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Newspaper

Harrisburg Telegraph

Location

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1916

Page

12

Elizabethville to Hold Municipal Christmas Tree Ceremony

Elizabethville Pennsylvania forms a municipal Christmas tree committee led by Chief D A Andre with Ralph Lehman as secretary. A 200 lighted tree will stand in the Square on December 24 with a brief program featuring bells, scriptures, carols, and a band. The Lenker family donated the tree. Post office hours Sunday offer Christmas mail service from 2 to 4:30 PM.

Elizabethville Citizens Burress D. A. Andre Ralph Lehman Andre Earl K. Romberger C. E. Forney James Hoff Harvey Gangloff Geo. Buffington Charles Matter E. L. Steever Ralph L. Selman Robert Lenker James E. Lentz E. J. Heilman C. P. Wehr S. L. Rhoads James KE. Lentz Dauphin

Miss Mae E Long Weds William P Martin in Newport Home

A home ceremony in Newport, Pennsylvania united Mae Lotta Long and William P Martin at 10 30 am. The bride, a Kee Mar College alumna and 23 year St Paul s Lutheran organist, received a $50 gold purse from the congregation. The groom, manager of blast furnaces at American Manganese Manufacturing, they plan to reside at the Colonial Inn in Connellsville after January 1.

Newport Rebecca Elizabeth Long Mae Lotta William P. Martin Dunbar William C. Ney St. Paul's Lutheran Church St. Paul's American Manganese Manufacturing Company Martin Colonial Inn Connellsville

Social and Personal News of Towns Along West Shore

New Cumberland notes Christmas visitors and student departures from Lebanon Valley College and Dickinson College. Residents host relatives in Shiremanstown, along with Harrisburg and York visitors. A town meeting change announced for New Cumberland Hose Company. A car collision in York is reported with injuries.

West Shore John Ferry New Cumberland Lebanon Miriam Lenhart Ruth Heffleman George Haverstock Lebanon Valley College R. R. Kohr Dickinson College Burgess A. Broadhurst Annapolis Margie Oren Sue Householder Goldsboro John Brunner Pittsburgh John Snyder Shiremanstown Simon Eberly Harrisburg Hospital Kate Noell Louise Noell Harrisburg H. F. Greenawalt Margaret Uhler York Charles Glessner Red Lion Howard Laurence Peifer David Farner Charles Kline David Jennie Rhoda Gardners Station Idaville Kate Brown Middletown Samuel Bates Susan Mater Harry Spahr Philadelphia Citizens’ Hose Company

Eyre backs Baldwin for Pennsylvania House speaker

Senator elect T Larry Eyre urged Richard J. Baldwin of Delaware county as speaker of the Pennsylvania House. Eyre canvassed the speakership and predicted Baldwin would win the Republican caucus and the floor vote, praising Baldwin's open advocacy and experience.

T. Larry Eyre Chester County Richard J. Baldwin Delaware County Capitol Eyre Baldwin House of Representatives Harrisburg Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Divorced Woman Renames After First Husband in Reno Street

Mrs. Katie Felty, granted a divorce from William Felty on nonsupport and cruelty grounds, will use her first husband’s name Mrs. Shadow. She has been married three times. he four, with two prior wives divorced and two dying. Other local items note a Christmas play, a near death by saw accident, a sleighing party, baskets packed by the Sunshine Guild, school closures, local society officers, and a child burned in Gettysburg.

New Cumberland Katie Felty Reno Street William Felty Shadow Felty

Sale of Danish Indies Approved by Parliament

Copenhagen and Washington report that both houses of the Danish Parliament have approved the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. Ratification of the treaty is now in process, paving the way for the 25 million dollar purchase and the creation of an American territorial government.

Copenhagen Danish West Indies United States Landsthing Folkething Washington Pease AG United States Senate Congress

To Keep Skin Healthy Youthful Wrinkleless

A wellness note advises avoiding cosmetics and using mercorized wax nightly to draw out devitalized surface skin and reveal a fresher complexion. It warns that strong light at balls makes defects obvious and suggests a saxolite and witch hazel wash to reduce fine wrinkles.

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