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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
8
An old advertisement touts Shredded Wheat Biscuit heated with hot milk as a hot nourishing meal that restores crispness and delivers energy for a half day’s work. It suggests pairing with bananas or other fruits for extra flavor and nourishment.
Peter Minor a 75 year old mountain resident is cutting a new set of teeth. He hauled 150 rails daily last spring and built 282 panels of seven rail fences. He cleared five acres of ground and rolled his own logs. He cultivates many flowers with year round blooms at his mountain home. It notes his diverse self sufficient activities. Later a funeral notice reports the death of George C Boldt Waldorf Astoria Hotel proprietor in New York with prominent mourners at St Thomas Church.
Sold in 2 and 5 lb cartons the advertisement asserts Franklin Granulated Sugar as the sure way to sugar satisfaction. It emphasizes dry clean sealed cartons and claims Franklin sugar satisfies Granulated Dainty Lumps Powdered and Confectioners needs.
Old time remedy Sage and Sulphur Compound allegedly revives faded gray hair. Modern version sold as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound costs about 50 cents for a bottle. Applied with sponge or brush, it darkens hair naturally and evenly, making you appear younger. Not a medical cure.
The Republican State Committee filed its expense report showing $138,998.70 in contributions and $138,705.05 in expenditures, ending with a $298.05 balance. National and union league committees gave $30,000, with numerous state and individual contributors listed, including Harmon M. Kephart and George T. Oliver. Expenditures covered advertising, staffing, notes, postage, freight, hotel costs, and speakers bureau among others totaling $138,705.05.
Kansas City father objects to winter school shower baths. A note to the teacher warns that forcing a winter bath could cause the boy to quit school. Officials have not set a date for a second shower.
A brisk parade of men’s gifts from The New Store highlights suits, overcoats, housecoats, hosiery, hats, driving gloves, underwear and shirts. Prices span $2.50 to $15 for outerwear, $3 to $12 for travel wear, $5 to $8.50 for housecoats, 50 cents to $1.50 for accessories, with shirt brands Emery and Wm Strouse backed by a broad selection to please.
New York reports Captain Wielly Hartz of the bark Albatross steered his sinking ship through deadly Gulf of Mexico waves to reach shore near Yucatan with his bride and thirteen crew. The vessel wrecked on Yucatan coast. all survived, reaching Progreso, Mexico.
London reports a bark named Tridonia was overwhelmed by a gale off the Bristol Channel. A woman, lashed to the foremast crosstrees, survived when the vessel washed ashore at Oxwich Point Glamorgan. She recounted her husband the captain and the crew perished.
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