Methodist Episcopal Church plans $85 million foreign work drive
Atlantic City reports the church will raise 85 million dollars in five years for mission work in China and other countries. Dr Yard of Chentu said China moving toward a republic requires Christianization for benefits to be realized. New Cumberland hosts a box social by the Girls Military Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Methodist Episcopal Church In America
China
New Jersey
Yard
Chentu
Mi-o-na Stomach Tablets Claim Quick Relief
The ad promotes Mi-o-na stomach tablets for ongoing stomach distress. It claims instant relief and removal of causes of fermentation, with a guarantee to end indigestion whether acute or chronic, or money back. Druggists and H. C. Kennedy sell it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arerone
H. C. Kennedy
Back to Work After Ten Days Lay Off
A Reading Pennsylvania carpenter M M Heister recounts severe nervous stomach trouble and sleeplessness improving after taking Tanlac. He credits a friend Dan Adams and says both he and his wife feel healthier and recommend the remedy now at Gorgas Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Heister
Mulberry Street
Reading
Dan Adams
Taniac
Tanlac
Gorgas
Mechanicsburg District Sabbath School Convention Held
The fourth annual Mechanicsburg District Sabbath School Association meeting convened in Shiremanstown at the United Brethren Church with reports from department superintendents and officer elections for the coming year. New officers include President W. J. Meily and Rev. William A. Dickson as vice president, with various department heads named. Changes to convention naming and divisions were announced, and Mechanicsburg partisans attended, including multiple local ministers and community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg
Mechanicsburg District Sabbath School Association
Shiremanstown
United Brethren Church
W. J. Meily
William A. Dickson
Margaret Blackburn
George W. Hershman
Guy H. Lucas
Maude K. Williamson
J. Will Brandt
Cc. E. Brindel
Sara Firestone
H. A. Gutshall
Front Line Sunday School
Young Peoples
John 8. Adams
J. Ellis Bell
J. A. Gohn
D. L. Kepner
J. Russell Bucher
George B. Hoover
F. K. Ployer
A. B. Harnish
Cumberland County Teachers Institute closes 65th session
Carlisle Pa December 6 after a successful week the sixty fifth Cumberland County Teachers Institute concluded at noon Attendance grew and the main theme centered on teachers as molds of thought amid changing world ideals. A county directors association semi annual convention joined in efforts to boost enrollment with a appointed committee including F W Rockey I Ralph Jacob L D Crunkleton A G Monroe A L Shulenberger Miss Herman to advance the work. Demobilizing student camps at Dickinson College held a banquet in the Carlisle armory with 350 present officers faculty and law school attendees. Lieutenant Hitchler new commandant was guest of honor and demobilization is expected within a week or ten days. W H Kriner father of two girls named in a local case filed civil suits in Chambersburg seeking damages. The Cumberland County Farm Bureau farm products show closed with numerous prizes and home economics demonstrations by a State College expert. Harry McKinney former burgess of Sunbury appointed county commissioner to fill the term of P Schmidt who died in Shamokin. McKinney a Democrat serves until January 1920 with a 2500 salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Cumberland County Teachers’ Institute
County Directors’ Association
Cumberland County
State Educational Association
F. W. Rockey
Camp Hill
I. Ralph Jacob
Mechanicsburg
L. D. Crunkleton
New Cumberland
A. G. Monroe
Newville
A. L. Shulenberger
Shippensburg
Miss Herman
South Middleton
Dickinson College
School of Law
Hitchler
Waynesboro
Chambersburg
W. H. Kriner
John H. Keckler
Kriner
Cumberland County Farm Bureau
State College
Chamber of Commerce
Sunbury
Northumberland County Court
Harry McKinney
P. Schmidt
Shamokin
Robert Brantley
Schmidt
McKinney
Blaine A. Bower
Rhea and
Willis
Ruth
Shiremanstown
J. A. Rhea
New Germantown
J. W. Sheets
Jacob Eslinger
Enola
Frank Fe, Weber
Emma Weber
Harrisburg
Rae _ Tharlacher
Laurence Harlacher
Benjamin Stansfield
Belle Heck
Lancaster
Reading
Paul Weaver
J. Henderson Stock
Railroad Avenue
Jessie S. Brinton
Earle Brinton
D. W. Wonderly
Highspire
Irwin Barlup
Roy Bates
Florin
Mary Harman
Harrisburg Hospital
D. W. Harman
Fannie Deckman
Quincey Old Peoples
Mary Bates
Susan Mater
Ray Schwinger
Third Street
Philadelphia
Floyd Hempt
York
Samuel Besecker
Pleasant Hill
George Sanderson
George J. Fisher
John L. Bitner
Dickison College
J. 8. Bitner
Get After That Cold Right Now
A vintage ad touts a cough and cold remedy used for fifty years by men women and children. It claims rapid relief when sniffles begin and notes widespread use and generous bottle sizes as proof of effectiveness.
Dr King's New Life Pills Promise Clear Bowels and Mind
An advertising notice asserts Dr Kings New Life Pills ease constipation to give a clear head and improved digestion. It claims mild but certain action and urges purchase at drug stores nationwide.
Carlisle War Losses Heavy Show Carlisle Men Suffering In Closing Days
Carlisle Pennsylvania December 6 reported heavy losses among Carlisle and Cumberland county men in the war. Death in action of Brady L. Stine of Carlisle aged 26 is announced. he served in Company G then K, One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment and was killed November 7. Surviving parents four sisters and a brother. The One Hundred and Twelfth suffered severely with only twelve Carlisle men remaining at Fismes. Lieutenant Lester Shearer wounded November 4. other Carlisle men reported in prison camps.
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Carlisle
Cumberland County
Brady L. Stine
John Stine
East Louther Street
One Hundred
George I. Kinney
John W.shugart
One Hundred and Twelfth
Fismes
John Shearer
Lester Shearer
Suburban Notes and Seasoned Soldiers Update
Suburban notes list residents and visitors in Perry County with health concerns as Mrs. Coulter contracts influenza at Loysville Orphan Home. Others travel between Philadelphia Harrisburg Montoursville and Hershey. In Washington Secretary Baker says veteran divisions in France will not return home before peace is declared, altering earlier expectations.
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Liverpool
Charles A. Deckard
State Gate Reserve
Perry County
Jean Coulter
Loysville Orphan Home
Louisa Stailey
Philadelphia
Nettie
George Lyter
Montoursville
Sarah Ritter
Harrisburg
A. Be, Deckard
Marysville
Mr. Hoffer
Hershey
H. C. Klinger
Washington
Baker
France
Churchill to Aid League of Nations
Winston Spencer Churchill told a Dundee audience he would do everything in his power to make a practical and powerful League of Nations. He warned the league is not a substitute for British supremacy and stated that Germany’s colonies and Turkish territories would not be restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Spencer Churchill
Dundee
Scotland
League of Nations
London
Germany
Turkey
Shiremanstown Area News Notes and Local Events
Mrs Blaine A Bower and family visit New German town as others return from Harrisburg and Lancaster. Enola hosts a complimentary musical program for the Enola Community Chorus, deer hunting trips reported, sermons and society meetings planned in Shiremanstown New Cumberland and Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enola Enola
Musical Art Society of Harrisburg
Summit Street School Auditorum
Enola Community Chorus
Women's War Relief
Cure Your Rupture Like I Cured Mine Tale
A sea captain with a long career suffered a double rupture and was bedridden for years. He tried many doctors and appliances with no relief. He claims a self cure after rejecting surgery and a risky operation.
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Collings
Truss
Miller couple celebrates fiftieth wedding anniversary
Milton Pa December 6 Mr and Mrs J M Miller marked fifty years of marriage with a family dinner at their home. He is 76 and she 71. both enjoy good health and neighbor attendance at the celebration. Sunbury Pa December 6 Oliver K Cowell BE A Rogers and B Hlow ley returned from a Maine hunting trip with two deer each and many small game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton, Pa
J. M. Miller
Hunters Pursue Game Amid Deep Snow in Showshoe Trails
In heavy snow two and a half feet deep, hunters trek on showshoes to pursue game. The harsh conditions slow travel but keep the pursuit active as wildlife remains scarce.
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New Cumberland, Pa
Girls’ Military Corps
TOMS
Lewistown
Emanuel Schliffka
Italy
William Oles
Fred O. Kelly
Schliffka
Lewistown Preparatory School
Washington and Jefferson College
Washington, Pa
Johns Hopkins University
Danville
Post Office Department
Mausdale
Montour County
Duncannon
Selinsgrove
Utica Knitting CO
Makers
Broadway, New York
Pgingiox
Collins’ Style Shop
I. N. McClanahan
Megr
N. Second St
Cumberland Valley
Mo Alto
Mont Alto
Frank Reynolds
Glen Furney
Clarence* Sanders
Rouzerville
White Pine
Hunters’ Run
Pine Grove Furnace
Caledonia Springs
Carlistad
Irving Mechanicsburg
Irving College
Départment of Expression
Music
Mechanicsburg A. B. Church
Dr. King’s
Filmes
Co. G
Liverpool Methodist Church
Methodist
G. H. Knox
Ning River
Susquehanna
Marietta, Pa
Samuel Thuma
West Marietta
Thuma
Churchill
wisrsTost Churchill
West Shore
Christian F. Kautz
Samuel B. Donache
James&. McCormick
Clarence R. Rockey
R. W. Welker
Lodge New Cumberland
A. R. Ayres
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Trinity United Brethren Church
M. Irene Stone
Woman's Missionary Society of the Lancaster
Trinity Chapel
Baughmuans Memorial Methodist Church
Woman's Missionary Society
Andra
W. A. Collings (Inc
North Second Street
School OF Commerce
Business
Bell
TROUP
Market Square
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