Prismatic Fete by Sunday School Planned at Church
The Baughman Memorial Methodist Church Sunday School in New Cumberland holds a two evening Prismatic Fete this week. A preliminary musicale in the auditorium precedes the event with booths in rainbow colors and costumed attendants. The blue booth features Dutch fare while pink booths display embroidery and crafts. A Mystic Well and Old Oaken Bucket treasure scene will be at a cabin, and the brown table offers chocolates and confections served by la belle Chocolataire along with other foods, flowers, and gift items.
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Baughman Memorial Methodist Church
New Cumberland
Putnam's Corn Extractor Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Corns Go You Bet and Putnam's Corn Extractor as a painless cure for blisters and calloused feet. It claims the corn removal leaves no scar and no pain, selling 25 cent bottles at C. M. Forney's with a quick path to being well.
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Putnam's
C. M. Forney’s
Birthday Surprise Party Honors Emma Miller at Fisherville
A birthday surprise was held near Fisherville to celebrate Emma Miller’s sixteenth birthday hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Pearce P. Miller. Guests included numerous relatives and friends such as Anna Forney, Mary Stoneroad, Gertrude Harp er, Emma Miller, and Carrie Sparmuth, with refreshments served late.
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Halifax
Pearce P. Miller
Fisherville
Emma
Anna
Mary Forney
Mary
Mabel Stoneroad
Gertrude Harper
Emma Miller
Grace
Ruth Keller
Mabel Lentz
Sunday School Meeting in Halifax District
Last evening the annual meeting of Sabbath Schools of Dauphin District No. 10 met at the Halifax United Brethren Church. Harrisburg men James W. Baker and E. F. Weaver spoke. Officers elected include President Dr. Frederick Smith and Secretary Mrs. William P. Bitterman with treasurer C. F. Still. Department superintendents named for Teachers' training, elementary work, temperance, mission, home department, and an organized adult Bible class.
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Halifax
Dauphin District
8. C. Beitzel
Mary Clemson
A. I. Collom
C. A. Funk
Mary Laudermilk
J. C. Pease
Special Music on Sunday at First Lutheran Church
Special musical numbers will mark Sunday evening services at First Lutheran Church Annville Lebanon. The Lebanon orchestra directed by Professor John H. Leslie will perform three selections, with violin solos by Miss Johnson who recently returned from Europe studying under noted masters. The Rev. Paul D. Witman will give a special sermon.
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Annville
First Lutheran Church
Paul D. Witman
Lebanon
John H. Leslie
Miss Johnson
Europe
Mr. Witman
Train nearly hits prostrate woman in Sunbury accident
Miss Amy Cressinger of Selinsgrove collapsed on Pennsylvania Railroad tracks in Sunbury. A passenger train halted when its pilot stopped within a car length of her body, and she sustained deep facial lacerations.
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Sunbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Amy Cressinger
Selinsgrove
Woman fatally burned when clothing caught fire in Sunbury
In Sunbury Pennsylvania on December 2 Mrs Joseph Lee was enveloped in flames after her clothing was ignited by hot ashes. Neidig rushed to help wrapping carpet around her but she died from the injuries while Neidig suffered serious burns.
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Sunbury
Joseph Lee
Neidig
Mount Carmel man wounded in Sunbury boarding house shooting
George Jones of Mount Carmel is in serious condition after being shot twice by boarder John Berkheiser. Berkheiser was jailed in Sunbury pending court action.
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Sunbury, Pa
John Berkheiser
George Jones
Mount Carmel
Sun
Rescue at Susquehanna As Drowning Narrowly Averts
Charles Morgan fell from a boat in twenty feet of water on the Susquehanna river at Sunbury. William DeMott, rowing nearby, plunged in and dragged Morgan to safety after a struggle. Morgan was unconscious but saved. In Halifax a banquet committee for December 12 was named by Harvey Hess of the P A S of A.
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Sunbury
Susquehanna
Charles Morgan
William DeMott
Morgan
Halifax
Harvey Hess
H. Stewart Potter
John Calvin Miller
Delmer K. Sull
Walter E. Rutter
Lloyd E. Straw
Ernest Koppenheffer
Geo. W. Shultz
Charity Club Actions In Lewistown Organized
In Lewistown Pennsylvania a One Hundred Club started by W F Eckbert Jr raises five dollars per member for charity. Funds support King's Daughters and Belgian relief efforts. A Christmas Sunshine Club aims to bring joy to three hundred children overlooked by Santa.
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Lewistown
W. F. Eckbert, Jr
Belgium
Santa Claus
Fall convention of Lower District Sunday School Association of Cumberland County
New Cumberland December 10 convenes the Fall meeting at Trinity United Brethren Church with devotions and multiple talks on Sunday school needs. Alumni banquet at 5 30 marks the event. other items include a Carlisle inspection by Major John Kirk, a birthday celebration in New Cumberland, and factory resume news from Dillsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Cumberland
Cumberland County
Trinity United Brethren Church
A. R. Ayres
Christ
J. W. Adams
A. B. Harnish
Mechanicsburg
J. A. Sprenkel
T. A. Hubley
Harrisburg
A. G. Wolf
James I. Young
N. Good
Fraternal Visit Between City Councils
Dillsburg Council No. 438 of the Order United American Mechanics paid a fraternal visit to Mechanicsburg Council. A special car transported the visitors to their homes. The lodge also attended S. B. Goff evangelistic services as a group at the local Methodist Church.
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Dillsburg, Pa
Dillsburg Council
Order
United American Mechanics
Mechanicsburg Council
S. B. Goff
Methodist Church
Miss Haverstick Weds Benjamin M. Shertzer
Marietta Pennsylvania December 2 Miss Laura S. Haverstick near town married yesterday to Benjamin M. Shertzer by Rev. A. A. Herr of Millersville in a local ceremony featuring a close community audience.
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Marietta, Pa
Laura S. Haverstick
Near Town
Benjamin M. Shertzer
A. A. Herr
Millersville
Deaths in Central Pennsylvania People and Families Mourn
A roundup of recent deaths across Lancaster Red Run Neffsville Marietta and Swubury districts notes losses from heart disease and complications. Names include Mrs Phares G Hamey 41 Mrs Andrew S Herr 72 Mrs Solomon Kern 56 Mrs Elizabeth S Hoover 81 Mrs Elizabeth Clinton 70 Mrs Elizabeth Clinton 75 Jacob Ervin 80 Elmer McFall 41 and Mrs John Reese 47, with survivors listed for many.
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Lancaster
Phares G. Hamey
Mire E Etc. Andrews
Herr
Mennonite Church
Red Run
Solomon Kern
Neffsville
Elizabeth S. Hoover
Lutheran Church
Marietta
Elizabeth Clinton
Albert
Swibury
George Clinton
West Chillis‘quaque Township
Northumberland County
Jacob Ervin
Milton
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Elmer McFall
John Reese
Swampkin
Aviator Leaves Hospital For New York Flight Corps
Haldeman Figelmessy Austrian aviator who was injured at Port Royal Fair in September left Lewistown Hospital fully recovered. He will join Curtiss flyers in New York City to resume dangerous flying duty. His plane demolished by striking a tree. he suffered a broken leg and severe injuries. Surgeons removed a large splinter of bone from his leg.
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Lewistown
Haldeman Figelmessy
Port Royal Fair
New York City
Curtiss Flyers
Fox shot by hunter nets $2 bounty in Selinsgrove
Selinsgrove, Pa. December 2. George Hower of near Selinsgrove hunted Saturday when his dog flushed a silver fox. A first shot crippled the animal in the leg, a second shot killed it. He brought the fox to Selinsgrove and sold it to Yarick Schock, also collecting a $2 bounty.
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Selinsgrove
George Hower
Hower
Yarick Schock
Dr Ames Speaks in Shippensburg Church
Dr Ames of Carlisle spoke at the Church of God in Shippensburg reading Malachi without a Bible and accompanied by Swiss bells providing music.
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Shippensburg
Ames
Carlisle
Church of God
Malachi
Dr E Ellsworth Brown Wed Miss Bessie Hughes in Lancaster
Dr E Ellsworth Brown of Kansas City Missouri wed Miss Bessie Leona Hughes yesterday in Lancaster with only the bride and groom's parents as attendants. The ceremony was performed by Rev H W Harling of Memorial Presbyterian Church.
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Lancaster
E. Ellsworth Brown
Kansas City
Missouri
Bessie Leona Hughes
H. W. Harling
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Concerts in Annville by Albright Glee Club and New York Quartet
On Saturday evening December 12 the Albright College men's Glee Club will perform at the Eagle Conservatory of Music in Annville. On Tuesday evening December 8 the American string quartet of New York City will give a concert at the same venue. Both events are presented under local town organizations.
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Annville
Albright College
Eagle Conservatory of Music
American String Quartet of
New York City
Asthmador Guarantee Promises Instant Relief
Advertisement from Dr. Rudolph Schiffmann promoting Asthmador and Asthmador Cigarettes with a money back guarantee via George A. Gorgas 16 North Third Street. Claims instant relief within 10 to 15 minutes and offers full refund if not satisfied, with distribution via local druggists or directly from Dr. Schiffmann in St Paul, Minnesota.
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Geo. A. Gorgas
North Third Street
Rudolph Schiffman
George A. Gorgas
Snakes Seen Late in Blue Ridge Area
Waynesboro Pennsylvania tale recounts James Purdy finding a large water snake at Pen-Mar Park Cascades. He shot the reptile with a rifle and soon afterward encountered another garter snake.
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Waynesboro
Blue Ridge
James Purdy
Pen-Mar Park
Cascades
Mr. Purdy
Garter
Lewis H Ruble Reported Seriously Ill in Lewistown
Lewis H Ruble once county steward and health officer in Lewistown is confined to his home with serious illness. A Civil War veteran, he served about twenty eight years directing care for the poor and unfortunate.
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Lewistown
Lewis H. Ruble
Ruble
Elizabethtown Poultry Show Dates Set
Arrangements are under way for the Elizabethtown Poultry Association show in Elizabethtown from January 6 to 9. The event will feature more entries than before and a larger venue. Judges are George O. Brown of Baltimore and Charlies Nixon of Washington New Jersey.
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Marietta, Pa
Elizabethtown Poultry Association
George O. Brown
Baltimore
Charlies Nixon
Washington, N. J
Man severely injured by horse in stable mishap
Isaac Smoker was kicked by a horse while going to the stable at dawn to fetch a physician for a neighbor. He suffered a broken left arm and severe facial injuries and authorities fear he may die from the injuries. The accident occurred before daylight in Manor, Pennsylvania.
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Telegraph Manor
Isaac Smoker
Bonfire in Cellar Endangers Lebanon Store
Harry Wolf son, a leading clothing dealer in Lebanon, is awakened by smoke in his store. Fire marshals locate three local boys in the cellar playing with a bonfire. The blaze is put out before causing serious damage.
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Lebanon
Harry Wolfson
Man Reid Hosts Banquet for Lebanon City Commission
John H. Reid proprietor of the Evening Report hosted a banquet at the Keystone Hotel commemorating the first year of Lebanon's city commission government. Mayor John P. Longenecker and councilmen attended with speeches.
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Lebanon
John H. Reid
Evening Report
Keystone
Reed
John P. Longenecker
Newcomer Stores Apple Crop in Cave Near Waynesboro
Mr and Mrs John M Newcomer return to Waynesboro from their Big Pool Maryland fruit farm where they spent the summer. To shelter his large apple harvest he built a cave stored several thousand barrels, and the fruit keeps well there.
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Waynesboro
John M. Newcomer
Big Pool
Newcomer
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Quick Digestive Relief
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal cure for stomach troubles. It claims tablets aid digestion after meals, improve appetite, and ease belching sour risings and indigestion. Sold at druggists for 50 cents a box with a free sample offer via coupon.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Tadpoles and fish delivered to streams near Annville
Annville Pennsylvania December 2 delivery from state hatcheries at Torresdale included 1000 tadpoles for local streams. Lebanon received 40 catfish and four cases of trout for placement in county streams.
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Annville
E. A. Weimar
Torresdale
Lebanon
Lebanon County
Bratton man acquitted in doe killing near McVeytown
Ezra Kauffman of Bratton township was arrested by game wardens for killing a doe near McVeytown. He was given a hearing in McVeytown but was acquitted due to insufficient evidence linking him to the crime.
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Lewistown
Ezra Kauffman
Bratton Township
McVeytown
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Baughman Memorial Church
Boarder
P. O. S. OF A. Banquet
West Shore News
G. A. R. Post
John Kirk
Caldwell Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Calvin Haverstock
Market Street
Amanda
Ethel Drayer
M. Coover
Dillsburg
H.C. Claster
Ent
Shertzer
Haverstick
Pennsylvania
DR. Ames
Tom Gallon
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Brilin
Ana d Bormar
Elizabethtown Poultry Show
MAN Banquets City Commission
Dyspepsia
Resewerers State
Gately & Fitzgerald Supply Co
S. Second Street
King Oscar
Morocco
Lanawa
Wininananads
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