Death of Rev James McGovern longtime St Bernard pastor
The Rev James McGovern, pastor of St Bernard's Catholic Church Easton for twenty eight years until his resignation last October, died yesterday afternoon in Lansdale Hospital at age sixty seven. He served the parish and community for decades and was a prominent local clergyman.
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Easton
James McGovern
St. Bernard's Catholic Church
Lansdale Hospital
Frank Szalovani
Hamburg
St. John's Catholic Church
William Huygen
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Front dispatches describe Italian front gains and Baltic victory
General Cadorna reports methodical Italian advances along the frontier though the Isonzo line remains contested. Austrian skirmishes persist as Petrograd notes limited German moves in Galicia and a Baltic province breakthrough with heavy Russian losses on the Dubysa.
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Cadorna
Isonzo
Gulf of Triest
Tolmino
Vienna
Petrograd
Galicia
Dnies
Ter
Zurawno
Berlin
Baltic
Dubysa
Third Class City Act Faces Vetoes and Revisions
The article outlines multiple vetoes and conflicts affecting local and state insurance license regimes, borough administration, and legislation on maps, pay days, gin sedge beds, upholstering, and mattress making. It notes Governor and Assembly actions from 1915 and calls for clarification in future sessions.
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Surance
State Insurance Department
Assembly
Senate
State Highway Department
Ex Senator Cameron to Change Trust Deed
The court endorsed re forming Cameron's trust to empower trustees to assume his note obligations for the Elliott Fisher Company valued at 285000. Cameron’s stake totals 700000, with the deed lacking authority for extensions and renewals. The company is solvent and expected to pay debts. trusteeship aimed to relieve Cameron of estate management.
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Harrisburg
Ralston
Elliott-Fisher Company
Cameron
Elliott- Fisher Company
Mr. Cameron
Delegates Tour Chicago Stock Yards and Plants
Delegates to the Pan American Financial Conference toured the Chicago Union Stock Yards several packing plants and Chicago manufacturing facilities after a day of entertainment. They planned to depart for Detroit that night.
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Associated Press
Cheago
Chicago
Flesh Builder Sargel Ad Claims Fat Absorption Aid
An advertisement asserts that thin people waste most nourishment and need a product called Sargel to prepare fat making elements for better blood absorption. It promises enhanced health by delivering nourishment absorbed by the body.
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Sargel
Brethren Conference Completes Busy Day of Sessions
Delegates at the Brethren conference in Hershey discuss local option laws and ministry organization. D. L. Miller delivers a sermon on Christ's commission as thousands listen, with lectures on Sunday schools and education. Students from Lebanon Valley College assist in park cafeterias as attendees hear talks on morality, doctrine, and missionary work.
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Brumbaugh
D. Clark
Hershey
Convention Hall
J. Carson Miller
Virginia
M. C. Swigart
Pennsylvania
Charles L. Flory
Ohio
Christian Workers’ Societies
Lafayette Steele
Indiana
General Missionary Board
D. L. Miller
Mt. Morris
China
India
Elizabeth Kline
Elizabethtown
Paul Bowman
D. Webster Kurtz
D. D
McPherson College
Kansas
Church
John S. Flory
Brethren Church
John Heckman
W.E. West
S. S. Blouch
Park Theater
W. B. Stoddard
D. A. Crist
Lebanon Valley College
Park
R. W. Williams
A. E. Shonk
Russel Rupp
Willis McNelly
David Fink
Homer Fink
Joel Wheelock
Joe Hollinger
John Morrison
Frank Morrison
A. H. Hoffman
Charles Gemmil
J. Earl Klinger
Roy Hershey
R. N. Keim
D. W. Garber
Daniel Walters
Leroy R. Walters
Marcel von Bereghy
William Lewis
Thomas Foltz
Huber Heintzelman
Mason Long
Ralph Crabill
E. S. Bodenham
E. F. Eichelberger
M. Blouch
George Katz
J. H. Herring
BE. R. Snavely
F. B. Snavely
Eldredge Stambaugh
Borough Council Approves Fireworks and Lighting Upgrades
Last night the council fixed borough tax at 9 mills and endorsed Merchants’ Association plans for a July 5 Independence Day display with a $100 appropriation. They approved street light changes replacing most lamps with 100 watt incandescent units and discussed motorized fire apparatus versus horse drawn gear. Ed Lewis named plumbing inspector and Health Board secretary at $60 monthly. O P Baskins remains plumbing inspector. health officer appointment also approved.
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Wigfield
Edward Lewis
Board of Health
Health Board
Steelton
Merchants’ Association
Capella
Sellers
Council
Cottage Hill
John E. Shupp, Jr
Reynders
Henderson
Albert F. Leeds
Horrid Light Sparks Petition To Remove Street Lamp
A group of residents on Sec ond Street petitioned Steelton council to remove a new street light claiming its glare makes porch evenings impossible. Eleven signatures objected to the rays, but council dismissed the petition amid laughter, leaving the lamp shining until women vote.
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Second Street
Steelton
Suffrage Conference Hears Draft For Voting Power
Chicago June 8. National Women's Suffrage Association sessions consider campaign methods. Laura Clay, Kentucky delegate and Henry Clay’s granddaughter, announced she drafted a measure allowing women to vote for senators and representatives.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National Women's Suffrage Association
Laura Clay
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Steelton Snapshot Festival Planned and Local News
The Sunday School of the First Methodist Church will hold a festival on the evening of June 10. Clyde Prosser is identified as the man killed at Downingtown on May 2. Neal and William Prosser I made the identification. A Steelton Independence Day celebration plan advanced with merchants and fire companies pledging parade participation. An infant daughter of Mr and Mrs L E Draper died in Sparrow's Point. E C Henderson is in Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania on business.
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G. A. Snider
Harrod
Ohio
Elizabeth D. Rosenberger
Covington
Bradford
Harris Creek
Oakland
William Lehman
Los Angeles
Cal
Levi Minnich
Greenville
J. W. Kitson
Indiana
D. P. Koch
Alvardton
Samuel Stoffer
Paris
F. F. Ho
Ill
W. L. Dessenberg
Ashland
D. L. Bliskenstaff
Oakley, Ill
O. P. Haines
Cerro Gordo
N. Snavely
Green Spring
Solomon Rodabaugh
New Stark
J. J. Anglemeyer
Williamstown
John Heckman
Polo, Ind
Daniel Egley
Howe
Ind
J. J. Yoder
McPherson
Kansas
Cora Stahley
Manchester College
George Studebaker
North Manchester
First Methodist Church
Downingtown
Clyde Prosser
Neal
William Prosser
Reisch UI
Charles F. Reisch
Reisch
Harrisburg
Solomon F. Lentzel
Millersburg
Shatto
John Gibb
Anna
Squire Gardner
Ligan
R. Franklin Ligan
Ed. H. Ligan
South Front Street
Philadelphia School of Pharmacy
Steelton
Steelton Merchants’ Association
Baldwin, Paxtang
West Side
Citizen Fire Companies
L. E. Draper
Sparrow's Point
Mrs. Gibb
South Second Street
Middletown politics and ministerial election notes
C B Erisman a Middletown councilman and ex burgess is talked about as a potential Republican nominee for Poor Director. Middletown Ministerial Association elected officers for the summer season led by Rev Fuller Bergstresser and others. Jeremiah E Diemler visited Falmouth. M E Oyster stayed with Mrs J B Bowman. Clarence Phillips and Adam Kain returned from a weeklong trip to Newport Liverpool and Selinsgrove.
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C. B. Erisman
Middletown
Middltown Ministerial Association
Fuller Bergstresser
I. H. Albright
T. C. McCarrell
Herbert Smith
Jeremiah E. Diemler
Falmouth
M. E. Oyster
Harrisburg
J. B. Bowman
Clarence Phillips
Adam Kain
Newport
Liverpool
Selinsgrove
Mexican conflict reports show no decisive gains
Colonel Rui claims Villa troops withdrew from Leon to Lagos and fighting resumed as General Obregon attacked. Observers doubt a clear winner as reports conflict. Villa reportedly used 7,000 cavalry at Silao and forced 10,000 Obregon troops to retreat toward Irapuato Penjamo La Piedad and Guanajuato.
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Rui
Villa
Leon
Lagos
Obregon
Silao
Rul
Irapuato
Penjamo
la Piedad
Guana la Jara
Tuxpam Captured by Villa Forces Sunday
Advices to the State Department from Vera Cruz via wireless report the capture of Tuxpam by Villa forces Sunday. One British citizen killed and four wounded. E. P. Jones killed. Thomas and Mrs. Mallard and infant child, and A. T. Graves wounded. Consul Silliman notes Obregon victory at Leon, with unconfirmed report of Obregon losing his right arm.
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Washington
State Department
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Tuxpam
Villa
E. P. Jones
Thomas Mallard
System Used in Giving Out Examination Questions
Annapolis June 8 From opening testimony before the naval court of inquiry discussing the gouging scandal at the Naval Academy it was indicated a system of supplying advance information on examinations will be uncovered. The system had been in vogue for years and many more midshipmen may be involved. A tutor was repeatedly mentioned as having passed out information.
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Annapolis
Naval Court of Inquiry
Daniels
Naval Academy
Academy
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