Charles Fairbanks Dies at Home in Indianapolis
Former Vice President and U S Senator Charles Warren Fairbanks died at his Indianapolis residence at 8:55 PM from interstitial nephritis. Born in a log cabin in Unionville Center Ohio on April 30, 1842, he rose from carpenter work to law and politics, serving as Associated Press agent in Pittsburgh and influencing GOP campaigns before later holding national roles.
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Indianapolis
Charles Arren Fairbanks
United States
Inna
Richard Fairbanks
France
Fairbanks
Unionville Center
Tesman
Nll
Charles
Mr. Fairbanks
Oliver Cromwell
Fayerbankes
Jonathan Fayerbankes
America
Boston J
Abraham Lincoln
Ohio Wesleyan College
Delaware
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Cornelia Cole
Walter Q. Gresham
C W Fairbanks Ex Vice President A Long Public Service
C W Fairbanks longtime Republican leader and ex vice president made key moves for Indiana gold standard support in 1896 and chaired 1900 convention resolutions He later served as senator from 1897 to 1905 and as vice president under Roosevelt His later years saw legal work and advisory roles after political campaigns in 1908 and 1916.
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Benjamin Harrison
Fairbanks
Indiana
St. Louis
William McKinley
United States Senate
McKinley
United States and British Joint Commission
Republican Party
Philadelphia
Senate
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Charles E. Hughes
Kiwanis Club Hears of Hun Depredations and Prize Winner
T H Hamilton addressed the Kiwanis Club in the Elks dining room at noon, describing Hun destruction of monuments and cathedrals. M D Heastings won the attendance prize, a clock, from H C Claster. The meeting discussed a Reservoir Park band concert and a forthcoming Island baseball game between the New Store team and Kiwanis.
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T. H. Hamilton
Kiwanis Club
Elks
Hun
L. S. Mudge
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Louis J. Haas
Ohev Sholom Temple
M. D. Heastings
Union Radiator Company
Jack
William Strouse
Diphtheria Confirmed After Elizabethtown Cases
On June 4 the State Health Department investigated reports of infantile paralysis and spinal meningitis in Elizabethtown. Dr J Moore Campbell and deputy medical inspector Dr Co Howard Witmer concluded the illness is diphtheria after examining several cases and contacts in affected families.
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State Health Department
Elizabethtown
J. Moore Campbell
Department
Howard Witmer
Last Shim mell Center entertains before fall reopening
The Shim mell Community Center hosts its final performance before schools reopen in fall. Ukolele Camp Fire Girls directed by Misa Loraine Heagy present The Trouble at Satterlee's, plus a reel of comedy films. Community meetings have run weekly in the Shimmell School building and were open to the public.
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Shimmell
Ukolele Camp Fire
Misa Loraine Heagy
Satterlee’s
Women and the blues linked to worry eased by remedy
Article advises that worry and blues stem from functional derangements and recommends more outdoor life sleep and water intake. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure to revitalize and strengthen the system for worried women.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Allied Victory Seen in Council of War Leaders
London reports the supreme war council expresses full confidence in victory with American help. It cites support for General Foch and President Wilson, notes German westward pressure, and pledges unity of command and continued effort to sustain Allied armies for a final defeat of Berlin.
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London
Supreme War Council
Foch
Wilson
Alliance of Free People
Fach
United States
Berlin
Harrisburg Urges Stricter Enforcement Of Speed Rules
City debates speed limits and noise complaints as motorists push 15 mph limits in crowded areas. Officials report arrests for noise makers but say enforcement remains ineffective in Derry and Front streets, with speeding on hills near Nineteenth and Twenty-first streets creating night hazards.
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Botarjians
Andrew Redmond
Charles W. Bell, Jr
Redmond
Harrisburg
Market Street
Derry
Father Harris
Keister
River Styx
Derry Street
Nineteenth
Twenty-first Streets
Front Street
Twenty-first
Hershey
Hummelstown
Reading
91 Graduates in the U S Service from Steelton High
Steelton High School Alumni Association honors 91 graduates serving in the national government. Among them are two nurses Miss Helen Fencil class of 1908 and Miss Edna Kingston class of 1905. The roll lists members with class years ranging from 1890 to 1918 including Richard Alden 1914 Guy Barr 1913 Solon Barr 1910 and many others.
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Steelton High School Alumni Association
Helen Fencil
Edna Kingston
Hirth School Alumni Association
W. F. Housman
Richard Alden
Guy Barr
Solon Barr
Mervin
Paul Jenkins
Harther Keim
Nile Kelm
Paul Kirby
Howard Kistler
Luther Kuller
James Lee
Franklin Ligan
Fred Lighty
Roscoe Long
Harry Maurer
Charles Messersmith
Allen Miller
Arthur Miller
Harold Miller
Paul Miller
Roy Miller
Moses Montgomery
Franklin Morrett
Frank Morrison
Miles Morrison
Harold Mumma
Samuel Mumma
Bryce Newbaker
Warren Nissley
Clarence Orndorff
Cress Pannell
John Phillips
John Parr
Patrick Reagan
Charles Roberts
George Roberts
Louis Robin
Arthur Sellers
Meade Shaffner
Carl Shelley
Roy Shelley
Joseph Shepherd
Stanley Shupp
Emery Shutter
Arthur Clemens
Joseph Coleman
Arthur Nesbit
Harry Dayhoff
Faber Stengel
Luther Stevenson
Raymond Suydam
Richard Thomas
Frank Turano
Fred Ulrich
Fred Ankefer
George White
Nissley Whitman
George Wren
John Yestadt
France is Calm and Unafraid in Crisis
Paris reports German strength on the west front at 210 divisions with heavy reserves behind Noyon and Montdidier. Allied forces, despite a four to one disadvantage, maneuver openly as France remains calm and determined the crisis will be faced with confidence.
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Paris
Noyon
Montdidier
Oise
France
Farm Machinery Demand Keeps Pennsylvania Clerks Busy
Clerks in the Pennsylvania Railroad freight department work night and day through May and June to handle shipments of planters harrows plows spreaders and other farm machinery. The demand reflects overproduction fears from farms during wartime as hay rake fodder packer binder and harvesting equipment are also expected to go out soon. A canal area fire along Locust street prompted a fire alarm from Box 32 with water streams applied to contain it and no damage occurred.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Department
Locust Street
Traffic woes and council to curb noise in Harrisburg
City officials face worsening traffic in the Derry Street area with speeding and noise violations. Mayor Keister criticizes uncodified ordinances and police confusion, pushing a new traffic ordinance as residents like Mrs. William H. Henderson demand relief from nightly disturbances along Front Street.
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Derry Street
Harrisburg
Keister
William H. Henderson
North Front Street
Civic Club
Front Street
Red Cross to Deliver Messages for POW and War Areas
Steelton Red Cross Home Service will run a government backed plan to deliver strictly personal messages between U S residents and relatives abroad in enemy ally or occupied regions. Messages are free but not guaranteed and cannot cover financial or political topics. Office hours are 2 to 5 pm Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 112 Harrisburg Street. Also notes include a Junior Red Cross fundraiser and updates on local servicemen.
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Red Cross
United States
Home Service Section
Steelton Red Cross
Steelton
American Red Cross
Harrisburg Street
Local servicemen and town notices from Steelton area
Lieutenant Arthur Miller on furlough from Camp Meade visits home. Steelton men Abra ham Singer and Nevin W. Moyer arrive safely in France per local word. Department outing for accounting staff set for June 22 at Williams Grove. Evans car recovered at Shellsville after Paxtang Park theft. Two boys suspected. Ed H. Fisher notified Steelton authorities. Harry Dayhoff returns to Naval Reserve duty after registering at Cape May. Lee Roth vacationing in Philadelphia and New York. Theo Schlessman to attend Red Men convention in Scranton representing local lodges.
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William Evans
Bessemer Street
Paxtang Park
Shellsville
Simon Hoover
John H. Koons
East Hanover Township
Ed. H. Fisher
County Commissioners
Mr. Koons
Steelton
Lee Roth
Money Order
Philadelphia
New York
Theo Schlessman
Scranton
Miss Evelyn Cumbler Returns From Northern Trip
Miss Evelyn Cumbler of Highspire returned home after an extensive journey to New York and other northern states.
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Evelyn Cumbler
Highspire
New York
Rotary Club to Conduct Rally in Army Interests
The Harrisburg Rotary Club agreed at last evening's meeting to oversee a recruiting rally in Market Square this Friday. A committee of E. Z. Gross, Ralph W. Dowdell and G. M. Steinmetz was named to arrange details. The group toured Beaufort Farms of Ehrmann Mitchell and heard reports on farming operations and wartime community service.
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Harrisburg
State Department of Agriculture
Beaufort
Mr. Mitchell
Rutherford
George F. Lamb
Eli N. Hershey
Mitchell
Mr. Niesley
Hershey
Arthur D. Bacon
Fred S. Lack
Richard C. Jobe
Frederick WH. Ridenour
Fred Rowe
Norris
Longwaker
C. Floyd Hopkins
Abram W. Myers
Frank F. Davenport
David Cotterel
Philosophy
Rotary
William FE. Essick
John T. Olmsted
Samuel P. Eby
Edward B. Black
George E. Whitney
Joseph P. Yungel
Former Governor to Speak For Prohibition Tomorrow
Former Indiana governor Frank Hanly will address a civic mass meeting in Stevens Memorial Church Thursday at 8 p m in support of state and nationwide Prohibition. The event is hosted by the Flying Squadron Foundation, Indianapolis, promoting the Flying Squadron of America Campaign led by Hanly.
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Stevens Memorial
M. E
Stevens Memorial Church
Frank Hanly
Indiana
Flying Squadron Foundation
Indianapolis
Great Flying Squadron of America
Wich
Hanly
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Gulf
Seventeen Harrisburg Lads Enlist in Week
Seventeen Harrisburg men enlisted in the Army this past week at the local recruiting station. Names and addresses include George J. Bair, Edgar G. Cooper, Charles V. Dall, John T. Greek, Frederick Koenig, Benjamin Kruger, August Kresh, John H. Nunemaker, Milton Be, Harry Stoner, Jesse W. White, James M. Wilson, Ira L. Layton, Eldridge A. Miller, John R. Baker, Joseph Shepherd, and Ralph C. Warwick, with corps assignments listed such as Medical, Signal, Field Artillery, Quartermaster, and Infantry.
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North Third Street
Medical Corps
John H. Nunemaker
Crescent Stree
Milton BE
Moist
Infantry
Harry BE. Stoner
Boas Street
Signal Corps
Jesse W. White
Walnut Street
Eldridge A. Miller
Calder Street
John R. Baker
South Sixteenth Street
Joseph Shepherd
Ralph C Warwick
Lawn entertainment nets Red Cross fundraiser on the lawn
Miss Ruby Fry hosted a lawn entertainment for Red Cross with several friends. Two cents admission raised three dollars. Fry, a top Tag Day prize winner, is noted as a dedicated young worker.
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The
Red Cross
Ruby Fry
Harrisburg students donate to Red Cross from ball game
Blake Bent and Bobbie Smith of the Harrisburg Academy Junior school delivered $1.30 to Red Cross Headquarters. The donation came from the proceeds of a ball game played this morning at the Public Library basement venue.
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RED Cross
Blake Bent
Bobbie" Smith
Harrisburg Academy
Mrs James Croker Credits Vinci For Health Recovery
Pittsburgh housewife describes weak nervous condition and loss of appetite. She credits Vinci with restoring strength and appetite, noting it contains elements to build up a weakened system and blood. Available at Kennedy's store 321 Market Street and other area pharmacies.
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Pittsburgh
Vinci
James Croker
George A. Gorgas
Kennedy's
Market Street
C. F. Kramer
Broad _ streets
Kitzmiller's Pharmacy
Derry ‘Street
Brethren Convention Opens at Hershey Amid Wide Attendance
Hundreds gather in Hershey for the annual Church of the Brethren convention. Officials expect 15 000 this Sunday as the million dollar Hershey hall hosts sessions. Delegates from Ohio and Pennsylvania districts raise questions on world crisis church extension and doctrine.
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Church of the Brethren
Hershey
Milton S. Hershey
Steelton
Middletown
Hummelstown
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Leamersville
Washington
Spring Creek
West Johnstown
Raisin Church
California
Illinois
Cerro Gordo
Indiana
Virginia
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C. W. Fairbanks
Charles W. Fairbanks
Pach. NY
E.blumenstine
South Court St
Consulman & Co
Third St
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Council OF War
East
U. S
Frank Wieger, Jr
Mancenelli
Agnes Mace
Frank Wieger
Lucio Jarmon
Oscar Kohilan
Paul McNamee
Olive Smith
Earl Waller
Virginia Iverson
Gilbert Wieger
Esther Kapp
Margaret Hoffer
Lloyd Manherz
Rachael Bretz
Gertrude Ludes
Charles Roth
Earnest Smith
William Good
Bennet Fields
Roberts
Charles A. H. Roberts
Postal Department For Foreign Service
Mr. Roberts
Strauss
Ray A. Strauss
South Second Street
Camp Meade
Abraham Singer
307Th
Nevin W. Moyer
108Th Field Artillery
Williams’ Grove
Dayhoff
Naval
Cape May
Rotary Club
Market Square
Education and Wharton School
C. Harry Kain
D. Daniel Hammelbaugh
J. William Bowman
Charles J. Stevens
James P. McCullough
Charles W. Bell
George P. Tillotson
John H. McCandless
J. Frank Saussaman
Wallace G. Starry
James W. Barker
Charles M. Forney
William Rufus McCord
8. Z. Shope
Bertram Saul
Arthur W. Holman
Elmer E. Lawton
P. G. Diener
Ashmer M. Blake
Clarke EB. Diehl
F. B. Kann
Robert FE. Cahill
TI. Burkitt Dickinson
Charles A. Bell
Arthur L. Hall
John H. Kreamer
Edwin Efi. Lewis
James P. McUllough
Samuel Hughes
William H. German
Ralph W. Dowdell
Errol B. Ellis
Alfred W. Moul
Robert Reeves
John F. O'Neill
William Robinson
Dwight L. Baker
John Heathcote
Philip B. Edelin
C. E. Weber
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Harrisburg, PA
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