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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
2
The article notes the first meeting in Steelton to rally local support for an appeal titled Help in Steelton. The event, linked to high school activities, aims to benefit the local group with Hutchinson among the front in France referenced in the piece.
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a quick method to cleanse dust dirt and excess oil from hair while making it wavy fluffy and abundant. It claims dandruff disappears the scalp is invigorated and hair growth is encouraged with a few cents spent on Knowlton's Dandeline.
A Rome New York reader testimonial claims Doctor Pierce's Anuric tablets dissolve uric acid, stop back and kidney pain, and ease heart and nerve symptoms. Orson Jen ks of 207 Bissel Avenue says long suffering pain and nightly bladder weakness vanished after using Anuric.
A health expert cautions against relaxing vigilance as influenza risk rises with colder weather. The article promotes Hyomei as a preventive measure, touting its use for nose and lung protection and urging readers to obtain the oil and inhaler from a drug store.
The Harrisburg scene highlighted by strong benevolent giving and church property improvements across the city. about 900 service members come from the district with two Harrisburg churches posting record contributions. The session moved to require minister certificates with the president and to fund Liberty Loan campaigns and rebuilding. It urged daily prayer for the peace conference and discussed making the presidency salaried, revising the constitution, and raising minister salaries to 1500 dollars with parsonage.
Charles W. Sayres Lancaster Y M C A boys work secretary and former overseas Y secretary will speak at the Sunday afternoon meeting at the Central Y M C A. The Stevens Memorial Orchestra will provide music. Sayres served with the Marines and in overseas Y service including trench duty and a gas hospital stint. The 3:30 p.m. event is free. fathers may bring sons but boys under twelve should stay home.
Mrs Caroline A Fremell widow of Theodore A Fremell died Thursday morning in her sixty second year. She leaves two daughters Mrs Merrill Crap of Woonsocket RI and Mrs Edward Willis and Mrs William A Smith and Mrs Charles C Fieffman of this city plus two sons Charles and Wallee Fremell of Annapolis Md. Funeral from her late home 2134 North Second Street Monday at 2 pm with private services and burial.
Jurors seated in Steelton for the Dundoff case report many hold views on capital punishment and guilt. Defendant Vasil Dundoff, 20, faces trial for shooting Blackberry during a Franklin and Myers Street dispute over change. First witness Clara Valentine, 13, testified she heard the argument and that Dundoff ordered Blackberry from the store.
A continuation notes that grocers used to selling sugar in two pound lots face pressure to meet price increases driven by householders eager to stockpile sugar amid rising costs. The piece signals government efforts to curb profiteering and stabilize supplies.
The food administration will actively enforce fair price lists prepared by local grocers and the county food administration. Grocers must follow the maximum price column and households are urged to compare with the Telegraph’s Tuesday and Friday lists. Citizens may report excess charges to the Dauphin building office for explanation. Washington will review weekly lists to ensure fair margins of profit and curb rising food costs. The state administrator Howard Heinz stresses strict conformity to all price rules.
An old fashioned mustard plaster product named Mustarine is advertised as a universal pain remedy. It claims rapid relief for lameness sore muscles stiff neck leg cramps backache headache tooth ache and chilblains. The ad urges buyers to ask for Mustarine in a yellow box.
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