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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1915
Page
3
Offer to one person in each family to receive a regular 25c bottle of Linonine. Enclose 10c for packing and mailing costs. Write name and street number address Kerr Chemical Co Danbury Conn.
An advertisement proclaims Lino nine relieves hacking coughs bronchitis and all throat and lung complaints. It claims rapid effect addressing the cause and restoring vitality by building up the whole body.
Promote a morning health routine of hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. Claim benefits include relief from dullness headaches bad breath and constipation and to improve appetite and overall well being before breakfast. A quarter pound of limestone phosphate is advertised as inexpensive and effective.
Helen awaits word as Warren fails to return to the lodge after a late trip. Bob and Louise stay with Helen through the night as Warren’s car accident is reported by a precinct officer. Bob vows to rush to the scene while Helen fears the worst but is urged to rest.
Washington dispatch reports General Villa plans raids on American soil across the border citing U S government failure to aid him. General Funston said he could not believe the threats and transmitted the information to show what Villa allegedly tells followers. Obregon seeks authority to move five thousand troops through U S land to Naco to strike Villa forces.
Advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin for indigestion gas sourness and acid stomachs. Claims relief in five minutes and lasting stomach regulation after one dose, urging readers to buy a fifty cent case from any drug store.
Federal and county officers probe a so called confession by Dr. E. W. Ritter claiming knowledge of plots against US munitions plants. Ritter aka Emerich W. Ritter Von Rot taghe is jailed on a $5,000 bail for a $50 worthless check and denies being a count's son. He says he invented liquid fire and has been experimenting in local gas fields.
El Paso reports a dissolving Villa government south of Juarez with officials leaving as Carranza forces approach. Francisco Escudero Miguel Diaz Lombardo and Carla Vardenas are located in Los Angeles Arizona and Chicago. Miss Jane Addams ill in hospital may need operation after canceling Europe trip.
Postal employees in Harrisburg were instructed to inspect all parcel post packages for contents and ensure proper packing and wrapping. Officials cited false statements about contents as a reason for heightened checks. Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph R. Hoover aged 77 were held at 1:30 PM at the home of her daughter Mrs. George M. Gleim, 22 South Sixteenth Street, with burial to follow at Mechanicsburg Cemetery.
Dillsburg Pennsylvania reports that on Saturday night the choir of St. Pauls Lutheran Church will give a recital in the church main auditorium.
Contest invites all, including out of Harrisburg residents, to place numbers 7 through 15 around the central eleven so every direction sums to 33. Each number used once with participation in other large prizes like the Player Piano and Upright Piano alluded to.
Postmaster Frank C. Sites will add about thirty substitutes to clerks and carriers around mid month to handle holiday mail and money orders. War limits money flows yet boosts anticipated sending to England and Italy as Belgium Greece Turkey Austria Mexico Egypt Portugal and the Soudan are closed to money orders. A Berlin to Constantinople express service plan is under discussion with Temesvar meetings to set up direct Berlin Constantinople trains.
New York police and postal authorities seek the author behind a series of poisoning letters. Handwriting expert William J. Kinsley has two more undated missives. Inspector T. F. Fitch says clues exist but cannot be made public. He stresses no personal crises or murders reported and no romances harmed. Ad inserted for piano sales at Spangler.
President Wilson adopted a regular schedule for receiving callers during Congress. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays he will meet well wishers and unengaged Senators and Congressmen, then sign documents and conduct special engagements. Tuesdays and Fridays include time with his cabinet after engagements.
Hazleton Pa Dec 1 Dr W R Longshore aged 77 a long time practitioner and Civil War surgeon died at his home after a brief illness He was Jefferson Medical College graduate member of State Medical Society American Medical Association a Hazleton State Hospital trustee and served as surgeon with the Ninth Regiment N G P for years He was 77 and had 52 years in medicine.
Special to The Telegraph from London reports energetic action by the German government to suppress starvation news. Count von Schwerin Loewirtz urges Germans to refrain from complaints to avoid boosting enemy hopes of victory. Copenhagen dispatch notes twelve German papers suspended for food articles. Harden in Die Zukunft admits widespread German hardship.
Annville announces the forthcoming wedding of Edith Nissley Freed daughter of Mrs Violet Nissley Freed to Charles Ellsworth Martz of New Haven Conn The ceremony will take place at United Brethren Church on December 8 at 6 pm Rev Dr Daugherty officiating A separate note reports Blanche Sanders Mount Pleasant raised a 99 pound pumpkin two feet four inches in diameter in the same area.
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