William Penn Highway Excursion Boosts Trade Links
Harrisburg businessmen tour central Pennsylvania towns to promote the William Penn Highway project. The group learns of national recognition for the highway and pledges officials from Huntingdon and Harrisburg to cooperate, with stops in Bellefonte Bellwood Tyrone Lock Haven and Williamsport as the plan gains momentum. The trip centers on building trade ties and advancing the highway corridor.
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Telegraph
Huntingdon
W. P. Lewis
Chamber of Commerce
Beimbaugh
Harrisburg
Altoona
Pennsylvania
American Lawyer Faces Disbarment Over Insurgent Leader Case
Kelly Oo, an American lawyer in Manila and 1912 Democratic National Convention delegate, was disbarred and sentenced to six months in prison plus a $500 fine for publishing a book defending General Nobel. The book claimed Nobel’s innocence and alleged sixty officials, including Supreme Court justices, conspired in the assassination linked to Noriel. He seeks US Supreme Court intervention.
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Manila
Kelly Oo
Supreme Court
Nobel
Enem
Noriel
Accomyelly
Kelly
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Vicinity
Harrisburg area brief forecast shows little temperature change with lows near freezing on Friday. Light westerly winds expected, river stage around 4.5 feet, and fair to improving conditions across the region. Upper St. Lawrence Valley and Atlantic coast wet spell reported with light rain sleet and snow in past 24 hours. Full moon noted with sunrise 6 56 am and sunset 5 42 pm.
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Harrisburg
Freezin
Pennsylvania
Lake
New England
St. Lawrence Valley
Atlantic
New Jersey
Maine
Elizabethville Industrial Strength Amid War Shifts
Elizabethville, a 99 year old manufacturing town in Central Pennsylvania, remains busy with several plants short of labor but planning to hire. The article notes the fall of Erzerum by Russian forces could redirect Allied operations in Armenia Persia and Mesopotamia, with Turkish casualties cited as 5000 dead and 60 prisoners in recent days.
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Telegraph
Pennsylvania
Elizabethville
Erzerum
Armenia
Persia
Mesopotamia
Possible transfer of Secretary Houston to War Department
Cabinet gossip in Washington hints at moving Secretary Houston from Agriculture to the War Department. Possible successors discussed include Dr. W. Thompson, president of the University of Ohio, and Rep. Asbury Lever of South Carolina. A Buenos Aires cable reports Kermit Roosevelt’s birth in Richmond.
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Washington, D. C
Houston
Department of Agriculture
War Department
W. ©. Thompson
University of Ohio
Asbury F. Lever
South Carolina
House Agriculture Committee
Richmond
Buenos Aires
Kermit Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Belle Willard
Madrid
Schwab to Acquire Pennsylvania Steel in Buyout
Charles M. Schwab, head of Bethlehem Steel, will become owner of the Pennsylvania Steel Company within days. Bethlehem will pay $100 for the preferred stock and about $40 for the common shares, with Pennsylvania Railroad involvement noted in negotiations.
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Philadelphia
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Schwab
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bethlehem Steelhead
Penbrook Paving Plans Progress in Main Street Upgrade
Special to the Penbrook Peb. 17 reports Penbrook residents show progressiveness as Main Street will be torn up and paved with asphalt this summer. The borough council considers the improvement plan, expected to pass after two years of discussion.
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Te Penbrook
Penbrook
Main Street
Aged Woman Dies After Clothing Fire in Harrisburg
Mrs. Wilhelmina Hartz aged 77 of 213 South River street ran to the street with her clothing ablaze and died at Harrisburg hospital. Neighbor Edward Swartz rushed to help and was badly burned while extinguishing the flames by rolling her in a snowbank. Coroner Jacob Eckinger investigates. likely cooking incident. She survived by son Edgar and grandson Francis Hartz. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at 589 South Front street with Rev. R. L. Meisenhelder officiating. Burial East Harrisburg Cemetery.
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Wilhelmina Hartz
South River Street
Harrisburg
Edward Swartz
Trinity Lutheran Church
East Harrisburg
Nine Dead in Mexia Opera House Collapse
Mexia Texas February 17 nine people died and about twenty injured after the opera house roof fell during an art exhibition. The Mecca Cafe nearby was also destroyed by the collapse and a gas explosion. Fire damaged several business buildings with an estimated loss of 75000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Mexia
Tex
Mexia Opera House
Opera House
Mothers’ Club
Mecca
Fire consumes newborn in Nanticoke home
Wilkes Barre Pa February 17 A newborn child eight hours old of Mr and Mrs Alexander Broad burned to death in a fire that destroyed their Nanticoke home The mother fainted from smoke and was saved by her husband in the same incident Decept Kane Pa February 17 The Aetna Explosive Company New York bought the Warren Chemical Products plant at Russell Warren county for 200000 The plant had just completed a one million dollar war order for guncotton for the allies.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Alexander Broad
Nanticoke
Here
Kane
Aetna Explosive Company of
New York
Warren Chemical Products Company
Russell
Warren County
Munitions Steel Plant Destroyed by Fire in Bridgeport
Fire at the Farist Steel Company plant in Bridgeport Connecticut caused extensive damage late last night with losses estimated above 450000. The blaze origin remains unknown though residents reported a brief explosion prior to the flames. The plant employed about 5000 workers and supplied steel to Remington Arms and Ammunition Company.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Farist Steel Company
Remington Arms and Ammunition Company
New York Big Four Back Elihu Root for President
Three of New York’s leading Republicans Senator James W. Wadsworth Elon R. Brown and Frederick T. Tanner pledged support for Elihu Root at the Republican National Convention without Governor Whitman’s prior knowledge They planned to meet Whitman before finalizing their endorsement and leading the Root nomination drive Meanwhile Villa partisans seeking amnesty reach Gomez Palacio and Laredo with leader Calixto Contreras aiming to cross into the United States to join family in St Louis Missouri
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New York
Big Four
Root
Whitman
Elihu Root
James W. Wadsworth
Elon R. Brown
Frederick T. Tanner
Mr. Root
Idaave
Torreon
Coahuila
Mexico
Villa
Gomez Palacio
Laredo
Calixito Contreras
United States
St. Louis
Jury Acquits Mrs Alma Keane in Manslaughter Case
A Dauphin county jury acquits Mrs Alma Keane of manslaughter in a fatal October 31 1914 automobile accident on North Third Street near Harris Street that killed 5 year old John McCormick. The jury orders her to pay about 150 dollars in costs.
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Alma Keane
Dauphin County
North Third Street
Harris Street
John McCormick
New Trial Sought in Kotur Murder Case in Steelton
Wickersham contends a key witness Novakovic may have been elsewhere when Joseph Backic was killed on December 22, 1915 at 725 South Third Street Steelton. A court may be asked to extend time for the new trial petition.
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Mike Novokovic
Nikolo Kotur
South Third Street
Steelton
Josep Ekh
G. Wickershian
Dauphin County
Kotur
Backic
Novakovic
Wickersham
Will Operate All Night Cars on Rutherford Line
The Harrisburg Railway announces nightly service on the Rutherford line starting Saturday night. Trains will run hourly after 12:30 a.m. between Rutherford and Philadelphia Reading area, with Reading guaranteeing no loss to the traction company. Reading will drop its night Rutherford train.
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Rutherford
Warrisburg Rail Company
Philadelphia and
Reading Railway
Warrisburg Railways Company
Reading Company
Fourteen Hurt as Florida Limited Rolls at Kingsland Bridge
The Seaboard Air Line's Florida Limited No. 10 northbound wrecked at Kingsland bridge ten miles south of Richmond. Fourteen injured, four seriously, as engine tender jumped tracks and coaches plunged down a bank. Injured rushed to Richmond hospitals.
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