Harrisburg Churches Urged to Aid City Needy
Harrisburg home relief asks every church and Sunday School to fund relief for hundreds of unemployed and their families. March 15 deadline unless funds extend. $9,000 previously spent on helping 400+ families through work programs. Contributions should be sent to John F. Sweeney at Mechanics' Trust Company.
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Harrisburg
Ways and Means Committee
Home and War Relief Committee
John F. Sweeney
Mechanics’ Trust Company
W. M. Donaldson
Schmidt Takes Over HB'G Baking Co and Forms Big Firm
Bernard Schmidt will control Capital City Baking Company, capital 500000, to acquire Harrisburg Baking Company. The deal includes the Gerhard Schmidt Bakery with both plants to continue under current management and bread lines. John E. Fox likely becomes one of three directors.
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Schmidt
Hb'g Baking CO
Capital City Baking Company
Bernard Schmidt
Harrisburg Baking Company
Andrews
Gerhard Schmidt
John E. Fox
Former Attorney General W Uhler Hensel dies in Savannah
William Uhler Hensel 63, longtime Democratic leader in Pennsylvania and former Attorney General, died in Savannah after a career as president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Born December 4 in Quarryville, Lancaster County, his body to be sent to Lancaster, Pa. for burial.
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Savannah
William Jhier Hensel
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Bar Association
William Uhler Hensel
Quarryville
Lancaster County
Submarine U9 Believed to Have Been Destroyed
Wreckage near Christiania suggests the German submarine U 9 has been destroyed. U 9 sank British cruisers Hogue Aboukir and Cressy in 1914 and Hawk in 1914. Dutch trawler reported it disabled near Helder on November 1 entangled in nets. No reports since then. Separate dispatch says several units of the Twentieth Army Corps in East Prussia still fight and may rejoin the Russian army.
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Hogue
Aboukir
Cressy
North Sea
Hawk
Helder
Holland
Associated Press
London
the Times
Petrograd
Two Hundredth Caer
East Prussia
Weather Summary for Harrisburg and Eastern Pennsylvania
Fair to night and Sunday with continued cold. eastern areas stay dry with fresh northwest winds. River levels at about 12.2 feet by Sunday morning in Harrisburg. northeast high pressure influences extend westward. Temperatures range from a high near 38 to a low around 29 with normal around 32.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Keep Train at Full Steam to Convey the Sultan of Turkey
Paris datelined report says the sultan plans to depart Constantinople, with imperial trains kept ready at the station. Inhabitants of Prinkipo near the Sea of Marmora told to prepare to evacuate.
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Turkey
Associated Press
Paris
Athens
Constantinople
Prinkipo
Sea of Marmora
Sultan
Poland
Elliott-Fisher Class Will Start Soon
The Elliott-Fisher Company begins its second salesmen’s class, about twenty five men, including Harrisburgers, will study for a month starting Monday. Employed staff from branches nationwide are brought here for instruction to prepare for worldwide sales of Elliott-Fisher products under local factory officials. A first class in January met with success, with further sessions planned as needed.
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Elliott-Fisher Company
Elliott-Fisher
Mongolian Sailing Under Own Power to Halifax
The Allan liner Mongolian, leaking badly 400 miles off Nova Scotia, is heading for Halifax under her own power with 200 passengers aboard bound for Glasgow. The U S coast guard cutter Seneca is convoying the vessel, and fears for the ship’s safety have eased after wireless reports confirmed it can travel without aid.
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Associated Press
New York
The
Allan
Nova Scotia
Halifax
United States Coast Guard
Seneca
Glasgow
Seitz Opinion Sought On Closing Market Street Wharf
The Board of Public Works seeks City Solicitor D. Seitz’s opinion on closing the unsightly gap in the river wall at Market street to eliminate the coal wharf. Pending his reply, plans include narrowing the opening and adding steps. Weather delays halt most improvements. staff suspended for weeks. Emperor William awards Pour le Merites to Field Marshal von Hindenburg for eastern front command.
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Board of Public Works
Seitz
Market Street
James Shope
Elbridge W. Cowden
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
J. D. Justin
E. W. Cowder
Lewis Shoaf
Berlin
London
William
Field Marshal
von Hindenburg
Central Pennsylvania Methodist Conference Plans
Methodist churches in the Central district prepare for the March 17 to 24 conference at Shamokin. Before the main event the local churches hold their fourth quarterly meetings in their own houses of worship. Five of seven Harrisburg Methodist Episcopal churches have met. two more sessions follow next week. Thieves steal meats vegetables and delicacies from A F Bartolet home at 17 South Fifteenth Street while the conductor and his wife are away.
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Central Pennsylvania
Shamokin
Central Districts
Methodist Episcopal
Harrisburg
A. F.bartolet
South Fifteenth Street
Plague of War Questioned by Women Exclusion
A national peace conference in Chicago opened led by Miss Jane Addams to urge early peace. Edwin D. Mead warned neutral nations were too silent and Dr. Stephen H. Wise argued women’s absence from state councils fuels war, calling war a moral issue.
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Rabbi Wise
Chicago
Associated Press
Emergency Federation of Peace Forces
Jane Addams
Edwin D. Mead
Boston
Councils of State
Earth
Stephen H. Wise
The
Free Synagogue of
New York
Old Glory Waves Across Belgium Amid Relief Effort
The American flag is respected and given right of way on Belgian roads and from relief warehouses and barges as Belgians honor the symbol of aid. Miss Helen Irene Cramp, a Guttenberg New Jersey teacher tied to a dinner and a trustee, remains in Belgium and will resume teaching after a talk with Principal Miller who provided an affidavit placing blame on Mr. Blackmore.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Commission For Relief In
Belgium
Helen Irene Cramp
Guttenberg, N. J
Charlies W. Blackmore
New York
New York World
Miller
Mr. Blackmore
England Seeks 116 Heavy Morton Trucks for Government
The Morton Truck and Tractor Company received an order from the British government for 116 three and five ton commercial trucks valued around 400000 dollars. Delivery is due within sixty days with weekly shipments as ready. Production will start soon, aided by a prior Russian tractor order and other local requests. Amsterdam via London February 27 1910 dispatch notes the death of the sultans eldest sister Djemile Sultana born 1843.
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Morton Truck and Tractor Company
Amsterdam
London
Constantinople
Turkey
Djemile Sultana
Dice Woman Taken From Burning Home
Fire in the cellar of the Rev. Harvey B. Klaer’s Covenant Presbyterian Church parsonage at 521 Peffer street caused about 200 dollars in damage. Mrs. Lee, mother of Mrs. Klaer, was rescued by neighbors from the second floor as flames spread to the first, origin likely rubbish. Firemen required cutting to reach the blaze. neighbors aided in saving household effects. Noon test from Box 61 caused confusion.
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Harvey B. Klaer
Covenant Presbyterian
Peffer Street
Lee
Klaer
Allied Warships Hammer at Dardanelles Forts and Passage
London reports British and French ships continue bombardment at the Dardanelles. Minesweepers operate under fleet protection after fort reductions, with unverified claims that a French ship penetrated the straits. Berlin says alcohol supply is short, prompting planned limits on brandy and spirits deliveries.
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London
Dardanelles
Russia
Black Sea
Athens
Rome
Associated Press
Paris
The
Matin
British Merchantman Torpedoed in English Channel
Paris reports another British merchantman was torpedoed by a submarine in the English Channel. A French warship rushed to aid the vessel whose identity remains unclear.
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English
Paris
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Salandra
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J. Hay Brown
William U. Hensel
Christiania
Ft. Tvhion
City Park Department
City Planning Commission
Warren H. Manning
Planning Commission
Electric Company
Manning
ROK Seitz
Hindenburg
M. E
Salvation
England
Morton
Spirits Central” Organization
U. S
Ead Gut
Charles R. Griffiths
Richard P. Stegier
Pombs
Washington
Wilson Hagpi
Cally
Senate
White House
Dieppe
France
Torpedo
English Channel
Saint Valery-Sur-Somme
Diepp
van Dyke
Dardanell Straits
Hortari
Fort Intepe
Nieuport
Aeron
Metz
M I. Nesgley
Grace J. Crowl
Elysburg
W. Brenner
Hershey
Yder, Paper
Manton
Vra Seber
City
Elizabeth Vasnacht
Union Deposi
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