Ex Governor of Ohio Shovels 7 Tons of Coal
Hollidaysburg Pa Dec 8 Frank B Willis former Ohio governor and principal instructor at Blair County Teachers Institute gave an object lesson in physical culture to about 600 educators. A seven ton truck of coal was delivered at the Capital Hotel where he stopped, he shed his coat seized a shovel and began the raise.
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Hollidaysburg
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Blair County
Teachers’ Institute
Capital Hotel
Willis
Buckeye Statesman Ends Labor Then Credits Landlord
The Buckeye State statesman ceased labor to help stow coal in the hotel cellar and told landlord William Mee that he was under no obligation, thanking him for the chance to get a bit of exercise.
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Buckeye
William Mee
Philadelphia man held on three fraud charges for court
M. R. Craven of Philadelphia is held under $1,500 bail by Alderman Hilton on three counts of defrauding by false pretenses. M. B. Hughes of Laurel Springs is implicated with Craven and remains outstanding in connection with the case.
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M. R. Craven
Philadelphia
Alderman Hilton
M. B. Hughes
Laurel Springs
Craven
Defrauding Greeks Tied to Harrisburg Quick Lunch Case
A fugitive from justice in Shamokin, Craven, faces allegations from Ross Rolles and George Sempeles of the Greek-American confectionery at 409 Market Street. They claim Craven and George and Sepro Chianos of Harrisburg Quick Lunch at 26 North Second Street induced Greeks to buy Defender Tire and Rubber Company stock in Baltimore through false representations. Prosecution, aided by company officers, uncovered the deceit.
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Shamokin
Craven
Ross Rolles
George Sempeles
Market Street
George
Sepro Chianos
Harrisburg
North Second Street
Defender Tire and Rubber Company
Baltimore
War Veteran William Scantling Ends Life in Wrightsville
Civil War veteran William Scantling, 72, hanged himself in the attic of his Wrightsville home yesterday afternoon after years of hernia troubles. Found by wife Mrs. Scantling, cut down by neighbor Jacob Crumbling, with Dr. B A Hoover summoned. he belonged to the local G A R Post.
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Jacob Crumbling
B. A. Hoover
Scantling
G. A. R. Post
Sullivan County Judge Dies After Train Collision
Irving Hottenstein, associate judge elect of Sullivan county courts, died from injuries after his motorcar was struck by a train at a grade crossing in Laddsburg Sayre Pennsylvania. The incident occurred Saturday night and may influence the county judiciary’s upcoming plans.
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Sayre
Irving Hottenstein
Overton
Sullivan County
Laddsburg
Sullivan County wets face dry slate in license court
In Sullivan county a hot ticket of two associates allied with liquor interests seeks positions to back license court against President Judge Terry who opposes license grants. Governor Brumbaugh may appoint a “dry” associate to align with Judge Terry as Drys and wets contest the district’s licensing stance. D. H. Good dies at 78 in Marietta after Civil War service. survived by wife, two children, and siblings.
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Sullivan County
Hottenstein
Gadgesnins
Judge Terry
Sullivan-Wyoming
Brumbaugh
Terry
S. E. Orchestra to Play at Stevens M. E. Church
The Sunday school orchestra of Stevens Memorial Methodist Church will perform at the evening service tomorrow. The program features city musicians in cornet, clarinet, flute, violin, trombone, bass, and piano pieces, plus choral numbers by the quartet and a solo by William H. Boyer.
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S. E. Orchestra
Stevens M. E. Church
Music Hums Through November War Tax Plans and Jests
A Brooklyn Eagle collection of notes reports November war tax on New York City concerts at 9068 dollars and about 6000 from the Metropolitan Opera, with an overall season forecast around 100000 dollars. It cites jokes on music, peace overtures, and anti-enemy musician policies, plus a Connecticut church bulletin gag and various concert delays due to illness and policy.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
New York City
Public Installation Of P O S A Officers In Enola Pa
Public installation of Washington Camp No 680 Patriotic Order of America officers elected at Monday meeting will occur in Bitner's Hall in January. District president J J Hemmer will install. Committee includes Yeager Miller Bitner Minnich Heckert Horning Burkholder. Program features instrumental and vocal music with ministers from local congregations and G Hepford, secretary of the local P S. BE cas.
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Enola
Washington Camp
Patriotic Order of America
Bitner
J. J. Hemmer
Wormleysburg
Guy A. Yeager
Martin L. Miller
M. Bitner
H. H. Minnich
Grant Heckert
George H. Horning
Walter
K. Burkholder
G. Hepford
PS Ti Sey 22
Cas
Auto driver acquitted in fatal Greensburg crash
Luther Mummert of near Greencastle was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in Chambersburg. The court placed the costs on the county as circumstantial evidence failed to prove guilt in the death of George B. Green of near Greencastle, who was struck by Mummert’s auto on November 8 and died several hours later.
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Waynesboro
Luther Mummert
Greencastle
Chambersburg
Mummert
George B. Green
Woman's ribs broken in Waynesboro buggy crash
Mrs. George W. Cressler of near Waynesboro, Pa., is hospitalized with three fractured ribs after a buggy was struck by an automobile along the Waynesboro Greencastle pike. The wreck threw her into the road. she is mother of four.
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Waynesboro
George W. Cressler
Greencastle Pike
Cressler
Colored man behind his nation in war, Roscoe Simmons speaks
Roscoe Conkling Simmons delivered a stirring oration to a large mixed audience in the AGS, praising American unity and black patriotism. He urged organized Black soldiers under Roosevelt, pledged loyalty to the flag, and urged his race to improve, voting to support mothers' pension revisions after the speech.
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AGS
Roscoe Conkling Simmons
America
Abraham Lincoln
Simmons
Booker T. Washington
Able Lane
Home Guards
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Simmons
Grant
Appomattox
Meade
Gettysburg
Rhine
W. Justin Carter
Dauphin County
1995 HUNTERS LICENSES ISSUED IN NEW BLOOMFIELD
County Treasurer Charles S Brunner reports 1,995 hunters licenses issued to date in New Bloomfield Pennsylvania as of December 8.
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New Bloomfield
Charles S. Brunner
Y M C A Service Flag for Waynesboro Stars
Waynesboro Pa December 8 the social committee of the M C A has bought a service flag to be unfurled shortly. It will bear twenty seven stars indicating members serving in the armed forces.
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Waynesboro
M. GC. A
Evolution of Music Up to the Christian Era
A compact summary of ancient music history noting east to west growth, with emphasis on Oriental civilizations. It highlights primitive vocal traditions, uncertain western artifacts among Picts and Saxons, and marks of early music in Arab and Indian contexts, including the Arabian harp and a nostril-blown Indian flute.
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Western Europe
India
China
Hanover Boy Enlists at 14 in U S Army in France
Oscar Zinneman of Hanover Pa. is likely the youngest Pennsylvania or possibly U.S. Regular Army recruit. He joined last April at age fourteen and has served from Columbus Ohio to Fort Hamilton New York and Fort Adams Rhode Island before volunteering for the expeditionary force in France. His father served in the German navy aboard the Hohenzollern and Kaiser Wilhelm's yacht.
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Sam
France
United States
Germany
Zinneman
Coast Artillery
York
Harrisburg
Columbus
Fort Hamilton
N. Y
Fort Adams
Newpost
R. I
Army of Ten Million Possible Says Dr Codman
Dr A E Codman of Philadelphia warned that 10,000,000 may be in U S service soon as nations prepare for war. He urged medical enlistment, noted 14,862 Medical Corps doctors, and urged fit testing of recruits. He spoke at Harrisburg Academy of Medicine and Dauphin County Medical Association in a 100-physician meeting. A buffet luncheon followed. Also an ad urged buying a piano as a lasting Christmas gift from John Bros.
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United States
A. E. Codman
Philadelphia
Medical Division
Council of National Defense
Harrisburg Academy of Medicines
Dr. Codman
Married Fifty Years in Salunga Civil War Vet Blacksmith
Salunga Pa December 8 Mr and Mrs David Cooper lifelong residents celebrated fifty years of marriage. The couple both 77 years old and their son and grandchildren joined many friends who called to offer congratulations. Mr Cooper has been the village blacksmith for fifty years and is a Civil War veteran.
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Salunga
David Cooper
Cooper
Youth killed by his brother in accidental shooting
Carlisle Pa Dec 8 Eugene Barrick 16 died in Carlisle Hospital after a shotgun discharged by a younger brother at the doorstep following a hunting trip. The weapon was accidentally fired through an open door injuring him in the face and shoulder as his father Samuel Barrick and another brother looked on. He leaves parents and many siblings.
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Carlisle
Eugene Barrick
North Middleton
Samuel Barrick
Young Barrick
Good Work of Perry County Teachers Institute
Yesterday the sixty-eighth annual Perry County Teachers Institute adjourned at New Bloomfield Pa with County Superintendent D A Kline praised for organizing a successful session. Music by the Galbraith Brothers featured speakers from Michigan and Iowa as well as talks by Mrs. Harry G Keffer and Dr J George Becht, drawing full enrollment and strong attendance.
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New Bloomfield
Perry County
Fayette
Iowa
Harry G. Keffer
J. George Becht
Greeks Elevate Classical Music to Peak of Art
A describing writer notes a teapot like Chinese instrument with bamboo reeds and explains inverted playing by sucking air. It then credits the Greeks with the highest development of music, calling their study scientific and equal to their other artistic contributions.
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D. H. Good
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H. H. Byler
Paul Banks
D. Williams
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Salem
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Kaiser
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