Congress Probe Follows Clash Over War Awards
Washington December 24 The Senate Naval Committee may probe the dispute between Admiral Sims and Secretary Daniels over Distinguished Service Medals. Daniels backed shore duty awards while Sims urged broader recognition aboard ships sunk by submarines. The Navy boss said final decisions rest with the Secretary of the Navy under presidential authority.
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Washington
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Massachusetts
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Dr Thomas J B Rhoades Found Dead In Home
Dr Thomas J B Rhoades eighty two year old leading physician in the region was found dead in bed today by his grandson Collier Rhoads a University of Pennsylvania student home for the holiday The doctor was father to Colonel Thomas J Rhoads chief surgeon for the first army in France and later at Camp Dix New Jersey Also noted is an adjacent update: tug fleet failed to float the stranded Madison passenger liner and passengers were taken ashore at Norfolk after the ship grounded on Craney Island in mud following dense fog
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Boyertown
Thomas J. B. Rhoades
Collier Rhoads
Niversity of Pennsylvania
Rhoads
Thomas J. Rhoads
France
Camp Dix
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Old Dominion
Madison
Craney Island
Bolsheviks Capture Guns and Troops in Staromensk Region
Wireless dispatch from Moscow reports Bolsheviks defeated Mamontoff and Chernokoff forces near Staromensk, seizing fifteen guns, a thousand horses, and 300 men. Over a thousand Cossacks were killed, including General Chelnokoff.
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Staromensk
Moscow
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Your Newsboy Free Telegraph Day Message
In observance of a long established custom every city newsboy who sells the Telegraph will be furnished copies free today. Your favorite boy who has stuck to his corner rain or shine throughout the year will be waiting for you today. The regular street sale price is 2 cents, but today that price is up to you.
Christmas Pageant on Capitol Plaza Draws 750 Cast
Harrisburg prepares a large Christmas Pageant of the Nativity with 750 participants. WY Grant Forrer and Frank E. Holtman lead stage and lighting setup as Community Service Bureau coordinates a co operative program with civic groups. The event at 7 pm features instrumental and vocal music and the Three Wise Men following the Star to the manger.
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Frank E. Holtman
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Community Service Bureau
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Pageant program features city choirs and bands in open event
An open pageant program lists performances by the Municipal Band and various choirs. Adeste Fidelis and Good King Wenceslas are sung by trombone quartet and Girl Scouts Chorus, with directions from Mrs. C. C. Stroh. The City Choir, Camp Curtin students, and Wednesday Club join in carols. Mary and Joseph enter to a floodlit manger. We Three Kings and Silent Night are performed by combined choruses, concluding with a religious march by the Municipal Band.
Dr Bagnell to Speak at YMCA Meeting
The Rev Dr Robert Bagnell pastor of Grace Methodist Church will speak on The Annual Alibi at the regular Sunday afternoon men's meeting at the Y M C A on December 28. Robert Smith baritone soloist of Zion Lutheran Church will sing.
Toys to Fill All Wants of Harrisburg Children
Christmas 1919 brings a toy mission by the Harrisburg Red Cross Home Service section. About 1,800 children listed for help. headquarters at 119 South Front Street resembled a toy store with dolls wagons books and more. Agnes Serlock, once nearly blind, regained sight through the Hickson healing mission at St Stephen's Church Harrisburg. Ottawa stops newsprint exports as Pringle halts shipments to Western Canada publishers to avert publication stoppages.
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Home Service Section
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Home Service
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Sancaster
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George Sebeliist
Ottawa
Fort Frances
Building boom sets new Harrisburg record in 1919
Harrisburg issued 483 building permits in 1919 totaling 2,705,095 for new structures and remodeling. Most permits were for dwellings, with about 300 being new homes, concentrated in the outlying wards. Valuations rose about 670,000, especially in the Tenth Thirteenth and First Wards, signaling a sharp postwar recovery.
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Harrisburg
Retail Price of Coal Raised to Offset Wage Increase
Chicago December 24 coal consumers receive notices from fuel companies announcing a 30 to 35 cent per ton price rise on all coal mined since the settlement of the recent bituminous miners strike to cover a fourteen percent wage gain. Officials say government price is not retroactive on preexisting contracts, but those without contracts will pay the government rate while most output is sold under contract and price hikes will be widespread.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Returned Soldier Kills Sweetheart Then Ends His Life
Fredonia New York December 24 Joseph Huels a recently returned soldier shot and killed his sweetheart Eleanor Carroll 19 and then killed himself after a quarrel that had left reconciliations unresolved Huels went to her home at breakfast time and fired the lethal shot before turning the weapon on himself.
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Associated Press
Fredonia
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Eleanor Carroll
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No Telegraph Tomorrow Completes Christmas Day Holiday
The Telegraph will not be issued tomorrow Christmas Day as a long established holiday observing the paper’s anniversary, allowing workers time to celebrate and rest.
Old-Time Christmas Prices Spark Holiday Chickens and More
Holiday item list shows Fowls and other provisions with live and dressed prices. Turkeys dressed 55 to 65 cents a pound. live 48 to 65 cents. geese 10 to 50 cents. chickens dressed 50 to 55 cents. ducks dressed 60 to 65 cents. live 50 to 55 cents. potatoes 20 cents per quarter. sweet potatoes 10 to 12 cents a box. lettuce 8 to 15 cents per head. celery 5 to 100 cents per bunch.
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Ineas
Price of Turkeys Break All Records in Harrisburg Markets
Tons of poultry and Christmas essentials flooded local markets with high prices and heavy crowds. Turkeys reached ninety four cents a pound downtown while dressed birds averaged eighty five. many buyers balked at quoted rates and sought live weight savings.
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Harrisburg
Chestnut Street Market
Broad Street
Christmas Weather Outlook Favors Fair, Colder Day
The forecast from the government weather bureau predicts a fair Christmas Day with cold conditions. Tonight brings a snow followed by colder air and a low near 15 degrees above zero as Mr. Demain promises real Christmas weather.
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Government Weather Bureau
Weather Report for Harrisburg and Vicinity
Fair and colder tonight with lows near 15 degrees. Thursday mostly fair in eastern Pennsylvania with light snow possible late afternoon, colder tonight, and strong northwest winds. Susquehanna River and branches fall slowly to a likely stationary stage near 7.5 feet with the river remaining frozen at Harrisburg.
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Susquehanna River
Christmas Season Welcomed With New Fervor
The article celebrates Christmas with praise for Christ’s birth, noting its universal message and long history. It mentions the Nativity, the Wise Men, shepherds, apostles, and the global worship of Christ, with churches, choirs, and ministers preparing to observe the holiday tomorrow.
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