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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1918
Page
11
In Waynesboro a theater outfit led by Daley moved the Liberty movie picture theater equipment to Maryland amid a ownership dispute with Watson. The building had a dark night while plans to reopen are reported.
In Danville Pennsylvania a record 118 new members joined Danville lodge No 16 Jr O U S A M marking the largest class in the organization’s history at the initiation today.
Mrs. Alice Dunkleberger of Parsonage street died Monday morning. A Zion Lutheran Church member, she is survived by two sons Samuel Dunkleberger in France and John Dunkleberger of Newville, her father Samuel Snyder of near Newville, and seventeen brothers and sisters. Her death marks the first in a family of eighteen. Funeral services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. with burial at Prospect Hill.
Opening Common Pleas session hears heirs contesting Lt. Col. John B. Bobb will. Jury rules the second will, favoring wife and daughters, over the life interest to the widow. Other actions include Levi L Weast winning 742.66 from Adams Express for transit turkey losses and a farm sale contract dispute by Rolla B Baker against R E Swartz seeking return of the $1,000 hand money.
The first weekly report from the U S Employment Service shows labor conditions in Pennsylvania as good in the sense of shortages. Major centers like Philadelphia Harrisburg Pittsburgh and Scranton report heavy shortages with demand exceeding supply.
Mrs Susan Willi of Perry Valley sister of George C Hoffman died Sunday night from dropsy after long illness in Liverpool.
Union prayer meeting of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches will be held Tuesday evening at the home of W Garverich in Dauphin.
Carlisle chamber launches drive to expand General Hospital facilities to serve sick and wounded across the region. plan calls for at least 2000 additional beds beside the 600 nearly finished with support from Pennsylvania Congressmen and Senatorial leaders including Congressman Kreider.
Mrs Charlies Coxen of Dillsburg Pennsylvania died at home from heart disease at age 48. She is survived by husband five children and her father Michael Berkheimer plus three sisters and one brother. Funeral services set for 2 PM tomorrow. Also reported wounded in Mount Wolf casualty list are Private Roy Diehl and Private Roy Fink.
Miss Kathryn Bowman daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel W Bowman Halifax township married Cameron Lowe of Rockville on Saturday evening at the Halifax United Brethren Church parsonage. Rev Ira D Lowery officiated.
Civil War veteran Absalom Gougler aged 80 collapses while working at home in Liverpool township. Funeral services were held at McKee's Half Fall Church with Rev. Clyde W. Shaeffer officiating. He leaves wife and two sons Theodore Gougier of Harrisburg and Prof. A Gougier of Middleburg.
Camp Fire Girls announce a Saturday gift shop in Baker's storeroom at Third and Market streets Malifax from 2 to 5 p.m. The sale features needlework cakes candies and other handmade items.
A telegram from Danville announces that Jared J. Mayan Jr. was killed in France on November 9 while attached to the infantry. He departed for service May 29.
Merle E. Kunkle, York County miller and former owner of the local electric plant, died of pneumonia after influenza at his home in Kunkle's Mill. He was 35 and survived by his wife, parents, and two sisters. Funeral services were held at the house with burial in Roller's Church Cemetery. He chaired Alpine district in the Fourth Liberty Loan drive.
Halifax and surrounding communities report funeral attendance, visits, and social calls. Milk price increases stir local reaction while several residents travel to Washington and Harrisburg for family and work.
Hallam faced six weeks of water scarcity threatening fires until last week when a large leak in a main was found. A new emergency well near the reservoir is being sunk, and repairs continue to secure future supply.
Selinsgrove Pennsylvania reports seven deaths among 176 quarantined influenza cases during the epidemic with local authorities noting the low fatality rate and ongoing measures.
Mount Wolf scene reports Mrs. Harris Hauer 32, a wife and mother, died by a self inflicted gunshot in a kitchen. inquest not required. husband, son, parents, and two sisters survive. Separate dispatch notes sons wounded in France including Samuel Rettew and Sergeant Frank Thompson, both connected to Company M Three Hundred Sixteenth Infantry. A sewing class sale by Miss Margaret Brooks at Erie street, Dauphin, Pa. is announced.
The Commercial Pacific Cable Company seeks an injunction against Postmaster General Burleson alleging violation of international law. The suit claims US seizure of 10 000 miles of cable from San Francisco to China Japan and the Philippines lacked consent from landing nations and would require a treaty to be constitutional.
Miss Minnie Kathryn Beaver of Millerstown married Edgar Deckard of Bucks Valley near Newport in a ceremony at the bride’s sister’s home. Rev. William C. Ney officiated. The couple plans a short wedding trip before settling in Bucks Valley.
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