House Members Under Arrest Rush to Harrisburg
Harrisburg session begins as 141 of 206 members respond to Speaker Spangler's call after a quorum lapse. Proceedings against absent members postponed, calendar cleared of 252 appropriation bills on third reading amid humor and patriotic prayers.
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House of Representatives
Harrisburg
Spangler
House
Capitol
Lang
W. T. Ramsey
Feldman
Sowers
Philadelphia
Wallace
Lawrence
Stadtlander
Allegheny
D. I. Miller
Dauphin
Hoffman
Lancaster
Dilsheimer
Ruddy
Lackawanna
Dunn
Flynn
Elk
Ramsey
Sixteen Inch Shell Display At Harrisburg Station
A large sixteen inch artillery shell used in the St Mihiel operation is shown at the Harrisburg Recruiting Station attracting many observers. The shell costs about 1930 dollars to exhibit with 700 for the shell 280 for powder 150 for the fuse and 800 for gun depreciation making a total of 200000 dollars per unit and about 200 shots can be fired. The shell weighs 2400 pounds total projectile 2100 pounds and powder 300 pounds.
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St. Mihiel
Harrisburg
Weather Outlook for Harrisburg and Vicinity
Fair and slightly warmer tonight and Saturday. Low around 66 degrees in Harrisburg area. Gentle shifting winds. Susquehanna River and tributaries to fall slowly with stage near 42 feet Saturday morning.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylva
Smequehanna River
Veterans organize American Legion posts in Harrisburg Camp Hill
Harrisburg and Camp Hill officers and soldiers form local American Legion posts ahead of the national convention. George F. Tyler handles charter applications for Harrisburg and Camp Hill with early approval expected. Dauphin county executives include Paul Gilbert Mark Milner and Edward Stackpole Jr. Dues are 40 cents until Minneapolis convention November 10 to 12 1919. Members must have served in U S military or naval service.
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Harrisburg
Camp Hill
American Legion
Grand Army
George F. Tyler
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Dauphin County
Paul Gilbert
Mark T. Milner
Edward J. Stackpole
Minneapolis
Naval Service
United States
Youthful Heir to Millions Killed in Car Crash Near State College
Walter Winton twenty, heir to two million dollars, was killed when his automobile overturned while negotiating a sharp curve near State College during a trip with six classmates. He had returned to Bellefonte Academy for the closing exercises and was en route to State College to attend commencement. Two companions were slightly injured as others escaped.
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Associated Press
Bellefonte
Walter Winton
W. W. Winton
Scranton
Bellefonte Academy
State College
de Winton
Diamond King
Winton
Two Aliens Held in Philadelphia Bomb Plot Case
Paul Olsen and John Winter, both 27, were held without bail in Philadelphia on a terror plot. Detective Mahoney presented a bag with 125 steel jacketed dumdum cartridges, city maps, radical literature, and two phials of suspicious liquid, tying the suspects to recent blasts.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Paul Olsen
John Winter
Mahoney
Camden
New York
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Kolchak Aims to Use Allied Support to Free Russia
Admiral Kolchak head of the all Russian Government at Omsk says he will not retain power longer than needed for the country and reaffirms plans to call elections for a constituent assembly. The reply to Allied letters sparked a second note promising support.
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Paris
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
British Plane May Not Start Across Today
The Vickers Vimy transatlantic flight may delay until tomorrow due to a sprung wheel axle from a landing. Captain Alcock and Lt Brown reported a successful second trial, the plane flew forty minutes to 5000 feet at 120 mph with flawless engines and wireless transmissions to shore stations. Handley Page's entry may start Sunday after fog delayed yesterday's trial.
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Associated Press
St. Johns
N. F
London Daily Mail
Handley-Page
Alcock
Arthur Whitten Brown
Friday the 13th superstitions and odd local tales
A whimsical report from Market Street includes people avoiding ladders near Market and Third, a wedding gift of forty rabbit feet from John Barr to guests for Fred Sttonahan, and a cat spooking a toll scofflaw. A Market Street hostelry sees a patron push alcohol limits, while George Hary’s cigar store notes a cold reception to superstition.
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Market
Third Streets
John Barr
Fred Sttonahan
Capitol Building
Market Street Bridge
George Hary
Harry
Jean-Harris
Westmoreland County
Bell Company Raises Rates by Twenty Percent
The Bell Telephone Company will raise telephone rentals in Pennsylvania by 20 percent Monday. Thousands of subscribers face higher costs, with existing rate contracts becoming ineffective. Company argues government approved rates under federal control take precedence. Attorney General Schaffer plans to study possible action after a court decision. Nickel calls rise to six cents. five-cent calls largely disappear.
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Pennsylvania
Bell Telephone Company
Schaffer
Supreme Court of the United States
Harrisburg
Mexico Offers to Aid Natives in the U.S. Out of Work
Mexico City reports the Department of Agriculture plans to allot small land plots in Lower California to Mexicans returning from the United States. The move aims to repatriate thousands and to populate and utilize land seized from former concessionaries. Over 300 families in El Paso have requested repatriation to farm in Mexico.
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Mexico
U. S
Mexico City
United States
Department of Agriculture
Lower
California
Rio Grande
el Paso
Texas
Fire Threatens York County Town Embers Reach Emigsville
At 5 am Emigsville, a 400 resident town four miles north of York, Pa, faced a $30,000 fire that destroyed Brillinger and Swartz's general store and warehouse. York firemen, sent by Mayor Hughentaugler, prevented the blaze from reaching nearby homes. Origin of the fire is unknown.
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Associated Press
York
Emigsville
Brillinger
Telegraph Wires Appear Normal Despite Strike
Telegraph operators claim 18 000 idle but commercial service runs near normally between major cities. Union leaders await further action after St Louis report that railroad telegraphers were ordered to stop handling commercial business after 6 am Saturday.
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Chicago
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
St. Louis
U B Church Steeple to Be Reslated and Patrol Charge
Workmen prepare to reslate the First United Brethren Church steeple at Boas and Susquehanna streets under Pastor Dr W E Daugherty. Contractor M H Gettys set up scaffolding. restating to begin Monday. Elmer Howard faces police court for interference with Patrolman Lowry during a room eviction at 16 Sarah Street.
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First United Brethren Church
Boas and
Susquehanna Streets
W. E. Daugherty
M. H. Gettys
Elmer Howard
Sarah Street
Howard
Lowry
Teuton Cabinet Not Big Enough To Meet Crisis
Citizens of Greater Berlin vote to strike airmen to cease information while Prussian Minister of War attends a council meeting in Berlin. The crisis assessment centers on military manpower and industrial output as wartime needs grow.
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Teuton
Greater Berlin
German Socialists Rally Against “Peace of Violence” in Weimar
The Majority Socialist party at its convention adopts resolutions denouncing the peace terms as violative of Wilson's points. They urge Germany’s immediate admission to the League of Nations and call for a relentless investigation of those responsible for the war.
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Associated Press
Weimar
Germany
Socialist
Wilson
German Republic
League of Nations
Berlin Citizens Council Backs Secret Strike Plan
A Berlin secret session approved a citizens strike amid chaos fears. Leaders including manufacturers and Colonel Reinhardt discussed leaflets by air, plans to halt all food industries, and arming civilians with troops on their side to back the action. The move targets overthrow of the current government.
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Berlin
Citizens’ Council of
Greater Berlin
Die Freiheit
Reinhardt
Germany
Col Sumner Killed in France Motorcycle Accident
Lieutenant Colonel E V Sumner Jr a prominent city figure and Romorantin depot commander in France died in a June 3 motorcycle crash. Born October 7, 1884 at Fort Niobrara Neb he was West Point 1908 graduate and son of Brigadier General E V Sumner. He left a wife and two children.
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E. V. Sumner, Jr
France
Sumner
E. V. Sumner
Ijaton
Romorantin
Fort Niobrara
Neb
BE. V. Sumner
West Point
Second Cavalry
Philippines
Air Service
Aera
Dershing
Luwinner
Odd Fellows to Hold Annual Memorial Service
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Harrisburg holds a memorial service at Reformed Salem Church Sunday night. Captain Harry Nelson Bassler will deliver the sermon. lodge members meet at Hall of State Capitol Lodge ICFB at 7 o clock to march in a body to the church for the service honoring deceased members who died during the year ending June 1 1919, including several young men who died in France.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Reformed Salem Church
Third
Chestnut Streets
Harry Nelson Bassler
Twenty-eighth Division
Order of Odd Fellows
Second Reformed Church
Harrisburg
State Capitol
North Second Street
France
Iota in he during. 1 held reel returned
Vague OCR fragment notes a single person held and a reel returned. No clear names, places, or events are readable to confirm details.
German Peace Pact May Become World Document
At a meeting the Council of Four agreed in principle on Germany joining the League of Nations. Andre Tardieu led drafting, with details to follow. The Allied reply will be delivered by messenger and printed in French and English, about 50 pages, before being handed to Germany.
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Associated Press
Council of Four
Germany
League of Nations
Andre Tardieu
Paris
Reparations Committee
Commission
Reparations Commission
Irregular OCR Fragments Highlight World News and Violence
A garbled text dump reports on boxing board actions in New York, Russian and Bolshevik mentions, wartime awards to sergeants, and a deadly race riot in Cardiff. The fractured notes mix names, dates, and places with unclear context.
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Kolchak
REDS
Russia
Bell Company
York County
U. B
Col. E. V. Sumner
Odd Fellows
Mike
Iota
Acher
Hans Am
Silesia
Wan
Ilne Fad
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Baronpse
Altortan
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Dsmnh
Jules Vaedsinet
Hue Cesched
New Yorke
Board of Boxinge
Wilheed
Boleivevild
Yeas
Weal
Grosses Washington
Serjeet Ros
Hugh
F- Breton
Pittsght
Cpeetietyy
Andy Ankudowiteb
Haztetem
Cardiff
Benigtit
Ralph S. Heaser
Margaret R. Boyer
Ralph E. Houck
Kathryn G. Williams
James F. Thompson
Steelton
Reba M. Meinaler
Middletown
Frank J. Dorsey
Anna RK. Fritz
Benton
Paul A. Simpkins
Nancy L. Hanneh
Michael
Seehrixt
Cleo M. Palmer
Harrinburg
Stewart A. Swab
Elizabethville
Wealtha M
Boffington
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