Deaths and Funerals in Harrisburg Area
Elizabeth Shantz McCord aged 68 died after a lingering illness at her son A J Shantz 2145 Penn Street born in Switzerland longtime Harrisburg resident and Market Square Presbyterian member survived by son and daughter funeral Monday at 10 The McCord notice lists Mary A Bixler widow of John Bixler Wormleysburg resident for fifty years died after brief illness survived by five children arrangements pending Perc y G Rapp 32 died at home in regress services held at Pine Street Presbyterian Church burial in Harrisburg Cemetery survived by wife and two sons Jay Duties William Jay 70 year old machinist with Pennsylvania Railroad died this morning at 313 Seneca Street survived by widow two sons and one daughter funeral Monday at 2 at St Pauls P B Church burial Harrisburg Cemetery
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Elizabeth Shantz McCord
A. J. Shantz
Penn Street
Shantz
Switzerland
Harrisburg
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Iss Sara F. McCord
Mary A Bixler
Mary A. Bixler
H. K. Cunkle
Robert N. Sadler
Wormleysburg
Martin Hichelberger
Sunbury
Percy G. Rapp
Lewis &. Mudge
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Rm Jay
William Jay
Pennsylvania Railroad
Seneca
Floyd Appleton
St. Paul's P. B
Samuel Green
Calder Street
St. Paul's Baptist Church
E. L. Cunningham
Lincoln Cemetery
Glacier Park Glory Piques Vacation Fantasies
There is nothing in the world like Glacier Park an ideal recreation spot with glacial lakes trout streams and a riot of wildflowers. The climate air and scenery attract visitors while a sales agent offers to plan trips or mail reading matter maps and pictures with no obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glacier Park
Chuck
Jacter Park
Wm. Austin
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Lily Leitzel Proclaims Exercise Boosts Women’s Health
Lily Leitzel of Ringling Brothers circus, a petite Prague native under twenty, advocates regular exercise for women. She cites personal strength gains from aerial routines, notes women’s health benefits, and highlights her role in the Cinderella spectacle as part of the touring circus with 400 aerialists and 1,008 wild animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily Leitzel
Miss Leitzel
Jeanne Rae
Cinderella
Ringling, Brothers’ Circus
Lily Lettzel
Prague
Bohemia
Ringling Brothers
Believed Pommern Sunk Was New Cruiser
London reports a Copenhagen dispatch saying the Pommern sunk off Jutland was a newly built battle cruiser not the earlier 1905 battleship torpedoed in the Baltic in July 1915. Admiralty officials cite British submarine claims and survivor testimony regarding caps bands on the older vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jutland
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Baltic
Admiralty
Associated Press
Slender Slander Suit Filed Over Ungentle Words
Agnes Kresovac begins a $2,500 slander suit against Anna Siminic and her husband John after Anna allegedly called Agnes ugly and notified mutual friends by post card. Meantime M. G. Flowers sues Clara I. Louder for $3,000 over denied access to a Highspire mill he leased, claiming furniture and equipment cannot be removed. Attorney Robert Stucker represents both plaintiffs. Dauphin county courts appoint tipstaves for next week’s June criminal sessions, listing names such as Potters Green Fulchner and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Siminic
Agnes Kresovac
Anna
John
M. G. Flowers
Clara I. Louder
Highspire
Robert Stucker
Tipstaves
Dauphin County
John Potters
R. W. Green
Harry Fulchner
Milton W. Graham
William Reed
Joseph Bateman
Samuel Johnson
Felix Newman
Charles L. Harris
Robert Daugherty
A. G. West
Robert Young
Henry Chub
Albert Johnson
Lewis Brown
H. B. Hanlen
John Barr
Fractures Ankle From Swing Fall In Paxtang
Five year old Clyde McCrary of Paxtang fractured his left ankle after a fall from a swing and was taken to Harrisburg Hospital. The issue also notes church events and obituaries for Harrisburg area readers with details on services and burial places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde McCrary
Paxtang
Harrisburg Hospital
St. Paul's Baptist Church
Central High School
Mary M. Payne
St. Paul's Church
Fourth Street Church of God
Dauphin County Bar Association Holds First Picnic
The Dauphin County Bar Association held its first annual picnic yesterday at Inglenook with 46 attendees. Guests included President Judge George Kunkel Additional Law Judge S J M McCarrell Dauphin county courts Judge W M Seibert Perry county courts Prothonotary Harry F Holler Recorder James Ek Lentz Sheriff W W Caldwell. The event moved to Inglenook Club and returned late last evening. Arrangements were led by John Fox Weiss J H Shopp and Charles C Stroh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Caldwell
Inglenook Club
John Fox Weiss
J. H. Shopp
Charles C. Stroh
Lord Gray Sets 24 Hour Traffic Record in New York
Lord Gray drives a stock Chalmers Six-30 for 24 hours through congested Manhattan streets, covering 358.7 miles and surpassing his own London record. He completes 14 circuits of a 26.3 mile course with 147 full stops and reaches Abbey Hill at speeds between 27 and 36 mph, aided by AA witnesses and a car owned by Willard Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Douglas Gray
New York City
Lord Gray
London
New York
Fort Washington Avenue
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
Eighth Street
Lafayette
Brooklyn Bridge
the Battery
Abbey Hill
Power of Four-wheel Tractor Demonstrated
In Steam Shovel Town Conneaut Ohio a torn up State street track forced passenger transfers and extra streetcar runs for Decoration Day. A Jeffery Quad four wheel drive truck towed a street car along the trackless block showing power and versatility as it pulled the car to the other end of the line.
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Conneaut
Ohio
State Street
Steam Shovel Town
Jeffery Quad
Dodge Brothers Cars in Preparedness Parade in Boston
Boston held its big Preparedness parade on Saturday May 27 with the Henshaw Motor Company leading Dodge Brothers motorcars in the ceremonies. The Harvard regiment numbering about 1 000 students participated prominently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Boston
Dodge Brothers
New England
Henshaw Motor Company
Harvard Regiment
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Otay
Lei Tze
Dooce Brothers
Detroit
Etroit
Keystone Motor Car Co
Market ST
Parcel Post Department
Equity
Caroline R
Frank R. Keefe
May F. Foltz
Edith M. Paxton
Caroline Duncan Palmer
Horace A. Keefer
Keefer
Dauphin County Court
Amanda Earhart
Amanda Ehrhart
Lawrence Hager
Park Street
Lititz
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
George Park
Chandler
the Chandler
Chandler Facto
F. C. B. Cleveland
Andrew Redmond
Pennsylvania
Chandler Motor Car Company
Cleveland, Ohio
MT. Gretna, PA
Conewago
Ant Retna
Lake Cone
Jwago
Star
Samuel Lewis
Newport Apartments
16Th
Spruce Sts
Phila. Pa
Mount Gretna
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