State College to Shorten Term for Spring Work
State College Pa December 19 To release students for farm and factory work and ease labor shortages the Pennsylvania State College will end the college year on April 23 shortening the term by seven weeks. Commencement for the class of 1918 will be April 24. Final exams and the Easter vacation are cancelled to maximize classroom and lab time before closing. No credit for studies withdrawn before end unless entering military service. Military drills continue to meet government hours. Students may be held for summer work after term.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
Council of Administration
Public Sheriff Sale Listings in Harrisburg Pa
A multi parcel sale list from Dauphin County Court with eight or more properties in Harrisburg and Swatara Township. Each item names the lot or tract, street bounds, and party names including Kohler Fralich Schell Peters Breneman Franck and Magaro, with attorney references and sale terms. The sale is set for January 10 1918 at 2 PM at the Harrisburg courthouse.
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Court of Common Pleas and Orphans’ Court
Dauphin County
Harrisburg
CW. M. Hargest
City of
Tuscarora Street
Race Street
Charles Bucher
Henry C. Buck
W. H. Kohler
Stroh
Seventh Ward
County of Dauphin
State of
Pennsylvania
John W. Reily
North Sixth Street
Hamilton Street
Washington M. Wolf
Jacob H. Santo
Elizabeth Avenue
North Street
Jacob H Santo
Dauphin County Recorder's Office
John Fralich
Knupp
Reily Street
County of
Dauphin
Keily Street
James Street
Daniel H. Creamer
Mary IF. Creamer
Mary F Creamer
Jesse Wingert
Recorder's Office
Emma C. Shaffer
Emma C, Shaffer
Braddock
Swatara
Brookwood Street
Washington Avenue
Hall
Ewing and
Dunkie
Joseph RE. Rhoads
Mary Schell
Ephraim Schell
John '. Schell
Morris Schell
Clayton Schell
Charles Schell
Albert Schell
Harry Schell
Mary Schell Gleason
Sadie Schell Brenneman
John H. Schell
Hershey
East Hanover
Jonestown Road
Neefer's Mill
Harry A. Peters
Samuel Geesaman
Daniel Fisher
Gowen Brown
Frederick C. Hoover
Recorder
WJ. W. Swartz
Cameron Street
Harris Street
William H. Brenneman
J. D. Brenneman
J. D. Breneman
Neiffer & Saussaman
W. W. Caldwell
Beldieman & Hull
Siale Ish Olm
Keystone Bank
North Third Street
Resources Reserve Fund
Tome Cesescer
Harrisburg Trust Company
Harrisburg Traction Company
Middletown, Highspire & Steelton Street Railway Company
Cumberland Valley Telephone Company OF PA
General
Cumberland Valley Telephone Company OF
United Ice & Coal Company
Dauphin Realty Company
Middletown & Elizabethtown Street Railway Company
Stocks Lower At Day's Beginning
Markets opened with reduced activity as rails and industrials declined while bonds and Liberty issues held firmer. Commodities showed mixed results with refined sugars and butter steady, and key stocks such as Great Northern New York Central and Pennsylvania dropping to new lows, alongside light trading across rail and chemical sectors.
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New York
Wall Street
Ciaristics
Rails
Grangers
Great Northern
New York Central
Pennsylvania
American Telephone and Texas Company
United Kingdom
Burlington
Liberty 4
Chandler Brothers and Company
New York and
Philadelhia Stock Exchanges
North Maret Square
Harrisburg
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Pine Street
Allis Chalmers Vee
American Canoe
American Car
American Locomotive
Anaconda
Atchison
Baldwin Locomoti
Baltimore and Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chi
Mil
St. Paul
R. I. and
Pacific
China
Colorado
CRY
Crucible Steel
I. Distilling Securities
Beng Wiscseccccseeserves
General Motors
Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacific
Pittsburgh Coal
Republic Iron and Steel
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Studebaker
Union Pacific
T. ST
U. & Rubber
U. S. Steel
Utah Copper
Westinghouse Mfg
Willys-Overland
Curious facts in escheat case surface in Pittsburgh
In escheat hearings for Fifth Avenue Savings and Loan and Mercantile Trust, receiver Harry Calvert detailed advertisements naming funds due but unclaimed for seven years. Auditors found about $1,700 still credited to various claimants who sometimes failed to apply for payment. Notices prompted letters from claimants and an attorney once involved, revealing hundreds of small claims. total unsettled escheat funds near $700,000 with about $1,000 remaining to state. Judge Kunkel ordered further identity verification before continuing.
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Fifth Avenue Savings and Loan Association
Pittsburgh
Harry 8. Calvert
McKeesport
Fifth Avenue Bank
Mercantile Trust Company
Ot McKeesport
11Th Avenue Company
Calvert
George Kunkel
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Sheriff’s Sales
Joseph F. Young
Berm
South Ninth Street
George J. Franck
Maclay
Samuel K. Leedy
Leedy
Samuel Fishman
Peter Magaro
G. W. Field & CO
Ho Broad ST
Henton
Atlantic City
Richmond
Norfolk
Board of Trade Building
Commonwealth Trust Co
Confectioners A
Associated Press
Western
New Jersey
Kansas
Laight
Chicago
Chicago Board OF Trade
Board of Trade
South Second Street
Banks and Trust Cos
Pobetvg
Opel Ss Chee
Commonwealth of Pennsylva
DORAL
Corora Ponda
Meluan Equipment
State of Pennsylvania
Dalin
Geo. G. Carl
Elief
M. Hershey
CLI Notary Partie
J. W. Bowman
Ed, Herman
Edward Bailey
Progressive Industrial Corporation
N. Y
I. D. Noll & Co
Pine
Harry S. Smeltzer
Joel Claster
A. H. Fraim
Fred E. Ridenour
Chas, W. Bogar
Union Trust Company OF Pennsylvania
North Second Street
Dallas County
Tecota
Commonwealth of Penna
Mortmagen
Nissley
Cilemed
Apeimsa
WM. B. McCaleb
Edward Z. Gross
Arthur D. Bacon
East End Bank
Howard Streets
Legal Reserve Securities
Parceeses
Burplus Esscescors
K. Thomas
al, KX. Thomas
A. W. Swengel
John A. Affleck
E. M. Sible
B. A. Heffelfinger
Commonwealth Trust Commpany
Market Street
Capitelates
Seeeeesessareseo
Daunm
W. H. Metz
Central Trust Company
Ie Stemeres Ven
Roovunrues
Ees Rabrasans Leerenateen
U. S
Nue Association
Maryland Surety Company
Mechanics Trust Company OF
Market Streets
Trust Cos
Tebotvg
Dauphinia
Miller
Daukin
P J. C. Motter
Ht. O. Miller
Clinton M. Hershey
W. M. Donaldson
John FP. Dapp
W. L. Storey
J. C. Motter
C. Mabelle Dobbs
John B., Fox
William Pearson
Geo, E. Etter
Bonbright & Company Morris Wistar Stroud, JR
Chestnut St
Phila
Boston
London
Paris
Detroit
Commonwealth Trust Company
S. Market Square
Edward Bailey KR
C. Goldsborough A
Matheson KE
Wallower
George W. Relly
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