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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1919
Page
3
New York December 3 The steam ship Orizaba in port after its last Army transport voyage carried 80 passengers including 859 troops and stowaways awaiting embarkation or disembarkation in a transition period of wartime duty and personal plans.
A public health note urges avoiding crowds to prevent influenza and stresses hygiene, hydration, and regular meals. It promotes Mentholized Arcine as a cheap, home remedy for catarrh and colds with gargling and nasal spray uses and claims widespread use by thousands.
Two American citizens hid aboard the Orizaba to reach Portsmouth for a Christmas wedding. William P. Karis of Glen Ridge New Jersey claimed he joined the Polish army in 1918 after leaving Princeton and Paris. Henry Wojnowski said he covered his trip to be Karis’s best man. Both were put to work on deck once discovered.
The American Y M C A has opened 14 huts across Greece from Athens to Smyrna with full American equipment and trained staff. Athens has two buildings with a third near completion. Piraeus, Larissa, Corfu, Salonica, Salamis, and Smyrna each host huts. Requests for new huts come from Crete Patras and front line Asia Minor. The Athens hut is a four story marble building with modern facilities and government pays rent.
In Tioneste Pennsylvania Miss Iva M Kinney of Duhring faced a bear while hunting in the woods armed with a twenty gauge shotgun. The bear rose on its haunches ten feet away and they stared for about ten minutes before the bear backed off, apparently deterred by the woman's calm gaze.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle overnight laxative that cleanses the system of toxins bile and waste. It claims to relieve foggy brain headaches sour stomach sleepless nights and skin issues without gripe or discomfort and at low cost.
An advice snippet urges readers to combat dull head and blue moods by cleansing the liver with castor oil or Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets made from May-apple, aloes and jalap. It sells the product as a remedy to prevent colds grips and sickness.
An old advertisement claims most deaths come from an over acidic body. It urges daily habits to increase alkalinity, recommends drinking hot water before meals, and promotes Anuric as a harmless medicine to flush uric acid. It implies longevity from reducing uric acid with regular doses.
Indianapolis judge A B Anderson told miner Alonzo Newcomb and Hungarian Joe Trunko that both coal factions appear in cahoots to bleed the public. Newcomb testifies miners earn about $6 daily, pay operators $2.20 per ton, with many costs deducted. Trunko fined $100 plus costs for Reed amendment violation.
In Red Bank New Jersey on December 3 burglars looted Capt. Charles E. Throckmorton’s home on Upper Broad Street. Miss Katharine Throckmorton confronted them when they attacked her. she broke free as a man tried to choke her, her cries drawing her father and neighbors who chased the burglars away with the stolen silverware linen and cut glass left behind.
The Los Angeles harbor district high school will include shipbuilding in the regular curriculum. The Board of Education announced the program after a successful emergency shipbuilding class, aiming to graduate skilled craftsmen capable of commanding high wages.
The American Peace Mission led by Frank L. Polk will delay sailing after France protested against American withdrawal from the peace conference. The commission, due to depart early this month, now postpones its departure for several days.
A general strike was declared in Rome Milan and Florence with complete work stoppage. Milan saw two deaths and many wounded amid rival Socialist and Loyalist demonstrations. Rome and Florence reported no disorder.
New York Dec 3 William D Van Vieck a wealthy bachelor of Van Vieck street Montclair New Jersey died at his home from shock after burns suffered Thanksgiving Day An alcohol can exploded while he soldered a leak in the can of alcohol injuring his face
Paris reports a Romania Moldavia 1858 issue postage stamp sold at auction for 28 200 francs. Experts say it is likely the only known example in existence.
Para Brazil sits only eighty miles from the equator yet reports a near perfect mild summer year round. Afternoon showers and Atlantic trade winds keep temperatures even and sunstroke unseen. Men dress formally by evening, with officials in cut away coats and professionals in light fabrics.
The document notes that sia is visiting England and bears little resemblance to Nasr-ud din, the other Shah who visited in 1873 and 187%, leaving behind inconclusive legacies and not notably favorable impressions.
The piece contrasts a flamboyant, uncensored public persona with today’s compliant rulers. It notes that past generations found him more intriguing than the present audience does with the Shah, who is described as fat, placid, and always following the scripted agenda.
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