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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1915
Page
7
Willow Street Mrs. Elias Andrews age 67 died after a long illness. She was a Mennonite church member. Survived by husband and several children. Waynesboro Lester James Funk son of Roy H and Henrietta Funk of Goods Siding died last night.
A 1912 letter from Mrs. Alva Baxter of Orange Texas credits Dr Kilmer Swamp Root with curing years of back pains and kidney trouble. The testimonial notes nine years of good health following treatment and urges others to try the product. Subscriptions and notary verification are included, with an offer to send a sample bottle for ten cents.
Advert says antiseptic Ucanol cures eczema pimples and salt rheum by bedtime use. It promises itching relief rapid soreness reduction and destruction of germs with new tissue forming by morning. Sold with a money back guarantee and a liberal supply for not more than 50 cents from C Kennedy.
Advertisement claims a 10 cent Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound darkens gray hair naturally and evenly while also curing dandruff scalp itching and hair loss. Users dampen a brush and apply strand by strand with results overnight restoring gloss and seeming fullness.
John S. Weaver ex postmaster of Mechanicsburg committed death by own action yesterday afternoon at his East Main street home. The 63 year old, despondent over ill health, used a 32 caliber revolver and shot himself in the mouth. he died instantly. He had been postmaster for 21 years and was active in Republican politics and church work. He is survived by his wife and two brothers. Funeral plans not announced.
Salt Lake City residents seek an extension of the Pike's Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway route to the eastern seaboard via Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. The Salt Lake City Chamber asked Pennsylvania officials for information on the William Penn Highway from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, while the state highway department said it does not officially recognize named highways and treats all routes by numeral under the Sproul Act.
Johns Hopkins nerve specialists will try to restore Grace Marshall’s mental and physical deficiencies. The 28 year old formerly lived as a prisoner in St. Nee Maryland, is in the Phipps clinic, and has shown limited speech and walking. The case is assisted by Mrs. M. H. James and Emma Davis of the Children’s Aid Society.
West Shore notes list residents and visitors across Enola New Cumberland Shiremanstown and related areas. People travel to York Gettysburg Harrisburg and Reading with many short updates on visits and returns involving family friends and local figures.
An old advertisement touts liquid arvon as a guaranteed dandruff cure. It promises dissolution of flakes after nightly scalp application and claims itching will stop and hair will look better after four ounces bought at any drug store.
Multiple weddings reported across Pennsylvania and Maryland including Anna Fox marrying Harrison Sweigert in Adamstown, Mabel Trostle wed to R Griffith in Waynesboro, Ruth Lowman to Ernest Knott in Hagerstown, and Margaret Rupp wed John Hosan in Hagerstown. Also Abbie Kelley and Benjamin Hershey married in Shippensburg. Marietta notes rifle barrel mill upgrade for Russian orders and local employment.
Daniel Hamburger of Washington D C accidentally shot and killed himself on a boat on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal at Kerfott s Lock near Sharpsburg Maryland yesterday.
The East End Republican club invites members to bring friends to an open house this evening. A brief business session precedes refreshments.
Sessions in Carlisle Pennsylvania continued with the Cumberland County Horticultural Society electing officers for the coming year. President is H A Surface of Mechanicsburg, vice president I J Brinkerhoff of Lees Cross Roads, secretary treasurer J M Dunlap of Shippensburg.
An advertisement touts Vinoi a tonic claimed to restore strength for the elderly. It lists local Harrisburg pharmacists George A. Gorgas Kennedy's Medicine Store C F Kramer Kitzmiller's Pharmacy and notes cod liver extracts iron peptone beef peptone in a mild tonic wine. It promotes regular diet light exercise and avoidance of worry.
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