Red Cross Plans Great Drive For 38000 Members
Harrisburg launches a December 17 campaign to recruit 38000 new Red Cross members, part of a nationwide push for fifteen million members. William Jennings chairs the drive with 1500 volunteers from Dauphin County ready to recruit twenty new members each to hit the target. Mrs. Lyman Gilbert notes the Christmas link to the Red Cross and urges community support to symbolize mercy and sacrifice during wartime.
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Harrisburg
American Red Cross
Red Cross
William Jennings
Dauphin County
Jennings
Lyman Gilbert
Warrisburg
The
Gilbert
Gets-It corn remedy promises instant relief and peel off
Blessed relief from corn pains is simple as ABC with Gets-It. It claims to stop pain instantly and peel the corn away like a banana skin. Advertises price 25c from ES Lawrence & Co Chicago and lists Harrisburg stores for purchase.
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ES. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Hummelstown Boy At Camp Gordon Georgia
George A. Rhan son of Mr and Mrs Ed Rhan of Hummelstown is listed at Camp Gordon Georgia. His brother serves with the Sixth Cavalry in San Antonio Texas.
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George A. Rhan
Ed Rhan
Hummelstown
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Mr. Rhan
Sixth Cavalry
San Antonio
Tex
Veterans Will Give Bait For Soldiers Smoke Fund
Captain Howard L. Calder Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will unfurl a service flag honoring members now in service. The first grand military ball at Winterdale December 12 will fund the tobacco fund for soldiers and sailors. The event features a grand march led by G A R veterans, followed by the Sons of Veterans, Spanish American War Veterans and veterans of foreign wars.
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Howard L. Calder Post
France
Calder Post
Winterdale
Sons of Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Urges W C T U to Work For Suffrage
Mrs Deborah Livingstone urged the Women's Christian Temperance Union delegates at the annual convention to push for woman suffrage as vigorously as national prohibition. She argued voting women would aid both the adoption and retention of prohibition once it becomes law.
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Associated Press
Washington
Women's Christian Temperance
Deborah K. Livingstone
Four Face Police Court After Narcotic Debauch
Mayor Daniel L. Keister presided as four suspects faced multiple charges in North Seventh Street drug debauch case. James Irby Edward Carter were nearly killed by overdoses. Frank Robinson named as material witness. Carrie Yingst charged with drug larceny from a drugstore.
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Daniel L. Keister
North Seventh Street
James Irby
Edward Carter
Frank Robinson
Carrie Yingst
Adreustore
Haass an Alien Enemy Papers Seized in Boston Arrest
Clemens A. Haase, treasurer of a cordage company, was arrested as an alien enemy in Foston after a Boston dinner honoring the sinking of the Lusitania. Agents seized papers and letters at his Hanover street office. no bail set pending Washington advices. Arthur C. Gilson and Peter J. Duffy, Army Quartermaster inspectors, pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy charge involving about 500000 in Army hat contracts. released on 1400 bail each.
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Foston
Clemens A. Haase
Treasury
Cordage Manufacturing
Boston
Washington
Department of Justice
Haass
Hanover Street
New York
Arthur C. Gilson
Peter J. Duffy
Quartermaster’s Department
United States Army
Aviators Found At Sea Off Iron Coast During Sub Search
Two American aviators who lost their compass and bearings while searching for submarines from a European station were found at sea 650 miles off the Irigh coast by a steamship that arrived today. They resumed their return trip to the station after receiving provisions and a new compass.
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Atlantic
Europe
Irigh
Polleck Opens Fourth Cash and Carry Store in City
D Polleck, who started the Cash and Carry Plan, opened his fourth grocery store at 1537 State Street. He already operates locations at 19 N Fourth Street, Thirteenth and Derry Streets, 1527 State Street, and 1058 Front Street in Steelton. The State Street opening drew a busy crowd.
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Polleck
D. Polleck
State Street
N. Fourth Street
Thirteenth
Derry Streets
Front Street
Steel
Russian Envoys Charge Evasion in Armistice Talks
Brest-Litovsk talks between Russian emissaries and central powers discuss terms for a general armistice on all fronts. German delegates push evasive stance, Russia seeks inclusive peace, 28 day truce agreed tentatively, with full records to be published and next meeting sought on Russian soil in seven days.
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Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Bresto-Litovsk
Moon Sound
Congress of Councils
Russia
Black Sea
Baltic
Brest-Litovsk
Petrograd
Explosion kills several at Teidelburg TNT plant
An explosion at the Teidelburg plant of the Aetna Explosives Company near Pittsburgh destroyed the facility. Reports say physicians and undertakers were summoned from Carnegie and a number of workers were killed. A board meeting of the Motor Club of Harrisburg is slated for tomorrow evening at 109 South Second Street, starting at 8 o'clock.
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Xplaision
Pittsburgh
Teidelburg
Aetna Explosives Company
Carnegie
The
Motor Club of Harrisburg
Club
South Second Street
Endorse Plan to Build Military Road Between Harrisburg and Reading
The Lebanon meeting of Chamber of Commerce representatives and businessmen endorsed constructing a military road from Harrisburg to Reading. State Highway Department official W A Wynne detailed costs and the federal offer of ten thousand dollars per mile. Dauphin County men William Jennings W L McColgin and John E Snyder named to the conference committee. plan calls for Dauphin Lebanon and Berks counties to share fifty fifty with the state.
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Lebanon
Harrisburg
Reading
Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Department
W. A. Wynne
O'Neil
Dauphin County
William Jennings
W. L. McColgin
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
John E. Snyder
Hershey
Dauphin
Bishop Announces Lenten and Spring Appointments
The Harrisburg Diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church releases a list of Lenten and spring appointments by Rt. Rev. James H. Darlington. The schedule covers numerous churches across Pennsylvania from February through May, detailing service dates and times at St. Luke's Mechanicsburg Trinity Tyrone St. John's Huntingdon St. Mark's Lewistown and many more, ending with St. Pauls Lock Haven and St. Pauls Lock Haven early on May 15.
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Harrisburg
Protestant Episcopal Church
James H. Darlington
St. Luke's Mechanicsburg
Trinity
Tyrone
St. John’s
Huntingdon
St. Mark's
Lewistown
York
St. Stephen's
St. John's
South Williamsport
Christ Church
Williamsport
St. Mary's
St. Paul's
Man
Camp Hill
Renovo
Lock Haven
Jersey Shore
Berwick
Catawissa
Christ
Bargain Housewares Sale With Special Prices
Aluminum ware double roasting pans Berlin kettles tea and coffee percolators cake cutters spoons jelly moulds plates cups funnels sauce pans covered buckets 1 and 2 qt at special prices tea spoons table spoons nut picks knives and forks at sale prices.
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Berlin
Civscevas
Ladies Handkerchiefs in Various Styles and Prices
Catalog listing multiple ladies and men's handkerchiefs with plain, embroidered, Sota assortments and all linen options. Prices range from 10c to 50c, including initials, special qualities, and silk varieties.
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RNAS
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