Waynesboro Rebuilds After Wind Damage String of Glass Shortages
Waynesboro Pennsylvania reports rapid recovery from a damaging storm. Many roofs and skylights remain unrepaired while glass shortages ease. Emerson-Brantingham Landis firms receive and install glass shipments. Bell Telephone loses 400 subscribers in town and 50 country lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Emerson-Brantingham Company
Landis Machine Company
Landis Tool Company
Landis Engineering and Manufacturing Company
Express
Frick Company
Bell Telephone System
Harrisburg Shooters Plan Two Major Events This Month
Harrisburg Sportsmen's Association secretary Billy Cleckner announced two key events at Second and Division streets. A beginners tournament on Saturday June 24 targets 11 shots with a 26 cent admission and a sterling watch fob prize. June 26 and 27 host the seventh annual two day registered target tournament with ten events of fifteen targets, entry 3 dollars, added 2 dollars, sweep 10 dollars, and a 50 dollar club sponsorship. proceeds aid Red Cross ambulance purchases.
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Billy” Cleckner
Harrisburg Sportsmen's Association
Cleckner
Lewis
Harrisburg Sportsmen’s Association
Remington Arms—Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Broadway
New York
E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
Cal
Hercules Powder Company
Wilmington
Del
Ithaca Company
Ithaca, N
Black Products Company
Chicago
American Amateur Trapshooting Association
Red Cross Society Fund
Altoona Man Killed in Auto Accident Near Selinsgrove
In Lewistown a car owned and driven by Emanuel Liddick went over an embankment near Selinsgrove. Fred Briggs of Altoona was instantly killed and Liddick was seriously injured. The wreck demolished the vehicle. In Mechanicsburg Jennie Morrett 41 daughter of Mrs. Rachael Morrett died after a long illness. She is survived by her mother and two brothers. Funeral services Wednesday at 2 pm at St. Pauls Reformed Church with burial at Chestnut Hill Cemetery.
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Lewistown
Emanuel Liddick
Selinsgrove
Liddick
Fred Briggs
Altoona
Mechanicsburg
Jennie Morrett
Rachael Morrett
Jerry Morrett
Merchants’ Hotel
William
Glenn Morrett
J. 8. Adams
St. Paul's Reformed Church
Chestnut Hill Cemetery
Rain delays big tennis plans with June 23 kickoff
Bits From Sportland notes rain postpones a June 23 match when Schuylkill Haven visits the local club. Sunday NY State League games included Scranton beating Reading 2 1, Elmira 4 Utica 0, Binghamton 2 Syracuse 0, West End A C 3 Goldsboro 2 in a classic, Midway A C 8 St Mary C C 7 with errors, Port Richmond 3 Harrisburg 0 in Philadelphia Reading Railway League, Ruxton A C 33 Jackson A C 1, Belmont 3 N C 1 at New Cumberland, Art Black pitching well.
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Schuylkill Haven
Scranton
Reading
Elmira
Utica
Binghamton
Syracuse
Port Richmond
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Harrisburg
Rutherford
Christians in Japan House Elects Saburo Shinada President
Tokio June 11 fourteen of the 381 newly elected members of the Japanese House of Representatives are Christians. Saburo Shinada stands out as the most famous, having served as president of the House for the past two years.
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Christian Press
Tokio
House of Representatives
Saburo Shinada
Federal Antitrust Suit Starts Today in Philadelphia
The Baltimore Federal League club’s $900000 antitrust suit against organized baseball begins in U S district court Philadelphia after delays. A last minute conference gathers presidents of major leagues and club representatives to review final plans and possible resolutions.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore Federal League
United States District Court
Local man praises Tanlac after catarrh relief and renewed hearing
Charles Nuneville of Philadelphia credits Tanlac with curing his catarrh and nerve troubles, restoring sleep, appetite, digestion, and even hearing his watch again after years of struggle. Tanlac is promoted at Gorgas Drug Store with other Carlisle and area pharmacies carrying the tonic.
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Tanlac
Charles Nuneville
N. 6Th Street
Potter's Oil Cloth Works
Philadelphia
Gorgas
Carlisle
W. G. Stephens
Elizabethtown
Albert W. Cain
Greencastle
Charles B. Carl
Middletown
Colin
Vaudeville Bill Shines With Stars At Majestic Paxtang Park
The Majestic features Our New Chauffeur with Louis Simon and Company plus Elsie White Hufford and Chain and the Gipsy Countess Verona. Louise Glaum headlines the Colonial in Sweetheart of the Doomed with The Bookworm Turns and new news reels. Regent showcases Blanche Sweet in The Ides of Barnegat, plus The Eternal Grind with Mary Pickford. Paxtang Park highlights Lenora Simonson, Daniels and Conrad, Ben Smith, Johnny Reynolds, Booth and Leander in a marquee vaudeville lineup.
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Paxtang Park
Louis Simon
Pete
Hufford and Chain
Gipsy Countess
Verona
Louise Glaum
France
Miss Glaum
Pathe
Mme. Petrova
Metro
Magdalene
Regent
Blanche Sweet
Barnegat
Fairkinson Smith
Miss Sweet
Mary Pickford
Miss Pickford
Davis
Paxtang
Park Playhouse
Lenora Simonson
Miss Simonson
Chas. Dillingham
Harrisburg
Sousa
Daniels
Conrad
Ben Smith
Johnny Reynolds
Johnny
Booth
Leander
Notable streaks and slumps in American League players
Ruth owns an eight game winning streak with wins over New York Philadelphia Washington twice each and Cleveland Detroit once. Hamilton endures a five game losing streak with three to Chicago and one each to Boston and Philadelphia. Heisman achieves six consecutive hits. Cobb and Strunk each collect five hits in five at bats in a single game. Baker suffers eleven hits in six games before being retired by Lambeth. Bush scores six runs across seven games. Shawkey allows six hits in five innings against Boland. Pip ends eight straight games with a .379 average after eleven hits in twenty nine at bats.
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Ruth
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Hamilton
Chicago
Boston
Heisman
Cobb
Strunk
Baker
Lambeth
Bush
Shawkey
Boland
Pip
Ehmke
Attractive Points Shown by National Players
Schupp owns a six game winning streak defeating Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati Philadelphia and St Louis. Mitchell endures a six game losing run with losses to St Louis New York Philadelphia Chicago and Pittsburgh. Chase first to fifty hits. Culshaw and Stengel halted by Seaton after nine and seven game safe streaks. Burns scores six runs in six games. Hornsby first in league this season to homer with bases loaded. Kauff silenced by Ames after nine eleven hits in thirty three at bats for .333. Rawlings has twelve hits in twenty four at bats over seven games for a .500 average.
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Schupp
Boston
Brooklyn
Chicago
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Mitchell
New York
Pittsburgh
Chase
Culshaw
Stengel
Seaton
George Burns
Hornsby
Kauff
Ames
Rawlings
Provost Smith to Present Sheepskins at Commencement
Dr. Edgar F. Smith Provost of the University of Pennsylvania and Dean William McClellan will address the Extension School commencement at Technical High School. The ceremony includes faculty speakers, certificates for graduates, and honor lists for the year and three-year students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar F. Smith
University of Pennsylvania
William McClellan
Extension School
Technical High School
E. P. Moxey Jr
S. Huebntz
J. T. Young
W. P. Raine
I. D. Rossheim
G. A. McFarland
Robert Bagnell
Pennsylvania
Provost Smith
Dean McClellan
America
Dr. Bagnell
Meck
W. F. Hoy
J. B. Trostle
R. Hoffman
J. E. Lehman
J. H. Simon
G. B. Detz
Wharton School
Hotel Work To Start On Penn Harris In Ten Days
A. B. Mills of Nelson and Lewin arrived to start construction on the Penn Harris hotel. City officials and the building inspector pledged cooperation to expedit e work. Mill s noted preliminary arrangements are complete and poles on Walnut Street may be removed after a telephone company conference to enable efficient operations.
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Penn-Harris
A. B. Mills
Nelson and Lewin
Chicago
Washington
City
Grove
Lynch
Department of Public Works
Mills
New York
Walnut Street
Third
Walnut Streets
Telephone
Central Business District
Harrisburg Post Office Letter List for Week Ending June 9 1917
List of remaining letters at the Harrisburg Pennsylvania post office for the week ending June 9 1917. Includes Ladies Gentlemen and Foreign categories with names and firms, plus a note urging proper addressing for prompt delivery. Postmaster Frank C Sites signs the notice.
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Harrisburg
Paulien Adams
Mary Baisler
Catherine Brenton
Elias Brown
Florence Darlington
Esead Dice
Edward Donaldson
Mary K. Ecktine
Esther Fishburn
Emma Groff
Emma Harten
C. F. Hulbert
Edna Hyde
Horla Joslin
Ellen Lightner
M. L. Manning
Clara Martin
Mary J. Myers
Martha Puffenbarger
Joe Rothrock
Sarah Sanders
D. E. Shenk
Wayne Lima
Anna Stepp
Helen Tarver
Rhoda Yiengst
Frank I. Abbel
Ss. J. Anders
Golden Andrews
H. J. Anslinger
Jas. F. Barrett
H. Raven
Leroy J. Johnson
H. M. Keller
C. M. Kurtz
Cortez Lott
Judge McCarthy
Wm. H. Michaels
M. E. Miller
Loney Myers
James Pappas
Willie Perras
Charley Poindexter
Tom Powell
B. F. Rittenhouse
C. W. Rogers
Sylvester Benes
W. H. Rose
Abram B. Ross
A. I. Shaner
Wetor
Pamand Review
Rancho Medicine Co
Jones & S&s Woolen Mills
Tweed Lbr, Co
Frank C
Sites
Tradesmen Donating Dental Ambulance to U S Army
Atlantic City June 11 The American Dental Trades Association voted at its annual convention to donate a dental ambulance to the army in foreign service and maintain it at the association's expense. The unit will be assigned to the Red Cross dental service in the field. The group also pledged 5000 dollars from surplus for Liberty bonds and offered its dental factories and personnel to the United States.
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U. S. Army
Atlantic City
American Dental Trades Association of
United States
Canada
Red Cross
Robert Rosenberg Elected Delegate to Jewish Congress
Robert Rosenberg was elected delegate to the Jewish Congress in Washington in September. The election took place at the Y M H A rooms on Sixth Street with a citywide majority of Jewish voters. The congress will address the treatment of Jews in Europe after the war.
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Robert Rosenberg
Jewish Congress
Washington
Sixth Street
Europe
Russia Abolishes Old Calendar for New Style Dating
Vladivostok reports that the old Russian calendar is abolished and all dates will be reckoned by the new style or western calendar from now on. Local papers note the change and its adoption across the country.
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Vladivostok
Siberia
Liberty National Bank announces $10 million bond subscription
Washington June 11. Liberty National Bank announced a $10,000,000 subscription to the loan for itself and its customers. The move marks a major financing action and involves the bank driving demand among clients and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Liberty National Bank
Past Chancellors of K of P Elect Officers
Mechanicsburg hosts the twenty second annual convention of the Past Chancellors Association Knights of Pythias Cumberland county at Carlisle Friday evening electing officers for the year including President John H Brenneman and W Zimmerman as vice president. Rn.
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Mechanicsburg
Chancellors’ Association
Knights of Pythias
Cumberland County
Carlisle
John H. Brenneman
Militia Lodge
Walter Zimmerman
Irene Lodge
Shiremanstown
James A. Steese
Holly Gap
Mt. Holly Springs
Brenner
Melita Lodge
D. &. Brindie
True Friends Lodge
J. E. Blair
Shippensburg
F. L. Shetton
Charles H. Smith
Mechanics
E. C. B. Sentatives
EK. C. BR. Castle
L. Woods
Ira L. Enders
William Barrier
Abram Hess
J. H. Brenneman
Moore
George W. Hershman
E. C. Gardner
H. C. Ryan
H. EB. Gill
C. J. D. Eckerd
Frank Rowe
Ross Lehman
D. J. Beltzel
Aaron Mann
L. G. Haverstock
T. B. Deeter
H. A. Fink
Scouts Flourish at Tsing Hua College Near Peking
In Tsing Hua College near Peking an active boy scout organization thrives. Funded by Boxer indemnity funds refunded by the United States government the group holds campfires sings songs and gives regular scoutcraft exhibitions.
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Peking
Tsing Hua College
United States
German POWs to Plow Forest Land in England
London reports two hundred German prisoners of war in England will be used this summer to plow about a thousand acres of Hainault Forest in the eastern section of Epping Forest, an ancient woodland network.
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London
England
Hainault Forest
Epping Forest
Japan and Mexico agree physicians may practice across borders
An agreement between Japan and Mexico grants licensed doctors the right to practice in either country. The accord recognizes mutual freedom for physicians to work across borders, expanding opportunities for medical professionals in both nations. The news item notes the June 11 date for the agreement.
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Mexico
Japan
Tokio
Dutch Shipping Prospering Amid 1916 Dividends
The Hague reports 1916 brought peak prosperity for Dutch shipping firms with several smaller companies paying 100 percent dividends.
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Hague
Netherlands
Sinn Feiners Jailed After Protest Meeting in Dublin
Police barred a protest gathering opposite Liberty Hall by Lieut. General Mahon. Sinn Feiner Count Plunkett and others were arrested. Inspector Mills was fatally injured shielding the meeting and died this morning. several Feiners were taken into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dublin
Millis
General Mahon
Ireland
Liberty Hall
Count Plunkett
Sinn
Sinn Fein
Cathal Brugher
James Kenney
Rody Kelly
Martin Welsh
Mills
Ite
Italian War Mission to Begin Tour Tomorrow
Washington reports the Italian mission plans to begin its delayed farewell tour tomorrow though the Prince of Udine cannot travel yet due to illness. The mission will depart without him and rejoin once he is able, following the original itinerary with minor changes. The prince may join in about a week. No flour paste in England is banned for wallpaper and billpaste repapering according to officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Prince
Udine
England
London
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Federal Machine Shop Court
Harrisburg, Pa
Emerick’s Sanitary
Aberdeen St
Sou
Rgas Drug Stores
Bird
Chas. H. Mauk
Miller Cottage
Georgia Ave
Emerson Crouthamel
Mgr
Reo Tel Tran
Prnate
Wolk
Typscal
Atlantic
Wildwood
N. J
Florida
Sheldo Wildwood
D. J. Woods
Fenwick Fiirnaves
L. H. Boyer
Edgeton Inn
Sportland
West End A. C
Goldsboro
West End
Midway A. C
St. Mary C. C
Steelton
Ruxton
New Cumberland Belmont
N. C
Art Black
Glacier
B. C
Canadian Pacific Rockies
Illecillewaet Glacier
Sir Donald
Nakima Caves
Yj Cof Scellent
Glacier House
Canadian Pacific Railway
F. R. Perry
Gesera
New York City
N. Third St
Penna
Colonial
Germany
Wharton
Wharton Study Club
Wharton School of Accounts and Finances
Bacnell
Amertog
Teelen
Nerhane
K. of P
Elizabethville
Red Cross Society
Copenhagen
Denmark
Imperial Clothing Bureau
BOY Scouts
China
Regent Theater
Victor Moore
Mutual Weekly
Pauline Jee Derick
Buel B. Risinger
Bicycle Sale
Valve
Heagy Bros
North Third ST
Fahnestock Hall
Arthur Luck
Philadelphia Orchestra
Sigler
Pathe News
Mie
Petrova
Ford Sterling
Majestic Nr
Pasalah Fe
Eatey
Louis Simon & Co
Hippodrome
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