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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
6
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Tientsin reports U S troops are ordered to hold themselves ready to march to Peking. The report notes French authorities have already dispatched a strong native troops force.
Reports from Pe king indicate delayed reaction to Yuan Shi Kai's death with few disorders expected. The American force in China includes 1200 troops at Tientsin and a 330‑man legation guard ready to move if needed.
An advertisement extols Parisian Sage as a fast acting, inexpensive hair tonic that stops itching, hydrates the scalp, and beautifies hair. It claims the product softens, thickens, and grows hair, with a delicate fragrance and universal availability at drug or toilet counters, guaranteed by H. C. Kennedy.
A beauty advertisement urges use of Amonized Cocoa to reduce pores wrinkles and blemishes. It claims women can look 19 to 20 years younger with twice daily use and cites Winifred Grace Forrest as a specialist endorsing the product. The piece warns against other cocoa creams and urges purchases through first class brigists.
Work began on a new Steel Company plot at Front Street and Angle Alley to install nine swings four seesaws a horizontal bar a volleyball court a sand box and a new comb court for a neighborhood playground. Officials expect a formal opening date around June 17 or 20 with instructors named soon. Meanwhile Children’s Day events are planned at the Presbyterian church with a full program of songs recitations and prayers. Also noted is the planned Trawitz Houck wedding at St John’s Lutheran Church with Roy D. Trawitz and Jane Houck to wed tonight.
Graduates of the Harrisburg Hospital Training School for Nurses and friends gathered at Frey’s Hall in Harrisburg for a reception and dance with blue and white decor, floral arrangements, and banners. The guest list includes many named students and local figures, plus updates on Roy Burns returning from Methodist Hospital and an accident involving a trolley and a wagon.
Thieves broke into Carvell Brown’s Second Street home Tuesday night stealing cash and food while Brown found his missing trousers. A second entry at Was Remmedy’s Domb Extension residence netted cash and a gold watch as the maid startled the intruder who fled after a scream.
President Wilson nears completion of the Democratic platform highlighting the administration’s success in safeguarding U S honors and keeping the nation at peace. The foreign affairs section praises neutral rights protection, restraint from Mexico turmoil, and Monroe Doctrine steadfastness. City briefs note injuries from a runaway horse incident and a talk by Mrs Eveland on Philippine work at Grace Methodist Church.
A simple cosmetic method uses common mercorized wax applied at night and washed off in the morning to remove lifeless surface skin and reveal rosier, younger looking skin. It also cleanses pores, improving breathing and tone. A home wrinkle remover is made by dissolving pocanen saxolite in witch hazel and daily facial bathing.
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