Apple Trees on Woodbine Street Posed as Shade Option
Farley Gannett asks Woodbine Street Park Commissioner M Harvey Taylor to plant a row of apple trees around his Second Street property in Harrisburg. The proposal aims to combine shade with fruit in a city streetscape, potentially changing local shade tree policy.
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Normandy
France
Woodbine Street
Harrisburg
M. Harvey Taylor
Farley Gannett
State Water Supply Commission
International Situation Prompting Extra Session, Cummins Says
Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa predicts President Wilson will call a special session by September to handle international affairs. He supports the administration’s European policy during the war, emphasizes neutrality rights, and says protests can be effective without war. He notes Americans do not want war but will enforce neutral rights through measures short of conflict.
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Cummins
Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Wilson
Congress
Europe
United States
Weather outlook Harrisburg region and rivers rise
The bulletin notes partly cloudy to-night and Friday with warmer Friday in Harrisburg area. The main river and lower West Branch rise, Juniata and North Branch near stationary or fall. A 5.6 foot stage is expected in Harrisburg Friday morning with a northeast wind and cooler readings in parts of the Lake Region and New England.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Juniata
Virginia
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Bounty
North Carolina
Mare Atlantic
Lake
New England
Rocky Mountain Region
Arizona
Pennsylvania Tops Portland Cement Output in 1914
Washington reports 88,230,170 barrels of Portland cement produced last year valued at 81,789,368 dollars, a drop of 3,866,961 barrels and 10,768,249 dollars from 1913. Pennsylvania leads production with Indiana second. New York notes death of baseball veteran David Orr at his Richmond Hill home.
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Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Washington
Indiana
New York
David Orr
Columbus American Association
Brooklyn Nationals
Richmond Hill
L. I
Harrisburg Academy Graduates Largest Class Amid Weather Woes
State Zoologist Dr H A Surface notes crop damage from a cold wave in the Alleghenies with beans and fruit spurs harmed and growth delayed. Commencement day at Harrisburg Academy honors 31 graduates. valedictorian Russell A Hoke and salutatorian William A Smiley praised. Principal How ard Omwake presents prizes as families applaud. Dr Edwin E Sparks of State College speaks.
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Majestic Theater
H. A. Surface
Potter
Somerset
Harrisburg
Surface
Harrisburg Academy
Majestic
Arthur E. Brown
Russell A. Hoke
William A. Smiley
Howard R. Omwake
Edwin E. Sparks
State College
Camp Hill Mass Meeting Postponed To June 8
Camp Hill Pennsylvania June 3 mass meeting on paying for the pike is postponed to Tuesday June 8. Fire house attendance is expected as residents regard the loan proposal as vital to borough growth and development and a forward step for paying purposes.
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Camp Hill
Anniversaries Mark Jefferson Davis Birthday Across South
The 108th anniversary of Jefferson Davis birth was observed today across the South with banks and public buildings closed as a legal holiday in Florida Georgia Alabama Mississippi Texas Arkansas and South Carolina. Other dispatches note Jane Addams presented in Berne to Swiss President Motta and reports of oil-well destruction in Galicia amid World War I activity. Villa troops gain in Mexico with Silao captured and Carranza forces routed near Trinidad.
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Associatedress
Atlanta
Jefferson Davis
South
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
South Carolina
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Carothers
Chihuahua
Villa
Silao
Carranza
Trinidad
Negotiations reopen to avert street car strike in Chicago
Chicago officials and union leaders reopen wage dispute talks for 14,000 street car workers as a settlement attempt is urged. The companies ask union representatives to meet to avert a potential strike.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Flour Supply Sufficiency Report From Berlin And Philadelphia
Berlin reports via London that Germany has adequate flour supplies as Philadelphia notes bread prices below normal. Temperature records in Philadelphia show a 48 degree minimum, tied for June 3, 1907, and Berlin will permit baking of small leaves from white bread starting June 7.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Germany
Philadelphia
York Mayor Fines Himself For Auto Law Violation
York Pa June 3 Mayor John R Lafean fined himself five dollars for driving with four headlights defying state law. He reportedly was arrested entering East Market Street near Center Square while returning from John Strickler's birthday celebration. Judge N Sargent Ross and Rev Samuel H Stein were in the car.
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York
John R. Lafean
Lafean
East Market Street
John Strickler
N. Sargent Ross
Samuel H. Stein
Trinity Reformed Church
Bonds of South American republics strengthened
Rio de Janeiro reports Dr. Laure Muller Brazil foreign minister returns from a tour of Uruguay Argentina and Chile to tighten regional ties. He is welcomed by diplomats officials and civilians as newspapers hail the mission and the A B C treaty.
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Associated Press
Rio ‘Janeiro
Laure Muller
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
Chile
All
Muller
A. B.C
Italians Advance Into Tyrol Face Steep Resistance
A detailed map shows Italian gains in four fronts into Trentino and the Tyrol with major barriers at Brenner Pass. It explains the lines from Verona through the Adige valley to Trent and toward Innsbruck, noting uphill battles and that even if Trent falls the drive toward Vienna remains distant.
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Trentino
Tyrol
Vienna
Verona
Italy
the Adige
Trent
Brenner Pass
Innsbruck
Ponte Caffaro
Lombardy
Lake Garda
Giudicaria
Adige
Asiago
Lugana
Borgo
Cadore
Cortina
Innsbruck-Trent
Brixen
Tonale Pass
Carnic Alps
Harvard Doctor Skips Compliments At Penn Medical Commencement
Dr Richard C Cabot provoked a stir by neglecting to congratulate the 30 graduates of the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania at Garrick Theater He argued about women in medicine provoking criticism from female physicians who felt his remarks misrepresented their field.
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Philadelphia
Harvard University
Richard C. Cabot
Wu Ting Fang
Boston
Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania
Garrick Theater
Russ Claim Important Successes in Galicia
An official Russian general staff statement says in Shavl region on Monday they repulsed several attacks and captured a redoubt east of Trawliany. On the Narew front the enemy attacked on Tuesday and was repulsed. In Galicia between the Vistula and Przemysl Monday, fighting yielded important successes on the left bank of the San with villages taken by bayonet.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
Shavl
Trawliany
Narew
Vistula
Galicia
Przemysl
Lower San
Child's Screams Triggered Fire Rescue at Regina Street Stove
A traveling salesman, unnamed, rushed into 1400 Regina Street when an oil stove exploded as a child cried out. He beat out flames, while Miss Alice Hoverter fainted but both occupants escaped unharmed. A carpet burned. the stranger suffered a burned hand and left with his sample case. Later, Richmond prepared for a Confederate Veterans parade led by General George P. Harrison with militia and civic contingents joining.
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Andrew B. Hoverter
Regina Street
Alice Hoverter
Associated Press
Richmond
United Confederate Veterans
George P. Harrison
Virginia Militia
Connecticut
Wilson to Prepare Reply on Lusitania Sinking After Talks
President Wilson, after a cordial conference with German ambassador Count von Bernstorff, moves to draft the American reply to Germany over the Lusitania sinking. He stressed adherence to international law and the right to visit and search against armed or nonresisting vessels at sea.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Lusitania
Germany
FTC to discuss export combinations with businessmen in New York
The Federal Trade Commission opened informal conferences in New York after its Boston session to weigh allowing combinations among American exporters for expanding foreign trade. In Portland Oregon the General Federation of Women's Clubs began a busy meeting with talks on conservation home economics agriculture minimum wage eugenic marriages prison reform public health and plans for the federation biennial in New York.
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Associated Press
New York
Federal Trade Commission
Boston
Portland
Ore
The
General Federation of Woman's Clubs
Federaation
Przemysl Reclaimed as Austrians Advance in Galicia
Austria and Germany capture Przemysl after a long siege and push in Galicia. Russia admits some fortress gains by besiegers while disputing Lemberg loss. Romania and Russia fail to settle boundary issues. Italy claims progress in invasion but Vienna disputes. San Marino votes for war on Austria, while Italy seeks relief plans for war’s civilian effects.
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Przemysl
Austria
Vienna
Cracow
Petrograd
Russian War Office
Galicia
Lemberg
Rumania
Russia
Milan
Victor Emmanuel
Austrian War Office
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City Forester
Przemys
Przamys
Prazemysl
Przemyslan
Calais
Yser
E. B. Hoff
Ill
Bethany Bible School
T. T. Myers
H. K. Ober
Academy
Bserve Davis
Berne
Associated Pres
Geneva
Switz
Paris
Jane Addams
Hague
M. Motta
Switzerland
P.A. Stovall
Galician Front
Boryslaw
Dropobycz
Stry
King Offers Services
Associatea Press
Romania
Milan Secolo
Harvard
Esident
Commission IN
Vienna War Office
Sea of Marmora
Dardanelles
Gulf of Triest
Lorette
French War Office
Republic of
San Marino
Marghiloman
Tageblatt
Bucharest
Alexander Marghiloman
Rome
Salandra
Civil
Ife
Trenton
N. J
U. S. Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Cor
Gary
Edgar R. Kiess
Querobabi
State Department
Nogales
Vera Cruz
the Church of the Brethren
Tokio Tokio
Tokio
Iliary
Clyde Robert Wachtman
City
Elizabeth Fredericka Jauss
Ein
Charles A. Bear
May C. Dailey
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