Cumberland Valley Adds Tracks by Removing Old Buildings
Purchasers on South Second street began tearing down structures after a public sale. The Cumberland Valley Railroad plans to create more sidings and start work on a new freight station soon. Most sold buildings were already owned by the railroad, with tracks extending from Second and Mulberry to Meadow Lane for unloading materials for bridge and subway projects.
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South Second Street
Cumberland Valey Jey Railroad Company
Cumberland Valley Company
Mulberry Street
Second and
Mulberry
Meadow Lane
Local ads showcase dining, tailoring, laundry and gear
Court Dairy Lunch promotes light meals on Court and Strawberry streets. Arcade Laundry on Logan and Granite streets pledges careful service with prompt pickup and delivery. Harris at 221 North Second street stocks sunfast fabrics and cretonnes for home decor. Cotterel on North Second suggests Ansco or Brownie cameras for travel diaries. Lester Piano lines emphasize high quality with convenient payments.
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Court
Strawberry Streets
Harris
North Second Street
Ansco
Cotterel
Will Wash Hogs on the B and C Road
Baltimore June 8 Discriminating hogs will ride the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad which will provide shower baths for hogs at terminals and resting stations. The plan aims to improve cleanliness for cattle horses and sheep en route and reduce odors for the traveling public. The number of bathhouses to be built is not yet decided and the advantages include better arrival conditions for the animals.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Prospects Brighten With New Car Orders
New York June 8 Special to The Telegraph reports larger orders for steel products totaling about 125000 tons though not yet placed. Rail mills expect benefits from a Pennsylvania rail order for 1914 and bridge orders near 90000 tons. The New York Central and Illinois Central issued thousands of car orders, with DL&W adding 750 cars. Locomotive shops had a good week with 12500 tons of small rail contracts. About ten million dollars, 9912667.95 to date, has been paid in pensions to 4123 Pennsy Railroad System employees under the Roll of Honor.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Illinois Central
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Pennsylvania Railroad
Standings Record Fragments for Crews and Firemen
Fragmentary standings list shows crews from Harrisburg and Philadelphia with assorted numbers and codes. Data includes entries like 208 106 119 107 and labeled categories Firemen and engineered figures. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or dates.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Entieties
Crowned straw hats in varied shapes for spring
Kin nard at 1116 1118 North Third street offers the newest high crown straws in several shapes from 1.50 to 3 dollars and Panama hats from 4 to 5 dollars, promising fresh looks for the season.
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Kinnard
North Third Street
Wayne Paint Co. paints promoted by Zeiders & Son
An advertising notice touts R. and B. liquid or paste paints from Wayne Paint Co as economical durable and beautiful for exterior or interior use. It directs readers to William W. Zeiders & Son at 1436 Derry Street to obtain the best paint for home decoration.
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Wayne Paint Co
William W. Zeiders & Son
Derry Street
Crew Lists and Assignments From Altoona District
Flagmen and brakemen listed for multiple divisions and trains with names of engineers firemen conductors and yard crews noted. Enola side and Reading Harrisburg divisions show crews to go after specified times with detailed personnel.
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McCauley
Manley
Kautz
Davis
Long
Smith
Streeper
Brubaker
Gallagher
Sober
Hindman
Hennecke
Newcomer
Spedo
Statler
McGuire
Spring
Shire
Leverty
Warfel
Rhoads
Copenas
COOK
Enterline
Carr
Jackson
Whichello
Yartzer
Achey
Cark
Miller
Winters
Libhart
Davidson
Wagner
Behman
Myers
Martin
Stauffer
Mehaffie
Corrigan
Donohoe
Bruehl
Sulivan
Witmyer
Bowers
Aulthouse
Hubbard
Collins
Stehman
McGinnis
Wiland
Moore
Baltozer
Busser
McNaughton
Dengler
Sarolf
Middle Eral
Cox
Look
Reeder
Ka‘stetter
Bornman
Libau
Pottiger
Fletener
Drewett
Arnold
Stouffer
Schreffler
Seagrist
Cnductors
Keys
Baskins
Bogner
Huber
Patrick
Flagman
Bodley
Bickert
Bell
Kieffer
Plack
Wenerick
Schoffstall
Kilgore
Roller
Troy
Frank
Piff
McHienry
Beck
Harter
Biewer
Blosser
Brenneman
Thomas
Rudy
Houser
Meals
Stahl
Swab
Crist
Harvey
Saltsman
Kuhn
Pelton
Shave
ENOLA
Philadelphia
Ree Een
Eaton
Walton
Weit
Stimeling
Shaffner
Lutz
Baker
Wertz
Harris
Kane
Sweigert
Sumey
Twigg
Sutton
Wandling
Taylor
Carroll
Hivner
Felker
Schuler
Waltman
Eichenauer
Altoona
Reading
Harrisburg
Seiders
German
Massmore
Crawford
Fetrow
Pletz
Bonawitz
Wireman
Sassam
Manufacturers asked to assist in state labor efforts
The State Department of Labor and Industry seeks a designation for a establishment representative to be available to inspectors and relay useful information. It also urges manufacturers to form safety committees to keep workplaces clean and safe and to reduce hazards through employee input and safer practices.
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Commission of the State Department of Labor and Industry
Steelton Council Eyes Paving Bids and Vagrants Plan
A Steelton borough council session will review street paving contracts and the hene paying of seventeen streets. Eight bidders offered sheet asphalt and other materials last Monday. The meeting may also decide on remodeling the Baldwin house and awarding a new fire hose contract. Burgess Wigfield will push a vagrant work plan, while a bandstand project and a picnic at Willow Grove Park are discussed.
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Steelton
Highway Committee
Hene
Baldwin Hhosen
Burgess Fred Wigfield
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Park party honors Walter H. Gaither Jr in Middletown
Mrs. Walter H. Gaither hosted friends in Municipal Park on Friday for her son Walter H. Gaither Jr.'s birthday. The group arrived in three touring cars and included Mrs. W. Fownes Miss Fownes Miss Cary Mrs. Wragg of Pittsburgh Mr. and Mrs. W. B. McCaleb Miss Bradley and eight Harrisburg Academy children C. Z. Moore and Cc. L. P. Russell. Anna Sweigert resigned as organist of St. Peter's Lutheran Church effective July 1 after twenty years in service. St. Peter's Christian Endeavor elected Matilda Nissley president Bruce Peters vice president Carrie Hoffman secretary John Croll Jr. treasurer Kathryn Mattis corresponding secretary and pianists Miss Mattis Beard and Gingrich.
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Walter H. Gaither
Tener
Municipal Park
Walter H., Jr
W. '. Fownes
Fownes
Cary
Wragg
Pittsburgh
W. B. McCaleb
Bradley
Harrisburg Academy
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Anna Sweigert
Christian Endeavor Society of
Matilda Nissley
Bruce Peters
Carrie Hoffman
John Croll, Jr
Kathryn Mattis
Steelton School Board to Elect Teachers Tonight
The Steelton School Board meets this evening to elect teachers for the coming term and to transact other business. Most of the current staff is expected to be reappointed, with interruptions limited to a few who have been swept by Cupid. Domestic science may be introduced, with the Civic Club offering equipment. the offer may be rejected with thanks. The board may authorize Superintendent L B McGinnes to start practical studies next term and gradually expand to a full domestic science course in a few years.
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Steelton School Board
Dan Cupid
Steelton Civic Club
L. EB. McGinnes
King George Receives Salvation Army Head at Buckingham Palace
London reports King George welcomed General Bramwell Booth head of the Salvation Army at Buckingham Palace to learn about the forthcoming international congress. The king praised the Salvation Army’s work and expressed hope the congress would yield lasting good. The dispatch also notes Grand Army of the Republic encampment activities in Indiana with several delegates en route and names listed attendees.
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King George
Salvation Army
Associated Press
London
Bramwell Booth
Buckingham Palace
Congress of Salvationists
Grand Army of the Republic
Indiana
G. W. Rhoades
Committee On
W. T. Bishop
F. H. Hoy
BE. B. Hoffman
Thomas Numbers
Harry Newman
David Bender
N. A. Walmer
Suffragettes Confront King and Queen at Olympia Show
At Olympia London, a militant suffragette shouted against forcible feeding of prisoners in the royal presence. Police restrained her after a fierce struggle as Their Majesties, King George and Queen Mary, watched the international horse show.
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Associated Press
London
King George
Queen Mary
Olympia
Not a suffragette agent in Buckingham Palace incident
Harry Pike who breached Buckingham Palace wall was not a suffragette agent per the prosecutor at Bow Street Police Court. He was described as under liquor influence during the incident. Separate item notes Russian cavalry officers winning the King Edward VII horsemanship vase for the third straight year, making the trophy Russia's permanent property.
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Associated Press
London
Harry Pike
Buckingham Palace
Bow Street
Pike
Edward VII
Russia
Girl Shot While Riding Motorcycle In Harrisburg
Miss Emma Fleck a 17 year old of 1945 Rudy street was brought to Harrisburg hospital with two bullet holes in her left hip. She says the injuries occurred while riding a tandem on a motorcycle with Herbert Shaffer of Hummelstown as shots were fired near Progress while returning from Linglestown. The Epworth League event at Stevens Memorial Church hosts all Harrisburg Epworth Chapters tonight.
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Emma Fleck
Rudy Street
Harrisburg Hospital
Herbert Shaffer
Hummelstown
Shaffer
Linglestown
Epworth League
Epworth
Stevens Memorial Church
Harrisburg
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H. G. Day
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James Sweeney
State Highway Department
Attorney General
Supervisors’ Board
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Pocono Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Pocono
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James A. Maurer
State Federation of Labor
Charles Birch
Hatters’ Union
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Thomas J. Stewart
Wickersham
O. G. Wickersham
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State College
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Henry Houck
Lansdale
J. L. White
Buffalo Township
Washington County
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Hamburg Sanatorium
Capitol
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Dauphin County
Council
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Middletown
Mrs. Gaither Ent
Ertains
Civic Club
Mack
Girl
Shredded Wheat Company
Niagara Falls, N.Y
Fechan
Beecham
ED. Pinaud
Parfomerie
Pinaud
Department M
Rapid Auto Delivery Co
B. Reed
N. River Ave
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