German Drive Presses Verdun Front Amid New Fire
Terrific artillery fire precedes renewed German thrusts on Verdun as German forces push from the Woerre plain toward the Meuse heights. Paris reports new advances along a twelve mile front from Dieppe to Champlon while French counterattacks in Lorraine are described as successful in places.
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Hungary
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Weather Forecast for Harrisburg and Surroundings
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with low temperatures around 20. East of Pennsylvania sees little temperature change with light to moderate wind. The main river will rise slightly while tributaries fall gradually. General conditions indicate a disturbance moving from New Mexico toward the Gulf States and lower Ohio Valley, bringing rain, and warmer readings in the Middle Atlantic and East Gulf states. Temperatures around 20 at 8 am, sunrise 6 39, moon phase new moon.
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Heky
Pleasantview Seeks Admission to Harrisburg as Mine Disaster Hits
Pleasantview, a growing suburb north east of Harrisburg, asks City Council to consider annexation. Officials plan an informal conference before the next meeting to review taxation, water rates, and implications. In Kempton W Va six miners are dead nine missing after a Davis Coal and Coke Co mine explosion at No 42. 52 rescued, four injured.
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Harrisburg
Harry F. Bowman
Pleasantview
Bowman
Associated Press
Kempton
W. Va
Davis Coal and Coke Company
Here
Newport Urges Route Change To Boost William Penn Highway
Newport Pa passions swell over the William Penn Highway as residents push to reroute to shorten distance to Harrisburg and showcase Juniata Valley scenery. Meanwhile New York reports steel orders reaching 4,000,000 tons since January 1 with profits seen at $80,000,000, signaling a booming industry.
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Perry County
Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Great French Auxiliary Cruiser Sunk in Mediterranean
The French auxiliary cruiser La Provence was sunk in the central Mediterranean last Saturday. Malta reported 296 survivors landed. the minister of marine estimated 170 or 180 had been landed at Milo. La Provence, once the largest and fastest French liner, was sunk amid measures of wartime loss.
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Former Minister Becomes Booze Ad Writer Before Grand Jury
Special to the Telegraph Pittsburgh Feb 29 George Muller once pastor of Zion Baptist Church Punxsutawney and former Educational Bureau staffer for the Pennsylvania Brewers' Association resorted to writing beer advertisements. He spent nearly two hours before the grand jury yesterday.
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George Muller
Zion Baptist Church of Punxsutawney
Educational Bureau
Pennsylvania Brewers’ Association
Philadelphia
Explosion at War Order Plant Injures One in Woburn
A blast at the New England Manufacturing Company plant in Woburn Massachusetts shattered windows twelve miles away. One worker Frank Cornett was injured but not seriously. Other buildings escaped major damage.
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Frank Cornett
Henry James Dies in London After Renouncing U S Allegiance
Henry James, born in New York in 1842, died in London after taking the oath to the British Crown in 1915, ending a career as novelist, critic and playwright famed for international settings and a broad range of life in his works.
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Henry James
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Wells, G. A. R. Officer, Dies in Norristown
William J. Wells aged 74, past commander of the Department of Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic, died in Norristown Pa He was longtime public school principal and served four years as Recorder of Deeds Wells led Zook Post No 11 and frequently inspected the PA G A R chapter in the city and state.
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Associated Press
Norristown
William J. Wells
Department of Pennsylvania
Grand Army of the Republic
Mr. Wells
Rotary Essay Winners Named in Thrift Contest
Miss Nora Lippi of 528 Peffer Street won first prize and Russel Lowry of 309 South River Street second prize in a Rotary Club essay contest on thrift. Open to Central and Technical High School students, the $10 and $5 awards will be presented at the Rotary meeting at the Masonic Temple by Rev. James F. Bullitt.
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Peffer Street
Russel Lowry
South River Street
Rotary Club
Masonic Temple
James F. Bullitt
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Central
Lowry
Technical High School
Democrats Split Over Dauphin County Machine Battle
A split is developing in Dauphin county Democratic ranks as reorganizers backed by ex mayor Vance C McCormick face an Old Guard slate at the primaries. Howard W Jones and ex mayor John K Royal are opposed by Patrick H Mehan and W K Meyers amid post office appointment discontent. The Philadelphia and Reading Railway announces late and morning trains between Harrisburg and Reading as service improvements.
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Dauphin County
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Old Guard
Meyers-Fritchey
Teleepalaas
Howard W. Jones
Democratic City Committee
John K. Royal
Royal
Jones
Patrick H. Mehan
Williamstown
W. K. Meyers
Harrisburg
Girl Tries to Leap to Death From River Wall
Helen Ennis aged 17 of 422 Market street was rescued by Sergeants Drab enstadt and Page and Officer Hylan from the Susquehanna River wall at Market street as she attempted suicide by jumping. She said a quarrel with her sister prompted the act and that Ruth Rahn of 502 North street fought with her companion before the attempt.
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Drabenstadt
Page
Hylan
Helen Ennis
Market Street
Ennis
Ruth Rahn
North Street
Japan Premier Promises Peace in the Orient
Tokyo Feb 29 Count Okuma the Japanese premier assured a hostile delegation that Japan would take proper measures to maintain peace in the Orient while he could not disclose the government’s policy toward China.
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Tokio
Okuma
Yuan Shi-Kai
China
Japan
Orient
Hogs Jump Ten Cents to Highest Price in Year
The hog market rose ten cents to 8.90 a hundredweight, the year’s high, as veterinarians note a shift toward hog raising and rising pork and bacon consumption. Also in brief, a man found near death in a Baltimore boxcar after 48 hours with no food or drink, and a New York mail theft yielded no currency.
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Associated Pres
Chicago
18 Bars Go Dry At 12 Tonight Tales Of Aldine Court
A college student recounts a night incident where a woman allegedly enticed him and arranged a party at a location described as questionable. The report frames the tale as a court stirring episode with implications for local reputation and social conduct.
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Aldine
Expected meals to take off the lip? hotel men try to prove
Seventeen bars in Harrisburg and Dauphin County face a midnight Friday shutdown as the 1915 license privilege expires and pending applications remain undecided. The dry list includes St Charles Harris House Savoy Columbus Lynch Katzman National Pax ton Aldine Vietor Wort Hunter Coxestown Grantville Shells Tavern and John Snyder with claims of health and order interests driving the move. The Harris House and the Column
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Middletown
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