Democrats Open Convention With Wilson Dictating
Glynn delivers keynote defending President Wilson’s foreign policy and urging peace and preparedness. The convention opens in St Louis with 12,000 delegates, flags and displays emphasizing America First. Glynn defends Washington era leaders, condemns blood and iron rhetoric, and asserts unity across regions and races. A later gasoline hearing notes expected price drops due to new oil fields and refinery overproduction.
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America First
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William J. Bryan
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Grant
Pontius Pilate
Hamilton
Glynn
Roe
Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Kansas
Weather forecast Harrisburg and region update
Partly cloudy with tonight or Thursday showers probable for Harrisburg area. Eastern Pennsylvania mostly cloudy with possible showers. Susquehanna River level expected to fall to around 6.5 feet Thursday morning in Harrisburg. Record notes show a 66 degree 8 a.m. temp and full moon tomorrow with high 77 and low 56.
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Susquehanna River
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Ringling Brothers Circus Draws Large Downtown Crowd
Lawyers dropped their briefs, stenographers climbed out on fire escapes, bank clerks pressed to windows, telegraph poles crowded with youngsters, traffic cops signaled as street cars stalled. Ringling Brothers moved downtown this morning drawing thousands of mothers and children eager to see the performers on horseback.
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Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Device to end ship collisions announced by AP
London June 14 Associated Press reports William Marconi will soon release a simple bridge operated device to prevent ship collisions in darkness or fog. Also Cork Ireland June 14 The Most Rev Thomas A O Callaghan Roman Catholic bishop of Cork died this morning.
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London
William Marconi
Cork
Ireland
Thomas A. O'Callaghan
Hughes Confers on Chairmanship at New York Headquarters
New York June 1 Charles E Hughes Republican presidential candidate began a day of talks with callers at his headquarters. He planned to confer with many visitors on political and personal missions while sorting through a flood of letters and telegrams received overnight.
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Charles E. Hughes
Consider Phila as Terminal of Pacific Steam-Sailing Line
Philadelphia June 14 business leaders seek direct Panama Canal service to Portland Ore and other Pacific ports. The Philadelphia Bourse says a large Portland firm is leaning toward naming Philadelphia eastern terminal for a 3000 ton auxiliary sailing line with monthly Atlantic coast sailings to Portland and likely San Francisco and Los Angeles via the canal. The plan would aid manufacturers and merchants in Philadelphia Chester Eddystone Camden Burlington Trenton Wilmington and nearby industrial centers, using Philadelphia as the nearest port.
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Railroads to abandon section of Newport and Sherman’s Valley line
Special to the Telegraph from New Bloomfield Pennsylvania reports big changes hinted by President David Gring. The Newport and Sherman’s Valley Railroad will close the line between New and unspecified points, signaling major railroad reductions in the region. Continued details follow on Page 8.
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Flag Day Observed With Citywide Celebrations
Flag Day was widely observed in the city with major events. The Harrisburg Lodge of Elks and the Daughters of the American Revolution staged programs while Zion Lutheran Church played the Star Spangled Banner at noon. The Elks held a concert at 2:30 at the Commonwealth Band home. Reservoir Park hosted a 4:30 patriotic address by Wooda N. Carr of Uniontown. DAR outdoor flag ceremony occurred at the Miller residence on North Third Street. Thousands of flags and displays honored the day following President Wilson and Mayor Mears appeals. High Mass at Sylvan Heights Orphanage featured patriotic songs by ninety girls and a flag raising.
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Zion Lutheran Church
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Commonwealth Band
Reservoir Park
Wooda N. Carr
Uniontown
Herman P. Miller
North Third Street
Wilson
Mears
Sylvan Heights
Daniel P. Reardon
Wilson Leads Big Parade for Preparedness
Washington citizens join a preparedness parade led by President Wilson up Pennsylvania Avenue to press for a strong army and navy. He reviews the march, plans an afternoon address on America First, and appears in white trousers blue coat and straw hat with the flag, as Marine Band plays.
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White House
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Arrest Suspected Agents of World-Wide Auto Thieves Gang
Four suspected agents of a worldwide auto theft ring were arrested in San Francisco as police continued an inquiry into thefts exceeding 200 cars. The gang allegedly stole vehicles primarily in California and redistributed them across states and nations including England and New Zealand, aided by tire and engine rearrangements. Agents were said to be based in New York as well.
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Associated Press
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California
England
New Zealand
New York
Spanish War Veterans to Meet Here in 1917
Spanish American war veterans at Pottsville held an annual session and unanimously chose Harrisburg as the 1917 convention site. Officers elected include J Swan Taylor M D Johnstown department commander Harry A Bitting Philadelphia senior vice commander Edward J Kiefer Wilkes Barre junior vice commander Joseph K Weaver Norristown department surgeon.
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Harrisburg
J. Swan Taylor
M. D
Johnstown
Harry A. Bitting
Philadelphia
Edward J. Kiefer
Wilkes- Barre
Joseph K. Weaver
Norristown
Firemen’s Union Opposes Abandoning Two City Companies
Members of every city fire company voted at the Firemen’s Union meeting in the Citizen’s enginehouse to protest to the Council against abandoning the Mt. Vernon and Citizen fire companies in Capitol Park extension. Colonel H. C. Demming led an inquiry into building removals and the union pledged support for the affected crews.
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Hogestown Show Spelling Bee and Big Head Outing Spotlight
Multiframe article notes Hogestown twelfth annual horse and cattle show at Big Head Woods with hundreds viewing entries judged for prizes, blue ribbons awarded to top classes. Also covers Penn Mary Steel Company incorporation in South Bethlehem by Schwab network officials with capital of 1 million dollars and Bethlehem Steel ties, outlining directors and corporate aims.
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Bethlehem
Adler Plans $10,000 Market Street Property Upgrade
Charles Adler, real estate and insurance broker, announces plans to remodel the four story brick building at 502-504 Market Street, recently purchased from Miss Fannie R. Eby. East is the architect. Improvements include two modern store rooms on the first floor and six unit apartments on the upper floors, costing about $10,000. The Market Street frontage is 30 feet with a depth of 95 feet, and the building will be made as fireproof as possible with steel ceilings.
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Charles Adler
North Third Street
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Fannie R. Eby
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Russians Capture 6000 More In Czernowitz Advance
Petrograd reports the Russian army, advancing on Czernowitz, has occupied Sniatyn and added twenty officers, six thousand troops, six guns and ten machine guns to prior captures.
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Railroads Reject Demands and Seek Strike Vote
Railroad managers at a New York conference said it was up to the 850000 railroad workers to decide whether to continue discussions after admitting the demands were rejected. Union leaders called the counter proposal acceptable and planned a referendum to decide if officials should call a strike, with further conferences possible.
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W. G. Lee
The
Brotherhood of Trainmen
United States
Lawyer to Address Luncheon on The Part of Commerce
Thomas W. Shelton of Norfolk Virginia will speak at the chamber of commerce luncheon at noon on The Part of Commerce in the New Judicial Era. Shelton chairs the uniform judicial procedure committee of the American Bar Association and is a renowned figure in the legal world. Ex Deputy Attorney General J E B Cunningham will preside.
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Thomas W. Shelton
Norfolk
Chamberlof Commerce
Shelton
American Bar Association
J. E. B. Cunningham
From Panama to Mexico Army Officers Ordered to Duty
Aboard the Kilpatrick arriving at New York from the Canal Zone United States army medical officers were ordered by radio to report to the department of the east at Governor's Island for duty. A later report confirmed they would be assigned in connection with Mexican disturbances.
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New York
United States Army
Kilpatrick
Canal Stone
Department of the East
Governor's Island
Your Flag and My Flag Poem Verse Fragment
A poetic fragment praising the flag as Old Glory. It contrasts “your land and my land” with red white and blue, stars and stripes, forefather’s dream, and a worldwide reach. The piece celebrates unity, hope, and national identity across lands and peoples.
Fate of Lemberg Hinges on Hard Fighting
German troops shift from Pripet north to bolster Austrian lines stalling Russian advance near Tarnopol and Buczacz as Czernow seems to topple. Verdun quiet while forces mass for a decisive clash and towns fall in the latest Petrograd report.
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Pripet Marshes
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Tarnopol
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Vari
Roosevelt Denies Serious Illness Amid Coughing Spell
New York June 14 reports claim Theodore Roosevelt is not seriously ill, noting a coughing spell possibly strained a ligament. He awaits his son Kermit from South America as an X-ray exam is planned tonight. The Colonel cited a prior rib break from a riding accident and likened his neck strain to King George. In Rome June 14 officials said Austrian seaplanes raided Venice Monday night, killing one woman and injuring four civilians with minor property damage.
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