Drive for war nurses gains urging meeting at Harrisburg
Preparations for an 8 30 p m meeting at Harrisburg Hospital aim to spur a Red Cross nurse recruitment drive. Mrs Lyman D Gilbert, Dr Jesse Lenker, Miss Frances Scott and Miss C E Landis will speak and answer questions as officials seek public and professional support to enlist 25 graduate nurses for national service.
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Harrisburg
Red Cross
Jesse Lenker
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Frances Scott
Harrisburg Hospital
C. E. Landis
Polyclinic Hospital
Zion Lutheran reception hosts joint event with address
On Monday at 8 o'clock the Zion Lutheran Church men and the Zion Brotherhood join for a reception in the Sunday school room with Dr. J. George Becht state secretary of the board of education giving an address. Music literary offerings and a social hour follow the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of Zion Lutheran Church
Men of Zion Brotherhood
J. George Becht
Board of Education
Foot Remedy Promises Relief From Corns and Callouses
A former sufferer recounts consulting a specialist after caustics failed. The remedy centers on hot saltrated water dissolving waxy skin and oils to soften corns and callouses without harming normal skin. The process involves dissolving bath saltrates in hot water, with local drugstores stocking the medicated solution for about forty five cents.
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Keller's Drug Store
Gorgas
Clark's Medicine Store
H. C. Kennedy
Prohibition Leader Blasts Booze Trade as Treason in Speech
Former Indiana governor Frank J. Hanly told a Stevens Memorial Church audience that liquor production wastes grain and harms the nation. He urged conservation, linked freight shortages to minings delays, and warned against autocracy while predicting an end to kingly power after the war.
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Frank J. Hanly
Indiana
Hanly
United States
Flying Squadron Foundation For National Prohibition
Stevens Memorial Methodist Church
America
Pennsylvania
Germany
Commerce Head To Be Appointed Commerce Head To Be Appointed
Officials announce a meeting to discuss Dauphin county regulations under the federal mercantile administrator. Free discussion will precede final rules as merchants hear possible policies and the authority to enforce them.
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Ing
Chamber of Commerce
William Smedley
Retail Merchants’ Association of Pennsylvania
Mercantile Administration
Dauphin County
United States
Federal Director of Commercial Economy
Philadephia
Huns No Match for the Yankees
The report describes Marine forces breaking through German defenses at Belleau Wood and Bussaires with intense artillery, signal teams, and fierce fighting. Marines advance through open fields and woods, delaying a German counterattack and driving morale-boosting successes while demanding ammunition and sustenance.
Rotary Chorus To Lead The Singing At Market Square
Rotary Club members are asked to report by 7.45 this evening at the Market Square recruiting stand. The Rotary minstrel chorus led by Linford Scott and backed by the Municipal Band will perform patriotic songs from the Thrift Stamp show. Seats provided for Rotarians.
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B. N. Hershey
Rotary Club
Market Square
Rotary Minstrel
Linford Scott
Harrisburg Recruiting Drive Promotes Army Service Tonight
Godcharles, deputy secretary of the commonwealth and noted athlete and referee, awaits War Department orders for a captaincy in the aviation corps as the Harrisburg district recruiting drive gathers momentum. Municipal Band patriotism, Moose leadership, and varied speakers urge enlistment for ages 21 to 31, with events through next Thursday including Circus Night and displays during the circus to recruit soldiers.
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France
Harrisburg
Central
Belford P. Atkinson
Verdun
J. George Becht
State Board of Education
John K. Blake
Robert B. Reeves
Army
Gettysburg
America
Loyal Order of Moose
James J. Davis
Moose Lodges
Food Conditions in Turkey Growing Worse
Reports arriving from London describe worsening food conditions in Turkey with the poor relying on chestnuts and pumpkin seeds. In districts along the Middle Euphrates the harvest outlook is miserable and government food distribution is said to be badly mismanaged.
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New York
Turkey
London
Middle Euphrates
Deserter Shot to Death at Aberdeen Grounds
Leonard Price 24 of Churchville Maryland a deserter from Camp Lee Virginia was shot and killed this afternoon by Lieutenant Sharpe while trying to escape from the guardhouse area at the Aberdeen ordnance proving grounds. Price came from a well known local family.
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Associated Press
Havre de Grace
Leonard Price
Churchville
Camp Lee
Sharpe
Ordnance, Proving Ground
Aberdeen
Price
Maryland
Alkali in Soap Bad For the Hair
Soap use risks hair damage from excess alkali. Margarined coconut oil soap can cleanse with mild lather, leaving scalp soft and hair silky. Ordinary refined coconut oil, used sparingly, provides a cheap, effective alternative for the family.
Crowder Moves to Add 500000 to Class One in Draft
Washington June 7 Provost Marshal General Crowder ordered state governors to start reviews of draft classifications to explain why local Class 1 turnout lags behind the 28.7 percent national average Some boards report only ten percent Class 1 Thousands of men in Class 4 may be moved to Class 1 or 2 and others misclassified will be corrected Married men with dependent wives may be reclassified The 1918 class will not enlist in Navy or Marine Corps nor accept voluntary inductions until numbers are assigned after which enlistment may occur with certificates
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Associated Press
Washington
Crowder
Navy
Marine Corps
Local Board Updates Indicate Overquota Submissions
Local boards report that several entries are not within the current quota. Officials note adjustments may be needed to align with established limits and keep processing on track.
Congress to end pay for recruits in post office service
Washington June 7 Congress adopts conference report on the Post Office appropriation bill repealing laws that paid postmasters $5 for each recruit secured and accepted into the Army Navy or Marine Service. The bill also makes priest village delivery service a permanent postal program in over 500 towns nationwide including 40 in Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Post Office
House
Senate
W. W. Griest
Army, Navy and
Marine Service
Priest Village
Union
Pennsylvania
Lemon Juice For Freckles Beauty Lotion Plan
Squeeze two lemons into a bottle with three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint of freckle and tan lotion. Massage daily on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes and brighten skin. Harmless and inexpensive, lemons and orchard white are available at grocers and stores.
Mother Receives Word of Son Promotion to Second Lieutenant
Mrs. Sarah Fitzpatrick learns her son James Fitzpatrick has been commissioned a second lieutenant after graduating from Wharton Extension School and enlisting in the Army, with assignment to Columbus Barracks.
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Sarah Fitzpatrick
Emerald Street
James Fitzpatrick
Wharton Extension School
Fitzpatrick
Columbus Barracks
Soldier Assigned to Camp Gordon After Camp Custer Posting
The officer was assigned to Officers Training Camp at Camp Custer Michigan in January and has now been sent to Camp Gordon Georgia. He is a Tech High School graduate class of 1913.
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Camp Custer
Michigan
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Tech High
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Dauphin Electrical Supplies Co
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