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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1917
Page
10
In Brewster Smith encounters Verda Richlander at Hophra House as tension rises from past indictments and a dangerous game of hide and seek. Verda taunts him about the case in Lawrenceville while hinting at unseen threats and a possible betrayal in the unfolding mystery.
In a 1917 drama, Miss Dart endures emotional tension after a ride with her employer Brewster Norton. She battles whether to marry him, recalling Tom, Hugh Parker, and youthful dreams as she grapples with love, duty, and self control. The piece also notes obituaries and a birth announcement from Waynesboro and nearby towns.
Youthful pictures of Harrisburg Rotary Club members shown by photographer Roshon at a recent meeting.
Wallace G Starry, a Harrisburg manufacturer and active Rotarian, rose from a young organizer to president of the New Idea Hosiery Company. He celebrated election night with Hughes but woke to the opposite outcome.
Harrisburg area reports strong Liberty Bond support led by John S. Musser and Frank C. Sites. Subscriptions include $2,250 sold by Musser and a $100 weekly plan from a long charity-minded contributor. Dauphin County oversubscribed, with Millersburg's $100,000 addition and Rye ahead in New York district. The grand total nears $4 million as Red Cross auxiliary prepares first meeting in Harrisburg.
At Fort Niagara N Y twenty two student officers were dismissed this week for various causes, mainly physical disability. The board has not yet acted on mentally incompetent cases, with plans to fill vacancies as new courses begin June 18. Over one hundred were examined today with several deemed unfit. total releases reach fifty two since opening. War Dept orders require June 18 staffing of ten companies nine infantry and one cavalry troop, the cavalry to join infantry and be dismounted for training.
New York aims to subscribe to 400 million more Liberty Loan bonds after allocating 600 million from its share. Liberty Loan Committee states it has never set a minimum target, says Guy Emerson, secretary of the Publicity Committee.
At a Bartenders' Union meeting Joseph D. Emanuel the trustees chair introduced a resolution allowing Morris A. Hagg the financial secretary to buy four Liberty Bonds. The motion carried unanimously by the local.
The State Department of Agriculture announced the discovery of 10 000 bushels of buckwheat and 5 000 bushels of navy beans for seeding. Complaints of shortages prompted the search and buckwheat sowing is now in order. Materials will be sold through the department at a fixed price.
Emperor Charles reiterates support for early peace and expanded suffrage in Hungary as a crowd of about 100000 gathers in Budapest to present a demand for decue vote and broader franchise. Also reports Captain Weston receives wartime commission in U S Army and local obituaries for Ross Sheesley and Maria Nebinger with funeral details.
Both branches face one of the heaviest calendars of the session as meetings run tonight with hopes of closing up the general assembly. A recess is planned around July 12, with late summer to follow. Bills include city classifications, Philadelphia small council second reading, second class city nonpartisan repealer, and third class city repealer.
Maryland General Hospital's footprint system tied a foundling to the correct mother after a North Carolina woman left her newborn with friends. A second abandoned baby was found, then returned to the original mother once the baby’s footprints matched those on file.
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