Railroad Heads Package Sale Outdoors by Railroaders
Officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad work through snow and cold to keep operations moving. At Altoona and Philadelphia divisions managers oversee engines, turntables, and yard activity while planning a holiday charity package sale auction to benefit a charitable institution or Red Cross, with refreshments and speeches at a cooperative club meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Johnston
Philadelphia
N. W. Smith
United States
Altoona
Smith
Trandlos
West
Tyrone
Johnston
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cooperative Club
William K. Drake
Red Cross
Fall Term Night and Day School Offer Ad
An advertisement invites enrollment in fall term day and night business courses with flexible start Mondays. Spe cialists and high grade positions promise a strong outcome. Bell 485. Dial 4393.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oun
Bell
Dial
Reading Awards Contract For New Signal Tower
The Philadelphia Reading Railway Company awarded a contract to Beaumont and Bader of Atlantic City for a signal tower and battery house at Norristown Junction on the Main Line. The two story brick signal tower measures 15 by 26 feet and the single story brick battery house 18 by 35 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Beaumont & Bader
Atlantic City
Norristown Junction
Battery House
Silk Mill Red Cross Auxiliary Reaches 200 Members
Harrisburg Silk Mill Auxiliary of the Red Cross reports 200 members secured. Campaign workers include Ssther Peters, Carrie Kennedy, Helen Blizzard, Anna Spotts, Ruth Gilbert, Maud Scheck, Anna Smith, Carrie Wheeler, Marie Copper and Anna Householder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Red Cross
Ssther Peters
Carrie Kennedy
Helen Blizzard
Anna Spotts
Ruth Gilbert
Maud Scheck
Anna Smith
Carrie Wheeler
Marie Copper
Anna Householder
Urges Stores to Sell War Bonds in City Drive
Willam M. Donaldson, director for Dauphin county War Savings Campaign, urges banks stores and trust companies to sell baby war bonds and thrift cards citywide. He notes Post Office demand while material shortages delay full rollout and predicts a strong drive after Christmas as the Treasury completes preliminaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donaldson
Treasury Department
Washington
Mr. Donaldson
Women's Division Meet Brings Trophy to De partment 7
The first annual meeting of Department No. 7, Pennsylvania Railroad Women's Division for War Relief, was held Tuesday at the Y M C A. A musical program followed business, and the Mrs George Dallis Dixon Cup was awarded to Department No. 7 for its wartime work aiding soldiers en route to the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department No
Pennsylvania Railroad
George Dallis Dixon
Department No. 7
Harrison
Harrisburg
Reading Freight Congestion Ties Up Central Lines
Reading dispatch reports severe freight congestion on the Central Railroad of New Jersey Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania lines surrounding Reading. Officials say unloading delays by consignees prevent movement, while Reading claims engine power is sufficient if connections accept traffic promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania
Plan to Abolish Curb Garbage Collections
The highway committee plans to abolish curb garbage pickups by having two extra workers move receptacles from yards to the street for the garbage truck. A foreman and an experienced driver will supervise, with bonuses for high daily loads. The move follows council approval amid resident complaints and snow disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Committee
Emalne Ee
Ap. C. Henderson
Committee On Council
Carload of Coal Arrives and Sold in Steelton
A carload of coal arrived at the Steelton Company Store warehouse this morning and was sold before arrival. DetWeiler Brothers announced no coal arrived as expected, with hundreds of orders booked. Steelton this week received five coal cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steelton Company
DetWeiler Brothers
Steelton
Railroad Crew Standings and Assignments Listed by Divisions
Harrisburg and Enola sides show Philadelphia and Middle divisions detailing crews to go after specific times. It lists engineers conductors brakemen firemen flagmen and yard boards with names such as Gemmill Good Blum Briggs Stark Ratheson Brink Blizzard and others across divisions and lines.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Gemmill
Good
Blum
Briggs
Stark
Mitzel
Thompson
Rexroth
Middle
Ratheson
Brink
Blizzard
R. Snyder
Rensel
Tippery
Keller
Klotz
Lykens
Hughes
Hancock
Beers
Wolf
Revie
Ulsh
Bost
Dorf
Schiefer
Weigle
Shade
McCord
Troup
Fitzgerald
Bitner
Mowery
ENOLA
Cullen
Sturgeon
Reinolder
Bordner
Marne
Wunderlick
Barnhart
Kauffman
Ditlow
Wood
Eli Beecher
Ferner
Kloffman
Linn
Raisner
Kohl
Portner
Landis
Wray
Bingaman
Jones
Myers
Hurley
Miller
Swartz
Fackler
Gates
Daub
Harlan
Patton
Danner
Mraun
Ely
Filbert
Moas
Martin
Snader
Habbyshaw
Stoner
C. Bowman
Grady
Carl
Breckenridge
Long
Moore
Dell
Slough
Morrow
Red Cross Drive Logs 3649 Subscriptions as Rivalry Grows
Subscriptions to the Red Cross reach 3 649 at headquarters amid keen canvassing rivalry among teams. Mrs. W H Nell, chairman, notes teams will be named after the drive ends. Several steel plant departments report 100 percent participation, with more expected. A Servian family of nine proudly displays a flag with one large star and eight small ones, the largest family enlistment yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Nell
Red Cross
Busy Week Ahead at Centenary Church
Centenary United Brethren Church hosts I E Mowery of Quincy as Sunday speaker. A Christmas cantata At Bethlehem features forty-voice choir. evangelistic campaign through January 6 led by visiting pastors and Rev Arthur Lehman to continue thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. E. Mowery
United Brethren
Quincy
United Brethren Church
Bethlehem
Frank Armstrong
Arthur
Lehman
Hummelstown
Household Arts Courses For Adults At School
Prof L E McGinnes announces evening adult classes at the home school 223 Walnut street starting after the holidays. Cooking lessons cover meat and wheat substitutes while sewing and dressmaking focus on shirtwaists. Classes meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings with a 15 cent per lesson fee. limited to twelve per class. Friday January 4 1918 at 7 80 PM consultation and registration. Miss Shutt from Johnsonburg Pa visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. McGinnes
Walnut Street
Miss Shutt
Johnsonburg
Middletown Students to Stage Christmas Literacy Program Debating Suffrage
Middletown Central grammar school students will present a Christmas literacy program featuring a debate on a National Woman Suffrage Law enacted by Congress. The program lists music acts, readings, violin solos, and multiple students including George Platt, Russel Dasher, Pansy Myers, and others, with a second program at Middletown High School focusing on reading versus mind gains. A wedding, new fire plug installation, and church services on Christmas morning are noted, along with community social events and a convalescent Burgess-elect S. B. Gingrich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar School
Congress
Reading
George Platt
Russel Dasher
Pansy Myers
Helen Gotshall
James Young
Louise Fox
Donald Kohr
Charles Hanna
Hazel Weldner
Violet Geibe
Harold Hartman
Mildreg Parthemore
Lorraine Gale
Harriet Garver
Ray Caley
England
William
Penn
Maurice Yoffee
Paul Revere
Kenneth Hickerwell
No Man's Land
Frank Snavely
Aurora Wickey
Parmelia Rose
Grace Bauder
Russel Kuntz
Harry Weidner
Charles Kennard
Violet Seltzer
Silent Night Society
Literary Gazette
Daniel Gipple
Middletown High School
Nissley Ulrich
John Witman
John Treichler
Hess
Kresge
Truman Redfong
Henrietta Wickey
Louise Moore
Kathryn Weaver
Grace Brestle
Sentiments Siler Concklin
Har
Old Wagner
Clarence Wallace
Edwin Yost
Misses Selcher
George Louise Moore
Fannie Mennaugh
Blanche Deckard
Harriet Swartz
Lindemuth
Wickey
I. H. Albright
United Brethren Church
Ira Coble
Elizabethtown
Elizabeth Gingrich
Middletown
Union
Maus
The
Water Company
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
S. B. Gingrich
F. W. Myers
Pinestreet
Pretty Girls Rally for Red Cross at Booths
Harrisburg supporters man Red Cross membership booths with praise from patrons. At the Y M C A Miss Helen Schwarz seeks participation for a service flag alongside memberships. Forty eight Y M C A members have gone to trenches and camps, with a merchant contributing $2.50 toward a flag at wholesale effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Helen Schwarz
Miss Schwarz
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School of Commerce
Harrisburg Business College
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Moalberry
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Harrisburg, PA
Silk Mill GS
the Leader Bargain
Market St
Subway
Bath
Leader Bargain Store
Willam M
County of the War Savings Campaign
Gingrich
Kingsberry
McNally
Feas
Meek
Rider
Kennedy
Haubecker
Brubaker
Morris
Shuey
Metz
Sanders
Benser
Cramer
Spotts
Keane
Graham
Buck
Schreck
Naylor
Huggins
Hudson
Lyter
Bealer
Grove
Schrauder
Huss
Herr Mearkle
Richards
Ayers
Welsh
Seitz
Smeltzer
Crisswell
Centenary Church
Board
Highway Committee of Council
Front Street
Slacker
Imbro Morékovic
Enhaut
Police Grove
Trombine
Iddletown
Trombino
Arthur C. Gassner
South Second Street
Colombo
Ceylon
Utes
Chestnut Street Market House
Market Street
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