Stough Evangelistic Campaign Aims to Involve Suburban Churches
Harrisburg pastors plan to invite all churches within ten miles to join the Stough evangelistic effort in Harrisburg next fall hoping to draw at least 10 000 Central Pennsylvania worshippers. The move follows talks after a Hazleton conference with Dr Henry W Stough and a meeting of allied church leaders.
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Stough Evangelistic Party
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Great Britain
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Violent Eruption Strikes Dutch Island Sanguir
Volcanic activity on the Dutch island of Sanguir near Mindanao unleashes boiling lava and ash showers. Several volcanoes erupt with lava streams destroying forests and cocoa plantations and 100 houses, with no confirmed deaths.
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Batavia
Java
Sanguir
Mindanao
Philippines
Historic Church in Breadsall Destroyed by Fire
The ancient church at Breadsall dating to Norman times and housing priceless relics was burned in the night. Authorities suspect suffragettes due to prior explosions heard and a recent disrupted village meeting. A chained ancient Bible burned, while the church register from 1573 was saved.
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Associated Press
Derby
Eng
Breadsall
Missionaries to Africa Travel North German Lloyd Liner
Local Harrisburg naturalists' news blends with church mission plans as Dennis Swaney of Nakomis Illinois and three others prepare to sail Monday on the Koenigstein Louise to Africa. The Luheran Messiah church backs the mission entirely and marks a rare church-led foreign sending in recent years. Meanwhile the Natural History Society announces summer field outings, starting tomorrow, inviting the public to enjoy excursions into native flora guided by local Harrisburgers.
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Swaney
Nakomis
Ill
Koenisen-Louise
Africa
Messiah Luheran
Harrispure
Natural History Society
Palmer McCormick Machine Most Brazen and Ruthless in History
A Philadelphia Public Ledger summary reports on a Harrisburg State committee meeting showing the Palmer McCormick machine as brazen and ruthless. The piece cites a consensus that delegates are merely counted for quotas while party leaders dictate, with Penroseism denounced by a trio of platform formulators.
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Palmer McCormick
Ledger
Frank J. Price
Harrisburg
Philadelphia Public Ledger
State Committee
Board of Trade
Grammar Athletes Battle On Island Park Trophy Shield
A seventh annual grammar school track and field meet opened at Municipal Field Island Park with 225 entrants. Rain delays moved the schedule forward and heightened enthusiasm as fourteen schools prepared during morning exercises.
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Municipal Field
Island Park
Cumberland Valley Normal School announces four day commencement
The Cumberland Valley State Normal School at Shippensburg plans June 21 to 24 ceremonies with a baccalaureate by S A Martin Lafayette College on June 21 and a commencement address by Ezra Lehman of Washington DC on June 24. Brigadier General Funston reports 78 sick at Vera Cruz with 12 injuries and 101 sick or injured among marines, percentages 2.23 and 3.3 respectively.
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Normal School
Ezra Lehman
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Funston
Vera Cruz
Army
Wilson addresses Naval Academy graduates on service to humanity
President Wilson urged the Naval Academy class of 1914 to dedicate the United States to serving humanity rather than seeking conquest. He spoke at graduation and later handed out diplomas as many midshipmen prepared to deploy to Mexican waters. The Vera Cruz crisis was also noted in remarks.
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Associated Press
Annapolis
Wilson
Naval Academy
United States
Vera Cruz
Former Rector Of Steelton Gives Up Luxury For Work
The Rev Theofil Stefanovic former rector of St Nicholas Servian Orthodox Church Steelton relinquishes his abbey on Mt Athos to lead a destroyed parish along the Servian border in the district wrested from the Turks.
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St. Nicholas’ Servian Orthodox Church
Steelton
Mt. Athos
Agean Sea
All Market St Poles Must Come Down by Noon
Telegraph and telephone poles on Market street must be removed by tomorrow noon as ordered by City Electrician Clark E. Diehl. All but five poles have been taken down between Front and Third streets. three will be removed this afternoon. London June 5 six thousand sovereigns were posted to insure the Johnson Langford glove fight. Gerrard Austin handed the cash for the syndicate. New Orleans June 5 a bill to restore horse racing in New Orleans cleared a city affairs committee on a unanimous vote and moves to the house.
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Associated Press
New York
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Market Street
City
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Front
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Jack” Johnson
Sam” Langford
Gerrard Austin
New Orleans
Flower House
Louisiana
Aquitania Reaches New York on Maiden Voyage
The Cunard Line giant Aquitania docked in the Hudson at 9.30 am on her maiden voyage from Liverpool. At 901 feet she faced no trouble from her convoy of tugs and slid into her berth as harbor craft hailed the arrival.
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Associated Press
New York
Cunard Line
Hudson River
Liverpool
Miners Near Agreement on New Wage Scale in Pittsburgh
Representatives of about 50,000 coal miners in the Pittsburgh district finalized a two year wage scale. Machine mining would pay 69 cents per ton and pick mining $1. Some differences remained over outside men but the convention was expected to approve the operators’ offer. A Harrisburg meeting of the Academy of Medicine was also reported.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg Academy of Media
Westinghouse employees strike for better conditions in Pittsburgh
About 8 000 workers in the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing and Westinghouse Machine Company walked out in Pittsburgh seeking improved conditions. Electric workers refused entry to shops this morning and were joined by additional machinists after a mass meeting at Turtle Creek.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Westinghouse Machine Company
Allegheny Congenial Industrial Union
Turtle Creek
Open Bids For Three New Sewers Under 1913 Loan
Bids for three new sewers financed from $50,000 of the 1913 improvement loan were opened by City Commissioner W H Lynch. Prospective contracts will go to Council for approval. Bids include Hildrop Street sewer totals ranging from 2,700 to 3,179.50 and Prospect Street bids from 1,023 to 1,291.90 with other bids listed for Twentieth Street.
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W. H. Lynch
Council
Hildrop Street
J. S. Brady
Johnson Construction Company
John A. Stucker
G. W. Ensign
Brady
Twentieth Street
Mona Lisa Thief Sentenced to One Year
Florence Italy June 5 The court accepted extenuating circumstances for Vincenzo Perugia who stole Da Vincis Mona Lisa from the Louvre Paris. He was sentenced to one year and fifteen days imprisonment but has already served since December last year so will serve six months.
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Associated Press
Florence
Italy
Vincenzo Perugia
da Vinci
Louvre
Paris
Perugia
Weather summary for Harrisburg and eastern Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy to night and Saturday with little temperature change. Northeast winds moderate in the east. The Juniata and upper North and West branches fall tonight and Saturday. lower North and West branches rise slightly or stay near steady. Main river stationary tonight and Saturday with Harrisburg stage about 2.4 feet Saturday morning. Strong high pressure from Canada will influence conditions over Harrisburg for two days.
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Pennsylvania
Juniata
Missouri Valley
New England
North Pacific States
Canada
Lake
Everybody's Wearing Em Shoes and Stockings Guide
The piece notes shoes and stockings as a universal attire, with vast variety and standardized brands. It promises readers periodic advertising highlights from dealers and manufacturers to help shoppers buy with confidence and protect their pocketbooks.
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