Savages Babies Compared With German Army At Harrisburg Talk
J H Balmer told a 1000 person Stevens Memorial Church audience that Africans are "babies in arms" beside Germans, praising American aid and recounting a Rhodesia linked speaker Miss Elsie Clark. The Red Cross drive launches December 17 with Boy Scouts aiding and 27 auxiliaries aiming to boost membership.
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Kafir
Elsie Clark
Clayton Albert Smucker
Africa
England
Queen Mary
Houses of Parliament
Miss Clark
Rhodesia
Cecil Rhodes
Matoppo
Smucker
Cape Town
London
Mr. Balmer
America
Clark
Russia
Harrisburg
The
Red Cross
Brumbaugh
Tme
American Red Cross
Halifax
N. 8
France
Belgium
Jennings
Hershey Company Not Protecting Power Lines Complaint
South Annville Rural Telephone Co files with Public Service Commission alleging Hershey Transit Co failed to guard transmission wires along Horse shoe Road in Lebanon County. Needs commission order for wire protection per May 19 1917 ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
South
Veterans To Meet For Farewell Rally
The City Grays Veteran Association and ex members of Company D and I are asked to assemble at the Courthouse on Tuesday evening December 11 at 7 15 oclock sharp to proceed as a group to Cheatnut Street Hall for the farewell rally for volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Grays Veteran Association
Company D
Cheatnut Street Hall
U S Leaders Urge War Effort At City Institute
Congressman Fess urged unity and strong action as America enters the war. He warned of German plans and stated the U S will push 2 million troops, build ships, and deploy a formidable air fleet to defeat Germany. Other speakers reviewed wartime strategy, education, and Red Cross stamp sales at the Technical High school institute.
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D. Fess
Technical High School
America
Germany
Inpera Rco
Tony
France
England
Dr. Fess
Mexico
Japan
Atlantic
Congress
Gerard
Kaiser
United States
Fess
Great Britain
M Ctant Marine
Frank P. Graves
University of Pennsylvania
A. Duncan Yocum
D. D. Hammelbaugh
Downes
Randall J. Condon
Cincinnati
W. C. Bagley
Columbia University
Comparatively Little Activity on the Meuse
The official bulletin reports active artillery on the right bank of the Meuse between Bezonvaux and Beaumont and near Hill 344. German raid on a small post south of Zenon es was repulsed. Elsewhere, the night was comparatively quiet on the front.
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Associated Press
Paris
Meuse
Bezonvaux
Beaumont
Zenones
Program for Boy Scout Rally at Armory Monday
Scout rally program lists games Centipede race Peanut race pony express race Mike Where Are You wheelbarrow race elephant race cockfighting All troops form and march to Market Square for dismissal.
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Mike
Market Square
Storm Swept City Faces Food Famine
President Wilson sent a sympathy telegram to the Governor General of Canada regarding the Halifax disaster. The message expresses heartfelt grief and ties of kinship, community of speech, and shared material interests in the common duty of national existence.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Canada
United States
Halifax
Aftermath of Disaster Mobilizes Nova Scotia Aid Efforts
Losses reach about 30 million dollars with food shortages threatening famine. Hundreds of wounded fill hospitals as the city strains to locate the dead and missing. Relief mobilizes rapidly as Sir Robert Borden pledges dominion government support and aid from across Canada and Nova Scotia towns.
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Nova Scotia General
Camp Hill
Y. M. C. A. Knights of Columbus
St. Paul's Hall
Academy of Music
United States
Nova Scotia
Canada
Robert Borden
Dominion
Explosion in Halifax Described As War Zone Scale
Montreal Star reports the Halifax explosion as likely bigger than any in the war zone with debris scattered over ten square miles and a five mile radius. Two American ships near port, a cruiser and another vessel, felt the shock, while Sydney and Truro windows shook and a barn was lifted from its foundation.
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Montreal Star
Star
Sydney
Learmont
Truro
Meagher’s
Four Thousand Reported Dead in Halifax Disaster
An estimate of four thousand persons dead in the Halifax disaster is contained in a private telegram received from the stricken city today by an undertaker here. The message asks that four thousand coffins be sent forward to Halifax at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
N. S
Halifax
Relief Efforts Expanding For Halifax From New England
A relief train with 100 doctors and nurses from Providence New Bedford Woonsocket and Fall River passed Worcester en route to Halifax. A mass meeting in Faneuil Hall with Governor McCall approved further plans for Halifax relief. Additional relief workers and shipments of blankets clothing and supplies are being organized. Secretary Daniels offered the Red Cross a quantity of supplies at Portsmouth.
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Associated Press
Worcester
Mass
Providence
New Bedford
Woonsocket
Fall River
Halifax
Boston
McCall
Faneuil Hall
Washington
Daniels
The
Red Cross
Portsmouth
Navy relief effort expands to Halifax area
Two ships under Navy direction are at Halifax aiding relief. A third vessel from Provincetown with a hospital unit joins the effort to cooperate with the relief corps. Portsmouth supplies include 25 000 blankets and 600 stoves. No further Halifax condition reports reached the Navy Department today.
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Halifax
Navy
Provincetown
Mass
Relief Corps
Portsmouth
Navy Department
Mass Unidentified Bodies in Halifax Morgues After Explosion
Halifax reports from December eighth describe mass casualties after Thursday’s explosion. Authorities quote about fifteen hundred dead, with morgues holding hundreds and hundreds more unidentifiable. A citizens committee notes 3,000 to 4,000 dwellings destroyed and about 25,000 affected, with nearly 20,000 destitute. A Belgian ship Ambiorix sunk after a collision with Prime in the English Channel. crew rescued.
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Citizens’ Committee
Dy Assoc
Havre
Dec
Ambiorix
English Channel
Prime
Primo
Bew Coats and Straight Line Frocks in Pictorial Review
The article describes two fashion models. A Burgundy velour Bew coat features a high neck, fur collar and cuffs, fur buttons, a five gore skirt with pockets, and rolled fronts as options. A blue cashmere straight line frock shows a white organdy collar with blue enamel buttons. Prices and sizes are listed for two coats.
Piggery bid favored as council weighs garbage contract
City Council and health bureau officials plus bidders met to decide the garbage disposal contract. Morgenthaler may issue a recommendation Tuesday as Hagg Brothers of Lancaster appear favored for the piggery plan, with the option to take over the Pennsylvania Reduction Company plant discussed but odor concerns noted. Some officials consider ash collection under the highway department, while Commissioner Lynch cites impracticality for added duties.
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Morgenthaler
Hagg Brothers
Lancaster
Rohrerstown
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania Reduction Company
Highway Department
Lynch
Speaker For Big Patriotic Mass Meeting Arrives This Evening
William Jennings, chairman of the Dauphin County Committee of Public Safety, reports that Lieutenant Hector MacQuarrie and EB L. Tustin will reach Harrisburg at 6 4% this evening and go to the courthouse for an address. Judge George Kunkel will preside. ushers will be provided by returning soldiers. admission is free.
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William Jennings
Dauphin County Committee of Public Safety
EB. L. Tustin
Hector MacQuahrie
Harrisburg
MacQuairie
George Kunkel
Funeral Services Held For Charles E. Etter
The funeral of Charles E. Etter a Harrisburg leader was held yesterday at his home 907 North Front Street. Rev Dr Lewis Mudge of Pine Street Presbyterian Church officiated with Rev Moses assisting. Interment at Harrisburg Cemetery was private. Pallbearers were Arthur Nelson Ross Boas Frank Hutchinson John Reily W M Ogelsby and Ed Rauch. Mr Etter 57 had been ill months from a complication of diseases.
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Charles E. Etter
Harrisburg
North Front Street
Lewis Mudge
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Etter
Moses
Mr. Etter
Arthur Nelson
Ross Boas
Frank Hutchinson
John Reily
W. M. Ogelsby
Ed, Rauch
Rauch
Susquehanna
Doctor Carson Coover Receives Army Promotion
Captain Carson Coover, regimental surgeon of the Fifty fifth United States Regulars at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia, is ordered by the Surgeon General to Oklahoma City for a six weeks orthopedic surgery course to prepare for special work abroad.
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Dr. Carson Coover
Army
United States
Fort
Oglethorpe, Georgia
Eral
Oklahoma City
Oil workers strike settlement reached in Texas and Louisiana
Slouston Texas December 8 Settlement of the oil workers strike affecting eight thousand men in Texas and Louisiana producing fields was agreed upon today A written agreement will be signed by producers and workers later today it was stated
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Slouston
Tex
Dee
Texas
Louisiana
Home War Work Committee Forms Under City Guidance
The Home War Work Committee chaired by William Jennings met in the Chamber of Commerce to organize a citywide effort with Chamber support. Mrs. Marlin Olmsted will lead the women’s division to mobilize 500 volunteers, and a ward chairman plan will place subcommittees across districts. Registration for members begins Monday at 9 o’clock. Pupils of Technical High School section 2 presented Professor Yost with a radiollette wristwatch as he prepares to join Camp Meade.
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Chamber of Commerce
Marlin KH. Olmsted
Jennings
Technical High School
Professor Yost
Kramer Johnson
Tech
Camp Meade
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South Africa
J. H. Balmer
Stevens Memorial Church
Hershey Company
McNeil
Pennsylvania
Indemnity Exchange
Philadelphia
Patriot
A. L. Hall
FAO Wetelh MA ’ Motor Supply Co
Wm. Strouse
U.S
Congressman Fess
Zimmermann
the Telegraph Printing Company
Federal Square
Harrisberg, Pa
Sympathy For
Montreal
U. S. Gov’t
Halifax Morgues
Setts
Belgis
Velie
SIXTH
HERR
H. T. Willoughby
Bell
Andrew Redmond Chandler
Terday City
Health Bu
Carson Coover
Studebaker
Chalmers
Hudson
Westinghouse
SAXON
DODGE
Chandler
COLE
Oldsmobile
Grant
Younjoy
Jeffery
BUICK
PAIGE
Chevrolet
Cadillac
King
Oakland Ught
Scripps-Booth
Reliable Automobile Company AL
North Broad ST
Phila
Committee For the Formation of
Cham
Ber of Commerce
Win
Strouse
Bethehem
Bethlehem
F.O
Allentown
Newport
North Second Street
Overland Harrisburg CO
Bethlehem Tractors
York
W. Market St
26Th
Derry Sts
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