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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1918
Page
10
H P Longnaker is expected to become Steelton's chief of police with no other applicants. He has eight years of experience as chief and now works at the local steel plant. The council will vote at the January 6 meeting.
The State Employment Bureau and federal government announce free legal advice for returning soldiers. A large list of county and city advisers in Carlisle Mechanicsburg Harrisburg and surrounding areas are named to run welfare bureaus and assist discharged or drafted personnel. The notice urges rapid dissemination to soldiers and sailors.
Oscar James Dean of Huntingdon Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania Railroad carpenter, described battling two robbers a few blocks from a hotel before dying at Pennsylvania Hospital. He carried a watch receipt and railroad pass. Police identified his killers as a white man and a negro. His wife and daughter planned arrival to claim the body.
A Shrewsbury Pennsylvania mother reports her daughter suffered scalp itchiness dull hair dandruff scales and hair loss. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment she claims the disease eased and hair began to recover. The ad promotes free samples and mentions Soap prices of 25 cents and Ointment at 25 50 cents with talcum 25 cents.
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