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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1918
Page
2
Markets report wide price quotes across many sectors led by steel mining and petroleum shares. Agricultural commodities show mixed results with grains steady and livestock futures higher on strong demand.
In the county for the first time guardians were appointed for minor widows of soldiers who died in service. The Harr isburg Trust Company was named guardian for Elen M. Diffenderfer aged 17 of Middletown who will receive 4000 dollars. The same company was named to manage the estate of Marin Fe Houser aged 18 also of Middletown who will receive 3000 dollars.
John J. Cole sixteen year old Tech High freshman and choir member died after a heavy automobile struck him at Twenty fourth and Derry streets as he stepped from a Harrisburg Railways car. He was taken to Harrisburg Hospital but died. The driver, William Seal of Paxtang, passed over his stomach and leg and is believed to have caused a neck fracture. He is survived by his parents two sisters and two brothers. Services planned at his home and in Williamstown.
American film director D. W. Griffith met with British Prime Minister David Lloyd George in Downing Street, securing official aid for filming battlefront scenes in France. Griffith recalls the hourlong audience while London officials watched. Lloyd George praised the project as a worldwide morale booster.
vaudeville bill at Majestic includes Dancing Cronins and May Haynes with White's Animal Circus. Harold Lockwood stars at Colonial in Pals First with Hitting the High Spots Thu-Fri. Victoria presents Carmen and the Klondike and The Master Mystery. Orpheum showcases Aida and Hearts of the World by Griffith.
Elizabethville Pennsylvania December 30 Charles F Daniels and James E Lentz were unanimously elected superintendent and assistant superintendent for another year at yesterdays United Brethren Sunday school session. Other officers include Nellie Buffington secretary Leona Daniels librarian L Zeigler treasurer Buffington pianist Irene Lentz and other posts in primary home cradle roll missionary temperance and music leadership. The executive committee includes W A Bauder R K Buffington James K E Lentz and Rev James Shoop.
In a Brooklyn Institute address New York on December 29 William Howard Taft approved President Wilsons planned trip to Europe and the League of Nations. He said Wilson has greater influence with Allied publics than their princes due to his war aims and the League proposal and urged united force to help Russia escape Bolshevik control.
Officials explain May repairs at I B Dickinson marble yards stalled by labor shortages. Commissioner Ev Z Gross says repairs will resume and the fountain should be ready for use in early spring after enlarging drainage openings to prevent future clogs.
An augmented Trinity Lutheran Church choir presented a cantata titled The Angel and the Star under choir leader Mrs Telbert Beitzel last evening in Mechanicsburg Pa. Participating singers included Mrs teltzel Mrs Arthur N Young Mrs Murray L Dick Mrs Robert M Martin Mrs Paul Hertzler Mrs George M Wertz Mrs George B Hoover Mrs Ednar G Lutz Miss Clhirbel Geiger Miss Ruth Miller Miss Rachel Shelly Miss Ethel Walters Miss Helen Hoover Miss Esther Dornbach Miss Ruth Dornbach Miss Nelle Beitzel Miss Elizabeth Martin and Miss Elizabeth Hurst.
President Wilson has endorsed and submitted to the Allies a famine relief plan formulated by his advisers including Herbert Hoover. The move reflects a push for immediate action to relieve hunger in the Central Empires during his European visit.
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