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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1916
Page
14
A nostalgic speech urges town residents to seek eye examinations and affordable glasses from a local provider. It emphasizes keen vision, modest costs, and immediate benefits of improved sight after the visit. The message invites people from nearby towns to take part in the eye service offerings.
Nine thousand gallons of gasoline burned in a Spring Grove storage tank owned by Atlantic Refining. A. L. Sowers survived a near fatal blaze as flames spewed from a fuel line while he filled his automobile truck. He suffered burns to his arms and the loss is listed at five thousand dollars. In another item, Robert Shuler was jailed on $300 bail after a hearing on deserting his wife and four children.
An advertisement warns that lack of fresh air harms blood oxygen and promotes obesity. It urges outdoor exercise and digestion aids, recommending oil of kerein capsules to aid weight loss, claiming harmless effects and quick results.
Gettysburg College holds graduation for the senior class with salutatorian Eva Dise and valedictorian Ottis H. Rechard Jr. Honorary Doctor of Law degrees go to Chief Justice J. Hay Brown, Dr. J. H. Morgan, and Michael William Jacobs. Other honorees include Elsie Singmaster Sewars and Pennypacker, with six Harrisburg graduates named.
News of Field Marshal Kitchener's death drew condolences from agents across the Allies and neutrals. In South Africa Premier Botha adjourned in tribute as discussions of internment of aliens followed. Italian public reacted with dismay while King George received telegrams from the Italian king and General Cadorna.
Berlin dispatch quotes the German emperor addressing Wilhelmshaven sailors. He claims the Jutland clash shattered Britain's sea supremacy and that the fleet beat the English armada, inspiring German resolve as Verdun presses and Italy is driven back.
A Swedish steamer Vanda steamed three hours among hundreds of dead sailors near a wrecked gigantic warship off Copenhagen. The nationality of the warship could not be ascertained, and the scene reported by a Central News dispatch describes vast debris and roaming bodies around the hull.
A derelict vessel sighting is reported as an innocent wreck of the Jutland battle. Rumors from Kiel cite the British battleship Warspite sunk, despite British denials, in the North Sea. New Cumberland hosts the Trinity United Brethren Church Senior C E Society meeting with prizes awarded to Grace Ditlow, H B Prowell, Florence Urich, and E C Shelley.
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