Sealer to Talk Bread Problems with Civic Club
Harrisburg civic discussion centers on bread weights and possible price changes. City Sealer Harry D. Reed, invited by Civic club president Mrs. William Henderson, urges weighing bread and buying the heaviest loaf to ensure value. The plan aims to inform the public and support a weight-based pricing stance.
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Sealer
Civic Club
William Henderson
Harry D. Reed
The
Harrisburg
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Henderson
Reel
Sweeney
State Bureau
Boyer
Three Killed When Russ Steamer Bound For N Y Strikes Mine
The Russian steamship Kursk bound from Archangel to New York with 126 passengers aboard struck a mine off Kirkwall Scotland on November 29. One passenger and two crew members drowned as lifeboats were launched. The stern was torn by an explosion and the Kursk was towed into Kirkwall by English patrol boats. Survivors drifted all night in open boats before rescue. News reached New York today via passengers arriving on the Lapland from Liverpool.
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New York
Archangel
Russia
Kirkwall
Scotland
Kursk
Lapland
Liverpool
Weather Report From Harrisburg and Northeast State
Fair and colder tonight with low of about 16 degrees. Saturday remains fair and cold with light northwest winds. Eastern Pennsylvania also fair and colder tonight with similar winds and river stages near one foot. Harrisburg area expected around 4.4 feet Saturday morning. General setup shows lingering low pressure bringing rain to the Middle Atlantic and New England regions.
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Harrisburg
Lower West Branch
Renovo
Harrisbore
Middle Atlantic
New England
Rocky Mountains
Teutons Open New Drive Along Moldavian Line
German Austro pragmatic offensive along Moldavian frontier aims to pierce mountain positions and push Russo Romanian lines back toward interior Moldavia. Heights captured indicate coordination with forces moving from Wallachia.
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Teutons
Moldavian
Berlin
Carpathian
Moldavia
Wallachia
City Council to Pass 1917 Budget Without Bathhouse Item
In a special session tomorrow at 10 o clock the City Council will approve the 1917 budget ordinance and mill tax measures with no changes. The proposed $5,000 bath house and bathing beach on the Island will not be funded. Albert Brown died at Harrisburg Hospital from stomach wounds after a December 19 shooting on 921 Sarah alley. Eddie Monroe and five witnesses are jailed.
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Albert Brown
Harrisburg
Brown
Eddie Monroe
Sarah Alley
Monroe
Dauphin County
Allies Uber Alles Basis of Peace Terms
London dispatch reports The Spectator outlines alleged Entente peace terms in answer to President Wilson. Proposed borders start from the prewar status with evacuations of Northern France Belgium Luxembourg and lands ceded from Serbia Romania Russia and Montenegro. Alsace Lorraine to France and Denmark gains Schleswig Holstein.
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London
the Spectator
Wilson
The
Spectator
France
Belgium
Luxemburg
Serbia
Romania
Russia
Montenegro
Alsace-Lorraine
Schleswig-Holstein
Denmark
Posen
Polish
Prussia
Austrian Poland
Poland
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Dalmatia
Croatia
Bohemia
Transylvania
Rumania
Dec
Reuter
Copenhagen
Rotary Club dinners and paper industry hearings mix in Harrisburg
Harrisburg Rotarians led by John Musser plan a Christmas season Big Brother dinner with 1006 invited youths on Chestnut street hall, featuring turkey, gloves, stockings, an orange, nuts, and badges. Separate items note rising newspaper subscription prices and a Federal Trade Commission reopening hearings into newsprint costs, with industry leaders testifying on paper pricing and supply.
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Harrisburg
Labor to Carry Tools in Eight Hour Parade
Labor groups will parade New Year with workers in overalls bonnets and aprons carrying tools. Trainmen back the effort as speakers push eight hour day for all labor despite uncertain legality of the Adamson law. The organizing committee meets tonight at William Barbour 1152 Market to finalize marshals and arrangements.
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William Barbour
Market Street
State Educators Resignations and Legislation Advance
Pennsylvania State Educational Association approves resolutions calling for a state supported crippled children school Amalgamation with the Pennsylvania State Teachers League and higher biennial state aid plus higher minimum salaries for teachers county superintendents and assistants Governor Brumbaugh requests resignations of Samuel B Rambo and J Louis Breitinger effective January 1 1917 with no stated reasons listed Continue Page 14.
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Breitinger
Rambo
Pennsylvania State Teachers’ League
Pennsylvania State Educational Association
Brumbaugh
Samul B. Rambo
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
J. Louis Breitinger
State Board of Motion Picture Censors
Coronation Festivities In Full Swing In Budapest
Budapest reports a grand coronation scene with crowds, flags, and bunting under clear skies. King Charles enters, receives the inaugural diploma, and takes an oath in a ceremonial joint session with Hungarian officials.
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Austria-Hungarian
Budapest
London
Charles
Notable architects chosen for Harrisburg Penn Harris Hotel
A United Hotels Company official commends Harrisburg Hotel Company on its choice of architects. He highlights Mr Stoddart and Mr Esenwein as leaders in hotel construction and economy design, noting their extensive experience and numerous projects. He expects the United Hotels partnership to benefit the Penn Harris Hotel project and its future operations.
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Harrisburg Hotel Company
United Hotels Company
Penn-Harris
Stoddart
Esenwein
England May Nationalize Drink Trade to Raise Finances
The Daily Express reports the British government plans to purchase the drink trade to boost finances. Sir Thomas Whittaker says Lloyd George favors the move, with Unionist support rising as discussions center on a bill likely to pass.
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England
London
Great Britain
Daily Express
Liquor Control Board
the Express
Thomas Whittaker
David Lloyd George
Sir Thomas
House of Commons
Birmingham
Liverpool
Manchester
Glasgow
Lloyd George
Harrisburg Doctor Sued for Divorce Linked to Bigamy Claim
Elmira N Y December information reaches attorney Richard H Thurston that Dr Theodore Kharas of Harrisburg Pa, a bank and factory promoter, allegedly married Bessie Murdock of Hagerstown Md in Norfolk Va this month. Thurston seeks to prove bigamy to strengthen Ada B P Kharas's divorce suit filed in supreme court here.
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Elmira
N. Y
Richard H. Thurston
Theodore Kharas
Harrisburg
Bessie Murdock
W. A. Murdock
Hagerstown
Norfolk
Ada B. P. Kharas
Thurston
Trustee Building
North Market Square
Kharas
Scotland
Mont Alto
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Army of the United States
American Political Science Association
Pres River
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Hugh Chabcot
W. Marshall
Blanche Haye
Arthur Crunden
Angus McAlister
J. W. Andrews
Mary Netley
G. G. Depew
Prince Petrosky
Interior
Immand
Hale
Arthur H. Hull
E. E. Beidleman
Acity Solicitor
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U. S
Dhere
Troy Laundry
Fulton Street
Ellis Laundry Service
Harry ©. Hoffman
New Jersey
Subway
COX
Titusville
Herald
Danville
Nan- Me Morning News
Federal Commission
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Washington, D. C
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Pottaville
C. Andrews
Pennsylvania
H. B. Warner
North Carolina
H. J. Blanton
Missouri
Frank P. Glass
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
W. A. Gracey
W. L. Ostron
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Pennsylvania Weekly Publications
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Samuel
Harrisburger
Elmira Dispatch
Haringturg
Mr. Rambo
Brettinger
Moving Picture Censor Department
Brotherhood
I. K. Urich
Lebanon County
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Lebanon
Delaware County
William B. McCaleb
George D. Gideon
State Game Commission
H. J. Donaldson
Williamsport
Thomas Martindale
Commis
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Union Casualty Company Exceptions
Union Casualty Company
Kunkel
Janus
Walter Howard Service
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N. J
Cathe
Iden Bella Mathews
Jade Leah Hensen
Terlton
Janes M. Smith
Woodsboro
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