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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1919
Page
4
Camp Hill will hold a Community Christmas celebration this year after a successful pilots last year. Citizens will fund the event, start with a children's show at the school house, then hold a dance from three to six after dinner with local families and soldiers previously hosted.
Camp Hill Pennsylvania the school board Friday night will discuss plans for an addition to the building. The proposal was authorized by voters at the last election with a 22000 dollar loan. No definite plans have been made yet.
The plan calls for four new rooms and an annex at the rear to expand the current building. The facility has become too small for the 500 pupils attending sessions this year.
Newport Pa Dec 4 H Ray Wertz of the Newport baseball team in the Dauphin Perry League and Miss Jessie Marie Kough, both of Newport, were married here Monday morning by Rev W C Ney of Newport Lutheran Church. They begin a wedding trip to eastern cities and will make their home at the corner of Second and Mulberry streets.
A hunter in the Seven Mountains area shot a 200 pound doe yesterday. The warm body was found by fellow hunters and given to Game Protector John J. Stautter who forwarded it to Lewistown Hospital for handling.
An Elwood Indiana ad promotes Bliss Native Herb Tablets as a safe laxative. It claims constipation causes many illnesses including liver and kidney diseases and promises waste expulsion, appetite sharpening, complexion clearing, and health glow. Sold in boxes of 200 for $1.00 with founder photo and money back guarantee.
Millerstown and area residents report visits and returns from California New Bloomfield institute attendance closes local schools for a week. People travel to Newport to see Mary Pickford. The Rev Caldwell family relocates to Bedford while others visit relatives in Chambersburg Harrisburg Altoona and Newton Hamilton.
Harrisburg veterans and Pennsylvania Reserve Militia show interest in a one year enlistment feature allowing earlier veterans to join for one year with option to reenlist. Infantry units aim for 100 members before federal recognition. Recruitment HQ will open soon with officers named for various commands.
Governor Robertson canceled his request for troops to guard mine properties after learning two companies of negro infantrymen would be sent to Oklahoma. He informed Major General Dickman in a message from Oklahoma City that the troops would only cause conflict and confusion and withdrew the request.
Canton December 4. Mike McKinney president of the McKinney Athletic Club offers a 15000 dollar purse for a 12 round bout on New Year’s Day afternoon between welterweight champion Jack Britton and middleweight champion Mike O Dowd. Britton accepts awaiting O Dowd’s reply by week end.
The South Dakota Legislature completed ratification of the Federal Woman Suffrage resolution with the Senate passing it early today and the lower house acting Wednesday. South Dakota becomes the twenty first state to ratify the amendment. An advertisement for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets urges larger doses for influenza like grip as a preventive.
The Rev. Frank E Jensen of Washington Pennsylvania has been elected to pastor Bethlehem Lutheran Church Harrisburg. He will lead Sunday services with themes The Message of Hope and Get Forward. Jensen has ministry in the Middle West Buffalo and Washington and serves as secretary of the Immigrant Board of the United Lutheran Church. He plans to take charge February 1 succeeding Dr J Bradley Markwood who resigned this summer.
A three story Stanley Block building in Conneaut Ohio was destroyed by fire early today with an estimated property loss of 200000 dollars. The blaze consumed stocks on the first and second floors of two large stores as the Ashtabula fire department assisted with apparatus.
Norman Ross of San Francisco set a new 200 yard tank record at a Honolulu YMCA meet last night with a time of 2 minutes 6.1 seconds. The performance showcased Ross’s sprinting pace and the meet featured top local swimmers.
Death notices report Mrs. Mary Ruth Gravestock passing in Chicago with services set for December 6 at Rose Hill chapel. Additional items announce funeral for Miss Ruth Scott, age 20, at 68 Calder Street, and deaths of Harry E Hoffon and John Jacob Reitz with details on survivors and service times.
An advertisement claims Evans Triple Phosphate in water daily can transform nervous, weak individuals into vigorous, ambitious people within a week. It highlights iron content, roots and herbs aiding blood color and health, with Geo. A. Gorgas stocking the product as demand grows.
Ammon Bretz, game warden, returns home with a four pronged buck in Lykens Pennsylvania as the week sees a second local deer harvest. William B Barret formerly of Lykens travels from New Jersey to join a Berry mountain hunt with William Baylor and Barret’s three sons.
The New Bloomfield Times announces a price rise from $1 to $1.50 yearly editor W. C. Lebo. The paper had been $1.25 weekly and $1 previously after prior general rate hikes.
An advertisement touts Cash Balm and Dash Balm as top safeguards against influenza and pneumonia. It urges liberal use at first signs of cold throat or chest soreness and promotes jars at 35 cents supplied by Allan J. Dash Co., Mrs. Chemists, Olean, N. Y., Geo A. Gorges.
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