Atlantic Flyer to Be Ready Friday
Hammondsport New York June 15 Work on the Rodman Wanamaker trans Atlantic flyer at Curtiss shops under Glenn Curtiss and Lt John C Porte progressed despite overtime and Sunday work It now appears the craft will not be air ready before Friday Porte announced drawing many inquiries from aviation enthusiasts to witness trials Hammondsport hosts large crowds at Keuka Lake during the flight tests Porte has tentatively chosen Geo Hallet 22 as mechanician and assistant pilot for the Wanamaker craft though the appointment is not official yet
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Hammondsport
N. Y
Curtiss
Glenn Curtiss
John C. Porte
Porte
Nouncement
Keuka Lake
Geo. Hallet
Wanamaker
Pretoria sends position inquiry after New York collision
By Associated Press New York June 15 the Hamburg American line ordered Captain Dugge of the Pretoria to wire its position at the time of the crash after statements that the Pretoria was off course when it rammed the liner New York early Saturday.
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Associated Press
New York
Pretoria
Hamburg-American Line
Dugge
Miss Jessie Dowdell Hosts Opening 1914 Harrisburg Classes
The weather forecast did not dampen enthusiasm as hundreds gather for the 1914 season. At 10 o'clock playground supervisors and activity organizers began registration and lessons at Reservoir Park with Miss Evelyn Joyce guiding swimming and Miss Jessie Dowdell leading home economics cooking classes. Miss Dowdell, a Harrisburg native and Ohio State University home economics graduate, will direct the cooking program tomorrow.
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Jessie
Harrisburg
Grand Army
Pensioners seek exonerations and train crew shifts noted
Long list of railway pensioners and union crew allocations dominates the agenda. Meeting of the Veteran Employes Association of the Middle Division set for Chestnut Street Auditorium at 2 PM with N. W. Smith presiding. discussions on exonerations of assessments tied to pensions and allowances for reunion travel and banquet costs.
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Barton
Martin
Hartz
Brenner
Kegleman
Arnsberger
Gelsinger
Myers
Keller
Fink
Altoona
Magill
Free
Kugler
Fletcher
Wright
Karstetter
Reeder
Drewett
Seagrist
Jeon Auptore
Baskins
Gantt
Keys
Wralick
Heck
Boyle
Reese
Bickert
Peters
Kerwin
Fleck
Pipp
The
Laurer
Veteran Employes Association
Middle Division
Chestnut Street
N. W. Smith
Superi Iintendent
Chestnut Street Hall
W. B. McCaleb
Philadelphia Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Standing of the Crews Harrisburg Side Philadelphia Division
The Harrisburg Side Philadelphia Division 114 crew standings list 105 118 12 in 110 09 112 120 7 115 116 123 126 for engineers ton 113 114 115 and firemen 104 109 112 114 116 118 120 with conductor 114 flagman 118 and brakemen 105 110 127. Up lists include engineers Statler Goodwin Downs Kautz Buck Seitz Earhart Snow Grass Crisswell Sultzer Bissinger Hubler Wolfe Minnich First Young Brunner Manley Tennant McGuire Madenford Kelley Geesey and firemen Yentzer Whichello Winters Lihart Grove Miller Davidson Behman Wagner Myers E Myers.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Statler
Goodwin
Downs
Kautz
Buck
Seitz
Earhart
Snow
Grass
Crisswell
Sultzer
Bissinger
Hubler
Wolfe
Minnich
First
Young
Brunner
Manley
Tennant
McGuire
Madenford
Kelley
Geesey
Yentzer
Whichello
Winters
Lihart
Grove
Miller
Davidson
Behman
Wagner
Myers
E. Myers
Prosecution of Crime Decrease Discussed by Judge Kunkel
President Judge George Kunkel of Dauphin County Court explained that while crime persists, the prosecution of crime has decreased. He sentenced Adams Express messengers George B. Fritz Ira J. Harman and W E Murray to 25 dollar fines costs and three months in jail for stealing thousands in express packages. The three helpers John A Dumm Roy E Bitner and Charles H Hare were released under suspended sentences to September quarter sessions with bonds set at 400 dollars each.
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George Kunkel
Dauphin County Court
George B. Fritz
Ira J. Harman
W. E. Murray
Adams Express
Express
John A. Dumm
Roy E. Bitner
Charles H. Hare
Kunkel
Ordinance to Open Briggs Street to Sixty Feet Width
An ordinance to open and grade Briggs Street from Second to Front to sixty feet will be presented to Council, but passage seems unlikely due to the high cost. Pelgram and Meyer of the Harrisby silk mill may offer twenty feet of additional width if the company is reimbursed if a sixty foot highway is later decided.
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Briggs Street
Pelgram & Meyer
Harrisby
Telephone Chat Will Go to Court
A Melrose resident James B Bonner plans to appeal the Bell Telephone Co suburban rates ruling to Dauphin county court under the public service act of 1913 This marks the second such appeal under the act and may raise constitutionality questions.
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Public Service Commission
James B. Bonner
Melrose
Philadelphia
Dauphin County
Commission
Bell Telephone Company
Pennsylvania
Roderick
Department of Mines
Baltimore
Hazleton
Jackson
Northampton
Mass
State Highway Department
Herbert
Robert W. Herbert
Greensburg
Department of Fisheries
Patriot
Commonwealth
State Board of Public Charities
Franklin County
State Board of Education
West Chester
Pardon Board
State Board of Pardons
Dauphin
Pascall Hall
Mike Peterson
Robert Green
Capitol
Harry White
Indiana
James A. Dale
York
Tener
Meade
Governor's
Washington
Dr. Smith Expected to Accept Pioneer Post
The Rev. Dr. J. Ritchie Smith, elected chair of homiletics at Princeton Seminary, hinted at acceptance during children's day services. A seminary directors committee will call on him early this week and he will inform the session and congregation of his decision. His Harrisburg friends fear he may leave Market Square Church if he accepts, a move regretted by many.
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J. Ritchie Smith
Princeton Seminary
Harrisburg
Luncheon Honors Miss Mary Blaikie Bride-Elect
Luncheon guests to-day with Mrs Charles Gray of Enola met Miss Mary Kerr Blaikie a bride-elect. Pink table settings with summer blossoms set a festive tone as attendees included Miss Blaikie Mrs Lewis Johnson of Steelton Miss M Caroline Weiss Mrs Edgar Wallower Miss Jane Gilbert Mrs Herbert Lloyd Thomas and Miss Letitia Brady.
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Charles Gray
Enola
Mary Kerr Blaikie
Blaikie
Lewis Johnson
Steelton
M. Caroline Weiss
Edgar 4. Wallower
Jane Gilbert
Herbert Lloyd Thomas
Letitia Brady
Steelton Veterans Lead Transfer of Battle Flags at Capital
A disciplined line forms at the capital as steel tion veterans and the Steelton Band under Dionisio Zala participate in the transfer of battle flags. Comrade Bannon, a color bearer, recalls Civil War service with the 129th Pennsylvania and later the 76th Zouaves. The report also notes post activities, baseball games, and local social notices.
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Steelton
Dionisio Zala
Lascomb Post
William I. Bannon
South Fourth Street
Banjner
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Seventy-sixth
Pennsylvania Zouaves
101 Ranch Wild West Show Set for Harrisburg July 6
Miller Brothers and Edward Arlington's 101 Ranch Real Wild West coming to Harrisburg on Monday July 6 with a Sabbath camp at Sixth street grounds. The act features auto polo cowboys a star thrill, Blanche McGaughey Bessie Herberg Idgie Lindsay headlining cowgirl feats, and a village of Indians with six nations. Mexican riders from Vera Cruz and Mexico City join the parade and showcase war roping. The street pageant introduces new chariots tableaux and frontier scenes as the cast tours the west.
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Harrisburg
Miller Brothers
Edward Arlington
101 Ranch
Sixth Street
New York
Gotham
Bliss
Okla
Blanche McGaughey
Texas
Bessie Herberg
Idgie Lindsay
Canada
Iron Tail
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Carranzas
United States
Simon
T the Ranch
Harrisburg man robbed and injured in Buffalo
Lewis B. Gray of Harrisburg was robbed of 62 dollars and his gold watch by Jack Ryan of Boston in Buffalo. Gray, 445 Delaware street, injured with a broken nose and scalp wound and likely skull fracture, was hospitalized. Ryan faces a first degree robbery charge.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lewis B. Gray
Delaware Street
Harrisburg
Jack Ryan
Boston
Gray
Ryan
Ryan J
Royal Hotel
Michigan
Exchange Streets
Court Gifts 17 Year Old Trip to House of Refuge
Katherine Brown, age 17, received a birthday trip to the House of Refuge from President Judge Kunkel of Dauphin County Court after being convicted with Mary Rodgers, age 18, of frequenting a house of questionable character. Rodgers was fined $25 plus costs. Brown will serve a sentence at the refuge.
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Katherine Brown
Kunkel
Dauphin County Court
Katherine
Mary Rodgers
Mary
House of Refuge
Lower Swatara Board Elects Several Teachers for Next Term
The Board of Education in Lower Swatara township has elected teachers for the upcoming term. Names include Miss Myrtle Bachman, Miss Maude Schaeffer, Miss Rae Goss, and Miss Helenidney, with Ebeneazer still vacant.
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Board of Education
Lower
Swatara Township
Cobl
Myrtle Bachman
Stoner
Maude Schaeffer
Ulrich
Rae Goss
Zimmerman
Helenidney
Ebeneazer
TROT-MOC SOLES Shoes For Women and Children
Exclusive sale of shoes fitted with genuine Trot-Moc Soles. Soft pliable yet tough and lighter than rubber and will not slip. Ideal for dancing and vacation comfort. Available in tan or white at Jerauld Shoe Company 310 Market Street.
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Jerauld Shoe Company
Market Street
Busy Bee hats sale and Abbott Detroit cars bargain
The ad notes half price on summer hats at Busy Bee near Fourth and Market and special prices on hats from $15 to $3. It also promotes Victoria Theater for society drama costumes and a note from Abbott Motor Car Company offering fifteen Abbott-Detroit cars at $300 less than regular price.
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Mary C. Glass
Market Street
Victoria Theater
Abbott-Detroit
Abbott Motor Car Company
South Second Street
Shakespearean Style Inspires Local Dress and Laundry Ads
Local notices highlight fashion and service ads. Fred S Lack promotes Arcades Laundry offering family wash pickup and delivery. D E Glazier touts the Quality Shop at 204 Locust Street with lace and lingerie, while H G Day advertises Lester pianos with a ten year durability guarantee.
Do You Want a Piano With Easy Payment Plan
There is no reason you should not own a piano at home and enjoy its benefits. Our plan offers a wide selection of splendid instruments priced from 75 to 450 dollars, with easy payments. See John Bros at 8 North Market Square.
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John Bros
North Market Square
Hershey’s Ice Cream and Potts Health Cream Ad
It promotes Hershey's All-Cream Ice Cream made from pure ingredients in a six week test at the company plant. It urges Potts Greaseless Cold Cream for travel, noting it may be hard to find at summer resort drug stores and listing Bowman & Co. and Potts' Drug Store on North Third Street as sellers.
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Uncle Sam
Bowman & Co
Potts’ Drug Store
North Thirdstreet
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GLOBE
Palm Beach
Globe Palm Beach
U. S. Patent Office
the Globe
Ers
Wa Ues
Market St
Atlantic Flyer
Rodman Wanamaker
Security Trust CO
North Third St
Crist
Harvey
Saltsman
Kuhn
Snyder
Pelton
Shaver
Harter
Brewer
Blosser
Brenneman
Thomas
Rudy
Silks
Houser
Meals
Stahl
Beck
Swab
Getty
Hart
Barkey
Sheets
Bair
Hyde
Crow
Ulsh
Bostdorf
Schiefer
Ratch
Packey
Cockerley
Maeyer
Sholter
Snell
Bortole
Snola
Stauffer
Eaton
Walton
Veit
Pennell
Clark
Shaffner
Fair
Mumma
Hivner
Boyd
Campbell
Muser
Stimeling
Lutz
Baker
Harris
Wurtz
Kane
Twigg
Carroll
Sweeny
Sheikert
Reading Harrisburg
Pletz
Richwine
Kettner
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Barnhart
Tipton
Woland
Sellers
Mack’ Jgtion
Mack
Briggs St
Battleflags
State Capitol
Capitol Hill
Powell
New Trolley
New Berks and Lancaster Railway Company
Womelsdorf
Berks County
Lebanon County
Lititz
Lancaster County
Frank J. Duckett
T. Holland Paist
William Grimshaw
Oscar _R. Dare
Howard Hendricks
Joseph J. Dimond
Frank J. Reilly
H. B. Longbottom
W. J. McGlesney
Phoenixville
Cheon
Mrs. Gore
Ss Mary Blaikie
Grizzled Band OF Veterans
Parade
Crack Musical Organization
Bible Class
Men’s Bible
Centenary
United Brethren Sunday School
B. Connor
E Fries
Charles Sheaffer
Ira Cargill
Treas
Urer
C. Kinklebaum
J. Wolf
Miss Loyle Zerby
M._ Weisenford
Baker A. A
Keener A. C
Cottage Hill
Holly
Station Stars
Mt. Holly Springs
John Smith
Adams Street
Steelton Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Pythians
D. B. Rupley
Oberlin
Knights of Pythians
Baldwin Cemetery
Servian
Dragomir Grain
Franklin Streets
St. Nicholas Servian Orthodox Church
Steelton Personals
J. D. Tschops
Harrisbrg
E. B. Fetterhoff
Second Street
Wilson Barley and
Amsbridge
Mary Hodgson
Marysville
Court
Bee
Fourth and Market Streets
Shakespeare
Fred S. Lack
Dewberry Street
Arcade Laundry
Logan
Granite Streets
D. E. Glazier
Webster
Locust Street
Ida Cranston
Lester Pianos
Lester
H. G. Day
Derry Street
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