Hoover Edict on Breweries Stirs Prohibition Debate
Washington reports Herbert Hoover defends food conservation and rejects using the Food Administration to ban brewing. He warns an all beer ban could trigger a liquor shift and an “orgy of drunkenness” unless Congress acts. House members vow continued opposition to brewing barriers.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
United States Food Administrator
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Food Administration
Hoover
White House
Wilson
Senate
Weed Administration
American People
Congress
House
Charles H. Randall
California
Randall
Congressional Office
Mr. Randall
Alan
Herbert Hoover
Bisurated Magnesia Eases Stomach Indigestion
Medical authorities attribute most stomach trouble to excess hydrochloric acid rather than lack of digestive juices. A teaspoon of Bisurated Magnesia after meals neutralizes acid, prevents souring, gas, and pain, and is a harmless, inexpensive remedy used by thousands.
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G. A. Gorgas
Harold E Cooper Arrives Safely Overseas with Battery F
Mr and Mrs C E Cooper of 901 South Twentieth street report their son Harold E Cooper of Battery F 108th Field Artillery has arrived safely overseas. Hal served previously in the Governors Troop on the Mexican border. A brother Clarence C Cooper is with US forces in France.
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C. E. Cooper
South Twentieth Street
Harold E. Cooper
108Th Field Artillery
Hal
Clarence C. Cooper
Sam
France
Allied Forces Hold German Advance On Various Fronts
The article reports Allied lines holding against German pressure from Soissons to the Aisne with French and American units repulsing assaults near Montdidier Luneville and Neuilly while gaining ground around Vingre and near Longpont. Austrian and Macedonian fronts show renewed infantry fighting and Bulgarian attacks repelled at Greek positions.
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Soissons
Ailette
Oise
Montdidier
Noyon
Aisne
Soisson
Chateau Thierry
Hautebraye
Hoxten
Longpont
Veuilly la Poterie
Rheims
Vingre
Retz Forest
Villers- Cotterets
Montalagache
Oureq
Flanders and
Picardy
Neuilly
Luneville
Stelvio
Adriatic
Skradium
Cradisnitza
Ochrida
Presba
County toured by farmers in big auto party
Two hundred fifty farmers and friends in thirty five automobiles left Market Square for a Dauphin County Farm Bureau auto tour. They visited Bonnymead and Snavely farms, Hershey Park, and other dairy hay alfalfa lime fertilization and breeding facilities, with a northern end tour planned for late summer or early fall.
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Market Square
Dauphin County
Dauphin County Farm Bureau
H. G. Niesley
Harrisburg
Bonnymead Farms
Bonnymead
Hiram Billett
F. B. Snavely
A. B. Shenk
Shenk
Delco
Market Leaders in Upward Move Shine on Opening Session
At New York trading the market shows only nominal gains in early hours as equipment, tobacco, fertilizers, and related issues rise briefly while Marines slip. Liberty bonds stay steady amid mixed moves and some rails lag. U.S. steel and low priced rails lead midday improvement with quotes across Treasuries and key commodities noted in Philadelphia and Chicago price listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Atlantic Gulf
New Haven
Liberty
Mexican Petroleum
General Motors
0. S. Steel
New Principal for Central High and Y M C A Aid to Troops
The report details new appointments for Central High with a candidate pool of about one hundred teachers and mentions plans to reappoint Prof. Strawinski to the Technical school faculty. It notes Miss Della Simonetti as assistant attendance officer and outlines upcoming events at the Technical High School and Dunmire School of Music. It also records a divorce decree for Nora M. McCarty and highlights American Y M C A personnel aiding troops near Soissons including Carl Lyttle who is unaccounted after a rescue mission.
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Cohoes
New York City
Lockport High School
Lockport
N. Y
Youngstown High School
Youngstown
Ohio
Downes
William E. Strawinski
Strawinski
Horace Mann High School
New York
R. A. Barnard
Central High School
Princeton College
Trenton High School
Tech
Della Simonetti
Technical High School
Knights of Pythias
Nora M. Koons
Harrisburg
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Associated Press
Paris
Soissons
Carl Lyttle
North Brookfield
Mass
Lyttle
Jane Boller
Cincinnati
Relative funeral calls County Controller to Pittsburgh
County Controller Henry W. Gough left for Pittsburgh to attend a relative's funeral and was expected to return to the city later today. Sheriff auctions held at the courthouse featured ten properties in the city and county sold under the auctioneer's hammer during the quarterly sheriff sale this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Gough
Pittsburgh
Naturalization Court Session Postponed to November 14
Government officials report that today’s Naturalization Court session has been postponed until November 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naturalization Court
Trial of Preacher Ben Johnson For Slaying Two Named Victims Likely Next Week
Ben Johnson known as Preacher and two victims Odell Copelin and Tucker Copelin are among those allegedly murdered in an Easter Sunday fight. Indictments to grand jury Thursday with trial possibly starting Friday afternoon. Another murder case against Harry Dickerson may be continued to September as local judges handle a full docket.
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Ben Johnson
Ben
Johnson
Odell
Tucker Copelin
Harry Dickerson
Kunkel and McCarrell
Minion of law nets big Wildwood Park carp
Alderman Fritz Kramme and constable Sam Garland visited Wildwood Park on a warm day. Kramme boasted catching an eighteen pound female carp but released it back into the water while Garland assisted in pulling the fish from the stream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Kramme
Sam” Garland
Wildwood Park
Garland
Death of Susan McCormick in Harrisburg Area
Susan McCormick formerly of Harrisburg died Tuesday in Washington at age 76. The body will be brought to Harrisburg tomorrow afternoon by E. L. Fackler for brief services led by Rev. J. Bradley Markward of Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Harrisburg Cemetery.
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Susan McCormick
Harrisburg
Washington
E. L. Fackler
J. Bradley Markward
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
50 000 More Men For Railroads in France
Washington June 6. Organization of five new regiments and nineteen battalions of railway engineers for service in France is nearly complete. Samuel M Felton reports these engineers will add 50 000 men to those already in France. Six regiments are for construction and three for operation. The War Department announces the government has spent $160 000 000 on railway materials for France.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Samuel M. Felton
Hey
War Department
Dauphin County Registers 1230 Youths for War Service
Dauphin county youths registered for war service under the selective draft act, with 592 enlisting in the city and 638 in the county. City boards filed counts by precincts while out-of-town registrants are excluded from totals. Several registrants reached or barely passed majority on registration day.
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Dauphin County
Harrisburg
County Board
City Board No. 1
Robert H. Geisel
Race Street
Joseph Herbert Stauffer
North Sixth Street
State Y M C A Boys Camp Opens June 21
The State Y M C A announces its annual boys camp opening at Inglenook on June 21. Located sixteen miles north of Harrisburg the camp features dining rooms kitchens and woodland tents. Led by H J Schmidt state boys work secretary and a staff of assistants, the camp aims to provide athletic and spiritual instruction and a general good time with many applications already received at Calder Building.
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Inglenook
Harrisburg
H. J. Schmidt
Calder Building
Association
King George Chooses Standard Brown Cloth Suit
During a tour of woolen towns in Central England King George inspected cloth factories producing material for civilian standard suits. He selected a length of brown standard cloth to be made into a 57 shilling country suit, breaking his war wardrobe rule. He plans to inspect troops in the Aldershot district next week.
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London
King George
England
George
Aldershot
One City Playground Moves to Wood Ward Grounds
City park officials announce a single playground relocation from Lincoln school grounds to Wood ward at Eighteenth and Boas streets. Names for instructors will be decided soon as applications come in. Supervisors also ordered athletic goods and supplies for the June 17 season opening.
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Park Department
Lincoln School
Woodward
Eighteenth and
Boas Streets
E. Z. Gross
J. K. Staples
Staples
Damages Paid to Berryhill Street Property Owners
Harrisburg Railway Company pays $296.86 to Berryhill Street property owners for street paving changes after turnout construction between Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets. notices sent yesterday and over $115 already paid. City Treasurer notes water 2 percent penalty for April bills, rising to 3 percent after July 1. Building permits issued for remodel at 400 Market Street costing $2,500 and new frame building at 611 North Fifteenth Street costing $55. Will of J H Smith probated. Ellen Larner and Clyde Emory Smith named executors.
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Chandler Brothers and Company
New York
Philadelphia
North Market Square
Harrisburg
Chestnut
Pine
Allis Chalmers
Am Car and Foundry
Amer Loco
Stan
Atchison
Chicago
Pacific
China
General Motors
Inspiration Copper
International Paper
Kennecott
Ween
Kansas City Southern
Lackawanna Steel
Lehigh Valley
Mex Petroleum
Miami Copper Es
Republic Iron and Steel
Southern Pacific Ee Wees
Eeeee
Southern Ry
Studebaker
Union Pacific
Steel
S Steel
Utah
Virginia-Carolina Chem
Willys-Overland
Maryland
Westinghouse
Berryhill Street
Harrisburg Railways Company
Railways Company
C. E. Weber
Weber
Blot and Baust
A. E B. Alleman
Market Street
Samuel P. Bernhardt
North Fifteenth Street
J. H. Smith
Roy C. Danner
Ellen Larner
Clyde Emory Smith
Brethren Open Sessions in Hershey Bible Institute
Thousands of Church of the Brethren members from across the United States attend the annual conference in Hershey. The event opens with a Bible institute led by T. T. Myers and Dr. F. F. J. Holsopple, who also lectures on Job and human suffering.
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Church of the Brethren
United States
Hershey
T. T. Myers
F. F. J. Holsopple
Harrisburg
Holsopple
Prober Details Meat Sale Charged As Unfit For Army
Washington reports that the Federal Trade Commission uncovers evidence of selling unfit meat for the Army by Wilson & Company. Chief examiner Chantland says charges are serious and the firm seeks an early hearing, though investigations continue. Hearings are set for June 18 after further review.
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Prober
Vicious
Chantland
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
W. T. Chantland
Wilson & Company
Chicago Packers
Mr. Chantland
Vast Draft Registration Totals Reported Across 267 Districts
State draft headquarters announced 267 local districts reported registering 57 299 men who turned 21 since June 5 last year. In 282 districts statewide 47 183 white men 3 335 colored men 6 861 aliens registered. Philadelphia reported 12 068 with 9 305 in class A 1 256 in class B and 1 507 in class C.
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Philadelphia
Harrisburg
John C. Orr
Bondholders urged to present Penn a Milk Bonds 439 and 456
To bondholders of Penna Milk Products Co. we notify holders of Bonds Nos. 439 and 456 to present them to Union Trust Co. of Pennsylvania for payment on or before July 1, 1918 as interest on the bonds will cease on that date. Signed Penna Milk Products Co.
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Penna. Milk Products Co
Union Trust Co. of Pennsylvania
Penna, Milk Products Co
Call for War Service Out to Every Nurse
A Harrisburg Hotel meeting invites all graduate nurses in Harrisburg and nearby to discuss enlistment for war service. Dr Jesse Lenker will speak on practical nursing needs. Frances Scott and C E Landis will lead the discussion. The government waives state registration for nurses who graduated before 1918, with colleges like Vassar Smith and Wellesley offering summer nursing programs.
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Harrisburg Hospital
Harrisburg
Jesse Lenker
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Frances Scott
C. E. Landis
Polyclinic Hospital
Vassar
Smith
Wellesley
Servce
James I. Chamberlin
Lyman D. Gilbert
C. EB. Landis
Slicer
Mabel Cronise Jones
Jane A. Delano
Department of Nursing
The
American Red Cross
Newton D. Baker
Washington Dispatches
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AGIOS
Bowman
Keystone Battery
Pennsylvania State College
E. Iy
Pennsylvania
Western
New Jersey
Tbs
Maine
Delaway
Michigan
Florida
South Carolina
Tierces
Kansas
Nora M
Roy W. McCarty
W. Rush Gillan
Chambersburg
Phothonotary
James C. Thompson
Dauphin
State Y. M. C. A
Brethren
With
Bible Institute
Arkansas Valley Railway, Light & Power Company
Bonbright & Company
Morris Wistar Stroud, Jr
Chestnut St
Phila
Boston
Detroit
the Federal Machine Shop
Cranberry Street
Second and
Court
Harrisburg, Pa
River View
E. M. Hershey
WM. J. Sohland
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