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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
11
Under a resolution by the Adams County Bar Association registrants under the selective draft may call on any active member for free help filling out his questionnaire. The plan allows visits to lawyers’ offices with no charge and contemplates central locations if needed later.
Mechanics bug Pa December 13 George E Lloyd county chairman appointed committees in the Cumberland County War Savings Certificate Campaign at the second meeting. In Mechanicsburg and lower districts the committee members are listed. High school students in Carlisle married Frank Fry and Marguerite Minnich while in Baltimore. Extensive Sunday school work advances in Perry County with tours by state experts scheduled for January 2018 led by W D Reel. Liverpool voters scrap Christmas treat for Red Cross and Needy causes. four soldiers service flag from Liverpool Methodist. Elmer Enders 50 dies in Berrysburg Bright’s disease. Aaron Minich 60 dies of typhoid fever in Berrysburg.
Dillsburg Pennsylvania reports recent Cumberland Valley Railroad timetable updates do not alter Dillsburg branch trains but enhance travel to Harrisburg and York. Evening departures at 6 32 allow Mechanicsburg riders to reach Harrisburg by train instead of trolley and connect to York.
The Christmas drive for Red Cross members in Central Cumberland county opens with the Carlisle Chapter naming its committee. Goal is 5,000 new members by Christmas Eve to lift total members to about 8,000. E S Kronenberg and William H Goodyear lead west and east districts with listed assistants.
The Rev. William B. Hooper aged about 65, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Prince of Peace in Gettysburg for eight years, died at his daughter's home in Charlottesville, Virginia. He had been in ill health, was struck by a car in Philadelphia weeks prior, and developed pneumonia after moving to Charlottesville.
Mercersburg Pa December 13 report shows term enrollment 362 pupils with average term attendance 302 and 141 pupils with perfect term attendance. The second of six annual examinations was held last week covering six weeks of work.
An advertisement touts Gets-It as a sure corn and callus remover. It claims quick relief, safe use, and popularity with millions, urging readers to buy 25 cents at any drug store or order from E. Lawrence & Co. Chicago. Harrisburg shops listed as sellers.
Advertisement touts a simple Pinex based syrup to end persistent coughing. It claims 214 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle with sugar syrup stops bronchial symptoms quickly and is suitable for bronchitis croup whooping cough and asthma. The note promises satisfaction or money back from Pinex Co Ft Wayne Ind.
The war boosts interest in French and readers seek a simple method to learn pronunciations. Professor de Papparent’s Sound-Spelling Method presents English word, French equivalent, and English phonetic spelling. The method claims ease and quick pronunciation with tests supporting it. The dictionary is distributed by this newspaper on a coup plan explained elsewhere. Special note mentions Blain, Pa services.
Carlisle Pa December 13 five Dickinson College students joined the aviation section of the U S Army narrowing campus ranks. The college plans to end the scholastic year in May 1918 after holidays. Law students to move into Trickett Hall after Christmas. Nearly 150 Dickinson people are in training with a roll of honor showing 125 alumni in the Army or Navy.
A Lock school pupil placed a stick of dynamite in the stove to test it, causing severe injuries and amputations to several children. The incident occurred two miles below Thompsontown Pa as teachers and pupils reacted to the blast. Births and local institute notices follow with December events and district teachers’ meeting scheduled.
Local notes recount visits and travels of residents from Williamstown Altoona Newport Liverpool and surrounding towns. Mentions hospital stays at Jefferson and Wills Eye Hospital Philadelphia Army furloughs in Camp Greene Charlotte and kindness extended by relatives across Petersburg Harrisburg and Northumberland.
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