Consider Two Sites for New Penny Station
City officials weigh two rail plans after wartime housing curbs end. One enlarges Market Street subway and places the new Pennsy station opposite the Reading station. the other fronts Walnut Fourth Fifth Market streets facing Capitol Park with a plaza and Technical High School flank.
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Market Street
Reading
Capitol Park
Walnut
Fifth
Market Streets
Pennsy
Walnut Street
Fifth Street
Harrisburg
Technical High School
Boy 10 Dies After Watching Mother Die From Poison
In Chambersburg Pennsylvania on December 12 10 year old Howard Isenberg saw his mother Mrs David Isenberg swallow rat poison and after urging I am too he ingested a large amount himself. He walked eight blocks to seek a doctor but died that evening while the mother aged 32 and ill from influenza lingered in hospital.
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Chambersburg
Howard Isenberg
David Isenberg
Weather outlook Harrisburg area and rivers forecast
Harrisburg and vicinity expect fair to night and Friday with little temperature change. Eastern Pennsylvania stays generally fair with light winds. rivers show slow falls on North Branch and tributaries, Upper West Branch, Juniata, and Lower West Branch. Harrisburg river stage forecast around 4.2 feet Friday morning.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Upper West Branch
Juniata
Yankee Heroes Of Big Drives On Home Shore
396 more wounded American Expeditionary Force soldiers landed at New York on Mercy after Bordeaux voyage. Many spoke proudly of Belleau Wood fighting, with Private Willard Rhodes of New Jersey recalling hunting German machine gun nests. Captain E J Stackpole Jr of Harrisburg was wounded at the Aisne while leading men. Private George W Jones Jr of Philadelphia was hurt before Verdun.
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Associated Press
New York
Mercy
Bordeaux
Belleau Woods
Williard Rhodes
Fifth Marines
Hawthorne
N. J
Belleau Wood
Harrisburg
E. J. Stackpole, Jr
110Th Infantry
Harrisburg Telegraph
Lex
George W. Jones, Jr
Philadelphia
314Th Infantry
Verdun
Plenty of Christmas Trees at Fair Prices in Harrisburg
Harrisburg seedman Walter Schell guarantees ample Christmas trees for the city this season. Trees from the usual source will arrive next week, with prices ranging from 35 cents to 2.50 for top specimens. Shipper says these are the finest trees yet, ensuring Santa’s helpers will supply every child with a tree to trim.
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Father Harris
Harrisburg
Walter 3. Schell
Kiddies of
Santa Claus
Wilson in Paris Only 48 Hours
Paris reports President Wilson will stay forty eight hours for an official visit with no state ceremonies. London denies King George plans a United States tour.
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Paris
Associated Press
London
George
United States
City Opens Its Heart and Purse to the Red Cross
Harrisburg residents mobilize as 403 city blocks host Red Cross volunteer drives. Posters display join and a heart and a dollar inviting people to enroll, with a time limit on memberships indicated. Citywide effort begins at 8 00 this morning though details continue on page 15.
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RED Cross
Harrisburg
Wilsons Fleet Near Brest as Peace Visit Looms
Brest December 12 President Wilson sails toward Brest with a large fleet and a holiday welcome planned. A Socialist delegation and cabinet ministers are expected to greet him as the George Washington leads escort from Portland with Vice Admiral Sims aboard. The president may land around 3 pm if seas allow.
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Associated Press
Brest
Wilson
Chamber of Deputies
London
United States Battle Fleet
U. S
George Washington
Portland
Sims
Wyoming
Harrisburg Soldier Wins Croix de Guerre in Field
Sam Bloom aged eighteen, son of Mr and Mrs Max Bloom of 1314 Cowden street, earned the Croix de Guerre after fifteen months foreign service. He was wounded three times while serving with Company I 109th Infantry at St Nazaire and is described as modest in letter from Joseph Minnaugh.
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Sam Bloom
Max Bloom
Cowden Street
Bloom
James F. Minnaugh
Race Street
Joseph Minnaugh
St. Nazaire
Minnaugh
Philadelphia
Camp Hancock
France
109Th Infantry
Motorists oppose new police auto registry in Harrisburg
Harrisburg motorists and the Harrisburg Motor Club condemn the Clearing House for the Recovery of Stolen Automobiles opened by state chiefs of police. They urge members to withhold registration and warn of a statewide protest and potential trouble.
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Harrisburg Motor Club
Clearing House
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Motor Federation
Motor Club
Joint Office Building Meets With Approval
Harrisburg and Dauphin County residents largely approved plans for a new city and county office building on the courthouse site. Officials push for early preliminaries so construction can start without delay and avoid project holdups. New York dispatch reports Turkish deserters in Broussa committing looting and killings of Christians amid unrest in Asia Minor.
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Asia Minor
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
New York
Broussa
Nicholas Politis
John N. Metaxa
Saloniki
Smyrna
Armistice Talks Expand as Germany Seeks Allied Aid
Paris reports Treves discussions on prolonging the armistice with German delegates asking for Allied reinforcement at key points to help German authorities maintain order. The Matin notes limits on expanding occupation into central Germany, restricted to essential needs.
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Treves
Rhenish
Prussia
Matin
Germany
Checks for soldiers' families arrive after long delay
Related checks for dependents of soldiers, sailors, and marines arrived in Harrisburg after months of delay. The Red Cross home service pledged help to prevent privation, while officials blamed a new voucher system. Washington reports note wounded troops returning to the U.S. without pay, prompting likely congressional inquiry.
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Red Cross Home Service Section
Home Service Section
The
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
Washington
France
United States
Representative Mann
House
Pastors Cannot Live on Small Salaries Says Speaker
Rev W C Hogg of Williamsport exposes church inefficiencies in The United Movement at the Pennsylvania Synod addressing poor salaries and weak business methods. He urges modern cooperative thinking and emphasizes meeting global needs beyond national concerns. Continues on Page 14.
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W. C. Hogg
Williamsport
United Movement
Presbyterian Church
Hogg
Pennsylvania
Mr. Hogg
Church
Loving Cruelty Sparks Divorce Filings in Court
Mrs. Amelia Loving files libel for divorce alleging cruel treatment by husband William E. Loving. In separate actions George W. Walson seeks divorce from Alice C. Walson for desertion, and Eva B. Blosser sues Edwin G. Blosser for cruel and barbarous treatment, all before Prothonotary Charles E. Pass and deputies.
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Charles E. Pass
Amelia
Loving
William E. Loving
George W. Walson
Alice C. Walson
Eva B
Edwin G. Blosser
Edwin C. Wells Dies in Military Service
County Commissioner H. C. Wells announced the death of his son Edwin C. Wells supply sergeant of the One Hundred and Ninth Machine Gun Battalion. He died November 18 from bronchial pneumonia after being wounded October 31 while in overseas service. He had served for several years, beginning with Camp Hancock and the old Eighth Pennsylvania National Guards.
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H, CG. Wells
Edwin C. Wells
One Hundred and Ninth Machine Gun Battalion
Wells
Sergeant Wells
Camp Hancock
Eighth Pennsylvania National Guards
Starkey Heads to Europe on Industrial Mission
W P Starkey general superintendent of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company sails from New York for Scotland on an important business mission that may boost local plant output. He is joined by Thomas Edwards and Charles A Bender. last night the Starkeys hosted friends at Front and Kelker streets.
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W. P. Starkey
Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company
New York
Scotland
A. H. Bailey
A. P. Dare
Larkin
H. D. Delmotte
Starkey
Thomas Edwards
Charles A. Bender
Nine year old Klaabeth Keffer undergoes fourth operation
Nine year old Klaabeth A Keffer niece of John J Keffer of 2238 North Fourth street was treated at Harrisburg Hospital for throat trouble marking her fourth operation after a prior appendicitis surgery and a father who died after a similar operation.
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Klaabeth A. Keffer
John J. Keffer
North Fourth Street
Harrisburg Hospital
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