Enola Plans Lively Fourth Public Playgrounds Event
Enola Pa June 13 Independence Day activities include a West Shore demonstration starting at 9 AM with basketball, volleyball, tennis, bowling and other games. Refreshments on the grounds. Playgrounds League members receive free tickets, others pay a small fee. Prizes awarded for contest winners. Public Playgrounds committee meets at U.S.O. auditorium this evening to finalize plans.
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Enola
West Shore
Unds
Playunds League
Three New Cottages for Mason Home in Elizabethtown
Pittsburgh Masons donate 100000 for three cottages to expand Dauphin county home. Groundbreaking planned in weeks with cornerstone laying September 4 at the Daman Memorial site. Also nearing completion Philadelphia Freemason Hospital Berks County Home and Paul L. Lewis cottages. Gardens and hot houses under Elizabethtown farm improvements.
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Dauphin County
Elizabethtown
Pittsburgh
Gardners
Local notes report eye injury and deaths in Central Pa
Central Pennsylvanian notes George McLain was struck in the left eye while playing with companions and had the eye removed at a Lancaster hospital. Elizabethville records John Matter of East Main Street as the third fatality in five days, a candymaker and storekeeper. Marietta reports Mrs. Samuel Mason, 72, died of gangrene after months of suffering, last of the Graybill pioneer family. Carlisle notes Cumberland Valley Historical Society semiannual trip to battlefield sites June 21 with 65 members expected. Waynesboro invites for the June 21 wedding of Robert Emmett Cullen and Anna Cooke Darby, to reside in Wilmington, Del. Waynesboro reports Superintendent J H Reber and wife will attend National Education Association sessions in July. Lewistown records 10-year-old Sarah E E Lenhart blinded after dynamite caps incident. Lykens announces baccalaureate, class day, and commencement events for the high school with Rev Slinghoff preaching, special music, and Rev Dr M H Nichols delivering the annual address.
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Marietta
George McLain
Lancaster
Elizabethville
John Matter
East Main Street
Samuel Mason
Graybill
Carlisle
Cumberland Valley Historical Society
Antietam Battlefield
Chambersburg
Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Williamsport
Robert Emmett Cullen
M. Emmert Cullen
Victor Cushwa and
Sona
Anna Cooke Darby
Upton Cooke Darby
Wilmington
Del
J. H. Reber
Reber
New York City
Lewistown
Sarah EE. Lenhart
Halifax Board Elects Teachers for Next Year
Halifax Pa June 13 The Halifax school board last evening elected teachers for the ensuing year Principal S C Beitzel W LeRoy Brooke Margaret R Snyder Jennie Bair Marie Smith Carrie Shoop Robbers broke into Joseph E Eplus barber shop and the Halifax Shoe company Monday night Halifax Pa June 13 two separate local items reported in brief style
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Halifax
Halifax School Board
S. C. Beitzel
W. Leroy Brooke
Margaret R. Snyder
Jennie Bair
Marie Smith
Carrie Shoop
Joseph E. Eplus
Halifax Shoe Company
Princeton Holds 1916 Commencement and Y M C A Debate
Princeton University conferred degrees on 256 graduates at the 169th commencement led by President Hibben. Honorary degrees went to Henry Cabot Lodge and Judge Joseph Buffington among others. cash gifts totaled 294000 for a new chemistry laboratory. A proposal to turn the Y M C A into a social center was debated, with trustees asked to study feasibility.
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Associated Press
Princeton
N. J
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
Andrew Fleming West
Wood
Henry Cabot Lodge
Congress
Joseph Buffington
United States Court of Appeals
Third Circuit
Philadelphia
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Julian Aden Weir
National Academy of Design
Rolla Wells
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
John W. Baer
Occidental College
California
Paul Matthews
New Jersey
John McDowell
Waldemar Lindgren
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hibben
John A. McGinley
Reading
Harrisburg Man Gets Places on Committees
Harry E. Lindley of Harrisburg was appointed to the ways and means and legislative committees of the United Commercial Travelers for the coming year. Harrisburg council active in a Philadelphia convention last week with 40 members and wives traveling by special car. Lindley arranged the trip as a ways and means committee member. In Washington the FTC pressed its probe into gasoline pricing, questioning Standard Oil's alleged strategy to underprice in the west while paying high refiners prices, endangering independent jobbers.
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Harry E. Lindley
Harrisburg
United Commercial Travelers of America
Ways and Means
Philadelphia
Lindsey
Standard Oil
Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Standard Oil Company
Dauphin County Courthouse Notes and Appointments
Appointments made for Reel street damages report due by September quarter sessions. Viewers named at City Solicitor Seitz's suggestion: Earl E Graeff Henry Fahnestock and Paul G Smith. Margiana Hauck sues Farmers Bank of Middletown to restrain Adam Hauck from drawing $100 until spousal support. Civic Club of Steelton charter granted by Judge McCarrell. Judge McCarrell declines to reopen review of Tradesmen's Trust Company receivership accounts. Precinct election registrars to be appointed by county commissioners after exams. Eighteen examined yesterday. Special auditor William B Boyd paid £100 by county commissioners.
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Dauphin County Court
Reel Street
Mahantongo
Division Street
D. S. Seitz
Earl E. Graeff
Henry Fahnestock
Paul G. Smith
Margiana Hauck
Farmers’ Bank of
Middletown
Adam
Eugene Snyder
Henry
Bornaman
Philadelphia
Percy M. Chandler
Tradesmen’s Trust Company
MccCarrell
Supreme Court
William B. Boyd
Hughes Attitude One of Americanism in Nomination Campaign
Republican leaders and friends press Hughes at New York headquarters to shape plans for the campaign. W Murray Crane of Massachusetts may discuss a date for official notification and the national committee chair. Hughes plan to remain in New York, then attend Brown University exercises in Providence.
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New York
Hughes
United States
W. Murray Crane
Dalton
Mass
Crane
Republican National Committee
Providence
R. I
Brown University
Chicago
National Republican
Herbert Parsons
Moving
Hutchess
Charles E. Hughes
Bryan Plans Pact With Progressives To Aid Democrats
William J. Bryan, arriving in St. Louis to cover the Democratic national convention, says he will advance a new plan. He proposes a pact between Democrats and Progressives to win most of the Bull Moose vote for the Democratic ticket in the fall election.
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St. Louis
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Three Harrisburgers Graduate From Lafayette Civil Engineering
Easton Pa June 13 three Harrisburg youths will graduate from Lafayette College all earning civil engineering degrees. Francis A March Jr Gerald A Morgan and Leon N Morgan from 1728 State Street were among 117 graduates the largest class in Lafayette history.
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Easton
Harrisburg
Lafayette College
Francis A. March, Jr
Thomas S. March
Gerald A. Morgan
C. H. Morgan
State Street
Leon N. Morgan
F. B. Morgan
Lafayette
Brass Pay Check Saves His Life in Wild Cast Iron Stovelid Feat
Leonard Holland attempted a shot but Brass Pay Check responded with a precise cast iron stovelid swing that thwarted the attack, saving a life in a tense moment on the court.
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Brass
Leonard Holland
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