125 Years Ago

Herald of Sept. 1, 1898

Royer Hartman of Royer, of whom we made mention last week as having gone to Philadelphia in company with his uncle, Dr. S. M. Royer, has returned to his home. While there in the German hospital he had an operation performed on his neck, for the removal of an abscess. The operation has proved an entire success, and he is getting along good.

Sam Biddle of East Sharpsburg had the nerve to have twenty one teeth extracted at one sitting without using anything to deaden the sense of feeling

President McKinley passed through Altoona on his way to Somerset on Saturday evening,...