Tuberculosis Fight Progresses in Harrisburg
Harrisburg city and state efforts push TB control with 115 state dispensaries, open air schools for tubercular children, housing improvement campaigns, free germ free milk, and charitable home visits. Five year reports show a 345 percent drop in cases and fewer deaths, with 1909 figures noted.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
School Board
Board of Health
Academy of Medicine
Bureau of Health
Girl Killed by Train Near Boiling Springs
Special to The Telegraph Carlisle Pa Feb 13 While going to work to the stocking factory at Boiling Springs Martha Hope 18 was struck by a freight train on the Reading Railroad and killed instantly. She is the daughter of farmer John Hope and lived two miles east of Boiling Springs. The body was found along the track by an extra freight train crew at 7 oclock. The coroner conducts an investigation.
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Carlisle
Boiling Springs
Martha Hope
Reading
Miss Hope
John Hope
Immigrants From Ireland Land in New York
The 1913 Irish immigrant arrival at the port totaled 7 073. More than 11 000 stayed in New York State, 6 600 went to Massachusetts. They brought 1 985 703 dollars and the Irish Emigrant Society aided 606 arrivals at Ellis Island. Many settled in New York City and nearby states.
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Associated Press
New York
Ireland
Alaska
Michael A. McDermott
Irish Emigrant Society
Massachusetts
Society
Ellis Island
Pennsylvania
Illino's
New Jersey
Mule Team and Driver Plunge Over Bank Near Marysville
A team of mules owned by W. J. Jackson hauling railroad ties fell over a twenty foot embankment in Marysville. The wagon and load slid down the hill after the wagon rolled backward on ice. driver Laurie Fitting was carried over but escaped serious injury. The wagon was broken and the mules were badly cut and bruised.
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Marysville
Pan
W. J. Jackson
Laurie Fitting
Laurie
Judge Kunkel Seen as Front-Runner for Supreme Bench
Philadelphia coverage supports Dauphin County Judge George Kunkel as the leading candidate for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court nomination to be made in May. Rival names include Judge Robert Sellers Frazer and Judge Gustave A. Endlich, but Kunkel's statewide reputation from Capitol case handling stands strongest. The nonpartisan nomination process is expected to crystallize in coming weeks.
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George Kunkel
Dauphin County Court
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Quaker City
Commonwealth
Robert Sellers Frazer
Allegheny
Gustave A. Endlich
Berks
Kunkel
Dauphin County
Capitol
Pennsylvania
Superior Court
The
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Remonstrances Against Haeffner House Liquor Sale
A formal remonstrance was filed today against the Haeffner House at Derry Church over liquor sales to minors and disorderly conduct by fifty residents. Letters to Judge Kunkel accuse several establishments of liquor law violations including Kobler, Taylor, Simonetti, and Moeslein.
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Haeffner
Derry Church
Jacob Page
Judge Kunkel
George Brown
Sal
George Kobler
North Sixth Street
A. Taylor
Cumberland Street
Jacob Simonetti
Berbeke Street
Ferdinand Moeslein
Sixth
Verbeke
Vera Cruz
Arthur B. Cook
Mayo
United States
Connecticut
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Katherine Kimmel
Chestnut Street
Market Street
Weesee Pereris
New York
William H. Househer
Arenes
Jamaica
L. L
Househer
Lena Light Mere
Houscher
Ryy
Paris
Onse Bertillon
Bertillon
Newcomer Kelly Buried in Hagerstown
Newcomer Kelly a prominent young Hagerstown lawyer formerly of Harrisburg died Wednesday. He was buried this afternoon with full Masonic honors from his Hagerstown home, led by St Bernard Commandery Knights Templar and Rev Dr C L Pate. He served as cashier for Washington County Water Co. and was active in St Pauls church. His parents sister and brother attended.
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Newcomer Kelly
Hagerstown
Harrisburg
Richard Kelly
St. Bernard Commandery
Knights Templar
Kelly
C. L. Pate
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington County Water Company
Nina Ritter
William Kelly
Independence Asked by Philippine Progressive Party
Manila February 13 resolutions urged Philippine independence under U S protection with independence sought through the Progressive party led by Juan Sumulong former Philippine Commission member adopted at a party meeting in Manila
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Associated Press
Manila
Philippines
United States
Progressive Party
Juan Sumulong
Philippine Commission
American Named General Manager of Great Eastern Railway
London reports the Great Eastern Railway appoints Henry W. Thornton, former Long Island Railroad general superintendent, as general manager to modernize the system.
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Associated Press
London
Great Eastern Railway Company
England
Henry W. Thornton
Long Island Railroad
Costly Valentines Through Parcel Post Sends Love Big
The Valentine mail volume grows as parcel post lowers rates for large valentines. Post Office staff expect a busy twenty four hours with many oversized emblems passing through, reversing older size restrictions and boosting romance support.
Fifty Fires in One Night Paralyze New York
In New York from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. fifty fires forced hundreds into zero weather. No lives were lost but many suffered from exposure. A six story apartment fire with a Turkish bath and thirty families caused two hundred tenants to flee scantily clad into the street.
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Ress
New York
Amendment to bill halts parcel post changes without authority
Washington Feb 13 Senate committee reported an amendment to the $310 million Post Office appropriation bill to prevent further parcel post rate changes or extensions without congressional approval. Postmaster Burleson had expanded weight limits and cut rates, but the committee questions the legality and seeks cost clarity before further changes.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate Committee
Burleson
Figure Bearing Judge's Name Hanged to Pole
Wellsburg W V Feb 15 Efforts of the West Virginia and Pittsburgh Coal Company to eject striking miners from company houses at Colliers W Va failed in two suits tried here The jury disagreed in one and a verdict for the defendant was rendered in the other At Follawsbee a mining town a stuffed figure bearing the name of Judge A G Dayton of the United States District Court was changed to a telegraph pole
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Associated Press
Wellsburg
W. V
West Virginia & Pitsburgh Coal Company
Colliers
W. Va
Follawsbee
A. G. Dayton
United States District Court
City Council aims for department reorganization by March
A city council member said the goal is reorganizing departments before March to address issues with undivided attention. Officials deny wholesale removal of staff. Lynch resolution is seen as paving the way for necessary changes to improve harmony and efficiency among departments.
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Lynch
Steelton plant to dismantle furnaces amid expansion rumors
Orders from the Pennsylvania Steel Company were issued to rush the dismantling of Nos. 1, 3 and 4 open hearth furnaces at the Steelton Plant as speculation grows about new mills.
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Pennsylvania Steel Company
Steelton
Park Board Seeks Retention of Forrer and Hoffert
The Harrisburg Park Commission adopted resolutions urging the retention of W. Grant Forrer as park superintendent and J. Raymond Hoffert as assistant. The documents praise their work and argue retention benefits park and playground development, signaling the board’s advisory stance to City Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor amid a municipal appointments conference.
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M. Harvey Taylor
Harrisburg Park Commission
W. Grant Forrer
J. Raymond Hoffert
Messrs. Forrer
Hoffert
Park Board
Chicken Scratch Death in Wernersville Man
Wernersville Pennsylvania February 13 Daniel A Ney 43 a prominent contractor died after a chicken scratch wounded his birthmark on the forehead He bled to death shortly after the incident witnessed by his son Herbert and neighbor Mrs Weidman The cold wave in New York claimed nine lives as of today with temperatures dipping to 1 below and a forecasted blizzard threatening.
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Wernersville
New York
Daniel A. Ney
Mr. Ney
Herbert
Associated Press
Eric Nelson
Mercury
Carlisle Indian School Faces Clash Over Friedman Suspension
Carlisle Pa February reports stirred by Commissioner Otto Sells suspending Superintendent M Friedman of the Carlisle Indian School. Supporters plan a mass meeting to defend Friedman while inquiries point to bandmaster Claude M Stauffer whose punishment of a girl drew questions about discipline and relations with Inspector Linnen. Stauffer is married to Maude Heagy of Harrisburg.
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Carlisle
M. Friedman
Carlisle Indian School
Indian Affairs
Otto Sells
Friedman
Stauffer
Heserv
Linnen
Government Service
Sells
Claude F. Stauffer
Carlisle School
Harrisburg
Maude Heagy
George W. Heagy
Derry Street
Resignation Accepted in China as Premier Replaced
Peking reports a presidential mandate accepting the resignation of Hsiung Hsu Ling the Chinese premier and naming Sun Pao Chi as acting premier until a definite nomination is made.
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Associated Press
Peking
Hsiung Hsu-Ling
Sun Pao-Chi
Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Eastern Pennsylvan
Snow tonight and Saturday with slightly warmer readings and a low near 8 degrees. Eastern Pennsylvania to see more snow and a rise in northeast winds as rivers fall slowly and surface ice grows. Temperature ranges show 8 am 0 and 2 pm 11 above zero with a 3.1 ft river level and a mean temperature of 6 degrees.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Racmany
Susquehanna River
Allta
Mississippi River
South Carolina
Modern Labor Savers in Daily Newspapers
A suffragist notes women can save time with labor-saving devices and smart planning. Modern newspapers, especially the Telegraph, guide thrifty buying by showing what is new and where to shop. A wife can shorten shopping from hours to minutes using these guides.
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New York
The
Telegraph
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Claude M. Stauffer
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