Indian doctor from Bombay visits Mennonite family in Millerstown
Dr Gambai Karmarkar from Bombay visited Mrs S C Alexander’s family for a week in Millerstown. She came to America as a delegate to the Foreign Missions Council in Boston. A Makratti and physician, she trained at Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia and serves on the Indian National Council of the YWCA. She plans to return to Bombay in July after giving a Memorial Day talk at the Methodist Church.
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Millerstown
Gambai Karmarkar
Bombay
India
5. C. Alexander
America
Foreign Missions Council
Congregational Church
Boston
Woman's Medical College of
Philadelphia
Indian National Council
Young Woman's Christian Association
Methodist Church
Tanlac Rejuvenates Steel Worker in Steelton
Robert E. Miller, a steel mill worker from Steelton Pennsylvania, says catarrh of the bladder left him with no gumption until Tanlac, sold at George Gorgas Drug Store, improved his health quickly and restored his strength and appetite.
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Robert E. Miller
Dutch Detective play to aid Dauphin Athletic Association
In Dauphin Pa this Thursday and Saturday evenings at the P O of A Hall a benefit performance of The Dutch Detective will feature a large cast headed by Otto Schmultz Almont Rudy and Ma jor Hannibal Howler. A musical program and solos will accompany the show to raise funds for the local athletic association. Lewistown boy Sherman Seaver a 15 year old was wounded by a stray rifle shot near town while walking with friends. Luther Paules of Marietta Pa died suddenly of heart disease at 60 leaving a family and several siblings.
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Esther Shaffer
Ambrosia McCarty
Ellen Feaser
Arminta Sourdrops
Rebecca Lyter
Hortense Smatters
Aldred Kline
Katrina Kraut
Susan Jackson
Harry Miller
Carrie Hoffman
Lewis Heck
Carrie Gerberich
Charles Baker
Goldie Douglas
Lewistown
Sherman
H. O. Seaver
Luther Paules
Marietta
Red Men
Royal Arcanum
Woman's leg broken in fall at Table Rock
Mrs. Hannah Low er aged 81, visiting Elson Low ers at Table Rock in Biglerville, fractured her left leg at the hip after a fall. She was transported by automobile to her daughter's home where she was taken for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biglerville
Elson Lowers
Table Rock
Hannah Lower
Lewis Ulrich
Bliss Native Herb Tablets Deemed Greatest Family Medicine
An advertisement touts Bliss Native Herb Tablets as a safe, natural remedy for constipation indigestion biliousness headaches and rheumatism. It claims thirty years of use and cites a testimonial from Mrs Mary Jackson of Scott City Kansas. The ad notes a yellow box of 200 tablets priced at 1 and sold by Kennedy's Drug Store and others.
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BLISS
Mary Jackson
Scott City
Kans
Alonzo Co
Kennedy's Drug Store
Dauphin Girl Soldier's Bride Married in Texas
Miss Arne Shaffer of Dauphin wed Sergeant Herbert Reynolds Foster of Ellsworth, Maine, at the Scottish Rite Temple in San Antonio. Shaffer nursed Foster through a minor operation during her training at Pennsylvania Hospital. Foster, a UPenn graduate with an MA from Harvard, previously worked as an architect in Boston before serving in the Eight Hundred and Twentieth Aero Squadron at Kelly Field.
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Dauphin
San Antonio
Texas
Arne Shaffer
Charles Shaffer
Herbert Reynolds Foster
Ellsworth
Shaffer
Dauphin High School
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia
Sergeant Foster
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard
United States
Boston
Mass
Eight Hundred and Twentieth Aero Squadron
Kelly Field
Adjusting Oneself To Conditions War Time Transport
War time costs push transport costs and prompt questions about five cent street car fares vs jitneys. Jitneys offer a short term subsidy but riders rely on street cars year round. The piece argues keeping street cars affordable benefits all workers and riders.
Steelton Band to Give First Reservoir Concert
Steelton band will perform at Reservoir Park in a summer debut. Grant Forrer, assistant park superintendent, praised the group's prior Reservoir concerts and noted they offer services without compensation. W L Guyer, manager, sent the offer to the Park Commission, with McEntee of Steelton as president and Rudy as secretary treasurer.
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Reservoir Park
Steelton
Grant Forrer
Steelton Organization
Park Commission
Forrer
Reservoir
W. L. Guyer
Burgess T. ¥. McEntee
Rudy
Penbrook Youth Drowns When Canoe Overturns
Walter Brinkle twenty of Penbrook drowned when the canoe he paddled capsized in the Susquehanna River near Independence Island. His brothers reported the body not seen after it sank as divers searched the river. The coroner was notified.
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Walter Brinkle
Penbrook
Susquehanna River
Independence Island
Berrier's Boathouse
Death of Rosa M. Mumma Author and DAR Figure
Mrs Rosa Meyers Mumma widow of Ellis L Mumma died Saturday at her Mount Vernon New York home. She was a noted author and poet with work in major magazines and a longtime member of the League of American Penwomen and DAR. Survived by husband, her father Benjamin F Meyers, a son Benjamin Mumma, two brothers and a sister. Resident of Harrisburg for many years.
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Rosa M. Mumma
MT. Vernon
Rosa Meyers Mumma
Ellis L. Mumma
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Mumma
Benjamin I’. Meyers
North Front Street
League of American Penwomen
Daughters of the American Revolution
Jonas J. Rudy dies longtime Pennsylvan ia Railroad conductor
Jonas J. Rudy aged 71 died at home 2142 North Sixth street after 40 years with the Pennsylvania Railroad. A Civil War veteran and G A R member, he leaves four daughters and one son. Funeral services will be held at Camp Curtin Memorial Methodist Church burial in Harrisburg Cemetery.
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Jonas J. Rudy
Pennsy
North Sixth Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. H. Mortimer
Camp Curtin Memorial Methodist Church
Harrisburg
Orren FE. Bowers
Orren E. Bowers
Niagara Falls
Hummel Street
H. W. A. Hanson
Messiah Lutheran Church
Mr. Bowers
Harry R. Hoover
Regina Street
Harvey S. Hershey
Green Street
Mae C. Hoover
Frank I. Hoover
Mabel R. Hoover
D. Hummel
C. J. Campbell
Harrisburg Typographical Union Opposes Labor Federation
The Harrisburg Typographical Union No. 14 passes resolutions opposing the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor stance against the federal amendment abolishing liquor. The union condemns President Maurer for his positions and commends the State Department for denying Maurer travel papers to England. An advertisement for Horsford's Acid Phosphate follows.
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Sohmers
Chester D. Rhinehart
William W. Byrem
Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Maurer
Harrisburg Typographical Union
Harrisburg
Labor Federation
No. 14
James H. Maurer
State Department
England
Local Men May Go to Camp Lee Next
Draft notices indicate local men and nearby residents will be drafted in a five day period beginning June 24 to report to Camp Lee. State headquarters notes that calls for grammar school graduates for college training apply to registered men and under twenty one. Aircraft division inductions close tomorrow as plans for registering men twenty one since June 5, 1917, near completion.
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Camp Lee
Engineers Club Golf Team Beats Harrisburg Club 9 to 6
A golf match at the Country Club of Harrisburg saw the Engineers' Club defeat the Harrisburg Club 9 to 6 on Saturday. A return match is slated for July 28.
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Engineers’ Club
Harrisburg
City Shrieks Over Auto Night Pandemonium
Streets complain of a citywide pandemonium as dozens of cars and motorcycles gather at a central point causing late night noise. Residents say traffic ordinance must be enforced with police determination to curb the nuisance.
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Picayune
Rotary Club Invited To Lead Local Recruiting Drive
Sergeant Blake announced Harrisburg district tops national enlistments and Pennsylvania leads states by 2 000 while New York counts 11 000 000 population. He urged the Rotary Club to organize a public Market Square meeting for the new drive and the club will decide at Ehr man B Mitchells poultry farm near Rekville tomorrow evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
New York
Sergeant Blake
Rotary Club
Farley to Speak on Wake Up America Lecture Tonight
W H Farley will deliver an illustrated talk titled Wake Up America under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. The event, aimed at informing Americans about national security, will feature slides and film of U S troops in action and will be presided by F W Smith Jr of the Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia division. Community singing directed by Abner W Hartman will precede the lecture.
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America
W. H.farley
Commission of Public Information
Washington
United States
Chamber of Commerce
F. W. Smith, Jr
Philadelphia
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Abner W. Hartman
Two Held For Court For Making 'Seditious Remarks
Sunbury Pennsylvania June 3 George Dunn thirty three of Coal Township Northumberland County was held in one thousand dollars bail for appearance before federal court by US commissioner N B Eagle. He is charged with cursing President Wilson and insulting the US military. Joseph Ritler who was arrested last week was held in one thousand dollars bail for federal court on disloyal remarks about the government.
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Sunbury
Wilson
United States
George Dunn
Coal Township
Northumberland County
Eagle
Joseph Ritler
Platoon on Parade in Memorial Day Escort Roles
Columbia Pennsylvania reports the second platoon of Company L First Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Militia paraded for the first time since muster in. Thirty five men under First Lieutenant Henry B Clepper acted as escort to General Welsh Post No 118% G A R and aided veterans in decoration ceremonies.
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Columbia
Pennsylvania Reserve Militia
Memorial Y
Welsh
A. R
Henry B. Clepper
Dr James Headache Powder Offers Quick Relief
An old time remedy claims to stop headaches neuralgia and pain in moments. The ad urges readers to send someone to the drug store for a dime package and notes relief shortly after taking the powder.
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