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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1916
Page
9
An advertisement promotes Shredded Wheat Biscuit as a natural, easy to digest whole wheat food. It claims Nature rebuilds tissue from food and suggests using the cereal for breakfast with milk, lunch with fruit, and as a summer staple. Made at Niagara Falls, New York.
In Carlisle Pennsylvania the 131st Dickinson College commencement begins with baccalaureate sermons and multi day events. Bishop Luther B Wilson delivers the sermon and Bishop William Eveland speaks at a joint Christian organizations meeting. Class Day events, concerts, then the graduation address by Dr Francis D Gamewell of 1891, China.
Marietta June 6 Professor John M Campbell elected principal of Maytown high school and supervisor of town schools by the board of directors. Campbell taught in Wisconsin and is a Maytown graduate from Franklin and Marshall College. Abraham Strohm Dies at Piketown aged 1 after pneumonia.
A birthday party was held Friday evening at the Mc Clellan home in Halifax in honor of Mrs. William Bower. The gathering featured friends and well wishers celebrating the occasion.
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh delivered the baccalaureate sermon at Gettysburg College as seniors led by President Granville and Dean Bible gathered at Christ's Lutheran Church. He urged graduates to live with purpose and integrity, then Rev. Dr. Augustus Pohlman preached to the Young Men's Christian Association in the evening.
New Cumberland hosts a juniors reception for the 1916 high school graduates. News notes include visits among Shiremanstown Lisburn Lemoyne and Harrisburg. A Le Moyne officer is injured by a broken bit, and Enola yard workman Schlicker suffers a crushed foot. A July 4 celebration planning meeting is set in Enola.
About one hundred and fifty persons attended the thirty third annual alumni banquet of Mechanicsburg high school on Friday evening in Mechanicsburg Pa.
Forecaster E. R. Demain warns the Susquehanna River will crest near 10 feet late today or tonight with a slow fall tomorrow. Damage so far totals hundreds of dollars and several canoeists faced danger as a canoe capsized, with Dr. B M Garfinkle swimming to shore and two boys narrowly escaping drowning.
Dauphin County commissioners consider a request from the county law library committee for 1750 dollars to fund current reports and books for the coming year. Treasurer C. H. Bergner notes only 347.54 dollars on hand and at least 700 dollars needed. Also, a Mechanicsburg piano recital by J. R. Swartz pupils was held at the G A R Hall on Saturday evening.
A large Christian Endeavor gathering at Augsburg Lutheran Church in West End boosted the State C E Convention slated for July 11 to 14. Ross Derrick presided, Rev A M Stamets led devotion, and Harry Keitel directed music with several speakers listed and a committee meeting planned tonight.
In Rapho Jacob Schwanger aged 66, blacksmith, died from erysipelas after a snort illness. he was a Mennonite Church member. In Marietta Harry Weise, 77, died Saturday at Lincoln. his widow, four children and a sister survive. In Marietta Mrs. Susan Shirk, 72, died at her daughter's home from heart trouble. six children survive.
A letter from William T. Creasy, secretary of the National Dairy Union, says many union members will attend the Hogestown Horse and Cattle Show at Big Head Woods on June 14 and 15.
Lloyd Kuhn had his left leg crushed near the ankle and narrowly escaped being killed Saturday afternoon when a cultivator caused a severe injury near Abbottstown Pennsylvania.
While cultivating corn in his father's field near here, a man faced a runaway pair of mules that disrupted work. No injuries reported.
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