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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
6
The Crow patrol secured twenty five points for winning the inter patrol first aid contest at the troop meeting held last Friday. After the session the bugle corps practiced and there is no troop meeting tonight. members are invited to attend.
The special services at the Fifth Street Methodist Church begin at 7 30 with scouts on standby for special duty. Henry A Baer, Scribe, New Cumberland Pa announces the arrangement. This evening the Ladies Circle of St Pauls Lutheran Church will hold a bazar in Straubs hall selling fancy work.
The Majestic features Pietro the popular piano accordionist all week in Harrisburg with Agnes Burr Johnny Keenan in Some Baby and Colonel Diamond and his granddaughter dancing. The bill also includes Wallace and Hollingsworth with new songs and dialog and Piccard Brothers comedy bar acts delighting audiences.
The Rev B L Scott superintendent of the Pittsburgh district for the Pennsylvania Antisaloon League argues the Pennsylvania Legislature will ratify the federal prohibition amendment in 1919 despite wet opposition He says the state will be dry whether ratification occurs and warns blockers face defeat in 1920 He notes Gov elect and Sen W Sproul support ratification and foresees liquor interests vanishing by mid 1919 with broader anti liquor campaigns internationally.
Theodore W. Black of Harrisburg has been promoted from captain in the field artillery to captain in the 13th Ammunition Train, 88th Division. His war service included time with the Governor's Troop, First Minnesota infantry, and service at Fort Snelling and the border. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Black of 125 Pine Street.
A benefit event in Harrisburg features a fifty voice female chorus a forty voice salesmen chorus the Pennsylvania Concert Quartet a saxophone ensemble and local acts. Held January 3 at Chestnut Street Auditorium the Moorhead Knitting Company employees train by Florence Ackley Ley and Elmer H Ley with music by Stuart Black and the Municipal Band will follow with dancing and vaudeville specialties.
A tonic and health builder claims to remove warning coughs and colds. The advertisement promotes Calcerbs calcium tablets said to strengthen the body against illness and lists Eckman Laboratory of Philadelphia as the manufacturer offering 50e boxes at druggists.
A Harrisburg benefit concert by local musicians aims to raise funds for Associated Aid Societies. Officials say the money is urgently needed to support the city's needy. William C. Alexander of Moorhead Knitting Company leads the effort with prominent local officials assisting.
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