Mrs Jacob Sheffer Dies at 70 in Carroll Township
Mrs. Jacob Sheffer of Carroll township died at her home near Dillsburg after a lingering illness. She was 70. Survived by her husband and three daughters Mrs. C. B. Nesbit and Mrs. Frazer Gentzler of Youngstown Ohio and Mrs. George Fisher of Dillsburg.
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Jacob Sheffer
Dillsburg
Carrol Township
C. B. Nesbit
Frazer Gentzler
Youngstown
Ohio
George Fisher
Dills- Dare R. D
Women Hold Executive Educational Positions in U S
Washington December 3 The Bureau of Education directory for 1915 16 shows 2500 women hold 12000 conspicuous executive educational posts in the United States These include college presidents state and county superintendents directors of industrial schools heads of departments and librarians Berlin December 3 The third German loan received about 361 000 000 marks in cash from subscribers in late November raising total paid to 10 452 600 000 marks about 86 percent of the issue
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Associated
Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Education
Berlin
London
Christmas Sense Offers Practical Men's Gifts This Season
The store promotes practical gifts for men with shirts, collars, and accessories. It highlights heavy Shaker knit just $6.50, silk reefers, and interwoven hosiery in multiple prices. The Christmas collection ranges from $1.00 to $3.50 with colors and guaranteed fast dyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick
Examinations Set for Pennsylvania Continuation Schools
Professor M B King announced preliminaries for organizing continuation schools under the new child labor law. Examinations will be held December 11 in six cities including Pittsburgh Altoona Scranton Philadelphia and Warren for teachers and experienced instructors.
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M. B. King
State Bureau of Vocational Education
North Industrial School
Pittsburgh
Altoona
Reading
Technical High School
Scranton
Philadelphia Trades School
Philadelphia
Warren
Pennsylvania
Winterdale Band and Orchestra Saturday Evenings
Winterdale band and orchestra perform Saturday evenings. The old dances are set for Tuesday Thursday and Saturday evenings.
F W Lentz Dies at Marysville Burghess
Frank W. Lentz long serving Marysville burgess died at his Valley street home aged 75. A Civil War veteran and former constable he served as magistrate and was born in 1840 at Logansville. He leaves a large family and was to have completed his term in 1916. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 PM conducted by Rev C A Parsons and Rev L A Buhrman.
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Marysville
Frank W. Lentz
Valley Street
Lentz
Burgess
Mr. Lentz
Logansville
York County
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Bull Run
Harrisburg
George Bretz
Lebanon
George Weaver
Milton Ansbach
Edward Zimmerman
Preston Foose
Shermansdale
George Lentz
Enola
Priscilla Ketehner
York
Milvina Melvina Free
Cumberland
Fred Lentz
C. A. Parsons
Church of God
L. A. Buhrman
United Evangelical Church
Mummers Seek Licenses for Funds With Chamber Approval
The Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce approves the Harrisburg Mummers Association request to issue certificates of investigation to their fund solicitors. The chamber warns businesses and the public not to subscribe to any solicitor unless they personally show a Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce card.
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Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg Mummers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Mummers’ Association
Madrigal Club Concert for Harrisburg Hospital Benefit
The Madrigal Club of about thirty leading vocalists schedules a benefit concert for Harrisburg Hospital. It will be held Tuesday evening December 14 at 8.15 o clock with no reserved seats. Tickets available at M Sigler's Music Store Rose's Confectionery Young Men's Christian Association and Walter M. McCormick's Music Store.
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The
Madrigal Club
Harrisburg Hospital
Uptown Merchants Organize for Community Improvements
Uptown businessmen form temporary group led by EB Rinkenbach with plans to establish the Uptown Merchants Association in January 1916. They will pursue cooperative advertising, street lighting, street railway service, and traffic improvements while engaging merchants, property owners, and residents to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uptown District
Associa_tion
Uptown
EB. L. Rinkenbach
Uptown I
North Street
Saihe
Child Labor Law Affects 40 000 in Pennsylvania
The new compulsory education measure set to start January 1 will impact about 40 000 Pennsylvania children. It requires schooling equivalent to six years of elementary education before work and restricts fourteen year olds to work with eight hours weekly for vocational instruction and continuation schooling. The law aims to raise citizenship and economic efficiency, aligning work with schooling and praised as a major educational reform.
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Pennsylvania
H. E. Miles
Committee On
Industrial Education
National Association of Manufacturers
Wisconsin
Boston
Police and Bodily Health Topics In Popular Press Reviews
A survey of contemporary books and health manuals reviews several titles. Robert W. Chambers new Police satirizes society while a science bent hero explores the globe. Mrs. Mary Wood-Allen’s Marvels of Our Bodily Wonder House teaches physiology as daily craft.
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Police
Robert W. Chambers
Appletons
Bronx Zoo
Eve
Henry Hutt
D. Trhee
Mary Wood-Allen
Viz Publishing Co
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San Francisco
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C. C. Crowley
Brown & Co
Third St
J. N. Kinnard Haberdasher
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Winterdale
Teckley
Steckley
Broad Street
Heagy Bros
North Third St
F.w.lentz
West Shore Town
Shoe Market
Philip Houck
Market St
N. 3Rd St
Leckinger
Tiauline Brown
Eckinger
Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Houghton Mifflin Company
Boston Transcript
Vance Thompson
New York Times
Moffat, Yard & Company
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