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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1917
Page
3
The contest rewards the top sellers of Red Cross Christmas Seals between December 14 and 21 with a handsome gold watch for the best. The second highest sellers will receive additional prizes.
Thousands find Dr Edwards Olive Tablets a harmless substitute for calomel, easing constipation and a sluggish liver without harming teeth or gums. They claim quick relief from dullness and headaches tied to digestion, with 10 and 25 cent boxes available.
Prizes include a Reid watch donated by Joseph K White and a complete Boy Scout uniform from William Strouse to top sellers. Three school prizes for most stamps plus a Tuberculosis day drive with ministers, banks, and fraternal groups backing a county and city fund against TB. Seals distributed to country and Harrisburg schools Friday sale starts.
Busy Bees Society of Camp Hill Methodist Episcopal Church plans a food sale in the church social rooms on Friday afternoon and evening December 7. The annual supper and bazar is skipped due to war conditions. A table of fancy work and gift novelties will attract buyers along with ice cream cake and coffee. Housekeepers may purchase homemade cakes pies meat loaves and salads for Sunday ready-made rather than bake.
Public Service Commission members plan special sessions to adopt uniform accounting for water and electric utilities with a target of January 1. Hearings and conferences have occurred across the state, with about 600 water and 350 electric companies affected. Also noted are court actions against common carriers, tollgate removal on the Donegal-Mt Pleasant turnpike, plans for a Bushy Run monument site, and various state notices on agriculture and public services.
Secretary McAdoo notes total wartime outlays for the year ending June 30 exceed 11.5 billion with overall receipts large, urging greater economy and public saving in government securities to support victory. He cites the Federal Reserve System as aiding wartime finance amid high expenditures and revenue.
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