Federal Trade Board charges meat monopoly in five packers
The Federal Trade Commission, in a supplemental report to Congress, charges Swift and Company Armour and Company Morris and Company Wilson Company Inc and the Cudahy Packing Company with restraint of trade and controlling livestock and fresh meat sales. The evidence, largely documents and memos from participants, shows a present day meat combination among the five packers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Swift and Company
Armour and Company
Morris and Company
Wilson Company, Inc
Cudahy Packing Company
German Law Professor Attacks Kaiser's Flight
Berlin December 3 Doctor Steinager a law professor denounces the former Kaiser's flight as cowardly unmanly and a death blow to the German monarchy He says a monarch cannot run away like a schoolboy and a dignified exit would have renewed the dynasty's luster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Steinager
der ‘Tag
Germany
Hans Would Try Former Emperor in Own Land
A Berlin news agency telegram reports soldiers and workers councils in Germany urge that former Emperor William be tried by a German tribunal on German soil. The government reportedly plans to submit the question to the national assembly for consideration.
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Hans
Amsterdam
Germany
William
Berlin
National Assembly
How To Get Rid of Indigestion
Indigestion sufferers can obtain instant relief using a teaspoon of Minenia in hot water after meals. The claim cites European research and a money back guarantee. George A. Gorgas distributes Minenia and assures satisfaction or refund if no benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binesia
Nature
George A. Gorgas
Dr Chase's Blood and Nerve Tablets Aid Convalescence
The article promotes Dr Chase's Blood and Nerve Tablets as a safe effective tonic for recovering from grippe influenza or severe illness. It notes iron and other tonics are included to prevent constipation and urges weighing before use to monitor health progress. Available at druggists for sixty cents a box with stronger ninety cent option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase
Alain
Bavarians hiss Eisner during troop welcome
Munich advices reported by Amsterdam Copenhagen and Berne say Kurt Eisner the Bavarian premier is losing prestige. Crowds hissed him at Munich during a soldiers welcome and a supporter was forced to flee as red flags were torn down and doors to the interior ministry were stormed. Guards fired overhead and the crowd dispersed. Berne reports Bavaria may seek unity with Germany rather than a separate peace and hints at a possible monarchy within three weeks.
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Associated Press
London
Kurt Eisner
Munich
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Berne
Eisner
Ministry of the Interior
Bavaria
Germany
Harrisburg Declares December Seventh and Eighth Britain Day
Mayor Daniel L. Keister issues a proclamation urging Harrisburg residents to observe December 7 and 8 as Britain Day. He praises the British fleet for safeguarding trade during wartime and thanks Britain for caring for wounded American soldiers. He calls for flying the British flag and delivering suitable sermons on Sunday.
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Harrisburg
Keister
France
Britain
Great Britain
Daniel L. Keister
Smile on Lips in Death of American Soldiers
A Philadelphia sergeant from the One Hundred and Tenth Infantry recalls the men of the old Fighting Third. He praises their courage and sacrifice in battle, stating they entered with a smile and died with honor for democracy and America.
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Philadelphia
Jack Harris
South Fourth Street
One Hundred and Tenth Infantry
Old Fighting Third
Hospital Center
Philly
America
Girl on Trial For Murder Gains Point During Day
New York December 3 The testimony of Dr Otto H Schultze county medical examiner identifying teeth marks on Mrs Helen Mamel s arm as those of Elizabeth Baksa of Freemansburg Pa on trial for the murder of Mrs Hamel was disqualified by Judge Rosalsky The court ruled the dentist comparison of a Baksa teeth model with the indentations on the arm was an uncertain speculative experiment not admissible in court
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New York
Otto H. Schultze
Helen Mamel
Elizabeth Baksa
Freemansburg
Hamel
Rosalsky
Miss Baksa
Air Mail Rate Cut to Six Cents an Ounce
Washington reports that daily air mail service between New York and Chicago will start December 15 and reduce the rate to six cents per ounce for letters and sealed parcels up to thirty inches in length and girth combined. Special delivery stamps remain optional.
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Washington
New York
Chicago
Senator Seeks to Allot Presidency to Vice President
Washington dispatch reports Senator Sherman of Illinois plans to introduce a resolution to declare the office of President vacant due to Wilson's absence. The measure proposes immediate transfer of presidential powers and duties to the Vice President.
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Washington
Sherman
Illinois
Wilson
Vice President Marshall to Start Extended West Tour
Vice President Marshall announced he would leave Washington on December 3 for an extended speaking tour in the West. He said he will discuss peace with the American people face to face while the President is away at the peace conference.
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Marshall
Washington
West
United States
Middletown Holds Busy Night of Local Meetings and News
The regular Rescue Hose Company No. 3 meeting elected 1919 officers led by President Benjamin Zimmerman and Fire Chief Clarence Weirich. J. B. Ackerman headlined the School Board reorganization, funeral services were held for Benjamin Seckhoff, and Lloyd Shenfeld arrived in Hoboken as the first Middletown serviceman home from overseas. Also noted were church services saved for fuel, a Presbyterian prayer meeting, civic moves for Hemperly and Gerberich households, a May-December spree of visits, and memorial observances for Middletown Lodge BPCF with King delivering the oration.
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Rescue Hose Company
No. .3
Benjamin Zimmerman
Titus K. Beard
C. Kh. Hausman
William B. Hatfield
Harry Judy
Samuel Caley
William Hopkins
William Brubaker
Lee Pugh
Clarence Weirich
Ehilet Committee
Rank Shenfeld Safety Committee
Bryan Groupe
Joseph Brandt
Ray Houser
Morris Stetler
J. B. Ackerman
H. W. George
Samuel Irely
Ann Street
Benjamin Seckhoff
H. 8. Roth
J. W. Rewalt
North Union Street
T. C. McCarrell
Royalton
Pine Street
Harrisburg
Clyde Gerberich
Hemperly
John Whitman
Annville College
Town
Charles Whitman
North
Union Street
Thomas F. Stipe
Sylvia Guhl
Elizabethtown
H. I. Hoover
Church of God
Elizabeth Robinson
South Catherine Street
South Union Street
R. Cain
George Guhl
New Cumberland
Loyd Lindemuth
Mechanicsburg
Samuel Zaufall
New York City
H. C. McGuigan
H. B. Moore
York
Ross Stevens
Ethel Stevens
Reading
John Ulrich
East Emaus Street
Ethel McNair
Ladies’ Aid Society
Presbyterian Church
A. R. Kern
North Spring Street
Middletown Lodge
Alvin Hamman
George I
King
K. R. McCord
J. G. Peters
T. P. Campbell
Middletown
Oliver Heary
Stipe and Cain
R. I. Young
A. G. Banks
Ephrata
The
Firs
United Brethren Church
Tr. Kk
Engle
North Pine Street
Noi
H. C. Boyer
Grace Boyer
Halifax
Flag Contest Extended to Get New Ideas
The Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce extended the flag design contest to February 1 due to the Spanish influenza epidemic. Submissions are welcome from any person with prizes of 5 dollars to the designer and a 1 dollar second prize from the Telegraph.
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Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Telegraph
Experts Back Ship Builders
Philadelphia December 3. An in depth look at the Emergency Fleet Corporation Transportation Department led by F. Joubert. Its 150 shipyards across the Gulf Coast Great Lakes and two oceans rely on precise tracking of shipments trains and cars to deliver lumber steel boilers engines and other ship stores. The system divides the nation into fifteen zones with Chicago as a hub and Philadelphia directing home office policy. A freight checking unit saves the EFC about three thousand dollars monthly and expedites crucial shipments when needed.
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Philadelphia
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Transportation Department
Joubert
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Feld Organization
Chicago
Home Office
United States
United States Shippings Board
Maine
Washington
Rummage Sale Planned For Poly Clinic Hospital Benefit
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Poly Clinic Hospital will hold a rummage sale starting Wednesday morning in the Sankey building at 823 Broad Street opposite Broad Street Market. Donations of clothing furniture dishes hats shoes pictures jellies canned fruits and groceries are welcomed and may be collected by contacting E. J. Dare at Seventeenth and Chestnut or Mrs. J. J. Essig at 117 Broad Street.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Polyclinic Hospital
Sankey
Broad Street
Broad Street Market
E. J. Dare
Seventeenth
Chestnut Streets
Bell Phone
Broad’ Street
Boris Bakhmeteff to Attend Russian Peace Congress
Russian ambassador Boris Bakhmeteff told Secretary Lansing he will depart for France to join a preliminary conference of Russian diplomatists on representation at the peace congress. The Paris meeting, called by Maklakoff, will include Russian diplomats from Washington London Paris tome and Stockholm.
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Washington
Boris Bakhmeteff
Lansing
France
Maklakoff
Paris
London
Tome
Stockholm
Kaiser Utterances in World War I Signal Shifting Tone
A survey of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s public statements from 1914 to 1918 traces a arc from bold divine destiny to growing gloom. Early appeals to victory and God’s protection gave way to lament over France’s destruction and calls for a moral deed to end the war. The tone shifts from martial bravado to tears and desperation before his abdication.
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Germany
Cologne
Germaany
Berlin
France
Anatole France
Belgium
Paris
Lorraine
Alsace
Hindenburg
Aix-la-Chapelle
Second Army
Schleswig-Holstein
Asault
Alsace-Lorraine
Fortna Leads War Savings Stamp Sale Standings
R K Fortna extends his lead as the top seller in the War Savings Stamps drive for W M Donaldson. The report lists cumulative totals with Fortna at 28243.77 dollars, followed by Hollinger 22372.50 and Gerges 21458.94 among many others, highlighting a wide field of contributors.
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Fortna
R. K. Fortna
W. M. Donaldson
G. A.hollinger
J. A. Gerges
S. R. Gault
C. W
G. Shier
R. H. Weave
Young
R. G. Wieng
J. A. Haas
I. W. Walton
Gg. P. Satschell
We Bond, Jr
Waner
Brady
H. Stover
J. Naglo
A. ©. Rineer
Schildt
F. Kerschner
J. B. Bates
MW G Dublie
Roth Heads Y M C A Debating Class In Harrisburg
Frank J. Roth was elected president of the Y M C A class in Self Expression and Debating at the Harrisburg meeting in the Y assembly rooms. Wilmer Crow was elected vice president and J Lis Harvey secretary and treasurer. Andrew Patterson spoke on benefits of self expression. Twenty five new membership applications were received with a goal of equal new signups this week. Dr J George Becht will teach the course.
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Frank J. Roth
Wilmer Crow
Jlis Harvey
Louis
A. Irwin
Andrew &. Patterson
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
J. George Becht
One Killed in Railway Wreck at Myerstown
Charles Young of Reading a fireman was scalded to death and John S Ludwig a flagman of Reading seriously injured when two eastbound freight trains on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad sideswiped at Myerstown. The doubleheader trains 1709 and 1646 collided with extra train 1019 stone train pushing a draft of cars ahead of the engine. Traffic was tied up about an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Young
Reading
John S. Ludwig
Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad
Myerstown
Rutherford
Notable Books and Authors Pack a Vintage Reading List
A compiled roster of literary titles and authors including The Dives and The New Fictid by various writers. Other works cited include Betty, A Runaway Woman, The Winds of Chance, The Golden Gough, The Island Mystery, and Philo Gubb. Lists multiple authors and published works across a broad literary spectrum.
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Betty
Jeffrey Fair Shavings
Joseph C. Lincoln
Henry I
Samuel Merwin
Louis Dodge
Agnes
Egerton Casey
Antonia
Willam S. Cather
Mary E. Waite
William White
Joselyn
Kathleen Norris
Rex Beach
Golden Gough
George Gibbs
G. A. Birming
Shielding Wing
Will Levi O
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Kaiser
Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid Building
Mick
Hiss Eisner
Pat Marshall
Casero
Liverpool
Frederick F. Smith
Echo
Holland
Boris
Peace Congress
Strasbourg
Greif
Somme
Gomme
Bethmann Hollweg
Bethmann
Grand Headquarters
Europe
Reichstag
Hohenzollerns
M. Painleve
McNeil
Mack's
Market Street
Mae
the Dives
Pomeroy & Stewart
Ule
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Ne Jacobsen
Peter Clark Farlane
Gene “Stratton
John and
Peter
Pet. D. Paine
Henry Ki Ward
Wiliam J. Locke
Porter
Ashton Kimi
John T. McProuty
Robert W. Cham
Doys ccc
Rce
John Kars
Ridgweil
Hel Orm
Teh
Rey
the Paper Cap
Amelia Bk. Barr
Mrs
Alfred Sidgwick
Philo Gubb
Ellis Parker Butler
Mam'selle Jo
Harriet T
Comstock
Poilh
Roubaix
Eleanor Atkinsean
Rupert Hughes
Mary Roberts
Ringhaye
Carolyn Wells
Grace Livingston Hill
Jackson Gregory
Natallie Sumner Lincoln
Cross Roads
Victor Rickard
Emma Speed Lamp
Pajlmer
Hira Singh
Talbot Mundy
Hary Herbert Knibbs
Richard Dehan
Morgenthau
Arthur
Mildred ‘Alarich
Lieut
Coningsby Dawson
Ivan Rossiter
Thomas Tiplady
Ewan Bas Eee
Eresee
Geeeeeses Kiltie
Patrick Terrance McCoy
Frede Poon
Pee Orre R. M. Johnston
Ralph D. Paine
Asia
Rudyard Kipling
James Normal Hall
Davis
Rick
Ajor
Mary Shipman Andrews
Anne Abe
Mary "Shipman
Henry Vane
Grace
Richland
Mad Luty Brgbbiens
Thomas D. Murphy
Meredith Nicholson
H. C
Witwer
Ring W. Lardner
Ted Bianisy
Edward D. Rose
California
George Wharton James
Canada
British Columbia
Archie Bell
Florida
Nevin C. Winter
Old Philadelphia
John the
Colorado
Rockies
Faris
Lilian Whiting
Scandinavia
Francly EB
Todd
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