Newport and Sherman’s Valley line to be abandoned
The Newport and Sherman’s Valley railroad section between Newport and Bloomfield Junction will be abandoned on July 22, 1911. The 8.3 mile segment, part of a 29.1 mile route, will be removed with traffic rerouted via Duncannon. Remaining line to be standard gauged and offices moved to Duncannon. track torn up and land reverted to owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port and
New Bloomfield Junction
Gring
Newport and
Sherman's Valley Railroad
Newport
Bloomfield Junction
David Gring
Sherman's
New Germantown
Susquehanna River and Western
Duncannon
Newport and Sherman's Valley Railroad
New Bloomfield
State awards four road contracts across the state
Four state road contracts were awarded by the State Highway Department, covering sections in Philadelphia Delaware Chester Beaver and Montgomery counties. One bid was withheld pending price investigation, and no bids were received on a southeastern section, the first such occurrence in state history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Juniata Company
Philadelphia
Birmingham Township
Delaware County
Sutton and Carson Company
Ocean City
New Jersey
East
Nottingham
West Nottingham Townships
Chester County
J. G. McGuire Company
New Brighton
Rochester Township
Beaver County
Paul J. Snyder and Company
Amiesite
Whitemarsh
Montgomery
Central High Seniors Start Washington Trip for Two Days
Central High’s senior class and friends depart at 6:55 am for a two day visit to Washington DC. Chaperons include Mrs. Mary Kinzer and Mrs. J. P. Drum with Prof. Frank Roth as faculty adviser. Students listed include Edna Dowdell Dorothy Dowdell Mary McCrutcheon Anna Bender Marion Bretz Fanny Brown Elizabeth Burd Adel Burkholder Hannah Burn Katherine Coover Della Costello Sara Decker Olive Dowden Ethel Eisenhour Mildred Eilenmeyer Florence Evits Marie Finton Naomi Ickes Ethel Fisher Viola Fisher Marion Goho Anna Grossman Esther Gruber Mary Huts Sara Maloney Mary Hutman Dorothy Schmidt Ruth Wells Mary Kinzer Villa Zerbe Mary Huston Mary Rote Elizabeth Swiskey Jennie Snyder Marion Towsen Blanche Wert Margaret Yoder and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nation
Central High
Washington
National Capitol
White House
Law Library
United States Treasury
Mary &. Kinzer
J. P. Drum
Frank Roth
Edna Dowdell
Dorothy Dowdell
Mary McCrutcheon
Anna Bender
Marion Bretz
Fanny Brown
Filizabeth Burd
Adeline Burkholder
Hannah Burn
Kathrine Coover
Della Costello
Sara Decker
Olive Dowden
Ethel Eisenhour
Mildred Eilenmeyer
Florence Evits
Marie Finton
Naomi Lickes
Ethel Fisher
Viola Fisher
Marion Goho
Anna Grossman
Esther Gruber
Mary Huts
Sara Maloney
Mary Hutman
Dorothy Schmidt
Ruth Wells
Mary Kinzer
Villa Zerbe
Mary Huston
Mary Rote
Elizabeth Swiskey
Jennie Snyder
Marion Towsen
Blanche Wert
Margaret Yoder
Daniel Burkholder
Earl Dougherty
Winey Graybill
Quinter
Ladies Night at Hartsire Academy of Medicine
Physicians of the Hartsure Academy of Medicine observe Ladies Night Friday evening June 28 at the Academy building 319 North Second Street program starts 8 30 p m a feature address by J Horace McFarland president of the American Civic Association on Play Health and Prosperity refreshments served Drs Charles S Rebuck and J M J Rau nick serve as president and secretary of the Academy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Physicians OF Academy
Hartshure Academy of Medicine
Academy Building
North Second Street
J. Horace McFarland
American Civic Association
Charles S. Rebuck
J. M. J. Raunick
Academy
Houtz Buys Bellevue Property From Miller Bros Co
Adam D. Houtz has purchased a Hillside and Vineyard Road Bellevue Park home through Miller Bros Co. The two and a half story semibungalow features a stucco finish. Mayor E. Meals’ condition today improved slightly and he rested well with physicians reporting slight strength gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houtz
Bellevue
Adam D. Houtz
Miller Bros. & Co
Hillside
Vineyard Road
Bellevue Park
Maxwell and the charity plotters in a city room
Roland Maxwell faces two sharp young women who present a charity proposition and a plan to use his fortune for good deeds. He listens, but the visit unsettles him, while two men later press a shady stock manipulation scheme and invite him to join a lucrative but risky trio pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Maxwell
Mr. Maxwell
Miss Hartley
Miss Davenport
Maxwell
Ruth
Mona
Mary Maxwell
Sir Maxwell
Durkin
Panton
Wentworth
Big News Boiled Briefly For Busy Folk Free Rides For Thousands
Rates of community outreach are summarized by Charles L. Boyer head of the Home Invalids' Union. In eleven years more than 30,000 elderly residents enjoyed outings, 566,000 children were entertained, 27,778 free bicycle rides, and 118,000 free joy rides by car are recorded. A separate item notes Sherman L. Bentz a 33 year old mail clerk on the Pennsylvania railroad became suddenly deranged while en route to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Boyer
Home Invalids’ Union
Sherman L. Bentz
North Eighteenth Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Untitled Note on Prices and Terms from a Market Page
Fragmentary OCR shows price items 6.00 9.50 35.00 56.75 with notes addenda unreadable. The context remains unclear but indicates a list of monetary amounts likely tied to goods or services and a stray term pentose or price descriptor.
Auto crank injury at Fourth and Market streets
Samuel Harrison of 625 Herr Street fractured his right arm while cranking his automobile at Fourth and Market Streets yesterday and was taken to Harrisburg Hospital. Also, typhoid suspect Steward Crouse, 9, of Enola, seriously ill at Harrisburg Hospital. Harry Page, 14, of Loginia near Newport, admitted with appendicitis. new appraisal committee of Harrisburg Real Estate Board formed to standardize city property values, with members Edward Moeslein A C Young and George A Shhreiner. Bellevue purchase by Walter S. Fisher. bids planned for St John’s Methodist Church edifice. realty transfers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue Hospital
Samuel Harrison
Herr Street
Fourth
Market Streets
Harrisburg Hospital
Epworth M. E
Shimmell School
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Steward Crouse
Enola
Harry Page
Loginia
Newport
Harrisburg Real Estate Board
Herman P. Miller
Miller Bros. & Co
South Second Street
Edward Moeslein
A. C. Young
George A. Shhreiner
Board of Real Service
Bellevue
Walter S. Fisher
Hillside Road
Holly Street
Bellevue Park
T. H. Hamilton
St. John’s Methodist Church
Second
Arch Streets
Sunsbury
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Bellinger
Harrisburg
Locust Street
Orpheum Theater
Shur-On
Kryptok
Horsford
Delaware Road
Central
Fisk
Fisk Rubber Company
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Third St. Bet
Chestnut Fisk
Che Social Pirates
George Bronson Howard
Hugh C. Weir
Kalem Company
BELL
United
Bowman's
Whittall
Bowmame Ate
Anglo Persian
Wilton
Eels
Royal Worcester
Bee
Rae Me
J. T. Metzler
John S&s
Jana George M. Stark
Cloverly Heights
Commonwealth Trust
Johns
George M
Stark
Sarah J. B. Stark
E. M. Horstick
H. A. Blouch
Susquehanna Township
A. H. Bailey
J. E
D. F. Meredith
Lower Paxton
Sarah DeVenny
William J. Hoy
Millersburg
C. L. Brinser
Lillie M. Flickinger
Swatara Township
C. E. Hess
Clara Strine
Steelton
John H. Knouft
Mae M. Poulson
North Sixteenth Street
FORRY
Mark
Marvel
North Fourth St
Pollock’s
Ea Ia
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