Girl Killed in Auto Streetcar Crash in Harrisburg
Miss Grace I Maugan aged 25 dies after a high speed collision at Front and Walnut streets. Miss Jillian M Swails 24 and two men, T Elder Cleckner and Samuel Weber, hospitalized with injuries. Driver John J Hargest Jr. escapes unharmed. Funeral arranged for Maugan Tuesday at 210 Jvorster Street with burial at Paxtang Cemetery.
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Grace I. Maugan
Forster Street
Jillian M. Swails
Green Street
Harrisburg Hospital
T. Elder Cleckner
Samuel Weber
Sylvan Terrace
Front
Walnut Streets
John J. Hargest, Jr
North Third Street
Margest
M. I. Cettys
North Second Street
Rex Garage
Young Fiargest
Miss Maugan
Grace L. Mau Xan
Jvorster Street
B. H. Hart
Paxtang
Cora L. ‘Taugan
Did Not See First Car Says Hargest On Accident
Hargest, driver of the wrecked car, said he did not see the approaching vehicle until it was within yards of his machine. He recalled returning from Dauphin and passing a wagon before a second car appeared blocking his view as the crash occurred near Front and Walnut. He admitted driving at a fair speed and noted the group had planned a tip over at a lunch house the previous afternoon.
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Hargest
Dauphin
Walnut
Weber
Sasy
Tie
Grace
Weather report for Harrisburg and eastern Pennsylvania
Fair and colder tonight with a cold wave Sunday light snow over the region east of the Mississippi river line of temperature changes from 2 to 16 degrees above zero across the area Susquehanna river and tributaries remain near stationary General storm moving from Western Canada across the US 8 a m temperature 32 sun rises 7 28 am sets 4 49 pm moon rises 5 54 pm
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Harrisberg
Pennsylvania
Canada
Thurading
United States
Georgian Bay
Ohio Valley
Missinniopi River
Atlantic
New Jersey
Florida
Hines
Harrisburg
Weather Bureau
Joyriders survive plunge into River Bank at Front and Seneca
Four joyriders two men and two women escaped serious harm when their Ford toppled over the River Bank near Front and Seneca streets. They were rescued by Horace Segelbaum and neighbors, treated by Dr. C M Rhoads, and refused to identify themselves. The car sustained heavy damage and the victims suffered minor injuries. Four homicide cases are listed for the midwinter criminal term starting Jan 11, including involuntary manslaughter and murder. A Paris dispatch notes the British battleship Formidable sunk off Portsmouth after a German sub torpedo.
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Front
Seneca
Horace Segelbaum
C. M. Rhoads
Segelbaum
Carlisle
Chambersburg
Harrisburg
Second Street
Criminal Court
Stroup
Theodore H. Moltz
Robert F. Scott
Samuel .Morrow
Alma Keane
Morrow
Keane
Associated Press
Paris
Formidable
English Channel
Portsmouth
London
Russia
England
France
Collision at Third and Strawberry Streets in Snow
Slight damage from a morning collision between two autos at Third and Strawberry Streets. C H Mack, baker, 45 North Fourteenth Street, drove west on Strawberry as Frank Payne, 612 North Front Street, headed north on Third. Slippery ice prevented prompt stopping. bakery car fender slightly damaged and Payne car scraped with minor scratches.
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Third
Strawberry Streets
C. H. Mack
North Fourteenth Street
Strawberry Street
Frank Payne
North Front Street
Payne
Emperor William Worse Than Generally Supposed
Amsterdam dispatch says Emperor William’s health is worse than believed and he may need a throat operation soon. He delays returning to Berlin hoping for a crushing victory first.
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William
London
Amsterdam
the Express
Germany
Berlin
To Resume Relief Work at Headquarters Monday
General activities at the Home and War Relief Committee headquarters at 7 South Front Street will resume Monday as all departments restart to aid the needy in this district and support European sufferers. The rooms have been open since December 19 after a holiday closure, and many women have applied for work, with steady assignments given to those in need.
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Home and War Relief Committee
Europe
South Front Street
French Occupy Three New Lines of Houses
Paris reports a war progress update with minor battles along the line. French forces claim to have repelled German attacks and retained gains, noting Steinbach street fighting and occupation of three new house lines. Rome orders police to vigil foreigners and to expel or urge departure as needed.
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Paris
Steinbach
Berlin
Argonne
French War Office
Warsaw
Speakerchip stake in air as 1914 scene colds Harrisburg
In December 1914 in Harrisburg and vicinity the fight for Republican Speaker dominates political chatter with candidates Baldwin Habgood Ambler and Wilson testing support. Coldest Christmas month since Weather Bureau records began. Susquehanna freezes early with river skating from mid December.
Wool production in 1914 falls short of 1913 total
Washington reports 1914 U.S. wool output at 290,192,000 pounds per the Bureau of Crop Estimates. The figure is about six million pounds less than 1913 estimates by the National Association of Wool Manufacturers.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Department of Agriculture
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Citizens Object to Head of Pig as Emblematic of Chicago's Industry
A Chicago committee promoting the International Christian Endeavor convention mailed a letter to a New England badge maker objecting to a badge design that placed the head of a pig in the center, saying Chicago stands for more than meat packing. The designer’s pig emblem was rejected and the committee urged the city’s broader identity. In Washington, the Interstate Commerce Commission sustained Pennsylvania Railroad and others’ denial of transit privileges on grain and grain products at Pittsburgh, approving the withdrawal of further privileges.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Ill
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Interstate Comeen Commission
Body found in burlap bags shocks New York
Police probe a torse recovered from an icy marsh near Coney Island wrapped in two burlap bags. Detectives hunt for the missing head to identify the presumed murdered man, recalling the Anna Aumuller case linked to Rev. Hans Schmidt.
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Associated Press
New York
Coney Island
Long Island
Detective Bureau
Anna Aumuller
Hans Schmidt
Jersey
Hudson River
Mysterious voices silent on Dauphin county board jobs
President Harry A. Walters refused to change the Dauphin county Poor Directors lineup. He stated there will be no shifts in the clerkship held by John Guyer and the Almshouse steward position held by Spencer I Barber for another year. Walters denied plans to oust them or to align with Thomas H Manning. The matter lingers as the annual reorganization nears.
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Harry A. Walters
Dauphin County Pool Board
Almshouse
John Guyer
Spencer I. Barber
Guyer
Barber
Walters
Thomas H. Manning
No Electric Lights For River Park In West End
Electric lighting for the river park between Reily and Maclay streets will not be provided for the coming year. City Commissioner M Harvey Taylor, superintendent of parks, cites insufficient funds. The river park between Trowalley and Paxton streets will still get lights, and new lighting at Twelfth Street playgrounds is planned for later. In New York, America will not be represented at the Copenhagen socialist conference. Morris Hillquit was chosen to attend but will not go.
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House of Representatives
Richard J. Baldwin
Delaware
Henry I. Wilson
Jefferson
R. P. Habgood
McKean
Commonwealth
Charles A. Ambler
Montgomery
Wilson
S. Taylor North
M. Kurtz
Baldwin
Delaware County
Habgood
Ambler
Fred C. Ehrhardt
Scranton
G. W. Williams
Wellsboro
Ehrhardt
John M. Flynn
Elk
Morris
River Park
Reily
Maclay Streets
M. Harvey Taylor
Trowalley
Paxton Street
New York
America
Copenhagen
Morris Hillquit
Socialist Party Executive Committee
United States
Austrians suffer another defeat and Belgrade bombarded
The Russian War Office reports Austrians defeated in Galicia with 3,000 prisoners taken after attacks near Gorlice. Austrian fleet bombards Belgrade causing property damage but no known deaths. Parallel reports note German efforts along France Belgium, Alsace, Argonne with contested gains and renewed Allied defensive posture.
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Galicia
Carpathians
Gorlice
Poland
Rawa
Sochaczew
East Prussia
Miawia
Paris
Portsmouth
England
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Poor Board
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Wharton School
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University
J. T. Stewart Kishpaugh
James S. Shaw
Boston
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National Woman's Suffrage Association
Shaw
Actors’ Fund For America
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U. S
Petrograd
Belgium
Alsace
Rance
the Times
Philade
Brumbaugh
Charles ‘A. Ambler
Nontpomery County
House of Represent
Atives
Lane
Mr. Ambler
David A. Lane
Philadelphia
Dr. Brumbaugh
R. P. Hab
Good
Wil
Son
Taft
Day
Senate
The
Cleveland
Stephen Makara
Pas
Tor
St. John's Greek Catholic Church
Wis
Fedor
Mervin J. Sauders
Uniontown
Lida Shindel
West Fairview
Joseph Toth
Vera Kovacs
Steelton
Wilbert Bollinger
Emma Geesey
City
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