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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
15
Mrs A A Nattier of Topeka Kansas will serve as probate judge of Wil ton county while her husband serves in the war He was elected a year ago and after winning a commission at Fort Sheridan he resigned yesterday The governor appointed his wife as successor
An advertisement offers a $100 reward for proof that refined alkin saltes is not as effective as a popular home spa treatment for rheumatism sciatica lumbago neuritis and other uric acid disorders. It claims quick relief by dissolving in hot water and is stocked by Keller's Drug Store G A Gorgas Clark's Medicine Store.
American kindergartners raise funds to buy candy stockings and simple toys for French refugee children in northern France who endured three years of German occupation. The effort, led by the American Fund for French Wounded, sees youngsters saving pennies to help.
The three days meeting of the Pennsylvania State Grange, the railroad brotherhoods and the Penn will focus on reducing living costs while boosting farmer profits. Delegates seek cohesive plans to lower expenses and stabilize markets amid rising prices.
The Pennsylvania Federation of Labor and allied groups schedule a January 14 to 16 meeting to cut out intermediaries in commodity transport from farmer to worker and to curb food gouging. The labor federation executive committee will convene alongside the Grange-Labor Brotherhood conference. arrangements were finalized at their offices yesterday.
Two men face a Federal judge in Harrisburg on January 14 following arrests by Deputy U S Marshal Harvey T. Smith. J Bitting of Williamsport is charged with using the mails to defraud, Otto C Byers a Sunbury mail carrier is jailed in Northumberland county in default of bail with marked money found on him.
Otto Julius Markel and Hans Stengel were interned as dangerous enemy aliens on Ellis Island by order of Assistant U.S. Attorney John C. Knox. Stengel linked to The Zeppelin via The Zeppelin renamed edition. Markel pushed German teaching in public schools since U.S. entry. Lancaster area notices follow.
Announcement from Dr. Simon Flexner at the Rockefeller Institute reports a new malignant blood disease treatment named A-189. The drug, developed with wartime Rockefeller experiments, is described as safer, more effective, cheaper to produce, and a sign of medical independence from Germany, replacing salvarsan known as 606.
A meeting of prominent colored men discussed forming a colored branch of the Y M C A in the city. Officers elected include President C Sylvester Jackson and Treasurer Frank N Robinson, with several trustees and clergy named. Henry Hall, 50, was severely injured at Hoffman and Wilson quarries after tripping on a wire cable and hitting his head.
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