Free Home Cure Offer for Asthma Sufferers
An advocacy notice promotes a new home method claiming to cure asthma with a free trial at the sender's expense. It targets long and recent cases, urging immediate mail-in action without any payment. It emphasizes relief from wheezing paroxysms and discomfort and seeks hopeless cases where inhalers and remedies failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeo
Ceara
Daughiere
Seoert
Women's Medical Adviser
M. Summers
Box M
South Bend
Ind
Free Asthma Coupon From Frontier Asthma Co
Advertisement offering a free trial method from Frontier Asthma Company located at Room 1096A Niagara and Hudson Streets in Buffalo New York. Includes directions to request the free trial by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier Asthma CO
Niagara and Hudson Sts
Buffalo, N. Y
Sweeney Again Raps Proposed Increase On Bread Prices
In December 1916 reports argue for higher bread costs as flour prices rise. The piece notes how a barrel of flour at 8.90 dollars yields more loaves at five cents each, showing bakers gain and consumers lose when loaf sizes shrink. It also mentions local paper price hikes and a man fracturing his hip from a fall on icy pavement.
300 000 Hunter Licenses Sold in Pennsylvania
Estimates show close to 300000 hunters took out licenses in Pennsylvania during the season, likely higher than last year’s 262900. Licenses cost one dollar, funds support game propagation, protection, and bounty payments. quail deer and other birds distributed from this fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
State Game Commission
Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
Public Service Commission
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Walnut Street
Brumbaugh
Capitol Park
Lancaster County
Conestoga Valley Electric Company
Capitol
State Commission
State Highway Department
State Department of Fisheries
N. R. Buller
Erie
Union City
Clary
Game Commission
H. 3
Bounty Division
Seth EB. Gordon
John Henry Miller
M. A. Becker
Lancaster
H. B. Clary
Kalbfus
John Aumiller
Pursell
Lewisburg
Milton
Wattsontown
Capitol Hill
Philadelphia
A. Nevin Detrich
Chambersburg
Civic Club hosts Steelton League guests in social
Members of the Municipal League and their wives are invited to a social at Frey's hall Front and Pine streets Monday at 8 pm to strengthen civic ties. J Lindley Hosford will discuss The Relation of the State Department of Health to Civic Organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal League
Civic Club
Frey's Hall
Front
Pine Streets
State ‘Department of Health
J. Lindley Hosford
State Department of Health
William Nelll
Carl Brinser
Shamokin Fire Flares Up Second Time
Fire in Shamokin, aided by sixteen hose companies, caused destruction in the region's most damaging blaze. Smoke incidents hospitalized firemen. Mrs. Edwin Stewart rescued before her residence burned. Winds and frozen plugs hampered efforts. sixty families displaced. A defective flue is suspected. In Bloomsburg a separate fire damaged the Gilmore building near the Victoria theater. losses were small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Stewart
Sunbury
Mount Carmel
Bloomsburg
Gilmore
Victoria Theater
Victoria
Shamokin
Schwab Rumor On Cornwall Mines Control
In Lebanon Pa on December 16 Eugene Grace head of Bethlehem Steel led Bethlehem and Lackawanna Iron officials on tours of Lackawanna and Cornwall plants. Rumor says Charles M Schwab seeks to gain control of the Cornwall mines he formerly owned through G Dawson Coleman interests and may buy Lackawanna holdings in Lebanon County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem and Lackawanna Iron and Steel Companies
Lackawanna
Cornwall
Lackawanna Company
Colebrook
Robert H. Coleman
Charles M. Schwab
G. Dawson Coleman
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Lebanon County
Steelton Club Venison Dinner Plans Prompt Exhibition Buck
Steelton Club members arrange a venison dinner at the Front Street clubrooms. An 11 pronged buck deer, on exhibition there, was brought in last night and its capture on the hunting season’s final day will be discussed at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steelton Club
Front Street
Moose Retain J. J. Bloor for 30 Days in Steelton
Steelton Moose vote to retain district organizer J. J. Bloor for thirty days as he continues a two month membership drive. With eighty seven initiates last night the total membership reaches 512 and aims to hit 612 during his stay. Nearby Firemen relief group held routine meeting and plans officer elections next month. A 26 year old, Mrs. Vasilka Dimitroff of Main Street, died in Harrisburg Hospital after brief illness. funeral tomorrow at 2 pm with Baldwin Cemetery burial. Irwin Longenecker named director of Highspire Band, 25 musicians now, target 35. band to play at Highspire street corners on Christmas morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Shrauder
Harrisburg
Main Street Church of God
G. W. Getz
Steelton Moose
J. J. Bloor
Bloor
Relief Association
Steelton Firemen’s Relief Association
Citizen Fire Hall
Vasilka Dimitroff
Main Street
Baldwin Cemetery
Irwin Longenecker
Palm Lutheran Orchestra
Palmyra
Highspire
French thrust far in German lines in Romania report
The article notes continued French combat in German lines and quotes Russian Foreign Minister Petrovosky urging the Duma to oppose peace talks. It also reports German activity in Romania with a Buzeu river crossing near the southern Moldavian border and 2,000 more prisoners captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duma
Petrovosky
Russia
Buzeu
Romania
von Mackensen
Nivelle Bids Farewell to Verdun with Wide Front Breakthrough
Paris dispatch reports General Nivelle, in his farewell act before taking command of the French armies on the Western Front, smashed the German line east of the Meuse along a six mile front. The victory pushed French positions two miles forward and neared the Germans’ Verdun stronghold, completed with a heavy artillery bombardment and a bold infantry advance from Pepper Hill to beyond Damloup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Nivelle
Meuse
Verdun
Fort Vaux
Douaumont
Pepper Hill
Damloup
Nivelle’s Verdun Victory Brings Swift German Breakthroughs
Paris greets General Nivelle as 9,000 German prisoners flood rear areas after rapid successes at Vacherouville Louvemont and nearby works. Despite rain and mist, French aviators aided the assault and helped keep losses small as eighty German guns were captured to date on the Verdun front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nivelle
Vacherouville
Louvemont
Hardaumont
Besonvaux
Paris
Romania
Verdun Front
Greece Accepts Allies Ultimatum With Unreserved Approval
Paris report says Greece formally accepted all allied conditions at midnight via an official telegram to the Foreign Office. Athens dispatch to Reuters notes Greece replies in friendly tone, pledges no hostile troop moves, and immediate cessation of northward material transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Paris
Foreign Office
Petit Journal
London
Athens
Reuter’s
Kotur Case Heads to July By Evening in Retrial
Nicole Kotur, last of eight murder suspects from December special sessions, begins second trial seeking to avoid the electric chair for the December 22, 1915 killing of Jose Backie in Steelton. A retrial followed an earlier first degree murder conviction, with closing arguments expected by late afternoon and jurors set to decide fate. District Attorney M E Stroup would not confirm whether Benjamin T Gougler will be called before adjournment for sentence on enticing 13 year old Josephine Crawford. Jury panel other than Kotur case jurors had been excused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicole Kotur
Kotur
Jose Backie
Steelton
M. E. Stroup
Benjamin T. Gougler
Josephine Crawford
Caplan Convicted in Los Angeles Times Plot Trial
David Caplan was found guilty of manslaughter at his second trial for complicity in the Los Angeles Times explosion on October 1, 1910, in Los Angeles Cal. The jury deliberated five hours. Also, Joyful Workers class of Trinity United Brethren Church was entertained by Misses Verna and Effie Kerns in New Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Caplan
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles
Cal
New Cumberland
Trinity United Brethren Church
Verna
Effie Kerns
Sixth Street
Withdrawal of Walnut Street Bridge certificate request
Harrisburg city officials move to withdraw the Public Service Commission filing for the Walnut Street Bridge. The resolution cites Capitol Park management objections and a December 15 Walnut Street Bridge Association meeting urging withdrawal until the alternative plan is reviewed. Fox & Geyer authorized to withdraw the application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox & Geyer
W. H. Lynch
Walnut Street Bridge Association
Bowman
Public Commission
Public Safety
Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Capitol Park
Walnut _ street
Walnut Street
Public Service Commission
Messrs. Fox & Geyer
City of
Harrisburg
Boy Nabbed For Robbery Sprees At Local Stores
Detective Murnane arrested Wesley Jones aged 14 of 1632 Derry street as he exited Cohen's Sporting Goods and the Fourth and Walnut peanut stand with a load of loot including two revolvers a Colt automatic a Winchester rifle and cartridges. Jones had previously been found guilty of gun theft and is described as a kleptomaniac who sneaks out at night to obtain firearms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen
Fourth and
Walnut Streets
Murnane
Wesley Jones
Derry Street
Smith and Wesson
Jones
Tonsiline Sore Throat Remedy Ad Warns Early Use
An old advertisement promotes Tonsiline as a quick, safe cure for sore throat urging use at first signs. It describes the bottle featuring a long necked figure, priced 50 cents small size and one dollar hospital size, available at druggists.
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Sweeney
Bethlehem
Beuenem
Bethlehem Times
South Bethlehem Globe
Afteranuary
Stroudsburg
Charles Himes
Muench Street
Pratts
Pratt Food CO
Chicago
Toronto
B. Factory
C. Frank
Jnion Trust
Mack's
Sixth ST
Iren
United
Liggett’s
Gorgas
Penna
Cays
Mr. Hill
News OF Steelton
St. Mark's Lutheran
J. B. Markward
Centenary United Brethren
A. K. Wier
Mount Olivet
Christian Endeavor
St. John's Lutheran
G. N. Lauffer
First Presbyterian
C. B. Segelken
John Yates
Trinity German Lutheran
C.F. Tiemann
Middletown
Center Square
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Methodist Church
West Emaus Street
Central Grammar School
N. A.; Barr of
Tremont
N. A. Barr
Grace United Evangelical Church
Schwab
Moose
E.W. Grove
Orpheum
Aturday
Matinee
RIBA
Leiven
Walter Baker & Co.Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Thomas A.edison
Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma
Portland
Pacific Northwest
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