International Polo Opens Amid Crowds at Meadowbrook Club
Thousands of society members, sportsmen, and spectators packed Meadowbrook Club on June 13 for the opening games of the international polo series. England meets the United States as Rene La Montague debuts for the Americans while veterans hold the line against a sunny midsummer day on velvet turf.
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Associated Press
Meadowbrook Club
Westbury
L. I
Cheape
Rene la Montague
Harry Payne Whitney
la Montague
General Taylor Here for Transfer of the Battle Flags
General John P. Taylor of Reedsville Mifflin county a famed Civil War cavalry officer invited to participate in Flag Day ceremonies on Capitol Hill arrives this afternoon as guest of Miss Hanna Ross. Alderman S Brady Caveny will move his office to 236 South Second Street this evening.
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John P. Taylor
Reedsville
Mifflin County
Sheridan
Capitol Hill
Hanna Ross
South Front Street
S. Brady Caveny
Taylor
South Second Street
No Bedbugs Where Metal Beds Are Used
Grand jury reports conditions at the county almshouse and urges replacing wooden bed springs with metal ones to end bedbug infestations. The probe found a clean appearance masking deeper problems and notes iron beds used in similar institutions as a preventive measure.
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Grand Jury
County Poor Board
Philadelphia
McVey defeats Pelkey in fourth round in Melbourne boxing bout
Sam McVey of California heavy weight champion of Australia knocks out Arthur Pelky of Chicopee Falls in the fourth round of a fight in Melbourne. The bout ends decisively with McVey dominating from the start.
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Melbourne
Australia
Sam McVey
California
Arthur Pelky
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Harrisburg Public Improvement Work Under Way in Earnest
City officials report 1914 public improvement projects in progress across Harrisburg. Hundreds of workers labor on multiple jobs, with expenditures expected to reach hundreds of thousands of dollars as the city advances its infrastructure. The article notes continued coverage on page 9.
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Harrisburg
Colonel Roosevelt Arrives in London for Meeting with Page
Colonel Roosevelt lands in London from the continent accompanied by Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and Philip J. Roosevelt. Ambassador Walter Hines Page awaits at the station to greet the former president, signaling a high level diplomatic visit. Continued on Page 11.
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Associated Press
London
Colonel Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Philip J. Roosevelt
Walter Hines Page
Girl Killed in Car Collision In Steelton
Esther Scott age 12 daughter of C Linford Scott was killed two hours after a crash in Steelton when a car owned and driven by her uncle Dr Horace M Cumbler struck a trolley car. Her sister Leona 14 sustained a broken arm. Continued on Page 8.
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Esther Scott
C. Linford Scott
Etc Street
Horace M. Cumbler
Steelton
Harrisburg
Cumbler
Leona
Leona Scott
Mother
Murder mystery near Curtis Creek unresolved theories prevail
In Baltimore on June 13, Ella G. Winter, a young stenographer, was found dead near Curtis Creek. With no motive or autopsy indicators of violence and no conclusive evidence from the State's Attorney, investigators consider two theories: either accidental drowning or possible murder, awaiting further details on page 11.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Ella G. Winter
Curtis Creek
Green
Anne Arundel County
Outlook hopeful for settlement of Mexican troubles
Washington officials hailed the Niagara Falls peace protocol as a path to Huerta’s elimination. General Huerta has engaged counsel to represent him in Washington and remains in contact through that agency.
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Saltillo
Mexico
Laredo
Texas
Carranza
Niagara Falls
Huerta
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Oves to Return as City Chairman Unopposed
The Republican city committee meets at Wyeth building headquarters to renominate Harry F. Oves as city chairman for the coming year. He faces no opposition and is praised for revising city rules and strengthening the local organization.
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Republican City Committee
Wyeth
Harry F. Oves
Oves
Thief Flees With Cash in Ice Cream Shop Chase
Arthur Moore, 25, of Fulton street, entered William A. Cartwright’s ice cream shop on North Third street this morning before 9. He took about $10 from the cash drawer. A clerk and bystanders chased him. John Johnson of Calder street captured him. Moore jailed for Monday hearing at Alderman Landis’s office. Also report: Zeppelin airship Z-1 wrecked near Diedenhoen Germany on June 13 injuring a lieutenant during emergency landing.
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Arthur Moore
Fulton Street
William A. Cartwright
North Third Street
Third Street
Moore
John Johnson
Calder Street
Landis
Diedenhoen
Germany
Playground season of 1014 opens Monday morning
Harrisburg residents youths aged four to ten are invited to the 1914 playground season opening Monday at 9 o clock. Park Commissioner Taylor, Assistant Superintendent Hoffert and J K Staples supervise final preparations as two new playgrounds come online at Calder school and surrounding sites.
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Harrisburg
Taylor
Hofferth
J. K. Staples
Calder School
Mad Italian on Canopic Stabs 25 Passengers at Sea
Twenty five steerage Italians were stabbed by a fellow Italian who went mad aboard the White Star steamship Canopic during its voyage from Boston to Naples. Five remain in serious condition as the vessel neared Azores and Punta Del Gardo. The attack occurred shortly before Canopic’s arrival.
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Associated Press
Punta del Gardo
Azores
Boston
Naples
Vice Squad Warned Over Street Solicitation Practice
Judge Henry of Lebanon, presiding in Philadelphia quarter sessions, ruled that vice squad officers should not initiate contact with women on the street or lead them into violations of the law. He discharged three girls on probation who had been sent to the House of Correction after street arrests.
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Philadelphia
Henry
Lebanon
House of Correction
Collision Aboard New York Ties Up in Fogbound Passage
In dense fog about 400 miles east of Ambrose Light the Hamburg American Pretoria rammed the U S liner New York, tearing a 12 by 382 foot hole in her port side. Both ships full speed astern, no panic, bulkheads closed, passengers later reassured and ships resumed voyage.
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Associated Press
U. S. New York
Siasconset
Mass
New York
Ambrose
Pretoria
Roberts
Turner
Stokehold
Weather Summary and Marriage Licenses in Harrisburg Area
Fair to night and Sunday with cooler temperatures in Harrisburg area. Eastern Pennsylvania ahead fair and mild, light NW winds. Regional conditions show a high pressure center moving southeast, temperatures dipping 2 to 12 degrees from Lake region to Atlantic coast. Reports include morning 68 and afternoon 79, moonrise 11:38 p.m. Marriage licenses issued for Theodore H. Allison and Anna Maury, Zabo Sandor and Mary Kacavys, Joshua M. Witherow and Mary Filey.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Mississippi Valley
Lake Region
Atlantic Coast
Ohio River
Florida Peninsules
Rocky Mountains
Mountains
Missinsippi
Theodore H. Allison
Huntingdon
Anna Maury
Lewistown
Zabo Sandor
Mary Kacavys
Steelton
Joshua M. Witherow
Mary Filey
Middletown
Life Insurance Men Plan Nationwide Advertising Campaign
The life insurance field embraces cooperative promotion to explain why life insurance is needed. Daily newspapers will serve as the main medium with local agents primed to follow up ads and convert reader interest into premiums. National advertisers are invited to contact the American Newspaper Publishers Association in World Building New York.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
World Building
New York
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H. A. Tomkinson
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J. M. Waterbury
Deverelle Milburn
Lawrence Waterbury
C. c. Rumsey
Malcolm Stevenson
H. C. Phipps
Louis Stoddard
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Keith B. Markham
Cairo
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H. A. Souther
Frank Forrester
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Spencer Fish
Franks
Drake
W. Struther Jones
Gen. Taylor
Cavenn
Pelky
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Paris
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Iron Alley
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Reece
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Ormer
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General Huerta
Reservoir Tennis Courts
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Dauphin County
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