Poles to Fight Ukrainians for Lemberg Rights
Vienna December 23 Poland aims for an amicable settlement with the Czechs over Austrian Silesia and will send a deputation to Prague. Polish Foreign Minister rejects diplomacy on Galicia claims by Ukraine and warns Ukraine has forced a fight for Lemberg and eastern Galicia with Poland prepared to defend by all means.
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Vienna
Poland
Austrian Silesia
Prague
Cracow
Galicia
Ukraine
Republic of Ukraine
Lemberg
Eckman’s Alterative Health Booster for Lungs
A health builder for weakened lungs promises to stop coughs and strengthen lungs with Eckman’s Alterative. Available in 0c and 1.50 dollar bottles at druggists or from Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Steelton Red Cross Roll Call Falls Short
Steelton faces a shortfall in its Red Cross Christmas roll call, with 8,000 enrolled out of an estimated 20,000 residents. The piece questions the lack of heart rather than dollars and suggests publicizing those who join rather than those who do not.
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Steelton
Red Cross
Christmas Services Announced by Borough Churches
Borough churches publish Christmas schedules with multiple masses and services. S J James Church lists midnight mass seven and nine o clock masses Christmas Day. Trinity Church plans an eight o clock Christmas Eve preparatory service and morning celebrations at 730 and 10. Reformed Church sets a six o clock early service Christmas Day. Sunday schools hold 7 o clock services with gifts from Santa at S J James and Trinity locations. Superintendent C W McCoy promises new features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S J. James
Trinity Church
Santa Claus
Reformed Church
C. W. McCoy
Workman Crushed to Death at Local Steel Plant
Frank Carabo an employee at the 28 inch mill of the local steel plant was crushed to death this morning. He was adjusting equipment when he was caught between the rollers and the housing and died before he could be removed from the rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carabo
Carabo
Steel Plant Plans Holiday Shutdown After War Strain
Officials announced the steel plant would be nearly completely shut for holidays except for the open hearth and blast furnaces. The pause provides workers with a rest after intensive wartime labor.
Band Gifts Gold Watch to Manager Walter Geyer
Walter Geyer of the local steel plant and manager of the Steelton Band received a splendid gold watch from band members last evening. The watch is an Howard make, an expensive timepiece.
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Walter Geyer
Steelton
Poor Children of Sterlton to Have Christmas Treat
The Child's Welfare Committee of the Civic Club led by Mrs. Charles Alden completes plans for the annual Christmas treat for Sterlton’s poor children. Tomorrow at 4 PM in Trinity Parish House, each child will receive candies toys and clothing. The Rev William Heilman will tell the Christmas story. 57 children invited including 15 children of soldiers.
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Civic Club
Charles Alden
Trinity
William Charles Heilman
Many Names on Casualty List From Harrisburg Area
Two Harrisburg soldiers formerly with the Governor's Troop were wounded in Belgium on October 31 and listed as wounded, degree undetermined, in today and yesterday's casualty lists. Sergeant Robert Cowan and Wagoner Russell Challenger, both transferred to Battery F, 108th Field Artillery, are recovering. Cowan was wounded in the head above the left eye and Challenger in the right cheek and leg. Other local soldiers named include Sergeant Arthur Ridgway Fitzgerald and several corporals and privates cited as slightly or severely wounded.
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Harrisburg
Belgium
Robert 8. Cowan
Clara V. Cowan
Green Street
Wagoner Russell E. Challenger
Ellen Challenger
North Twelfth Street
Challenger
War Department
Cowan
One Hundred and Eighth Field Artillery
Young Challenger
London
Arthur Ridgway Fitzgerald
Annie M. Fitzgerald
North Seventeenth Street
One Hundred and Twelfth Infantry
Argonne Forest
Fitzgerald
Charles S. Batdorf
Asof Batdorf
Atlas Avenue
James R. Storey
Annie Croll Storey
North Fourteenth Street
John C. Vandling
Laura H. Vandling
New Cumberland
Frank Beisenhour
Middletown
Raymond Leon Sheckart
Columbia
Dewey Deimler
Palmyra
John T. Brown
Mount Holly Springs
Horace H. Depew
Samuel B. Kirkpatrick
Duncannon
George Yy. Schreiber
Mount Union
Corporal Werner Home With Croix de Guerre Honors
Corporal Daniel H. Werner of Company I 112th Regiment 28th Division returns from France wearing the Croix de Guerre and citation cord for rescuing his major at Chateau Thierry. He is visiting sister Mrs W J Moore at 2502 Agate Street and awaits discharge at Camp Meade.
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Daniel H. Werner
France
W. J. Moore
Agate Street
Camp Meade
Werner
Marshal Foch
Chateau Thierry
Brown
Pittsburgh
Telegraph
Raymond G. Carroll
American Expeditionary Forces
Public Ledger
Harrisburg
St. Angena
New York
Maryland
Rail pay, fatal accident, and Christmas services in brief
Tomorrow and Thursday payrolls will be made on the Middle division of the Pennsylvania Railroad with a paycar at Lewistown Junction tomorrow afternoon and again at Mifflin on Thursday after which it returns. George John, 48, Bohemian rail laborer, died after being struck by a fast Pennsylvanian near Three Culverts Friday at 8:40 as fog hid an oncoming train. Three shop workers at Altoona hospital received treatment for minor injuries. Christmas services set for 6 am at the Church of God in New Cumberland with Rev. C. H. Heiges delivering the sermon.
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James Lapferty
James Lafferty
Meyers Street
Baldwin Cemetery
Joseph Pougherty
United Brethren Church
Middle Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lewistown Junction
Mifflin
Pennsyl
George John
BO Tower
Pennsy Shop
Altoona Hospital
Bruce Woodworth
East Altoona Roundhouse
Albert Debeuc
Walter Barronner
Hollidaysburg
New Cumberland
Church of God
C. H. Heiges
Vivian Martin
Miss Mar
Othy Grant
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Sennett
Mary Pickford
Johanna
Yanks Want Cobb and Ty Cobb Trade Talk Heats Up
Scranton Pennsylvania reports Hughey Jennings, Detroit manager, doubts Ty Cobb will retire. Cincinnati expects Christy Mathewson to manage the Reds again next season after army discharge. Branch Rickey to become St Louis manager, with Jack Hendricks exiting. Also notes on local sports events and boxing bouts in Harrisburg and nearby towns.
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Jennings
Scranton
Ty Cobb
Hughey Jennings
Detroit
New York
Cincinnati
Christy Mathewson
Reds
Matty
France
Herrmann
St. Louis
Branch Rickey
St. Louis Nationals
James C. Jones
Jones
Jack Hendricks
Rail traffic heavy as Christmas rush fills Harrisburg divisions
Freight and passenger movement on several Harrisburg railroad divisions is very heavy due to the Christmas rush. Mustered-out soldiers and sailors return home, with favorable weather keeping trains on time and additional cars, including Pullmans, added to meet the surge in travel.
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Harrisburg
United States Service
Six Men Discharged for Rule Infractions at Pennsylvania Railroad
Six employees in various departments were discharged from the Middle division of the Pennsylvania railroad for rule infractions. The discipline bulletin from Superintendent J. C. Johnson reports forty six additional reprimands and fifty three suspensions. Minor wreck delays at Steelton and Strafford disrupted passenger service and freight traffic, while Hawstone and Narrows stations will be discontinued and a new Hawstone station established nearby in Mifflin county.
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Middle Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. C. Johnson
Jella
Hawstone
Narrows
Middle
Pennsylvania Raiload
Mifflin County
Crews Assigned Across Harrisburg Philadelphia and Enola Divisions
The standing lists engineer fireman conductor and brakeman crews for the Harrisburg Philadelphia and Enola sides with first to go times after 3 o'clock for the 124 crew and after 1 30 and 2 20 for other divisions. It names up lists of personnel by role and division including numerous named engineers firemen conductors and brakemen across the 124 308 232 219 54 and other crews with yard board assignments.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Kliineyoung
Shue
Gunderman
Gaeckler
Roath
Lambert
McDonald
Rhoads
Steffy
Brown
Moffitt
Plank
Westfall
Barclay
Smith
Sheets
Lutz
Hoffman
Sager
Lark
Cope
Leiter
Stone
Gladhill
Heisey
Fry
Reeser
Smit
Bower
Anders
Hertzler
Campbell
Lour
Young
Dennis
Gross
Rumberger
Shelley
Watts
McAlpin
Yard Board
Graham
Dougherty
Tyde
Ewing
Snell
Heisher
Richter
Bolan
Shoemian
Lower
Eckenrode
Barnhart
Miller
Boger
Garber
Snyder
Cunningham
Loser
Reber
Burns
Faesick
Chubb
ENOLA
Philaaelphia Division
Liddick
Barr
Fenicle
Zeiders
Myers
Quigley
Hanlon
Rawell
Cessna
Chapman
Leightner
Jenkins
McCurdy
Henderson
McCann
Frank
Rickard
Ashenfelter
Bitting
Knockstedt
Pierce
Warner
Boyer
Hammerstein
Lackey
Barnert
Beecher
Jones
Chronister
Axneider
Keim
Werner
Speck
Kuntz
Winter
Schwartz
Deitrick
Barbora
Phelabaum
Bashore
Hall
Harlan
Hershey
Sourbeer
Grady
Lehman
Lehman Parthemore
Chronigter
Ryan
Messersmith
Anderson
Kendrick
Buffington
Epler
Thomas
Moorhead Chorus and Rotary Lead Community Christmas Sing
The Moorhead Choral Society and the Rotary Club will lead the sing at the Community Christmas tree celebration tomorrow evening. The chorus will stand on one side of the tree and the club on the other.
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Moorhead
Thurston the Magician Heads Orpheum Bill This Week
The Orpheum opens with Thurston the famous magician tonight with matinees tomorrow and Wednesday. His act features new mysteries such as Ghosts or Do the Spirits Return and The Vampire. Also on the bill are Gerard's Monkeys and the Capps Family with Martin and Webb offering bright comedy. Odds and Ends of 1918, a two act revue, arrives Friday with daily matinees.
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Orpheum
Thurston
Gus Hill
Creatore Grand Opera Co
Hearta of the World
Morrow
Christ the Magician
Gus "Hill
New York
Bide Dudley
James Godfrey
James Byrenes
Weston and Lee
Julian Alford
Majestic
Tions
Orville Stann
Gerard
Capps
Martin and
Webb
Padula
Denori
Martin Webb
Orville Stamm
Gerard’s Monkeys
Farver Files Bond With County Commissioners
Farver, chief clerk to the County Commissioners, filed his bond today and it was approved by officials. He succeeds Edwin H. Fisher, who is now Register of Wills.
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Farver
Mr. Farver
Edwin H. Fisher
Register of Wills
Tonall praised by Mary Fritz for health revival in 1918
Mary Fritz of Mohnton Pennsylvania says Tonall rebuilt her weak system and she feels like herself again after using the remedy. She learned of Tonall from a friend and saw reports of its help in papers. The endorsement was given in August 1918 and Tonall sold at Gorgas Drug Store Harrisohe and allied locations.
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Mary Fritz
Mohnton
Lerks County
Gorgas
Harriehore
Lesdine
Identity of Man Who Robbed Car Still a Mystery
Noelue has been linked to the arrest of the masked robber who boarded a Camp Hill car at Earlington on Saturday night. He held up the conductor and motorman, took more than $100, then rode another Camp Hill car to the Walnut street bridge where at gunpoint he forced the conductor to let him out. He fled across the Northern Central tracks into the woods while pursuers closed in, but the suspect’s identity remains unclear.
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Noelue
Camp Hill
Earlington
Walnut Street Bridge
Nothern Central
West Shore
C. H. Graham
H. E. Hess
Harrisburg
Camp Tiill
Hess
Graham
Col Kennedy to Return Home December 31
Col Moorhead C Kennedy cabled from London that he will arrive home December 31 after reporting at Washington. He will come to Raggededge in Chambersburg Pennsylvania where his family will return from Virginia. Kennedy has served with General Atterbury in the Transportation service in England and France and will resume duties as corporate head of Cumberland Valley Railroad.
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Chambersburg
Moorhead C. Kennedy
London
Washington
Raggededge
Virginia
Col. Kennedy
W. W. Atterbury
England
France
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Leon Lowengard Returns From Officers Camp
Leon Lowengard, partner in Courier Publishing, returns from Camp Johnson Florida where he trained for a commission in the Motor Transportation Service. The school at the camp has been disbanded and candidates discharged. He reports gaining weight and laments not reaching France.
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Leon Lowengard
Courier Publishing Company
Camp Johnson
Fla
Motor Transportation Service
Lowengard
France
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Dine
Pubilc Health Serve
Extract CO
Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Iowa
Chas. A. Towne
Anthony Caminetti
United States
G. W Atkinson
Court of Claims of
Thermos
Gorgas 16 N
Third St. Penna. Station
Goldsmith
North Market Square
I. B. Dickinson
Thirteenth ST
Steelton News
Sterlton
FORD
Kofalt
South Second Street
Graupner
Jack Bogner
Hog Island
Ensign Morrett
Annapolis
Abe Shelley
Camp Dix
William Snell
Clarence Shutter
University of Michigan
Ralph Eckel
Wilt
Yecht
Impad
Casualty
Prince Max
Royal Enginehouse
Fire Company
Burnham
Newville
Shimmell School
East Burlington
N. J
Sammy Schiff
Motive Power A. C
Joe McCarron
Allentown
Schiff
Motive Power
Chestnut Street
Sammy
McCarron
Har
Risburg
Star Bowling Company
Leonard
Dauphin-Cumberland County
Wharton
Parthemore's
Fickes
Lemoyne
Tim O'Leary
Joe Rogers
Emory Smith
Gallup's Island
Boston
Yanks
Cobb
Jacob Ruppert
Shore
Lewis
Red Sox
Tyrus RK
Straits
Strafford
Schuylkill Division
Moorhead Chorus and
Rotary Club
Jim Ments
Gerard's Monkeys
Padula and
Denors
Capps Family
Martin and Webb
Tom Moore
Constance Talmadge
Alice Brady
Victoria
Elaine Hammerstein
William S. Hart
Alaska
Houdini
Jane Lee
Katherine Lee
Mrs. Vernon Castle
Bohemia
Colonial Theater
Jar Goldwyn Star
Highwayman
Washington Heights
Carmen
Col. M. C. Kennedy
Christman
Regent Theater
Paramount Artcraft
Senne
Brave Tacks
Victoria Theater
Winterdale
Sourbier’s
Wright
Orchestra OF Columbus
Sapas
Odds
Ena
Jack Norworth
Weston and
Lee
Orb
Ana
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