War film shown to aid Harrisburg Daughters of 1917
The Colonial Theater will screen For the Freedom of the World on Wednesday Thursday and Friday as a benefit for the Harrisburg Chapter Daughters of 1917 National War Aid. Admission is 25 cents for adults 15 cents for children with showings from 11 AM to 11 PM.
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Colonial Theater
Harrisburg
Daughters of 1917
National War Aid
Edwin Bower Hesser
American Legion
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Ira M. Lowry
Canada
United States
France
Barbara Castleton
E. K K. Lincoln
Romaine Fielding
Jane Adler
Neil Nolan
Walter Weems
Europe
Metro
Harold Lockwood
Lockwood
Harrisburg Chapter
Dramatic vaudeville and films blaze across Harrisburg stages
The Orpheum lists Countess De Tureyzno wicz in When the Prussians Came to Poland and Love o Mike with musical comedy roots, while Majestic features Sherman Was Right and a two act program. Colonial showcases Harold Lockwood in The Square Deceiver and newsreel The Warrior at Victoria with Maciste. Regent presents The Silent Man starring William S Hart and war film For the Freedom of the World amid theater notes and night shows.
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Countess de Tureyznowicz
Poland
Findlay
Harold Lockwood
Sherman
Norris
Klein Brothers
Weiser
Keiser
Keith
Majestic
Monday Night Regiment
AL Lavan
Billy Watkins
Norris Animals Weiser & Reeser
Railroad workers consider new wage figures at lodge meeting
Local trainmen and conductors reviewed proposed pay scales submitted to President Wilson and federal authorities. The riders include daily and monthly amounts for passenger runs and freight service with rates per mile and overtime provisions.
Railroad Action Hinted on Government Operation and Loans
Washington reports rising interest in the railroads as proposals surface for government operation or repeal of antipooling laws and a federal loan. President Wilson and Senator Newlands plan a conference to review a railroad position statement drafted in New York. Fairfax Harrison, head of the Railroad War Board, signaled readiness to supply all transportation under any management.
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Washington
Wilson
Newlands
Joint Congressional Committee
New York
Fairfax Harrison
Railroad War Board
Hutchinson rises to Tyrone division superintendent
J. B. Hutchinson Jr. has been promoted to superintendent of the Tyrone division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Born March 3, 1876, in Bristol Pennsylvania, he trained at Princeton and joined the railroad as a rodman in 1898. He held multiple engineering and supervisory posts across divisions before becoming Tyrone superintendent on October 25.
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J. B. Hutchinson, Jr
Tyrone
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railway Gazette
J. B. Hutchinson
Bristol
Princeton University
Rodman
Altoona
West Penn
Pittsburgh
Middle Division
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
Williamsport and Susquehanna Divsions
Pennsylvania
Monongahela
Railroad Notes and Staffing Changes Across the Pennsylvania System
William D. Bowers sails on a two day hunting trip from the Middle Division. Glee Club concert at Camp Meade, invited to return. John Dockey becomes Lewistown special officer as M A Davis becomes sheriff. Cottage at Van Dyke taken over and enlarged for a 24 hour on call signal maintainer. James E. Kirk assumes duties as freight solicitor at Reading. T M Flack named subcommittee member of eastern railroads operating panel in Pittsburgh. Ralph Beard now with the 140th Aero Squadron at Hicks Tex. Esterline overcome in Palmyra engine tank. recovered and sent home. Middle Division records 99.9 percent efficiency for 21,686 tests. Auditor Harry M. Troxell named to serve until 1919, succeeding Swab.
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Grafton Drake
van Dyke
A. C. Esterline
Harrisburg
Palmyra
8.D. Bashore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bread price cut to nine cents for sixteen ounce loaf
The Schmidt Baking Company led a price drop to nine cents a sixteen ounce loaf in Harrisburg, with Harrisburg and Pan Dandy Baking Companies following. Bernard Schmidt says unwrap ped bread allows profit at this rate though other bakers warn small retailers may be hurt. Local bakers doubt cash and carry can work here and note labor and wholesale costs Keepers cite industry impact on retailers and consumer bread affordability.
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Bernard Schmidt
Schmidt
Bricker
New Bakery
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Boroughs to Receive Second Invitation on Highway Plan
Boroughs and counties that have not replied to Highway Commissioner O’Neill’s plea for state highway cooperation will be invited again. Thirty boroughs and twenty counties will make up the second invitation as over 200 municipalities supplied information on police and home defense groups.
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O'Neill
O'Neil
Beary
Carbon County
Allentown and Reading Traction Company
Public Service Commission
Reading
Rosedale
Waynesboro Electric Company
Franklin County
Homelectric Light and Steam Heating Company
Tyrone and Vicinity
Ridgway, Mary's
Johsonburg Electric Light Companies
Lamb
EK. R. Smith
Bedford
Richard EE. Cochran
York
The
Commonwealth
Capitol
Augusta
Court session postponed due to cold in courtroom
Due to freezing temperatures and lack of heat in Courtroom 1, President Judge George Kunkel postponed the Hard Scrabble appeals trial to Wednesday at 2 PM after jurors were called and some excused. Jurors from the November term appeared. several did not answer or were excused. Mrs Elizabeth Heister and Caroline Baldwin own properties on North Front Street, initial case discussed with jurors sworn and later discharged until Wednesday.
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Common Pleas Court
Samuel G. Ludlow
City
Harry McClure
Charles R. Webb
Susquehanna Township
Elizabeth 8S
Heister
Caroline
J. M. McCarrell
Election protest against Hanna election asked to be discharged
Jackson & Jackson and Paul A. Kunkel for A I Hanna asked the county court to dismiss the case claiming only one signer joined the bond as surety for costs and that bonds must be signed by at least five petitioners. The court reserved decision on the petition.
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Hanna
Hazleton Shirt Factory Fire Causes $100000 Loss
A fire at the J. Gerhardt & Company shirt factory in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, destroyed the entire building and caused about $100,000 in damage. The opposite mill section survived. a block of four houses burned for about $8,000. The cause is unknown and authorities noted explosions reported by onlookers. The War Department shipment had just arrived the day before.
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Associated Press
Hazleton
J. Gerhardt & Company
War Department
Five Rescued From River After Ice Jam Off McCormick Island
Five people including L. E. Shipley and his daughter Dorothy plus H. A. Stock and his daughters Clara and Emma were stranded on an ice clogged Susquehanna near McCormick's Island. Rescuers W. Grant Orrer and Charles Dintaman, alerted by a motorist to Commissioner E Z Gross, navigated a row boat through dangerous ice to reach the ferry and pull the group to safety.
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McCormick's Island
W. Grant Orrer
Charles Dintaman
L. E. Shipley
Dorothy
H. A. Stock
Clara
Emma
McCormick Island
E. Z. Gross
Grant Ferrer
Dintaman
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Harrisbars
Thomas H Ince
Arterart
Rialto Theater
N. Y
Hart
Marguerite Clark
Bob
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Regent
Aysnee S. Hart
Marousette Clark
Victoria
Maciste
Cambiria
Mrs. Vernon Castle
Virginia Pearson
Lord Michael Kildare
Love O' Mike
Lord Michael
Jerome Kern
Eddie
Harry B. Smith
Harry Lauder
America
People’s Journal of Life
Scotland
Edinburgh
Lauder
Tom Wilson
Tom
Warrior
Victoria Theater
Italy
Samson
Alps
Regent Picture Players
Regent Today
Charles Kenyon
Thomas H. Ince
Art
Artcraft Pictures Corporation
Ordnance Department
Tie
Ife
Seeses Wu
Ira M
Lowry
Capt
Eowen Bower Hessen
Clonial Theater
Ictoria
Mike
Shep
Luierspace
William D. Bowers
Huntingdon County
Pennsylvania Railroad Glee Club
Camp Meade
Reyal
John Dockey
M. A. Davis
Pennsy
Lewistown
Huntingdon
James EE. Kirk
Toronto
T. M. Flack
Reading Railway
Eastern Railroads
Ralph W. Beard
Pottstown
One Hundred and Fortieth Aero Squadron
Bentwood Field
No 3
Hicks, Tex
Harry M. Troxell
Robert BE. Swab
United States Service
Schmidt Baking Company
the Pan Dandy Baking
Kalinger
Chestnut Street
George L. Bricker
Harrisburg Electrical Supply Company
George Kunkel
Western Union
ABC
Western Union Telegraph CO
Pan Dandy Baking Co
Wm. Strouse
Goodyear
Harrisburg Rubber Co
Walnut Street
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