Harrisburg City Improves Riverfront With Wall and Steps
Harrisburg undertakes major riverfront improvements including the wall and front steps project along the Susquehanna. Stucker Brothers Construction advances concrete work while crews place sidewalk and stringers. target completion up to Paxton Street by July 1 with further work planned before winter. River dam preparation by Frank N. Skene resumes Monday as equipment is readied.
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Stucker Brothers Construction Company
Iron Alley
Harris Street
Paxton Street
George D. Stucker
Frank N. Skene
City Improvement Work Progresses Toward Completion
Major progress described on riverfront sewer, tunnel, and street projects. Contractors Stucker Brothers under T. Larry Eyre Company advance Front street subway under Cumberland Valley bridge, with July 1 targets. Paxton Creek drainage, Market and Hemlock street gutters, Spring Creek sewer, and Dock Street bridge works push toward summer finish, despite weather risks.
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C. V
Mulberry Streets
Front Street
Cumberland Valley Bridge
Stucker Brothers
T. Larry Eyre Company
Philadelphia
Mulberry
Stucker
Mulberry Street
Second Street
Paxton Creek
West Construction Company
Maryland Casualty Company
Karl T. Opperman
Market Street
Hemlock Street
Spring Creek
Derry Street
G. W. Ensign
Paxtang
Cameron Parkway
Department of Streets and Public Improvements
Dock Street
Central Construction and Supply Company
Harrisburg Railways Company
Sheep Herder at the Palace Leads Kerrigan in New Two Reel Drama
J Warren Kerrigan stars as a sheep herder in The Sheep Herder a two reel western drama at the Palace featuring 2000 sheep as a realism asset. The program also includes The Hills of Silence with Cleon Madison and The Reeds and the Blakes telling a frontier tale ending in tragedy and reunion. When They Grew Jealous a Powers comedy completes the bill.
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J. Warren Kerrigan
Mr. Kerrigan
Cleon Madison
Reeds
Blakes
California
Reed
Blake
Mary
Jack Blake
Red Lawson
Lawson
Lawson Jack Blake
Red
Kissing Cup leads at Photoplay Theater with racing plot
Special to The Telegraph notes two reels of Kissing Cup with 150 scenes centered on a racing horse and a heroine owner. The race day kidnapping by gamblers prompts fast cars and an airplane pursuit. Also showing Adventures of Kathryn No. 12 in two reels. In Shippensburg June 12 the Rev Guy F Caruthers resigns from St Angew Episcopal Church.
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Kathryn
Open Air Plays by Frank Lea Short Company at Colonial Club
Arrangements set for outdoor performances next Tuesday at Colonial Country Club Linglestown road. Tickets on sale at multiple outlets and by club members. The festival features singing between acts and two plays Robin Hood and Pomander Walk with wartime era songs and notable actors including W L Granville.
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Colonial Country Club
Linglestown Road
Frank Lea
Care's
Linglestown
Loser’s
Progress
Fishburn's
Penbrook
Market Square
Frank Lea Short
W. L. Granville
Jack Sayles
Louis N. Parker
Dublin
Lillian Langtry
Esther Sanchez
Herbert Tree
His Majesty’s Theater
London
Fenton
Sebastian
EB. H. Sothern
Julia Marlowe
America
Gratiano
Biondello
King
Robin Hood
Foresters
Century Theater
New York City
New York
Butternut and Holsom Bread Promises Appetizing Flavor
The notice touts the appetizing flavor of Butter nut and Holsom bread, claiming it satisfies hundreds daily and will lure customers to order again. It urges readers to ask their grocer or call Schmidt's Bakery for the nearest supplier.
Weaver Typewriting Co Letter Service Promises Undetectable Facsimiles
An advertisement from Weaver Typewriting Company at 25 North Third Street offers business customers a service to produce highly accurate facsimile letters. They claim the letters are so skilfully printed they cannot be detected from original typewritten documents, enabling personalized appeals to customers without a generic circular appearance.
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Weaver Typewriting
North Third Street
Money for You Loans at Low Rates From Investment Firm
Pennsylvania Investment Company at 132 Walnut Street offers small loans to those with real needs lacking bank financing. They advertise lower rates than competitors and claim to charge below the legal limit.
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Pennsylvania Investment Company
Walnut Street
It s Insurance Automobile Ad Slogan Repeats
A compact advertisement repeats the It s Insurance Automobile slogan with phrases urging purchase. It contrasts buyers who act quickly and are happy with those who delay and regret. The piece ends with a humorous line about laughing best who laughs fast.
Court Dairy Lunch Becomes City Noon Favorite
The Court Dairy Lunch on Court and Strawberry streets draws business men daily since John H. Menger resumed management. Patrons flock for a 25 cent noon meal, not for politics, making it the talk of the town.
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Court
John H. Menger
Mr. Menger
Shaffer Wagon Company Ad Promotes Mobile Branding
An ad urges Harrisburg businesses to paint delivery wagons with Shaffer branding to project a respectable, live-wire image. The copy cites Shaffer Wagon Company at 80 South Cameron Street as the source for the lettering and coat of paint to mark a dignified fleet.
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Automovie Delvery
Harrisburg
Shaffer
Shaffer Wagon Company
South
Cameron’ Street
Right or Wrong Eyewear and Fashion Advertisements
A collage of local ads feature Ralph D. Pratt promoting eyewear fitting and frames at 807 North Third street, Kin nard selling straw hats and panamas at 1116 1118 North Third, George F Shope touting exclusive tailor ideas at 1241 Market Street, and John Bros offering musical goods and cheap sheet music at 8 North Market Square to cheer up homes.
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Ralph D. Pratt
North Third Street
George F. Shope
The
Hill Tailor
Harrisburg
Shope
Market Street
John Bros
North Market Square
Arcade Laundry Ad Promises Careful Service
The Arcade Laundry advertises prompt pickup and delivery with careful handling and no injurious acids. Proprietor D. EB Glazier invites patrons to use the Logan and Granite streets shop.
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Arcade
Arcade Laundry
D. EB
Glazier
Logan and
Granite Streets
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Pennsylvania
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Cumberland Valley
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Twenty-first Street
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New Dock Street
Cameron Street
New International Encyclopaedia
Talcott Williams, LLC
Litt
D. Frank Moore Colby, M.A
Dodd, Mead & Company Publishers
Perry Bldg
Phila
Photoplay Theater
Colonial Club
Kathryn Vincent
the Talk OF
Kinnard
Harrisburg Carpet Co
North Second Street
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