Mayor Leans Toward Relocating Police Station to Fifth Street
School board discussions centered on using funds from sold district properties to retire $55,000 in bonds due 1922, with earlier 1892 notes callable when funds allow. Plans for a continuation school and possible city offices in the Fager building were debated, while staffing and teacher appointments dominated the fall agenda.
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Fifteenth
Vernon Streets
Harris and
Third Streets
Forster Street
D. Hammelbaugh
Hammelbaugh
Anne A. Wert
W. F. Severance
Central High School
F. F E. Downes
Downes
Cameron J. Baer
Co. &. L. Keen
Daniel K. Keister
Fifth
Walnut Streets
Keister
Ferguson
W. M. Hoerner
Allison Hill Trust Company
Walter Harrington
Lafayette
Indiana
Technical
Clarence E. Zorger
John H. Bickley
William M. Harderode
Reading
Steelton
City may buy ash equipment for concerts and wagons
City officials consider funding for hand concerts and necessary wagons and horses after Gov Sproul signed a bill allowing municipal appropriations. Commissioner Burtnett said finances must be reviewed before a report. E Z Grove noted possible funding via existing budgets and free concerts through local business arrangements. An unrelated accident saw a lawyer’s daughter, Elizabeth Ann Hull, thrown from a car but suffered only minor injuries.
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Bartnett
W. Burtnett
Finance Department
Sproul
Burtnett
E. Z. Grove
Willard Must Work Hard Daily to Reach Condition
Boxing experts in Toledo say Jess Willard must train every day and endure strenuous sessions to reach peak condition for the July 4 world heavyweight championship against Jack Dempsey. Dempsey resumes training at Maumee Bay shore camp after four days idle, plans nine to ten days of work followed by a rest period and a final push about ten days before the fight. Jack Kearns and Jimmy De Forest set the plan with Billy Miske and Jack Mason joining around June 20 for the remaining training phase.
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Jack Dempsey
Toledo
Jess Willard
Maumee Bay Shore
Willard
Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Jimmy de Forest
Kearns
Billy Miske
St. Paul
Jack Mason
Roses Urged For American Rose Growth And Development
American rose advocate argues most roses are foreign in origin and urges cultivation of American varieties to suit American conditions. Captain George C. Thomas Jr. helped showcase a new American rose near Philadelphia. McFarland highlights climbers and presents sixty five garden photos while awards are announced for best baskets and displays at the local rose show.
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America
National Rose Society of England
American Society
Philadelphia
George C. Thomas, Jr
France
England
Bagatelle Gardens
Paris
Los Angeles
Fred H. Howard
McFarland
L. F. Haehnsen
John Brinton
J. Horace McFarland
Pennock
American Rose Association
C. C. Cumbler
J. H. McFarland
C. Conklin
L. F. Haehrien
wNo
Aviator Bleriot
J. F.haehnien
Building Work Growth Reported Across City Areas
Bond holders hold about 40000 dollars as a rising wave of building continues. Moorhead Knitting bought a one acre Cameron and State plot for about 30000. Front and Boas site will host a new apartment building. Andrew Redmond bought 1701 North Third Street for about 19000. 1213 North Second Street sold for 10500. Thompson notes activity in undeveloped wards Thirteenth First uptown. Since June 1 around 12 permits issued totaling 150000 for new apartments and North Front Street Moffitt project. Ben Evy and contractor M Wagner were issued a permit for a 2000 addition at 1321 Perry Street.
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North Second Street
Estella
3. Mackenson
Minerva Wolfe
Thompson
Thirteenth
First Wards
Uptown
Front and
Boas
Moffitt
North Front Street
Olway
Benjamin F. Evy
M. Wagner
Perry Street
Adriatic Problem Domination Before June 18 Parliament
The commission reports Monday as Premier Orlando urges settlement of the Adriatic issue before June 18. The Council of Four discussed the matter with no firm decision, while Allies prepare an ultimatum on reparations without fixing a monetary total and ready a supplementary agreement. Upper Silesia plebiscite stance leans affirmative. Emperor accountability and Cayenne colonies remain unchanged.
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Reparations Commission
Adriatic
Orlando
Council of Four
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Upper Silesia
Cayenne
Check Up Copies of German Peace Terms
Paris June 7 The American Peace Delegation, disturbed by reports that copies of the German peace terms reached New York, are checking all copies issued to confirm none are missing. MAUK HEARING POSTPONED The hearing of Charles H. Mauk, undertaker, charged with false pretense, was postponed to Wednesday at 1.20 pm. He is accused of burying two bodies in pasteboard boxes and packing cases without embalming, while charging for minister services when none officiated.
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Paris
New York
Mauk
Charles H. Mauk
C. E. Murray
Warm Weather Meeting Plan Of Railroaders
The Friendship and Co operative Club plans a cool Keep Cool night on June 26 with H H Russell Pennsy Railroad supervisor speaking on The Area Covered by Cooperation. James Linn is hoped to attend with railroad insights. Refreshments will be served and a full program will be announced next week. John D Long expects to preside and keep the schedule.
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Friendship and Co-operative Club
H. H. Russell
Wil- Hiamsport Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsy
Russell
Middletown
Philadelphia
Stron
James Linn
John D. Long
Drop Women Gate Tenders After Crossing Fatality
Elmira New York June 7 Seven women employed by the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad in this city as gate tenders on grade crossings have been relieved by men The reason given is that the law does not allow them to work too many hours a week as the company requires It is thought probable that the real reason for the change is an accident at Prospect street crossing where a Binghamton truck driver was waiting for a troop train to pass and after it went by he drove on to the tracks While in the center the crossing keeper saw a fast train approaching and lowered the gates imprisoning the truck on the tracks The driver was killed
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Elmira
N. Y
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Prospect Street
Binghamton
Pennsy Singers Elect Officers at June Meeting
The Pennsylvania Railroad Concert Company will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday June 10 to elect officers. Two engagements follow before the fall and winter program with performances on June 19 at the Veteran Employees Association Middle Division meeting and at the Veteran Employees Philadelphia Division picnic.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Concert Company
P. R. R. Glee Club
Veteran Employes' Association
Middle Division
Rail car repairs rushed as Pennsy plans New York excursion
Railroad Notes says orders issued to speed repairs on grain hauling cars with only Reading locomotive shops shut. Repair shops busy on cars. Pennsy to run an excursion to New York on Sunday June 5. W P Shelley elected general secretary of Rail road Young Men's Christian Association of Sunbury succeeding R H Barnes. Ten graduates at Duncannon High School commencement with Cora Lepperd valedictorian and Florence Gamber salutatorian. Leon Reed is class president. County Supt D A Kline presents diplomas.
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Reading
Pennsy
New York
W. P. Shelley
Railroad Young Men's Christian Association
Sunbury
R. H. Barnes
Duncannon Duncannon
Duncannon High School
Cora Amelia Lepperd
Mises Florence Margaret Gamber
Leon Reed
D. A. Kline
New Bloomfield
Nurse Ts Bride Of Major Bates at Messiah Lutheran Church
Miss Marie Bergstresser, niece of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Warder, married Major William Bates of Philadelphia at high noon in Messiah Lutheran Church. The bride, a surgical nurse with University of Pennsylvania Hospital Unit No. 20, received honors for service at Chateau Thierry. They planned a Philadelphia residence after a seashore and mountains honeymoon.
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Messiah Lutheran Church
Marie Bergstresser
John M. Warder
North Second Street
William Bates
Philadelphia
Henry W. A. Hanson
John M. Warden
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Katharine Warden
M. Ralph Goldsmith
Scranton
Warden
Miss Bergstresser
University of Pennsylvania
Chateau Thierry
Bates
Carlisle Ministers Denounce Sunday Baseball Protest
The Carlisle Ministerial Association decries baseball on the United States Hospital No. 31 field on Sundays. They protest the Sabbath violation and urge U S authorities in hospital and Washington to abate the public offense. They argue it conflicts with the Lord's Day and Pennsylvania statute law.
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Ministerial Association of
Carlisle
United States Hospital
United States Hospital No
United States
Washington
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Harry C. Hunter Show Opens Here Monday
Harry C. Hunter Greater Shows open in Harrisburg Monday at seven. The circus and menagerie promise ground spreading variety with a seven-in-one top hosting an electric girl and a monkey cage led by Sweeney the ape. Sweeney, once King Edward’s pet, is said to entertain with his monkey-shines to cheer the weary court.
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Harry C. Hunter
Harrisburg
Sweeney
Frank Rostock
England
Edward
Deaths and Funerals In Harrisburg Area
Albert Fahenstock Holloway son of Harry D Holloway died yesterday at his Germantown home from pneumonia at age fifteen. He attended Penn Charter School. His father resides at the St James Hotel and is noted in theater and finance circles. Burial details not listed. Mary Filling Starr aged 65 died at 1827 Fulton Street after long illness. Survived by Morris Starr and two sons Hiram H and Joseph M Starr. Funeral Tuesday at 3 PM at home, Rev A M Stameta to preside. Burial in Harrisburg Cemetery. Starr was Baltimore native and longtime Harrisburg resident. Jacob Charles Himes seventeen Technical High School student drowned Thursday while bathing at the island. Funeral Tuesday at 9:30 AM at 1912 Chestnut Street home, Rev S A Bower officiating. Burial in Centerville Cemetery.
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Albert FP. Holloway
Albert Fahenstock Holloway
Harry D. Holloway
Penn and
Knox Streets
Germantown
Penn Charter School
St. James Hotel
H. C. Holloway
Harrisburg
Mary Filling Starr
Morris Starr
Fulton Street
Hiram H
Joseph M. Starr
A. M. Stameta
Augsburg Lutheran Church
J. Charles Himes
Jacob Charles Himes
Technical High School
Chestnut Street
S. A. Bower
Centerville
Protest 8 cent assessment on unmined coal
County officials and Susquehanna Collieries discussed W F Sekol s report proposing an 8 cent per ton valuation for coal in the ground. Lawyers warned an appeal if the figure is too high while arguing a 160 percent rise could still force court action. Losses at Williams town and Lykens mines total 600000 with $300000 electrical equipment planned possibly restoring small profits. Once decided for Susquehanna mines, valuations for Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron lands in Rush East Hanover and Middle Paxton townships will be reviewed.
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W. F. Sekol
Susquehanna Collieries Company
Sekol
L. Williams
George Humphrey
Susquehanna
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Rush
East Hanover
Middle Paxton
State Bankers Urge Return of Railroads by Congress
At the annual convention closing session in Scranton Pennsylvania the Pennsylvania State Bankers Association adopted a resolution calling on Congress to enact legislation returning railroads to private ownership. Officers elected include Arthur V. Morton of Philadelphia as president David Barry of Johnstown vice president and J R Thomas of Royersford as treasurer.
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Scranton
Pennsylvania State Bankers’ Association
Congress
Arthur V. Morton
Philadelphia
David Barry
Johnstown
J. R. Thomas
Royersford
Businessmen injured in Sullivan county auto plunge
Charles H. Koch of Washington Heights and Augustus Luts of North Second street escaped serious harm after their car went off a steep embankment in Sullivan county. They returned home last night with severe bruises and lacerations. Edwin Weaver, son of RE Weaver, rode the Transport Mongolia into Boston, with the 388th Regiment, 90th Division.
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Sullivan County
Charles H. Koch
Washington Heights
North Second Street
Augustus Luts
Mongolia
Edwin Weaver
RE. F. Weaver
Hunter Street
Boston
Berlin Eyes Hopeful Shift in German Peace Talks
Berlin officials optimistic on verbal negotiation basis as German counter proposals are assessed. Count Von Brockdorff Rantzau, head of the delegation, leaves Versailles to return to Germany amid reports of strikes and Allied reactions.
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Versailles
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Germany
Moose Band Plans Open Air Concerts Next Monday
The Moose Band a forty piece group will give the first in a series of open air concerts next Monday evening on the band platform at Third and Boas streets. They have prepared an excellent program and rehearsed diligently for the opening event. Concerts will be held on alternate Mondays.
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Moose
Third and
Boas Streets
Murder charges rise as new plea to Wilson is filed
Paris reports say ten Irish civilians were killed by soldiers or constables under willful murder findings by coroners juries. The Walsh Ryan Dunne inquiry accuses jail abuses, mass imprisonment without charges, deadly conditions, and inhumane punishments, urging Peace Conference action.
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Paris
Ireland
Frank P. Walsh
Michael J. Ryan
Edward F. Dunne
United States
Wilson
Peace Conference
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Fager
Arthur H. Hull
Second Street
Emerald
Elizabeth Ann
John C. Herman
Reual
Associated Press
Yank Rose
Sardinia
E. K. Smith
Karl Druschki
John Y. Boyd
J. Heathcote
C. C. Conklin
H. Christy Miller
L. F. Haehnlerr
Killarney
Commission
Friendship and Co-operative Committee
Pennsy Singers
Bride OF
Major Bates
Carlisle Ministerium
U. S
Berlin
Count Vor Brockdorff-Rantzau
Rhenish
Prussia
Moose Band
Harrisbe
Harrisbs
Commonwealth
Commonwealth Petroleum Corporation
Hughes & Dier
Phila, Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Penn-Harris Hotel
Camp Hill
C. H. Corder
Bell
Green Street
Harrisburg Trust Company
S. Market Square
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