Railroad Expands Plans for Hagerstown Improvements
The Cumberland Valley and Norfolk and Western railways may each invest $1,000,000 in track and equipment in Hagerstown if the 5 percent freight rate increase is approved on June 20. Norfolk and Western eyes a northern terminal at land in the southern suburbs and a new round house, with a high line planned to remove grade crossings. The city could gain central traffic from the South, aided by larger railroad facilities.
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Hagerstown
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Norfolk and Western Road
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk and Western
Cumberland Valley
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ore B. F. Stevens Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Clayton Albert Smucker
George Myers
Harrisburg Automobile Company
City Auto Supply Company
Twelfth
Adjutant General's Office
Public Service Commission
George 8. Webster
City of
Philadelphia
Seventy-first Street
Reed Street
Warrington Avenue
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Reed Machinery Company
York
Northern Central Railway Company
Baldwin
J. L. Baldwin
Department of Labor and Industry
State Forestry Academy
George F. Lamb
State Police
Hazleton
Tener
State College
Snyder County
Sullivan
Schuylkill
Huntingdon County
Palmer- McCormick
Schuylkill Committee
Hall
Sullivan County
Palmer-McCormick State Committee
Adams
Bull Moose
Luzerne County
F. P. Boyle
Crews Standings and Up Calls for Harrisburg Reading Enola Divisions
Harrisburg and Enola side standings list first to go after specified times with crews, engineers, firemen, conductors, flagmen, and brakemen named for 104 114 116 and other divisions. Other divisions show up calls after 1:30 p m and 8:45 p m with listed personnel and numbers across multiple yard crews.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
First
Manley
Tennant
Young
Geesey
Kelly
Madenford
McCauley
Albright
Sober
Smith
Long Brubaker
Hindman
Gallagher
Hennecke
Newcomer
Speas
Streeper
Statler
Goodwin
Downs
Manghes
Brenner
McCurdy
Gelsinger
Dover
Kestreves
Kochenauer
Shenk
Penwell
Copland
Reno
Huston
Wagner
Shive
Spring
Enterline
Horstick
Fletcher
Wright
Schreffler
Seagrist
Buyer
Gantt
Keys
Bodley
Pipp
Baker
Heck
McHenry
Henderson
Reese
Putt
Peters
Boule
Brenneman
Thomas
Rudy
Houser
Meals
Swab
Crist
Harvey
Saltsman
Kuhn
Snyder
Pelton
Shaver
Landis
Beck
Harter
Biewer
Blosser
Bostdorf
Schiefer
Rauch
Weigle
Lackey
Cockerley
Maeyer
Sholter
Snell
Bartolet
Gettys
Teed Barkey
Sheets
Bair
Eyde
Crow
ENOLA
Gundel
Wolfer
Forney
Hinkle
Eugle
Steinhour
Webster
Stauffer
Raton
Harris
Kane
Wertz
Summey
Twigg
Sweikert
Hutton
Wandling
Walthman
Taylor
Carroll
Felker
Long
Shuler
Rochenauer
ySfter
Altoona
Reading Harrisburg
Gingher
Hilton
Kline
Morrison
Barnhart
Massimore
Pletz
Wyre
Crawford
Wireman
Kettner
Carl
Dowhower
Moyer
Hollenbach
Bingaman
Anders
Nye
Shader
Painter
Boyer
Fulton
Brown
Harman
Kelley
L. Moyer
Holbert
Palm
Hoover
Happ
Shearer
Mumma
Aor
Tay Fleagle
Troy
Home of the Bride and Modern Household Helpers
An advertisement promotes electrical appliances from Dauphin Electrical Supplies and gift silver from Paul Revere Sheffield at Joseph Goldsmiths. It urges new brides to start right with Troy laundry services and convenient home conveniences, highlighting shops near Market Street and North Fourth Street.
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Dauphin Electrical Supplies Company
Market Street
Paul Revere
Sheffield
Joseph Goldsmith
Walnut
Locust Streets
Troy
Train Schedules Take Effect May 24 1914
Train times listed for multiple destinations including Winchester Martinsburg Hagerstown Carlisle Mechanicsburg Chambersburg and Dillsburg with routes and daily operation notes. Additional Carlisle Mechanicsburg runs added at 9 48 am 2 18 3 27 6 30 9 30 am. All other trains daily except Sunday. HAR RIDDLE J H TONGE G P s
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Perrishuee
Winchester
Martinsburg
Hagerstown
Chamberburg
Carlisle
Mechanicsburg
Dillsburg
HA Riddle
J. H. Tonge
G P's
Steelton makes strides in foreign district sanitation
Burgess Fred Wigfield leads a sanitation education drive in a lower end Steelton foreign colony. Health officials report markedly reduced sickness and lower anticipated death rates this year. The circular, printed in three languages, urged residents to keep chickens in backyards, dispose wash water via sewers, remove beer kegs from streets, and store garbage in covered containers. A local resident praised the improved cleanliness yet urged weekly yard inspections and possible arrests for offendors.
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Steelton
Burgess Fred Wigfield
Burgess Wigfield
Farewell Reception For Rotarians Heading To Texas
Mr and Mrs John S Musser and others from Harrisburg Rotary Club depart for Houston Texas to attend the international convention. Delegates travel via New York and New Orleans, returning around July 4 by rail. A farewell horn concert greeted them at the Pennsylvania depot.
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John S. Musser
Washington Heights
Howard C. Fry
Paxtang
Harry Bryan
Harrisurg
Houston
Texas
Rotary Clubs
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Depot
Rotary Club
Steelton Season Opens With St Ann's At Highspire
Steelton area notes report St Ann's baseball team opening the season Saturday with Highspire. Players listed include Vance Sostar Rheam C Acri Nuna malery Marsho G Acri Growley and others gathering at Front and Mohn streets at 1 30 PM. Victim of heat Jacob Watson Swatara Street fainted returning from work in Oberlin yesterday afternoon. Rector reception for Rev J ur Thompson rector of St James Catholic Church held by St James Tennis Club for first anniversary. Steelton Lodge 411 confered second degree on a class. Joe Gerdes hosted Benton Catholic Club with chicken and waffles supper at the White House Club near Highspire.
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St. Ann's
Front
Mohn Streets
Vance
Sostar
Rheam
C. Acri
Nunamalery Marsho
G. Acri
Growley
Cri
Jacob Watson
Swatara
Oberlin
J. Ur. Thompson
St. James’ Catholic Church
St. James
Steelton Lodge
Joe” Gerdes
Joseph Gerdes
Benton Catholic Club
White House Club
Highspire
Middletown Wedding Solemnized at Home of Eby Family
In Middletown on a Wednesday evening only close relatives and a few friends attended the home ceremony of Miss Magdalene Eby and Blaine Hatt. Rev. Fuller Bergstresser officiated the ring ceremony at St. Peter's Lutheran Church affiliation. The bride wore an imported French dotted crepe gown and carried bridal roses while rooms featured palms and potted fans. The bride, a Middletown schoolteacher and Shippensburg Normal graduate, will reside in Lorraine Ohio where the groom is employed.
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Pretty Home
Aaron Eby
East Main Street
Magdalene Eby
Blaine Hatt
Harry Hatz
Main Street
Fuller Bergstresser
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Middletown
Middletown High School
Shippensburg Normal School
Loraine
Ohio
Highspire Plans Picnic and Sunday School Events
Arrangements are under way for the annual Highspire union picnic of the Sunday schools at Hershey Park on June 28. Special trolley cars will transport picnickers to Middletown and a Reading Railroad train will take them to Hershey. Also noted are observances of Children's Day and various social visits from local residents and guests.
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Union
Hershey Park
Middletown
Reading Railroad
Hershey
Auto Fee Appeal May Come Tuesday
Auditor General Powell and State Treasurer Young will decide by midweek whether to appeal the mobile license action directing auto license income to the State Highway Department. Powell’s illness delays steps. Bigelow awaits Powell’s return to proceed.
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Powell
Young
Dauphin
Auditor General
Bigelow
Capitol
Mon- Toc
Pittsburgh
Roderick
State Board of Pardons
State Water Supply Commission
Mercer County
Lancaster County
Reading
Altoona
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Newville
Central Iron and Steel Company
Harrisburg
Mount Holly Springs
Rheumatism cures and shoe sale note
The piece discusses rheumatism and uric acid with a claim that sulphur vapor baths push crystals out via the skin from Health Studio in Pittsburgh. It also advertises affordable sneakers in multiple sizes and colors at 49 cents a pair and a shoe sale at 7 South Market Square by 20th Century Shoe Company.
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Health Studio
John H. Peters
H. D
Walnut Street
South Market Square
20Th Century Shoe Company
Woman credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for health
Richmond Pennsylvania resident Mrs Frank Clark describes severe internal troubles and nerves improving after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts forty years of women advising women and promotes the medicine from Lynn Massachusetts for female ailments.
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Richmond
Lydia E. Pinkham
Frank Clark
N. Tulip St
Lydia E.pinkham
Canning Time and Seasonal Fruits Highlight Local Store
Local ads emphasize in season pineapples strawberries and berries ready for winter canning. B B Drum at 1801 North Sixth Street boasts wide green grocer stocks and low prices. An East End Bank note praises saving habits as path to wealth. A Tailor touts tailored suits with distinctive style from Dewberry Street inventory.
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B. B. Drum
North Sixth Street
Fred
Dewberry Street
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Busy Bee
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Marksa Velyoy
Susquehanna
Daniel Beoup
South Front Street
John McCracken
Hawk Rock
Jacob Eckinger
H. Wilt's
Ara
Dion
United Brethren Sunday School
Raymond Ehrisman
Vine
Penn Streets
George Coover
Earl Daniels
Frank Durboro
Russell Ehehardt
Merle Gallagher
Harricsurg Academy
Bell
TR Atantic
VME
Great Ocean
P. O
Atlantic City, N. J
Colwyn Michigan Ave
Beach
Gerken
Merkley’s
Merkley
Terrace Hill
Hutton Farm
Williams Grove
United Phone
GEO. S. Markley
Doubling Gap Springs
White Sulphur
Geo. A. Freyer
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N. J
Sea Girt
Risdon & CO
GLO Mesourrier
North
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Oysyictal
East End
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Thireteenth and
Howard Streets
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