Harrisburg Hotel Project Marks New Era for City
E Z Wallower president of the Harrisburg Hotel Company recalls the long fight to bring modern hotel capacity to Harrisburg. The project consolidates support from the Chamber of Commerce and Rotarians, with a $1 2 million financing and a favorable lease with United Hotels Company, promising growth and improved city status.
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E. Z. Wallower
Fisburg Hotel Company
Lochiel
Bolton House
Hg House
Commonwealth
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Reading
York
Chamber of Commerce
Rotarians
Opera House
Harrisburg Hotel Company
Ww. L. Stoddart
New York
Eisenwein & Johnson
Buffalo
United Hotels Company
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
United Hotels Company of America
Canada
Penn Harris furnishings blend homelike warmth and Georgian influence
D. M. Johnson of the United Hotels Company outlines hotel main lobby design aiming for comfort and elegance rather than strict period replication. The lobby features walnut paneling, marble floors, and a dignified, understated richness echoing Adam Bros. English Georgian style.
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Penn- Harris
D. M. Johnson
United Hotels Company
Adam Bros
Tvs
Fine stores in the new hotel Penn Harris on Third
The Penn Harris hotel adds four ground floor shops. Gorgas drug store occupies corner No 1, J S Bel-sized optometrist moves in, W L Ferry expands haberdashery, and Cloos Company list in New York with Lancaster and Reading stores will display ready to wear garments.
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Penn-Harris
Harrisburg
Herman P. Miller
Miller Bros
Hostiry
Walnut
Gorgas
J. S. Belsinger
Locust Street
New York
Opulent Italianate Lobby and Ballroom Decor Described
The text details a hotel interior with damask curtains, Italian throne chairs, and a central reproductions table on an oriental rug. It contrasts formal lobby design with a lounge evoking an English eighteenth century drawing room and Georgian carpets, lamps, and chandeliers.
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Petii Palams
Italy
Frankness Rewarded by Maximum Fine in Kansas City
In Kansas City Missouri Judge Edward Fleming fines Claude Simpson $500 the maximum for attempted burglary after a patrolman glimpsed a jimmy in his pocket. Simpson admitted intent to break into a saloon and, glad to be arrested, said facing prison would be worse. The judge quipped Pollyanna at his remark.
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Kansas City
Jud
Edward Fleming
Sout
Claude Simpson
Simpson
Jimmy
Golf leads to a new hotel in Harrisburg tale
Allen Sangree recounts how a golf match among E Z Waffflower E S Herman and E J Stackpole inspired J William Bowman to launch a Harrisburg hotel project. The humorous, racey piece frames golf as civic spark and notes Stackpole and Herman’s playful bragging after their victory at Florence Villa.
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Harrisburg
Florida
J. William Bowman
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
E. J. Stackpole
E. J. Herman
Stackpole
Allen Sangree
Dan Dailey
America
Mr. Dailey
Penn-Harris
John Wanamaker
Chamber of Commerce
Darkey
E. Z. Wafflower
E. S. Herman
BE. J. Stackpole
Messrs
Herman
Wallower
Orlando
Tampa Lake
Telegraph
Mr. Wallower
Florence Villa
E. J
Mr. Herman
Hastens Wedding to Please Dying Mother in Rock Island
Mrs. Clarence Sutton in Rock Island Illinois asked her daughter Marie M to hasten her wedding. The wedding with Andrew Lindgren was performed at the bedside of the dying mother who passed away a few hours later after giving her blessing to the couple.
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Rock Island, Ill
Clarence Sutton
Marie M
Andrew Lindgren
Patient Leaves With Morphine Supply in Bellefontaine
In Bellefontaine Ohio a patient vanished taking the doctor H A Skidmore’s morphine and all hypodermics after leaving a note thanking him and hoping to have money someday.
Guns Silent Soldiers Find Sleep Difficult
Martins Ferry Ohio Charles L Coleman of the United States Engineers in France writes home a week after the armistice that the men are having trouble sleeping missing the lullaby of the big gun fire they have endured for months.
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Martins Ferry
Ohio
Charles L. Coleman
United States Engineers
France
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President Wallower
J. E. Rhoads
Forster and Cowden Sts
Harrisburg, Pa
Lehigh
Igburg
Mulberry Street
Cumberland Valley
R. R. Bridge
Evangelical Publishing House
Hershey Creamery
New
Camp Curtin
Penn-Harris Hotel
Bellinger Optical Service
Pennsylvania
J. S. Bellinger
Otis Elevator
S. Third Street
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