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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
8
Contracts authorize remodeling of the Camp Curtin building for a junior high school with installations of heating tumbling and electrical facilities to enhance the facility. The plan includes structural upgrades and utility expansion to accommodate expanded school use.
Lydia H Albert widow of George W Albert dies at 333 Boyd street with funeral at 2 30 Monday and burial at Harrisburg Cemetery. AB Wellington Swab aged 69 dies at 1732 State street with funeral Monday Dec 24 at 3 PM. City school board awards contract bids totaling 170 521 for heating and 25 225 plumbing to Everts Overdeer plus 18 690 electrical work and 10 360 supplies. Board approves library magazines for Tech High and chapel repaint and book racks at Central High. D C Keen H A Boyer and A Carson Stamm named to choose name for new Junior High at 19th and Chestnut. Tech High auditorium to host Natural History Society January 11.
President Judge George Kunkel disposed of minor cases. In the Lemoyne Trust Company v Earnest Doepke and William A Launee the court discharged the motion to open judgment. D J Jerauld in an action against Alice M Shopp and Clara M Cunkle was given ten days to file an additional statement of damages. A schedule of awards of viewers for the grading of Orange Street will be exhibited Monday evening at the city council chamber.
The B F Goodrich Rubber Co promotes road signs as silent highway helpers. They claim signs guide motorists correctly, saving gasoline and tires, with 4,000,000 signs consulted daily and about 2.8 billion yearly assists for roughly 4,000,000 cars nationwide.
The Associated Press reports a subdued New York stock market with dealings below normal before the holidays. Strength in foreign bonds and modest demand for ships, oils, and motors were the main features, while steels and equipment drifted. Closing was irregular with about 175,000 shares traded and prices like Liberty 4s near 7.04 to 7.24, and 2tys around 98.48 to 98.24.
The Regent Theater hosts a Christmas Day program featuring Geraldine Farrar in The Devil Stone with a notable all star cast and a special organ recital by Marion M. Merchant. The film, Cecil DeMille’s new superstition based drama, debuts amid Yuletide attractions in Harrisburg.
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