Red Cross sweater tale stirs Steelton controversy
Steelton residents dispute a driver A Patterson who repeats a Red Cross sweater story amid rumors and rewards. Patterson denies malice while a witness notes his inconsistent retellings. A Citizens' War Committee chair offers 100 dollars for evidence convicting the agitators as two locals enlist in the U S Army.
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Steelton
A. Patterson
Red Cross
Patterson
Front Street
Harrisburg Red Cross
Steelton Red Cross
William Jennings
Citizens’ War Committee
Manor
Wendell's Ambition Pills Promised Quick Nerve Rescue
An 1900s style ad promises Wendell's Ambition Pills will banish nervousness and fatigue. It claims benefits for overwork, sleeplessness, and general nervous system complaints with a money back offer from H. C. Kennedy for the first box.
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Wendell
H. C. Kennedy
Union to Meet at Hope Company House
The Firemen's Union will meet at the Hope Company house this evening to discuss and act on important business.
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Firemen's Union
Hope Company
Many Come to Aid of K. of C. War Fund Drive
Campaigning begins January 3 for the Knights of Columbus war fund. Harrisburg treasurer J. Grant Schwarz reports $20,000 already raised from local banks and firms to seed the drive. The interdenominational effort aims to raise $4.5 million for war homes near the trenches, with Catholic and non Catholic volunteers working together. The final pre launch meeting is January 1 at Cathedral Hall with Supreme Knight James Flaherty presiding.
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K. of C
Harrisburg
Knights
Cathedral Hall
James Flaherty
Philadelphia
Cuts Rent to Help Tenants Buy Bonds in War Time
Hazleton Pa December 11 John Markle president of a coal company announced a 50 percent rent reduction on company houses for the war period so employees may purchase Liberty Bonds. R VanBuskirk was arrested in Sunbury on fraud charges after allegedly defrauding a hoarding housekeeper Mrs Blanche Homer 1531 North Sixth street claims he left owing 17 dollars. hearing set for tomorrow at 10 AM.
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Hazleton
John Markle
R. VanBuskirk
Sunbury
David Hodge
James B. DeShong
VanBuskirk
Blanche Homer
North Sixth Street
Tomorow
Allenrhu advertised as cure for rheumatism by Geo Gorgas
Geo A Gorgas promotes Allenrhu claiming it quickly relieves rheumatic pain and dissolves uric acid deposits. The ad promises money back if the remedy does not conquer rheumatism and cites James H. Allen as the inventor who guarantees results.
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Geo
A. Gorgas
Allenrhu
James H. Allen
Allenrho
Geo. A. Gorgas
Railway Crew Schedule and Assignments in Philadelphia Division
Detroit field daily rail roster lists crews by division and side with first-to-go times. It details engineers firemen brakemen conductors flagmen and yard board officers for multiple crews including 111 135 110 121 in Philadelphia and 22 29 34 225 303 320 244 31 221 in the Middle Division and Enola side, plus lists names Keen on up positions and specific crew numbers and shifts.
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Downs
May
Black
Butler
Cassatt
Killheffer
Laurer
Shettel
Davis
Lytle
Morrison
Louraine
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Bair
Wilson
Iberson
Walters
Rathfon
Brink
Snyder
Peck
Morris
Miller
Bickert
Schmidt
Arnold
Breon
Kurtz
Leonard
Hilbish
Carl
Zimmerman
Pierre
Kepler
Arter
Eley
Clemm
Hughes
Furlow
Essig
Ney
Myers
Doyle
Shipley
Revie
Ulsh
Rauch
Weigle
Peters
Yost
Young
Wright
ENOLA
Philadelphia
Orndorff
Smith
Moore
McKay
Seal
Hinkle
Kingsberry
Fortenbaugh
Gingrich
Albright
Cashman
Cramer
Milliken
Boyer
Brubaker
Haubecker
Wickey
Sanders
Kennedy
Meek
Fall of Jerusalem Signals End of Turkish German Hope
Jerusalem fell to British forces delaying further fighting to protect religious shrines. The news in Philadelphia sparks religious celebration with Protestant leaders interpreting it as biblical prophecy in Luke 21 24 and promising continued divine guidance for Christians amid German and Turkish ambitions. The Kaiser sought to make Jerusalem a German city and had visited it to advance German interests.
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Jerusalem
Allenby
Palestine
Suez Canal
Philadelphia
William H. Roberts
Presbyterian General Assembly
History of Jerusalem Chronologically Told Through the Ages
A chronological history of Jerusalem tracing key events from 1500 B C to 1862 A D. including the city’s founding, David’s capture, Solomon’s Temple, Roman sieges, Byzantine and Islamic periods, Crusades, Mongol and Tamerlane incursions, and 19th century European influence culminating in the Holy Sepulchre treaty.
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Jerusalem
Solomon’s Temple
Shishak
Egypt
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Nebuzaradan
Darius
Alexander the Great
Ptolemy Soter
B. C
Antiochus Epiphanes
Judas Maccabeus
Temple
Pompey
Herod the Great
City
Imperor Vespasian
Rome
Titus
Hadrian
Chosroes
Heraclius
Omar
Godfrey of Bouillon
Saladin
Richard the Lion Hearted
Frederick Barbarossa
Philip Augustus
Frederick II
Syria
Palestine
Melik el-Ashraf
Tamerlane
Church of the Nativity
Britain
Russia
France
Turkey
Mysterious Death in Allentown German Leader Fleischman
Henry Fleischman 65, a longtime Republican figure and German society member, was found dying at his Allentown home after a night injury. Coroner James Goheen says he died hours later from severe facial injuries and possible skull fracture. Police traced blood marks in the snow. relatives say no one saw the attack and suggest a quarrel over the war may have led to the beating.
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Fleischman
Pleischman
Farmer's Wife Frozen to Death in Storm at Tafton
Hawley Pa December 11 Mrs Frank Drake 40 wife of a Paupack farmer was found frozen to death along the Paupack river at Tafton two miles from Hawley The body was discovered by hunter George Singer and identified by a coroner assisted morgue Undertaker Teeter Mrs Drake had shopped Saturday night left in a horse drawn buggy wandered in darkness in the storm reaching the river and fell in She is survived by her husband and four children.
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Hawley
Frank Drake
Paupack
Tafton
George Singer
Teeter
Former county official found frozen to death in storm
Stroudsburg Pa December 11 found frozen to death on the road half a mile from his home ex County Commissioner Benjamin F Miller was found by neighbor Charles Miller on Creek road above Marshall's creek. Miller and his driver Ed Gallagher had been out Saturday and it was while returning from visiting Calvin Bush that Miller died in the cold.
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Stroudsburg
Benjamin F. Miller
Charles Miller
Marshall's Creek
Miller
Ed. Gallagher
Calvin Bush
Coal Production Slashed by Blizzard Across Pa
Frigid weather and a sweeping blizzard cut Pennsylvania coal output to 37 percent of normal in Hazleton as freight and passenger service faltered. Bradford logged sixteen inches of snow while deaths from exposure were reported and Shamokin residents faced cooking shortages as freezing hit gag plant operations.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Hazleton
Bradford
Shamokin
Mercury at Altoona Drop to Six Below
Altoona Pa December 11 The first victim of the citys coldest December in twenty years is James Barnes 56 who died at a hospital from exposure. He was found half frozen on a sidewalk as midnight reads one to six below zero and drifting snow closes roads. The Pennsylvania Railroad faces heavy freight congestion and track labor shortages with eastbound passengers cancelled four fast trains annulled and others six to twelve hours late. Freight train size cut by twenty five percent.
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Altoona
James Barnes
Pennsylvania Railroad
Six Die in Allegheny and Gas Shortage Halts City Life
Pittsburgh dispatch reports extreme cold and a gas shortage idling thousands of workers. Six deaths were logged by the county coroner as schools were dismissed and aid to the poor mobilized. Separately, LeRoy D. Smucker, son of Rev Dr Clayton Smucker, received an appointment to the Officers Training School in Jamestown Virginia and will be commissioned an ensign in the U S Navy after training.
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R. N. Maelhorn
York Haven
Luther Bigler
Camp Hill
Wharton School
United States
Bigler
Columbus Barracks
Maelhorn
State College
Ordnance Store School
Army Ordnance Department
Pittsburgh
LeRoy D. Smucker
Clayton Albert Smucker
Officers Training School
Jamestown
United States Navy
Smucker
Harrisburg
Naval Reserve
Norfolk, Va
First Alaskan Governor James Sheakley Dies at 90
James Sheakley, first governor of the Alaska territory and former Pennsylvania congressman, died at his Greenville home aged 90. A pioneer Western Pennsylvania oil man, he was elected to Congress in 1874 and played a role in the Hayes-Tilden election dispute. He was named Alaska governor in 1893 by President Cleveland after serving as an Alaskan commissioner.
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Associated Press
Oil City
James Sheakley
Territory of
Alaska
Pennsylvania
Greenville
Here
Congress
Cleveland
Constable Shot by Negro Thug Near Fors ter Street
Constable Harry Emanuel of the Eighth Ward was shot at 9 o clock while walking toward Seventh Street. A tall negro suspect demanded money and fled. Emanuel reported the incident to Alderman Shaner's office as a crowd pursued the fleeing man.
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Harry Emanuel
Eighth Ward
Forster Street
Emanuel
Shaner
Charges Against Food Dealers to Be Probed
Washington reports that Food Administrator Hoover accuses dishonest wholesale and retail merchants and food brokers of causing shortages and rising prices. The Federal Trade Commission will lead the inquiry under Victor Murdock with full investigative powers. Speculation in foods is blamed for unrest as brokers order excess goods to profit from rising markets.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal Trade Commission
Victor Murdock
The
Trade Commission
Murdock
Rome considers naming street after President Wilson
Associated Press reports strong press support in Rome for naming a street after President Wilson, a proposal backed by several organizations and discussed on a Sunday.
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Associated Press
Roma
Rome
Wilson
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