Great Parade to Be Citys Biggest July Fourth Event
Harrisburg plans its Great Parade for July 4 as part of an Americanisation display. Officials expect 30,000 to 40,000 in line, with fire companies fraternal groups stores Red Cross units scouts and Camp Fire Girls anticipated. No autos in parade. open ranks for all able residents. youth end set at eighteen. Organizers spearheaded by J Horace McFarland and William Jennings aim to raise 10 000 for expenses with committees handling fundraising and logistics.
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Red Cross
Boy Scouts
General Committee
Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce
Civic Lab
Girl Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
J. Horace McFarland
Ross K. Berg- Bsiresser
Warren R. Jackson
E. J. Stackpole
Henry B. McCormick
F. E. Downes
L. S. Mudge
P. R. McDevitt
E. A. Pyles
Leon Lowengard
William Jennings
Keister
May
Charles E. Pass
Harry M. Brooks
C. H. Grampton
Robert A. Enders
Frank C. ‘Hoffman
A. J. Lewis
J. W. Rodenhaver
Frank N. Rolinson
Linwood B. Wanbaugh
J. L. Virgin
Eli N. Her ‘Hey
Frank G. Fahnestock
Frank A. Lohmer
Harrisburg Club
Arthur D. Bacon
BR. Ross Seaman
Charles W. Burtnett
J. William Rowman
James M. Cameron
John F. Capp
Herman
R. C. Haldeman
Spencer C. Gilbert
Paul Johnston
J. C. Jessup Sr
Donald McCormick
Andrew
Patterson David E. Tracy
David &. Tracy
C. H. Hunter
F. W. Smith, Jr
E. D. Hilleary
J. W. Bowman
H. A. Robinson
David C. Kauffman
W. H. Bennetham, Sr
J. H. Deutrich
R. H. Lyons
H. E. Whitmeyer
George
E. Sherman
F.L. Knight
A. Carson Stamm
R. Haldeman
Frank C. Sites
D. E. Tracy
Rotarians to give concert at Gettysburg Camp Colt
Harrisburg Rotary Club members and wives travel to Camp Colt Gettysburg tomorrow afternoon for an army style supper and entertainment for soldiers in a Y M C A hut. The program features the Harrisburg Trio Miss Sarah Lemer Miss LeNora Fry Newell Albright Pine Street Presbyterian quartet and more with community singing led by J B Dickinson and Miss Viola Burd. About 150 people in 45 cars will attend. Eli N Hershey will give the introductory address.
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Harrisbore Rotary Club
Camp Colt
Gettysburg
Harrisburg
Sarah Lemer
LeNora Fry
Newell Albright
Pine Street Presbyterian Church Quartet
Ray G. Cox
J D. Sanders
M. D. Hollenbaugh
George Sutton
Frank A. McWarrell
Runkle Brothers
A. L. Huber
Eli N. Hershey
J. B. Dickinson
Viola Burd
I. B. Dickinson
al. K. Thomas
W. H. German
Democratic Row Over Committee In Pennsylvania Meet
The Pennsylvania Democratic gathering fills the hall as leaders Palmer and McCormick direct factions. Proxies number twelve, taxes threaten committee revenue stamps, and Henry C. Niles is urged as chairman while Bonniwell and Palmer push their campaigns with high tensions and no firm platform agreement yet.
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Niles
Palmer
Webster Grim
Edward Moeslein
Guffey
Sterling
Warren van Dyke
Pennsylvania
John J. Donnell
Wilkes-Barre
George R. McLean
Williams
McLean
B. B. McGinnis
Pittsburgh
Ira G. Kuntz
Reading
Henry C. Niles
York
August Wittman
Erie
Eugene C. Bonniwell
A. Mitchell Palmer
Vance C. McCormick
Bonniwell
Democrats of Indiana in State Convention
Indianapolis June 19 Democratic party state convention draws national attention as Vice President Marshall serves as temporary chairman and delivers the keynote. Nominees for all state offices except governor and lieutenant governor will be chosen today or tonight. The platform pledges war speed, continued effort to defeat autocratic threats, and federal woman suffrage gains.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Democratic Party
Indiana
Marshall
Wilson
Berlin Stocks Drop as Bulgarian Cabinet Falls
London dispatch reports Bulgarian cabinet resignation triggers sharp declines on Berlin and Frankfort exchanges. German papers say foreign policy won’t shift, but unease grows over sharp Bulgarian ministerial differences.
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Berlin
Arsncisted
London
Frankfort
Morning Post
Radoslavoff
Germany
Bulgaria
Waco lists 32 injured in troop train wreck near Texas
Camp Arthur authorities release names of thirty two soldiers injured when a troop train struck a wooden bridge near Waco Texas. Private August Hans Schuchmacher of Philadelphia died at the base hospital. Paris reports a new Allied propaganda service under the foreign ministry with Anthony W Klobukowski as commissioner general. In Altoona Pa a wedding unites A J Barnes and Cora Susan Krise on June 18 at Eighth Avenue Methodist Church with Rev George F Boggs officiating.
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Waco
Texas
Camp Arthur
Louis and Southwestern
Hans Schumacher
Philadelphia
Paris
Foreign Ministry
Anthony W. Klobukowski
Belgium
Altoona
Waynesboro
A. J. Barnes
Cora Susan Krise
E. T. Krise
Eighth Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
George F. Boggs
Miller to Represent Harrisburg at Real Estate Convention
William P. Miller of Miller Brothers and Company sails to St Louis to represent the Harrisburg Real Estate Board at the National Association of Real Estate Boards annual convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Miller
Miller Brothers and Company
St. Louis
Harrisburg Real Estate Board
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Market activity drifts as first hour ends in New York
The market loses breadth after the first half hour with rails limited to low grade deals and war shares weak on light offerings. Royal Dutch Oil drops thirteen points on a single sale while United States Steel and Reading lead a noon price rebound. Philadelphia commodities and Chicago cattle reports follow, showing mixed wheat, eggs, poultry, and hog and cattle movements amid uneven demand.
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New York
Royal Dutch Oil
United States Steel
Reading
Liberty Stas
Phildelphia
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Western
Maine
Delaware
Maryland
Michigan
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Norfolk
Eastern Shore
Tierces
Speniss Loose
Kansas
Lemoyne Woman Hit by Motor Truck in Market Square
Mrs. Margaret Kennedy of Lemoyne was struck by a Dayton Cycle Company motor truck driven by Raymond Stonesifer at Market Square near Second and Strawberry streets. She sustained bruises and was carried to Harrisburg Hospital after bystanders placed her in a car. Patrolman Knell noted she crossed about 15 feet from the crossing. Captain Thompson urged pedestrians to use safety zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Kennedy
Herman Street
Lemoyne
Market Square
Second
Strawberry Streets
Dayton Cycle Company
Raymond Stonesifer
North Fifth Street
Paul Littlefield
State Chamber of Commerce
Littlefield
Harrisburg
Atrolman Knell
Capitol Hill Notes Pardon Board Delays and Murder Case Hearings
The lieutenant governor as chairman warned attorneys to keep pleas within time limits due to many cases for the June meeting. Cases of Liberatu Philadelphia and Trovato Schuylkill were continued. Most murder trials are set for tomorrow focusing on Philadelphia, with decisions expected that night. A Derry Crossing report notes the William Penn Highway grade crossing issue in Derry township Dauphin county seen as a test case since railroad control shifted. the commission heard over twenty applications but issued no decisions.
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Pardon Board
State Board of Pardons
McClain
Liberatu
Philadelphia
Trovato
Schuylkill County
Derry
Derry Township
Dauphin County
Middletown Watchman Improves at Hospital
Frank Still, watchman at Middletown, seriously injured in a crash between a fast westbound express and an Ordnance Department truck at a grade crossing early Saturday morning, was reported at Harrisburg hospital this morning to be slightly improved. Edward J. Wetzel, chief of police, returned from a Minneapolis chiefs of police conference where delegates discussed I. W. W. agitators and pro German influences.
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Middletown
Frank Still
Ordnance Department
Harrisburg
Edward J. Wetzel
Chiefs of Police
Minneapolis
Fuel Administration to Cut Coal Supply for Brewers
Washington June 19. The Fuel Administration and brewers agreed to reduce coal deliveries to the brewing industry by at least fifty percent of normal year usage. The aim is to conserve fuel for war needs and for warming purposes during next winter, despite brewers arguing their production aids the war.
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Washington
P. B. Noyes
Bureau of Conservation of the
Fuel Administration
Funeral Directors Meet in Reading Pennsylvania
The thirty seventh annual convention of the Funeral Directors' Association of Pennsylvania convened in Reading. A notable feature was the large number of women attendees at the gathering.
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Associated Press
Reading
The
Funeral Directors’ Association of Pennsylvania
BICYCLES and Hardware Auctions in readied sale notices
Multiple sale notices show new and rebuilt bicycles at attractive prices from H F Esterbrook 912 N Loire St. public sale at 1202 N Third St with complete hardware stock to highest bidder by G R Hurd Trustee and Maxwell Hite Auctioneer. June 22 1918 public sale of a six room dwelling and three vacant lots in Duncannon Pa. R Jones Rife administrator of the estate of David H Smith deceased of Duncannon Pa.
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Third St
G. R. Hurd
Maxwell H. Hite
Lincoln Street
Duncannon
Prospect Avenue
R. Jones Rife
David H
Yankees Smash Foes Raids In Marne Sector
General Pershing reports continued artillery fighting near Chateau Thierry and the Marne. American patrols crossed the Marne, took prisoners, and seven German patrols near the American lines were shattered by machine gun fire. Two German prisoners recounted travel from rear detention camps before capture. Washington, June 14 continued updates note arrests and alien registration efforts in the city, with expectant counts for female enemy registrations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Pershing
War Department
Notice of warning and bids for pavement projects in Pa
The Progressive Wage Earners Building and Loan Association warns the public that J Robbin Bennett has no authority to collect rents for them. The Pennsylvania State Highway Department in Harrisburg invites sealed proposals by July 2 1918 for reconstruction of many county pavements with plan details and bid forms, and lists viewing locations in Harrisburg Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. An application will be made June 25 1918 for permission to sell real estate in Dauphin County to pay debts, describing a Susquehanna Township lot. Proposals for Forester's House in Edgemere Pike County are due July 3 1918 with plans by George A Shreiner and Lloyd W Mitchell.
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Progressive Wage Earners Building and Loan Association
Harrisburg
J. Robbin Bennett
Ridge Street
Steelton
Pennsylvania State Highway Department
Lebanon County
Tioga County
Cambria County
Bradford County
Clinton County
Northampton County
Potter County
State Highway Department
Office of
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Hartje Building
Pittsburgh
J. D. O'Neil
Orphans’ Court
Dauphin County
Elizabeth B. Kobler
Susquehanna
Dauphin
State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Township
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Canal Company
George Roberts
C. E
Milton W. Wareham
David Hoover
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Baginning
Foresters
Edgemere
Pike County
Board of Commissioners of Public
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Forester
Harrisburg, Penna
Notice to bidders for Millersburg brick city building
Sealed bids due by 7 P M June 29 1918 for erection of a Brick City Building on Centre Street Millersburg Borough including a Council Chamber rooms for Fire Department and lockup Bid must include a certified check for 10 percent to guarantee contract execution Council may reject any bids Specifications and blue prints available from Stephen Jury Secretary of Council Millersburg Pa June 7 1918. Proclamation in divorce in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County No 453 September Term 1917 Mary Elizabeth Runkle vs LaRue V S Runkle notice to Respondent for hearing June 24 1918 at 10 A M Harrisburg PA R 8 Care attorney for Libellant notice letters testamentary estates Harrisburg Trust Company executor Harrisburg Pa
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Centre Street
Millersburg
Court of Common Pleas
Dauphin County
Mary Elizabeth Runkle
LaRue
S. Runkle
Runkle
Harrisburg
Penna
Libellant
Register of Wills
Annie E. Zimmerman
Dauphin Co
Harrisburg Trust Company
Market Square
Pennsylvania
Lizzie Toni
Anton Toni
Court House
James G. Hatz
Acts of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Capitol Building
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Superintendent of Public Printing and Binding
Edw
Long
Bondholders notice and public proposals from 1918
To Bondholders of Penna. Milk products Co. we notify holders of Bonds Nos. 439 and 456 to present them for payment to Union Trust Co. of Pennsylvania by July 1918 when interest ceases. Sealed proposals due June 18, 1918 for furnishing paper and supplies for public printing and binding. bids sealed and endorsed proposals. right to reject any or all bids. Harrisburg May 31, 1918.
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Penna. Milk Products Co
Union Trust Co. of Pennsylvania
Acts of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Superintendent of Public Printing and Binding
Capitol Building
Harrisburg
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Superintendent of Public Printing
Toni case notice and public printing bids 1918
In Phin County Pennsylvania a hearing in Lizzie Toni versus Anton Toni is set for June 24 1918 at the Harrisburg court. Separately Edward Long Superintendent of Public Printing bids invites proposals for printing and binding work from July 1 1918 to June 30 1919 with bid opening and contract awards following submission on time.
Harrisburg Light and Power Company Special Stockholders Meeting
Notice is given of a special meeting of Harrisburg Light and Power Company stockholders at the general office 29 N Second Street Harrisburg PA on Tuesday July 2 1918 at 1 PM to approve or disapprove an increase in indebtedness from 10 million to 10.5 million dollars through notes or obligations maturing within five years with terms and security as determined by the directors stockholders to attend in person or by proxy May 1918
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sburg Light and Bash! Company
Harrisby Light and Power Company
Harrisburg Light
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Lister
Cormick
William J. Brennen
Doylestown
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Lehigh
Luts
Berks
Dewalt
Arthur G. Dewalt
State Committee
Palmer-McCormick
van Dyke
McCormick
Sedgwick Kistler
Lock Haven
Eva
ED. Morton
Mollie
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Plan Propaganda Service
Chicago
U. S Bureau of Markets
Chandler Brothers and Company
North Market Square
Pine Street
Allis Chalmers Oe
Car and Foundry
Hison
Istimore
Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Central Leather
Pacite
Coluel
Crucible Steel
Distilling Securities
General Motors Su
Great Northern Ore
Inspiration Copper
International Paper
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Kennecott
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Mex Petroleum
Miami Copper
Midvale Steel
Ates
New York Central Pty
New York, Ont and West Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh Coal
Ateee
Railway Steel Spring
Ray Con Copper
Tesa
Uat
Republic Iron and Steel
Southern Ry
Studebaker
Ceee Tees
Union Pacific
Seeee
US Steel
Ceee Ees
Willys-Overland
Capitol Hill
H. F. Esterbrook
Loire Street
Dial
Captain Thompson
Bizacerrt
Kobler, Moravens Co. A
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Bel
Arter
George A. Shreiner
Lloyd W. Mitchell
Stephen Jury
Millersburg, Pa
D. Edw. Long
North Front Street
D. A. Casey Real Estate & Insurance
Kunkel Ridge Bell Phone
Commercial Bank
North Third Street
Colorado Power
First Mortgage
Bonbright & Company
Morris Wistar Stroud, Jr
Chestnut St
Boston
Detroit
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