Middletown Woman's Club hosts modest annual reception
The Middletown Woman's Club held its annual reception at president Mrs Ira R Springer residence with conservative entertainment and a tobacco fund fundraiser taxing guests for jewelry. A planned January 10 meeting will discuss suffrage with speaker Mrs Mabel Cronise Jones of Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club of
Middletown
Ira R. Springer
Soldiers’ Tobacco Fund
H. J. Wickey
W. E. Baxtresser
Mra. Co
Mabel Cronise Jones
Harrisburg
Karl Bowers
C. I. Bowers
Philadelphia
Sherman Hawthorne
J. M. Ackerman
Water Street
John Singer
Trene
Shock Mill
John Updeegraff
Benjamin Nauss
John McGarvey
O. M. Kraybill
Church of
Goa
Harriet Leiby
John Leiby
Ear Tlouser
Charles Houser
Royalton
Hagerstown
Melvin Leonard
Irvin Beard
Wilson Street
Anna Renard
Fletcher Miles
Elizabethtown
Miles
Twele Sam
Medical Corps
Fort Oglethorpe
I. L. Shireman
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advert Uses
A Philadelphia man describes skin disfiguration from oil and grease. He credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment for healing after using two boxes of the ointment and two cakes of the soap. Free samples offered by mail. prices listed for soap and ointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Smith
Sear Street
Philadelphia
Dept. H
Boston
Steelton Faces Recurrent Coal Shortage Crises
Steelton coal supply remains tight as homes and businesses exhaust recent deliveries. Detweiler Brothers reports only a single car this week, all other stocks depleted. Steelton Store Company notes egg coal on hand and not suitable for stove use unless broken. Wood demand rises while workers to cut it are unavailable. recent seven shipments offered brief relief, coal officials promise further deliveries in days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steelton
Steeck
Steelton Store Company
Detweiler Brothers
W. E. Abercrombie
Coal Administration
Notices of fare and service rate increases rise in December complaints
December filings at the Public Service Commission show 53 formal complaints versus 27 in November. Across 1918 total complaints reach 405, with 13 against trolley firms, 12 against jitneys, eight against gas and electric firms, five against railroads and water, two against telephone firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Opin‘oil
Capitol
State Compensation Board
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Reading
Pottsville
Easton
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Johnstown
Dairy and
James Foust
Adams County
Northampton
Forest
Westmoreland
Indiana
Borough Churches Week of Prayer Observed in Steelton
Five Steelton area churches join in a Week of Prayer under the Ministerial Association. Program includes Watch Night services Monday at 10 30 p.m. at St John s Lutheran and talks on topics such as The Church Universal Nations and Their Rulers and Home Missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministerial Association of
Steelton and
Federal Council of Churches In America
St. John’s Lutheran
C. B. Segelken
First Presbyterian
W. H. Shaw
Church Universal
Grace United Evangelical
H. H. Rupp
First Reformed
W. C. Treilman
First Methodist
G. N. Lauffer
Religious services and preaching schedule list for several churches
The notice lists church services for St John Lutheran First Methodist First Presbyterian Main Street Church of God Zion Baptist Salem Lutheran Oberlin Trinity Episcopal and New Year's Eve Holy Communion times and sermon titles. Pastors include Rev G N Lacifer W H Shaw C B Segelken J B MacClure H H Rupp Rev War ner Brown D E Rapley and William Charles Heilman with service times from morning to evening and Sunday school details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Lutheran
G. N. Lacifer
Jesus
First Methodist
W. H. Shaw
Epworth League
First Presbyterian
C. B. Segelken
Pilgrim Fathers
Main Street
Church of God
G. W. Getz
J. B. MacClure
Warner Brown
Salem Lutheran
Oberlin
D. E. Rapley
C. EB
Trinity Episcopal
William Charles Heilman
Borough Overcomes Staffing Hurdle For New Garbage Plan
BE. C. Henderson, chairman of the highway committee, explains the delay in launching the new refuse collection. He says residents help the crew and clean up, with receptacles moved to convenient spots. The plan should be in force within a week as two men are sought, one foreman and one truck operator, with two wagons and an auto truck already collecting garbage and ashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. C. Henderson
Highway Committee of Council
Sixty Men Begin Drill With Steelton Reserve Unit
Sixty men received their first drill instruction as members of the Steel ton Reserve in Felton Wall. Quincy Bent, president, praised the spirit shown in taking up the work. No action on uniforms or guns. next drill Friday night and possible board meeting this week to finalize organization details.
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Steelton Reserve
Felton Wall
Quincy Bent
Local Red Cross Chapter Ships 250 Knitted Sweaters
The Red Cross Chapter shipped 250 knitted sweaters to the Philadelphia office, marking the first shipment in a period tied to the Christmas drive. Work begins on a larger shipment Monday, with Steelton invited to contribute. 9,172 Christmas members were reported today as the drive remains open until Monday morning for final tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Philadelphia
Steelton
Special church choirs perform Christmas music at local churches
Read of Christmas season concerts by St. John's Lutheran and First Presbyterian churches featuring provided anthems, solos and duets. St. John's includes Geibel anthem Sing O Ye Heavens and No Room For Him quartet plus soprano Rebecca Miller. First Presbyterian lists morning and evening selections with Bach, Munder, Parker, and Donahue pieces and Corbett with Mr. Bondman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Lutheran Church
Geibel
Roth
John Rupp
Harold Wells
Joseph Heckert
Rebecca Miller
Potsdam
Bach
Mary B. Corbett
Munder
Sullivan
Donahue
First Presbyterian Church
C. B. Segelken
Manse
W. H. Hardrode
Imanse
Big Red Cross Drive at Enola
Enola Pa December 29 officials and employes of local yards and shops plus Marysville workmen enrolled members for the Red Cross. In the car shops 300 men joined. many railroaders joined for themselves and families. A rivalry with Paola and Marysville shops yielded 315 members and $80 in church subscriptions, total $395. Drive directed by Harry G Sluber with 80 percent shop quotas met. Notables included R B Diller H C Schutt H C Graham F O Seidle T H Albright E W Clay William Drumheiser R M Adams P E Zorger L W Williams and F O Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enola
Red Cross
Marysville
Paola
Harry G. Sluber
R. 8. Diller
Huber
H. C. Schutt
H. C. Graham
F. O. Seidle
T. H. Albright
E. W. Clay
Wiliam Drumheiser
R. M. Adams
Reading Unit Ready to Sail
Unofficial reports from New York indicate the Four Hundred Fourteenth Enlisted Telegraph Battalion, Signal Corps, will depart for France soon. Based in the Sixty ninth Regiment Armory, NYC, it includes Philadelphia and Reading Railway workers and local Reading men. Major M. A. Loucks commands. Walter L. Vanaman is master signal electrician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Signal Corps
France
Sixty Ninth Regiment Armory
New York City
Philadelphia and
Reading Railway
M. A. Loucks
Reading
Harrisburg
Walter L. Vanaman
Washington Party
Stevens Memorial Guards
Stevens Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
William P. Banmiller
Gerald Morgan
Claude J. Schuyler
William Jacoby
Allentown
Pottsville
Reading to Cut Trains as Government Aid Discussed
Reading officials met with Vice-President C H Ewing and railroad executives to discuss curtailment of trains and broader plans to aid the government. The Philadelphia and Reading Railway will adjust its timetable January 6 on Reading Harrisburg routes, with several services annulled or continued for passenger use on limited runs. The milk train from Reading to Harrisburg will carry passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
C. H. Ewing
F. M. Falek
W. H. Keffer
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Reading
Philadelphia
Shamokin
Pottsville
Jewish Red Cross members display Shield of David window emblem
Hebrews in the city replace the Red Cross service flag with a six pointed Shield of David in windows. The emblem bears the words We are members of the Red Cross. Joseph Klein delivered a window poster to the Telegraph editorial rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Shield of David
The
Telegraph
Joseph Klein
Boas Street
Officers Nominated by Academy of Medicine
The Academy of Medicine met last evening and nominated officers for the ensuing year. Dr. Thomas KE Blair was named president with other officers including Dr. R P Le Ft as first vice president and Dr. Keverty as second vice president. Dr. Park BE Deckard as secretary treasurer. Dr. John M. Raunick as trustee. Dr. H M Farnsler and Dr. J B Hileman and Dr A Z Ritzman on the admissions and social committees. A committee was appointed for the death of Dr. Harry P. Eisenhart. Major John F. Kulp spoke of camp life, and a smoker in honor of the new Wharton Study Club officers was held. New Wharton officers: J W Kline president, Lee Hale vice president, Norman J. Rintz secretary, C Wissler treasurer, George Sierer assistant treasurer. directors GC C High, C RR Aungst, James Baker, Harold Haag. Session to resume January 7. Attendees listed, including Richard McAlister, C E Wissler, J W Kline, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Medicine
Thomas KE. Blair
Nomin
Firstice
R. P
le Ft
Keverty
Park BE. Deckard
John M. Raunick
H. M. Farnsler
J. B. Hileman
A. Z. Ritzman
Harry P. Eisenhart
Blair
Academy
John F. Kulp
M. D
Camp Hancock
Wharton Study Club
J. W. Kline
Lee Hale
Norman J. Rintz
C . Wissler
George Sierer
GC. C. High
Aungst
James Baker
Arold Haag
Richard McAlister
C. E. Wissler
L. 8
Och
Lester Nesbit
Bland Cornell
C. W. Aungst
Harold H. Haag
H. H. Leismans
Harry Lapkin
Daniel Puffer, Jr
L. A. Smith
Eugene P. Haa
L. A. Schlitzer
John Pruss
Overheated stove causes fire at Lucknow tenement
A blaze in a John W. Reilly Lucknow Forge tenement, believed started by an overheated cookstore, destroyed the home around 6 p.m. Firemen saved nearby houses and most contents. Loss is estimated at 2000 dollars. residents Mrs. Calvin Hoerner and Edwin Knuch occupied the sides. Harrisburg crews aided in preventing spread. Separately, Mrs. Stanley Backenstoss of 1115 Market Street underwent appendicitis surgery at Polyclinic Hospital after an earlier Red Cross booth incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Reilly
Lucknow Forge
Pennsylvania Railroad Fire Department
Harrisburg
Reily
Calvin Hoerner
Edwin Knuch
Stanley Backenstoss
Market Street
Backenstoss
Red Cross
Oberlin Couples Wed on Christmas Day at United Brethren Parsonage
Miss Mabel Martin of West Fairview and Earl Garman of Enchant wed by Rev. H S Keifer on Christmas at the United Brethren parsonage. The column lists numerous holiday visits and readings from local residents, including Miss Pearl Foltz in Allentown and Irwin Keys at Camp Meade, with relatives visiting in Hershey and Worcester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Martin
West Fairview
Earl Garman
Enchant
Keifer
United Brethren Parsonage
Pearl Foltz
Allentown
Anderson Green
Huntingdon
Warren Nissley
Hummelstown
Nissley
Harry Stauffer
Arthur Keifer
Millersburg
Grace Walters
Enola
Jacob Atticks
Raymond Gerhardt
Colebrook
Herman Myers
Esterton
Progress
William Shoop
Irwin Keys
Camp Meade
C. Bishop
Hershey
Ethel Horner
Worcester
Mass
Elizabeth Detweiler
New York
Lonely Pine Farm
Mildred Eschenour
Shippensburg State Normal School
Visted
Alfreda Hoffman
Coatesville
Samuel Reed
Crews and assignments listed for Philadelphia and Reading divisions
The document details crew rosters with engineers firemen brakemen conductors flagmen and yard assignments for the Harrisburg Philadelphia and Reading divisions. It lists multiple shifts times after 4 and 12 45 including names like Killheffer Barr Cas sell Davis and Myers with various engine and car crew totals and ends with a Y M C A program note and local entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Killheffer
Barr
Cassell
Davis
Cook
Lauver
Baer
Dressler
McCune
Haflin
Hylton
Reese
Leitheiser
Asper
Barley
Meiiloger
Adams
Keiter
Hollenbach
Kepler
Fisher
Yard Board
Myers
Welsh
Leppard
Bowman
Frysinger
Steward
ENOLA
Brown, Milligan
Middle
Ater
Kapp
Fortenbaugh
Gingrich
McNally
Peas
Seal
Sanders
Cashman
Walters
Mets
Holmes
Shuey
Haubecker
Benser
Cramer
Wickey
Mu‘ciken
Rider
Hummel
Ruth
Landis
Becher
Terner
Morne
Plot
Bordney
Massimore
Lackey
Barnes
Hoffman
Stetler
James
Slough
Brickley
Hammerstein
Hetrick
Wise
Keifer
Powell
Smith
Morrow
Trone
Fillmore
Leighman
Moore
Kramer
Dell
Railroad Notes and Rail Work Across Pennsylvania
Railroad notes report staff changes and illnesses among Pennsy workers including Killian Malehorn Wagner and Ryder returning to duty. A bequest of fifty thousand dollars to Altoona hospital from Harriet Prevost is noted along with a coke car derailment near Enola and Columbia. Also mentioned: two hundred locomotives under construction for Russia to be gauge converted for American rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Wagner
W. BE. Ryder
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona Hospital
Harriet C. Prevost
Sutherland M. Prevost
Philadelphia
Mr. Prevost
Russia
Central Democratic Club Elects City Commissioner Morgenthaler President
The Central Democratic Club held an election of officers last evening naming Fred I. Morgenthaler as president with R. N. Bernheisel as vice president James Miles as recording secretary Ernest Krentz as financial secretary and Harry Philips as treasurer. Committees appointed include Membership with David FOME Edward Winemiller and George Marshall and House with Charles Moeslein James Maul Joseph Lescure H A Vollmer Irvin Johnston Roy Hatfield and William Swartz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Democratic Club
Fred I. Morgenthaler
R. N. Bernheisel
James Miles
Ernest Krentz
Harry Philips
David Fome Edward Winemiller
George Marshall
House
Charles Moeslein
James Maul
Joseph Lescure
H. A. Vollmer
Irvin Johnston
Roy Hatfield
William Swartz
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School of Commerce
Harrisburg Business College
Market Sq
Hell
Ay Sor Ye Hou
Kaufman Bldg
Bell Phone
News OF Steelton
State Game Commission
Western Front
State Veterinary Medical Society
State Board of Agriculture and Allied Organizations
C. J. Marshall
United States Service
Als
Auditor General
Erie
Philadelphia Electric Company
Stuart Works
ExXiwin S. Stuart
John C. Lee
John C. Nicknaen
University Club
Johnson
Joan T. Shirley
Shirley
John A. Herman
Johnnes McCandless
Steelton Churches
Schencks Mardra Pills
Dr. J. B. Schenck & Son
Federal Machine Shop
Cranberry Street
Borough
Eberly
Joseph M. Keister
Speese
Bowman, Mell and Company
Alderman Caveny
Im” Red Cross
Harrisburg Railways Company
Herr and
Cameron Streets
Chamber of Commerce
Hill and Maclay
Rhea
Misterole
Pennsy
Walter LE Roy Vanaman
Lucknow
McNeil
J. Keane
Keiser
Merkle
Nailor
Kohler
Kennedy
Smelser
Osmond
Creswell
White
Shaffner
Bleich
Armsberger
Albright
Social Activities Committee
Charles Killian
Friends
Shippensburg
E. H. Malehorn
York
Mutual Beneficial Association For Pennsylvania Railroad
William D. Bowers
North Seventh Street
Middle Division
I. Cc. Geistwhite
Columbia
Morgenthaler
Havana
Cuba
Oriental Park
Mexico
Ward Line ink'Steausine Cor
Wall Street
New
East End Bank
Howard Streets
Christmas Savings Society
E. A. Heffelfinger
Hn K
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