Harrisburg Council Debates Bathhouse Budget Item
In a special budget session City Council weighs cutting 5000 from the park estimate for a municipal bathhouse and bathing beach. Commissioner Lynch calls it a luxury while Park Commissioner Gross pushes for keeping the line, arguing public demand and need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Lynch
Lynch
Gross
Susquehanna
Harrisburg
Mr. Lynch
Council
Commissioner Lynch
E. Z. Gross
Public Improvements
Germany to unveil peace terms if doors to negotiations stay open
An Exchange Telegraph report from The Hague says Germany will disclose its chief peace terms immediately if the Entente powers in their reply to the central powers’ proposals leave the door open for negotiations.
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Germany
London
Hague
Ohio Storm Destroys Roads and Slows Cities
Ohio towns dig out after a heavy statewide snowstorm centered in the north and central regions. The blizzard disrupted travel, with crews reporting delayed roads and widespread accumulation across major towns.
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Columbus
Ohio
Railroads Criticized Over Car Redistribution After Shortage
Washington report says eight railroads did not carry out recommended box car redistribution to southern and western lines. The list includes Boston and Albany, Maine Central, Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia and Reading, New York Central, Michigan Central, Wabash, and Toledo and Ohio Central. Additional lines showed possible dereliction but details were incomplete.
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Washington, D. C
Commission On Car Service
The
American Railway Association
Boston
Albany
Maine Central
Lehigh Valley
Philadelphia
Reading
New York Central
Michigan Central
Wabash
Toledo
Ohio Central
Crews in Harrisburg Enola and Reading Yard Schedules
Philadelphia Division and Enola Yard crews listed with first shift orders after 4 p m and 12 40 p m plus job titles such as engineers firemen brakemen conductors and yard additions. Reading and Harrisburg yard crews named with personnel up lists and shift start times alongside economic notes on factory expansion at Devine and Yungel shoe makers state Sixteenth and State streets.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
McGuire
Maxwell
Madenford
Yeater
Dolby
Gemmill
Swartz
Eugle
Naylor
Wilt
Stone
Kirk
Middle Division
Buckwalter
Peters
Leppard
Bomberger
Hummer
J. KR
Adams
Ant
Veuue UE
Snyder
Leiby
Fulton
Fells
McDonnell
Runkle
Wise
Watts
Cleland
Sayford
Matson
Machamer
Gibbons
Cless
Sieber
Petter
Snell, Jr
Fleisher
Blottenberger
Burger
Wagner
Keiser
Six
Cain
Warner
Myers
Steele
Hardy
Wilhelm
Walters
Bryan
INOLA
Bebe Middle
ENOLA
Rider
Hill
Boyer
Kling
Smith
Branyon
Bretz
Kauffman
Reese
Kepford
Haubert
Brandt
Reed
Backensto
Hinkle
Murray
Walsh
Book
Eichelberger
Guilerman
Reading
Merkle
Morne
Tetrome
Freed
Hoffman
Richwine
Welcomer
Griffith
Marks
Mover
Par
Devine and Yungel
Six Children Deserted Taken in by Aid Societies
Six children from two families were placed in the care of Associated Aid Societies yesterday. One family includes two young children deserted by their parents about a week ago and cared for by neighbors. The other family has two feeble minded children and one with tuberculosis needing institutional care.
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Associated Aid Societies
Biggest Postal Parcel On Hill Shifts 1917 License Plates
State Highway Department reports the Harrisburg Post Office received the largest single mail shipment in city history for 1917 license plates. Over 35 000 plate sets plus 6 000 to 8 000 motorcycle plates, totaling about forty tons, arrived. Authorities urge swift applications before January 1 as 1917 plates are required to operate.
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State Highway Department
Harrisburg
Capitol
Automobile Division
Automobile
George M. Brustar
Prison Labor Commission
Huntingdon Reformatory
Sdate
Balance Expenditure for High Schools and Pension Case Notes
State Department of Public Instruction can redirect unspent funds from vocational education to equalize advantages in public high schools within legal limits. Eleven exceptions to the Dauphin County Pension Mutual Life Insurance Co order are filed by stockholders and policyholders. hearing set for January 3. Relief officers elected George H. Thomas leads with 18 062 votes. other results listed. Harry W. Johns resigns from Harrisburg Technical high to join Bethlehem Steel Lebanon drafting dept. Steamer Itonus sinks per Lloyds report. owned in Melbourne and in British government service.
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State Department of Public Instruction
First
Keller
State Board of Education
Dauphin County Court
Pension Mutual Life Insurance Company
Pittsburgh
J. Denny O'Neil
Kunkel
E. J. Kent
Joseph H. Thompson
Chambers
Insurance Department
William M. Hargest
J. D. O'Neil
Thomas B. Donaldson
Pennsylvania
T. G. Evans
William J. Schadt
Consolidated Investment Co
N. D. Hawkins, Jr
Charles H. Fritch
H. Nicholson
William
George H. Thomas
Eastern Pennsylvania
P. R. R. Relief Department
Philadelphia
Schuylkill
John C. Rohrer
Middle Division
Harry J. Babb
James J. Gormley
Charles Wilmer
Philadelphia Terminal
Merrie Christmas For All at Harrisburg Hospital
Flower Guild members organize a Christmas program at Harrisburg Hospital. A large candy decorated tree will be placed in the main hall and another in the children's ward by midnight for awakening patients. Additional trees with gifts will be placed in each hospital ward.
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Flower Guild
Harrisburg Hospital
Mary Heister
Emily Bailey
Eliza Bailey
Virginia Kins
Sara Hastings
Constance Ferriday
Frances Morrison
Sara Cooper
Susquehanna Open Air School Tops Red Cross Seal Drive
The Susquehanna open air school in Harrisburg wins the state prize for highest sales per capita in the Red Cross Christmas seal drive. Evelyn Mair, 18, leads with 5 700 seals, while Dickinson Johnson of Camp Curtin sold 6 740. The 43 pupils raised 101 in stamps this season, finishing 230 seals per pupil, with Miss Marion Williams guiding the effort and Miss Martha Fox assisting. A Christmas celebration followed with a tree, gifts, and speeches by local clergy and officials.
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West
Red Cross
Harrisburg
Evelyn Mair
Susquehanna
Dickinson Johnson
Curtin
Marion Williams
Martha Fox
Seal Fund
Williams
Miss Williams
Santa
William Henderson
Eleanor Clark
Dora Wickersham Coe
Floyd Appleton
St. Paul ‘Episcopal Church
Governor Brumbaugh Makes Surprise Capitol Visit
Governor Brumbaugh toured the Capitol with Secretary Ball greeting department heads including Commissioner Dixon and Secretary Woods. He praised highway license workers, visited the stenographers room with a Christmas tree, and shared gifts from the executive staff. Visit distraction noted as not political. lawmakers Graff Sampsell Snyder Walter dropped by.
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Martin G. Brumbaugh
Enneae
Ball
Dixon
The
Commonwealth Woods
State Highway Department
Stenographers
Executive Department
Santa Claus
Brumbaugh
Capitol
Graff
Blairsville
Sampsell
Snyder
Walter
Franklin
City Christmas Tree Celebration Ready for Sunday Event
Chairman Frank ft Musser announced the program for Moorhead citys Christmas tree celebration at Front and Market Streets Sunday at 9 15 PM. The Municipal Band led by Frank Bluemenstein will perform Cantique de Noel Joy to the World and other carols with Moorhead Choral Society under Abner W Hartman and Abner Hartman directing Faithful Pine While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Adeste Fideles and Yuletide Fantasia. The Rev Dr James F Bullitt and Rev Dr George E Hawes will give prayers and readings before the procession from the Board of Trade building to Market Square for the tree lighting.
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Frank Ft. Musser
Frank Blumenstein
Moorhead Knitting Company Choral Society
Abner W. Hartman
George E. Hawes
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Board of Trade
Market Street
Walnut
Market Square
James Weldon Johnson to Speak in Harrisburg Soon
James Weldon Johnson will deliver an address in Harrisburg as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People branch hosts his visit. The New York City figure, elected field secretary, travels with plans to boost local work alongside Rev. Albert J. Greene and Dr. B. J. Lewis as the organization grows. Johnson is known as a New York Age assistant editor and a Philadelphia Ledger editorial contest prize winner.
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Harrisburg
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James Weldon Johnson
New York City
Albert J. Greene
8. J. Lewis
Johnson
America
New York Age
Philadelphia Ledger
Hughes
Pretty Girl Takes Over Warden's Job
Miss Amanda Thomas, daughter of the Ohio State penitentiary warden, sits in charge as the first woman warden in a state prison. She twirls a revolver on her finger and reports enjoying the job while her father and the secretary are away.
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Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
Amanda Thomas
Ohio State
Thomas
Cbleness
Christmas festival at St Andrew's parish tonight
Members of St Andrew's Episcopal Sunday school and parish plan their annual Christmas festival this evening at the parish house on Ninth and Market streets with baskets for needy families and a 5 30 supper followed by a children's service.
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Sunday School
John F. Hartranft
Sons of Veterans
York Camp
Sons of Veterans Reserves
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Sing Singacres
Arthur P. Daggett
Larchmont
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EB. H. Harriman
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E. E. Hooper
Lumbermen's Association
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Colo
Willam F. Cody
May Decker
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Melbourne
Merrie Christmas
Philo Gubb
Elmer Jones
Rising Sun Detective Agency
Stories
Jones
Steelton
Grear
Elmer
Dallas
Tex
Gulf Coast Line
Xmas
R. R. Markley
Patriot Building
Mr. Markley
Harrisburg Academy
University of Pennsylvania
Richmond
Pretty Girl
Cottenham Abraham
Cottenham
Bartine Avenue
Margaret
William M. Cottenham
Jacob
Shippensburg
Robert Palm
Manheim
Lome
E. Vance
Wormsleysburg
Camp Hill Cemetery
Loyal Order of Moose
Roppton
San Francisco
Franz’ Bopp
United States
Thomas P. Moran
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