World Famous Circus to Open in Steelton Tomorrow
The George and Kern Circus will perform in Steelton tomorrow if weather holds, with a wild west exhibition and side shows including the beard ed lady and living skeleton. Tickets are two cents for the main show and lemonade tent, one cent for other attractions. Meanwhile three St James paroquial school students graduated at Frey’s Hall with diplomas and music, and play grounds opened citywide drawing about 1,000 children.
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Middletown
George & Kern Circus
Bill” Moore
Ringling Brothers
Bill
C. Z. Moore
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. James’ Parochial School
Frey's Hall
Front
Pine Streets
Catherine Hennessey
Margaret Peace
Henry Smith
Thomas Bradley
Harrisburg
J. C. Thompson
Joseph Gerdes
Sara Louisa Gerdes
Queenly Island
Kinkle
Margaret Daylor
MacClaymont
J. Purcell
J. O'Donnel
Lindsay
F. Egenrieder
M. Mannix
Old Ireland
Paris
Hervey
John Purcell
Steelton Lodge
Carthage Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Baldwin Cemetery
First Methodist Church
D. E. Rupley
Oberlin
W. C. Sanderson
Florence Wattles
Kokomo
Ind
Locust
South Front Street
John Yesawich
Peno
Oney Briggs
Ben Peno
Squire F. A. Steel
Rivermen Search For Body of Joseph C Jefferies Jr
Rivermen in canoes and boats search below Hess Island opposite Francis Street for the body of 19 year old Joseph C Jefferies Jr drowned yesterday afternoon. Selway was rescued by Samuel Weaver as the body remains missing amid tangled submerged tree limbs.
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Hess’ Island
Francis Street
Joseph C. Jefferies, Jr
Young Jefferies
George Selway, Jr
Jefferies
Selway
Samuel Weaver
Ae Son Eee
Sir Joseph Jefferies
East Street
Steel
Ernest L. Pee
Pennsylvania Steel
Hic
St. Peter's Company Lutheran Church
Highspire
Flood recedes as youth drowns in river
Joseph C. Jeffers Jr. aged 18 of Steelton drowned while canoeing with companion George Selway Jr. They were navigating the rising Cumberland Valley Railroad bridge area as floods receded. Robert Grayce Construction Company estimated losses from torn trestles and damage. river conditions halted work for days. Nearby, Simon P. Flohr and daughter Tillie barely escaped after Ford Miney Creek near Fountaindale flooded their buggy and horse, forcing a swim to shore.
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Joseph C. Jeffers, Jr
Steelton
George Selway, Jr
Robert Grayce
Gettysburg
Simon P. Flohr
Tillie
Miney Creek
Fountaindale
Middletown Man Dead After Divorce Filing News
Death by own action reported at York Beach Maine of Dana C Kingsley of Pots town after he was notified his wife filed for divorce. Survived by a Middletown sister.
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York Beach
Maine
Dana C. Kingsley
Pottstown
Mr. Kingsley
Middletown
Immanuel Sunday School Picnic at Boiling Springs
Immanuel Sunday school plans its annual picnic at Boiling Springs tomorrow. A tennis tournament among members will highlight the event. Special cars depart from Sixteenth and State streets at 8 15 am instead of 8 20 am as previously announced.
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Immanuel
Boiling Springs
Immanuel Sunday
State Officials to Join Commands at Mount Gretna
Pennsylvania national guardsmen mobilization at Mount Gretna will include 15 to 20 state government staffers from various cities who will take leaves of absence. Auditor General A. W. Powell serves as adjutant of the Tenth Regiment. Major Frank D. Beary is deputy adjutant general and a Fourth Infantry major. E. M. Vale of the Public Service Commission is an Eighth Infantry major. several clerks hold lesser posts. The adjutant general’s department sets clothing allowances based on January armory inspections. state property may not be used for nonmilitary purposes.
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Pennsylvania
Mount Gretna
A. W. Powell
Tenth Regiment
Philippines
Frank D. Beary
Fourth Infantry
E. M. Vale
Public Service Commission
Eighth Infantry
Adjutant General's Department
Board of Pardons
Philadelphia
State Board of Pardons
Harrisburg Maennerchor Wins Prize In Altoona
Harrisburg Maennerchor directed by Alfred C. Kuschna took second prize at the eighth saenger fest in Altoona. The group’s prize song Bergmannslos by Ernst Heuser was praised as more challenging than rivals. Deutscher Quartet Club of Steclten placed third. Attendees included listed first and second tenors and bass singers.
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Harrisburg Maennerchor
Alfred C. Kuschna
Altoona
Harrisburg
Ernst Heuser
Deutscher Quartet Club
Steclten
Maennerchor
Cr. Gerdes
John Gerhard
August Rose
G. Staiger
John Gibson
J. Kraft
E. Sperl
Joseph Vlach
G. A. Seegars
B. Gerdes
William Herman
Thompson Martin
C. A. Wenrich
Russell Matthews
George Sutton
Ralph Lentz
B. G. Lippman
M. Zahn
G. Rose
Herman Kreidler
M. Brodmeyer
I. Wentzel
E. E. Fuhrman
William Schubauer
P. Hoffman
H Mueller
J. Beck
C. H. Zigler
Elscheid
Want Monument to Mark Camp Curtin Site
A petition circulated at Camp Curtin Memorial Methodist Church in Harrisburg asks the Legislature to secure a vacant plot between the Camp Curtin school building and church on Sixth Street for a monument to the Civil War recruiting camp Camp Curtin. Local patriotic groups plan to support the effort.
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Camp Curtin Memorial Methodist Church
Sixth Street
Woodbine
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Camp Curtin
Camp Curtin School
Camp Curtin Memorial Church
Memorial plaque and trout records highlight Harrisburg page
Citizens urged to aid in dedicating a statue for the Civil War era Camp Curtin memory and War Governor. In other news, two railroad telegraph operators, S L Meloy and J M Meissinger, log trout catches near Longfellow in Mifflin County with totals across three trips.
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Harrisburg
Auphin County
Pennsylvania Railroad
S. L. Meloy
North Fifteenth Street
J. M. Meissinger
Delaware Street
Longfellow
Mifflin Country
Meloy
Dissinger
Stone Foresees Eight Hour Day Victory For Railway Workers
Warren S. Stone, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, traveling west from New York, predicts victory for an eight hour day for 400 000 railway workers. He cites shortages of experienced workers and anti strike breaker concerns. Also, six speeders were arrested for speeding and reckless driving in the city, awaiting hearings before Alderman Householder.
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Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
New York
Harrisburg
Associated Press
Mr. Stone
Householder
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Barnum
Cc. S. Davis
Parks and Playgrounds Commission
James R. Irwin
West Side
East End
Fothergil
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Front Street
Angle Alley
James McGovern
McGovern
Irwin
Rivermen
Joseph C. Jeffries, Jr
Eliza Dintiman
Heagy's Heights
Aid Society
Ladies’ Aid Society of Grace United Evangelical Church
William Sadler
Carlisle
George Byrod
F. W. Byrod
Walter Groff
Mill Creek
W. Va
Charles Groff
Joseph C. Jefferies JR
el Eee
J. M. Smith
Bell Phone
Brookwood St
The
Maxwell
Detroit
ER. W. Shank
Market Street
Cumberland
Powell
Luzerne
Montgomery
Yother
Richard J. Yother
Department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
Barnesboro
Cambria County
Logan Street
Yether
Capitol
Department
Thomas A. Crichton
State Treasury
Wellsboro
Willitts
Charles R. Willitts
State Department
Red Men
Williams
Fisheries
N. R. Buller
Lycoming County
Schaeffer
Nathan c. Schaeffer
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Kutztown State Normal School
Public Service
United Brethren Church
Sixth
Seneca Streets
Harriet Heck
Margaret Heck
Viola Jacobs
Elmire Baldosser
Elsie A
Stone
Ideal Jewelry and Optical Company
Jacob Yoselowitz
North Front Street
Steelton, Pa
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