Thanksgiving Observed at Masonic Homes Elizabethtown
Thanksgiving Day observances at the Masonic Home featured Governor Baugh's proclamation, morning services by Rev. H. B. Pulsifer, and an evening concert by Lebanon friends. The Ladies Auxiliary of Lancaster Commandery supported events, including past minstrel shows, with gifts and care for county guests. Shippensburg plans a charity box to the Reformed orphanage with food and household items.
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Elizabethtown
Baugh
H. B. Pulsifer
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church
Marietta
St. Elizabeth's Mission
New England
Lebanon
H. B. Horgan
Banan
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Lancaster Commandery
Knights Templar
Lancaster
Robert W. Groesinger
John E. Smith
Church of the New Jerusalem
Philadelphia
Lancaster Society of the New Church
Dupont Lodge
Delaware
Third Institute events and local notices in Fairview and surrounding towns
Fairview township teachers hold their third institute at Hickory Grove schoolhouse with sessions on language geography and morals debates. Local social notes include Miss Hilda Hochlander entertaining at a dinner in Dauphin and a Tower City parent teacher association election. Also reported are nineteen November deaths in the Waynesboro district, a resignation at Landis Tool, and a Shippensburg bazar upcoming event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisberry
Fairview Township
Hickory Grove
George Harring
Nora Spangler
Malinda Baylor
Lizzie Kunkel
Horace Mann
Walter Trout
Tower City
Parent-Teachers Association
Timothy Berney
Gable
Humbert
Dreibelbis
Jones
Frankenfield
Misa Charlotte Houtz
Muir
End Coughs With Globe Pine Compound Remedy
A home mix cough remedy claims quick relief using Globe Pine Compound with whiskey or sugar syrup. Instructions suggest a tea spoonful doses and mention preparing a sugar syrup if whiskey is unavailable.
Calocide Foot Bath Promises Quick Relief
Medical Formula Laboratories of Dayton Ohio announces a Calocide foot bath recipe using two tablespoons of Calocide dissolved in warm water. It claims instant relief for aching burning corns callouses and frostbite and also prescribes regular use to keep feet firm and healthy. Ingredients available at drug stores.
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Medical Formula Laboratories
Dayton
Ohio
Enola Schools to Open in Temporary Quarters
Enola Pennsylvania will start temporary schooling on Monday December 11 due to material shortages delaying a new building. The plan uses church basements and the Y M C A for classes with half day sessions from 12 30 to 4 30 and teachers from last year will reassign students after reporting.
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Enola
Reformed Church
Methodist Church
Boy Scouts to Sell Red Cross Christmas Seals
Lemoyne Boy Scouts will distribute and sell Red Cross seal stamps in town. J. Boyd Trestle leads the work with the slogan 5 000 stamps, 2 000 already sold. Appointed sellers include Walter Slothower Paul Keller Ernest Beistline Paul Smith David Beistline Luther Miller Frank Barncord Lester Barncord Adam Heckert Lester Crow Eugene Bressler Rankin Nebinger Alfred Bentz John Cummings Abram Clarke and Russel Barns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemoyne
J. Boyd Trestle
Walter Slothower
Paul Keller
Ernest Beistline
Paul Smith
David Beistline
Luther Miller
Frank Barncord
Lester Barncord
Adam Heckert
Lester Crow
Eugene Bressler
Rankin Nebinger
Alfred Bentz
John Cummings
Abram Clarke
Russel Barns
Christmas Stamps Barred by Foreign Countries
Postmaster Frank C. Sites announces a Washington decree prohibiting nonpostage stamps on mail to foreign countries. Countries listed will reject items bearing nonpostage Christmas stamps unless stamps are affixed to the back. otherwise items will be returned or sent to the Dead Letter Office.
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Frank C. Sites
Washington
Austria
Brazil
British East Africa
Uganda
Antigua
Barbadoes
Bermuda
British North Borneo
Canada
Cayman Islands
Cyprus
Gold Coast
Dominica
Falkland Islands
Gambia
Gibraltar
British Honduras
Guatemala
Union of South Africa
Jamaica
Mauritius and Dependencies
Mont Serrat
Nevis
Norway
Nigeria
Portugal
Saint Christopher
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
British Somaliland
Trinidad
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands
Germany
Great Britain
Great Britain and Southern Rhodesia
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Reliable Stomach Support
A promotional blurb touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as reliable relief for weak stomachs. It urges postmeal use to prevent sourness heartburn and gas, promising better sleep and comfort at dinners and travel. A 50 cent box is advertised with a free trial package via a coupon.
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Crete
Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Building
Marshall, Mich
George C Boldt Hotel King Dies in New York
George C Boldt, renowned hotel proprietor behind the Waldorf Astoria, died in New York City after a career marked by initiative and optimism. Once a waiter, Boldt built a vast hospitality empire and drew plans for new projects including the Bellevue-Stratford and Penn Harris Hotel.
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New York
George C. Boldt
Boldt
Waldorf Astoria
New York City
Mr. Boldt
Philadelphia
Bellevue-Stratford
Waldorf-Astoria
Penn-Harris
Ministers Protest Noise Near Harrisburg Churches
The Harrisburg Ministerial Association executive committee denounces interference with church services from nearby business activity. They protest a planned addition to the Pennsylvania Milk Products Company plant on Atlas Street and urge publication of their statement and readings from pulpits. Harrisburg Pa December 1 1916. Signed by Rev S Winfield Herman Rev W W Hartman Rev A E Hangen Rev Dr E N Kremer Rev Lewis Seymour Mudge Rev Dr J A Lyter Rev Jas F Bullitt.
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Harrisburg Ministerial Association
Pennsylvania Milk Products Company
Atlas Street
Harrisburg
Ministerial Association of
S. Winfield Herman
W. W. Hartman
A. E. Hangen
Sec
Treas
E. N. Kremer
Lewis Seymour Mudge
J. A. Lyter
Jas. F. Bullitt
Moose Seek Voice in GOP Affairs for Progressive Support
A Chicago report says Progressive leaders including Chester H. Rowell M. Gifford Pinchot and Harold Iekes propose to trade Progressive backing for a say in Republican party management. They urge the GOP campaign committee to act as the executive committee to grant influence and move toward a Progressive voice within the party.
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Chicago
Ill
Republican Party
Chester H. Rowell
California
M. Gifford Pinchot
Raymond Robins
James R. Garfield
William Allen White
Harold IL
Democratic Party
Reeve
Snmatis
Southern eggs appear in state markets warned price drop
Dairy Commissioner James Foust reports Southern eggs have begun to show in Philadelphia and will reach Pittsburgh and Harrisburg soon. He says the move will lower prices before the holidays as inspectors find stored eggs sold early and not beyond legal limits. He targets speculators backing price cuts and vows action on butter and other foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy and
James Foust
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Bonuses Spread Among 49 000 Workers Worth 5 Million
Christmas bonuses totaling 5 million dollars were announced by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and the Western Union Telegraph Company. The two firms cited high living costs and strong business as the reasons for the payout to 49 000 employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Penrose Revives Force Bill Amid Election Oversight Debate
Washington reports Senator Penrose introduced his bill for Federal supervision of national elections, reviving the old force bill. He offers an amendment to the Owen corrupt practices act and a separate bill re enacting Lodge provisions to empower federal oversight and enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment. The move unsettles some Democrats who fear its scope. Also notes unrelated local notices and advertisements.
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Washington
Penrose
Pennsylvania
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Shippensburg
Dev. G
Reformed Sunday School
Reformed Orphanage
Bell-Ans
Gorgas
Christ
the Telegraph Printing Co
Federal
Third Institute of
Hochlander
Dauphin
Hilda Hochlander
Thomas Nevitt
Thomas
William Minsker
Marion
Celia
Roy
William
Hiram Hochlaner
Waynesboro
Mont Alto
Quincy
Alfred N. Russell
David Poe
Landis Tool Company
Western Maryland Railway Company
Hagerstown
William Hykes
Nellie Freidinger
The
Messiah United Brethren Sunday School
Hykes
United States
Gately & Fitzgerald Supply Co
S. Second St
Enola Schools
Boy Scouts
Red Cross
Farmers’ Institute
Burkhart
Maytown
Knights of Golden Eagle Commandery
Village Lawyer
Hotel King
Bellevue-Strafford
Robert W. Lesher
United States Army
Eighth Pennsylvania National Guard
National Guard
Fort Dupont
Del
Bergner
Wiliam
Shue
Eckinger
State Lunatic Hospital
Frank McCaan
Charles E. Sheaffer
City Union Mission
Walter E. Albee
Indian Alley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Race
Paxton
Harrisburg Natural History Society
Technical High School
Houghton, Mich
Lake Superior
Thompson Falls
Edith Colby
A. C. Thomas
Moose
Victrola VI
Abe
Victrola XI
Records
Victrola IX. Records
Victrola
Victrola X. Records
Troup
S. Market Square
E. W. Grove
Ladies’ Aid Society
United Evangelical Church
Jane Garman
Mite Society
Presbyterian Church
George Gilday
Canal Street
Genuire
Carter
Cumberland Valley Telephone Company of
Federal Square
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