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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1918
Page
10
West Fairview veterans gathered by streetcar to the Lutheran Cemetery for a G A R tribute. Graves decorated and a Sons of Veterans gun salute followed several addresses.
A period advertisement touts 8 S. S. as a lasting cure for eczema and skin diseases. It claims temporary relief from salves fail to reach the root of trouble and offers free medical advice from Swift Specific Co in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Public Service Commission denies a petition for a Broadway siding at Nantcoke and says an adjacent siding owned by another firm can serve the Susquehanna Lumber Company if terms are reached. If not, the commission will adjust the matter. The ruling follows Lumber vs Bergin & Co. and notes the existing siding can meet needs without a grade crossing.
The marriage of Nellie Belle Foul of 2023 North Fifth Street to Percy R. McGinnes of the Auditor General's Department was held Saturday at Fifth Street Methodist Church with Rev. Edwin A. Pyles officiating. A reception followed at the bride's home and they plan a trip to Buffalo Niagara and Detroit before settling in newly furnished apartments at 2020 North Fifth Street after June 10. Augusta Rahn Hean was honored at a porch shower hosted by Katharine Gorgas at 216 Maclay Street in anticipation of her engagement to Major Walter A. Dearth. Elizabeth M. Brandt, daughter of J. Austin Brandt of North Front Street, recently graduated from Miss Shipley's School for Girls Bryn Mawr and visited home for the summer with relatives in attendance. Major George E. Moyer's wife at Potts Apartments learned of his safe overseas arrival from a cablegram. Hamilton school pupils will exhibit Junior Red Cross work tomorrow from 5 am to 2 pm with Miss Knaby in charge.
Washington dispatch reports Vance McCormick, Democratic National Committee chair, after defeat in Pennsylvania primaries, refuses to state his position on the party ticket and Prohibition. The piece notes Palmer's neutrality push and hints McCormick will address the state committee in Harrisburg. Also covered are a lecture at Enola Church by J Arthur Schlichter and Juniata shops completing twenty-two K43 locomotives for the Pennsylvania Railroad in May.
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