Two Parties to Open Campaign in Carlisle Pa
Carlisle hosts county conventions as Republicans and Democrats meet. Republican leaders keep Brinton as chairman and Line and Frey as secretaries while predicting a 1000 vote majority for dry platform incumbents Bowman and Beckley. Democrats elect Zullinger as chairman with Totton as treasurer and Conley and Shulenberger as secretaries.
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Carlisle
Cumberland County
Calebs. Brinton
J. Harvey Line
George D. Frey
Newville
W. C. Bowman
Lemoyne
Ross Beckley
Lower Allen
H. G. Zullinger
Mount Holly Springs
Robert W. Peffer
J. J. Totton
BH. P. Conley
E. W. Shhulenberger
Y M C A Leaders to Confer With Dr Mott in New York
A Harrisburg committee will join Dr John R Mott in the Metropolitan Life Building tower New York tomorrow afternoon. They will discuss recruiting high caliber men for Y M C A secretarial service overseas as Mott reports from the French and Italian fronts. Harrisburg delegates include Edward J Stackpole J W Bowman Travel Wright Ross A Hickon and Robert B Reeves.
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Harrisburg
Edward J. Stackpole
State
J. W. Bowman
Travel Wright
Harrisbmre
Ross A. Hickon
Robert B. Reeves
O Neill Campaign Spent Over Twenty-One Thousand Dollars
Charles W. Kiser filed the O Neill campaign expense account showing 21 064 10 raised and nearly all spent except 146 52 in bank. Major donors included Mr O Neill 7500 Gifford Pinchot 2000 Brown 1630 90 and several others. Disbursements covered advertising watchers information meetings rent clerks and headquarters costs totaling the spent amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Kiser
Wilkinsburg
J. Denny O'Neil
O'Neil
State Capitol
Mr. O'Neil
Gifford Pinchot
Brown
George Hughey
Lewis Emery, Jr
W.S. Aaron
J. S. Sutherland
Washington
G. H. Garrick
Allegheny
Brumbaugh
William H. Ball
C. L. Huston
O'Neill
T. G. Crown
Jacob Snyder
James A. Gardner
F. D. Beary
James A. Steese
Samuel ©. Todd
Joseph N. Mackrell
A. Nevin Detrich
B. G. Sharp
Quits Selling Papers to Make Shells For U.S.
Mike Klawansky who sold papers on the corner of Third and Market streets for years has left his corner to work at the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending plant making shells for Uncle Sam. Corey Fehleisen, deskman at the police station, has returned to work after more than three weeks due to illness from grip.
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Mike Klawansky
Third
Market Streets
Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company
Uncle Sam
Klawansky
Corey” Fehleisen
Telegraph Man Leaves For Army Camp
Another Telegraph employee joins military service as J. B. Wilver manager of the Muench street substation heads to Columbus Ohio for assignment. His home is 135 Girard street and he has worked in the Circulation Department for months. He receives a wrist watch from fellow employers before departure.
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Telegraph
J. B. Wilver
Muench Street
Columbus
Ohio
Wilver
Girard Street
Camp Hill Masons Visit Elizabethtown for Service
West Shore Masonic Lodge No. 681 led religious exercises at the Masonic Home in Elizabethtown. Rev. George M. Lauffer delivered the sermon while Walter Mumma oversaw the program. About 1,500 local members traveled in 30 cars to the event, highlighting rapid growth of the lodge on the West Shore.
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Camp Hill
West Shore Masonic Lodge
Elizabethtown
George M. Lauffer
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Steelton
Carl K. Deen
Walter Mumma
West Shore Lodge
West Shore
Harrisburg
Funds Continue For Red Cross Workers
The second Red Cross war fund campaign is finished yet daily contributions arrive at Red Cross headquarters in the public library basement. A Red Cross worker notes the campaign fostered a lasting interest in Red Cross work among donors, with 13.47 from St. George's Roumanian Greek Orthodox Church Harrisburg. Auxiliaries including Lutheran with 125 and Paxtang pledging 25 monthly are contributing.
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Red Cross
St. George's Roumanian Greek Orthodox Church of
Harrisburg
Lutheran Auxiliary
Paxtang
First Annual Rose Show Opens Here This Friday
Entry cards pour in for the amateur rose exhibition at the Central Y M C A rooms to run Friday and Saturday under the Woman's Advisory Board. Tickets are 25 cents, with proceeds aiding YW war work. Awards cover best general display, best individual blooms, tea and hybrid roses, climbing varieties, and groupings of three red three white and three pink roses. Benjamin Jones, a 30 year old lineman from Lykens Pa, died after contact with a power feed wire while releasing another wire on June 3.
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Woman's Advisory Board
W. P. Starkey
Front
Kelker
Lykens, Pa
Benjamin Jones
Wiconisco
Lykens Valley Light and Power Company
End of Central Time Calls as Bell Loses Ringtone
Harrisburg and other cities ban time and trivial calls to the Bell Telephone Company. Operators warn that unnecessary calls burden lines and wear out old equipment now scarce due to government commandeering. Public education effort stresses core service value and delays in equipment supply.
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Central
Jhhubby
Bell Telephone Company
Harrisburg
Patton
Pennsylvania
Fises Mina
Seventy-Seven to Graduate at Carlisle High School
Carlisle Pennsylvania June 3 Diploma awards will go to seventy seven pupils the largest class in Carlisle schools history at the eighty first annual commencement set for June 13 in the Carlisle Opera House School board announced today Lamberton essay prizes of 50 dollars were won by Donald H W Goodyear and Irene Waugaman for best Cumberland county historical essays in annual awards program.
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Carlisle
Carlisle High School
Carlisle Opera House
Donald HW. Goodyear
Irene Waugaman
Lamberton
Cumberland County
Ice Price Surge Tied to Delivery Charges
United Ice and Coal Company announces higher prices effective today with larger quantities priced higher for delivered ice. Jitney stations offer cheaper options, with 25 pounds for 10 cents, 50 pounds for 15 cents, and 100 pounds for 30 cents, while home delivery lines quote higher rates.
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United Ice and Coal Company
Prisoner Saws Bars and Takes Poison in Jail
George Chapelle, jailed in Dauphin County for a jewelry store robbery, was watched by authorities after attempting suicide by drinking poison. He had tried to escape by sawing through his cell bars and a hack saw was found hidden in his mattress. Chapelle denied the robbery but admitted receiving stolen goods.
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George Chapelle
Dauphin County
P. H. Caplan
Chappelle
Miss Craig Delights Irving College Recital in Mechanicsburg
Washington soprano Miss Netta Craig gave a classical recital at Columbian Hall Irving College Mechanicsburg on June 3 aided by Newell Albright Vere piano faculty member. The program showcased her rare voice quality and diverse range from Handel to Mendelssohn with Irish and Scotch songs and her own piano accompaniments earning encores.
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Mechanicsburg
Netta Craig
Washington, D. C
Columbian Hall
Irving College
Newell Albright
Miss Craig
Atlanta
Maid of the Ganges
Mendelssohn
Albright
Church of Covenant
Mechanicburg Alumni to Benefit Red Cross and Baby Bonds
Mechanicsburg High School Alumni Association held a meeting to donate 25 to the local Red Cross and 41.70 for Baby Bonds. Officers elected include President George Z. Fisher. vice president Maude K. Williamson. secretary Edna Porter. treasurer Ralph D. Mumma. additional directors Barbara Keller Russell N. Biddle Janet Eckels Miriam Shope Dorothea Baum Clare Vogelsong Reverend C. T. Berkheimer Guy H. Lucas Morris Brubaker Tolbert Beitzel.
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RED Cross
Mechanicsburg
Mechanicsburg High School Alumni Association
George Z. Fisher
Maude K. Williamson
Edna Porter
Ralph D. Mumma
Barbara Keller
Russell N. Biddle
Janet Eckels
Miriam Shope
Dorothea Baum
Clare Vogelsong
C. T. Berkheimer
Guy H. Lucas
Morris Brubaker
Tolbert Beitzel
Indian School Commencement at Carlisle Marks Fortieth Year
Alumni and former students gather in Carlisle for the fortieth anniversary events of the Indian School founded there. Rev. Dr. Robert Bagnell of Harrisburg delivers the baccalaureate in the auditorium, followed by a union meeting led by Edith Dabb and Patrick Phelan. An athletic reception and presentations are planned, with the formal commencement set for Thursday morning.
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Carlisle
Government Indian School
Robert Bagnell
Harrisburg
School Christian Societies
Edith Dabb
Indian Young Women's Christian Association
Patrick Phelan
St. Patrick’s Church
Burk and Mrs Shelly Wed at New Cumberland Home
The marriage of E. G. Burk and Mrs. Ella Shelly occurred Saturday evening at the Edgar Shelly residence on Market Street in New Cumberland. Reverend A. R. Ayres of Trinity United Brethren Church officiated.
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New Cumberland
E. G. Burk
Ella Shelly
Edgar Shelly
Market Street
A. R. Ayres
Trinity United
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J. R. Mott
New York
O’neil
U.S
Masons
Termyson
Lowell
Wadsworth
Longfellow
Kipling
Mark Twain
Enoch Arden
Miles Standish
Omar Khayyam
Yukon
Dicken
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart.—Street Floor
America
Dives
Pomeroy & Stewart
Lizen
Adeira
New
Milans
Panamas
Craig
Indian School
Shanghai
Shantung
Georgette
Baronet
Street Floor
Athletic Nainsock Union
Madras Athletic Union
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