Visiting nurses log 8955 visits in 1918 19
The association reports 8 955 nurse visits for 1918 19 under Miss Mary W Miller at 116 Locust Street. Red Cross Child Welfare Pure Milk Sunshine Social Hygiene Clinics and Girls Aid Society organized work. Hector Edward Martin appointed Dr Dorothy Child in June to head child welfare and establish three health centers with house to house surveys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Mary W. Miller
Locust Street
The
Red Cross
Child Welfare
Pure Milk Society
Sunshine Society
Social Hygiene Niinics
Girls’ Aid Society
Hector Edward Martin
Freezone Corn Remedy Promises Instant Pain Relief
A small bottle of Freezone is sold at drug stores and used by applying a few drops to any corn or callus. The remedy claims to stop pain instantly and loosen the corn or callus so it can be removed with the fingers.
Community agencies aid child welfare drive in city
In August the association, urged by Mrs. Lyman Gilbert, arranged for a child welfare nurse for a year. Margaret Williamson began duty at the health center on North Eleventh Street November 1, and her work has led to cleaner, happier homes. The Pure Milk Society affiliation spurred mothering diet instruction, while the Sunshine Society aids cripples toward self support and the Girls' Aid Society meets rising needs for garments, drugs, surgical appliances, and old linen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Gilbert
Margaret Williamson
North Eleventh Street
Pure Milk Society
Sunshine Society
Girls’ Aid Society
Knights of Malta Social Program Opens Harrisburg Session
A meeting is set tomorrow evening in Star of America Commandery hall to begin the seventeenth annual Harrisburg Knights of Malta session. Prominent members will share aims and social benefits, with Rev. A O H Kerschner of Newport delivering the principal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall of
Newport
Lincoln Commandery
Punxsutawney
Cincinnatus
Baldwin
Star of America
Nazareth
Columbian
St. Paul's
Star of America Commandery
Aged Mother Sets Example For Son
“Knowing what Tanlac did for my 80-year-old mother, I decided to try it when catarrh and indigestion began to get the best of me,” says W. L. Farnsworth of Philo. He reports losing 34 pounds, then Tanlac banished catarrh and improved his digestion, with weight gain and improved health. Tanlac is said to aid catarrh and related ailments and is sold by leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
W. L. Farnsworth
Montgomery Ave
Philo
Bright
Former Service Men to Attend Legion Smoker on Thursday
Chestnut Street Auditorium will be packed when Harrisburg men and nurses who served in wars gather for an informal evening. A moving picture show from the U S Signal Corps on the western front and several vaudeville acts headlined by Sam Jones and Lou Cohen will entertain. Ex servicemen wearing uniform or discharge buttons admit. families and friends will be excluded due to expected large turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut Street
Harrisburg
U. S. Signal Corps
Sam’ Jones
Lou Cohen
Meek
Hopkins
The
Majestic
A. W. Hartman
Corporal Boyer
Franklin D’olter
American Legion
Mrs Arthur King Dies in Middletown Home
Mrs Arthur King aged 75 died at her Middletown home after a paralytic stroke. widow of Arthur King longtime Middletown Car Works figure and a leader in Zion Lutheran and Red Cross efforts. Survived by son George I King and daughters Mrs D P Deatrick and Mrs Paul Kunkel. Funeral plans not yet made. Also notes on local church life and a Bible class at Zion Lutheran with William Brett, J A Smyser, and Charles W Plowman contributing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Arthur King
Middletown Car Works
Middletown Lutheran Church
King
Zion Lutheran Church
William HE. Brett
Kohlhaas
J. A. Smyser
Central High School
Charles W. Plowman
Steelton
Christmas Seals Go On Sale Today in Dauphin County
The Christmas Seal campaign opens in Dauphin County with prizes for schools selling the most seals. D. D. Hammebaugh announces awards, from $2.50 to $7.50 framed pictures, plus Health Bonds option. Cho Cho the health clown visits Harrisburg next week to boost sales and public health talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
D. D. Hammebaugh
Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Dauphin County
West Shore
Cho-Cho
New York
Harrisburg
Boy Scouts
Donald McCormick
Dauphin Deposit Trust Company
Seal Fund
Proceeds to Stay at Home Sale Opens for Christmas Seals
Proceeds from Christmas Seals and Health Bonds fund tuberculosis fight and public health. Seals priced at one cent, Health Bonds available from five to one hundred dollars. Communities retain 77 percent to support educational and prevention campaigns, open air schools, surveys, and related work with the State Department of Health.
Christmas Seal Campaign Urges PA to Fight Tuberculosis
State Chairman E B Stackpole calls on the public and private agencies to back the Christmas Seal effort to wipe out tuberculosis in a decade. He notes 10 000 annual PA deaths, stresses housing, nutrition, prompt treatment, and broad support from veterans groups, firemen, fraternal orders, and Governor Sproul’s endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
E B. J. Stackpole
Mr. Stackpole
American Legion
United States
Pennsylvania Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Santa Claus
Sproul
Edward Martin
Revival Opens at Riverside M E Church
The Riverside Methodist Church opened a week long revival led by Pastor Rev. George Klepfer with services at 7 30 each evening Special music accompanies each meeting A Japanese student Kurakawa spoke on Saturday and again yesterday with a Dickinson College team helping yesterday The week long program continues through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Klepfer
Riverside Methodist Church
Kurakawa
Hawaii
Dickinson College
Klepfer
Census enumeration set for Dauphin Cumberland and Lebanon counties
Harry B. Saussaman, supervisor of census taking in Dauphin, Cumberland and Lebanon counties, will announce in a few days 200 enumerators who will begin their work January 2. In the city there will be 53 enumerators, one to each voting district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Saussaman
Dauphin
Cumberland
Lebanon
Christmas Piano Ad Emphasizes Interior Tone Over Case
An advertisement warns buyers that a showy piano case cannot replace a perfect instrument. It stresses lasting quality and sustained tuneful sound, urging purchase of THE HARDMAN PIANO from John Bros. at 13 North 4th Street opposite Dives Pomeroy and Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardman
John Bros
North 4Th Treet
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart
Pleasant View Fire Company approves 1000 Christmas seals
Pleasant View Steam Fire Engine Company No. 15 votes to purchase 1000 Christmas seals. President is John H. Frantz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant View Steam Fire Engine Company
John H. Frantz
Brother of Harrisburg Man Freezes to Death on River Sandbar
Three hunters stranded on a Missouri river sand bar two miles north of St. Charles faced a fatal freeze. John Osner of St. Louis died, while his brother Charles Osner of Harrisburg and Eugene Palfany of St. Charles survived after the capsized boat left them fighting cold in near zero temperatures during a Saturday gale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Associated Press
St. Charles
Here
Missouri River
John Osner
Eugene Palfany
Charles Osner
Pallany
Rescue of seven fishing party after launch sank off Ambrose
Seven men from a fishing party were rescued from a drifting launch near Ambrose light ship by pilot boats Sandy Hook and New York after high seas broke over the craft. The launch sank soon after the men were taken aboard, leaving the fate of the party as lost until their rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ambrose Lightship
Sandy Hook
Prince of Wales arrives in Portsmouth aboard Renown
The Prince of Wales arrived in Portsmouth on the British warship Renown at nine this morning after a royal tour of Canada and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay Associated Press
Portsmouth
Eng
Prince of Wales
Renown
Canada
United States
Newberry to Take Senate Seat Amid Fraud Indictments
Associated Press reports Senator Truman H. Newberry of Michigan faced federal fraud indictments over his election. He was expected to attend the Senate session at noon with no statement from him. Grand Rapids notes no arrests yet as warrants issued after indictments list Newberry and over 125 others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Senate
Grand Rapids, Mich
Federal District Court
United States
Detroit
Newberry
Hunter's fatal discharge kills Millerstown man
Arthur Yetter, 22, of Millerstown, Pa., was instantly killed Saturday by his own gun in the first hunting death in Perry county in years. The weapon discharged as he was stepping from an automobile near four miles from Millerstown, just before entering woods to hunt. Yetter is survived by his wife, four months married, his parents and several siblings. funeral services are planned for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wun
Millerstown
Arthur Yetter
Perry County
Juniata Valley
Vetter
Careful Relief Cascarets End Biliousness Head Aches
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle remedy for biliousness headaches colds and constipation with no griping or explosive after effects unlike harsh cathartics such as Calomel or Salts.
Steam Inhalation Injures Central Iron Worker at Harrisburg
John Kidman of 1232 Bartine Street, an employee of Central Iron and Steel Company, is in Harrisburg Hospital with severe head lacerations after falling while inhaling steam. Police report no foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kidman
Bartine Street
Central Iron and Steel Company
Harrisburg
Dr James Headache Powders Promise Quick Relief
An advertising pitch touts Dr James Headache Powders as fast relief for headaches and neuralgia. It claims prices at 10 cents a package and urges readers to purchase at any drug store, promising relief for millions of sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE AD CLAIMS CORD CURE IN ONE DAY
An old advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE with a promise to cure a cold in one day. It notes signature by K. W. Grove and a price of 30 cents for the Tab lets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. W. Grove
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DR. Chase
Initegl Med. Co
10Th St
Philadelphia
Knights of Malta
Mackinaws
Gately & Fitzgerald Supply Co
S. Second St
E. J. Stackpole
Riverside M. E. Church
Prince
I. B. Dickinson
Thirteenth ST
Soutter
Market Street
Courthouse
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