Marine Corps to Open Clerical Training School at Parris Island
The Marine Corps announces a new clerical school at Parris Island South Carolina to prepare an administrative force. Twenty weeks of instruction in shorthand and touch typing, with final exams, will produce company clerks and court martial stenographers for posts in the United States or France. The program emphasizes discipline, physical conditioning, and a mission to support combat units with skilled office work. Eight local men have enlisted this week, and Captain S A W Patterson will arrange transfers for the group. Mechanicsburg community event follows with a union Sunday school picnic on June 27 at Boiling Springs Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Island
South Carolina
United States Marine Corps
Devil Dogs
Market Street
United States
France
Tost Sys
Marine Corps
John Duncannon
Chestnut Street
Elwood &. Blanning
S. A. W. Patterson
Philadelphia
Mechanicsburg
Union
Boiling Springs Park
Methodist Episcopal
Presbyterian
Trinity Lutheran
Church of God
Don’t Blame Spring Fever for Down and Out Feeling
As spring nears impurities built up in the winter clog circulation causing weakness and a debilitated state called spring fever. Early signs include loss of appetite and low energy, with children peevish and lifeless. The remedy urged is S. S. S. blood purifier from Swift Specific Co. Full info available by writing to Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S
Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
West Shore coal dealers told to screen coal prior to sale
Robert L. Myers, West Shore fuel administrator, asks Lemoyne Enola Camp Hill and New Cumberland dealers to continue screening coal. No order on screening has been issued and consumers should economize as coal allotments for Pennsylvania may fall short this winter.
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Lemoyne
West Shore
Robert L. Myers
Enola
Camp Hill
New Cumberland
Mr. Myers
Bedford
Pennsylvania
Two Camp Hill Churches Picnic at Boiling Springs
Two Camp Hill churches plan a first annual Sunday school picnic at Boiling Springs Park with early morning special cars. The event committee includes Millard B. King and others, with activities from 11 o'clock to a 2:30 baseball game between married and single men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Hill
Methodist
Camp Hill Presbyterian
Boiling Springs Park
Millard B. King
Virginia Breen
George W. Beinton
Clifford Miller
R. E. Cahill
Mr. Govert
Red Cross Parade Planned for Halifax Carnival
Halifax PA branch of the Red Cross plans a July 4 carnival with a parade in which every woman who can walk will participate. Music will be plentiful and the event aims to draw community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Halifax
The
Nuxated Iron touted by leaders as a health booster
An advertisement extols Nuxated Iron as a powerful tonic and blood builder with endorsements from notable figures such as Leslie Shaw and Judge Atkinson. It claims millions use it annually, details a self tests, dosing of two five grain tablets thrice daily after meals, and promises refunds if not satisfactory.
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Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Atkinson
Court of Claims of
Washington
Wm. L. Chambers
United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation
The
International Court
Samoa
Charles A. Towne
Minnesota
U. S
Richard Rolland Kenney
Delaware
U.S. Army
John L. Clem
Shiloh
U. S. Army
David Stuart Gordon
Gettysburg
Wm. R. Kerr
Chicago
A. J. Newman
City of Chicago
Jefferson Park Hospital
James Francis Sullivan
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Westchester County Hospital
NOTH
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Croll Keller
Geo. A. Gorgas
J. Nelson Clark
Will You Help Our Home Town Boys War Savings Stamps
A wartime plea highlights conscription and the personal stake of families as hundreds of thousands are drafted. The message urges citizens to buy War Savings Stamps and reinvest Liberty Bonds coupons to support service members from their towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Bonds
Silk Glove Sale Offer With Imperfect But Valuable Pairs
An advertisement touts Milanese and tricot silk gloves offered as imperfects at unusually low prices. The sale features 2 clasp, 16 button lengths, embroidered Paris point backs in multiple colorways, and heavy silk options with double finger tips and varied sizes. Limited quantities and discontinued numbers noted.
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Harrisburg
Mechanicsburg Union
Hinos
Lino
News OF
Boiling Springs
Janet Kinard
Mildred Dice
Mary Sanderson
Sarah Pentz
Dora Harmine
Janet Hoke
Helen Smith
Mary Hopkins
Vida Harmore
Irene Zeiders
Margaret Chambers
Alfred Kinard
Wilbur Dice
Aubrey Baldwin
Bertram Baldwin
Paul Gourley
William Luttinger
Cashburn Dreshman
George Hopkins
Edgar Kludper
Baltimore
F. E. Wallace
Shiremanstown
George Swindell
Hagerstown
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
E. D. Weigle
Trinity Lutheran Church
George C. Spensler
Elise Beck
Valley Railways Company
C. E
New Cumberand
Elizabeth Sloat
Esther Haverstock
Christian Endeavor Society
Trinity United Brethren Church
Annie Osler
Catherine Shaffer
Junior Society
Christian Endeavor
York
Jacob Baker
Fifth Street
John Heffner
South Washington Street
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Robert C. Heffner
H. N. Fegley
Maud Fisher
Newport
George Fisher
Marysville
Miriam Hess
Ellen Gault
Millersville State Normal School
William Neff
Lorene Nulton
New Castle
Muriel
Lillian Rhoads
Sanford
Florida
Eva Rhoads
William Davis
Malan
Des Moines
Iowa
James Moore
Jacob Kinley
Freeda Kinley
Hummelstown
Philip Crawbaugh
Boston
Mass
Jerry Spahr
Russel Kohr
Spartansburg
D. C
Frank Beckley
Washington, D. C
John Beckley
Charles Gerh
J. A. Rhea
Bellwood
Jerome Miller
Harold
Mary
Mount Olivet
Caroline Renninger
Carlisle
William E. Rowles
Samuel Rowles
Shippensburg
Harry McCrae
John Seigle
Earle Rowles
Camp Meade
Esther Zerbe
Spring Lake
George Martin
Blain
C. A. Bower
Mamie Carl
Dillsburg
Thelma Crawbaugh
Raymond C. Renninger
Leon R. Zerbe
Keith
John W. Wolf
Ross V. Wolfe
Arthur C. Wolfe
Paul L. Wolfe
Myra
Beavertown
Mary Wise
Borough Highway Department
State Highway Department
Marysville, Pa
Albert Geesey
Pennsylvania Railroad
Uncle Sam’s Boys
Are
Foch
Picardy
Flanders
St. Mihiel
Toul
Ferdinand Foch
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Telegraph
West Enola
West Enola Land Co
Calder Bldg
Bell
Bowman's
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