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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1914
Page
12
Harrisburg shoppers see Shope the Hill Tailor offer distinctive garments and quick remakes. shoe and grocery ads feature Goodyear soles, white canvas children's shoes, and a wide mix of hats, gifts, and accessories with strong local brand names and prices.
A Harrisburg bakery advertises Holsum and Butternut loaves as the best bread made in the largest cleanest shop. Fresh daily baking and citywide delivery are offered, with customers urged to ask grocers for Schmidt's Holsum or Butternut.
An assortment of local ads highlights the Busy Bee Restaurant at 9 North Fourth street offering a varied bill of fare and daily meals. Nearby Shaffer Wagon Works at 80 South Cam tron street emphasizes repairs for wagons. Klein Company Store at 9 North Market Square promotes $10 suits and latest styles. Bowman & Co and Potts Drug Store at North Third and Herr streets market skin care and cosmetics. Sourt Dairy Lunch at Court and Strawberry streets advertises light lunches and desserts.
Fred S. Lack offers tailored suits with careful fit and exclusive fabrics. Arcade Laundry advertises prompt pickup and delivery with safe cleaning methods and two phones for service. D. E. Glazier operates at Logan and Granite streets promoting laundry work.
A special committee at the Colonial Country Club arranges two open air performances next Tuesday on club grounds by the Frank Lea Short Company. Pomander Walk is in the afternoon and Robin Hood in the evening, with $1.50 for both and children under 12 at half price. If rain occurs the Chestnut Street Auditorium will host.
The Epworth League Cabinets of Stevens Memorial Church hosted city league cabinets with about seventy officers from Curtin Heights Fifth Street Ridge Avenue Grace St. Pauls Epworth and Stevens Memorial. R K Bergstresser presided and Miss Alva Shoop served as recording secretary as delegates grouped officers by role. Discussions covered The Sunday Evening Devotional Meeting and Sociable Socials.
East Pittsburgh police enforced strict orders reducing picketing at the Westinghouse works where about ten thousand workers are on strike. Only twenty five demonstrators were allowed on the bridge to the main gate and five were women. Pickets watched company watchmen while rumors of strike breakers circulated among strikers.
Central High School will fit the basement for domestic science classes next fall. Principal W. S. Steele says the basement is the best location and paraphernalia will be placed there during summer. The board has several applicants for the domestic science teaching post and has not yet named a winner.
Yesterday in Harrisburg multiple minor crashes occurred. John Krall Jr drove a two ton Pullman along Front Street colliding with a Hudson car on Maclay Street, damaging wheels and front ends. A truck stop near Fourth and Market caused a brief fender bend but no injuries. Frank R Downey’s Camp Hill bound vehicle skidded at Front and Market, losing its front wheels and axle.
A wife and husband are urged to start thrift today by opening a savings account at East End Bank, located at Thirteenth and Howard streets, to avoid poverty. The note suggests bringing along a companion for reading and recommends an Ansco or Brownie camera from Cotterel at 105 North Second Street to capture travel scenes.
The State reports Judge Kunkel leading the Supreme Court race with 93 782 votes to Frazer 165 040 and Endlich 82 229. Kunkel carried 48 of 67 counties and held a strong statewide lead, while Frazer dominated Philadelphia Lancaster and Allegheny with 117 384 total. A full table of returns from the State Department accompanies the piece.
City council votes to delay for one week on Commissioner M Harvey Taylor’s recommendation to accept American LaFrance offer to furnish two motor chemical combinations for 10000, over Morton Tractor and Truck Co bid 3850. Tax exonerations report heard. no police appointment decided.
New York June 6 A G Smith vice president and general manager of Ward Line Company says the Antilla laden with ammunition for the Mexican Constitutionalists will discharge its cargo tomorrow without interference. His statement contradicts Washington dispatches and reports that the administration had pressed for a voluntary halt.
Philadelphia June 9 The Improved Order of Red Men aims to become custodian of remnants of the North American Indian. Dr Joseph Kossuth Dixon secretary of the National American Memorial Association urged that government neglect wards Indians endure bondage. Mayor Blankenburg welcomed attendees. A parade is planned for tomorrow night.
New York June 9 The Rev Dr John Wesley Hill at a mass peace meeting at the Metropolitan Temple rejects talk of an apology from Huerta. He warns of syndicated cutthroatism in Mexico and says Carranza and Villa are equally unfit for presidency. He adds he would raise the Stars and Stripes over Mexico City if he demanded an apology.
The former almshouse resident Tyson denies claiming a divine injunction not to work and disputes being called best dressed. He says he always worked and has now left the almshouse. Stream continues with local items including a bravery medal for Fred Corby who saved his step brother from a trolley, and funeral notice for Miss Prudence Fessler.
Ross G. Sliker aged 34 dies after a lingering illness at his parents home Mr and Mrs A H Sliker 50 Calder street. He had been employed in the Pennsylvania Railroad roundhouse for several years. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 4 PM with private burial the same day.
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