Red Cross Christmas roll call sets record district membership
Harrisburg chapter reports 35 350 members in its district up from last year with strong rural gains in Perry Cumberland and Dauphin counties. Harrisburg leads with 22 701 members and outlying sections 12 649 as 15 districts report high totals amid influenza delays.
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Red Cross
Harrisburg
American Red Cross
Perry
Cumberland
Dauphin
Suart
Spensier
Jones
Dapp
Sherger
Hull
Stackpole
Kelley
Oyster
Smucker
Spalir
Stewart
A. Doehne
Turner
Dauphin County
Berrysburg
Elizabethville
Fisherville
Gratz
Halifax
Hershey
Hummelstown
Linglestown
Loyalton
Lykens
Millersburg
Paxting
Penbrook
Pillow
Hiver Road
Rutherford Heights
Wiconisce
Williamstown
Cumberland County
Camp Hill
Enola
Eberley's Mills
Lemoyne
New Cumberland
West Fairview
Wormleysburg
Perry County
Blain
Duncannon
Green Park
Landisburg
Liverpool
Marysville
Millerstown
New Lloorsfield
Newport
Pennsylvania-Delaware
Francis Farquhar
York
Berks County
Meadville
Tioga County
Farquhar
York County
Soldier Laurenkus Returned for Court Martial on Desertion Charge
United States military authorities return Laurenkus to Walter Reed Hospital Washington D C to face a court martial on double desertion and jail breaking charges. He escaped a guardhouse by sawing bars with a saw left by workmen and had prior thievery and petty pilfering in the city.
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Laurenkus
United States
Walter Reed Hospital
Tacoma Park
Washington
D. C
Speese
Hartisburg
Tony Sempka
Marsh Run
New Board of Directors For Chamber of Commerce to Be Elected Tonight
The Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce holds a five seat director election tonight with polls open 7 to 9 in the Board of Trade room. A smoker and buffet lunch will accompany informal discussions aboard the election officers are William A. Earnest Albert A. Wert George N. Barnes C L. Scott and E. B. Chenoweth. One hundred members will join a Middletown expedition Monday evening to inspect Y hut and aviation warehouses under Stanley V. Bergen and Colonel Cheston. identifications are required for camp admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
William A. Earnest
Albert A. Wert
George N. Barnes
C L. Scott
E. B. Chenoweth
Middletown
Stanley V. Bergen
Cheston
Harrisburg Stea m Heat Rates Under Scrutiny by PSC
Accountants and attorneys debated increased steam heat charges by Harrisburg Light and Power Co before PSC Chairman Ainey and Examiner Vale. Testimony detailed season losses totaling over 15000 dollars despite higher rates. Coal costs and ash handling expenses highlighted as key factors. further argument scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
Ainey
Examiner Vale
Public Service Commission
George M. McLane
Willison Audit and System Company
Pittsburgh
William K. Meyers
R. J. Chew
United Gas and Electric Company
New York
Jesse E. B. Cunningham
Capitol Park Extension
Charles P. Walter
Levin Cohn
Charles F. Quinn
State Federation of Labor
Alvin &. Hamman
Evening News
County Commissioners Name Women to Run Mother Pension Fund
The Board of County Commissioners selected women to be recommended to Governor Brumbaugh for trustees of the Dauphin county mothers pension fund. A state grant of about 3,300 dollars will be matched by a county appropriation. Nominated trustees include Mrs Lyman D Gilber t, Mrs Mercer B R Tate, Mrs David Kaufman, Mrs David B R Traceity, Mrs Robert Rutherford, Mrs John H Lehr, and Mrs from Middletown remains to be chosen.
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Martin G Brumbaugh
Mothers’ Pension Fund
Dauphin County
Board of County Commissioners
Lyman Db
Gilbert
Mercer BR. Tate
David Kaufman
David BR
Continued Cloudiness and Light Snow Forecast for Hebsburg
Forecaster Domain reports continued cloudy skies with a chance of light snow tomorrow in Hebsburg. No major temperature change is expected in 24 hours, with a low near 25 degrees and readings 2 to 14 degrees cooler than Thursday.
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Hebsburg
Middle West
Pennsylvania
Pan Handle Lines Declares Semiannual Dividend
The Pan Handle lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad declare a semian nual dividend of 2 percent, totaling 4 percent for the year, down 1 percent from 1917. The Pennsylvania Company, west of Pittsburgh, proclaims a semiannual 3 percent dividend, making 6 percent for the year, same as last year. Also, explosives from French and Italian governments are towed offshore from South Amboy, New Jersey, and dumped thirty-five miles from Scotland Neck lightship.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Pan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Company
Pittsburgh
Washington
The
Railroad Administration
South Amboy
N. J
Scotland Neck
Hindenburg Dugouts Described as Luxuriously Appointed
The article details a buried bunker with rich furnishings including a flowered carpet a Louis XV table and chairs and electric comforts. It notes two underground entrances one via a villa and another from the grounds and compares the emperor’s dugout as deeper. A German resident says the Crown Prince spent little time in amusement.
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Aix-la-Chape'a
Double Deaths In Two Homes In Carlisle
Influenza claims two youths in the Clippinger family within hours as more fatalities appear in nearby country districts. Robert Clippinger, 17, and Blanche Clippinger, 21, die as the funeral plans for the first are being made. Nearby, Hugh Stoner and another family member fall to the same illness within a day.
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Carlisle
Robert 8. Clippinger
Blanche E. Clippinger
Sharpe A. Clippinger
Hugh Stoner
Shippensburg
Cumberland Co wounded men home from France
Carlisle reports the first contingent of Carlisle area wounded soldiers returning from France with others awaiting discharge. Names include Delos M. Martin, Carlisle. Harry R. Walters, Boiling Springs. John G. Hull, near Carlisle. Paul H. Gulden, Boiling Springs. William Hertsler, Carlisle. Some arrived as their names appeared on casualty lists.
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Carlisle
France
Delos M. Martin
Harry R. Walters
Boiling Springs
John G. Hull
Paul H. Gulden
William Hertsler
Perry County Supervisors Meet at New Bloomfield
Final arrangements completed for the sixth annual Perry County Supervisors Association session at the Perry County courthouse with J. D. Snyder presiding. Morning program includes talks on tractor use in road building and taxpayer relations. afternoon features organization and highway department input. Corporal Harold Tucker, Newport’s overseas veteran, home after Armistice injuries with left arm amputated. welcomed by Red Cross room and Newport Citizens' Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bloomfield
Perry County Supervisors’ Association
Perry County
J. D. Snyder
Liverpool
Rolleall
J. M. Campbell
Newport
J. R. Bixler
Millerstown
John Martin
Marysville
E. Barnhart
New Germantown
James W. Shull
State Highway Department
Harold Tucker
James Tucker
Newport de Perry County
Hoboken
N. J
Tucker
Three Hundred and Fourteenth Infantry
Argonne Forest
Newport Red Cross
Newport Citizens’ Band
Rumor of Shippenburg Soldier Death Declared False
Shippensburg Pa December 27 rumors spread that Harry Melvin Bughman, a local man serving in France, was killed in action. A recent letter from him to friends says he is getting along fine. He notes he was wounded by shrapnel and exposed to gas but survives.
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William B. Smith
Shippensburg
Mr. Crawford
Middle Spring
BP. W. Allison
Shippensburg, Pa
Harry Melvin Bughman
France
Council Sets 1919 Budget on Track After Reductions
City commissioners met to shape the 1919 budget lowering several department estimates. First reading of the ordinance is planned after a special session tomorrow morning or postponed to next Tuesday if consensus isn’t reached. Ash and garbage handling funding remains unsettled with possible transfer to next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Ash and Garbage Inspection
President Wilson Feted in London Reception Amid Historic Welcome
President Wilson enjoyed a grand London welcome amid motor processions and royal attendance. Crowds numbered in the millions, with Queen Mary waving Old Glory and Mrs Wilson carrying the Union Jack as Britain’s leaders held intimate talks at Buckingham Palace and Downing Street.
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Smilies
Whitehall
Foreign Office
No. 10
Stars and Stripes
Buckingham Palace
King George
Queen Mary
Wilson
England
Queen Mother
Alexandra
Marlborough House
London
Paris
Guildhall
Citaation
Charing Cross Station
Lord Chesterfield
Davis
Biddle
Lord Herschell
Grayson
Harts
Charles Cust
United States
Dover Corporation
Navy
Empire
Buckingham Police
Mary
Duke of Cenhuveht
Ani
Whitson
News London
Market returns steady gains on stocks and commodities
Wall Street opened with 1 to 3 point advances in steel, oils, copper, and utilities led by Southern Pacific Chicago Northwestern United Fruit Mexican Petroleum Texas Company and American Smelting. Bond market saw Liberty Fourth at near minimum quotations as offerings. Philadelphia produce reports varied prices across wheat corn oats butter and poultry markets with milk and egg markets firm and hogs cattle and sheep trading in active ranges.
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Associated Press
New York
Wall Street
Pacife
Chicgo
Northwestern
United Fruits
Mexican Petroleum
Texas Company
American Smelting
Hide and Leather
Brooklyn Transit
U Steel
Liberty Fourth
Philadelphia
Lu Brade
Lve Liu
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Adavilli
Nest
Tree Civacs
Peking
Long Island
Timothy
Tierces
New, Jersey
New Jersey
Western
New York State
Maine
Delaware
Maryland
Michigan
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Norfolk
Eastern
Shore
Chandler Brothers and Compan
North Marhat Square
Harrisburg
Chestnut Street
Pine Street
Allis Chalmers
Am Car and Foundry
Atchison
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore and Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Butte Copper
California Petroleum
Macific Coe We
Chesapeake and China
Chicago RT
Pacific
China
Crucible Steel
Erie
Seas
General Motors
Goodrich BF Oe Bet
Great Northern
Inspiration Copper No BO
International Paper
Kennecott
Kansas City Southern
Lackawanna Steel
Lehigh Valley
Maxwell Motors
Mere Mar Cisseae
Mere Mar Utfe
Mex Petroleum
Miami Copper
Midvale Steel
New York Central Td
West
Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania Railros
Pittsburgh Coal
Railway Steel Spe
Ray Con Copper
Reading
Southern Pacific Wet
Southern Ry Hee
Studebaker
Union Pacific
U S Rubber
Steel
Utah Copper Westinghouse
Willys-Overland
President Enders to Welcome Educators at State Education Meet
President of the School Board Robert A. Enders will deliver the welcome address at the Pennsylvania State Educational Association sessions starting next Tuesday afternoon. Dr. F B Downes, city superintendent, is ill with pneumonia. Rev Dr Lewis S Mudge will lead devotional exercises Thursday morning as Bishop James H Darlington is away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.B. Downes
Robert A. Enders
Lewis 8. Mudge
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
James H. Darlington
Sheep Market Report Shows Varied Prices and Quiet Trade
The market notes a slow opening for yearlings and fat sheep with feeder activity quiet. Lambs bring 15.50 to 15.86 for choice and prime, 11.25 to 15.50 for medium and good, and 10. for culls. Ewes range from 9.50 to 10.00 for choice and prime, 8.50 to 9.50 for medium and good, and 7.25 to 11.50 for culls.
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Chicago
Associated Press
U. & Bureauarkets
Deardorff Dies at 61 in Waynesboro Pa
Obituary notes John H. Deardorff longtime Frick Company secretary dies at Waynesboro age 61 born near New Franklin Pa April 15 1867 educated at Shiphensburg Normal School and Lock Haven State Normal later active in civic affairs including Waynesboro board of trade and local development groups. Also reports on Lt. Harry Barr returning home from Hampton Roads and other local items.
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Waynesboro
John H. Deardorff
Frick Company
New Franklin
Shiphensburg Normal School
State Normal School
Lock Haven
Windsor College
Union Bridge
Deardorff
Resent Board of Trade
Fi Ral
Tis
Waynesboro Manufacturing and Development Company
Fle
Waynesboro Building and’ Loan Association
Santa Claus and Clowns to Be Merry in Harrisburg Dinner
The Zembo temple hall on Chestnut Street hosts a holiday dinner for Harrisburg youngsters. Organizers note gifts candy and favors for every child along with turkey and fixin's. Colonel Charles E. Covert provided hall use free at the request of George W. McIlhenny, custodian, marking the third year of donated space and tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Santa
Charles E. Covert
Zembo Temple
George W. McIlhenny
Chestnut Street Hall
Executor and Administrators Notices in Harrisburg Area
Legal notices listing executors and administrators for the estates of Mary Stahl Latimer Willis Mary Henderson Maury Downs John David Lingle Owen J Kelly and others in Harrisburg steelton and surrounding areas. Creditors and debtors must file claims or settle debts with listed executors and attorneys by indicated addresses and dates.
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Mary Stahl
Harrisburg
J. G. Ingram
Eighth Street
Lebanon
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Great Organization
Chamber of Commerce
Mary S. Bent
Bent
Overbrook
Dehildren
Blanche B. Kennedy
Walnut Street
Charles R. McEwan
South Fifteenth Street
James McCros
Sixty-fourth Street
John T. Crankshaw
Hindenburg
Cumberland Co
Mechanicsburg
Melita Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Guy M. Eberly
Robert J. Neidig
Guy H. Lucas
Cocklin
Frank Rowe
Roy Gutshall
C. D. J. Eckerd
U. B
First United Brethren Church
George C. Dietz
Ross Lehman
Starry J. Beltzel
Maud Ulrich
Mathodist Episcopal Sunday School
J. Ellis Bell
J. A. Gohn
Pire Len Treat
Mechaniccsburg
Washington Fire Company
Robert Faulkner
J. E. Faulkner
Ile
Perry Co
Council
Eng
Countess of Reading
David Lloyd George
John W. Davis
H. H. Asquith
Miss Benham
Viscountesses Harcourt and
Erleigh
Wiseman
Mond
Bonar Law
Lloyd George
Balfour
Downing Street
Imperial War Cabinet
League of Nations Union
Viscount Bryce
General Smuts
Gilbert Murray
Oxford University
Mrs. Wilson
Mall
Admiralty
St. James’ Park
Enders
J. H. Deardorff
Barr
Harry (. Barr
Naval Air Station
Hampton Toads
Virginia
B. Frank Barr
Idepppley
Gladys Eppley
William G. Eppley
Nebraska
Charles Walker Reid
Trinity Reformed Church
F. P. Bahner
Jack's Mountain
Krebs Benchoff
Blue Ridge Mountains
Walter R. Benchoff
Monterey
Reynard
John Be, Strine
John E. Strine
Mary Strine
Leitersburg
Dorothy Snodderly
Reeder Brothers
Santa Claus
Clowns
Latimer Willis
North Fifth Street
Mary Alice Willis
Ftce
Blough Manufacturing Company, Inc
Tarrisburg
Notics
Reily and
Fulton Streets
J. W. Dechant
Notich
Mary Henderson
Steelton
Ernest C
Slenderson
HH. L, Dress
Steelton, Pa
Levi M
Mcgill
Fr. C. Neely
N. Second Street
W. S. Snyder
Morrisburg
Maury E. Downs
Steclton
Katharine Downes
B. Irene
Downs
H. L. Dress
John David Lingle
Thomas W. Lingle
R. D
Stroup & Vox
Owen J. Kelly
City of
Mary Kelly
South Seventeenth Street
John T. Brady
North Third Street
Harrisburg, Pa
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