Division street entrance to Wildwood Park debated
A mass meeting led by the West End Improvement League urged building a subway under Pennsylvania Railroad tracks on Division street to link west Harrisburg to Wildwood Park. Mayor Royal and local groups backed the plan with stereopticon slides showing park access and safety issues at blocked crossings.
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Telegraph
West End
Pennsylvania Railroad
Division Street
Wildwood Park
Camp Curtin School
West End Improvement League
Robert A. Enders
John K. Royal
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Municipal League
Citizens’ Association of Riverside
West End Improvement
Forster Street
Herr Street
Maclay Street
State Street
Market Street
Mulberry Street
Paxton Street
Dock Street
Linglestown Road
Maclay
Cameron Streets
Harrisburg
Would Prohibit Divorce in All United States by Constitutional Amendment
A Senate proposal by Senator Ransdell seeks a federal constitutional amendment to ban all divorce with remarrying rights across the United States and territories. The measure would direct uniform divorce laws and allow separation without permission to remarry, arguing it aligns with precedents in several states and countries. A second brief notes Congressman Bremner of New Jersey is critically ill with cancer in a Baltimore sanatorium and not expected to recover.
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United States
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Ransdell
Louisiana
South Carolina
Italy
Spain
Austria-Hungary
Mexico
Argentine Republic
Brazil
Peru
Chile
Baltimore
Bremner
New Jersey
Bigelow case venue moved to Dauphin court
The Pennsylvania State Supreme Court granted a change of venue for Edward M. Bigelow and three subordinates indicted in Schuylkill county for failing to keep public roads in repair. They will be tried in Dauphin county court.
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Bigelow
Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Edward M. Bigelow
Schuylkill County
Supreme Court
Dauphin County
Plan to replace Hardscrabble with riverfront playground
City Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor unveiled a plan to clear one block of the Hardscrabble district from Verbeke to Calder streets for a riverfront playground funded by a $100,000 park and playground improvement loan. Details, condemnation methods, and exact procedures remain in flux as officials study feasibility and legal status.
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Verbeke
Calder Streets
Taylor
M. Harvey Taylor
William E. Bailey
J. R. Hoffert
Park Board
Bailey
River Front
Susquehanna
Harrisburg
Park Loan
Commissioner of Parks
Eighth Ward Hotel License Fight Prompts Organized League
Dauphin County No-License League secures permanent structure at Masonic Temple and plans remonstrances against all new licenses including Lancaster Hotel and Paxtonia Inn. The league targets eight ward licenses, aims to file remonstrances by Feb 15, and lists leaders from religious and temperance groups. Also notes Palmer and Mestrezat as Democratic primary candidates with Wilson staying in cabinet.
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Dauphin County
Masonic Temple
League
Eighth Ward
Capitol Park
Lancaster Hotel
Colonel Hutchison
January Criminal Court
Paxtonia Inn
Harvey Knapp
Benjamin Whitman
J. Henry Spicer
J. H. Daugherty
Civic Council of Churches
M. Marjorie Steel
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
J. Frank Palmer
Christian Endeavor Society
J. Gilbert Aldinger
Dauphin County Sabbath School Association
Alfred Kelley
Anti-Saloon League
A. S. Lehman
Hummelstown
O. B. Leese
Linglestown
J. W
North Third Street
Associated Press
Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Justice S. Leslie Mestrezat
United States Senate
Wilson
Department of Labor
Palmer
Vance C. McCormick
Harrisburg
Roland 8. Morris
Philadelphia
Dirty Dairies Exposed In Stereopticon Lecture
Dr. Henry R. Douglas city milk inspector lectured at the Academy of Medicine last night. He presented dairy scenes from cow to home showing dirty cows filthy stables and unsanitary milk houses as causes of bad milk and urged public demonstrations to identify the best milkmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Douglas
Academy of Medicine
Douglas
Mass Meeting Planned to Oppose Cameron Street Saloon Move
First Ward residents organize against Patrick T. Sullivan moving his saloon to 854 South Cameron Street. A mass meeting at Trinity Lutheran Church on Saturday at 8 30 p m will feature Rev R M Meisenhelder and Rev Harry B King as speakers amid mounting remonstrances.
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First Ward
Patrick T. Sullivan
Eighth Ward
South
Cameron Street
Trinity Lutheran Church
R. M. Meisenhelder
Harry B. King
Mediation Board Settles Eighteen Cases Amicably
Washington report states since creation the Federal Board of Mediation and Arbitration has settled eighteen serious cases. All were resolved through mediation or arbitration after being laid before the board in a few months.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Federal Board of Mediation and Arbitration
Man Arrested After Alleged Attack on Refused Suitor
Francesco Juliano of 210 South Second Street allegedly struck Emilia Donato after she refused to marry him. Emilia testified at a hearing before Alderman Hilton that Juliano assaulted her last evening, delivering blows to both eyes, following her decisive rejection.
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Francesco Juliano
South Second ‘Street
Emilia Donato
Alderman Hilton
Emilia
Francesco
Two Barnes brothers captured after deadly Waynesboro shooting
Policeman William Daywall was mortally wounded by Abram Barnes and Dagwalt killed in Waynesboro. Abram confessed to the murder and later another Barnes brother was captured after a night-long pursuit aided by a sheriff and state trooper in Glen Furney near Buena Vista. Dagwalt, from Emmitsburg, Md., left a wife and six children.
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Barnes Brothers
Clever Rose
Waynesboro
William Daywall
Abram Barnes
Glen Furney
Buena Vista
William
Ihae
Maryandne
Abram
Dagwalt
Staley
Daywalt
Barnes Boys
Statey
Daywall
Chambersburg
George Walker
Curtis Davies
Walker
Davies
Barnes
Rose
William Barnes
Potter
Emmitsburg
Democratic Party Opposes Women's Suffrage in House Record
The Democratic Party was formally recorded as opposing national constitutional suffrage for women with Representative Underwood arguing the issue should be left to the states. A separate item reports Dr. J M J Raunick seeking a Black man described as short and fat who impersonated a City Health Inspector to gain entry at 141 North Cameron Street. the resident refused entry and Raunick plans to pursue the matter.
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Washington, D. C
Democratic Party
Underwood
House
J. M. J. Raunick
City Health Bureau
W. Lemmy
North Cameron Street
Board of Health
Suffragist Arson Squads Hit Comrie Area Fires
Two fires blamed on suffragette arson squads caused heavy damage around Comrie in Perthshire, a village famed for Druidic and Roman ruins, on February 4 in Glasgow Scotland reports.
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Associated Press
Glasgow
Scotland
Perthshire
Comrie
Fines From Library Could Fund Pension for Staff
Boston trustees urge using overdue book fines to create a pension fund for library employees. The proposal, disclosed in their annual report, would divert more than $6,000 annually from fines. Also noted is a Harrisburg Life Underwriters meeting on February 6 with Ernest J. Clark as speaker.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Harrisburg Life Underwriters’ Association
Engineers’ Club
Ernest J. Clark
National Association of Life Underwriters
Domestic Science Tour Planned by City School Board
The Domestic Science Committee seeks to inspect grade schools to plan lower grade cooking sewing and household courses. William A. Bell leads the panel with Harry A. Boyer Adam Houtz and A. F. Werner. The board will discuss feasibility propose visits and identify suitable rooms for instruction.
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William A. Bell
Harry A. Boyer
Adam Houtz
A. F. Werner
Weather and marriage licenses listed for Harrisburg area
Fair to night and Thursday with colder temperatures around 25 in Harrisburg vicinity. Eastern Pennsylvania similar with light west winds. Regional notes show warmer Middle Atlantic States but much colder Ohio Valley. Marriage licenses: William T. Myers with Reba I. Bard. Ugo Tacelli with Natalie Sorsi. Mike Koren with Mary Horwath.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Middle
North Atlantic
Alabama
Tennessee
North Carolina
Ohio Valley
Take
Missouri
Upper
Mississippi
William T. Myers
Wormleysburg
Reba I
Bard
Ugo Tacelli
Hershey
Natalie Sorsi
Swatara
Mike Koren
Mary Horwath
Steel
Cooperative advertising push gains momentum in newspapers
The text argues that joint effort by dealers and manufacturers to promote goods in newspapers is practical, boosting sales and consumer service. It notes newspapers as a powerful selling medium and invites merchants to join the cooperative program, with a booklet available from the American Newspaper Publishers Association in New York City.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Bureau of Advertising World Building
New York City
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U. S
Huerta
Republic
Bremer
New York
Joseph Cassidy
Queens County
William Willett
Sing Sing
Lima
Billinghurst
Callao
New Orleans
Abe Barnes
Dagwall
Susquehanna Coal Company
Reading Company
John H. Jones
General
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Jones
Anna Aumuller
Bemidji, Minn
Kelleher
Amal
Atchison
Baltimore-Ohio
Brooklyn-Rapli ‘Trans
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake-Ohio
Lehigh Valley
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Reading
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
U. S. Seel
Mitchell “Palmer
Cameron St
Colored Nursery Home
Bromley Wharton
State Board of Charities
W. J. McGarry
Heilbronn
Germany
Wagner
Muehlhausen
Wuerttemberg
Domestic Science Committee
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