Blazing Woman Cries For Help In Hollinger Avenue Fire
In Waynesboro Pennsylvania on December 20 Mrs. Juha Stoops known as Grannie Stoops aged 80 suffered fatal burns when her garments ignited from a tire in an egg stove. J W Miller and William Collins heard screams and rushed to help tearing off burning clothing. Miller was severely burned trying to aid her. A surgeon stated the injuries were fatal.
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Waynesboro
Hollinger Avenue
Jfna Stoops
Grannie” Stoops
J. W. Miller
William Collins
Miller
Foreman Honeymoon Return Sparks Work Welcoming
Mr and Mrs Louis Polack returning from their wedding trip hosted a large gathering of the Columbia silk mill warping department. Polack, the foreman, welcomed guests at the bride’s mother home in East Columbia with a luncheon after the wedding. The bride formerly worked as a bookkeeper in the mill.
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Columbia, Pa
Louis Polack
Columbia Silk Mill
Dickinson Seminary Girls Come Home For Vacations
Dickinson Seminary students Irene Coffman Julia Albright Anna Clouter and instructor Puera J Robison spend Christmas at home in Liverpool Pa Others visiting include Mrs Hilda Murray in Harrisburg Zella Muckiner Edna Knisely in Lykens and more residents visiting relatives in nearby towns during the holidays
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Liverpool
Irene Coffman
Julia Albright
Anna Clouter
Dickinson Seminary
Puera J. Robison
Spene
Hilda Murray
Harrisbure
Zella Muckinner
Edna Knisely
Lykens
Chas
Snyder
Aliee Zeller
Harrisburg
Elien Zellers
John Barr
Millersburg
X. W. Barr
Martha Hartzell
John N. Ritter
G. M. Bogar
Betty
Port Treverton
Sdoward Reichenbaugh
Gladys
H. M. Preed
Harry Morris
Steelton
W. G. Morris
William Ulsh
Sunby
Thomas Ulsi
Sarat
Moyer
Sunbury
Saran Volman
T. P. Cathcart
Millerstown
Missing York Haven youth prompts search efforts
York Haven Pa December 20 William Crone 16 son of Charles Crone remains missing from home since December. Authorities believe he may have enlisted at the York recruiting station but no record exists there. He told his mother he would go to York for the evening.
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York Haven
William
Charles Crone
York
Lewistown Man Spends End of World at Home
In Lewistown Pennsylvania a man believed the world would end on the 17th. He wore his best Sunday clothes and stayed home from work to be with his family when the world turned inside out. The next day he returned to work and , amid friends' jokes, said he knew the old world wouldn’t end and was glad it hadn’t.
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Lewistown
United States
Senate
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Local Notes From Millerstown Area and Nearby Towns
Mrs Roy Rice of Steubenville Ohio visited J I Crane. Mrs V By Tabb hosted the Campfire Clan on West Main street Friday. Rev E T Bell preached at the Methodist Church. Mrs Howard Werd visited Harrisburg. Mrs Perry Ulsh visited Newport. A Christmas program is planned at the Methodist Church Sunday evening. James Pretz of Altoona visited town. Mr and Mrs G H Frank of Newport attended the Williams lecture The Fighting Parsons at the Methodist Church.
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Millerstown
Roy Rice
Steubenville
Ohio
J. I. Crane
Tabb
West Main Street
E. T. Bell
Expors
Howard Werd
Harrisburg
Perry Ulsh
Newport
James Pretz
Altoona
G. H. Frank
Er. l L. Williams
Man who killed soldier quoted before court martial
Carlisle Pa December 20 Acting Corporal Slaba faces court martial at Camp Meade next week for carelessly handling a revolver that killed Private Marvin Weand at the Government hospital. A witness will quote Slaba saying I will get him before that time. The dead man’s body was taken to Sunbury for funeral services and buried in Shamokin’s Odd Fellows cemetery with pallbearers from Milton Jarrett Herman Post of the American Legion.
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Carlisle
Slaba
Camp Meade
Marvin &. Weand
Government Hospital
Weand
Sunbury
Transfers of Real Estate Made in Enola District
A batch of real estate transfers in Enola Pa includes George Shindel and wife conveying to John E Myers for nominal consideration. John E Myers and wife conveying to George Shindel. Jacob J Koons and wife transferring a lot to George W Koons. Harry Wynick and wife transferring to George Koons for 1200 dollars. Eva Hershey and wife transferring two lots to Clara G Errets for nominal consideration.
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Enola
George ©. Shindel
John EE. Myers
John E. Myers
George C. Shindel
Jacob J. Koons
George W. Koons
Harry Wynick
George Koons
State Department Rules Bonds For Road Work Across Counties
The State Highway Department announced a June 12 1919 act control over county road projects and condemned long term bond financed roads. Venango and all Pennsylvania counties must build roads with practical utility and avoid wasteful financing. Interurban lines urged to standardize trolley headlight use to reduce streetcar accidents. John C Winston named Philadelphia public works director. Adjutant General Beary active in National Guard unit formation in Reading.
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State Highway Department
Venango County
Sadler
Pennsylvania
John P. Doheney
Public Service Commission
Doheney
John C. Winston
Philadelphia
Capitol Hill
Beary
National Guard
Marietta Man Wins High Post in California Agriculture
Charlea Johnson of Marietta reports his grandson Ethelbert Johnson has been appointed assistant secretary of agriculture in California. The 23 year old graduate of Marietta High School Franklin and Marshall College and a western agricultural school is praised by his seedsman grandfather.
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Marietta
Charlea Johnson
Ethelbert Johnson
California
Franklin and Marshall College
Western Agricultural School
Itis
Foreigners Would Enter Country on Probation Under New Law
Washington report says Representative Johnson urges passage of a bill to deport alien members of the I. W. W. and related groups and to require future entrants to come only on probation. He argues aliens have misbehaved and must be denied entry except on probationary terms.
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Associated Press
Washington
Johnson
Republican
House Immigration Committee
House
United States
Mr. Johnson
Gas Well Continues Blaze as Steamers Rushed to Scene
The Snake Hollow gas well at McKeesport caught fire Thursday and still blazed today. More steam boilers arrived to help extinguish as a curtain of steam blocked the mouth of the 25,000,000 foot well. The pillar of fire neared extinction twice but gas reignited above the curtain. Officials estimate two or three more boilers are needed to raise steam enough to control the blaze.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Snake Hollow
McKeesport
DuPont Denies Unfair Competition Claims Before FTC
The DuPont Company in Wilmington Delaware denies adopting unfair competitive practices in the Springfield Illinois district as alleged to the Federal Trade Commission.
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Wilmington
Del
DuPont Company
Springfield
Tils
Federal Trade Commission
Lebanon liquor license renewals filed by seventy one dealers
Seventy one liquor license renewal applications have been filed in Lebanon city and county. The report lists dealers seeking renewals and outlines the ongoing regulatory process for licensing alcohol sales in the area.
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Lebanon
Lewistown
Standard Steel Works
Burnham
York Haven
Carlinie
Herbert N. Powley
San Francisco
Siberia
Russian Service Corps
Mount Wolf
John Jarcht
Carliile
Unusual deer region tale and county notices
The piece recounts a deer encounter in Stone Valley where a hunter’s quick shot stunned the buck. the animal became wedged by its horns and was later killed. It notes a spate of sudden rural deaths in Hallam and features winter migration trends from Lancaster County to Florida. It mentions Y W C A charity efforts, a New Year social in Lykens, a Lancaster wedding feast, and deer season reports. It ends with Red Lion cigar trade surge and girl bander earnings.
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Stone Valley
Huntingdon County
J. W. Taylor
Reedsville
Taylor
Telegraph
Hallam
Martha Hauser
J. H. Dietz
Hauser
York County
Lancaster County
David Beller
Lizzie
Levi Wisher
Bishop Beiler
Clarence Hollinger
Monterey Club
Adams County
guy = Linn
State Game Commission
Karl Bushey
Gardners
Ray Anthony
Bittinger’s
Gettysburg
Red Lion
New Resolution Declares Peace and War Measure Clash
The Senate debated a resolution declaring peace with Versailles undertakings and authorizing presidential prohibitions on US GER- relation commerce and loans. The session also saw votes overturning prior action on rail policy and antistrike provisions, with party splits over Canada-US freight connections and labor limits.
Mexico Denies Buying Arms in Germany Reports
In Mexico City officials Hilario Medina and General Juan Barragian deny reports that Mexico purchased arms and ammunition in Germany or that seized machine guns in Holland were bought by the Mexican government. The claims traced to Coblenz after Marshal Foch cited war material seizures.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Germany
Holland
Hilario Medina
Juan Barragian
Coblenz
Marshal Foch
Sadler Vetoes Cinder Roads in Venango County
Venango county sought to fund cinder highways with a $1,000,000 bond issue but Highway Commissioner Sadler rejected the plan. He urged durable pavements financed by long term bonds or taxes, warning maintenance costs and bond maturity would erode the project. Erie Mayor Miles Kitts supported durable streets and state control over bond funded projects.
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Lewis
Sadler
Venango County
Gates
Culbertson
Highway Department
Miles B. Kitts
Erie
Pennsylvania
Kitts
Sandler
State Highway Department
Wilson Again Names J S Williams For Comptroller of Currency
President Wilson renominates John Skelton Williams for Comptroller of the Currency to satisfy Senate rules for a new session. Williams, in office again, faces a Banking Committee review amid expected party division on confirmation.
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Associated Press
Washington
John Skelton Williams
Wilson
Senate
Williams
Senate Banking Committee
Lewis Denies In Every Particular Charges Against Him
John N. Lewis acting president of the United Mine Workers of America denies in every particular a Congress attributed statement. The denial accompanies a public release noting a letter to Rep Merritt asking amends and public admission of a fact. A separate notice reports Capital Legion 1108 holding a masquerade and Christmas tree social at its hall on North Third Street Tuesday evening.
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Lewis
Associated Press
Indianapolis
John N. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Congress
United States District
A. B. Anderson
Federal Grand Jury
Schuyler Merritt
Connecticut
Capital Legion No. 1108
North Third Street
Williamstown Couple Wed at Home of Bride Parents
Willamstown notes report the marriage of Misa Helen Duenger and John Sours at the bride’s parents home with Reverend Alex 20 officiating. Other items mention Howard Mack visiting from Detroit, Mr and Mrs William Dreesel touring Lykens, a community chest charity ball in Adams on Tuesday, Jane Savage in Harrisburg, Florence Maywood departing for Colorado to join her army husband, and Hannah Ressler headed to New York City for a position at White’s Bible Institute.
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Willamstown
Pal
Misa Helen Duenger
John Sours
Town
John Duenger
Alex
Howard Mack
Detroit
Mich
William Dreesel
Lykens
Community Chest
Adams Iill
Jane ‘S Savage
Harrisburg
Florence Maywood
Colorado
Hannah Ressler
New York City
White's Bible Institute
Go to Havana for the Winter
Dauphin Pennsylvania notes residents heading to Havana for the winter. Social visits include Elizabeth Oyster of Harrisburg with Elizabeth Poffenberger, and Mrs Charles Walker hosting guests at Speeceville. Local travel and holiday events wrap the month.
Urges Parents to Send Their Children to School
Gettysburg Pennsylvania December 20 Dr Puncan Spaeth of Princeton University urged local residents to compel attendance at public schools saying a good community requires citizens who can read write and know English He emphasized literacy as essential and called for stronger emphasis in schools today on reading writing and language skills.
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Gettysburg
Puncan Spaeth
Princeton Univity
Navier Hall
Arm Injury Report From Elizabethtown Street Incident
In Elizabethtown Pennsylvania Amos Hardman a Kreider shoe factory worker who is a returned soldier broke his left arm after stepping to avoid an oncoming auto on East High street Mrs Mary letter of North Market street fractured her right arm during a fall W B Ishler from North Dakota visiting town after 39 years A Middletown aviation plant truck convoy visited Boggs Cafe for a chicken and waffle supper Officers elected at Lodge No 682 I A M include Nathan Greiner Ralph Sheaffer and others with H F Horst as secretary and George D Boggs as trustee
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Elizabethtown
Amos Hardman
Kreider Shoe Factory
East High Street
Mary Letter
North Market Street
W. B. Ishler
Rock Lake
North Dakota
Middletown
Boggs
South Market Street
A. M
Nathan Greiner
Norman Good
Ralph Sheaffer
H. F. Horst
George D. Boggs
John (. Redsecker
J. 5S. McBride
Hl. A. Coble
Walter B. Wealand
Legion Post Seeks Home in Columbia Pa
At a special meeting of the American Legion Post No. 72 in Columbia the members voted unanimously in favor of obtaining a home for the post. A five member committee, chaired by Lieut.-Col. C. O. Berntheizel, will pursue the project while Major W. J. Rehm and Gen. Shannon spoke on forming a new National Guard in Lancaster county. Separately, Susquehanna Silk Mills gave a 10 percent wage hike affecting over 2,000 workers and office staff in Hazleton, Christmas bonus indicated.
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Columbia
Dee
Paula Tevere Imber
Americain Legion
Bo Shannon
C. ON. Berntheizel
Shannon
Interes Os
Ntional Guard
Lancaster County
Susvovehanna Silk Mills Corporation
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the Dauphin High
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Harry Myers
John Campbell
Maergarette Knaub
Carrie Knauby
C. A. Bainbridge
Legion Post
Keystone Bank
Third and Calder Sts
Harrisburg, PA
J. Mwcculllough
Smeltzer Cashier
HG. Brighutbile
Keystone Savings Club
House of Diamonds
Boas
N. Second Street
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