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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
19
The statement updated to December 13 explains fair prices for food necessities with cash-and-carry quotations. Credit and delivery prices may be higher. The Federal Food Administration has no authority to fix prices.
An old advertisement extols Dr King s New Discovery for colds and bronchial troubles and recommends Dr King s New Life Pills to cleanse the system. It targets both adults and children and urges purchase at druggists.
James H. Allen, long afflicted by rheumatism, promoted a self developed treatment claiming to dissolve uric acid deposits and purge them from joints and muscles. He alleged the remedy banished all symptoms and offered his formula to sufferers through newspaper notices via G. A. Gorgas.
Cold on chest and sore throat ended overnight. Stops coughing and throat and chest pains instantly. Speeds relief for neuralgia and rheumatic pains. Original non blistering prescription, ten times as efficient as Grandmother’s plaster. Use for sprains strains bruises and sore muscles. Be sure Begg's Mustarine in the yellow box.
Montreal faced chaos as police and firefighters struck for higher pay triggering rioting. Fires, burglaries, looting, and street disorder spread across the city with damage near 20 thousand dollars. Authorities debated settlement terms while volunteer guards prepared.
Postmaster General Burleson released a letter from Theodore N. Vail of AT&T detailing a practical multiplex telephony and telegraphy system. The method carries five telephone conversations on one pair of wires and up to forty telegraph messages, with potential partial use for both services on a single pair. An experimental Baltimore to Pittsburgh installation has operated for over a month and impressed officials.
West Shore residents and relatives gather in Shiremanstown for visits and events. Mrs. Dean and family travel from Shiremanstown to Renovo. others, including Ensign Charles Kunkle, return from England. Local movements include residents in New Cumberland, Harrisburg, Lemoyne, and Mechanicsburg visiting relatives and attending a funeral.
Real estate transfers continue on the West Shore with numerous deeds in Enola and Marysville. Transactions include Hartman to Troup for 100 dollars and other nominal considerations, a 162 acre farm sale for 4500 dollars, and private transfers involving several local residents. Also reports of a forester visit, Christmas check distributions, a guild gathering, and the erection of a new machine shop for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Two more Franklin County youths died for liberty as fighting ended in France. Lieut. John Allen Mort, son of Mrs. Nettie Mort of Fannettsburg, enlisted in California, and Private Elmer Breghbill, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Breghbill, were reported casualties.
The Harrisburg Republican Club marching club will view uniform samples at the clubhouse on Saturday and Monday evenings to decide the coat and hat design. All members should attend Monday night for the final selection and vote. A substantial check was sent to the Tressler Orphans Home at Loysville as a Christmas gift by Memorial Lutheran church Ladies Bible Class.
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