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Newspaper

Harrisburg Telegraph

Location

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1918

Page

6

Midnight Carollers brighten Harrisburg Christmas

Christmas carol services fill churches with prayers by Bishop Philip R. McDevitt and Rev. Dr. J. B. Markward. Midnight choirs tour the city singing carols as in old times. Soldiers home and guests gather for meals, while inmates at the county almshouse receive gifts and a vaudeville entertainment. Flower Guild prepares wards at Harrisburg Hospital and a large candy caned tree aids local children.

Philip R. McDevitt J. B. Markward Harrisburg Majestic A. Carson Stamm Harrisburg Hospital Mary Heister Haldeman- Haley

Break in Eight Inch Water Main Delays Traffic

A break in an eight inch water main at Third and Walnut streets early this morning delayed traffic briefly and ripped a large street hole. Water and highway crews began repairs. Commissioner Hassler expected fix by evening though paving replacement will take days. Streetcar lines on uptown State and suburban routes were delayed for hours due to the damage in Walnut street.

Third Walnut Streets Water and Highway Departments Hassler State Street Penbrook Progress Linglestown Walnut Street

Markets Drift on Mixed Shifts in Oils Rails and Meat

New York markets open softly with gains for shippings oils tobaccos while motors tractions and some specialties slip. U S Steel steadies as rails feel pressure. Wheat corn oats and meats show varied activity across major exchanges with prices quoted for butter cheese eggs refined sugars and live poultry.

Associated Press New York U. S Philadelphia Pennsylvania Vailler Urals Peking Spring Long Island

Christmas in the Churches in Shellon area

Christmas is celebrated with special services across Trinity Episcopal St John Lutheran and Reformed Church. Trinity schedules 7 20 am 8 pm and 10 am services with a large musical program. Sunday school festival Thursday at 7 30. St John holds a 6 40 am praise service a 7 pm festival and a midnight mass. Reformed Church offers an early 6 pm praise service and 7 pm Sunday school festival themed on Cathay with decor and a legend read by Miss Margaret Gault.

Trinity Episcopal Church Norris Gloria TaDeum Read Elvey Smart Kyrie Tours Roper Frey Matthews Willis Herald Angels Mendelssohn St. John's Lutheran Church C. E St. James’ Church the Reformed Church Cathay Margaret Gault

Pittsburgh Kate Bids Steelton Good-by at Hearing

Katherine Murray known as Pittsburgh Kate faced Burgess McEntee for drunken and disorderly conduct in Steelton. She has repeatedly appeared over the years, once attempting suicide by jumping into the river while drunk, then being ordered out of town and later jailed after a recent visit. She said smoke from local steel plant stacks sparked an uncontrollable thirst and bid farewell to the police, declaring the parting permanent.

Katherine Murray Pittsburgh Kate Burgess MccEntee Steelton Kkate Wile

Red Cross Memberships Come In At Last Minute

Borough residents rush to join the Red Cross after fearing loss of the first prize banner. Memberships pour in in the final hours, with more received in the last day than in the prior four days. If this pace continues Steelton may match last year’s total and keep the banner and honor.

Red Cross Steelton

Fortnightly and Club Meetings and Local Tragedy

The Fortnightly Club will meet Thursday evening at the Home Economics school with Miss Barrett. the program is brief to fit a Christmas social and Richelieu will be discussed. Funeral services for Fortunato Cribari, killed at the steel plant, will be Thursday at St Anne's Church for Cribari of 357 South Third street, wife and two children. A special meeting of Rolling Mill workers is set for Sunday at 2 pm at Union Hall. Louis Vrier, 486 Mohn street, crashed his motorcycle into a fence near Hershey, suffering bruises and a facial cut. he was hospitalized.

Fortunato Cribari St. Anne's Church South Third Street Teresina Josephine Hershey Louis Vrier Mohn Street

Holiday Hours at Post Office and Stations

On Christmas Day the main post office and the Hill and Maclay stations will be closed from 10 a.m. to midnight. A single general mail delivery occurs in the morning over all carrier routes. Rural carriers maintain regular delivery and night collections proceed as usual.

Hill and Maclay

Lost Wristwatch Found on Front Street in Steelton

A lady reports a wristwatch found on Front Street Steelton last Sunday evening. Owner can claim by identifying and paying for this ad at W. 7203 care of Telegraph.

Front Street Steelton Telegraph

Proclamation in Divorce Knepp v Knepp Dauphin County

In the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County Pa libel in divorce vinculo matrimonii Carlotta B Knepp versus James A Knepp subpoenas returned non est in ventus James A Knepp must appear at Harrisburg Pa on the second Monday of January 1919 to answer the complaint Sheriff W W Caldwell Harrisburg December 17 1918

Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas Carlotta B. Knepp James A. Knepp Harrisburg W. W. Caldwell Chas A. Dennis Maggie Dennis Anna M. Scheffer Henry Scheffer Anna M. Gilbert Leroy Gilbert Emma_E. Callahan James F. Callahan Charles L. Wilson Cora Wilson Parrisburg Paul Kozler Helen Kozler S A Josephine Cuckovic George Cuckovic W. W. Caldwel Sherif Clara M. Market Charles F. Market Charles i Markel Mabel Lb. Cassel Amos C. Cassel

Divorces by Libel in Dauphin County 1918 Notices

Multiple court notices direct defendants in libel in divorce actions to appear in Harrisburg court on the second Monday of January 1919. Cases listed include Dennis vs Dennis, Scheffer vs Scheffer, Gilbert vs Gilbert, Callahan vs Callahan, Wilson vs Wilson, Kozler vs Kozler, Cuckovic vs Cuckovic, Market vs Market, Cassel vs Cassel. Subpoenas marked non est inventus or ventus. Sheriff notices dated December 17, 1918, Dauphin County Pa.

Sheriff Sales Under Multiple Writs in Dauphin County Pa

Public sale of real estate in Harrisburg Dauphin County Pennsylvania scheduled for Thursday January 1914 at 2 PM. Properties include a 13 by 90 foot parcel on South River Avenue and a 20 by 100 foot lot on Swatara Street near Twenty first Street with details in Deed Book K Volume 8 page 396. Attorneys Reed and Wickersham Metzger represent the matter.

Court of Common Vas and Orphans’ Court Dauphin County Harrisburg Wickersham & Metzger City of South River Avenue William J. Bergstresser River Avenue John Merkley Mulberry Street Liver Avenue Davia W. Walters Samuel 8. Walters Jacob H. Walters J. O. Miller Reed Daykin County Pennsylvania Watara Street Puing Twenty-first Swatara Streets Swatara Street Twenty-first Street Long Avenue E Long Avenue P. Bowman North Sixth Street Mahantongo and Sixth Streets C. F. Copenhaver Sixth Street Frank C. Smith Annie B. Smith Carter West Hanover Township Adam Brighthill John Vox John Rauch Catharine Lydia Nellie Runkle George Runkle Annie M. Lungenecker Samuel T. A. Lingle Harry Sellers Annie M. Longenecker Samuel Longenecker Charles J. Beck Elizabeth Beck Recorder's Office Charles J Beck Elizabeth Leck Win W. Jackson Wallace and Cumberland Streets Wallace Street Cumberland Street Penneylvania Northwa Peene Jacob Wiener Annie Wiener Edwin W, Jackson State of Jate William C. Kirby Anniy Wiener Patrick McNiff Caroline I. Mehring Wyeth Street Wyeth Alley Har‘rikburg William C. ‘Kirby Wiliam C. Kirby Wackson State Market Street Market Fourteenth Street Board of Control Kind Ada V. Storey Storey M. B. Cowden Charles H. Locher Isaac Bumbaugh North Fourteenth Street Third Street Granite Street Christian Houseman H. Frickman Theresa North Third Street John A. Bentz Rosenberg & Rosenberg Suran Palmatary North Seventh Street Hannah Hickok Jacob Weiner Annie Weiner Neiffer & Saussaman

Harrisburg area properties auction list with multiple deeds

A long Harrisburg property sale record outlines several parcels including Nos 2104 and 2106 Swatara Street with three story brick dwellings, and additional lots on North Sixth and North Fourth streets. The document details boundaries, prior deeds from 1916, mortgagee James W. Lloyd, and multiple other lots in Dauphin County with various owners and attorneys listed.

Harrisburg Properties Seized In 1915 Foreclosure Sale

The notice describes parcels at 1535 North Fourth Street and 719 North Second Street with details of boundaries and adjacent properties in Harrisburg Dauphin County. It notes title references, the sale as property of Martha Gerhart Sober, and sale conditions requiring a $50 bid payment and further payments on bids over $500 with a resale clause if not complied with.

Briggs Street Samuel A. Holman North Second Street Martha Gerhart Sober W. W. Caldwel Sherift Office Harrisburg

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