Miss Edith McCall Weds Chester Gates in Hummelstown
Miss Edith Mae McCall youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas McCall East High street was married to Chester Allison Gates of Indianapolis in the Reformed Church. The bride taught in Ham elstown schools and acted in home talent plays. The groom a high school teacher in Carlisle and a chemist with Van Camp Food Co for army testing. They depart for Atlantic City for a brief honeymoon then reside in Indianapolis after July 1 at 310 DeQuincy Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hummelstown
Edith Mae M’'Call
Thomas M'Call
East High Street
Chester Allison Gates
Indianapolis
Robert A. Bausch
Florence Gates
Goldsboro
Anne Whitmore
Hagerstown
Tean M’holland
Harrisburg
Gates
Shippensburg Normal School
Hamelstown
J. P. Gates
Conway Hall
Carlisle
Medico-Chi
Philadelphia
Kappa Delta Pi
Phi Zeta Delta
van Camp Food Company
United States Army
Atlantic City
Great Lakes
DeQuincy Street
Ind
New Hair Remover Claims Quick, Safe Hair Removal
A marketing puff touts phelactine as a magical hair remover that eliminates hair from roots instantly and harmlessly. It promises odorless, non irritant action suitable for all ages and guarantees satisfaction or refund, asserting skin becomes soft and hairless with no trace of the former trouble.
Miller's Antiseptic Oil Ad At George A. Gorgas' Drug Store
An advertisement touts Miller's Antiseptic Oil as a universal remedy for rheumatic pains lumbago neuralgia and stiffness claiming instant relief from many ailments including grip pneumonia sore throat and colds. It promises a doctor shop in every home and guarantees refunds for 25c and 50c bottles at George A. Gorgas' Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Gorgas
Ady
Wendell’s Ambition Pills Offer Promise Of Restored Vigor
A vintage promotional piece guarantees a refund on the first box if Wendell's Ambition Pills fail to restore energy and vigor. It promises quick improvements in two days and a week, claiming benefits for nervous trouble, headaches, poor blood, and related ailments, with a 50 cent box and Kennedy as authorized guarantor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Kennedy
Wendell
Adv
Many Activities at Masonic Home Elizabethtown
Activities at the Masonic Homes in Elizabethtown last week included memorial services for Civil War and Mexican War veterans with Grand Army of the Republic participation, prayers, poems, and gun salutes. Lodge visits by Philadelphia chapters, playground openings at both boys and girls homes, and a Glee Club concert from Lancaster Boys' High School complemented the varied events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Grand Army of the Republic
Mount Tunnel Cemetery
John M. Good Post
General Miles
O'Harra
America
Henry ¥. Hoover
Church of God
Erand Lodge Hall
Potter Lodge
Philadelphia
Grand Lodge Hall
Columbia Lodge
No. 91
Clarence H. Goldsmith
George W. Rutherford
Lillian Carpenter
Glee Club
Boys’ High School
Lancaster
Delightful Party on 19th Birthday of George Warner
A party was given by Mr and Mrs Christian Warner in Zionsville honoring George Warner for his nineteenth birthday. Guests from Harrisburg Rockville Ratting Run Plymouth Heckton and surrounding towns attended. Music games and refreshments followed the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Warner
Dolphin
Christian Warner
Zionsville
Weaver
Anna Reed
Farold
Ethel James
Arthur James
Plymouth
Caroline Stence
Heckton
Mary Warner
William Howard
Anna Spangler
Anna Smith
Mary Criswell
Florence Campbell
Pearl Stuck
Ethel Bechtel
Vesta Bechtel
Clara Peck
Alice Minsker
Marion Minsker
Mary Weaver
Charles Garman
George Megonnel
Lewis Eisenhower
Herman Eisenhower
Emnir Stuck
William Kivler
James Kell
Oliver Crisswell
John Bricker
Reuben Howard
John Minsker
Simon Minsker
Lloyd Warner
Harry Smith
Herbert Reed
Nelson Spangler
Mrs. Warner
Recent Deaths in Sunbury and Surrounding Areas
Mrs. Cyrus Coleman aged 60 died at her Pottsgrove area home after a brief illness. Survived by husband and children Mrs. Howard Geiger and Miss Minnie Coleman. Arthur Heimmiler 40, a well known life insurance agent, died suddenly at his Bloomsburg home from erysipelas. Captain Philip B. Maus 67, former National Guard officer and retired miller, died at Mausdale home. Mason and bank director. Philip F. Diehl 20, died at his father's Mahoning township home after a short illness.
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Sunbury
Cyrus Coleman
Pottsgrove
Howard Geiger
Minnie Coleman
Arthur Heimmiler
Bloomsburg
Philip B. Maus
National Guard
Mausdale
Philip F. Diehl
Mahoning Township
Wedding at Millerstown Church in Millerstown Pa
Sunday evening at 8 30 o clock the Methodist Episcopal Church closed services and a wedding joined Miss Marie Pretz daughter of Mrs Martha Pretz West Main Street to Arthur Kipp with Rev C F Himes officiating The organ played Lohengrin as Miss Kathryn Rickabaugh accompanied the ceremony The bride wore white silk crepe de chine with bride roses and orange blossoms and a wreath her sister Miss Helen Pretz wore steel colored messaline Clarence Kipp served as best man
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Millerstown
Methodist Episcopal
Helen Pretz
Clarence Kipp
Stolen Horse Recovered and Local Travel Notes
A fragment notes a bridal trip to Harrisburg halted due to Mr Kipp's father needing an operation at Harrisburg Hospital. It mentions plans to live there. Another item reports a horse stolen from Martz and McCollum in Shamokin livery being recovered in Sunbury by a stranger who planned to drive west to hire workers. Prices for puddling at Reading Iron Company's Danville plant rose voluntarily from 9.25 to 9.75 per ton, the highestPennsylvania has seen for this work.
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Harrisburg
Sunbury
Martz & McCollum
Shamokin
Smith
Reading Iron Company
Danville
Pennsylvania
Bowman's
Lightning Strikes Caboose and Trolley Car in Storm
In Danville vicinity a moving Pennsylvania freight train caboose was struck by lightning injuring William Sowers and R. A. Westbrook with Westbrook reporting numbness in his hand. A Sunbury trolley car also went out of service and storms marooned twenty passengers between Sunbury and Selinsgrove for four hours due to power outages. Separately Marietta prepares for a Lutherans reunion with Hershey Park hosting activities on June 28, featuring the Loysville Orphan School band.
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Caboose
Sunbury
Pennsylvania
Danville
William Sowers
R. A. Westbrook
Marietta
Lancaster
Dauphin
Lebanon
Hershey Park
Loysville
Fifteen Cent Shave Price Set by Barbers
At last night’s meetings of master and journeymen barbers the price for a shave was set at fifteen cents across the city. Seasonal hours were approved with shops opening at 7 30 a m from April to September and 8 a m the rest of the year. All shops will close at 7 30 p m except Saturdays when closing is 9 30 p m year round. Local police seek 16 year old Howard Leroy Gamby of Liverpool who vanished last Saturday. He is 5 ft 4 in, fair hair, gray eyes, blue serge Norfolk coat and blue trousers.
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Liverpool
Howard Leroy Gamby
Completing Plans For Annual Encampment of Spanish War Veterans
Final arrangements are being made by Harrisburg Camp No. 8, United Spanish War Veterans, Department of Pennsylvania, for the thirteenth annual encampment on June 18 19 and 20 in the city. At least 600 delegates and representatives of the Ladies Auxiliary are expected, with eighty camps represented. A parade Tuesday afternoon is a major feature. The general committee includes Francis Bruker Howard Newcomer Paul W Harm Lewis Bolton and Captain E Laubenstein.
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Harrisburg
United Spanish War Veterans
Department of Pennsylvania
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Francis Bruker
Howard Newcomer
Paul W. Harm
Lewis Bolton
E. Laubenstein
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Edith McCall
Bride
Chester
Allison Gates
Abram Deppeller
Pioneer Fire Company
Order of Red Men
Waterford Council
Presbyterian
United Evangelical
Zionville
Clarks Valley
Dauphin United Evangelical
Lutheran
Altoona Enola
Enola P. R. R.Y.M. Co. A
Improved Order of Red Men of
Altoona
Gouraud’s Oriental
Cream Send Inc
FERD. T. HOPKINS & _SON
New York
Masonic
Marietta, Pa
Elsie Myers
Neffsville
Millersville
Guardsman
Oliver L. Martin
Ruth Finch
Wilkess Barre
First Pennsylvania Cavalry
Bertha E. Silverwood
William D. Schovlin
H. G. Yost
Middlebury
Mary
T. F. Shambach
West Point
Paul Revere Carl
Lincoln C. Carl
Williamstown
Carly
Williamstown High School
Millersville Normale
United States
Penrose
Lloyd E. Rohrbach
First
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Pennsylvania Roundhouse
Northumberland
Mary M. Packer
Rohrbach
Sophia Yonson
Waynesboro
F. E. Grove
Yonson
Thurmont
Frederick County
Liberty Bond
Bow Man
Bowman’s
Gabardines Poplins
Lyon
Smart
Milan
BOW Man's
Ogloraeer van We
Enah
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