Teutonic Grip Tightens as Invaders Reach Bucharest
Forces of Mackensen and Falkenhayn close on Bucharest within sixteen miles while Romanian defense frays. Russians gain in Moldavia as Transylvania action looms, and Greece faces a crisis with King Constantine defying Entente dem and naval enforcement plans.
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Teutonic
Bucharest
Rumania
Marshal von Mackensen
von Falkenyn
Tzomana
Glavatziotzu
Torzsburg Pass
Campulung
Greece
Constantine
du Fournet
Piraeus
Athens
Macedonia
Monastir
Grunishte
Derna
Paris
Believe Russ Attack in Carpathians Will Ease Rumanian Pressure
Petrograd reports that the Russian assault in the Carpathians, if successful, could threaten the Austro German front in Transylvania and ease pressure on Romania, potentially averting the Bucharest crisis from the Mackensen and Falkenhayn offensives.
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Moldavia
Transylvania
Carpathians
Petrograd
London
Romania
Bucharest
Falckenhayn
Mackensen
Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Eastern Pennsylvania
Fair tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Winds from the west and southwest. Rivers rise slowly in the main river and lower North Branch. other streams fall or stay near steady. Harrisburg area forecast about 4.5 feet rise Saturday morning. High pressure over southern districts east of the Rockies. mild trends elsewhere with light snow in northern Great Lakes and Saskatchewan. Temperature 8 a m 36. sunrise 7 08 am, sunset 4 40 pm. Moon first quarter tonight 8 55 pm. River stage 4.1 feet above low water. Yesterday’s high 51, low 41, mean 46, normal 37.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountains
Gulf States
Tennessee
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Georgia
South Carolina
Oregon
Great Lakes
Saskatchewan
Minalasippi River
Pper
St. Lawrence Valley
Missouri
German U-Boat Mistook Marina For Transport
Count Bernstorff informs Berlin that the submarine commander sank the British ship Marina believing it to be a transport, with six Americans lost. He and Secretary Lansing held a brief Washington conference seeking full details to settle the immunity question and possible amends. Germany requested US information to aid a settlement and acted on the matter at Bernstorff’s request.
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Washington, D. C
Marina
Germany
United States
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Count Bernstorff
Submarine Sighted Off Cape Hatteras
An unidentified vessel believed to be a submarine was seen forty miles east of Diamond Shoals, Cape Hatteras, at 10 30 p m on November 29. It rode low in the water with no standard side lights and followed a Spanish sailing ship identified earlier by the Crofton Hall crew.
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New York
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Crofton
Seized With Heart Attack While on Mission of Mercy
James M. Rhoads brick manufacturer and coal dealer suffered heart failure while driving to deliver Thanksgiving meals to a poor family. He attempted to stop the car, lost consciousness, and died. He was a pioneer in river dredging and later in brick manufacturing. Surviving are two daughters and a son. Funeral at 2 pm tomorrow at 2112 Green Street with Rev. Dr. J B. Markward officiating. burial in Paxtang Cemetery.
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James M. Rhoads
Hummelstown
Mr. Rhoads
Lida J. Keffer
Irene Rhoads
James C. B. Rhoads
Green Street
J B. Markward
Paxtang
High Cost of Living Series by Mrs Wood Begins
This first installment by Anna Hamilton Wood explores local prices and supply limits shaping household budgets. She compares 1914–15 expenses with current costs for sugar, flour, milk, and more, urging economical use as prices rise and coal and dues increase.
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Mra
Anna Hamilton Wood
Mra. Wood
Harrisburg
Arkles
Anna H. Woop
House Keeper
Eddie Roth to Go to West Point
Edward B. Roth star football player for Central High School in 1914 and member of the Governor's Troop is now stationed in Texas. Continued on page 10.
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Eddie
Roth
West Point
Star of Central Eleven
Edward B. Roth
Central High School
Governor's Troop
Texas
Harrishburg Bank Clearings Hit New 1916 Record
Harrisburg Clearing House figures show first eleven months of 1916 total bank clearings at 90,278,252.90, up from 77,526,875.77 in 1915. The year’s Christmas distribution aims to push 1916 near 100 million, with city banks mailing over half a million in Christmas savings funds and Steelton and Penbrook banks contributing.
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Harrigburg
Harrisburg Clearing House Association
Steelton and Penbrook
City fights state sewage order in court
Harrisburg will let courts decide if the municipality must obey the State Health Department order to treat city sewage temporarily in River Front Paxton Creek interceptors. Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, the health commissioner, ordered temporary disinfecting plants near sewer outfalls to safeguard downstream towns from contamination after a typhoid epidemic.
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Harrisburg
State Health Department
Paxton Creek
Samuel G. Dixon
Millard F. Thompson Dies at Carlisle at 67
Millard F. Thompson aged 67, a Carlisle lawyer and longtime Cumberland county official, died at 3 a.m. after a yearlong illness. A Dickinson College graduate, he led the Cumberland bar, served as clerk of courts, and held leadership roles in several trolley and railroad ventures. He is survived by wife and two children, John of Philadelphia and Rebecca of Carlisle. Funeral details have not been announced.
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Carlisle
Millard F. Thompson
Thompson
Cumberland County
Dickinson College
Royal Arcanum
Order
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Carbondale Traction Company
Greensburg, Jeannette and Pittsburgh Trolley Company
Greensburg and
Mount Pleasant
Pennsylvania and Western Railroad Company
John
Philadelphia
Rebecca
Hymn of Sunday Calms Panic at Tamaqua Theater
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania a pianist playing a Billy Sunday hymn calmed a theater panic when flames licked the operator booth. Christian Peterson, theater owner, was burned to death while attempting to save the film Civilization. London reports November British casualties at 74,650 with 2,351 officers and 72,299 other ranks, total since Somme 488,852.
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Tamaqua
Family Theater
Billy
Christian Peterson
London
Somme
Despondent man hangs himself in River Front Park
Eli G. Miller about 50 years old of 701 Benton Street killed himself by hanging from a small tree in River Front park near the Governor’s Mansion on South Street. Despondent over injuries from last July auto accident, he left a note asking his wife and three children to forgive him and requesting easy handling of the funeral. He was an engraver for P. G. Diener and survived by a wife and three children.
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Eli G. Miller
Benton Street
River Front Park
Governor's Mansion
South Street
Miller
P. G. Diener
Paul Bratten
Carranza Strikes From Two Sides Against Villa in Chihuahua
Juarez reports Carranza forces reinforced by Murguia move to retake Chihuahua City from Villa. Trevino returns to Nombre de Dios with Ozuna striking north, while locals fear Villa may seize Juarez to pressure the United States. Villa previously abandoned Jimenez Santa Rosalia Parral.
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Juarez
Mexico
Carranzas
Murguia
Chihuahua City
Villa
Trevino
Nombre de Dios
Ozuna
Maycotte
United States
Jimenez
Santa Rosalia
Parral
Carranza
Chihuahua
Santa Rosa Hill
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von Falkenhayn
Carpathian Heights
U. S
Mission of
Waco
T. R. Watson
Watson
Johns. Patterson
Pittsburgh
Bogges Campbell
Eddie" Roth
Riverside Annexation
Walnut Street Bridge
iContinu
Panic
River Park
South ST
Governor’s Mansion
Morrisburg
W. J. Turner
Lehigh Nau
Anthracite Commission
Penns
Vania
Warriner
Magee
Findi
John D. Archbold
Tarrytown
N. Y
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Francis Joseph
Amsterdam
Vienna
Bridaprent
Hezechalen
Tered
The
Lalance Grosjean
Divislen
Erie Company
Glen William Coates
Steelton
Mary Catherine Winters
City
Edward Hiram Dixon
Maud Mear Benedict
Alberton
Augusta Miller
Penbrook
Marguerite Clark
Hawthorn
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