Free commercial classes to open at Central High School
Harrisburg announces free commercial classes three evenings weekly at Central High School starting January 6 taught by J H Bickley. Courses include typing stenography business English and bookkeeping with registration next Thursday and Friday evenings. Enrollment aims to 75 percent attendance to waive fees as part of a broader night school effort and Americanization work proceeds.
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Central High School
J. H. Bickley
Harrisburg
Central
Bickley
Professor Bickley
North Third Street
F. E. Downes
Foreign Competition to Cut Harrisburg Xmas Turkey Prices
Foreign competition is expected to lower turkey prices in Harrisburg. At least two carloads are en route, likely bringing live-weight prices to 35 cents or less. Market reports show dressed birds at higher prices, with many remaining unsold if declines persist.
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Harrisburg
No Trace of Woman Who Disappeared From Home
Mrs. Rose Grand of 438 Cumberland Street vanished from home two days ago during illness and temporary insanity. Police and family searched the river from Steelton to McCormick's Island with no results, and a farmer near Heckton reported seeing a woman matching her description north of Dauphin heading toward Heckton. A $25 reward is offered for information.
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Rose Grand
Cumberland Street
Steelton
McCormick's Island
Heckton
Weather outlook for Eastern Pennsylvania Sunday
Intermittent rain continues across eastern Pennsylvania with warmer conditions Sunday. Expect moderate southeast to south winds in the eastern portion as the day progresses.
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Pennsylvania
German Army Plans Hidden Strength With National Guard
A Copenhagen dispatch to the Daily Mail says Germany accepts Field Marshal Hindenburg’s plan to form a People’s Guard or National Army. The force would be stronger than before with officers sworn to secrecy and women to serve in auxiliary roles.
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London
Vield Marshal von Hindenburg
People’s Guard
Copenhagen
Daily Mail
Vienna asks Allies to send army to capital
Paris dispatch reports Vienna has asked French British and American troops to occupy the Austrian capital to avoid further disturbances. The Vienna move seeks Allied occupation of Vienna and a force to secure the city.
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Vienna
Paris
Zurich
Lodge warns of danger in hazy peace at Senate
Senator Lodge voices concern over five of Wilsons fourteen peace points noting the need for Senate frankness in ratifying treaties. He stresses Senate responsibility equals the Presidents and urges delay on issues like secret diplomacy, freedom of seas, economic barriers, armament cuts, and league of nations. Continued on Page 9.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Lodge
Germany
League of Nations
United States
Baltic Returns Home Troops and War Workers
The Baltic of the White Star Line arrived at Sandy Hook with 2,042 Army officers and men from the American Expeditionary Forces. The Metapan docked with 37 seers and 12 enlisted men bound for home, sailing from Pauillac, France. The Walmer Castle brought several hundred passengers including Red Cross Y M C A and Knights of Columbus workers.
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New York
Baltic
White Star Line
Sandy Hook
Metapan
Pauillac
France
Cunard
Walmer Castle
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Rainbow Division Chief Menoher Takes Air Service Post
General March announces Major General Charles T. Menoher, formerly commander of the Forty second Rainbow Division in France, as director of air service succeeding John D. Ryan.
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Rainbow Division
Ryan
Washington
Charles T. Menoher
France
Air Service
John D. Ryan
March
Free Insurance Granted to Tin Mill Workers
The Lalance-Grosjean Manufacturing Company announces at a mill in Jefferson and Division streets that directors have arranged life insurance for the benefit of all its 250 plus employees. The statement was made before the mill office this morning at 10 o clock.
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Lalance-Grosjean Manufacturing Company
Jefferson and
Division Streets
Rainy and Warm Weather Forecast for Christmas Week
Weather Bureau projections for the week starting Monday show the North and Middle Atlantic States experiencing rain and warmth at the start, with rain again midweek, temperatures returning to normal, and likely fair days toward week’s end.
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Associated Press
Washington
Weather Bureau Today
North
Middle Atlantic
Tech Tatler Coronation: Harrisburg Telegraph Best Paper
Tech High School students vote in the Christmas issue of the Tech Tatler naming the Harrisburg Telegraph as the best Harrisburg newspaper. The issue also marks winners in campus trivia with Beans as favorite caterer dish and Silent Will Hoerner as top-known figure and leading bidder.
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TECH
Telegraph
Harrisburg
Technical High School
Tech Tatler
Graph
Rutherford
Will Hoerner
Preliminary Peace Conference Postponed to February
A major misinterpretation of Railroad Wage Commission rulings led to overpayments to about 4800 shopmen across Harrisburg area railroads. The government will seek to recover overpaid wages, with potential cuts for future pay to balance the sums.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Reading
Harrisburg
Railroad Wage Commission
Maclay Street
Lucknow
Enola
Marysville
Rutherford
Allegheny
Lane
William R. Wilcox
Special Commission
Washington
Elisha Lee
Pennsylvania Railroad
C. H
Allegheny Region
H. Markham
More Red Cross Buttons Appear In City Streets
With 22 000 members already enrolled in the Christmas drive Red Cross headquarters announced the campaign will close Monday night. Vice President Thomas R Marshall urged residents to join as thanks for the Red Cross work and a window emblem day was planned for the next day.
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Red Cross
Harrisburg
Thomas R. Marshall
New Cumberland
Carlisle
Germans Fail in Bulk of Shipping For the Allies
Paris reports German authorities will deliver about 2,000,000 tons of shipping instead of 2,500,000 tons demanded by the Allies for provisioning under the armistice. Geneva advices quote German sources on the reduced figure and expected deliveries.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Geneva
Two Men Charged With Robbing Till at Market Street Eatery
Herbert Derry and James Hester were arrested last night and given a police court hearing this afternoon on larceny charges. They allegedly stole $20 from behind the counter at Mrs. Jane Clancy's restaurant at 612 Market Street after ordering a meal.
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Herbert Derry
James Hester
Jane Clancy
Market Street
Germans strip poles in last days of power
Warsaw reports that in the final days of occupation Germany stripped Poland of machinery, food, wires, and industrial plans. Polish leader Stanislau Larlowski warns rebuilding will demand billions and new government support to secure loans for materials, machinery, and locomotives.
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Warsaw
Poland
Polish Legion
Stanislau Larlowski
Commercial Bank of Warsaw
Kalicz
Lodz
Manchester
Versailles Plea for World Servants in Peace Tribunal
Paris December 21 The Versailles peace talks are pushed to early February due to Wilson's visit to England and British cabinet reshuffles. Wilson will confer with Lloyd George and Balfour before Chaumont and likely not return until opening sessions. The army will handle movements and the American mission reports progress amid busy preparatory work.
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Paris
Versailles
Marcel Huton
Echo de Paris
Wilson
England
Lloyd George
Balfour
Chaumont
France
Bin
Wilson Critiques Congress and Urges Postwar Cooperation
Mrs. Wilson, returning to Paris after Christmas, visited blind veterans with Winifred Holt as she prepared for possible England travel. She attacked the Vienna Congress as self serving and stressed frank co operation between English speaking democracies to seek a just peace.
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Vienna
Versailles
England
Fragmentary note hints at list of names and items
Fragments show partial names and references to items or duties. The unreadable text blocks obscure full meaning but suggest a compiled list or record. No clear event, date, or action is discernible from the provided OCR.
German Assembly Moves Amid War Prisoner Reports
Fragmented report notes a German National Assembly meeting planned at a location with arrangements by Chief Burgomaster Veet at Berlin. It mentions 210 war prisoners traveling through Holland and Denmark and references fluctuating New York Liberty Bond prices.
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Burgomarter
Berlitt
Holland
Denmark
New
York
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