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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
11
The article notes that Villa holds additional artillery including eight pieces and that his cannons are mounted on cars forming a solid metal base. It mentions Villa’s possession of artillery not seen since Obregon captured many guns at Celaya last April.
Juarez Mexico December 1 The ragged remnants of the Carranza force retreated south of Juarez after four days of heavy fighting in Chihuahua City. Dead were piled in the streets and set ablaze with oil as the retreat began. A refugee described Villa in the city Monday asking about without crutches his whiskers shaved off and thinner than before.
German notes claim Von Mackensen’s Danube forces near the Argesha line within 16 miles of Bucharest as they sweep across Romania. Berlin cites 2,800 prisoners and 21 cannons seized, while noting costly advances and a largely fruitless Russian Romanian drive in the Carpathians and a British armored car defeat in Dobrudja.
An advertisement urges readers to treat severe colds with Famous Forkola. It describes spreading the medicated vapor on the throat and chest, then melting a pea sized piece in the mouth to stop coughing and loosen mucus. The ad cites H. C. Kennedy and urges nightly use for dramatic morning results.
President Wilson invites William J. Bryan to a December 6 White House luncheon. Bryan will attend a dinner in his honor that evening hosted by Democratic lawmakers. Invitations also go out for a December 1 dinner for Vance C. McCormick, with Democratic campaign and progressive groups invited.
Steelton Lodge venues will host the first indoor quoit tournament in the lodgerooms of Lodge No. 184 I O O F this evening. Arrangements for the event are under way as part of a series in the local fraternal circle. The report notes a postponement of related rehearsals at the First Reformed Church to tomorrow night. A veteran conductor, Charles Steiner, retires after a long service with the Pennsylvania Railroad beginning in 1871. He worked from Altoona to Irisburg, rising from brakeman to conductor and earning a place in the Middle Division’s Veteran Employes’ Association.
Directors for the Steelton and Highspire Railroad Company were elected at Steelton. Named directors include Quincy Bent J H McDonald Carl RB Ely C H Menger G Vickery E F Entwisle R V McKay Frank Robbins Jr and Charles B Turner.
Funeral services for Sava Mravic aged 40 of 648 South Third Street were held at St Nicholas Servian Orthodox Church after his body was found on Chambers Hill Road near Oberlin. Burial followed at Baldwin Cemetery.
Attendees of a Capitol conference on stream pollution with Attorney General Brown plan meetings with industry leaders within a week. Brown signals strict enforcement with cooperation on studies when needed and urges municipalities to prepare plans and cover future costs.
An old fashioned remedy praised for fast relief of sore muscles joints and back. Musterole is a clean white mustard oil based ointment rubbed on the painful spot for cooling comfort and blister free relief. It is suggested for sore throats bronchitis tonsillitis croup and colds with potential pneumonia prevention.
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