Central Pennsylvania News Items of Interest Highlights
Reports from Hazellton Lansford Lewistown Selinsgrove Mahanoy City and surrounding areas note a serious child accident during Old Home Week a nurse returning from Russia a Civil War veteran a university trustee a golden wedding anniversary a baseball injury and a family member injured at a mine as towns greet Fourth of July celebrations and veterans homecomings.
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Hazellton
John Dailey
McAdoo
Helen Kolbush
Lansford
Florence Snyder
Red Cross
Russia
Bergen
Holland
Lewistown
George W. Nipple
Pennsylvania Canal
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Selinsgrove
John L. Cooper
South Williams
Europe
Anthony Cravilick
Curage City
Dillsburg Couple Married in Hagerstown
Dillsburg Pa June 16 John Paul Smith and Miss Florence Rhodes were wed in Hagerstown Maryland on June 5 two popular locals returned home Saturday Mrs Smith daughter of Henry Rhodes of Chestnut street active Lutheran Church music worker Mr Smith eldest son of John A Smith South Baltimore street
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Dillsburg
John Paul Smith
Florence Rhodes
Hagerstown
Mite Society Social and Parcel Post Sale Notes
In Dauphin on June 16 the Presbyterian Mite Society hosted a social at the Robinson home on Race Street. A small parcel post sale was planned for Monday evening in the High Street store room owned by Wilson Talley. The evening included refreshments with a long list of attendees led by Rev. and Mrs. Stirling and others. The season’s final meeting will occur June 22 at the Hawthorne home. In Myerstown, Rev. L Clarence Hunt of Bangor was elected president of Albright College succeeding Rev. J F Dunlap who resigns to lead the York Central district United Evangelical Church with offices in Baltimore.
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Miller
Miss Miller
J. W. Hawthorne
Albright
New Cumberland
Ever Faithful Bible Class
Church of God Sunday School
M. N. Straub
Third Street
Trinity United Brethren Sunday School
Pearl Hoover
Reno Street
Plans for social affair in Le Moyne July meeting
Plans for a July social affair will be decided at a meeting of the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union hosted by Mrs. Eckert on Bosler Avenue in Le Moyne on Thursday night.
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Lemoyne
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Bible School Commencement at Messiah School Honors
In Dillsburg Messiah Bible and Mission Training School commencement the oratorical contest winner was Miss Anna Lane presenting Home. Clarence Myers took second with Power of Habit and Mary Siber third with Enthusiasm For Humanity.
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Dillsburg
Messiah Bible and Mission Training School
Anna Lane
Clarence Myers
Mary Siber
Howard Man
Anna McCulloh
Henry C. Hertzler
J. Lester Myers
Irvin Wolgenuth
Sarah Clemenhaga
Harvey C. Lady
Washington Camp to stage public entertainment in Enola church
Public entertainment by Washington Camp No. 680 Patriotic Order Sons of America set for Tuesday evening June 22 at the Methodist Episcopal Church Enola Pa. Program features include vocal solos duets addresses and an invocation by local clergy with ex mayor E Z Gross as principal speaker. The event promises a substantial community program with multiple local figures participating.
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Messrs. McCormick and
Simonetti
J. J. Hemmer
Wormsleysburg
Arthur E. Jefferies
L. Ruby
New Cumberland
Mrs. Smiley
Messrs. McCormick
W. R. Hartzell
St. Matthew's Reformed Church
Washington Camp
Woman's Liberty Bell On Tour To Urge Suffrage
The Woman's Liberty Bell, an exact duplicate of the Liberty Bell, will tour Pennsylvania starting June 23 from Sayre. Bound by bronze chains to keep the clapper silent, it travels county to county with suffrage speeches referencing the motto Establish Justice to urge voting rights for women before November 2.
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Pennsylvania
Sayre
Bradford County
Independence Square
Philadelphia
Bradford
Tioga
Potter
McKean
Warren
Crawford
Mercer
Lawrence
Beaver
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
Canton
Wellsboro
Welllsboro
Coudersport
Union City
Meadville
Sharon
Mrs Heinbaugh Injured After Jumping From Car
Mrs George Heinbaugh of Harrisburg sister of florist A C Butterbaugh was riding with Mrs William Johnson of St Thomas and Mr Buterbaugh on the Hagers town road near Waynesboro when the car choked on a hill and rolled backward. Fearing an accident she jumped from the moving machine and fell onto stones, injuring face and hands and losing consciousness. The car was stopped shortly after and passengers helped her.
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George Heinbaugh
Waynesboro
Harrisburg
A. C. Butterbaugh
Buterbaugh
Hagerstown Road
Heinbaugh
William Johnson
St. Thomas
Charles
Hoover's Mill
Song of Veterans Call for Greater Army
Hagerstown Maryland June 16 A resolution adopted by the Maryland encampment of the Sons of Veterans United Spanish American War Association appeals to Congress for legislation to maintain an adequate trained force to defend the flag against a powerful foreign foe. The measure passed with enthusiastic applause and no dissent.
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Hagerstown
Congress
Maryland
Sons of Veterans
Soldier killed in France claims second Seibert brother
Mrs. Percy A. Seibert of Clearspring Maryland received a Paris cablegram reporting the death of her brother Andre Alchand a soldier with the 228th Regiment of the French line who fell in battle on May 13. This marks the second Seibert brother lost in the European war.
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Hagerstown
Percy A. Seibert
Clearspring
Paris
Andre
Alchand
Seibert
Europe
Child Eats Strychnine Pellets In Lewistown
Florence Wei land, 83, found a box of strychnine pellets in her Highland avenue home and swallowed several. She suffered convulsions before Dr. Smiley treated her. she is expected to recover.
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Lewistown
Florence
William Weiland
Highland Avenue
Smiley
Dr Dixon Warns Weight Loss Signals Health Help
Dr Samuel G Dixon chief health official warns weight loss is a health index signaling risk. He urges watching sudden weight drop, appetite loss, night sweats, and persistent cough as possible tuberculosis signs and advises medical check, nutrition, rest, and fresh air. Excess weight and vanity he notes also threaten health, likening weight change to a barometer of bodily well being.
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Samuel G. Dixon
Typhoid Cases Rise in Lewistown Colume
In Lewistown Pennsylvania on June 16 the typhoid tally stands at sixteen with two new cases, Mrs. Lester Derr aged 36 and Paul Thomas aged 4. Mary O'Donnell aged 18 of South Main Street died yesterday from the illness.
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Lewistown
Lester Derr
Paul Thomas
Mary O'Donnell
South Main Street
New Principal at Mount Joy Schools and High School
Marietta June 16 Professor Arthur P. Mylin will succeed Professor EB Roudabush as supervising principal of Mount Joy schools and principal of the high school He is a Franklin and Marshall College graduate and an all round athlete.
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Marietta
Arthur P. Mylin
EB. C. Roudabush
Mount Joy
Franklin and Marshall College
Elizabethtown College Class Day Held at Marietta
Class day exercises at Elizabethtown College were followed by a reunion for the 1915 class and a banquet in Marietta. The event brought alumni together for a formal program and social gathering this afternoon.
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Marietta, Pa
Elizabethtown College
Black snake spotted in Duncannon yards and killed
In Duncannon Pennsylvania a five foot black snake was found in the stable of William Owen on South Market Street last week after being seen in several yards. The reptile was killed after it was discovered on Monday.
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Duncannon
South Market Street
William Owen
Railroaders Reunion To Be Held At Harpers Ferry
Hagerstown Maryland June 16. On July 29 the annual reunion of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employees will be at historic Harpers Ferry. It is expected more than 6000 conductors brakemen engineers firemen and other railroad workers with their wives and children will attend. This will be the thirty fourth reunion.
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Hagerstown
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Harper’s Ferry
Farm sale sets Cumberland county record price
Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania June 16 yesterday the John A Coover farm near Williams Grove was sold to Charles Stare for 23000 dollars a record price for Cumberland county farm land there are 100 acres in the tract making the average price per acre 230 dollars
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Mechanicsburg
John A. Coover
Williams Grove
Charles Stare
Cumberland County
Lancaster Couples Tie the Knot in Local Weddings
June 16 reports two marriages in the area. Miss Lydia Aument of Mountville wed J. Harrison Frndy of Lancaster at a United Brethren parsonage with Rev. J. E. Keene officiating. In Bareville, Miss Susan Groff married John Hagel of Lancaster at a Lutheran church with Rev. G. Luther Welbel conducting.
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Mountville
Lydia Aument
J. Harrison Frndy
Lancaster
United Brethren Church
J. E. Keene
Bareville
Susan Groff
John Hagel
G. Luther Welbel
Lutheran Church
Hagerstown Wedding Ties Kauffman and Remsburg Couples
In Hagerstown, A. S. Kauffman and Mrs. Jennie B. Rems burg, the latter recently divorced, both of Waynesboro Pennsylvania, wed in Hagerstown. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Dr. Boyle, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in that city.
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Waynesboro, Pa
A. S. Kauffman
Jennie B. Remsburg
Hagerstown
Boyle
Presbyterian Church
Woman Could Hardly Stand After Displacement Backache
Philadelphia readers report relief after six bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Fisher of Nicetown says pain and displacement vanished and she can work, sleep, and eat well. Providence testimonial from Mrs Abel Lawson notes a long relief from displacement and backache, enabling factory and home duties. The piece cites widespread female derangements improved by the Compound.
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Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Harry Fisher
Dounton St
Nicetown
Providence
R. I
Abel Lawson
Lippitt St
Providence, R.I
Dynamite Blast Tumbles Red Hill Earth in Pennsylvania
Amos M. Shank and a crew used 350 pounds of dynamite in 75 holes to blast a steep hill at Red Hill. The blast toppled over 2 000 tons of earth, while Frederick Roberts, a chemist at the phosphorous plant, was badly burned in the incident.
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Rovenna
Amos M. Shank
Red Hill
Frederick Roberts
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Walter Bender
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First United Brethren Church
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Wrightsville, Pa
Dog Bites
Enola, Pa
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Daniel F. Reisch
Juniata Street
ON Bible Society Board
James A. Huston
Cumberland County Bible Society
New Cumberland Baseball Association
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Eutaw Streets
New Cumberland Band
Queen Esther Circle
William Fromnfelter
Second Street
Harry E. Parson
Bosler Avenue
M. L. Glassmyer
Janet
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Edward T. Palmer
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Raymond Fettrow
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Railroaders’ Reunion
Lancaster County Weddings
Lydia E. Pi
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Dr. Chase
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