General Goethals Fires Wood Fleet Proponents
Washington June 8 General Goethals dismissed F A Eustis of Boston and F H Clark of New York engineers who proposed a large fleet of standardized wooden cargo carriers to fight submarine threats. The dispute centered on steel versus wood with Goethals favoring steel and holding final authority for the fleet program.
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Washington, D. C
General Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
F. A. Eustis
Boston
F. H. Clark
New York
Eustis
Clark
Shipping Board
Fleet Corporation
Woman in Lowell crediting Lydia E Pinkham remedy
A Lowell Massachusetts woman describes three years of nervousness headaches and fatigue followed by relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the remedy as the best for sick women and notes additional symptoms and an offer for confidential advice from the company.
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Lowell
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Margaret Quinn
Worthen St
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Lutherans to Attend Biannual General Synod in Chicago
Harrisburg area Lutheran leaders join the General Synod gathering at Unity Church in Chicago from June 20 for about ten days. Twenty four delegations attend with East Pennsylvania Synod providing the largest local representation led by Rev. Hanson. other local and nearby ministers travel on a Pullman special June 17.
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General Synod of the Lutheran Church of the United
East Pennsylvania Synod
Henry W. A. Hanson
Messiah Church
L. C. Manges
Fuller Bergstresser
Iddletown
S. W. Herman
E. G. Hoover
Croll Keller
Luther Minter
George A. Martz
West Pennsylvania Synod
A. R. Steck
Carlisle
T. B. Thomas
Chambersburg
E. W. Weigle
Camp Hill
H. Hall Sharp
Mechanicsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Synod
Maryland Synod
Central Pennsylvania Synod
Allegheny Synod
Hanson
Harrisburg
State Police to recruit 102 new officers this year
The State Police Department will recruit up to the authorized strength by bill approving 102 additional men. Examinations begin this month and the new hires will join existing troops rather than form new units. Many on the original waiting list have joined the army or National Guard. Daupin County Bar Association held its annual picnic at Ingle nook with a morning departure at 11 o'clock and planned luncheon, games, and a dinner later.
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Army
National Guard
Daupin County Bar Association
Inglenook
City weighs hose bids to save money for Harrisburg
Harrisburg considers purchasing 7800 foot of fire hose at 78 cents per foot from B F Goodrich, opposing bids at 1.00 per foot. The firm argues merit over politics, citing tests and long service in cities including Philadelphia New York Boston Wilmington and Philadelphia supply histories. Council likely to decide next Tuesday with Commissioner Gross to comment.
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Harrisburg Telegraph
H. J. Behr
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
E. Z. Gross
Park and Fire Departments
Gross
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Boston
New York
Goodrich
Wilmington
Registrants Use Exemptions Half Reported in Rolls
Washington reports after Tuesday's registration under the Provost Marshal General shows 816,407 signed up out of an 848,917 census estimate. About 50 percent of returns indicate exemptions, though many are for married men or those in high offices. Baker notes exemptions depend on merit in individual cases.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Baker
Ex Sheriff Sellers Personal Effects Sold at Dauphin
Attorney W K Meyers bought the late Sheriff Charles Sellers personal effects for 900 dollars with auctioneer Maxwell Hite and Deputy Sheriff Burton R Speas directing. Meyers earlier purchased part of the Sellers estate, the old Dauphin Hotel, for 750 dollars with a 5000 dollar mortgage. Open Signal Corps offices opened with Lieutenant Douglass Macfarland and H E Bradley to recruit in Dauphin. Dauphin county Manufacturers Association formed with R W Moorhead as president and Charles Dowhower as secretary in Harrisburg.
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Sellers W. K. Meyers
Charles Sellers
Dauphin
Maxwell Hite
Burton R. Speas
Mr. Meyers
Sellers
Signal Corps
Douglass Macfarland
H. E. Bradley
United States Signal Corps
Cumberland Valley Telephone Company
Walnut Street
Dauphin County
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association
Harrisburg
R. W. Moorhead
Moorhead Knitting Company
Franklin
Charles Dowhower
Marty O'Toole Home From Lancaster Hospital
Marty O'Toole returned to his home in this city after illness at Lancaster Hospital. An advertisement urges McNeil's Pain Exterminator. In Camp Hill Pa June 8 Miss Sara L. Eppley hosted five hundred at her Front Street home with guests including Miss Chartle Geib Estella Deckard and Catherine. Bookcases Installed Camp Hill High School Today sectional bookcases were installed for reference books in the rome.
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Camp Hill
Marty O'Toole
Martin J. O'Toole
Lancaster
Marysville
Sarah L. Eppley
Front Street
Chartle Geib
Estella Deckard
Catherine
Rome
Remarkable Lemon Skin Beautifier from Lemons and Orchard White
A lemon based skin lotion is prepared by mixing juice strained through cloth with three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint. The lotion promises whitening and softening effects, reducing freckles and tan, and can be massaged daily on face neck arms and hands. Grocers supply lemons and druggists offer orchard white at low cost.
Need for a city bathhouse emphasized by new playground chief
Earl C. Ford of Louisville, recently appointed playground supervisor, urges a municipal bathhouse and bathing beach to boost Harrisburg’s recreation system. He praises the city’s playground setup and notes three plots opened on Twelfth Street, Reservoir, and Sycamore with coordinators Miss Braxton, Miss Joyce, and others to be added. Park officials expect further bathing facilities this year, possibly tents along the river wall, after the council refused a 6000 appropriation.
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Earl C. Ford
Uisville
Harrisburg
Ford
Twelfth Street
Mary Braxton
Evelyn Joyce
Sycamore
E. Z. Gross
W. Grant Forrer
Y M C A War Fund Nearing Twelve Thousand Dollars
The Y M C A war work fund in Harrisburg is close to 12000 dollars with women contributing 6001.75 and men 5935. Others may donate in the remaining days. A complaint was filed with the Public Service Commission that the Pennsylvania Railroad is not providing enough cars for Sonman shaft mining near Portage and is hampered by rising output.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Sonmanaft Mining Company
Portage
Public Service Commission
Newspapermen Hold Dinner at Harrisburg Club
The Pennsylvania Legislative correspondents and state press leaders held their eleventh biennial dinner at the Harrisburg Club. Governor Brumbaugh and other state leaders attended. four draft registrants were commended. former correspondents' letters were read. the association, formed in 1895, has had two secretaries in its history.
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Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Harrisburg Club
Brumbaugh
McClain
Thomas M. Jones
Sproul
R. W. Herbert
Greensburg
John F. Short
Clearfield
John P. Dwyer
W. A. Connor
Philadelphia
E. J. Stackpole
Harrisburg
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Frances Bacon
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Whitney
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Harry W. Lauver
Michael Lauver
Atlas Street
George
Rose Anna May
Oscar Graham
Penbrook
Edmond Hess
South Sixteenth Street
Blanche Lauver
Moore Street
George E. Lauver
Nelson Lauver
Joseph Daugherty
Sixth Street
Bell Telephone Company
Ninth and
Paxton Streets
McNeil
Y. M. C. A. War Fund
Eckman
Las Denne
The
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St. Louis Post- Dispatch
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Maximilian Harden
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