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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1919
Page
9
Local ads list Bri C Murray Auto and Sunshine Garage offering repairs plus a 1917 Indian motorcycle for sale. City notices publish building ordinance on brick veneer walls, withdrawals from firms, and public bids for printing supplies. Also trials for new borough charter and company incorporations slated for June and July 1919.
The 95 year old Stilson twins Jane and Elizabeth have joined the Northampton Union and declare they will reach 100. Proposals for furnishing half tones and steel plates for public printing in Harrisburg Pa are due June 23 1919. Bids must be sealed and endorsed as Proposals for Furnishing Cuts and Plates and delivered by 3 PM.
For sale at Camp Colt Gettysburg PA 2500000 ft first class lumber all sizes of pipe and fittings from 1 inch to 8 inch black and galvanized kettles tanks and storage tanks two Worthington deep well pumps doors and sash ready for carload delivery Get prices before buying E W Lewis Roofing Co
Sealed proposals will be received at the State Capitol until 10 A M June 24 1919 for reconstructing long concrete and bituminous pavement works across Blair Columbia Dauphin Lancaster McKean and Northumberland Counties including reinforced concrete, concrete foundations and hillside vitrified brick with bidding blanks and plans available for a fee.
Chandler Brothers and Company listed on the New York and Philadelphia exchanges with quotes for many industrials and utilities. Philadelphia reports various market byproducts including butter eggs flour oats and livestock with mixed gains and declines across commodities and stocks.
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce will bring a smoke abatement expert to the city to address a meeting of the chamber and smoke nuisance committee members, railroad officials and industry representatives. The plan to reduce smoke will be implemented without delay and a subsequent meeting will include coal users railroad personnel and fathers concerned about the problem.
Reports from Reval indicate Kronstadt naval base near Petrograd is about to fall. White flags have been hoisted several times by Bolshevik defenders, signaling surrender or retreat as Allied observers monitor the fortification.
Bondholders of Penn Now and related series are informed by 1919 company records about a trust arrangement with Union Trust Co. The notice references specific note numbers and dates as part of a liquidation or repayment procedure. Details are obscured in the OCR but indicate formal creditor actions under a corporate bond program.
Camp Hacoboscam of the Harrisburg Council will open next Monday at Mount Holly Springs for the Boy Scouts of America. The lease to the amusement park grants use until October 1, with facilities including a permanent mess hall and assembly hall. Professor J F Rees directs operations, assisted by Scout Executive Virgin, as preparations ensure supplies and site readiness.
A 24 leader committee led by Samuel Gompers pledges a sweeping campaign to organize 400,000 workers in the Pittsburgh McKeesport Homestead Monongahela region and Alabama steel centers. They demand free assemblage speech and press and threaten jail if needed to counter steel barons resisting meetings.
Central Iron and Steel announces free life insurance for all employees. Policies start at 500 for six months of service and rise to 1500 after five years with annual increases of 100. Disability benefits mature after six months, payable on proof of disability. Effective May 29, 1919, the plan aims to be permanent.
The note lists spelling entries from multiple schools for a Saturday picnic spelling bee directed by Prof. J. J. Brehm. Entries include Steelton Edith Hipple, Inez Pottieger, Gertie Hoffman and many others with Rosters from Lincoln Foose Riverside Stevens and more. A big open theater program follows afternoon track events under W. Grant Forrer.
Olivet Presbyterian church members plan a second reception tonight for returning soldiers. The Welcome Home Committee prepared a program featuring George Martin of Paxtang and William Laucks of Hummelstown, with Master Dick Bowman on instruments and William Boyer the Farmer Baritone. Refreshments will be served. Special guests include Howard Kinzer on furlough Wilbur Potter Jacob Swanberry Russell Polleck and Howard Wilt.
Shamrock Fire Company No 11 plans a July lawn festival and August street dances to raise funds for a Lancaster trip for the state convention. Rain last week hindered the events yet the unit finished with decent finances and used proceeds to entertain county convention visitors.
Three airplane units of six planes each are ordered by Director of Air Service Menoher to depart Texas fields Kelly and Ellington for border observation work. Also reports a Honduran wedding of Thomas Sambda Jones and Julia Durony Duran attended by President Bertrand. Steelton personals note local social updates.
A meeting at 8:15 in Trinity parish house aims to form a Steelton Boy Scouts local council. Scoutmasters assistants and interested residents will elect officers apply for a national charter and plan a summer camping trip joining all four troops with over 100 boys. Troop 1 led by C W Mc Coy and Trinity Troop run monthly swimming lessons at Paxtang Park pool.
At the Steelton Associated Charities meeting no new aid calls were reported and only a few families were found in real need, all of whom were promptly helped. Nurse Georgia Winship has completed a borough survey for child welfare and will begin work after a short vacation.
Chief of Police Longenaker completed the pole count for the borough. There are 1,858 poles carrying electric wires taxed annually at twenty five cents each.
Charlies W Walters of Oberlin died suddenly this morning before 7 at Eleventh and State. He was married to Grace Attick and lived with her family. Walters, a Harrisburg Railways car barn employee, leaves a widow two daughters and a son. Coroner's verdict pending funeral plans not set.
A carpenter at the Woolworth store retrofitted yesterday afternoon when a ladder slipped. To break his fall he swung his hammer and struck a large plate glass window, cracking it from top to bottom.
The Woman's Missionary Society and Ladies' Aid Society of Grace United Evangelical Church will meet this evening at Mrs. C. F. Emery’s home at 171 Lincoln Street. Last Sunday’s children's day program at Grace Church drew a crowded audience despite rain.
At a Steelton National Bank directors meeting William F Housman was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr William H Seibert. He was also elected director of the Steelton Trust Company.
Work on the borough street progresses with many Front Street blocks removed for replacement by new blocks to reduce prior trouble. Repairs on other streets will follow once Front Street is finished and road surfaces are being oiled.
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