Summer Getaways in Telegraph Want Ads
Telegraph want ads promote summer stays in town and nearby resorts reachable by trolley. Advertised rooms and board at reasonable rates highlight fresh vegetables and good meals as vacation options.
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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
5
Telegraph want ads promote summer stays in town and nearby resorts reachable by trolley. Advertised rooms and board at reasonable rates highlight fresh vegetables and good meals as vacation options.
River floods merged two islands west of Independence Island into a single landmass, increasing holdings of C. B. Ensminger of 1122 Green Street. Rivermen say new land forms recur with each flood and may grow in value as vegetation establishes over the barren sand in coming years.
Special to The Telegraph Mechanicsburg Pa June 11 Emma Vogelsong returns home to a birthday surprise party with gifts of cut glass china linen and aluminum. Guests include Clarence E Shover of Harrisburg and numerous local residents from Camp Hill Carlisle Lemoyne New Kingston Wormleysburg and Churchtown attending refreshments and celebration.
East Pennsylvania Blauch family plans the fourth annual reunion at Hershey Park on Saturday with a family orchestra, a program of patriotic and sacred songs, and prize awards for oldest, youngest, heaviest descendant, largest family, and greatest distance traveler. A present will honor the most recently married couple attending.
Colliers West Virginia June 11 reports an attack on the Locust Grove mine of the West Virginia and Pittsburgh Coal Company. Shots from hilltops and a dynamite blast occurred as workers arrived, amid a continuing strike that began last September. Notices follow regarding estate, guardianship, and a proposed charter for Prenzel Sectional Pneumatic Tire Company.
New York June 11 The market showed pronounced apathy with little recovery after a drop in St Paul as investors fretted over failed bond absorption and the looming Interstate Commerce Commission rate decision. Chicago cattle and Philadelphia produce prices also appear, with hogs, cattle, sheep, grains and dairy showing mixed to firm movements.
Lieutenant Eoward Warden and patrolmen raided Emma Steiner’s Sherman street home last night. Steiner was arrested for keeping a disorderly place. Witnesses Martha Bretz Dolly Palmer and William Smiley were detained. A hearing set for today may be postponed to tomorrow due to witness needs.
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