Children’s Day Observed Across City Churches
Churches held Children’s Day with cantatas and exercises by Sunday school pupils. Baptisms occurred at several churches including 28 at Market Square Presbyterian. Rev. Thomas Reisch preached an illustrated sermon and Boy Scouts led a camp Curtin drill. Next Sunday pastors will exchange pulpits. Cumberland Pa June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Thomas Reisch
Christ Lutheran Church
Camp Curtin Memorial Methodist Church
Park Street United Evangelical Church
A. M. Blake
Cumberland
Liberty Loan enters last lap toward $2B goal
Washington reports the Liberty Loan nears the Friday subscription deadline to reach $2,000,000,000. Small savers urged to participate. four day countdown with bells and rallies. Also notes Accidents at Lewistown and Lancaster crop reports highlighting dry weather and replanting after rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Liberty Loan
Treasury
Germany
New York Federal Reserve District
San Francisco
June Festival of Song at Baughman Memorial Church
Last evening the June festival of song was given by the choir of Baughman Memorial Methodist Church under the direction of Professor E. G. Rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Cumberland
Baughman Memorial Methodist Church
E. G. Rose
Wilson outlines war aims and German defeat in Russia note
President Wilson declares no annexations or indemnities, no territory changes except to aid peoples’ life and liberty, and no readjustments for power unless they secure peace. He demands a just settlement to prevent a repeat of autocratic aggression and urges unity among free nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Russia
United States
Germany
Francis
Petrograd
America
Berlin
Bagdad
Mankind
Additional Reward For Arrest Of Garden Diggers
The Harrisburg Telegraph reports a total reward of 35 for arrest and conviction of those damaging garden plots. The Harrisburg Benevolent Association adds 25 to the existing 10 to deter tampering where plots are molested without theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg Telegraph
Harrisburg Benevolent Association
Loyalton Forms Branch of Harrisburg Red Cross
Loyalton Pennsylvania June 11 a meeting to organize a branch of the Harrisburg Chapter of the Red Cross was held with James E Lantz of Elizabethville as chairman The Rev George Burrell and Harrisburg members spoke and a membership committee was named Readings listed many residents added to the roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyalton
Harrisburg
the Red Cross
James E. Lantz
Elizabethville
State Public Safety Committee
George Burrell
Douglas Eugene Dismukes
Lew Palmer
Frances Morrison
Philip Meredith
Red Cross Society
Amy Hoke
Effie Good
Lottie Zerby
Eva Snyder
Peter Matter
8. S. Good
Charles Lower
Charles Lupbold
Jacob Hassinger
William L. Hoffman
Harvey Snyder
Samuel Spotts
Charles Grubb
Carrie Lupbold
Jonathan Zerbe
James Kessler
Harry Troutman
Wiliam*Mumma
Thomas Moyer
Charles Row
H. H. Snyder
George Bonowitz
Fred. C. Harner
Clayton Bechtel
John Hoover
Freedom Fires to Burn Fourth of July
The Camp Fire Girls plan to light community signals on Independence Day from Eastport Maine to the Pacific coast. About 96 623 girls and possibly Boy Scouts will light fires at sunset as a symbol of freedom and Liberty amid a global awakening noted with Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Eastport
Pacific
Liberty
Camp Fire
Russia
Mummert Receives Lafayette College Diploma in 1917 Class
Donald A. Mummert son of Mrs. Florence E. Mummert from 916 North Sixth Street is among Lafayette College 1917 graduates. He prepared at Harrisburg Central High and earned honors in football and baseball. Thirty nine graduates received their degrees in absentia due to war service.
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Easton
Donald A. Mummert
Florence E. Mummert
North Sixth Street
Lafayette College
Mummert
Lafayette
Harrisburg Central High School
Half Brother of Man Lost With Frederick
Harry Nelson of Company F First Regiment U U N G on duty guarding bridges near Mechanicsburg is a half brother of Laurence Culverson of Philadelphia, one of the Americans reported lost on the steamship Frederick last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Nelson
Mechanicsburg
Laurence Culverson
Philadelphia
Frederick
Determined to Break Up Rowdyism on Island
Police and National Guard join in action to curb loafing as ten men are arrested, brought to the station by guardsmen, reprimanded by Lieutenant Page, and dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Page
Doctor sustains wrist cut after ladder fall
Dr. John B. Lawrence, chiropodist, fell from a stepladder while trimming a vine at 1517 Allison Street. He suffered a left wrist wound needing six stitches and will be housebound for a day or two. In related items, Everett Mader sues Mrs. O'Dessa Smith for assault and battery. Alderman DeShong to hear the case. Gold holdings in Japan rise to a record near 410 million dollars with overseas deposits dominating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Lawrence
Allison Street
Everett Mader
Walnut Street
O'Dessa Smith
Tokio
Japan
Finance Department
Bank of Japan
London
New York
Coast Guard Cutters Authorized for Mexican Waters
Mexico City June 11 The Department of War and Marine has authorized the purchase of two coast guard cutters to cruise waters around Lower California to counter pirates looting pearl shell beds. The vessels likely will be bought in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Mexico
Mexico City
Department of War and Marine
Lower
California
United States
Crippled Woman Hurt in Elizabethville Auto Crash
In Elizabethville Pennsylvania on Saturday night Miss Amanda Forney, a crippled aunt, suffered a broken right arm and a deep head wound when a car driven by Samuel and William Snyder tipped into a gutter after steering gear failed. Dr Shaffer treated her and took her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethville
Samuel
William Snyder
Dietrich
Amanda Forney
Miss Forney
Dr. Shaffer
Employers Ask For Out In Lebanon Fair Days
Employers in Lebanon and Lebanon County including Bethlehem Steel interests urge the Lebanon Valley Fair Association to shorten the fair to two days to avoid setup losses. Contracts are recorded for a full week, and compliance would cause heavy financial damage to the fair. A Mite Society meeting of the Presbyterian Church is announced for tomorrow evening at Mrs. J. W. Hawthorne’s home with a business session and a sale of food and fancy articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Bethlehem Steel Company
Lebanon Valley Fair Association
Dauphin
Mite Society
Presbyterian Church
J. W. Hawthorne
Erie Street
Bible Class to Meet in Shiremanstown
Bethel Church of God Ladies’ Organized Bible Class No 7 will meet Wednesday evening at Mrs D W Miller’s East Main Street residence in Shiremanstown pa on June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Stoufer
New Bloomfield
J. F. Stoufer
Carroll Township
Shermans Creek
Shermansdale
Church of God
Fianna Kitner
Mary
J. Wesley Gable
Young's Cemetery
Shiremanstown
Bethel Church of God
D. W. Miller
East Main Street
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Lewistown
W. A. Alexander
Leonard Friend
Kathryn Treaster
Valley Street
Lancaster
Marietta
Lancaster County
Festival OF Song
McCaskey Safe Register
The
McCaskey Register Co
C. L. Sawtelle
Locust Street
King Oscar
John C. Herman & Co. Makers
Tated
Wy Seaser
New_York
Charles Edward Russell
Socialist Party
Central Committee
Russell
Bowmansadale
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Paxton Lodge
Wall
Swatara Street
Christiania
Botista
Western Union Service
Western Union Telegraph CO
Red Cross
Man
Frederik
Issurree
Burns
Rch. Conservatory
Davenport
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