Orpheum Christmas Week Offers Roshanara Danse
The Orpheum presents Roshanara's Danse Divertissements on Christmas Day with matinee and night shows. The program blends Burma dances and Indian mystic performances by a multinational troupe, plus the Ballet Intime and a large symphony orchestra.
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Orpheum
Roshanara
Harry Lauder
Wm. A. Brady
Orpheum Teater
Burma
India
Michio Itow
Japan
France
Belgium
Russia
United States
Ballet Intime
M. Alexandre Sedan
Spa treatment at home for rheumatism and uric acid disorders
A $100 reward advertisement offers a refined alkin saltrates compound claimed to rapidly remove uric acid and impurities, stimulate sluggish kidneys and liver, and mimic therapeutic springs. It promises quick effects when dissolved in hot water, with local stock at Kler's Drug Store, G. A. Gorgas, and Clark's Medicine Store.
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Kler's Drug Store
G. A. Gorgas
Clark's Medicine Store
The Lone Wolf at the Colonial Theater Today
Herbert Brenon’s film adaptation of Louis Joseph Vance’s mystery adventure opens at the Colonial Theater today. The picture promises brisk pacing, stylish intrigue, and a rendition of the famed sleuth’s exploits that fans of the novel will recognize.
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Herbert Brenon
Louis Joseph Vance
Colonial Theater
Wartime and Silent Film Features Highlight Holiday Week
A cinema page notes Brenon’s Lone Wolf melodrama with Hazel Dawn and Bert Lytell, plus Geraldine Farrar in The Devil Stone at Regent Theatre Christmas Day. Also listed are The Burglar and battlefront reels including Retreat of the Germans at Arras, urging Red Cross support amid wartime screenings.
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Geraldine Farrar
Regent Theater
Lasky
Farrar
Joan of Arc
Devil
Christmas Drive Tops Steel Plant Subscriptions at 100 Percent
The Red Cross drive at the headquarters reports 3044 members with two more steel plant departments reaching full 100 percent participation. Eighteenfold enthusiasm from Austro-Hungarian residents noted as flags rise in windows. Central Grammar School will stage its annual Christmas program at 2 PM featuring a poetry debate, music, readings, and tributes to the Red Cross.
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Red Cross
E. Delameter
Hain
No. 1 Forge Department
Charles Alden
Fisther Keim
Harold Gordon
George Groff
Marion Vanbaugh
J. C. Sanders
Gilbert Hollern
Beatrice Toomey
Earl Shipp
Verna Dewees
Christ Child
John Allman
Marie Grown
Grammar School Orchestra
Helen Vaughn
Helen Mowery
May Hadley
The
Red Cross Society
Marion Hoch
Helen Powden
Rudolph Jiras
Central Grammar School
Local Police Nab Third Deserter in Two Months
Local police, led by Chief Grove and Officer Trombino, arrested Imbro Morekovic of En haut on Front Street last night. Morekovic, listed as a deserter on November 5, was scheduled for Camp Meade on September 24 and said he failed to report because he did not receive orders.
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Grove
Trombino
Imbro Morekovic
Enhaut
Front Street
Morekovic
Camp Meade
Faculty Manager Called For Service in Army
Prof. Malin, faculty manager of the local High school and science teacher for two years, left this morning for Frazer near West Chester, Pa. He will depart Friday for Camp Meade after receiving orders to report yesterday at noon. His position will be vacant until after vacation, when a replacement is hoped.
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Malin
Frazer
West Chester
Camp Meade
Ile
Police Phones Planned for January Installation Boroughwide
Borough officials say five police phones will be installed by January 1. Council granted permission to T T McEntee, police committee chairman and Chief Grove to proceed with the project. Small instrument boxes are under construction.
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T.T. McEntee
Police Committee
Police
Grove
Advisory Board Handles Queries on Exemption Forms
The local exemption advisory board opened this morning to assist registrants who misread their questionnaires. Members Frank B. Wickersham J Dress Pannell and Harry Dress led a busy day answering questions as the board mailed questionnaires to registrants with order numbers 6587 through 883.
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Frank B. Wickersham
J. Dress Pannell
Harry Dress
Exemption Board
Middletown Local Notes Involving School Substitute And Community Events
Prof H J Wickey substitutes at Middletown High for the week while a newly elected teacher will resume duties soon. Red Cross receipts for new members total 139. An afternoon funeral was held for Aaron Eby with out of town relatives attending. The Rev James Cunningham officiated a marriage at the M F E parsonage between Charles L Henderson and Beulah M Schriver.
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H. J. Wickey
Red Cross Society
Fuller Bergstresser
Annie Carr
Elizabeth Carr
York
Charles Moyer
Maytown
Edward Schiefer
Harrisburg
M. Swartz
Claude Fox
Philadelphia
Aaron Eby
East Main Street
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Frank March
New Chester
J. B. Hatz
Lorain
Ohio
Sarah Eshenour
T Louise Eshenour
Elizabethtown
Edward Eby
Hattie
Joy
Charles Witman
Solomon Gingrich
W. E. Eschenour
Theodore Laverty
Middletown
Sherman Hawthorne
Mildred Etter
B. G. Club
Pine Street
Woman's Club
Ira Springer
Pring Street
James Cunningham
M. FE
Steelton Reserves Elect Five Directors on Board
At a meeting last night the Steelton Reserves elected five directors: T. J. Nelley, Frank B. Wickersham, Prof. C. S. Davis, B. McNear, and G. B. Vickery. Membership applications will be reviewed by officers and directors Friday night at the steel plant offices. By-laws will be adopted and drill arrangements finalized, with possible location at Welton Hall.
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Steelton Reserves
T. J. Nelley
Frank B. Wickersham
C. S. Davis
B. ¥. McNear
G. 8. Vickery
Welton Hall
Appeal for Contributions to Christmas Tree Fund
Civic Club members appeal for funds for the Municipal Christmas tree. Donations to chairmen Mrs C A Alden Mrs J M Heagy Mrs W F Darby and Mrs Marion Hill are welcomed. The children's Christmas program under the tree on the school lawn is set for Monday afternoon. The Civic Club meeting postponed from Trinity parish house to follow the Monday gatherings at Parigh house.
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Civic Club
C. A. Alden
J. M. Heagy
W. F. Darby
Marion Hill
Trinity Parish House
Parigh House
Washington Camp Elects Officers For the Year
Washington Camp 102 P O S of A. elected officers to be installed January 1. President A Pugh. vice president S Motter. master of finances Earl Hartman. recording secretary J W Bricker. financial secretary M A Weiseford. treasurer I Ira Cargill. conductor L Hartman. inspector C Hoover. guard C W Zimmerman. trustee A Pierce. delegate F B A J W Bricker. alternate D C Nauss.
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Washington Camp
A. Pugh
J. W. Bricker
D. C. Nauss
Coal Shipment Eases Borough Shortage This Week
The borough’s coal shortage eased as four carloads arrived for two local dealers this week, with more expected daily. Detweiler Brothers reported several hundred orders booked and deliveries completed, while the Steelton Store Company said all coal was sold and no further orders could be filled until another shipment arrives.
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Detweiler Brothers
Steelton Store Company
Steelton Boys in Battle of Cambrai
Francis Beidel Roy and Carl Shelley served in the Battle of Cambrai. They were granted a thirty day rest but recalled after nine days. No details were given. all returned in good shape. Thirty five bags of Christmas mail left the local office before noon, the largest Yuletide shipment. Red Cross seals reach about 30,000 sold by Central grammar pupils, far ahead of last year. Borough schools close Friday for Christmas vacation January 2. longest in some time.
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Noble Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Battle of
Arras
Carlyle Blackwell
Francis Beidel
Roy
Carl Shelley
Cambria
Cusack
G. W. Henry
Central Grammar School
Henry
Valuable patterns lost in mysterious blaze
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed valuable patterns for special equipment used in British French and Italian submarine chasers. The George H Thatcher Company manufacturing plant near Albany New York was virtually ruined with losses estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
George H. Thatcher Company
Fire Drives Soldiers Half Clad Into Street
Fire at Knights of Columbus Hall on State and Sixth streets sent 200 soldiers in barracks half dressed into the street. The blaze stayed contained to the front of the building and did not spread. defective wiring is blamed for the fire.
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Columbus Hall
State
Sixth Streets
Dyspepsia Tablets Promise Clear Skin from Stomach Health
A vintage advertisement claims Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets prevent pimples by improving digestion. It argues undigested food and souring in the stomach cause a gassy, rumbling abdomen and a dull complexion, urging readers to use the product for a clearer, brighter look.
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Stuart
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