No Hurry on Refuse Contract as Harrisburg Considers Pig Farm
Harrisburg officials delay awarding a garbage collection contract beyond next month while councilors-elect visit Wilkes-Barre piggery to weigh disposal methods. Budget estimates loom, with ash and rubbish collection costs under study. A large volunteer draft group from Lykens Valley arrives, planning to move to Columbus and Waco for aviation training as the war efforts intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgenthaler
Wilkes-Barre
J. P. Schroeder
Bureau of Soils
Washington
Harrisburg
Traffic officer credits Tanlac for health rebound in Lancaster
Lancaster officer Harry Winower reports Tanlac restored his appetite and energy after years of stomach troubles. He credits the tonic for steady breakfasts, better sleep, and renewed ambition, and notes it is being sold at local drug stores and station outlets in several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Winower
Queen and Chestnut Errests
Lancaster
Charlotte Street
Tanlac
Gorgas
Lisbon Rebels Succeed Name New President
Information from the Portuguese Legation in Madrid confirms a successful revolution in Portugal. Premier Costa’s government is said to be overthrown and Dr. Sidonio Paes named president of a provisional government.
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Lisbon
Dr. Paes
Germany
Madrid
Portugal
Legation
Costa
Sidonio Paes
Coal Shortage and Cold Wave Strain Harrisburg
Harrisburg faces a severe coal shortage with cold weather looming. Dealers report limited inventory and delayed deliveries while residents struggle. Officials warn the cold wave will persist nationwide as street conditions worsen and steam heat fails in parts of the city. The Dauphin County Coal Commission meets this afternoon to discuss measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Quarter Sessions
Dauphin County
Christian KE. Stevens
Chestnut Street
Third Ward
Harrisburg City
Pennsylvania
Merchants’ Hotel
Charles H. Moore
G. G. Gans
Wallis Coal Company
United Ice and Coal Company
Walter Montgomery
Retail Coal Dealers’ Association
Dauphin County Coal Commission
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
Weather Bureau
United States
Rocky Mountains
Weather Department
Wildwood Park
Kaltwasser
Light and Power Company
Civil Engineer to Aid Railway Building For Uncle Sam in France
Gerald A Morgan of 1728 State Street has enlisted in the 414th Telegraph Battalion formed to build and operate railroads in France. A Harrisburg Academy and Lafayette College graduate, he belonged to Robert Burns Lodge and Engineers Society of Pennsylvania and recently worked at Bethlehem Steel in Steelton.
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Uncle Sam
France
Gerald A. Morgan
State Street
Mr. Morgan
Harrisburg Academy
Lafayette College
Robert Burns
A. M
Engineers Society of Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Steel Company
Steelton
Supreme Court Reverses WV Union Decree in Mine Case
The Supreme Court reversed federal court rulings that United Mine Workers of America was a legal group under West Virginia law. It allowed injunctions against Hitchman Coal and Eagle Glass to restrain unionizing of contract workers who agreed not to join unions.
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Washington
United Mine Workers of America Union
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Hitchman Coal and Coke Company
Eagle Glass and Manufacturing Company
Dayton
Pitey
Brandeis, Holmes
Clarke
United Mine Workers
Methodist Drive Aims for $450000 Fund Goal
The Methodist Educational Fund in Central Pennsylvania grows at about $10,000 daily and has reached $325,000 with twelve days left. Volunteers braving bitter weather visit 250 churches as Stevens Memorial teams push the drive toward a final Sunday gleaning day and a hoped for full total by next Monday.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Methodists
Stevens Memorial
City Plans Tax Rate After 1918 Valuation Rise
City Assessor James C. Thompson reports the 1918 total valuation of taxable property in fourteen wards at 53.7 million dollars, up about 1.45 million from last year due to ward expansion and new building activity. The increase will inform the council to fix next year’s revenue tax rate. Also notes that new assessments add 628 thousand and the Fourteenth ward adds 830 thousand. The budget determines exact tax rise later. Also mentions local Home War Work registration opening at Chamber of Commerce and 214 Market Street Red Cross headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Thompson
Fourteenth Ward
Chamber of Commerce
Markettreet
Red Cross
Girls Study Repairing in Motor Messenger Class
The motor repair class of the Motor Messenger Service completed a course under L. H. Hagerling of the Hudson Sales Agency. Final exams were completed Friday night.
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Motor Messenger Service
L. H. Hagerling
Hudson Sales Agency
Slow Opening Props Wall Street Amid Narrow Trading
New York reports a dull market with trading confined to narrow limits. Gains and losses run about evenly. American Tobacco shows the only notable decline, while steels copper and shipping issues rally modestly later. Liberty bonds hold steady as foreign bonds weaken and readings of prices shift.
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New York
Wall Street
Reading
Union Pacific
Liberty 4
Volunteers Rush into U S Army as Draft Deadline Near
Harrisburg volunteers flood trains to reach training camps for the draft quota. 110 men signed up by 11 am, with aviation and automobile personnel among the recruits. Visits from Allentown to Johnstown push efforts to meet quotas, aided by mass circulars and a full publicity push.
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Harrisburg
Lesher
Harrisburg Automobile Company
Servce
H. KE. Buffington
Lykens
Buffington
Dauphin County
Hieronymous
Lancaster
Chambersburg
Allentown
Pottsville
Johnstown
Blake
Poland Countess to Tell How Huns Make War
Mme de Turczykowicz will lecture at the Orpheum Theater on When the Prussians Came to Poland. The talk interests women with relatives in the Army and Navy. General Von Hindenburg used her chateau as his headquarters in Poland. Red Cross workrooms close tomorrow evening to allow attendance. Governor Brumbaugh may attend. Bishop Darlington will preside.
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Mme. de Turczykowicz
Poland
Orpheum Theater
von Hindenburg
Red Cross
Brumbaugh
Bishop Darlington
Y. M. C. A. Drive To Begin Next Month
A larger Y M C A membership drive will open in the latter part of January. Robert B. Reeves, general secretary, said sixty four men will form eight teams to canvass the entire city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Reeves
Association
Christmas Savings Boom In Harrisburg Area Banks
Harrisburg and surrounding towns report record savings during the Christmas season. Union Trust and six other banks note payouts totaling about 1.7 million dollars over seven years, with many wealthier residents participating. Local Red Cross commendations praise knitted garment work and announce inspectors to be appointed.
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Burg
Harrisburg
Marysville
Penbroatk
Steelton
Middletown
Hummelstown
Union Trust
Allison Hill Bank
Commercial Trust Company
Citizens Bank
Sixth Street Bank
East End Bank
Security Trust Company
Keystone Ban
Ked Cross
Oriy
L Coxe
Department 3
Pennylvania Red Cross
Mrs Coxe
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Council
Upper End
U.S. Army
Mat Husky
Coal Minister
Hun
Phin County
Coonskin
Black Diamond
A. G. Buttington
Mr. Buffington
Sergt
Thomas P. Moran
Charles Huff
Warren Daniels
Elizabethville
Market Street
George Allen Row
Roy Cletus Long
Frank Elmer Miller
David R. Romberger
Harry Allen Bowman
Earl A. Wert
Howard B. Troutman
Robert
Moss
Andrew Mekalko
Jonas Harper Shreer
Vasili M. Leshko
Barton J. Myers
Frank 0. Shuttlesworth
Gideon Walkenshaw
Albert M. Zerny
Carlos F. Daniels
Blair M. Shminckey
Earl I. Hoffman
Charles Gordon Brinton
Loyal T.lynn
Harry M. Shellenburg
Joseph Leer
Joseph Guy Arrison
Albert Thomas Phillips
Fred Hoffman
Andrew F. Doyle
Daniel Frank Wise
Roscoe Earl Biyver
Harry Raymond Shuttlesworth
Daniel T. Jones
Robert B. Barto
Josiah P., Hand
Thomas Powman
John A. Heberling
George H. Uhler
John Washburn
William H. Hart
Columbus
Ohio
Waco
Texas
Barto
Hart
Cavalary
Boy Scouts
Armory
Stine
Level Bolton
Levi Bolton
Shoop
Frank C. Cameron
Engineers’ Club
Raymond Miller
Hamilton Street
Fourth
Muench Streets
Harrisburg Hospital
Gal
Harrisburg Baking Co
Paris
Havas
Cadajoz
Spain
Campolide
Edouard VII
England
Republican Guard
Vasco da Gama
Guadiana
J.m.w.of A
Methodist Educational Fund
the Telegraph Printing Co
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Western
New Jersey
Kansas
Bakers
Timothy
Brade
Chicago Cattlery
Chicago
Chicago Board OF Trade
Board of Trade
Chandler Brothers and Company
North Market Square
Pine Street
Allis Chalmers
Atchison
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore and Ohio
Bethlehem Steel (B
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chi
St. Paul
R. I
Pacific
Crucible Steel
General Motors
Goodrich, B. Be
Kennecott
Lackawanna Steel
Mexican Petroleum
Midvale Steel
N. Y
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylvania R. R. Oe
Ray Con
Reading Railway
Republic Iron and Steel
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Studebaker Kaeae Pacific Oe
U. : Steel
Tees
Utah Copper
Westinghouse Mtg
Willys-Overland
Maryland
U. S. Army
Frank R. Leib
General Insurance
Third Street
North Third Street
North Sixth Street
North Street
Harris
Knitters
Moorhead Knitting Company
Moorhead Knitting Mill
Makers of
St Galle
Ca Myers Mfg. CO
Juynne Sambegied Ste
Wm. Strouse
New Penn-Harris Hotel
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