Committee Grievances Drive Borough Meetings
Steelton council members decry secret work by departments and demand committee input on street repairs and sewer projects. Highway concerns prompt a conference with state officials and new wage increases for police and other staff are approved.
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Highway Department
Capello
Reisch
Highway Committee
Smith
Henderson
Chestnut Street
Council
State Highway Department
Front Street
Harrisburg Motor Club
Bethlehem Steel Companyy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Health Board
Try Bisulated Magnesia For Stomach Trouble
Indigestion sufferers often try various remedies without relief. A simple dose of bisulated magnesia after meals neutralizes excess stomach acid, easing sourness, gas, heartburn, and bloating. It promises immediate relief and is safe for ongoing symptoms.
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G. A. Gor- Sas
Red Cross Calls Nurses to Enroll With Local Chapter
The publicity committee released a statement urging registered nurses and those not yet registered to join Red Cross work through the local chapter. It notes non nurses may enroll if a graduate of a registered training school and highlights public health, sanitary service, rural town and country nursing, and home service roles. It also calls on young women from high school or college to enter training schools to replace graduates joining the military.
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Red Cross
Nursing Department of
The
American Red Cross
Town and
Residents blame residents for poor ash collection
Council urges residents to separate ashes from refuse and threatens arrest for noncompliance after a failed collection effort. The highway committee will publish multilingual posters as a final appeal to the town.
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Highway Committee
Good Smokes Scarce in France Telegraph Receives Cards
Telegraph readers received word from front line soldiers about tobacco shortages in France. A Mechanicsburg donor said a first lieutenant who censored mail kept a pack for himself. The Fifteenth United States Engineers include many former Pennsylvanians.
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France
Telegraph
Mechanicsburg
Fifteenth
United States Engineers
Playground Equipment Erection Begins in City
Erection of playground equipment at various plots in the city began today with the season opening officially next Monday. J. K. Staples, supervisor for the season, said vacancies exist for playground instructors and urged applicants to visit the Park Department offices in the Calder building to consult him. Instructors will be appointed late in the week.
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J. K. Staples
Park Department
Calder
Brethren Vote to Keep Organ Out of Church
At the Church of the Brethren national convention in Hershey the rule banning instrumental music in services was upheld after a 90 minute debate. The session also discussed a proposed mission in south China with no authorization, favoring pastoral care instead. Various committee appointments were announced including reappointments to General Missions Board General Educational Board Peace Committee and others.
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Church of the Brethren
Hershey
South China
Qtho Winter
North Manchester
Indiana
General Missions Board
Lafayette Steele
Warrensburgburg
General Sunday School Board
Blough
Astoria
Ill
General
J. B. Zeeter
West Milton
Ohio
E. B. Hoff
Chicago
Thousands See Circus Parade Amid Exotic Pageantry
The parade features Bedouins of dignity, chained cages, and live animals including four tigers and two lions as crowds witness a Ringling Brothers style procession. Clowns, bands, elephants, and a gas powered calliope accompany a lively, bustling pageant drawing wide public praise.
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Johnnie
Jimmie
Cassius
Ringling Brothers
Harrisburg Motor Messengers Receive New Overland Truck
The Harrisburg Motor Messenger unit unveils a new Overland motor truck donated to transport parcels and supplies for canteen work. Captain Mrs. S. M. Dunkle and officers Miss McDonald Miss Creighton Miss Herman and Miss Copelin lead the khaki unit celebrating a boost in efficiency and community support.
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Harrisburg
Motor Messenger
Overland
Derry
26Th Street
8. M. Dunkle
Harrisburg Motor Messenger Service
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Dunkle
McDonald
Mary Creighton
Almeda Herman
Elinor Copelin
Son of Civil War Vet Arrives in France with Artillery Battery
James D. Green of 159 South Eighteenth Street has arrived safely in France with Battery F, 108th Field Artillery. His father is a Civil War veteran and is pictured in the upper photo.
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France
Allen R. Miller
325Th Infantry
George ©. Miller
South Third Street
Steelton
James D. Green
South
Eighteenth Street
108Th Field Artillery
In Days of Old Draws Crowd to Matinee
A large audience attended the matinee showing of the spectacle In Days of Old with children eager to perform tasks for admission to fairy land. Parents noted the sudden industry as youngsters helped carry hay and fetch for sacred cattle, with another performance scheduled for 8 tonight.
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India
Odd Fellows Plan Memorial Service and Initiation
Harrisburg Odd Fellows announce annual memorial services at Salem Reformed Church with Rev. Stauffer preaching. Dauphin encampment set to confer first degree Friday at Dauphin Lodge hall. Richard A. Scheirer, 36, Oberlin, injured in Paxtang crash. right leg broken while being towed on a motorcycle.
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Harrisburg
Odd Fellows
Salem Reformed Church
Richard A. Scheirer
Oberlin
Paxtang
Popular accordionist features in Harrisburg vaudeville week
Deiro the noted accordionist headlines the Maestic for the first three days with a lineup including House of Hate Pearl White in this serial and a Hooded Terror cliffhanger Excerpts note Ashley and Allman and Deira in several acts Nana and Alexis rapid fire dancing and a variety of sketches The Paxtang bill closes with Lady Alice's Pets and a jovial finale scene featuring a dozen students.
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Deiro
House of Hate
Pearl White
Tendahoe
Ashley
Allman
George Rolland
Billy Kelly
Helen Western
Frank Clare
Joe Baker
Deira
Nana
Alexis
Max Robertson
Paxtang Park
Niko
Paxtang
Lady Alice
Alice
Former Crew Clerk Arrives in France with 108th Field Division
Maurice J. Leaman, formerly crew clerk in the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad trainmaster's office, reports his safe arrival in France as a member of Battery E, 108th Field Infantry. He writes to his mother Mrs Warren H Leaman of Wormleysburg, and his pal Robert Seale of this city appears in the accompanying image.
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Maurice J. Leaman
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
108Th Fielderrs
Warren H. Leaman
Wormleysburg
France
Hig Chum
Robert Seael
Variety of acts and films at Regent theater park program
A program features Lady Alice’s rat act and Elcato the xylophone king with encores, Bruce and Betty Morhan piano act, and the Two White Steppers. Elsie Ferguson in A Doll’s House headlines at Regent with The Blindness of Divorce shown at Victorian. Fannie Ward in The Yellow Ticket and Mabel Normand in Joan of Plattsburg close the week. Joan of Plattsburg praised as morale booster for American women.
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Victoria
Fannie Ward
Finney
Jewel Carmen
Rita Jolivet
Lady Alice
Elcato
Bruce
Betty Morhan
Lassie
Henrik Ibsen
Crea Elsie Ferguson Tions
Elsie Ferin
Susan
Artcraft
Regent Theater
Mabel Normand
Colonial Theater
Joan of Plattsburg
America
Thurada Hae Williams
Hhis
Pathe Weekly
Elsie Ferguson
Lina Cavalieri
Kim Jolivet
Over 700000 American Troops Sent to France
Washington reports more than 700000 U S soldiers have been sent to France. Secretary Baker told the Senate Military Committee and addressed French Blue Devils aiding in the Third Liberty Loan drive. He outlined plans for senior officer appointments and discussed Army appropriation needs.
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Washington
France
Baker
Blue Devils
United States
Senate Military Committee
Wood
Crozier
Sharpe
Ordnance
Quartermaster
Ordnance Bureau
War Council
Army Quartermaster’s Department
House
Sheppard
Texas
Supreme Court Affirms Neikirk vs Lemaster Decision
The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment in Neikirk et al versus Lemaster Company P Franklin. The Philadelphia based decision was released today by the Associated Press.
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Franklin Court
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Neikirk Et al
Lemaster
Co. P. Franklin
Harrisburg Public Library Expands Strained Resources
Harrisburg trustees report rapid library growth in the State Capital district with May circulation of 8 883 and 17 578 registrations. One fourth of residents used the library. six additional school libraries were requested though funds prevent expansion. 15 004 books were sent to soldiers, librarian Miss Alice R Eaton noted.
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Harrisburg Public Library
State Capital
Harrisburg
Alice R. Eaton
League Island
H. G. Dibble
Central High School
Gloversville
N. Y
J. Augustus Beck
Susquehanna Gap
Fort Washington
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Nelley
Peter Kagjanic
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Snyder
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Strawberry
Blueberry Avenue
Joseph Trombino
Burgess McEntee
Annie
John Chonka
Austria
Motor Messense
James D.green
Majestic Theater
Majestic
Seal of Silence
Business of Life
Slave Aucon
MALLE
Matrids J
Seaman
Colonial
U.S
Dauphin County
Chamber of Commerce
Paxtang Park Theater
Nibo
Bruce and
Betty Morhiam the Lad
EL Cota
Geo. Choon
Joan of
Earl Williams
Tanye, Ane
Ieee
Cary “el Bonen
Edo
Ame
Dar
Hima
Lesher Whitman & CO. Inc
Broadway
New York
Lesher Whitman & CO
Goldsmith’ S
North Market Square
House of Taylor
Martinique Broadway
Pennsylvania Station
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Carter
Anne
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