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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
8
Downtown crowds and holiday shoppers prompt Chief J Edward Wetzel to urge caution. He lists security tips including locking doors and windows, not signaling return times, securing purses, and avoiding displaying valuables to deter petty thieves.
The ad promotes Poslam as a remedy for sore tired itching feet and skin conditions including eczema pimples rash and eruptions. It claims quick relief and antiseptic benefits and directs readers to request free samples from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
A vintage public notice warns shoppers to guard money and jewelry, avoid street deals, inspect COD parcels, and not trust strangers. It urges never to leave valuables in a car, to verify deliveries, and to challenge suspicious porch or street deliveries. It also advises protecting wallets in crowds and to cooperate with detectives and officers to minimize theft.
A column offers home remedies and doctor endorsed pills for coughs dandruff hair loss kidney problems and constipation. It includes recommendations for Concentrated Essence of Mentho Laxene Plain Yellow Minyol Cadomene tablets and Three Grain Sulpheric Tablets with caller notes and a testimonial from Mrs A E Hager in Duluth Minn.
An advertisement touts Bliss Native Herb Tablets as a gentle yet firm remedy for biliousness headaches and indigestion. It claims a nightly tablet cleanses the system, improves liver and bowel function, and promises a bright next day. Boxes come yellow with 200 tablets, featuring Alonzo Bliss portrait and a trade mark, priced $1. Sold by druggists and agents.
In Steelton a blaze at 679 South Second Street destroyed parts of a double dwelling. Fireman Lloyd Hartman recovered the infant from the first floor. the two month old child died from burns. The fire likely started from an overheated stove in Frank Farina’s section.
A Bethlehem Steel Company watchman spotted a prowler at the plant at the lower end and was shot at with a revolver. The watchman chased the shooter but could not catch him, as the man fired several more shots that missed.
War reports from France note the bravery citation for Thomas C. Gaffney of the 13th Regiment Marines. Gaffney, residing at 114 North Second Street, is a member of this regiment.
Moran, a pennant winner and key Phillies figure, was released unconditionally by Philadelphia Club president William F. Baker at the National League gathering at the Waldorf-Astoria. The action drew strong criticism for perceived ingratitude and questions about responsibility for Moran’s removal.
The Frog and Switch Relief Association of the local steel plant ends its fiscal year and will pay its annual dividend. During the year the association distributed accident benefits 1860 and death claims 2100. With nearly 500 members, officers urge more women to help Red Cross work and shipping tasks before the New Year, promising heavy work during Christmas week.
The enrollment committee announces readiness to distribute 100 percent enrollment posters to business houses stores families and departments of the Bethlehem steel plant after full enrollment. A family of eleven is reported enrolled at 100 percent. An old ambulance at the plant sold for 100 dollars for the Red Cross proceeds to the local chapter.
The Rev. Henry H. Sangree, 61, longtime pastor at Fourth Reformed Church Steelton and civic helper during hard times, dies after a life of ministry, travel and teaching. He led benevolent efforts, mentored six sons who became athletes, and last lived in Haddonfield New Jersey with services planned there.
Harrisburg week program highlights Majestic bill with Macart and Bradford in Love Honor and Obey Jimmie Lucas and partner and Xylophonist Wi Cota Nichols and Wood, blackface team Also Orpheum features The Brute of Berlin Colonial Theater shows Alice Brady in Her Better Half with double exposure and Tony brace The Clemenceau Case and Tempered Steel on Victoria schedule.
Friday and Saturday present Hidden Fires with Mac arsh and Madame Petrova in Tempered Steel as the last showings. Petrova displays remarkable dramatic power in a New York themed tale of theatrical life and a Southern heroine in the metropolis. The Allps ping detective serial The Hand of Vengeance begins today at the Victoria, featuring Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes adaptation.
Charles Piles, vice-president and general manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, is to succeed Charles M. Schwab as head of shipboard operations in a late December reshuffle noted in Washington reports.
The E. W. Rose Co of Cleveland promotes Zemo as a versatile antiseptic liquid for eczema itching and healing of skin troubles. It markets a 35 cent bottle and a one dollar large size with claims of penetrating cleansing soothing action.
The director general of the corporation was announced yesterday at the Shipping Board headquarters, outlining leadership changes and new strategic priorities for the agency.
Washington reports that all American republics are asked to join the United States in urging Chile and Peru to amicably settle the Tacna and Orien dispute for Pan American unity.
An advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine strengthens the system and purges the blood to prevent frequent colds and chronic catarrh. It promises cures or $100 for any case not cured and cites J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as the makers.
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