mortality than those who do not nap at all – particularly if the nap was over an hour in duration.
The reasons for napping are varied. How delicious to take off one’s shoes and sack out on the coach for 40 winks – or even 10. But some people are excessively tired during the day for reasons ranging from nighttime sleep disorders, to anemia, thyroid problems, depression, or to the medications they are taking. People who shift work find it difficult to get back on a normal sleep cycle and they are groggy if they do not nap.
Then, there are people who microsleep. A microsleep (MS) is a temporary episode of sleep which may last for a fraction of a second or up to 30 seconds during which an individual fails to respond to some arbitrary sensory input and becomes unconscious. A MS occurs when an individual loses awareness and subsequently gains awareness after a brief lapse in consciousness, or when there are sudden shifts between states of wakefulness and sleep. If you are driving, know that microsleeping can kill. Trains and planes have crashed due to MS. Perhaps the most notable example was the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident in Ukraine. The reactor began to overheat at 1:30 AM because cooling valves were shut off. The shift workers, sleep-deprived and likely experiencing MS, with consequent reduced decision-making ability, mistakenly disabled the cooling system, causing the reactor to overheat. As a result, there was a destructive explosion, resulting in numerous radiation-related injuries and casualties. Thus, your doctor should know whether MS applies to you and if a medication would be helpful, such as modafinil (Provigil®) or armodafinil (Nuvigil®), both wakefulness-promoting agents.
However, most microsleeping is not dangerous. Microsleeping can be induced from monotonous tasks such as listening to a boring lecture. Drifting back in time to when the pharmacist would nod off during an unusually soporific pharmacology class, he snapped back into reality and finished filling Mr. Johnson’s prescriptions, envious of the fact that the gentleman had the time for a short snooze.
Ron Gasbarro, PharmD, is a registered pharmacist, medical writer, and principal at Rx-Press.com. Read more at www.rx-press.com
