Harrisburg Moves to Collect Ashes for Cleanup Burden
City Council empowers Dr J M J Raunick to lead ash removal with crews and wagons. The $755 982 25 project to be funded by the Pennsylvania Reduction Co or its bond issuer American Surety Co takes effect January 2. Dr A S Ritzman will supervise, with complaints filed to him at the Bureau of Health. Continued on Page 3.
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Harrisburg
J. M. J. Raunick
Bureau of Health and Sanitation
Pennsylvania Reduction Company
American Surety Company
Ritzman
Raunick
Council
A.S. Ritzman
Bureau of Health
Bruce Taylor
W. H. Lynch
E. Z. Gross
Gross
Gorgas
Col
8 Hour Parade Plans Advance With Cash Prizes
Chief Marshal C R Zimmerman leads a booster committee meeting for the New Year eight hour parade with twelve organizations and ten floats expected. Entries close Monday morning and prizes will go to best float and largest number of marchers. Parade forms 9 20 Monday at Front and Kelly and runs a revised route to Market Thirteenth and other streets. Philadelphia year 1916 clearings set new record with 13 083 317 712 and balances 1 427 486 746.
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C. R. Zimmerman
Booster Committee
Front
Kelly Streets
Thirteenth
Market Streets
Betly
Third Street
Hamilton
Market Square
Mulberry Street Bridge
Philadelphia
Clearing House Today
Weather outlook Harrisburg region stays fair and cold
Fair and continued cold tonight and Sunday for Harrisburg and vicinity with a low near 20 degrees. Eastern Pennsylvania remains fair with north winds and slowly falling or steady river levels, stage about 4.7 feet Sunday morning. Ice moved out on the Renove at 4:30 p.m. Friday amid about seven feet of water and may reach Lock Haven soon.
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Harrisburg
Renove
Lock Haven
Trainmen plan eight hour day booster parade Monday
White Block Lodge No. 127 of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen shifts from a planned New Year’s Day ratification parade to an eight hour booster celebration on Monday. Leaders promise a large turnout and will meet tonight to finalize details.
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Roshon
White Block Lodge No. 127
Brotherhood of Railroad
Mummers Parade Draws 1700 Entries With Floats
One thousand seven hundred entrants signed up for the mummers parade on Monday at 1 pm. The event features 20 floats and a parade route from State Street to Market via Third, Fourth, Walnut, North, Sixth, Maclay, and Second. No entry fee for individuals.
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State Street
Walnut
Maclay
400000 Railroad men plan next step in eight hour dispute
A note from New York reports that the four trainmen brotherhoods will let their authorized committee decide the next move in the eight hour dispute over railway operation. Also a separate item notes Miss Mildred Walker was knocked unconscious by a Black man in her home and the search for the assailant continues. Berlin reports President Wilson sent a second explanatory note to the powers. the note has not been presented.
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Brotherhoods
Mildred Walker
New York
Nelson A. Walker
Regina Street
Berlin
London
Wilson
Seventeen Couples Apply For Licenses In Dauphin County
The Dauphin County license bureau reports seventeen marriage license applications. Names include Buffington and Thompson of Hummels town and Middletown, and several other couples from Bressler, Waynesboro, Reading, Steelton, and city addresses.
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D. Cupid
Dauphin County
Oscar Marlin Buffington
Hummelstown
Violet Isabel Thompson
Middletown
Clarence W. Stone
Martha Anna Hurst
Bressler
Clyde Norman Chamberlain
Waynesboro
Anna Katherine McKenzie
Chambersburg
Warren C. Brossman
Sinking Springs
Lillie May Myers
Fritztown
Elread H. Becher
Reading
Mary C. Jones
City
Joseph E. Hall
Hazel B. Robinson
Paul Revere Hollenbach
Laura Marie Moretz
Steelton
Ralph L. Taylor
Detroit
Rearl Rebecca Bogner
Alvin M. Campbell
Maude R. Umberger
Ralph P. Fox
Lucinda Rowe
Jacob N. Pillow
Palmyra
Mary FE. Resich
Miss Gutelius Led Jail Prayer Services For Thirty Years
Miss Gutelius who led jail prayer services for thirty years and taught a women’s Bible class at Reformed Salem Church died at Harrisburg Hospital. Survived by sisters Mrs F A Shaffner Carlisle and Mrs Lydia Mous Westminster Md. Funeral at Reformed Salem Church tomorrow at 3 pm. Burial in Littlestown Adams county Monday morning by Undertaker Hoffman.
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Reform Lane
Harrisburg Hospital
F. A. Shaffner
Carlisle
Lydia Mous
Westminster
Reformed Salem Church
Ellis N. Kremer
Littlestown
Adams County
Hoffman
Mise Gutellus
Jennie Gutelius
Nation
North Second Street
Dauphin County
Harrisburg
Gutellus
Elien Gutellus
New U Boat Fires On British Freighter Near Fastnet
British freighter Chicago City was fired on and stopped by a new type German submarine about 120 miles off Fastnet on December 14. A British destroyer arrived as the crew prepared to abandon ship. two shots were fired and the submarine sank from sight. Also reports say magazines raise subscription prices due to higher white paper costs, with increases from 20 to 81 1 3 percent and several small magazines halting or merging.
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New York
Chicago City
Bristol
England
Fastnet
Crinks
Fondness For Pickled Pigs Feet Triggers Murder Arrest
Kansas City police arrest T Foster alias Joe Clarke in Kansas City Kansas after tips linked his craving for pickled pigs feet to a Melemoresville Tennessee killing. Foster admitted the slaying claiming self defense and said he would return without requisition.
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Kansas City
Kan
T. Foster
Joe Clarke
Melemoresville
Tenn
Clarke
McLemoresville
Foster
Tennessee
War weary soldiers seek aid from U S tailor in letter
A Belgian internee writes to Harrisburg tailor Al J. Simms requesting sewing and cutting books or tools to study while interned in Holland. He hopes for a future job in Harrisburg after the war, praising American kindness to war victims. The letter notes the tailor may send materials and the possible outcome of employment.
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United States
America
Europe
Harrisburg
al J. Simms
Custom Cutters’ Club
Eam
Bir
Holland
Belgium
Hugene Ongenaert
Doe Zeit
Simms
Allies Resist Backward Push as Axis Advance Near Danube
German headquarters report steady gains by Von Mackensen’s forces along the front from the Romanian Carpathians to the Danube. Russians and Rumanians fight a heavy rear guard as they withdraw toward the Serb line in Northeastern Wallachia and Southern Moldavia.
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Wallachia
Moldavia
von Mackensen
Romanian Carpathians
Danube
Drunken Farm Hand Kills Girl in Camden Bed
In Camden New Jersey Mary Seaman age 14 daughter of farmer John J Seaman near Glen Loch was shot in bed by Thomas Conway 82 a farm hand Conway then tried to slit his throat and shot himself He was badly wounded taken to a hospital Conway claimed to be drinking and said he lost his nerve when attempting suicide.
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Camden
N. J
Mary Seaman
John J. Seaman
Glenloch
Thomas Conway
Seaman
Conway
Diaz Filibusters Rumor Reported Across Border
Major General Funston reported to the War Department that he cannot substantiate rumors of a Felix Diaz filibustering party crossing from the United States into Mexico.
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Diaz
Washington, D. C
Funston
War Department
Felix Diaz
Mexico
United States
PLAN COMMUNITY CLUB AIMS TO AID FOREIGN DISTRICT YOUTH
The Penn Community Club plans to open reading and recreation rooms at 1121 North Seventh Street to uplift foreign district children in the Seventh Ward. Local committees advance renovations as residents push for a coordinated effort to train youths into productive citizens. A club leader describes the project as a concerted effort following months of planning by concerned residents and supporters. Additionally, Chester public safety head warns the public as grip and pneumonia season continues.
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Penn Community Club
Seventh Street
North Seventh Street
KISS
GRIP
Chester
Bb. D. Wright
Public Safety
Flight to Philadelphia Navy Yard After Rapid Crossing
Report says seven of fourteen planes from Hempstead and Governor's Island reached the Philadelphia navy yard in two hours. Separately, Warren Stone and We. Ge Lee arrived in Cleveland after railway groups rejected applying the Adamson law. uncertainty surrounds a potential strike.
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Hempstea
N. Y
Governor's Island
N.4
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Cleveland, O
Warren
S. Stone
We. Ge Lee
Cleveland
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